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Overcrowded provincial jail system sparks concerns about safety, says Auditor General report Tom Fletcher Black Press B.C. provincial prisons remain overcrowded despite a decline in custodial sentences in recent years, and “safety and security incidents” have increased substantially, a report from B.C.’s Auditor General has found.

About half of cells designed for one inmate are double-bunked in the B.C. system, and Auditor General Carol Bellringer concludes that is a contributing factor in maintaining safety in B.C.’s nine facilities for adult inmates. Another factor in crowding is that about half of the roughly 2,500 inmates in the B.C. system on an average day are awaiting trial or sentencing.

The Prince George Regional Correctional Centre has 151 cells for male inmates and 25 for female inmates.

According to Bellringer’s report, the occupancy rate for the women’s jail at Prince George Regional Correctional Centre was at 108 per cent in March of 2011, 80 per cent in November 2012, and 112 per cent in June of 2014.

On the men’s side, the occupancy

rate was at 175 per cent in March 2011, 152 per cent in November 2012 and 165 per cent in June of 2014.

Safety and security incident reports have been on the rise in most facilities in recent years, with the highest rate of nearly 1,200 a year at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre in Maple Ridge. Nanaimo and Prince George both recorded nearly 800 incidents a year by 2012, with lower rates at Vancouver Island, Surrey Pretrial, North Fraser Pretrial and Kamloops.

The auditor’s report says one reason for the increase is that incidents are being reported and tracked on a more systematic basis. Bellringer also notes that there isn’t a clear definition of what constitutes a safety and security incident, and B.C. Corrections doesn’t have a target of what constitutes an acceptable level.

Justice Minister Suzanne Anton said conditions in B.C. prisons are improving thanks to a $185 million construction program, including an addition to Surrey Pretrial, the new women’s wing at Prince George, which was completed in 2010, and expansion of Alouette Correctional Centre for Women.

A new 300-cell Okanagan adult

custody facility at Oliver is under construction, and expected to open in 2016. Anton said that extra space will alleviate the space shortage at other facilities, but it remains to be seen if the new prison will allow the removal of tent-like temporary structures that have housed low-risk inmates at Kamloops and Fraser in recent years.

The audit also questioned the availability and effectiveness of rehabilitation programs offered in B.C. prisons. The audit found that only one program, violence prevention, was evaluated and shown to reduce the likelihood of reoffending.

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The five core programs operated in B.C. provincial prisons are: • Respectful relationships, to help inmates understand and eliminate abusive behaviours • Substance abuse management, to reduce relapse and develop healthier lifestyles • Violence prevention, designed to reduce aggressive behaviour • Emotional management for women • Relationship skills for women Correctional centres also offer life skills, vocational, literacy and school extension programs.

All programs are voluntary, and with an average sentenced stay of 71 days, some inmates aren’t in custody long enough to complete studies even if they want to.

Courts rule on variety of charges In Provincial Court on Dec. 12: Terence F. Slater was found guilty of two counts of driving while prohibited, assessed a victim surcharge of $100 and prohibited from driving for two years. Slater was also found guilty of failing to attend court when ordered to do so, fined $500 and assessed a victim surcharge of $150.

In Provincial Court on Dec. 15: Leopoldo O. Torres-Diaz was found guilty of uttering threats, placed on probation for one year, fined $500 and assessed a victim surcharge of $150.

Ralph D. Alec was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance, sentenced to 30 days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Ashleigh M. Clark was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and placed on probation for one year. Clark was also found guilty of dangerous operation of a mo-

tor vehicle, sentenced to time served in jail and prohibited from driving for one year. Clark was also found guilty of failing to attend court when ordered to do so and sentenced to time served in jail. Clark was also found guilty of a second count of failing to attend court when ordered to do so and sentenced to four days in jail.. Clark was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to two days in jail. Clark was also found guilty of a second count of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to three days in jail. Clark was also found guilty of a third count of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to seven days in jail.

Winter Frederick was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

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City/James part ways council wants to ‘chart new course’ Bill Phillips editor@pgfreepress.com Beth James is no longer Prince George’s city manager.

“Mayor and council, together with Ms. James have mutually agreed to end the relationship, and that was effective January 9,” said Mayor Lyn Hall Monday.

The parting of ways comes just over a yearand-a-half after she was hired by the previous council. James was hired in March 2013, succeeding Derek Bates, who retired in 2012.

The decision, according to a city press release, reflects the mayor and council’s intention to chart a new course for the city.

“We want to thank Ms. James for her dedicated service and we wish her success in her future endeavours,” said Hall.

Council has appointed Kathleen Soltis as acting city manager, a role she took on for about six months after Bates retired.

Hall said he will wait for city council’s direction as to how they want to fill the position.

“We haven’t talked about as a council, so I don’t know what the timeline is (for starting a candidate search) and I don’t want to pre-suppose what council’s wishes are,” he said.

Hall said there will be a severance package paid to James, however said the amount “isn’t something I can speak to.”

James was hired at a salary of $212,000, plus a $6,000 vehicle allowance. At the very least, she would likely be eligible for a severance package of six months salary, plus one month’s pay for every year of service. Prince George was James’ first job as a city administrator.

Prior to coming here, she held a number of positions with the government in B.C., including assistant deputy minister and head of the Capital Planning Secretariat, president and CEO of Shared Services B.C., assistant deputy minister of revenue solutions, and assistant deputy minister for Small Business and Revenue.

James has managed social programs as assistant deputy minister for Children and Family Development and assistant deputy minister of Regional Operations in the Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance.

As to whether any more staff had parted ways with the city, Hall offered “no comment.”

However, it appears communications director Todd Corrigal is no longer with the city as well.

A call to Corrigal last week was responded to by Tanya Spooner, executive coordinator to the mayor and city manager, and subsequent e-mails from the city’s communications department have been coming from Mike Kellett, the city’s corporate communications specialist.

When asked this week whether Corrigal was still employed by the city, an e-mail response from Kellett said the city does not comment on personnel matters.

James’ departure comes after city council held three “closed door” sessions in less than a week. The first was held January 5 before the regular city council meeting, a second was held last Thursday and the third this Monday.

According to the meeting notices, the public is excluded from these meetings “to permit discussion of items relating to:

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Teen deaths a homicide/suicide The deaths of two teenagers at Kwitzil Lake last spring are being ruled as a homicide and a suicide.

Craig Allen Wood, 19, and Kendall Gabriell Catherine Moore, 17, died May 18 when the vehicle they were in went in Kwitzil Lake, commonly known as Gravel Pit Lake, about 42 kilometres west of Prince George.

Prince George RCMP say the actions of Wood led to his own death and that of Moore.

“This is a tragic result to an entirely preventable situation,” said Sgt. Todd Wilson of the Prince George RCMP’s Serious Crime Section. “We believe substance abuse was a direct factor in these deaths.”

Police say the investigation was been extensive and involved many aspects including forensic evidence analysis, a vehicle inspection, multiple interviews and autopsies which included toxicology testing.

The investigation was hampered due to the high amounts of rumours and speculation on both traditional and social media that began just after the vehicle entered Kwitzil Lake and continued for days. Police were challenged to filter through this information in order to locate and validate the facts.

Investigators issued a “thank you” to all those who came forward with first-hand information, as well as those who attempted to help Wood and Moore at the time of the incident.

Shots fired at two houses in city

Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Derrian Olson as Kay, left, and Vanessa Wittstruck as the Snow Queen in a rehearsal scene on the set of PGSS theatre students’ production of Snow Queen which started Thursday. The play, based on the fairy tale, runs Jan. 15 through 17 at Vanier Hall. Tickets are available at the door.

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Community Charter; and • the consideration of whether the authority under section 91 [other persons attending closed meetings] should be exercised in relation to a council meeting, pursuant to subsection 90(1)(o) of the Community Charter.”

The Prince George RCMP are investigating two early morning shootings in the city.

Just before 6 a.m. on Wednesday police received a report of shots fired on the 2100 block of Tamarack Street.

Officers attended and located what they believed to be firearm related damage on a residence located on that block. Two of the people in the residence were children. No injuries were reported. The occupants are not cooperating with police. This was the same residence that was shot at during the early morning of Tuesday, January 6.

At approximately the same time, Prince George RCMP received a second report of shots fired on the 2200 block of Norwood Street, a few blocks away. Officers attended and located what they believed to be firearm related damage on the residence. The occupants of the residence were not hurt and are cooperating. The residence is not known to police and has been secured.

Officers from the Detachment’s Serious Crime, Forensic Identification and General Duty Sections are investigating. Given the short time frame and the close proximity, investigators believe these two incidents are related.

If you have any information about these serious criminal offence or the persons responsible, please contact the Prince George RCMP at (250)561-3300 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1(800)222-8477, online at www.pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca

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Daniel J. Joseph was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and failing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to 60 days in jail, placed on probation for nine months and assessed a victim surcharge of $200.

James E. Joseph was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Mandeep S. Lahal was found guilty of two counts of assault, sentenced to 60 days in jail to be served on an intermittent basis, placed on probation until the expiration of the jail sentence, assessed a victim surcharge of $200 and prohibited from possessing firearms for 10 years.

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COMEAU is described as a Caucasian male, 180 cm or 5’11” tall and weighs 70 kg or 155 lbs. COMEAU has brown hair and green eyes. COMEAU should be considered violent.

In Provincial Court on Dec. 10: Samantha L. Antoine was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking, sentenced to 14 days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

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The handgun, which was in the man’s possession, was confirmed to have been stolen from Vancouver in 2011. The Prince George RCMP will be recommending a number of gun and drug

related charges to Crown Counsel.

“Great work by our officer has led to the recovery of a stolen handgun,” said Insp. Brad Anderson, Operations Officer for the Prince George RCMP. “We will continue to target those persons with a propensity for violence so that our community will be an even safer place to live.”

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was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol reading over .08, fined $1,500, assessed a victim surcharge of $450 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Philip C. Testawitch was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to 21 days in jail, placed on probation for six months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

James A. Webb was found guilty of failing to stop at the scene of an accident and failing to stop a motor vehicle when ordered to do so, sentenced to 167 days in jail, placed on probation for two years, assessed a victim surcharge of $200 and prohibited from driving for five years. Webb was also found guilty of possession of stolen property with a value less than $5,000 and failing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to 167 days in jail, placed on probation for two years and assessed a victim surcharge of $200.

