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PRINCE GEORGE THURSDAY Thursday November 21, 7, 2019 November 2019 Your community newspaper since 1916 Your community newspaper since 1916
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PLASTIC BAG BAN PLAN ON HOLD MARK NIELSEN Citizen staff
City council’s quest to formally rid the Prince George’s checkout stands of plastic bags has been put on hold. City council members unanimously agreed during the Oct. 23 meeting to wait until a provincial government public consultation on the issue has been completed before taking any concrete steps. The consultation was launched after the Canadian Plastic Bag Association convinced the B.C. Supreme Court to overturn a ban imposed by the City of Victoria. The court found the ban was outside municipal jurisdiction because the purpose is to Members of the Rocky Mountain Rangers at the Hill 70 Memorial near Lens, France. protect the natural environment and that is a provincial responsibility. “It’s expected that by late 2019, further direction and guidance will be given by the province on the jurisdiction and powers of local government in regulating plastic waste CitizenEngineering photo by James Doyle and single-use plastic bags,” and Public Works afternoon General Manager Daveto Zone champs The Kelly Road Roadrunners senior girls volleyball team celebrates after defeating the D.P. Todd Trojans 14-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-19 on Saturday at Kelly Road Kamloops a Canadian-born soldier books simply cannot deliver - howfrom the Dyer told council. “City staff will prepare claim theNIELSEN AA North Central zone volleyball championship. Theand girlswas head to Vernon this week for thehistory provincial championship. For more photos match, go to pgcitizen.ca. MARK of Chinese heritage, died in the battle. daunting the task was for the troops. a report to council once this direction is Citizen Staff “At the time, Canada didn’t recognize “As an infantry officer, I’m looking at announced to consider next steps.” Chinese Canadians as citizens,” noted the ground and thinking ‘wow, it would’ve It’s known as Canada’s Forgotten Battle. Adam Davey, an officer in the Rangers’ been nearly impossible to take the position Over 11 days in August 1917, three diviBravo company in Prince George. Alpha tactically,’” he said. “It was certainly quite sions and one reserve of Canadian troops company is based in Kamloops. emotional.” took what became known at Hill 70 near Mark Nielsen comments them as then ‘weird’ At the the Hill 70 But takedescribed it they did, and fended off at the time,centre he wasofwelcomed toMemorial the schoolisasa Lens, France, fending off five German diviLaurin signed the consent resolution Citizen reportedcounterattacks feeling shocked by them, white limestone obelisk, overlook- and 21 German after doing so. astriking new teacher. sions staff in the process. agreement on Sept. 6 and commissioner although thought was jokMuch they of the credit that has Laurin gone to a CanaLaurin had been employed as a teacher by ing an ampitheatre partly surrounded battle took place four months after Howard Kushner signed it on Oct. 22. AThe teacher is no longer working in School at a Campbell River school lastafter Lee, ing,” an elevated walkway. It is named dian-born commander – Arthur Currie. the Battle of Vimy as the It was posted on the Commissioner for District 57 after it wasRidge, learnedregarded he had been sus- on-call the ruling said. November he was overheard saying By then the portly real District estate speculator who camewhen to symbolize the 1,877 Canadiday Canada a nation and has Teacher Regulation website last WednesAfter the incident, School 79 pended by thebecame B.C. Commissioner for so, Teacher he didn’t hisinjob or battle. being around kids from Victoria gained the respect overshadowed Hill 70.comments he made ans wholike died the (Campbell River)had issued Laurin a letter of of Regulation over violent day. MURRY during a field trip 8 students. the high and command as the Butworking thanksattoaan eight-year campaign Following thewith mainGrade ceremony, a Ranger discipline suspended himchief fromplanner its TOC for while school on Vancouver Island. BennettKRAUSE said the school district’s Laurin also saidmarched he wanted to use one of In July, council unanimously endorsed Vimy had been promoted to lieutenant administration that raised $12.5 million in donations and honour guard along that path list fromand Dec. 3-21. School board chair Tim Bennett said news is taking a second look at his students to beat twobenches other students Coun. Krause’s proposal to direct general command of the giftsJoshua in kind - almostRoland all of it fromhad private and to a pair of park made to posHe wasand also given required to complete a Canathat Frederick Laurin been its hiringMurry processes as part of a review of death injuredonations a third. from the Rangers’ course staff to draft a report on how best to “regusources - afor memorial now in place on reinforcing bound- to suspended 18 days inisDecember 2018to the event. dian Corps. He had professional then been ordered sible and through According to a consent resolution commemorate theand battle. came out last week he was removed from “Wesingle-use want to assure all of our parents and attack and capture Lens, a small industrial retired members. aries. late” plastic bags. posted Commissioner Oct. 2, more thanHeights 30 Rocky Mountain agreement theOn post at École College Elementary all of community that student safety is city of Vimy,for to regulation divert theconsidGermans “The whole siteonisthe quite fascinating,” Thenorth commissioner In the deciding to take a wait-and-see for Teacher Regulation website,Lee Laurin Rangers were among those who attended School. the number-one priority the district and fromthe reinforcing Ypres. and handed Davey said. “The Frederick walkway approach, council alsoofdirected staff to ered previous discipline then told the students back in class that so a “This day of commemoration toour formally open matter was brought to attention... mattera ispublic beingeducation actively looked at andon Currie refused and had he been a newly- this is supposed to resemble the trenches, develop campaign Laurin an additional one-day suspension, ifit’s he concrete was goingon to die the side following dayyou’re thehe memorial and also to to remember the and will not be returning the building,” addressed bysuch our senior administraeither and as minted the issue. Cost of a campaign is estiserved onBritish Oct. 24.lieutenant general, he prob- being he would up want to hill, hurt it students as he up to the sacrifices Bennett said.of one of their own. walking this then opens “Laurin failed to appreciate his historian comably would have been senthow home, mated at $10,000 tion,” Bennett said. to $15,000. - with files from Sun wouldn’t then get into Private Frederick Lee was a member Laurin had been teaching at ECHES since of cenotaph at the top.”any trouble. John Cowan said in an account posted at According to aVancouver staff report, Prince George ments might be interpreted by students,” “Some students who heardinthese the Rocky In Mountain Rangers’ forerunner, September. a newsletter sent out to parents For Davey, who served Afghanistan, Hill70.ca. residents go through an estimated 14.8 milthe commissioner said in the ruling. the 172nd Battalion. Lee, who grew up in the walk brought home something the lion plastic checkout bags a year. continued on page 3
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