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Missing man found safe TED CLARKE Citizen staff

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Sherry Thereukauf has no photos of her grandmother Anna.

All she has are memories of time they spent together and an embroidered tablecloth Anna made herself after she arrived in Canada in 1945, having survived the horrors of three-and-a-half years imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp.

“She was Ukrainian and she died in 2006 and her whole

life in Ukraine and then through the war years was harrowing, there was never peace for her, it was always a heavily-contested area and it created turmoil in her life that would continue into the years when she was treated very badly,” said Thereukauf, the organizer of Saturday’s P.G. Solidarity Walk for Ukraine.

Anna, whose family name remains a mystery to Thereukauf, met her Jewish husband, Ernest Klemm in Germany and they were married just before the Second World War began in 1939.

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P.G. Solidarity Walk For Ukraine organizer Sherry Thereukauf holds the embroidered tablecloth her grandmother made after she came to Canada after years of confinement in a Nazi concentration camp in Germany.

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A trip into the remote backcountry southwest of the city turned into a nightmare for a 62-year-old Prince George man when his truck got stuck on a snowy logging road.

Stanley Delong, 62, left his family at 8 a.m. Tuesday and drove in his pickup truck along the Pelican Forest Service Road about 65 kilometres from Prince George for a day trip. When he did not return later in the day as planned, his wife called the RCMP, triggering a twoday search that had a happy ending when he was found safe after spending two frigid nights alone in the woods.

The weather Tuesday and Wednesday was clear but unseasonably cold, with temperatures dropping down as cold as -12 C at night, with high wind chills.

Dave Merritt of Prince George Search and Rescue said 25 members responded to the RCMP’s call to join the search and they were backed by six volunteers from the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association who did flyovers in privately-owned aircraft, aided by the RCMP helicopter. Merritt said one of the CASARA pilots on Tuesday spotted Delong’s Chevy pickup on a side road about 2 ½ km from the Pelican Forestry Service Road. An RCMP ground search team found Delong early Thursday morning, about 1 ½ km from his vehicle, near the Bobtail Recreation Site “He got stuck in the snow,” said Merritt. “In the morning the snow is hard and you can drive on it but it gets soft in the afternoon and you just sink into it and once you’re stuck you can’t just drive out.”

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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2022

CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS

WHAT: City Council consideration of third reading of: • Proposed “City of Prince George 214 Kelly Street Road Closure Bylaw No. 9272, 2021” • Proposed “City of Prince George 1652 Boundary Road Road Closure Bylaw No. 9276, 2022”

City Council consideration of first and second reading of: • Proposed “City of Prince George Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007, Amendment Bylaw No. 9278, 2021” • Proposed “City of Prince George Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007, Amendment Bylaw No. 9236, 2021” • Proposed “City of Prince George Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007, Amendment Bylaw No. 9261, 2021”

to consolidate the closed road area with their adjacent property and to rectify an existing encroachment.

On adoption of the Bylaw and pursuant to the provisions of Section 26 and 94 of the Community Charter, the City of Prince George intends to sell to Pinedale Auto Wreckers (1989) Ltd. that portion of road adjacent to Block 45 and Block 52, District Lot 629, Cariboo District for a sale price of $21,442.

WHEN: Monday, April 25, 2022 WHERE: Council Chambers of City Hall, 2nd Floor, 1100 Patricia Boulevard, Prince George, BC PROPOSALS:

Location Map #2 1652 Boundary Road Road Closure

1. “City of Prince George 214 Kelly Street Road Closure Bylaw No. 9272, 2021” Applicant: City of Prince George

3. “City of Prince George Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007, Amendment Bylaw No. 9278, 2021”

Subject Property: Road adjacent to 214 Kelly Street

Applicant: Kidd Real Estate Holdings Ltd., Inc. No. BC821509

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Subject Property: 7025 Kennedy Crescent

Pursuant to section 40 of the Community Charter, the City of Prince George intends to close an approximate 178.1 m² (square metres) portion of road dedicated on Plan 752, Block 122, District Lot 938, Cariboo District, as shown on Reference Plan EPP118472, adjacent to the property legally described as Lot A, District Lot 939, Cariboo District, Plan 16313 and remove the road dedication, as shown outlined in bold black on the Location Map #1 below.

Time: 6:00 p.m.

The purpose of the road closure is to enable the sale of the closed road area to the adjacent property owner. The proposed closure and sale provides the property owner the ability to consolidate the closed road area with their adjacent property and to rectify an existing encroachment.

On adoption of the Bylaw and pursuant to the provisions of Section 26 and 94 of the Community Charter, the City of Prince George intends to sell to Ferenc Nagy that portion of road adjacent to Lot A, District Lot 939, Cariboo District, Plan 16313 for a sale price of $10,000.

Bylaw No. 9278, 2021 proposes to rezone the subject property from RS1m: Suburban Residential to RS2: Single Residential, as shown on Appendix “A” to Bylaw No. 9278, 2021.

The purpose of this application is to facilitate a two-lot subdivision on the subject property, or other uses, pursuant to the RS2: Single Residential zoning designation with each lot measuring approximately 510 m2 (square metres) in size. The applicant intends to demolish the existing residence on the subject property and construct two (2) single family residences.

In accordance with Section 464(2) of the Local Government Act, a Public Hearing regarding this application will not be held as the proposed Bylaw is consistent with the “City of Prince George Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 8383, 2011” that is in effect for the subject area.

The proposed Bylaw applies to the property legally described as described as Lot 1, District Lot 4047, Cariboo District, Plan 18570, as shown outlined in bold black on the Location Map #3 below.

Location Map #1 214 Kelly Street Road Closure

Location Map #3 7025 Kennedy Crescent

2. “City of Prince George 1652 Boundary Road Road Closure Bylaw No. 9276, 2022”

4. “City of Prince George Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007, Amendment Bylaw No. 9236, 2021”

Applicant: City of Prince George Subject Property: Road adjacent to 1652 Boundary Road

Applicant: Jacqueline Smith for Tyler Borrowman Subject Properties: 1914 and 1920 Juniper Street

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Pursuant to section 40 of the Community Charter, the City of Prince George intends to close an approximate 398.4 m² (square metres) portion of road dedicated on Plan 902, District Lot 629, Cariboo District, as shown on Reference Plan EPP118799, adjacent to the properties legally described as Block 45 and Block 52, District Lot 629, Cariboo District and remove the road dedication, as shown outlined in bold black on the Location Map #2 below.

The purpose of the road closure is to enable the sale of the closed road area to the adjacent property owner. The proposed closure and sale provides the property owner the ability

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Bylaw No. 9236, 2021 proposes to rezone the subject properties from RS4: Urban Residential to RT2: Two-Unit Residential, as shown on Appendix “A” to Bylaw No. 9236, 2021.

The purpose of this application is to facilitate the development of a two-unit house (duplex) on the existing vacant subject properties, or other uses, pursuant to the RT2: Two-Unit Residential zoning designation.

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CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS In accordance with Section 464(2) of the Local Government Act, a public hearing regarding this application will not be held as the proposed Bylaw is consistent with the “City of Prince George Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 8383, 2011” that is in effect for the subject area.

The proposed Bylaw applies to the properties legally described as Lot 17 and Lot 18, Block 343, District Lot 343, Cariboo District, Plan 1268, as shown outlined in bold black on the Location Map #4 below.

Written comments may be sent by email to cityclerk@princegeorge.ca, faxed to (250)561-0183, or mailed or delivered to the address noted below.

Written comments will form part of the Council agenda, become public record, and are posted on the City’s website. By submitting a written comment you are consenting to the disclosure of any personal information that you provide.

Authority Personal information is collected under the authority of section 26(g) and disclosed under the authority of section 33.1(1) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA).

For information or questions, contact the City’s FIPPA Coordinator at (250)561-7600, or 1100 Patricia Boulevard, Prince George, BC, V2L 3V9.