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Rahkola was also found guilty of a second count of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance, sentenced to seven days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

In Provincial Court on Dec. 11: Calvin L. Denet was found guilty of breach of recognizance, assessed a victim surcharge of $100 and placed on probation for one year.

Abraham W. Kenni was found guilty of heft of property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to nine months in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $200.

Robert G. Klyne was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, fined $300, assessed a victim surcharge of $90 and placed on probation for one year.

Eliza M. Roberts was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and failing to comply with a probation order, received a conditional sentence of two months, placed on probation for 10 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

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Bill PHILLIPS/Free Press Dr. Abu Hamour, Prince George Medical Director, left, Dr. Ronald Chapman, Vice President, Medicine, and Michael McMillan, Northern Health Northern Interior Chief Operating Officer, address the media Wednesday.

NH scope woes improper cleaning discovered Bill Phillips editor@pgfreepress.com For close to two years, endoscopes at the University Hospital of Northern B.C. were not being cleaned according to the manufacturer’s recommendations.

As a result, Northern Health is now in the process of notifying the approximately 10,000 people who had a procedure using an endoscope.

“First and foremost, I would like to apologize for any undue stress that this information might cause our patients,” said Dr. Ronald Chapman, Northern Health’s vice president of medicine.

Chapman, along with Dr. Abu Hamour, Prince George medical director, stressed that the risk of anyone becoming infected because of the improper cleaning, is extremely low. Northern Health has consulted with the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, which has also advised that the risk of anyone becoming infected is extremely

low.

“We are not aware of any infections,” said Hamour, who added that the risk includes contracting blood-borne viruses such as HIV and hepatitis. “The risk is exceptionally low. This was the pre-cleaning process, that was followed by the actual cleaning process, which involves manual cleaning as well as sterilization.”

Northern Health is urging anyone who may be concerned about possibly being infected because of this, to contact their local physician, who can arrange for them to be tested.

Chapman said the risk of an infection stemming from the cleaning procedure is low because the error was in the precleaning process.

“The physician and the nurse who use the scope are responsible for the pre-cleaning steps, to remove any tissue from a narrow air and water channel,” he said.

“This involves using a syringe to flush air and water through the channel to remove any debris.”

He said a button must be held down for 30 seconds to flush the water and air through the scope, followed by suction for 10 seconds. The button was not being held for the complete 30 seconds, said Chapman.

After the pre-cleaning, the scope was then cleaned and sterilized.

“If debris was not removed in the pre-cleaning, it may be possible that it might not be removed by further processing,” Chapman said.

He added that as soon as the error was noticed, the procedure was changed.

The error did not impact the diagnostic outcome of the tests and other endoscope procedures at UHNBC were not affected, he added.

Michael McMillan, Northern Health Northern Interior Chief Operating Officer, would not say whether disciplinary action was taken as a result of the error, but said Northern Health will conduct a “full accountability review of the issue.”

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Local flu season has been a mild one Bill Phillips editor@pgfreepress.com The good news is that the flu going around this year isn’t as virulent as last year.

The bad news is that flu shot you get isn’t targeted specifically at this year’s virus.

“It didn’t hit the bull’s eye, but it hit all around it,” said Dr. William Osei, Northern Health Medical Health Officer, adding getting a flu shot is still part of a multi-faceted defence against coming down with the annual ailment that is most prevalent at this time of year.

In addition to getting a flu shot, taking other precautionary measures will also helpn such as washing your hands frequently, coughing or sneezing into your sleeve rather than your hands, disposing of tissues properly, and, if you get sick, staying at home so you don’t infect others.

While H1N1 was all the talk last year, this year H3N2 is what is hitting the streets, care homes, and schools. You need a microscope to determine the difference between the two because the symptoms are the same … you have the flu.

“H1N1 is more the pandemic type,” said Osei. “It’s more virulent.

It gets to more people, faster.”

As a result, Osei says this year’s flu season is a mild one. Last year there were lineups at flu clinics, this year, not so much. Osei said it’s difficult to get a firm number on the actual numbers of cases, since most people just stay home when they get the flu.

However, so far this year Northern Health has confirmed 21 cases of the flu, compared to 47 at this time last year. Those cases break down to two in the northwest, nine in the central interior and 10 in the northeast.

Northern Health has administered 16,453 flu shots this season.

Numbers of flu shots given by doctors and pharmacies won’t be available until sometime in March.

Osei says the flu usually hits the hardest in early January with another peak about four weeks later. Northern Health continues to urge residents to get a flu shot, wash their hands frequently, sneeze into shirt sleeves and, if you do get sick, just stay home.

Terry WILSON/Special to the Free Press Fire crews attend a fire in the 1600 block of Queensway Saturday. Twenty-seven tenants were evacuated from the building and housed, temporarily, in a city transit bus.

Fire crews kept busy Prince George fire crews responded to two fires over the weekend.

Shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Prince George Fire Rescue was called to a reported structure fire in an apartment building in the 1600 block of Queensway Street.

Firefighters arrived to find smoke coming out of one of the ground floor suites. Fire was confined to one suite; however, the entire building sustained smoke damage.

Twenty-seven tenants managed

to get out safely. A city transit bus was called in to provide temporary shelter for the tenants. Due to the smoke damage to the building it was not deemed safe to allow tenants to return to their suites. The city’s Emergency Social Services was activated to register and provide shelter for the tenants.

There are no reported injuries or damage estimate at this time.

••• Shortly after midnight on Sunday,

Prince George Fire Rescue responded to a structure fire located in the 2200 block of Redwood Street.

On arrival crews found smoke coming from a basement suite in a three-storey townhouse complex.

Occupants were evacuated.

The fire was knocked down quickly and damage was limited to the stove area and surrounding cabinets.

There was no one present from the suite at the time of the fire. Damage value is not known at this time.

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The pest management methods proposed for use include physical (non-chemical) treatment methods (selective slashing, girdling, hand pulling, weed trimming, mowing, pruning, geotextiles and stump removal), the release of biological control agents (insects), cultural control methods (grass seeding), and the use of pesticides (herbicides). The common name (and examples of trade names) of the pesticides proposed for use under this plan include: aminopyralid, aminocyclopyrachlor, chlorsulfuron (Telar), clopyralid (Transline), 2-4 Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, dicamba (Vanquish), diuron (Karmex), flumioxazin, fluroxpyr, glyphosate (Roundup, Roundup Weathermax, Glyphos, Vantage, Vantage Plus), hexazinone (Velpar),indaziflam, imazapyr (Arsenal), metsulfuronmethyl, picloram (Tordon 22K), simazine (Simadex, Princep) and triclopyr (Garlon 4 or Garlon Ultra). Application methods include: foliar, soil, wick/wipe-on and cut surface, using backpack, wick/wipe-on applicator, squirt bottle, injection tools and handgun (power hose and nozzle).

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A draft copy of the proposed PMP and maps of the proposed treatment areas may be examined online at fortisbc.com or by contacting the Applicant listed above.

A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant within 30 days of the publication of this notice and before February 13, 2015.

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While the pilot phase of research, which involved using the combined resources of UNBC and the RCMP to identify hitchhikers in the region and direct them to fill out an online survey, is complete and being analyzed, in order to push the study further, Holler needs to interview people directly in northern B.C. aboriginal communities – and that takes money.

“There are people we need to hear from that we’re not hearing from,” Holler said in an interview last month. “We’ve got a lot of people who are actually queued up who want to talk to us but we don’t have the money to go out and travel around and talk to them.

“We weren’t able to get the funding we needed to push our study further so all we were able to do was the electronic, online survey,” she said.

That survey produced “amazing information” and the RCMP was particularly supportive, she said, adding that she is travelling to Ottawa this month to meet with RCMP officials and talk about what can be done with the data.

But “we reached the limits of what we can do with the electronic survey,” she said. That’s because the people filling out the online survey weren’t necessarily the same people RCMP members were identifying hitchhiking along Highway 16. RCMP members, when spotting a hitchhiker, would stop and give them a package with information and a link to the online survey.

“We weren’t getting responses from that,” she said. “So we moved to a paper questionnaire that could just be dropped in a mailbox and we didn’t get any of those back..”

The people who filled out the online survey were “likely to have a higher education than an aboriginal northern B.C. resident, they were uniformly people with enough money ... We know we’re getting a segment of the hitchhiking population responding, but we’re not getting enough.”

However, Holler is confident she will track down money this year for the next phase of research.

“Sometimes I think the public doesn’t understand how long it takes to create academic research projects and to get them funded and all that kind of thing. It’s a little frustrating because of the urgency of this topic ... People want it done – that’s citizens, media, people from government – everybody wants it done, so I know it will get done. But it’s just a matter of my being able to dedicate some really sustained time to finding precisely where that money is because so far our applications have gone denied,” she said.

Money for the first phase of the research was provided by The National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health at UNBC. “They gave us a little grant and we were able to do quite a bit with it,” Holler said.

So far, the project hasn’t been able to gain access to provincial money, grants dedicated to preventing crime and violence against women through the civil forfeiture fund. In a release sent out Dec. 4, the province noted it had committed $3.4 million in civil forfeiture grants to supporting vulnerable women and various projects directly related to recommendations in the missing women inquiry report.

“So we’re going to be looking next year, there’s a new pot of money opening up for preventing violence against women and there’s always ongoing social sciences and humanities research council money that we’re hoping to access,” Holler said. “Because what everyone keeps telling us is they want this work done, but you need to have the funding.”

Holler’s research is just one hitchhiking study taking place at UNBC. Another study, pinpointing hitchhiking hotspots, is about to embark on its second-phase of data collection.

The 1,400-page Missing Women Inquiry Commission report includes 56 recommendations for the provincial government to protect and improve the lives of vulnerable women and girls in B.C. It came after a two-year inquiry that involved 90 days of public hearings and was ordered as a result of the investigation into missing and murdered women, primarily on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Former B.C. attorney general Wally Oppal conducted the inquiry.