NEED MORE INFORMATION? A copy of the proposed Bylaws and other related documents will be available for review by the public on the City’s website www.princegeorge.ca under ‘News and Notices’ beginning Wednesday, April 13, 2022. These documents may also be reviewed at the Development Services office on the 2nd Floor of City Hall on April 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 25, 2022 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Location Map #4 1914 and 1920 Juniper Street 5. “City of Prince George Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007, Amendment Bylaw No. 9261, 2021” Applicant: L&M Engineering Ltd. for North Realty Group Ltd., Inc. No. BC0875402

WHO CAN I SPEAK TO? For more information, please contact Development Services in person, by telephone at (250)561-7611, or by email to devserv@princegeorge.ca.

For more information regarding Road Closures, please contact Real Estate Services in person, by telephone at (250)561-7611, or by email to realestate@princegeorge.ca.

Subject Property: 3961 Austin Road West Time: 6:00 p.m.

Bylaw No. 9261, 2021 proposes to rezone the subject property from C7: Transitional Commercial and RS2m: Single Residential to RM5: Multiple Residential, as shown on Appendix “A” to Bylaw No. 9261, 2021.

The purpose of this application is to facilitate the development of a mixed-use apartment on the subject property, or other uses, pursuant to the RM5: Multiple Residential zoning designation.

The existing single detached house on the subject property will be demolished to facilitate the proposed mixed-use development.

In accordance with Section 464(2) of the Local Government Act, a public hearing regarding this application will not be held as the proposed Bylaw is consistent with the “City of Prince George Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 8383, 2011” that is in effect for the subject area.

The proposed Bylaw applies to the property legally described as Parcel F (Being a Consolidation of Lots 9 and 10, see CA9647815), District Lot 4047, Cariboo District, Plan 9543, as shown on the Location Map #5 below.

Location Map #5 3961 Austin Road West HOW CAN I PARTICIPATE AND PROVIDE COMMENT? Members of the public may provide written comments to Council.

Written comments received by the Corporate Officer before 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 19, 2022 will be available on the published meeting agenda for Council’s review in advance of the meeting date. Written comments received after the noted deadline and before 12:00 p.m., Monday, April 25, 2022 will be provided to Council on the day of the meeting for their consideration during deliberations on the application.

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UNBC student’s hometown pounded by Russian attacks NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING What: Public Hearing regarding Zoning Bylaw No. 2892, Amendment Bylaw No. 3146, 2019 When and Where: 7:00 pm, Tuesday, April 26, 2022 Via telephone conference call and in person attendance The public hearing will be chaired by a delegate of the Regional District Board.

Agent: David Dennison Owner: Deanna and Derek Devlin Proposal: Zoning Bylaw No. 2892, Amendment Bylaw No. 3146, 2019 is proposed to rezone a portion of Lot 12 District Lot 2173 Cariboo District Plan 22319 from Rural Residential 1 (RR1) to Small Holding (SH) to permit a lot line adjustment with the neighbouring property Block B District Lot 2173 Cariboo District, or other uses pursuant to the SH zone. The properties are located at 11415 and 11425 Alexandra Drive.

How can I participate and provide comment?

Anyone who believes that their interest in land is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the public hearing or to present written comments prior to or at the public hearing regarding matters contained in the bylaws.

Attend through telephone conference call: Contact the Regional District at 250-960-4400 or developmentservices@ rdffg.bc.ca for the telephone conference number and instructions Attend in person: Attendance at public hearings must follow provincial health orders. Members of the public interested in participating in the public hearing in person may attend at: Regional District Board Room 155 George Street, Prince George BC Submit written comments: Written comments will be accepted by the Regional District in advance of the public hearing until 9:00 am on April 26, 2022 by: Email: developmentservices@rdffg.bc.ca Hand/Mail: 155 George Street, Prince George, BC V2L 1P8 Fax: 250-562-8676 Written comments received before 9:00 am on April 26, 2022 (day of the public hearing) will be posted to the Regional District’s website.

Written comments will be accepted after 9:00 am on April 26, 2022 (day of the public hearing) and until the close of the public hearing by email only: developmentservices@rdffg.bc.ca

Any material received before or at the public hearing will become public information.

Need more info? A copy of the proposed Bylaw and any relevant background materials are available for review by the public on the Regional District’s website at http://www. rdffg.bc.ca/services/development/land-use-planning/ current-applications/ or by appointment at the Regional District office, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30p.m., between April 1 and April 26, 2022. The office will be closed on April 15 and 18, 2022. To make an appointment contact the Regional District at 250-960-4400 or at developmentservices@rdffg.bc.ca.

Who can I speak to? Daniel Burke, Planner II, 250-960-4400

Main Office: 155 George Street, Prince George, BC V2L 1P8 T: 250-960-4400 TF: 1-800-667-1959 F: 250-563-7520 www.rdffg.bc.ca

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With the not-too-distant sound of bombs exploding in the city of Kharkiv, where Russian military forces are massing in preparation for what is believed to be a major ground offensive in Eastern Ukraine, Vova Pluzhnikov’s father and 84-year-old grandfather plant a vegetable garden to grow food for them and their neighbours on land that surrounds their rural cabin.

In western Ukraine, Pluzhnikov’s mother and sister-inlaw grow increasingly worried with news that four cruise missiles have been shot down over the city of Lviv, an area that has so far been spared the ravages of the sevenweek-old war.

While in another part of the besieged country, Anton Pluzhnikov, Vova’s 33-year-old brother, conscripted into the Ukraine army, awaits his next assignment, hoping he won’t become another victim of a conflict that has so far killed 3,000 Ukrainian troops.

Half a world away in Prince George, 26-year-old Vova Pluzhnikov, a UNBC commerce student who came to Canada six years ago to play university basketball for the Timberwolves, prays for an end to the senseless annihilation of his people and the crushing of their culture in the Russian invasion.

He holds faith for the restoration of peace in his homeland and a long-term solution that will guarantee Ukraine’s future as a sovereign nation.

Pluzhnikov was among about 100 walkers who gathered Saturday afternoon at Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park’s new pavilion near Exploration Place to join the Prince George Solidarity Walk For Ukraine. The two-anda-half-hour event gave an audience to people who wanted to express their thoughts about the war in Ukraine, its effect on their families and friends and how it threatens world peace. The walkers followed a route along the Fraser River pathway to Yalenka Ukrainian Hall and then returned to the park.

“The atrocities and images we’ve been seeing from there have gotten out of line, no one expected Russia to be that cruel towards the civilians,” Pluzhnikov said. “It’s important to be brave and be willing to see the truth right

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UNBC Timberwolves guard Vova Pluzhnikov participates in Saturday’s P.G. Solidarity Walk for Ukraine.

now and not turn away from those brutal images.”

Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, is a city caught in the crosshairs of relentless air attacks that have since the start of the war Feb. 24, hit nearly 1,700 residential buildings, including 75 schools, 56 kindergartens and 19 hospitals, resulting in more than 400 deaths and thousands more injuries in the city of 1.4 million. Pluzhnikov has seen images of the city’s central square after it was blown up and the university basketball gym where he used to play reduced to ruins after it was shelled.

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The young couple, barely out of their teens, heard whispers the Nazi regime was rounding up Jews, Ukrainians and Polish people and they were disappearing from German society. They took refuge hiding in the Black Forest region of Germany in a makeshift camp during the first winter of the war, where they helped a starving man from Poland shivering from the cold, weakened almost to the point of no return, giving him food and the warmth of their campfire until he recovered his health. That Polish man managed to escape the war and came to Canada, Theatre NorthWest’s Don’t Drive in the Dark Season Ticket See all four shows for $80.07! Plus, you won’t have to drive in the dark!

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where he took a job at a mine near Sudbury, Ont. “My grandparents were caught and taken to a concentration camp, where they were forced labour workers for remaining years of the war,” said Thereukauf.

Anna was raped, became pregnant and conducted her own abortion, knowing if she did not show up for work she would be killed.

“My grandmother sustained damages which many women in war, and this war in Ukraine, are sustaining to this day,” said Thereukauf. “The conditions in which she had to live and work just to survive for three-and-ahalf years, there’s no wonder in my mind why she never thought she would ever make it out and how she would never talk about it.”

When the Allied liberated the camp in 1945, Anna and Ernest were brought to a Red Cross camp in Hungary and two months later they received a letter informing them that arrangements had been made to provide them safe passage to Canada. The Polish man they had helped paid for their fares and lined up a job in the mine for Ernest.

“That’s what’s happening again (in Ukraine) and I just couldn’t stand by and watch it happen without saying this is a dangerous situation we’re all seeing. It may be far away from some people’s eyes, but I remember my grandma’s words and I can’t ignore this, and it’s for her we’re doing this walk.”

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“Once you put a drone in the air we can’t “Where it’s shaded, there’s still a couple put CASARA or the RCMP helicopter in the feet of snow, but where it’s not shaded, it’s air,” Merritt said. “They’re also limited in bare and mud,” Merritt added. their range and the temperatures so we Delong is familiar with the area and he don’t use them often, but they’re becomtold his wife he planned to cross the Chi- ing more popular in B.C. If you know lako River at the 42-kilometre roughly how far away he is, mark, which gave searchers they’re perfect, but we had some idea of where he was. an area off the Pelican road Because there is no cell that was huge and the planes service away from most and helicopter can cover northern B.C. highway cormore area so much faster.” ridors, Merritt says backQuesnel Search and country users should conRescue was also engaged sider investing in a global because the Pelican road positioning satellite-enabled leads to Blackwater Road, two-communications device, which is an alternate route which allows users to send to Quesnel. distress signals or check-in Merritt advises anyone update messages. They heading into rural areas for a STANLEY DELONG allow searchers to accuday trip carry the 10 essenrately pinpoint the caller’s tials of backcountry travel – location and communicate with the lost extra food and water, additional clothing, party. thermal blanket/sleeping bag and plastic Delong slept in his truck the first night bag, first-aid kit, headlamp with spare and found a shelter to wait out his second batteries, whistle, waterproof matches night. Merritt said the purpose of his trip or lighter, map and compass, knife/multi was just to explore the territory and not to tool, communications device (cell phone, go fishing, as was reported in RCMP press satellite phone or SPOT/inReach/Zoleo releases. two-way GPS).

“He was cold and tired but he did find “At this time of year we always tell peosome shelter and he spent the night to ple to leave a trip plan, tell somebody warm himself up,” said Merritt. “Other where you’re going and carry the 10 than being a little cold and hungry he essentials,” said Merritt. “This gentleman was pretty good overall. I don’t know if he did; he left good directions with where he found a cabin or a lean-to but he got out of was going what he was doing. It just took the elements to some degree. us awhile to find his vehicle. A two-way “We always tell people when you do satellite communication device is the way get stuck, stay with your vehicle. That’s to go.” always a better idea. The only tweak I Merritt has some advice for anybody would have done would be to stay with thinking about venturing into the woods. the vehicle, build a big fire and stay warm “Be prepared for the unexpected,” he there. When we found the vehicle we said. “This time of year logging roads are would have found him and he wouldn’t snowy, they’re dry, they’re wet, they’re have had a second night out.” muddy. If you have a come-a-long (hand Merritt said PGSAR sometimes uses winch) or winch on your vehicle make drones to aid in searches but usually relies sure it’s in good working order.” on the RCMP’s supply of drones because PGSAR gained 14 new members last year they have them in abundance and have and has a pool of 65 volunteers trained to more people well-trained to fly them, but join searches. CASARA’s Prince George they were not used in this case. branch has about 30 volunteers.

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Bond, committee tackling overdose crisis HANNA PETERSEN Citizen staff

As B.C. marks the sixth anniversary of the overdose crisis being declared a provincial health emergency, Prince George-Valemount MLA Shirley Bond says she is relieved the all-party Select Standing Committee on Health is ready to get to work.

Bond was appointed to the provincial committee which is tasked with reviewing the overdose crisis, including mental health and addiction supports and examining the ongoing illicit drug toxicity crisis. Bond said for more than a year, she and Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau had been asking Premier John Horgan to call the select standing committee on

health to specifically examine the overdose crisis.

“It’s taken a while to have the committee activated, but it is important that the government finally responded, and the work now begins,” said Bond. “I think our primary goal is to make sure that we are responding in every way possible to work across party lines, to try to figure out what we are going to do to deal with what is a crisis in our province.”

The committee has been tasked to review patterns of use, the drug market, the role of organized crime, and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I think we need to treat it with a significant sense of urgency. It’s a crisis... we continue to see record numbers of deaths,” said Bond.

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Family members gathered in front of MP Todd Doherty’s office to mark the sixth anniversary of the B.C. government declaring toxic drug deaths a public health crisis.

Families mourn loved ones killed by toxic drugs HANNA PETERSEN Citizen staff

Families who’ve lost loved ones gathered in front of Member of Parliament Todd Doherty’s office in downtown Prince George to mark the sixth anniversary of the B.C. government declaring toxic drug deaths a public health emergency.

“We are still seeing thousands of deaths of our sons and daughters – 6.7 per day – and we need to see the deaths stop, at least be looked after, or slowed down,” said Corinne Woods, who lost her son Tony to opioid poisoning.

“We want to bring awareness that it has been six years and that it has been escalating and not slowing down.”

The families placed empty chairs on the sidewalk with photos and candles in remembrance of their loved ones.

“The empty chairs represent our children who were lost to fentanyl poisoning.

They are what we have to deal with every day emotionally - the empty chair in our homes, our kids the ones we love, the ones we lost,” said Michelle Miller, who lost her 25-year-old son Tanner.

“To the families that have lost their children to the illicit fentanyl poisoning crisis.

We know what you are going through. We care. There are supports out there and my heart goes out to you all,” added Miller.

Staff from Positive Living North also attended the event to provide free naloxone training, which is a medication used to reverse the effects of opioids by countering decreased breathing in opioid

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overdose. The most recent B.C. Coroner’s report found that fentanyl continues to be the predominant substance found in post-mortem testing of overdose deaths.

Alarmingly, the toxicity of fentanyl is growing with February being the third consecutive month in which more than 20 per cent of fentanyl-positive test results had concentrations greater than 50 micrograms per litre.

“Part of why we need to be here today is that we need to break the stigma that surrounds substance use. We need to treat this fentanyl death poisoning crisis as a health emergency. This is not a criminal issue or a moral issue. We are losing our sons and daughters by the thousands per year,” added Woods.

“These are our loved ones. These are our children and they deserved a healthy chance at a long life. They should be here. Using substances for the first time, recreationally, or if you are a long-time substance user, should not be a death sentence.”

The toxic drug supply has claimed the lives of 9,410 British Columbians since January 2016.

B.C.’s chief coroner Lisa Lapointe also released a statement recognizing the sixth anniversary of public health emergency into substance-related harms.

“Since 2016, the rate of death caused by the toxic drug supply has more than doubled, and in the northern part of our province, the rate has more than tripled. All of those lost were people... who were loved by family and friends,” said Lapointe.

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Sinclar Group reducing production at area mills CITIZEN STAFF

Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd. announced it will be temporarily reducing production at its mills in Prince George, Vanderhoof and Fort St. James starting on April 25.

Production at Lakeland Mills, Nechako Lumber and Apollo Forest Products will be reduced from a five-day week to a fourday week, a statement issued by the company on Thursday said. Lakeland Mills in Prince George employees roughly 100 people. The mill was rebuilt following an explosion and fire in 2012 which killed two people.

“We’ve held off making this decision as long as possible,” Sinclar president Greg Stewart said in a press release. “But like most companies in B.C., we’re facing increasing uncertainty of fibre supply, while at the same time experiencing

challenges moving lumber due to supply chain bottlenecks.”

The company’s Premium Pellet operation in Vanderhoof and Winton Homes operation in Prince George will continue to run as normal. The production curtailment at Lakeland Mills won’t impact the operation of the Prince George Downtown Renewable Energy System, the company added.

Sinclar’s management will monitor the market conditions and make adjustments as needed, the statement said.

“As a third-generation, family-run company, operating in the Central Interior, the decision we’ve had to make today was incredibly hard,” Stewart said.