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Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Kaci Lever models an elegant wedding gown in preparation for Storybook Wedding’s annual Bridal Fair at the Prince George Civic Centre on Sunday. Lever, who works at Richard and Company, is a hairdresser for the bridal event as well as a model.

For local provincial government staff, doing business in the province’s capital got easier Monday night.

On Monday, the first direct flight between Victoria and Prince George touched down at the Prince George airport.

The inaugural flight, originating in Victoria, landed in northern B.C. at 6:40 p.m. The non-stop service, offered by Pacific Coastal Airlines, operates six days a week on a 30seat Saab 340A. “I flew in on the new non-stop service and it was a very comfortable, quick flight,� said John Gibson, president and CEO of the Prince George Airport Authority. “The cabin is very roomy and we are extremely excited locals can get to the Island in only an hour and a half. We look forward to working with Pacific Coastal on making this new service a success.� “We’ve had our eye on Prince George for many years, so today is a very exciting day for us,� said Pacific Coastal Airlines’ director of sales and marketing Kevin Boothroyd. “We look forward to planting and growing roots in northern B.C. and creating relationships with those who live in the region.�

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Three named to Airport Authority board There are some new faces on the board of the Prince George Airport Authority.

Jennifer Brandle-McCall was appointed effective December 1, 2014. She currently is principal of JBM Communications, her communications consulting business. Brandle-McCall served as the chief executive officer of the Prince George Chamber of Commerce for three years. She was nominated by the Prince George Airport Authority. She replaces Marion Bartlett, who has completed the maximum nine years on the Board.

Michelle Marrelli joined the board effective January 1, 2015.Marrelli currently manages a local automotive sales and service enterprise. She served as trustee on the Board of School District 57 for seven years.

She was also Mayor Lyn Hall’s campaign manager. She was appointed by the federal minister of transport.

Marrelli replaces Tom Newell, who has served on the board since April 2007.

Emily Cheung also joined the board on January 1, 2015. Cheung is corporate engineering manager with DWB Consulting Services Ltd. She currently serves on the Engineers Canada board of directors. Cheung was nominated by the Regional District of Fraser Fort George. She replaces Bob Radloff, who completed a threeyear term on the board.

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Prince George Construction Association (PGCA) presented their annual Scholarship & Bursary Awards to students pursuing a Career in Construction of a Construction related field. The awards, totaling $5,000 were given at the December 8th, 2014 Annual General Meeting, Christmas Party & Fundraiser.

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Target opened its location in the Pine Centre Mall in Prince George in early 2013. Target invested between $10 million and $11 million in upgrading the location at the mall. When it opened, it employed between 150 and 200 people.

The Ontario court also approved a $70 million employee trust for the benefit of employees of Target Canada. This trust will help provide severance for Target Canada’s 17,600 employees during the wind-down.

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The shakeout of liquefied natural gas proposals for B.C. continues, with ExxonMobil’s largescale project for Prince Rupert moving ahead and smaller projects changing or withdrawing plans.

ExxonMobil and its Canadian subsidiary Imperial Oil have filed a detailed description with B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office, planning for a city-owned site on Tuck Inlet north of Prince Rupert Harbour.

One of the larger of 18 B.C. proposals, West Coast Canada LNG (WCC LNG) proposes up to five floating barges for LNG loading with onshore support facilities, and an estimated capital cost of $15-25 billion.

WCC LNG sorted through a half dozen sites in the Kitimat and Prince Rupert area, where the larger of B.C.’s 18 current LNG export proposals are also claiming sites. Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman says 2015 is when the LNG industry begins to take shape, despite a slump in oil prices and rising competition from U.S. and other gas producers.

“New drilling activity in our upstream sector demonstrates investors remain confident in B.C.’s long-term natural gas potential,” Coleman said in a New Year commentary released last week. “One of our province’s largest Crown land sales in history occurred near the end of 2014, with industry contributing more than $209 million for exploration right alone.”

Proponents of Aurora LNG Grassy Point near Prince Rupert withdrew that application to start the year, focusing on another site at Digby Island.

Also withdrawn is the Farrell Creek raw gas processing plant north of Hudson’s Hope, a project taken over by Chinese-owned Progress Energy.

Progress is a partner with PETRONAS in Pacific Northwest LNG at Lelu Island near Prince Rupert, with its investment decision postponed indefinitely late last year amid changing global energy supply and demand.

Woodfibre LNG near Squamish is another small-scale project moving ahead, with its application for B.C. environmental assessment accepted at the end of 2014.

The public comment period closed for another large-scale proposal, the Shell-led LNG Canada proposal for Kitimat.

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White gloves for a red carpet The love affair with George Clooney is and totally in keeping with her reported over. seven-carat diamond and platinum ring.

No, not mine (I wish) but it seems with And, as the song made famous by The the rest of the world that idolized him. It Big Bopper goes: was a short honeymoon. For the past three “Chantilly lace and pretty face (and decades fans have swooned over Clooney Amal is much more than a pretty face) ... with a passion not seen since makes the world go round.” the fainting-in-arms Vivien Does it ever.

Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara in So now we come to their Gone With the Wind. first red carpet appearance When the world’s most as a married couple, at the eligible bachelor happily took 72nd annual Golden Globes himself off the market last on Sunday. Clooney is asked year, fans wished him well. to step aside (probably the His romantic, picturesque first time in his career) so the wedding in Venice was widely cameras can zoom in on his photographed and gushed stunning bride. In the event over. And, most importantly recap, however, the once sizfor those of us following arts TEA WITH TERESA zling hot fanfare cooled off to and entertainment, Clooney’s TERESAMALLAM the frigid temperatures of a new bride got fawned over for Prince George winter. her intelligence, exquisite poise and sense Fashion pundits (not just Fashion of style.

Police) were brutal in taking back their She dazzled in an Oscar de la Renta former fashionista’s royal crown. wedding gown – one of the late designer’s Her long white gloves didn’t fit? last creations – and it fit her like a glove.

Well, bless my soul. Who would have More on gloves later. The ivory-coloured thought wearing long white gloves to dress was a beaded tulle extravagant little the Golden Globes would cause such a number with Chantilly lace applique fuss. Maybe she didn’t want to get her

hands dirty with all the black ink she knew would be expended by newspapers, tabloids and magazines to dethrone her the following day. Maybe she just likes the Audrey Hepburn old-style Hollywood glam or Jackie Kennedy classic chic.

Probably all the poor (in the figurative sense) girl was trying to do is show she doesn’t need to follow fashion trends to fit in and – while an exotic beauty – she’s definitely not just eye candy on Clooney’s arm.

The 36-year-old British-Lebanese human rights lawyer lived a life of luxury and privilege long before she met the 52-year-old Hollywood heartthrob – and long before critics tore her to shreds over a “forgettable” frock.

It was not just her gown they criticized but her demeanor.

Critics said she looked bored and that her face suggested she couldn’t wait for the event to be over. They said she only “managed” to smile once when host Tina Fey pointed out her career accomplishments while noting it was her husband taking home the Lifetime Achievement Award.

It all only goes to show the fickle nature

of this homage to Hollywood some of us like to indulge in. One day you’re in, the next you’re out. But I’ll bet Amal (I feel I know her so well from the tabloids that we’re on a first name basis) doesn’t give – sorry for the crude idiom – a red rat’s ass what they, or anyone else, thinks of her white gloves or her black dress.

She already has it all.

She has her own success story and impressive curriculum. And she has the very colourful and cute George Clooney.

She is likely not the kind of woman who needs to be pandered after by the public or sought after by the media. I’m sure if she even pays attention to the negative reviews, she’ll dismiss them as silly time wasters and get on with the important things in her life.

Like trying to figure out how to wear his and her matching Je Suis Charlie buttons, not as a fashion statement for the red carpet, but as a statement about what really matters. That’s the real reason why Clooney will always have fans.

They don’t care if he wore his (OMG) wedding tuxedo for the Golden Globes, they care more that he cares about what is going on in the world.

Millions of jobs all over the province There are lots things that make me scratch my head (no, not lice).

This week has produced a number of items that make me go … hmmm?

••• Big news out of city hall this week with city manager Beth James quitting/retiring/getting laid off/getting fired or whatever they’re calling it these days. (Blew one of my 2015 predictions out of the water, but that’s another story.)

However, why is it that when the city and the city manager part ways the city issues a press release, but when the media asks whether the city’s new communications manager Todd Corrigal is still employed, the response is “the city doesn’t comment on personnel matters.”

Hmmm?

••• I see that Dalhousie University is still reeling from the aftermath of several of its male dentistry students creating a misogynistic Faebook page. The students will now be segregated while continuing their studies. This comes amid howls from across the land for the students’ expulsion.

The only saving grace for the students is that they thought up the denigrating comments themselves. If they

had copied the sexist comments from someone else, then job openings in British Columbia by, first, the year 2020 they would have been guilty of plagiarism and expulsion and now, revised edition, 2022. Hopefully some of those would be pretty much automatic. million job openings have been filled, so shouldn’t it be Hmmm? revised to 824,234 job openings by 2022? Or ••• 624,829 jobs? Or, perhaps, like the road signs the Greg Kauk, who ran for city council last province puts up ‘project completed?’

November but didn’t get elected, has Tweeted Sorry, went off on a bit of a tangent there. that Prince George is soon to have a ‘shadow But now the federal government, with an eleccouncil,’ whether the “real council wants it or tion in the offing, has you paying for its latest not.” ad campaign telling you how great they are. The My understanding is that the shadow ads are extolling the virtues of the federal job council will be comprised of some of those creation programs. who ran for council but didn’t get elected.

If you listen closely, the federal ads say there They will debate some of the same issues that will be one million job openings in Canada over council is debating with the idea of presentthe next decade.

WRITER’S BLOCK ing, perhaps, some different arguments and, Hmmm …?

BILLPHILLIPS at the same time, giving valuable debating I’m sure that neither the provincial governexperience to those who may want to sit at the ment nor the federal government would knowcouncil table in the future. ingly provide us with incorrect numbers, which leads me to Hmmm … could be very interesting. deduce that all of the million new jobs in the country over ••• the next few years will be in British Columbia. Wow. We’ve been listening to the provincial government spout So why is the federal government advertising in other on for about four years now that there will be one million provinces?