“Everyone who works for our company lives and works in these communities, and we are determined to get through this difficult period, and emerge stronger and more resilient.”

Youths arrested for vandalizing over 30 cars CITIZEN STAFF

Prince George RCMP arrested two youth suspects who damaged more than 30 vehicles.

On Sunday, April 10, Prince George RCMP responded to a report of multiple vehicles vandalized at the car dealership.

Witnesses reported seeing two people fleeing the area on foot. Frontline police then conducted patrols in the vicinity and located two youth suspects who matched the description provided.

Investigators arrested the youth and released them to their guardians with future court dates, pending the full investigation.

“We have received reports from a housing complex on the 2100-block of Upland Street, as well as two car dealerships on

the 2000-block of Highway 16 West, of vehicles being damaged during the night on April 10,” states Cpl. Jennifer Cooper of the Prince George RCMP. Police are looking for anyone with video surveillance or dash cam footage between 2:30 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. from the vicinity of the vandalized cars to call the non-emergency line at 250-561-3300 to speak with investigators and to quote file number 2022-12056.

Police identified 30 vehicles so far that received damage during the night in question. The investigation is ongoing.

If you have any information about this or any other criminal offence, please contact the Prince George RCMP at 250-561-3300 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.northernbccrimestoppers.ca.

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Job numbers miss bigger story

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rince George’s unemployment rate in March rose to 3.8 per cent, up from 3.2 per cent in February, our story from last week reads. Prince George’s unemployment remained lower than the B.C. average of 5.1 per cent in March.

People are going back to work, in Prince George, and across B.C. and Canada, for two simple reasons: employers are desperate for staff as the economy fully opens after two years under the COVID-19 rules and mandates and people are eager to return to the workforce. But what kind of jobs are available? Retail and construction have been the two biggest sectors for new jobs over the past six months in Canada. Both pay minimum wage or slightly better for entry-level positions, which is most of what the new jobs are.

The low unemployment rate is driving wages up, which is good for workers in general, but much better for skilled workers. While wages were up 3.4 per cent in March compared to the previous March, pay was up 7.5 per cent for people working in professional, scientific and technical services jobs over the same time period.

Working-age adults flooding back into the job market proves a point that sociologists have known for many years and studied extensively. Most people would rather work for their pay than stay at home and wait for a government handout because a job provides far more than pay.

When unemployment is low, those priceless intangibles become much bigger. Workers will accept slightly less money from one employer in exchange for a boss that treats them well, a job that gives them satisfaction, a workplace that makes them feel valuable and a schedule that fits into their personal life.

For these workers, a low-stress and stable work environment, where the boss, fellow workers and customers all treat them with decency, is vital for their overall health and well-being. Going home to cope with challenging family issues, health problems, money worries and so on – day-to-day life, in other words - becomes a little easier when the job is good for the soul, instead of sucking every last drop of life from it.

The Prince George job numbers are encouraging but greater job security, better wages and housing stability for working residents is even better.

Editor-in-chief Neil Godbout

We acknowledge the financial support of the government of Canada.

Nous reconnaissons l’appli financier du gouvernement du Canada.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A $28M WISHLIST

With a payout of $28 million from Fortris coming just over the horizon, one needs to start planning how to best spend this money.

With truth and reconciliation finally coming to fruition, we could honor Indigenous people by building a muchneeded expansion to Exploration Place. This way we would have the extra space to showcase their deep history here dating back thousands of years.

With the blessings from our local First Nations people on this expansion to Exploration Place, we then should earmark $15 million for this build. We should be asking our provincial NDP government and our federal Liberal government to match or better our contribution to our museum expansion. Let’s be the first in line to receive money that will showcase our Indigenous people’s rich history throughout the interior of B.C. I believe they will each contribute $7.5 million minimum to this project.

Exploration Place badly needs more controlled temperature storage space and even more display area is needed. Exploration Place had to refuse a huge collection recently of taxidermy animals due to no storage space.

Just one of many examples.

This expansion will be all green having thermal ground heating & enough solar panels to substantially lower or eliminate their electricity consumption. Within this area a long house should be built that could house First Nations

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cultural events and social gatherings. Also our treasured “Little Prince” steam engine needs a proper shop built to service and be stored out of the elements.

My second most important build would see $3 million to construct a tenting campground at Moccasin Flats, enabling us to keep people from camping out in the many areas of our downtown. They will all gravitate to the flats instead of a night or two in police lock-up.

My third project would spend a million taking care of freshly paved roads with a procedure developed to accomplish this work. At present they come around only once in the following spring to squirt tar over the length of the cold cracks. Most of the tar does not penetrate down far enough to do any good as it mainly just spreads out over the cracked area forming bumps that we all have to drive over. The following spring most areas have opened up again but now without sealing the cracks they allow water to seep down under the asphalt and weaken the compaction of the ground that was only recently completed. I believe the tar being used needs to be more fluid with plastic added to the tar mixture to make it more elastic. Preheating the crack as well will be added to the procedure. Spend a nickel on maintenance and save a ton of money by not having to redo our roads many years prematurely.

Miles Thomas, Prince George Editor’s note: This letter has been edited for length.

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Take the log out of your own eye

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n recent months, words like genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes have been used extensively in the media.

These are important legal terms, they should not be used loosely, and using them as political weapons risks making these words meaningless.

The word “genocide” was coined in 1944 by Polish-Jewish law professor Raphael Lemkin after he studied the Armenian Genocide and watched his family suffer under the Nazis.

Lemkin, who had fled to the United States, combined the Greek word “genos,” meaning people or tribe, with the Latin word “cide,” meaning to kill. After the Second World War ended, Lemkin lobbied the newly formed United Nations to pass the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide in 1948.

Crimes against humanity is a more broadly based term to refer to crimes committed by a state or actors of a

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state against civilians in times of peace or in times of war.

International Humanitarian Law, which was also revised after the carnage of the Second World War, stipulates what is permitted and what is not permitted in warfare. It involves the rules of engagement for those in the military.

Unfortunately, once the Cold War began, promoting human rights took a back seat to one’s political agenda.

It wasn’t until the early 1990s that it became safe to talk about genocide and crimes against humanity without being called a traitor to one’s nation.

As a result, we have been free to discuss the fact that neither the United States nor Russia has ratified

the Rome Statute which established the International Criminal Court (ICC), the legal body which upholds the Genocide Convention.

It has also become clear that while citizens of powerful countries may be guilty of crimes against humanity, only Africans get tried and convicted in the ICC. In addition, citizens in the global south recognize the impunity that permeates among representatives of powerful nations. In many countries, it is common knowledge that no American has been held responsible for the 1991 bombing of an Iraqi bomb shelter resulting in the death of 1,500 innocent civilians.

When Joe Biden and other NATO leaders accuse Vladimir Putin of genocide, the words of Jesus of Nazareth come into clear focus: “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye.”

Gerry Chidiac is a Prince George writer.

Vulnerable seniors deserve dignity

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remember it well.

I walked down the dingy hallway and knocked on the door. A feeble but cheerful “Come-in” was the reply, and I pushed the door open.

What confronted me made my head spin. I was not in a developing nation. I was in Prince George, but what I saw, smelled and felt washing over me was a kind of poverty I had never seen.

The small apartment was crammed with boxes, piles of clothing and garbage. The stench was from the rotting food in the fridge and cupboards, as well as from the human feces which remained after the home owner’s efforts to clean. It was my job to clean it up. The first two days I went home and wretched. Thirteen filled garbage bags and a week later, the place was reasonably clean.

This, I was told, was society allowing a senior the dignity to make their own choices. Throughout that week, speaking with other visitors to the building, I discovered that there were

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worse stories. The common thread was that the family wasn’t in contact or wasn’t close by to take care of their vulnerable people. The health nurse that came with medication was required to do no more than check that the person was not in immediate danger. Personal choice is a freedom worth dying for, but this didn’t seem like a choice this person would have made had they not suffered from dementia. What about the family’s role? Did they know? They lived out of town and were only able to come once or twice a year to check. Who is responsible for allowing someone to live in these conditions?

The reason I was there is someone had cared and called the family, and I was hired to clean up the place. The directions were that we were to be

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DON’T WASTE FUEL Re: “Gas prices don’t make sense,” April 14 Hopefully, a silver-lining will be extracted from the ‘high gas price problem’ in the form of less gratuitous fuel waste, including by individual consumers. For one thing, I’ve frequently walked past parked vehicles idling for many minutes, even in very warm weather.

Sometimes I’ll also see the exhaust spewed by a vanity vehicle, a metallic beast with the signature superfluously very large body and wheels that don’t at all appear used for work or family transport. They’re the same gratuitously huge monsters that when parked roadside hazardously block the view of short-car operators turning or crossing through stop-signed intersections; and they look

very sensitive and gentle and clean without judgment to preserve the senior’s dignity. Cleaning without judging the senior wasn’t hard. It was obvious that they were not capable of taking care of themselves or their home. But I did feel judgment toward a rich society lets something like that happen to someone who has raised a family and worked all their lives.

It wasn’t a fair judgement, because more care was available but it hadn’t been applied for yet by the family.

I came away thinking how important family is even in a rich country like ours. That while we will die for freedom to make choices, there are times when someone must make those choices for us.

Government programs, no matter how well-intentioned and designed, have cracks, and so someone needs to make sure we don’t fall through them. That person needs to be someone who cares for us.

Trudy Klassen is a Prince George writer.

E-mail: letters@pgcitizen.ca and spew thick exhaust as though they might get about 25 gallons to the mile.

Inside each is the operator, typically staring down into their lap, probably their smartphones. I couldn’t help wondering whether they’re some of the people posting complaints onto various social media platforms about a possible gas tax/price increase, however comparatively small. Here in Canada, the carbon tax, though it’s more than recouped via government rebate (except for the high-incomed), induces much pastime complaining.

Meanwhile, mass addiction to fossil fuel products undoubtedly helps keep the average consumer quiet about the planet’s greatest polluter, lest they feel and/or be publicly deemed hypocritical.

Frank Sterle Jr., White Rock

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COMMUNITY POLL Participate in this week’s poll. Go to

princegeorgecitizen.com, scroll down to the Community Poll, and vote!

Do you think the age for people to be tried for crimes as adults should be lowered to 16?

RESULTS from last week’s polls:

Is low unemployment good for Prince George? ●

Yes, employers will have to pay more to keep workers.

92 votes, 18.15%

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Yes, it’s good for the local economy.

203 votes, 40.04%

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No, it’s too hard for employers to find and keep staff.

88 votes, 17.36%

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No, the growth is in low-paying and part-time jobs.

124 votes, 24.46%

Do you think the voting age in Canada should be lowered to 16? ●

Yes, if they're old enough to drive, they're old enough to vote.

95 votes, 10.94%

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Yes, increasing voter participation is a good thing.

65 votes, 7.49%

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No, voting should be left to adults.

364 votes 41.94%

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No, the focus should be on increasing voter turnout.

344 votes, 39.63% LETTERS WELCOME: The Prince George Citizen welcomes letters to the editor from our readers.

Submission should be sent by e-mail to: letters@pgcitizen.ca.

No attachments, please. They can also be faxed to 250-562-7453, or mailed to Box 5700, 150 Brunswick St., Prince George V2L 5K9. Maximum length is 400 words and writers are limited to one submission every three weeks. We will edit letters only to ensure clarity, good taste, for legal reasons, and occasionally for length.

Although we will not include your address and telephone number in the paper, we need both for verification purposes. Unsigned letters will not be published.

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Keara Barnes (Deb), Yumi Ogawa, (Linda), Tamara McCarthy (Robin), Anna Russell (Jill), and Sara Bynoe (Alison) star in Mom’s the Word at Theatre NorthWest.

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Mom’s the Word brings tears, laughter HANNA PETERSEN Citizen staff

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Mom’s the Word is a relatable and hilarious look at motherhood that had the audience both laughing at its unexpected antics and tearing up at its more tender moments.

Expertly acted by a cast of five women (Keara Barnes as Deb, Yumi Ogawa as Linda, Tamara McCarthy as Robin, Anna Russell as Jill, and Sara Bynoe as Alison) the production is part comedy, part variety show, reminiscent of a one-womanshow divided into five perspectives.

Each of the characters has a different outlook on the struggles of the early years of motherhood and describe all of the hilarious situations they inadvertently find themselves in as they cope with raising tiny human in their own unique way.

Looking at parenting through these different perspectives ensures the humour and stories shared by the moms will be relatable to everyone. The parents in the audience will definitely be able to see themselves reflected in at least one of the character’s experiences.

All of the women do come together, however, sharing moments where they reflect on the universal aspects of motherhood like the pressures to be a perfect parent, their partners not quite understanding what they’re going through, and the overwhelming amount of love they have for their children.

Some of these moments are told through group musical numbers which include everything from surprising breast milk jokes to songs performed using tiny children’s musical instruments.

Almost like a fever dream at times, the five vivid vignettes come together using

everything from music, colour, anecdotes and sometimes dirty humour to create a truly inanimate look at motherhood.

Mom’s the Word’s more tender side also includes Alison’s experience of having a baby in the NICU which is included throughout the production’s two-hour run-time, helping to balance the humour and heartache.

Originally produced in 1994 for the Vancouver’s Women in View Festival, the Theatre Northwest production of Mom’s The Word has been ever-so-slightly updated to include contemporary references and small shout-outs to local parenting spots like Lil Hopper’s Cafe and the Duchess Park Playground.

The production was directed by Deborah Williams who is one of the original moms that wrote and created the show including Linda A. Carson, Jill Daum, Alison Kelly, Robin Nichol, and Barbara Pollard.

Since the 90s Mom’s the Word has spawned several sequels and productions have been performed to more than 200,000 people across Canada. The award-winning performance has also been a fan favourite at international comedy festivals and is performed globally in a variety of languages.

After seeing Theatre NorthWest’s production, it’s no surprise why Mom’s the Word has such staying power and international appeal.

It is simply an evening of hilarious stories about motherhood, bittersweet monologues, and poetic reflections that are entertaining for parents and non-parents alike.

Mom’s the Word is the final production in Theatre NorthWest’s current season and it runs until May 4.

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Spring Clean Up Day coming

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TIME TO DANCE Megan Rowe performs a routine titled 100 Tampons – after TikTok creator Marcia Belsky’s song by the same name – on Friday afternoon at Vanier Hall as part of the 2022 Prince George Dance Festival.

The Prince George annual Spring Clean Up Day takes place Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Residents are encouraged to pick up litter on city streets, trails, parks and school yards during the annual event, which dates back to 1918.

The City of Prince George will have extra trash bins located throughout the city, and a map can be found online here.

Groups can register in advance and designate specific areas they are going to clean.

Registered groups can request garbage bags from the city, which can be picked up at city hall after April 19.

If you are unable to transport full garbage bags to the Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill on Spring Clean Up Day, contact the city by calling 311 or by email at parkbookings@princegeorge.ca and the city can arrange for pick up.

The City of Prince George encourages participants to stay safe: wear high-visibility clothing and suitable footwear, watch out for traffic, dress for the weather and stay alert to your surroundings.

Broadcaster’s book series aims at get kids moving TED CLARKE Citizen staff

Kids sometimes need encouragement and an age-appropriate role model to get them interested in playing sports.

Lisa Bowes has found the perfect ambassador for the job.

Her name is Lucy and she is the central figure in a series of Lucy Tries Sports children’s books Bowes has written over the past five years to try to get kids more physically active.

Bowes is well known to Canadian television viewers as a sports journalist and former TSN/CBC/The Score/CTV sports desk anchor, reporter, play-by-play announcer and producer.

She was in Prince George earliler this month on stage at the Rogers Hometown Hockey festival at the CN Centre parking lot, where she kept with the hockey theme, reading a book she authored, Lucy Tries Hockey.