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ayor Lyn Hall is certainly wasting no time in putting his stamp on city hall.

He, along with the new city council, wasted no time in showing city manager Beth James the door. Although the official line is that they have mutually agreed to part ways, make no bones about it, she was sent packing. What was mutually agreed to was a financial compensation package that will, undoubtedly, be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and which the city will not willingly disclose.

There is a certain irony in council cleaning house (it appears that communications manager Todd Corrigal is also gone, but the city is refusing to comment). It was in January 2012, two months after Shari Green was elected mayor, that 28 city staff were sent packing.

This, however, is a little different in that Hall and council are cleaning out at the very top.

James is one of the vestiges of the Green era at city hall that Hall is quickly erasing. He said that council wants to go in a new direction and that they are doing. James was a no-nonsense administrator who was brought in to clean things up. She may have been effective, but her take-noprisoners approach didn’t endear her to many.

One of the issues raised during the election campaign was there was a disconnect between city council and senior administration. James had a big part in erecting that wall between city council and city hall.

She brought forward the councillors’ code of conduct that, in its original form, would have forbade a city councillor from talking to any staff member without her consent. It was watered down somewhat before council agreed to it … most with fingers crossed behind their backs because they knew the code has no real teeth to it and they could do what they wanted anyway. In addition, the code was aimed primarily at Coun. Brian Skakun, who was actually finding out what was happening on the ground during last year’s snow removal debacle and that was contrary to what senior administration was telling us.

Hall campaigned on bringing a new style of leadership to city hall, one that is more inclusionary and approachable. The challenge for the new city council will be to now find a new city manager who fits that new style and who can effectively run the city.

It will undoubtedly be a full agenda for the new city council when they meet later this month for their retreat as they decide how to replace James and how to make good on all the campaign promises.

Snow removal improved

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hile we certainly haven’t seen the onslaught of snowstorms this year that we did last year, snow has arrived.

With that has come the microscope hovering over the city’s snow removal efforts. Generally, this year, they seem to be pretty good. We’re not hearing the endless complaints about snow removal, it’s not the conversation at every coffee break, and it’s not dominating the headlines. That means the city has listened, learned, and changed since last year.

Good job.

The political dilemmas Every elected official, at all levels of government, frequent- resisted that even some city councils came on board to oply faces a dilemma. They must decide if they stand on the pose the construction of the line. That is not to say it was a side of the popular choice or do the right thing even if it will good proposal, but the real meat and potatoes of the pipeline result in unpopularity. hearings were the educated, well thought out proposal of There are many who believe their governthose who had done the necessary research and ment should always give them what they want helped develop the knowledge base. The masses when they want it. They argue that the aggrewere much more influenced by the emotional apgate thinking of the populace reflects the one peals of those in opposition to the proposal. true decision. There are many examples which Along with the recent municipal elections disprove that popular claim. there was a vote on fluoridation of the city water Many have speculated on the world of supply. Although it was only an information vote, tomorrow where every citizen would have council had little choice but to follow the opinion the right to go online and tell the government of voters. The outcome was predictable. A general concerned what direction they should go in. mistrust of all governments combined with the That is an attractive and neat idea, but one strong presence of adding anything to our food with flaws, which could give bad or disastrous chain assured a no vote. Of those who made the results with long-living consequences. In such ONSIDE trip to the polls, how many took the time to take a situation, if that should arise, would the deciVICBOWMAN in the bountiful amount of information made sion reached by the majority be wisdom or just available to them before they voted? Did they a reflection of mob mentality? make the right decision? We will not know until 20 or 30 The referendum on implementing a harmonized sales tax years down the road. in our province met with exceptionally strong resistance.

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Our political leaders have to defend freedom of expression Paul Strickland Special to the Free Press Political correctness created the cultural atmosphere that allowed jihadist fascist murderers to organize to kill 10 staff members, including four political cartoonists, and two police officers at the offices of the Parisian satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo; a police officer outside; and four shoppers at a kosher grocery store.

The attacks had an impact on people of all faith traditions, as well as atheists among the journalists. One of the police officers murdered at the Charlie Hebdo offices was Muslim. A Muslim employee at the kosher supermarket helped some imperiled customers escape harm.

Politically correct people indirectly helped the radical Islamists gather the strength and the level of co-ordination required to terrorize journalists, Jews, Christians and moderate Muslims because over the past three decades they have engaged in silencing, first by shaming and ultimately by legal action, any critics of religious extremist activity, calling them “racist xenophobes” or “paranoid conspiracy theorists.” As a result, most residents of Western countries became blinded to the presence of radical Fifth Columnists in their midst– as, for example, in France, where they were highly trained and ready to massacre 10 newspaper employees and two policemen in one Paris building with the discipline and precision of a military commando unit. These were no disaffected unemployed young men who were spontaneously expressing their frustration with their joblessness or who were outraged of a sudden by a cartoon of the Prophet Muham-

mad.

There are historical parallels. Between Hitler’s accession to power in January 1933 and Nazi Germany’s absorption of Austria and Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland in 1938 (and the rest of that country in March 1939), exiled members of German opposition parties set up newspapers or filed freelance stories from inside the still independent nearby Eastern European countries. The German social democratic party in exile published a paper in Prague chronicling and criticizing events in Nazi Germany. The Hitler government sent Nazi agents into these countries to murder some of these exiled politicians and journalists.

Anita Kunz, a Canadian cartoonist who contributes to New Yorker magazine, said that, as a result of this month’s attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper, she now has to consider the real possibility of at some point being assassinated for her work. She said Saturday on CBC Radio One’s Day Six program that she felt increasingly constrained by “thought police.” On Rex Murphy’s Cross-Country Check-Up on CBC Radio One Sunday afternoon, guest Raheel Raza, founder of Muslims Facing Tomorrow and author of Their Jihad – Not My Jihad, noted that politicians will denounce such incidents for a short while and then eventually revert to political correctness, saying they are isolated events and minimizing any connection with radical Islamism.

The demonstrations Sunday in support of Charlie Hebdo, the victims of the terrorist attacks and their families and free speech as an essential element of France’s enlightenmentoriented democratic culture were an encouraging development. Two million people, joined by world leaders, took part in the main

rally in Paris, and a total of another million people participated in parallel demonstrations in outlying French cities. One hopes these will turn the tide against organized extremist attacks against journalists, freedom of the press and freedom of speech.

Still, one fears the outrage won’t last and the fog of political correctness will roll back in.

Already official France seems to be backpedalling, if Radio France International newsletters are any indication. They emphasize that France has many restrictions on speech, and that the sensitivity of religious groups is paramount. The dry rot of political correctness continues undisturbed in too many universities in the West, as well as in some wire services and major metropolitan dailies.

Meanwhile, French Jews are being advised by many of their leaders to emigrate from France because of fears for their safety.

Matt Taibbi, top financial journalist and investigative reporter for Rolling Stone, said this is a crucial moment for the future of freedom of expression. “Free Speech is a crucial part of who we are,” he wrote last Thursday. “If we give it up because a vocal minority in a different culture disagrees – a minority, incidentally, that believes we had things figured better in the seventh century – then we don’t deserve free speech at all. And yes, it sucks that we have to risk bloodshed and destruction over a cartoon, but that’s what’s on the line here, our way of life.

“The answer here isn’t more self-censorship,” Taibbi said. “Since when do we give in to bullies so easily?”

Freedom of expression is a universal value, the foundation of democratic society. Our political and cultural leaders have the obligation to defend it unreservedly.

I did some thinking about my sporting past on Saturday.

OK, maybe not my sporting past, but my past in relation to sports.

I was at the final couple of games of the Trojan Wars boys basketball tournament at D.P. Todd, and while I spent most of my time following the games, I also spent some time following an area I was more familiar with: the scorers’ table.

When I was at Prince George Secondary School, I started doing a lot of scorekeeping for basketball tournaments at the school. And when I say scorekeeping, I actually mean any of the jobs at the table – scorekeeping, timekeeping or running the 30-second clock.

After I graduated, I found I still had a lot of Friday afternoons and evenings and Saturdays free, so I kept scorekeeping ALLAN’S AMBLINGS ALLANWISHART at PGSS, but I also started helping out at the other high schools when they had tournaments.

It was a lot of fun, I got to see a lot of really good basketball for free, and I got a reputation as someone who could be relied on to show up for all the games and do a good job at whatever assignment I was given.

One job which has changed a lot from when I was working the scorers’ table is the 30-second clock.

When I started, none of the local schools had actual 30-second clocks, which you now see mounted on the walls at the end of the courts, and which are controlled from the table.

What we had, in most cases, was a stopwatch. You had to get pretty quick at stopping, resetting and re-starting the watch any time there was a change of possession.

We also had a device to let the teams know when there were 10 seconds left on the shot clock. At most schools it was a very sophisticated device at the table, known as a table lamp.

Yes, you sat there with the stopwatch in one hand and the other on the switch on the lamp. When the stopwatch showed 10 seconds left, you switched on the light. Most teams had a player on the bench watching the lamp, and they would let the players on the floor know when it came on.

Definitely not the most technically sophisticated system, and I remember how happy to discover one year that some of the schools had taken a step up.

They had wired together a timer, which automatically turned on the lamp when there were 10 seconds left.

It was quite a change.

I see the clocks now, and I wonder how we did it back then without making a mess of things.

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TERESA MALLAM | 250.564.0005 | arts@pgfreepress.com | www.pgfreepress.com BATTLESHIPS On Friday, Jan. 23 the Prince George Public Library Nechako branch will be the scene of a dryland, life-sized battleship arena. The free event, which encourages using the imagination, takes place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Join the crew and sink a battleship while defending your own. Be prepared to throw things. Life-sized Battleship is a pro D event suitable for ages 10 to 12.

COLDSNAP Relax with a theatre performance of three great bands on Monday, Jan. 26 as part of the Coldsnap Music Festival. Vanderhoof ’s Rosewood’s Diary kicks things off. Red Moon from the Prairies is back, blending sounds from banjo, mandolin, guitar and fiddle along with vocal harmonies. And Catherine MacLellan brings her music from the Maritimes, folk-country blues songs.

The event takes place at the Prince George Playhouse from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

ED ZARUK Award winning author Ed Zaruk is coming back to Artspace to led his fourth annual writers’ workshop.