Hockey is just one of the sports Lucy has tried. Bowes has also gotten her involved in basketball, soccer, luge and short track speedskating, with baseball to be added to her list for 2023.

Appealingly illustrated by James Hearne of Calgary, the books are geared toward younger children and are available in several languages through Victoria-based Orca Book Publishers.

Before she got into broadcasting, Bowes graduated from the University of Western Ontario in London with a degree in

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TV sports journalist Lisa Bowes is working on her next book release, Lucy Tries Baseball, which is scheduled for release next spring.

physical education. The Guelph, Ont. native was covering women’s hockey at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010 when the inspiration for the book series came to her.

“My young daughter was two at the time and I was looking for books to read to her that were about different types of sport and I couldn’t find anything in the marketplace,” said Bowes.

“It took me seven years, 14 rejections on

my very first book, but I’m pleased to tell you we’ll come out with Book 6, Lucy Tries Baseball, next spring.

“She is the multi-sport champion and she is for all kids. Boys and girls love her, she’s for all kids. There are almost 200 sports in the world that we can try.”

Bowes has seen enough reports about the rise in childhood obesity and a growing number of kids who are physically inactive to know there’s work to be done

to change lifestyle trends.

Getting as many kids as possible involved in sports as lifetime activities is one way to combat what’s become an alarming worldwide problem.

“It breaks my heart that our little ones are just not moving like they should be,” Bowes said. “When I see a study out of the U.K. that sedentary behaviour is starting in children at age 7, and that was before COVID, I feel like we can do something. I see the series and the way kids and parents and educators have responded to the books and it’s wonderful because I really feel we’re making a difference in that regard.”

Bowes lives in Calgary and has used her television production skills to create a virtual speaking tour that allows her to visit schools all over the country without having to travel. Her TV show most recently came to a school in a remote village in Labrador.

“All Lucy books reinforce these accepted principles of healthy child development, what we know our kids need to stay in sport,” she said. “They are to play, participate, make a friend, master a skill and in an encouraging adult relationship, that being the coach.

“It’s inclusive and diverse. They are for all kids, but a lot people think it’s just for girls because it’s a female lead. But kids don’t see that, they just see a little kid.”

The Lucy Tries Sports series is available locally at Books & Company, 1685 Third Ave., or visit www.lucytriesports.com.

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UNBC RESEARCH

B.C. rainforest logging linked to climate change

hectares of old-growth forests at risk of permanent loss.

B.C. also announced last fall that an An international team of scientists, expert panel had mapped 2.6 million including researchers from Univer- hectares of unprotected old-growth forsity of Northern British Columbia ests at risk and asked 204 First Nations (UNBC), have published a new peer-re- to decide whether they supported the viewed study on the importance of temporary deferral of logging.

The province has now heard from 188 protecting primary forests in BC’s Interior Wetbelt (IWB) bioregion for the First Nations, of which 75 have agreed to the deferrals that will initially last two climate.

Scientists from the UNBC, Griffith Uni- years, while over 60 have asked for more versity in Australia, the Conservation time to decide and incorporate IndigeBiology Institute in Oregon, Wild Heritage nous knowledge into the plans.

However, ecologist and co-author in Oregon and Conservation North were part of the study, which underscores the Michelle Connolly of Conservation North seriousness of B.C.’s emissions tied to said these temporary deferrals don’t go far enough and there needs to be major the logging of old growth forests.

The study used data collected in the forestry reforms to protect carbon-dense old-growth forests. field, as well as govShe said these ernment datasets to forests need time estimate how much Protecting all to recover the logcarbon is contained old growth ging-related carbon within unlogged old is objectively debt, and improve growth spruce, red monitoring of carcedar and hemlock good for the bon stocks and forests, how much stock changes. has been emitted to climate because of Connolly said this the atmosphere by how much carbon is what the promclearcut logging. ised ‘paradigm shift’ The IWB is a vast, they store and that’s largely forested partly what our study that was called for in the 2020 Old Growth area of 16.5 million Strategic Review hectares along the has revealed. panel ought to look western flanks of the Canadian Rockies and northern Colum- like on the ground.

“Protecting all old growth is objecbia Mountains.

It contains rare old growth spruce tively good for the climate because of forests (referred to in other parts of how much carbon they store and that’s the world as Boreal Rainforest) and the partly what our study has revealed. A rare Inland Temperate Rainforest. Log- truly progressive forest policy would ging in this ecosystem accelerated from actually protect at least all old-growth forests and provide support for First the 1970s to the 2000s.

“The region contains underappreci- Nations to do that,” said Connolly.

She said the deferrals put the onus on ated carbon stocks that can help Canada meet its climate and conservation First Nations to decide without any fundtargets,” said lead researcher Dominick ing to examine whether they wanted to do that and what that would mean DellaSala.

“In their natural state, these forests for them, or alternative conservation constitute an irreplaceable natural cli- options.

“What ought to be happening to be mate solution, but we’re turning them into lumber and threatening to turn truly progressive is to actually support First Nations in protecting these places. them into pellets.”

The Government of Canada has Most people in B.C. agree that protecting pledged to protect 30 percent of its lands old-growth forests is really important, and waters by 2030 in order to mitigate and now we have evidence that the climate is a really good reason to do that.” the climate crisis.

DellaSala added that, “for the very first “The Interior Wetbelt contains some of the most carbon dense forests on the time, we have a comprehensive assessplanet,” said Art Fredeen, a study co-au- ment of how important B.C.’s interior rainforests are to the global climate and thor at UNBC. “If we summed up all of the carbon how much has been lost to logging. In from historically logged timber in the the case of climate change, the forest is IWB it would exceed B.C.’s total green- worth far more standing then cut down house gas emissions for 2019, 9 times for wood products.”

The study also reported that nearly over. Instead of increasing the B.C.’s carbon debt by further logging old car- 25 per cent of the IWB has been logged, bon-rich landscapes, we should be con- the majority since the 1970s, resulting in above-ground carbon declining by at serving them.”

The provincial government recently least 18 per cent.

– With files from the Canadian Press announced it’s deferring 1.7 million HANNA PETERSEN Citizen staff

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100 DAYS AWAY Alyson Emberley and Cody Bailey bring in the torch during

the Ignite the Spirit Torchlighting Ceremony last Thursday evening at Canada Games Plaza to mark 100 days until the start of the B.C. Summer Games in Prince George.

Former city employee running for council

inside knowledge of the city’s operations to expose the systemic problems at city hall.

However, the top issue facing the new Chris Stern spent 25 years working for the City of Prince George, now he hopes city council elected on Oct. 15 should be to work for the taxpayers instead of city “to get our downtown back,” he said.

“The downtown is the worst I’ve ever hall. seen it,” Stern said. “It’s not a Stern worked in a variety of matter for the RCMP… it’s a roles at city hall including carmatter of getting people into penter, building inspector, forehomes.” man and various roles in the The people living on Prince streets and sanitation departGeorge’s streets downtown ments. He left the city roughly are human beings who need seven years ago, and started proper housing and mental his own contracting company health and addiction supports, five years ago. he said.

“I almost worked in every Not addressing those social department (of the city,)” Stern issues is costing the taxpayers said. “I see a lot of problems CHRIS STERN money, he added. that aren’t getting addressed.”

“That’s where a lot of our For example, he said he discovered the problem that led to sewage budget is going, when you look at it: RCMP, backing up onto 15th Avenue in February, bylaws, cleaning up the trash. (And) there closing several lanes of the main road for is so many companies boarded up,” Stern weeks. Stern said he alerted his super- said. “We’ve got to get downtown… movvisor about the issue when he worked ing again.”

Stern said he doesn’t have all the there, but nothing was done about it.

“The city councilors don’t know the answers when it comes to solving the questions to ask,” he said. “Making finan- ongoing issues downtown, but he would cial decisions without telling council? You listen to what the experts have to say and wouldn’t believe how often that happens. vote in favour of measures that aimed at solving the problems.

It has to change.”

“My goal is that I work for the taxpayers.”