On Saturday, Jan. 31 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturday, Feb. 7 (same time), Zaruk will help attendees tackle non-fiction and historical fiction. Attendance for each session costs $20 and anyone interested is encouraged to contact Books and Company to sign up in advance.

ALEFEST On Saturday, Jan 31 at Two Rivers Gallery, Kiwanis Prince George is hosting an ale fest, similar to a wine-tasting festival, and offering attendees the opportunity to taste a variety of high-quality specialty and premium beers made by B.C. and Yukon independent brewers. The event will feature a selection of two separate tastings sessions, live music powered by Coldsnap, craft beer learning sessions, souvenir tasting glass, tapas food paired to featured beer, and a professional art exhibit. The event is the Kiwanis Club of Prince George annual signature event to raise funds for local children’s charities and Kiwanis programs.

Kids with real personality keep local couple busy on their goat farm Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com According to the Chinese Zodiac calendar, 2015 is the Year of the Goat.

Trisha Gustafson and her husband, Brad, will have no trouble celebrating. The couple raises Chilako Nubian goats on their 160 acre “hobby farm” in the Mud River area – and there’s always plenty of live action going on.

“Right now we have 22 Nubians on our farm. They’re like the ‘Jersey’ of the goat world and we just love their antics,” said Gustafson, who often photographs them.

“They’re really fun to be around because they do the most entertaining things. Each one has its own personality so they are more like dogs that way. They love attention and have a pecking order in the herd.”

They all have names to suit their personality.

“All our goats are registered with formal names but I’m surprised they don’t have an identify crisis with all the nicknames we give them – based on their distinctive behaviours.”

The Gustafsons have two livestock guardian dogs who stay with the goats and protect them from harm.

“We have a lot of coyotes where we live, and they are really sneaky, I find. They seem to always have a plan, they try to lure one dog away so they can get closer to the goats.

We’ve seen cougars and bears and there’s been lynx tracks although lynx don’t usually go after goats.”

Nubian goats are cute but they also are valued for their milk. And Gustafson soon learned how to make artisan soap which she sells in local stores and markets.

“Brad milks the goats and I make the soap,” says Gustafson.

“Their milk is not super in volume but it is very creamy. Nubians have the highest butter fat content so it really does make beautiful soaps. It’s labour intensive we use high quality essential oils, so it’s not cheap to produce but it’s very luxurious.”

The couple’s love of Nubian goats began with a herd of horses.

“Originally, when we bought the farm five years ago, we planned to have a small hobby farm which would help us to be as self-sufficient as possible. We had a friend who needed a temporary place to keep horses – we ended up looking after 17 horses for about six months. As a thank-you present, we got a small herd of Nubian goats.”

Calling it the “best present ever,” that’s how their adventure with goats started, she said.

Anyone wanting to raise Nubians

Photo contributed Trisha Gustafson gets a kiss from “Skye.”

is advised to ask lots of questions and buy from a reputable breeder/ owner, says Gustafson. She likes to share information on the care and feeding of Nubians with her social media friends.

“Goats love alfalfa, they are browsers like deer. Sheep and cattle are grazers and they will eat down a pasture but goats like to nibble the tops off everything instead.”

Page wire fencing keeps the goats in a large but contained area – but they love to play and socialize outside, says Gustafson. Like many northerners, though, they like to stay inside during the winter.

“We make them go out, otherwise they’d stay in this time of year. We put their water a couple of hundred yards away so they get fresh air and exercise. They do get a winter coat which comes out in the spring.”

The Gustafsons regularly post photos and stories about their goats’ latest antics and adventures. Trisha Gustafson came in fourth last month in an international online photo contest which featured a photo of their goat friends.

For more information about the Gustafsons and their goats, go to their website at www.chilakonubians.com.

The “celebrity” goats even have their own facebook page at www.

Photo contributed Trisha and Brad Gustafson with four legged friend “Player.” facebook.com/ChilakoNubians.

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Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com For artist and teacher Jennifer Annais Pighin, her designs chosen for the 2015 Canada Winter Games are as much about showing respect for those who came before her as they are an expression of her artistic talent.

Pighin created three designs used for Team B.C. scarves and shirts as well as commemorative pins that will be widely seen around Prince George in February when it proudly hosts the Games for the first time.

Importantly for her, says Pighin, Lheidli T’enneh is First Nation host for the Games, the first time a First Nation has been named an official host of the Games.

“They [Winter Games committee] called and asked me to create the designs – I really don’t know why they chose me but I was happy to come up with something,” she said Wednesday. “But I also want to acknowledge the knowledge-holders who have passed on our art and cultural traditions so that I could do this.”

When she first sat down to create them, the designs came easily to her, she says.

“I have lots of ideas,” she said, laughing.

Indeed, the prolific artist has her own Teresa MALLAM/Free Press website featuring her work which is always Artist and teacher Jennifer Pighin shows off the design evolving despite the fact she has other roles she created for scarves worn by Team B.C. during the such as teacher, student and busy mother of Canada Winter Games hosted by Prince George. two. Pighin was born and raised in Prince and outdoor recreation and her mother was a figure George and spent six or seven years in the skater. Growing up on the North Nechako River, Lower Mainland pursuing her higher education.

Pighin says she has a true understanding of and strong Currently she’s working on her Masters of First Naenduring bond with natural environment which comes tions Studies at UNBC. She teaches at PGSS. through in the three designs she created for Team B.C. Team B.C. partnered with Pighin, a council memThe scarf shows a sockeye salmon, a staple food of ber for the Lheidli T’enneh, and commissioned three the interior people. designs to be used on Team B.C. apparel and pins for “Salmon take a phenomenal journey to Prince the 2015 Canada Winter Games.

George and they are nothing like they were when they “These beautiful designs are going to be a huge hit at started, changing colours and becoming lean as they the upcoming Games,” said Coralee Oakes, minister of move up the river,” she said. community, sport and cultural development, in a Jan. Another aspect of her talent is represented in a Team 13 press release.

B.C. puzzle pin, a three-part pin inspired by the work of “What a great way to share the spirit of the North her elders and depicting a dug-out canoe, a traditional and the culture of the Lheidli T’enneh,” she said. form of travel.

“I am excited to be part of this project as it involves “It has been an honour to work with Jennifer on the youth,” Pighin said in the same release. “Opportunities creation of these designs,” said Rob Needham, Team like this are so uplifting and the chance to share the B.C. Chef de Mission. “The Team B.C. athletes, coaches pride of our culture and our province is exciting.” and mission staff will wear the pieces with pride and In a Jan. 14 news release, it was announced that they are excited to debut them in Prince George.”

Pighin is also winner of the 2015 Canada Winter According to the release, the 2015 Canada Winter Games Medal Design Competition. Her work was Games are expected to bring together 3,300 athletes, chosen from 39 submissions from across Canada. coaches and managers from every province and terriPighin is a snowboarder who loves the outdoors. tory to compete in 19 sports. For more about Jennifer “I love winter. It is my thing,” she said, adding her Pighin visit www.jenniferannaispighin.com. eight-year-old twin boys enjoy sports including skiing

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“I was working at home,” she said Friday afternoon, “and it was tough to get through.”

Then she got a phone call from someone at the Hospice House Society, and the frustration disappeared.

Grant was told she was the winner of the Society’s latest 50/50 draw,worth $76, 360.

“I bough the ticket quite a while ago, on a phone-in order,” she said after picking up her cheque at the Hospice House on Friday. “I always buy tickets on the draw.”

She says the Hospice House is a local group she has always supported.

“I just fell our community is so fortunate to have the Hospice House here. When we heard the draw was coming up, my husband asked if we should buy another ticket.

“I thought for a few seconds and then said, ‘No. I

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She hasn’t made any plans for the money yet, but says she will keep one thing in mind.

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A celebration of diversity at CNC our event and I cut it up into squares to make it easier for people to work on. Our medium was mixed media so we A celebration of diversity. had materials like little maps, The College of New Caledonia origami paper, cupcake hold(CNC) held the latest instalment in a ers – and lots of glitter. series of workshops that celebrate their “We’ve been running this digenization and internationalization. series at CNC for about a year Organizer and artist Cat Sivertsen and a half but this is the first said Wednesday the workshop had a art-based one we’ve done.” heart theme and slogan: “This is the Facilitator Elyse Elmslie HeArt of diversity.” said several students and The event was hosted by CNC’s faculty members stopped International Education department

by Wednesday to add their and the Aboriginal Resource Centre artistic flair. and was held in the Gathering Place.

“I’m painting a picture in Participants were encouraged to be between talking with people. creative with their ideas and use of Rather than just simply asking materials, said Sivertsen. people to do a piece of art “Canfor donated all the paper for about where they come from, which can be a Y WL D NE VATE little daunting L AMPLIGHTER M OTEL O N RE • microwave in room • highspeed internet for some people, • 31 modern units • air-conditioned • satellite TV • direct dial phone I ask them to use • sauna & whirlpool • jacuzzi suites • in-room coffee & fridge • coin laundry • seniors rates a heart shape. I www.lamplighter.kamloops.com For Reservations Call Toll Free think the heart 1-800-563-7401 is a nice symbol Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Golf & Ski Orsi Hamari, left, joins her twin sister Francisca (right) and fellow CNC student Nimra Riaz in creating and people can Packages Available get creative with heart-themed artwork Wednesday during a workshop to celebrate CNC’s indigenization and internationalization. The sisters are exchange students from France. it and incorporate it in their France, were at a table E-mail: lamplighter31@hotmail.com artwork. ” with fellow CNC student 1901 East Trans-Canada Highway, Kamloops Elmslie says the intent Nimra Riaz enjoying Phone: 250-372-3386 • Fax: 250-372-8740 Select Canada +++ BC Accommodation of the series as a whole is a creative time with to create a more welcom- brushes, paints and Rooms ing environment for paper Wednesday.

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New Spirit for Northern Health Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com There’s a new Spirit inside Northern Health.

Spirit the Caribou was unveiled Tuesday afternoon at Duchess Park Secondary, where Isabel Stratton, who designed the mascot, is a Grade 8 student.

“I decided to make him a caribou,” she said, “because that’s an endangered species. I probably did 10 or 15 drawings of him over two weeks.”

Spirit was designed to help Northern Health engage young people in thinking about healthy living, and was sponsored by the Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation.

“It’s so different seeing him in 3D,” Isabel said. “I’m really pleased with how he turned out.”

According to the back story she created for Spirit, “When Spirit was young, he was adventurous and loved to explore.

One day, when Spirit was out discovering the world, he got a really bad cold and had to go visit the doctor.”

The doctor encouraged Spirit to practice healthy living habits, “so he and his family can stay strong.”

Spirit will make a number of appearances during the upcoming Canada Winter Games, before making appearances Allan WISHART/Free Press across the north, spreading the message of healthy living to Spirit the Caribou, the new mascot for Northern Health, prepares to high-five the Duchess Park Condors masyoung people. cot Tuesday morning at the school. Isabel Stratton, a Duchess Park student, right, designed Spirit.

Comedy with Gerry D coming to Vanier Hall Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com As life changes, so does Gerry Dee’s comedy routine.

“When I started doing stand-up,” Dee says over the phone from Ontario, “teaching took front and centre. Now, there’s a lot about parenting.”

Dee will be at Vanier Hall on Jan. 30, bringing his act to Prince George for the first time.

“It’s always fun going to a place for the first time,” says Dee, whose CBC show, Mr. D, starts its fourth season on Jan. 20. “This show might be more of an introduction to Gerry Dee, whereas if I’m playing a city I’ve played before, I might change things up a bit.”

Dee says he had always been an entertainer and a storyteller growing up, but his first career was as a teacher.

“I was teaching for about five years before I did my first stand-up routine. It was something I wanted to try, and this was just the next step from what I had been doing for years.”

For those early routines, he stuck to what he knew best.

“Teaching was an easy source of stories. There might be something that had happened the day before in class that I could make a story out of.”

He started to attract notice across Canada for his comedy, and after another five years, he gave up teaching and turned to comedy full-time.

He took part in a season of Last Comic Standing on NBC, where he finished the third, the highest finish ever by a Canadian. That was when Canadian TV came calling.

“A guy at The Score knew my sports background, so he asked if I’d be interested in doing a segment. That lasted about six or seven years.”

The segments featured Dee interviewing sports personalities, and he really enjoyed it.

“I was getting the chance to meet some of my sports heroes. I still look at them as heroes.”

When he got the chance to do Mr. D, a series about a high-school teacher who tries to stay one step ahead of his students, the sports angle ended up tagging along.

“We’ve had some sports people guest star on the show, like Nathan McKinnon, Daniel Negreanu and Roberto Alomar.

It’s always a lot of fun.”

And he says, even though he’s been out of teaching for a while, there is no shortage of story lines.

The tour he’s on now started with a few dates in December, than has a few in B.C., then picks up again about a month later.

“It’s nice to be at the point now in my career where I can dictate what events I go to. I get the chance to get back to Toronto and have some time with my family, then go out on the road again.”

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Lheidli T’enneh, the Official Host First Nation of the 2015 Canada Winter Games requires Volunteers for the duration of the Canada Winter Games from February 13 to March 1, 2015.

If you are interested in Volunteering at the Lheidli T’enneh Pavilion, located at 6th Avenue, Dominion Street, Prince George, B.C.: 1.

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The Call for Volunteer/Ambassador and the Registration Forms can be viewed online with Facebook: Lheidli T’enneh – Host First Nation Twitter: Lheidli T’enneh @ HostFirstNation You can request a copy of our Volunteer/Ambassador Registration forms via Facsimile or Email. Your Volunteer/Ambassador Registration forms can be submitted via Facsimile, E-mail and/or hand delivered:

3041 Mcgill Crescent, Prince George (250) 964-4348

Attention:

Barbara Allan Assistant Special Events Coordinator

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Electrical Field Safety Representative (FSR) $699 Introduction to Mental Health Jan 28/15 (Part I of Certi¿cate in Forklift Operator Certi¿cation/ Community Mental Health) Recerti¿cation Jan 21/15 $1495 Jan 31/15 $295 Medical Device *All CE Courses are subject to an Reprocessing additional tech fee.

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Datebook www.pgfreepress.com Friday Meat draw, Fridays, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave. Crown Market, Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 3955 Hart Highway.

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

Information: 250-6140684.

Dance, Fridays, 8 p.m.-midnight, Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave.

Saturday

Dance, Jan. 24, 8 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

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. Meat draw, Saturdays, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave. Crown Market, Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 3955 Hart Highway.

Dance, Saturdays, 8 p.m.-midnight, Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave.

Sunday

Moderate/strenuous snowshoe hike, Grand Canyon of the Fraser, Jan. 18. Meet at City Hall 7:50 a.m. Information:

caledoniaramblers@ yahoo.ca.

Cribbage, Jan. 18, 1 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Roast beef dinner, Jan. 18, 5 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Nechako Public Market, Sundays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 5100 North Nechako Rd. A Butler’s Market, Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 1156 Fourth Ave. Meat draw, Sundays, 3-5 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave. Crown Market, Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 3955 Hart Highway.

Monday

Canasta, Jan. 19, 7 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Royal Purple Ladies, meet second and fourth Monday of every month, 7:30 p.m., Studio 2880.

Tai Chi, Mondays, 1:30 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Northern Twister Square Dance Club meets Mondays, 7 p.m., Knox United Church basement. Information: Gys 250-563-4828 or Reta 250-962-2740.

Burger King general manager Deepak Chaudhury presents a cheque for $1,000 to Community Policing co-ordinator Linda Parker. The money was raised during a fundraiser at the end of November. Parker said it will go to the group’s Youth at Risk team.

Proud to recognize those who give in our community.

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Tuesday Annie Annie, 4 year old Spayed Female Domestic Short Haired Calico.

Annie loves to lounge around and watch things happen. She has a very gentle soul and loves to cuddle. She would do best in a house without young children as loud noises and fast movements do stress her out. She is good with other cats as long as they respect her Personal Space.

If you are interested in this pet, please contact the North Cariboo BC SPCA at 250.562.5511 or visit us at: 4011 Lansdowne Road • northcariboo@spca.bc.ca This message brought to you by

Bridge, Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. ACBL duplicate bridge, Tuesdays, 7 p.m., 425 Brunswick St. Information: 250-5611685.

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

Information: Kathy 250-563-5170.

Wednesday CFUW meets, Jan. 21, 7 p.m., Magnolia Gardens, 2055 Ingledew St.

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Mail to 1773 South Lyon St., Prince George BC V2N 1T3.

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Bingo, Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m., Spruce Capital Senior Recreation Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. TOPS meeting, Wednesdays, 6:15 p.m., Kordyban Lodge dining room. Information: Jessie 250-613-5933.

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

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“GIVE A LITTLE… GAIN A LOT!” Le Cercle des Canadiens Francais Offering a French conversation course for adults, Beginner level intermediate/advance level, 7-9 pm. To register Renee 250- 561-2565 PG Council of Seniors Mascot volunteers wanted.

Must be in good health, NOT claustrophobic, and able to withstand heat.

May be any age with a jolly sense of humor and great at interacting with people of all ages! training provided.

250-564-5888 Autism Society BC North New - Adults with Autism Support Group & Family Support Group. More info email cwalker@autismbc.ca Corey 250-961-7620 For information on volunteering with more than 100 non-profit organizations in Prince George, contact Volunteer Prince George

Answers can be found in the classifieds.

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Army Cadet Rangers free youth program, meets Wednesdays, 6:309:30 p.m., Connaught Youth Centre.

Information: Sondra 250-963-9462 or Andrew 250-981-8270.

CNC Retirees meet last Wednesday of the month, 9 a.m., D’Lanos.

Information: Lois 250-563-6928.

Thursday Whist, Jan. 22, 7 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Tai Chi, Thursday, 7-9 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-964-3849.

Central Interior Darts Club, meets Thursday, 6:30 p.m., P.G. Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave. Bridge, Thursdays, 1-3 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors’ Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Information: 250-563-6450.

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

Little Artists, Thursdays, 10:3011:30 a.m., South Fort George Family Resource Centre, 1200 La Salle. 250614-0684.

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 Metis Elders Craft group, Thursday, 10 a.m.-noon, Prince George Metis Elders Society office, 117 – 1600 Third Ave. (Prince George Native Friendship Centre).

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

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NECHAKO RESERVOIR UPDATE Reservoir Elevation: 851.19m

Obituaries

May 11, 1929 - January 7, 2015

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Mom passed away peacefully, with family by her side. She is survived by her four daughters, Linda Goodair (Bud) of Mission, BC; Edith Palumbo (Dan) of Prince George; Kathy Powell (Brad) of Nanaimo and Elizabeth (Ken) of Vancouver. Doreen has 8 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Thomas James (Tom) in 2003.

Mom was born in Tuberose, Saskatchewan, and lived on the family farm, where she spent much of her time with her horse and dogs.

She eventually moved to Saskatoon to begin her career and it was there she met her husband. Mom and Dad were married in Saskatoon in 1951 and then moved to Prince George, where Dad worked for the CN for 35 years, Mom was a homemaker and where they raised their family.

Mom moved into the Prince George Chateau in 2004, being one of the Àrst residents, and was lucky enough to have spent 8+ years there. Due to declining health, she was moved to Parkside Care Facility in April of 2013, and was cared for by many wonderful people.

We will always remember Mom’s beautiful smile!

There will be no service by request. Our family will gather at a later date, for a Celebration of Mom’s Life.

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Information NECHAKO RESERVOIR UPDATE 14 January 2015 Reservoir Elevation: 851.15m (2792.50 ft.)

SLS Discharge: 34.19 m3/s Nechako River at Cheslatta Falls: 38 m3/s Nechako River at Vanderhoof: 49 m3/s Skins Lake Spillway discharge will be maintained at approximately the current level until April 2015 Visit website www.wateroffice.ec.gc.ca for up to date real-time flow information for the Nechako River.

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The Fitzhugh is an award-winning community news organization in beautiful Jasper, Alberta – the heart of the Canadian Rockies. We are seeking a passionate, driven, and highly creative individual to fill the role of Production Manager with our team.