Sterns said, if elected, he would use his ARTHUR WILLIAMS Citizen staff

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Cougars hope to upset Portland in playoffs TED CLARKE Citizen staff

The Prince George Cougars are in the WHL playoffs for the first time in five years but they’re up against the hottest team in the league.

The Portland Winterhawks were the best team in the league in the second half of the season and won nine of their last 10 regular season games heading into the playoffs, which start Friday when they host the Cougars in the first game of their WHL Western Conference quarterfinal series.

The ‘Hawks made an abrupt turnaround after losing 10 of their first 15 games and finished third in the West (47-16-3-2) with 99 points, tied with second-place Kamloops Blazers and just one off the pace of the first-place Everett Silvertips.

The Cougars (24-39-4-1) had a much more difficult time trying to cinch the team’s first playoff berth in five years. That wasn’t determined until Saturday, the second-last day of the season, when they emerged out of a three-way tie with Spokane and Vancouver to claim sixth place.

Thirty-six points separated the Winterhawks from the Cougars in the conference standings and this best-of-seven series has all signs pointing to mismatch. The ‘Hawks won all four games on the season series – 6-2 Dec. 1 in Portland, 4-1 Jan. 28 in Portland, then posted back-to-back victories in

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Taylor Gauthier reaches for the puck in front of his net against the Portland Winterhawks while Connor Bowie stands guard at left during a 2019 game at CN Centre. Gauthier now plays for Portland and will out to try to beat his former teammates starting Friday in Portland.

Prince George Feb. 25-26, 7-2 and 5-3.

That doesn’t matter now to the Cougars; both teams are working with a clean slate.

“I feel like there’s no better matchup for us,” said Cougars 21-year-old centre Connor Bowie, who joined the Cougars Jan 10, 2018 as part of a multiplayer trade which sent defenceman Dennis Cholowski to Portland. “We’re a team that matches up well with them in the sense that we want to be physical and they want to be skilled,

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“I’m just excited that we happen to be in the WHL playoffs, it’s just the cherry on top that we happen to be playing Portland.”

The goalie the Cougars will be trying to beat to start the series is 21-year-old

Taylor Gauthier, who played 166 of his 194 WHL games the past five seasons stopping pucks for the Cougars.

“That just adds to it,” said Bowie. “Obviously, a lot of us know Goats pretty well and we’re really excited to talk to him and eventually beat him in the playoffs. I’ll definitely bump him a little bit and say a few things to him. It’s the playoffs and you’ve got to do what you can.”

Stats don’t lie and the Winterhawks have a huge edge in virtually every department.

Only one WHL team, Winnipeg, with 317 goals, scored more over the course of the 68-game WHL season than Portland, with 298. The ‘Hawks averaged 4.38 per game, as compared to the Cougars’ 2.60 average. Scoring just 177 goals, Prince George ranked 21st out of 22 teams.

The Cougars are the youngest team in the WHL and they also played the season with 11 rookies, three of whom were their top-three scorers.

Series schedule: Game 1: Friday at Portland, 7 p.m.

Game 2: Saturday at Portland, 6 p.m.

Game 3: Tuesday at Prince George, 7 p.m.

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REMEMBRANCES Memorial Services Celebration of Life

Lorne M McDonald The family of Lorne McDonald, would like to invite his family and friends to celebrate his life at 1:00 pm on April 23, 2022 at the PG Golf and Curling Club, for an informal gathering with refreshments.

In Memoriam

Memorial Services

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DE SOUZA, Mark Trevor

Sylvia Mae Garber Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 1130 am, Memorial Park Cemetery.

Reception to follow at Sintich Hall 7817 Hwy 97 South.

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

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Forever in Our Hearts

Marie “Annette” Krushell October 16, 1950 April 26, 2011

Eleven years have passed since heaven called on you and your guardian angels took you from us.

You have been missed so much by all whom you touched with your graceful, unselfish, thoughtful and caring nature. We all loved you dearly in our own special way. Thank you for the precious time we shared together and the endless memories to cherish.

Patrick Joseph Caden

Always in our hearts and thoughts, Roger, Sons, Grandsons, Granddaughter Family and Friends.

May 12, 1978 - April 26, 2021

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal.

Love leaves a memory no one can steal.

Missing you every single day.

We will always love you.

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Celebrate the lives of loved ones with your stories, photographs and tributes

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Logan Whitmer August 2,1993 April 25, 2013

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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved son, brother, brother-inlaw, cousin and uncle.

Mark is survived by his Mother, Iris, sisters, Coral (Bob), Marina (Jeff), Rose-anna (Derek), MaryAnne and brother Phillip (Nancee).

Mark was born in Kampala, Africa Nov.16th,1960. He immigrated to Prince George B.C. along with his family in 1972.

Mark was a great cook, passionate about fishing and soccer.

He was kind, funny and compassionate. His compassion was noted by his dedicated work with the AWAC, Association Advocating for Women and Community. Mark spent many nights handing out food, hot chocolate, blankets, and encouraging words to the homeless of his community. Many newspaper articles were written about his tireless commitment to give back.

The family wishes to thank all for their outpouring of love, generosity and support.

A Celebration of Life for Mark will be held on Monday, April 25th at Knox United Church at 1pm. 1448 5th Ave. Donations can be made to the Association Advocating for Women and Community.

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Bruno Josef Lindenblatt March 1940 September 2021

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runo Josef Lindenblatt, 81, of Prince George BC, passed away peacefully on 25 September 2021 at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia, from complications of pneumonia. An uncannily robust and healthy person throughout his life, he could be heard insisting to the resident doctors even a few days before his passing that he was “never sick” and felt “just fine” and was ready to go home.

Born to Berta (nee Hasselberg) and Karl Lindenblatt on 8 March 1940 in Plausen, East Prussia, Bruno was predeceased by both parents and sister Irmgard Lindenblatt. He is survived by brothers Hugo Lindenblatt and Ewald Lindenblatt, sister Anni van Haren, daughter Michelle Lindenblatt, and grandchildren Beatrix, Ignatius, Anselm, and Bertrand.

As a young child, Bruno experienced the hardships of war firsthand. He and his family often struggled to find adequate food and shelter, and were frequently displaced before settling in rural Germany.

It was during these early years where Bruno’s sense of fortitude, determination, generosity, and empathy developed and continued to be a moral compass for him for the rest of his life.

Bruno emigrated to Canada in 1959 and spent several years in Faust and Edmonton, where he married Ursula Lindenblatt in 1966, eventually making

his way through Terrace where he worked as a mechanic, Prince Rupert where he worked in a fish plant, Quesnel, where daughter Michelle was born in 1975, and then Prince George. He had a strong work ethic, loved to joke and have fun, ztand when fights erupted after a few drinks, he was known to have always fought fair. He gained more financial security for himself as the years went on and Bruno took great pleasure in sharing this wealth. He loved to travel and embarked on more than one world tour, often welcoming family and friends on all-expenses paid vacations, and was in his element when out for lunch and dinner, laughing and telling stories, often with a glass of wine in hand.

Bruno had an illustrious career in the sawmill industry which spanned over forty years. In 1972, Linden Fabricating and Engineering began in Quesnel and quickly expanded into another shop in Prince George. After building the first automated lumber sorter and stacker for West Fraser in 1975, Bruno’s company built new sawmills for West Fraser in Smithers, Fraser Lake, Chetwynd, and Williams Lake. Several major equipment installation projects were also carried out at Babine Forest Products in Burns Lake and Houston Forest Products in Houston BC, and throughout the 1980’s, 90’s, and 2000’s, Linden had a hand in the development of countless sawmills throughout the region. Linden acquired the license for step feeders and log ladders

which continue to be installed in sawmills across Canada, the US, Japan, and beyond. Indeed, there are few locations in the sawmill industry where Bruno’s fingerprints cannot be found.

In the mid 1980s, Linden housed the then nascent Woodpro Engineering and the Swedish sawmill company ARI. Through Linden, Bruno continued to give many a leg-up when they were just starting out in their respective businesses, offering both financial and networking support.