Ours is a young, enthusiastic office in a not-so-average mountain town. As soon as the rooftop pool is installed we plan to have regular Friday afternoon diving competitions. The Google compound’s got nothing on us. Working here, you’ll want to keep your trail mix close to your camera, tucked safely beside those tickets to the next local gig.

The Production Manager plans, schedules, strategizes, and oversees all production activities, while playing a fundamental role in the creative direction and graphic design of the newspaper and the advertising within it. You will perform essential functions in layout and design to ensure that the newspaper meets strict print deadlines.

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This is an amazing opportunity to fill out your portfolio and to join a fun and positive work environment.

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Strategically situated on the great circle route from Asia, Prince Rupert is also North America’s deepest natural harbor. As such, the Prince Rupert Container Terminal is able to comfortably handle the world’s largest container vessels in a highly productive and efficient manner.

All resumes must be forwarded to employment@maherterminals.com

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Inside Sales Representative The Prince George Free Press is seeking a full time Inside Sales Representative to handle sales of Print and On-Line advertising and to manage an existing account list. This individual will work out of our Prince George office and will be responsible for building strong relationships with current clients, develop new business to increase revenue and perform to sales goals set by management. The position requires solid communication skills, creativity and attention to detail.

Prior advertising knowledge and media experience are both a big plus, but not required. To qualify, you must be outgoing and driven to succeed. Other responsibilities include problem solving and the ability to multitask.

If working in a positive, goal oriented team environment, with state of the art equipment appeals to you, submit your resume in confidence to: Ron Drillen, General Manager The Prince George Free Press 1773 South Lyon Street V2N 1T3 Fax: 250-562-0025 Email: publisher@pgfreepress.com AberdeenPublishing.com 778-754-5722

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Description We are seeking a team player with a professional attitude to work and learn in a fast paced, business environment.

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Please submit your resume and cover letter to: Ron Drillen, General Manager Prince George Free Press 1773 South Lyon Street Prince George, B.C., V2N 1T3, Canada Tel: (250) 564-0005 Ext.115 Fax: (250) 562-0025 Email: publisher@pgfreepress.com

The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George is inviting applications for a Permanent, Full-Time position of Service Centre Representative in Development Services. This position provides assistance to the public as well as a wide variety of clerical support for various departments including meeting scheduling, minute taking, travel arrangements, word processing and records management services.

Land Use Planning and Building Inspection administrative support knowledge or experience would be an asset.

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PRINCE GEORGE NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE Our People make a difference in the community The Prince George Native Friendship Centre, a visionary non-proďŹ t society, has been serving the needs of the entire community for the past 43+ years.

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Cougars head into homestretch With more than 60 per ers (Jari Erricson and Zach cent of the Prince George Pochiro) one under the limit.

Cougars season complete, it’s The writing was on the wall time for the Cat for Braid when Attack! he was a healthy The Cougars scratch in Kelwere not buyers owna on January or sellers at the 3. When the WHL trade Cats acquired deadline. The Braid and Lance Josh Connolly Yaremchuk from acquisition Prince Albert in from KamJune for Jordan loops for Marc Tkatch, GM McNulty was Todd Harkins a rare swap stated in a news HART BEAT of veteran HARTLEYMILLER release: “He 19-year-old of(Braid) profensive defencemen that both vides the right mix of size, teams hope will flourish in a experience and leadership.” new environment. Connolly Needless to say, the Cougars wanted to play in Prince expected more toughness, George, his hometown, presence and leadership. which of course is refreshing Braid had just 13 points to hear since many players (8 goals) and 42 penalty have been reluctant to come minutes in 35 games with to P.G. This deal appears to the Cougars. The Rockets be a favourable one for the are hoping with a championCougars as McNulty, superb ship calibre team that Braid at times, was inconsistent, will provide those physical while Connolly should be intangibles. It’s a gamble to highly motivated to be a say the least. leader.

With Yaremchuk in Junior • I wasn’t surprised the A and Braid in Kelowna, Cougars traded forward all the Cougars have left to Chance Braid, but I was show from that P.A. deal is flabbergasted the Kelowna Brogan O’Brien (WHL rights Rockets wanted him and that obtained from the Rockets) the Cats did not find another who is with the P.G. Spruce 20-year-old. The Cougars Kings and may not play a have just two overage playgame for the Cats. If you’re

wondering, the 19-yearold Tkatch has 33 points (8 goals) and 22 penalty minutes in 43 games with the Raiders.

• Adding Patrick Gora in net is worth the risk but carrying three goalies isn’t the answer. 16-year-old Tavin Grant needs to play, regardless of league. The 18-yearold Gora had impressive stats with the Camrose Kodiaks but that’s Junior A. How he adjusts to the WHL is a question that only gets answered by playing. He stopped 30 of 35 shots in a 5-2 loss to Victoria in his debut. 18-yearold Ty Edmonds deserves to remain the starter but having someone his age “push” him for crease time should be advantageous to the team.

• It’s almost remarkable that the 20-23-1 Cougars remain in 3rd place in the BC Division considering they are allowing one more goal per game (4) than they score (3). In addition they are the WHL’s most penalized team with a power play ranked 19th in the league and a penalty kill last at 22nd. Although the Cougars are sixth in the Western Conference standings, they may drop to ninth if Vancouver surpasses them; the Giants are just one point behind with two

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games in hand. Last-place Kamloops appears to be a good bet to be one of the two Conference teams to miss the playoffs. At this time, Vancouver, P.G. and Tri-City are the front-runners to be the other team to miss the post-season.

• It’s too early to play the schedule game but let’s have a peek anyway. The PG Cougars have just 28 games left; half at home. The Cougars have eight of their next 11 at CN Centre. After that, with the Canada Winter Games dominating the Prince George sports scene, the Cougars play seven of the following eight on the road. The Cats still have four

games remaining against Kamloops but they are among their final six games in March. The Cougars have three games left each against Portland, Everett, Seattle and Edmonton and two each against Medicine Hat, Victoria, Calgary. They have also singles versus Lethbridge, Kootenay, Kelowna, Red Deer, Moose Jaw and Tri-City. In an odd twist, the Cougars only play the Tigers twice this season with both games in Medicine Hat. Huh! • After 22 CN Centre dates, the Cougars average home attendance is 2,724 and that number should climb with three “feature”

games remaining. This is an increase of more than 1,000 from last season’s average of 1,693. Yes, these are encouraging numbers, especially since fans want to be at the games without trying to give their tickets away. The first year of new ownership change has been positively received and should continue to elevate with improvement on the ice.

Hartley Miller is the sports director and morning news anchor for 94.3 the Goat. He also writes for myprincegeorgenow.com. Send along a quote, note, or anecdote to hmiller@thegoatrocks.ca Follow him on twitter: @ Hartley_Miller

Ozcan qualifies for swimming provincials Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Logan Ozcan is going to be a busy Barracuda in Chilliwack next month.

Ozcan, 15, picked up his second AA qualifying time at a meet in Edmonton last weekend, meaning he can attend the AA provincials Feb. 13 to 15.

“I qualified in Kamloops for the 200 butterfly,” he said at a practice this week, “then I got the time in Edmonton for the 100 fly.”

He says the butterfly does seem to be his specialty stroke.

“I think I like it because it’s more strength

than technique. When you improve your technique you get better, but the strength is a big part.”

Besides his two AA-qualified races, Logan will be swimming in another eight races he has A-qualifying times for.

“I want to swim as well as I can, and see if I can get closer to AAA times.”

Coach Jason Smith said the trip to Edmonton was a good experience for the Barracudas.

“It’s a big meet. The Keyano Club has about 300 members.”

This weekend, younger Barracudas will be racing in Quesnel.

HAFI Funds Home Modifications for Disabled Man When Lorie and Walter bought their home in Port Alberni 13 years ago they slowly began renovating the unfinished basement to accommodate Walter’s changing needs as his muscular dystrophy advanced.

“The basement was a black hole when we moved in,” recalled Walter. “After 12 years of skimping and saving, we made the downstairs completely wheelchair accessible, except for the bathroom. It was way too small.

I could only stand for about a minute and a half without collapsing in the shower stall and I could no longer pull myself out of the tub in the upstairs’ bathroom, even with Lorie’s help.”

Through funding from BC Housing’s Home Adaptations for Independence (HAFI) program, Walter and Lorie were able to work with a contractor to transform the space. A wall was removed to make room for a wheelin shower with benches, grab bars were installed, and the vanity and fixtures were relocated.

“ I just slide into the shower now,” said Walter. “I feel safer and no longer dread trying to wash myself. What was previously a dangerous chore for me is now a welcome treat.”

Walter and Lorie hope to spend the rest of their lives in their home.

The HAFI program provides financial assistance to help eligible low-income seniors and people with disabilities adapt their homes so they can continue to live independently.

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Tired Condors lose tourney final Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com John McDoanld says his Duchess Park Condors were wiped out.

“We just didn’t have anything left in the tank,” the coach of the senior boys basketball team said after losing the final of the Trojan War tournament at D.P. Todd on the weekend. The Condors dropped a 76-63 decision to Smithers.

“They were the better team,” McDonald said of the Gryphons. “It’s been a while since a Smithers team has won a tournament here, but they weren’t a surprise.

We only beat them by two at a tournament in Vanderhoof.”

What had the Condors worn out going into the final was a semifinal win over the Prince George Polars, 101-97 in overtime.

McDonald said he could see in the final how that game was affecting the players.

“We missed a lot of easy layups. They just didn’t have the energy left.”

The Condors also had a lot of trouble with Steven Tworow of the Gryphons, who had 20 points in the final.

“We were right in his

face, and he just kept hitting the shots. I told the guys at one point, ‘If they’re going to make those shots, it’s going to be tough for us.’

“They kept going to the well, and this time the well didn’t run dry.”

Jasper Yutuc led the Condors in the final with 25 points. McDonald said the long day of basketball told on the team.

“It was very hard on the boys, but we live to play another day.”

The Polars also seemed to suffer a letdown after the semifinal game, but their letdown only lasted one quarter in the third-place game against D.P. Todd.

They were down 24-10 at that point, but came back strong for an 80-76 win.

Polars first-year coach Scott Walton said the game was sort of a microcosm of the season so far.

“I never know what I’m getting from one day to the next. We’re still getting used to each other, so there are some growing pains.

“We seem to react to the other team’s level, and they have to realize we need to play our game.”

Walton said the game against Todd was typical, as the Polars fired up threepoint shots all game.

Allan WISHART/Free Press D.P. Todd’s David Stupla drives by a PGSS defender in the battle for third place in a tournament Saturday at D.P. Todd. The Polars won the game 80-76.

“We take more threes sometimes than I’d like to see. A player like Tyrell Laing is going to be Tyrell.

He’s going to get his points.”

He also had high praise for Ryan Fisher.

“He broke his nose in the first game, and then came back out on

Saturday and played hard.

He kept us in it in the first half against Duchess, and made it tough on Jasper

(Yutuc).”

The Polars are hosting a lot of the same teams this weekend for a tournament.

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three periods, so we played five minutes of overtime, then went to a three-player shootout.”

Cougars goalie Tessa Sturgeon stopped all three Kamloops shots, while the Cougars scored on one of theirs to take the title.

While Hickey had tried to give equal time to all the players in the round-robin games, in the playoffs he went more to certain players.

“Hanna Cockle played a lot more us in the final.

She got a lot of ice time and had a good game.”

The Cougars next tournament is in Surrey in early February. It’s a tournament they have a history with.

“We went 5-0 there last year to win it,” Hickey says. “We’ve been taking a step up in the level of competition each weekend. This will be another step up.”

For the Scotiabank Peewee Female hockey team, it was a question of picking your spots.

After going winless in the round-robin portion of their own tournament on the weekend, the Cougars won the semifinal and final to take the tournament title. Coach Brett Hickey said the team kept getting better as the weekend went along, something he’s seen in the season as a whole.

“We lost 5-1 to Kamloops at their tournament in November, and 8-1 here in the round robin. The game was closer than that though, it was only 2-1 after the first period.

“I knew all of the teams made the semifinals, so I made sure we had all our kids participating.”

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Cariboo Cougars into playoff gear Team splits first league series after winning Mac’s tournament Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Trevor Sprague wants to see what the Cariboo Cougars are made of.

“We’ve got the target on our backs now,” said the coach of

the B.C. Major Midget League leaders after a weekend split against the Vancouver Northeast Chiefs. “There are higher expectations on us now, and you need to be better than you were.

“The games now will show us

who’s mentally strong, who the leaders are.”

The Cougars came back from winning the Mac’s International Bantam Tournament in Calgary over the holiday break and dropped the first league game 3-2 to the Chiefs.

“Turnovers on the power play,” Sprague said. “That’s what did it. They got shorthanded goals, and they won.

“Our penalty killing was good, but our special teams weren’t great, so that’s something we’re working on for this weekend.”

The Cougars rebounded with a 3-0 win behind the shutout goaltending of Dorrin Luding on Sunday morning. “(Justin) Almeida’s line showed up for that game,” Sprague said.

“They accounted for all three of our goals.”

He said both Luding and Griffen Outhouse were outstanding in goal, but sometimes didn’t get a lot of help.

“They had more shots than they should have faced. We’re working on rectifying our backchecking to help with that.”

The Cougars are on the road for the next two weekend, starting with a pair of games against the South Island Royals this weekend. The Royals

are currently seventh in the BCMML with 28 points, while the Cougars have an 11point lead at the top with 47.

“The next eight games should be favourable for us,” Sprague said. “We’re gearing now to play playoff hockey, and we need to see who’s willing to make that extra effort to play that style.

“If you’re not willing to put out that extra effort, you’re not going to see a lot of playing time.”

New goals for Northern Cougars Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com The Northern Cougars have clinched first place in the B.C. Female Midget AAA League, but they still have some goals for their final three games.

“Our goal on the weekend,” coach Mario Desjardins said, “was to win all three games (against the Kootenay Wildcats), and nail down first place. We did that.”

With a record of 24 wins and three losses, the Cougars are 10 points ahead of the West Coast Avalanche, with each team having just three games to go. Those 24 wins represent the starting point for the first goal.

“The 24 wins ties the league record,” Desjardins said, “so we want to see if we can break that.

We’ve also set a new record for goals scored in a season with 119. The old record was 115, so we want to see how high we can push that.”

Then there are the individual numbers to look for.

“The league record is 43 points for a player in a season. Right now, we have three girls close to that. Ava Keis has 42 points, Sage Desjardins

has 40, and Marissa Nichol has 32.”

The three wins against Kootenay were to be expected, since the Wildcats have just one tie to show for the season. Desjardins said the weekend games in Nelson gave the Cougars a chance to work out a few things.

“The first game (a 9-1 win), I thought was OK. The second game (a 5-1 win), was pretty good. The third game (a 4-1 win) was our best game as a team of the weekend.

“We worked on a lot of things we’ve been doing in practice.”

They’ll get a chance to do some more practicing, as the Cougars are off until their season-ending series with the Fraser Valley Phantom on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.

“We had a big push in December with a lot of travelling,” Desjardins said, “so this gives the girls a bit of a chance to relax. Some of the girls from out of town may take a few days and go home again.”

The Cougars have also had three more players commit to Canadian universities for next season. Chantelle Beadman-Rolph will attend Mount Royal in Calgary, while Jayden Malgunas and Jocelyn Forrest have both committed to SAIT, also in Calgary.

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The UNBC Timberwolves women’s basketball team kept it tight for a while both nights against the Grant MacEwan Griffins on the weekend, but came up short in both games in Edmonton.

“It was all right for us,” coach Sergey Shchepotkin said of the games. “Grant MacEwan is playing crazy good basketball right now.

“We still need more experience and some luck to compete with teams like that.”

It also didn’t help that Sarah Robin missed the two games on the weekend, but is expected back for games at the Northern Sport Centre tonight and Saturday against Thompson Rivers University.

“Our target is always to win the games,” Shchepotkin emphasized, “but this year is about getting more experience as a team.”

He said the Timberwolves, now 1-9 in the Explorer Division of Canada West, may take the opportunity to do some experimenting over the rest of the season.

“We may try a new defence,” Shchepotkin said. “The biggest thing now as well is to keep working on our skills.”

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“It was nothing big, just a lot of small differences that added up.”

He said consistency on both ends of the court is what the team is looking for.

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Kings’ injury woes continue Two top players out for the rest of the season Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com There is only one word coach Dave Dupas can think of to describe the Prince George Spruce Kings this season.

“We’re cursed,” he said Tuesday, as the team returned from a winless three-game road trip on the weekend. “We’ve had more injuries than most teams get in two or three years.”

That theme continued last week, with the news that Justin Rai would miss the rest of the season, and on the weekend, with Ryan Fritz suffering another injury.

“He’s supposed to out four to six weeks,” Dupas said. “If it’s six weeks, that would get him back right at the end of the regular season. If it’s four, he would have a couple of weeks to go before the playoffs.”

The loss of Rai, who played just 25 games this season, coupled with the season-long absence of Karan Tuur, had Dupas shaking his head.

“Two season-ending injuries to two of our top players,” he said.

“What are the chances?”

The loss of Fritz could hurt the Spruce Kings down the stretch, as they had just six defencemen on the roster before his injury on Friday against Vernon.

While the Kings lost all three games in the Okanagan, Dupas says they could have very easily come back with a few points.

“Vernon scored late to put that game away, Salmon Arm scored with less than a second to go to win that game, and we were up against Penticton in the second period.

“They made it 3-1 early in the third, and we had to start taking chances. When you do that against a good team, you leave yourself open to them scoring on

Lisa VANDERVELDE/Black Press Thomas Aldworth of the Vernon Vipers and Viktor Dombrovskiy of the Prince George Spruce Kings collide as the battle over a loose puck Friday night at Kal Tire Place.

the break.”

The weekend games have Dupas concentrating on having the Kings play tighter defence, especially late in games.

“Defensively, as a team, we’re weak. We have to take better care of the puck and limit the shots

against.

“You can’t sustain giving up 40 shots a night. We have to cut that down.”

The Spruce Kings started a five-game homestand Thursday against Salmon Arm, and continue it Saturday against Victoria

and Sunday against Coquitlam.

The homestand wraps up with games Jan. 22 and 23 against Surrey.

The Kings picked up Nick Guerra from Nanaimo on the weekend, just before the trade deadline. He’s expected to see ac-

tion on the current homestand.

“This is the team we’re going to have the rest of the way this season,” Dupas says, “and that’s what we have to work with.

“The other teams aren’t going to feel sorry for us because of our injuries.”

New Cougars make home debuts this weekend against Winterhawks Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Mark Holick thinks the Prince George Cougars deserved better than they got on the weekend in Victoria.

“I thought we deserved better Friday,” the coach said after losses by 3-2 in overtime and 5-2 to the Royals. “I thought we did enough to win.

“Saturday, I think some of it was four games in five nights caught up to us. We have to travel and that’s the way it is, but

sometimes it catches up to you.”

The Cougars are back in action tonight and Saturday against the Portland Winterhawks and Holick said they were taking this week a little bit easier.

“We travelled back from the Island on Sunday and took (Monday) off. We’ll have a lighter practice today (Tuesday), then get back at it for the weekend.”

He says the team will be working on all facets of the game as they prepare to face the Winterhawks, who have rebounded from a slow start to sit third in the U.S. Division.

“You knew they weren’t to be down for

long with the talent they’ve got.”

The Cougars had a pair of new players in the lineup for the games in Victoria, with goalie Patrick Gora and defenceman Josh Connolly playing their first games for the team. Holick said both did well.

“Josh, I thought, was excellent. He skates so well and moves the puck out of our zone.

He’s also going to be important for our power play, once he gets more comfortable in the system.”

As for Gora, he played in Saturday’s 5-2 loss, which Holick said wasn’t a good indicator of how he played.

“We got stuck with an early 5-on-3 and they got two power-play goals on it, so that put us behind the eight-ball pretty quick. I thought he played a pretty good game.”

With the WHL trade deadline now past, the Cougars are set for the stretch run, which starts with the home doubleheader against the Winterhawks and continues on Jan. 20 and 21 with home games against the Everett Silvertips, who are currently leading the U.S. Division.

The Cougars come into the weekend in third place in the B.C. Division, one point in front of the Vancouver Giants.