It was Bruno who gave loans and rarely asked to be reimbursed, who helped fund university degrees, who helped people buy their first homes. He was a great philanthropist and donated generously to BC Cancer research, the University Hospital of Northern BC, and the SPCA. Later in life, one of Bruno’s favorite pastimes was spending time with his dogs, throwing the ball at the local soccer field or walking at the dog beach in Vancouver.

His dogs were not only an important part of the family but offered respite through their non-judgmental ear and uncompromising love. We ask that in lieu of flowers, people donate to their local SPCA. Bruno always maintained that Friday the 13th was his lucky day as this was the day he received his welding ticket.

Please join us for a Celebration of Life at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club from 2PM – 4PM on Friday, May 13th, 2022. RSVP bruno.celebration.of.life_at_gmail.com, or call (250) 561-1181.

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Trucks & Vans 2006 DODGE Cummins diesel, 4x4, 4 dr, Lb, auto, 2 owner, receipts since new, no accidents, 107K, $27,900 obo. 596-5434 1998 FORD F250 Diesel w/ plow.

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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 17 of the Woodlot Planning and Practices Regulation, that a Woodlot Licence Plan has been prepared for Woodlot Licence #202 held by Davie Lake Logging Ltd. This Woodlot Licence is located east of Stone Creek, BC, south of Prince George. If approved by the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, this plan may apply for a term of 10 years from the date of approval.

This Woodlot Licence Plan is available for public review and comment by from April 7, 2022 to May 24, 2022. Any written comments on the plan should be mailed to: S. M. Forrest & Associates Ltd. , #100-466 2nd Avenue, Prince George, B.C., V2L 2Z7.

Please contact Scott Forrest, RPF, at 250-961-4880, or at sforrest@pgonline.com, to book an appointment to review and/or discuss the plan.

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Update your bedroom with new linens Does your bedroom need an upgrade? Change the look of the room with new curtains and sheets. Here’s how to choose the perfect new linens for your room.

CURTAINS When selecting curtains, think about the look you want in the room and then find a fabric that corresponds. Linen and cotton blends are more casual and cheerful, while silk and velvet are refined and regal.

How to get rid of clutter and organize your home

different patterns for your curtains and bedding, stay in the same colour palette.

When buying your sheets, invest in high-quality, natural fabrics. Egyptian cotton is classic and comfortable, while silk feels luxurious and has the added bonus of being gentle on your hair and skin.

By changing the linens in your bedroom, you’ll wake up feeling like you’re somewhere new.

A tidy and organized home can feel like a refuge at the end of the day. If your home has become cluttered and disorganized, take the time to declutter and sort it out.

Going room by room, the first step is to get rid of anything you don’t need. It may seem overwhelming at first, but removing unwanted and unneeded things will be liberating. You may even find yourself throwing out more than you originally planned.

Next, think about the colour and pattern you’d like. You can match your curtains to the colour of the wall and use pattern and texture to make them stand out. Alternatively, you could hang a multi-coloured pattern and make them a focal point.

If you’re not sure where to begin, start by getting rid of items that don’t get used and articles you have multiples of. Donate things that others can find a use for and throw out anything too damaged or heavily used to be donated.

BEDDING You don’t need to match your bedding to your curtains but they should co-ordinate. You can pull a colour from the pattern on your curtains or use a contrasting colour. If you’d like to use

Keep in mind that the amount of things in a home needs to correspond to the amount of storage available. People who live in small apartments will end up keeping fewer things than those who live in single-family homes.

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Welcome to the face of Century 21 Energy Realty Please meet our amazing team. Whether you are buying or selling, we would love to hear from you and make your home dreams become a reality.

Our Property Management Department offers a wide range of rental properties available to rent, as well as we can provide management services for your investment and strata properties. Please contact Keisha Rochon at 250-617-4864.

Shawn McLaughlin *PREC Owner/Sales Representative 250-640-5478

Shawna Kinsley Associate Broker Sales Representative, Home Girls 250-552-2757

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New Price

5814 Moledo $484,000

806 Faulkner Cres $434,000 New Listing

974 Stuart Dr $429,333

1018 Nelson Cres $398,000

2880 Goheen St $420,000

When Experience Matters!

Spring cleaning may make you think of washing windows and laundering curtains, but what about the air inside your home? In some residences, the air indoors can be more polluted than the air outside. And unfortunately, dust and dirt can make respiratory issues like asthma worse.

Here are five strategies to help you breathe easier.

1. Keep your floors clean: make sure people take their shoes off at the door and to vacuum with a high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter. This way, you’ll reduce allergens and harmful chemicals that can get into your home.

2. Don’t let it get too humid: excess humidity attracts mould, dust mites and other allergens. Use a dehumidifier or an air conditioner to keep humidity levels low.

3. Get some houseplants: not only do plants help filter the air in your home, they can also boost your mood. Peace lilies and rubber plants make great air purifiers and are easy to take care of.

4. Have your ducts cleaned: think of air ducts as the lungs of your home; all the air from your heating and cooling systems flow through them. If you can’t remember the last time you had them professionally cleaned, now’s the time.

5. Change your filters: your air conditioner, furnace, dryer and range hood all have filters that should be changed regularly to keep them working efficiently and the air in your home clean.

This spring, breath easier by adding the above five items to your spring cleaning to-do list.

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Mike Hurrell Realtor® P.R.E.C. Managing Broker

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802 1501 QUEENSWAY Street $119,900

Upper floor corner unit with balcony boasts some of the best views in the complex overlooking Connaught Hill Park & the City.

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908 -1501 QUEENSWAY STREET $159,900

2 bedroom unit with balcony. Perfect for anyone wanting to live close to downtown, looking for an investment or anyone looking to just break into the market.

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1752 INGLEDEW STREET $245,800

FIRST TIME HOME BUYER / INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY ALERT! 1/2 dplx in Miller addition includes mortgage helper with no strata fees!

8180 W 16 Highway - $299,900 PER ACRE C6-zoned commercial property on busy corner of Hwy 16 West and Western Rd, with municipal services. Call Mike!

406 1501 QUEENSWAY Street, $119,900

It is a secure building with elevators and on site caretaker. Strata allows rentals, one small pet, and has no age restrictions.

SION FLED B 1135 ABRUZZI PLACE - $165,000

Boasting wonderful views of tabor mountain this 7556.27 SF fully serviced building lot is 1 of 2 lots available in Tyner Ridge Estates. GST not Included

4321 NORDIC Drive $119,900 Business is turn-key with strong financials (even during COVID) & a fantastic lease of only $505 /month that has another 34 mnths. Call Mike!

103-2217 REGENTS CRESCENT, $179, 900

This spacious walk-out garden unit in Regents Park Condominiums has 2 large bedrooms and is absolutely spotless.

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728 NORTH NECHAKO Road $259,900 This rock solid true Rancher is in a perfect North Nechako location, on full city services. Call Mike!

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2643 Abbott Cres $339,900

This well built solid house with great layout, features three good sizes bedrooms upstairs, master bedroomwith two pcs ensuite. Call John!

8015 LOOPOL Road, $259,900

Suite Deal! - This rock solid well built home on 1.34 acres needs some cleanup but has enormous potential with 3 bedrooms up and a 2 bedroom suite down.

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#105 1638 6TH Avenue $339,900

Stunning unit in the Courtyard is top to bottom high-end renovated & has an amazing private garden patio off brilliant bright solarium. Call Mike

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1736 HEMLOCK STREET, $399,900

8014 ROCHESTER CRES $424,900

Attention first time buyers, flippers, or anyone willing to put in a little sweat equity! This well built rock solid home needs some cosmetic updates but has unlimited potential with surrounding similar sized homes selling homes selling well in to the mid 700’s.

Attention investors and first time buyers! This newly renovated home has been completely updated incl addition of a full daylight bsmnt.

This beautifully renovated home is completely updated including new kitchen and bathes, plus is in a fantastic lower college close to schools.

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54850 JARDINE Loop in Vanderhoof, $449,900 Built in 2003, this beautiful Cluculz Lakefront rancher with heated shop has a perfect gentle slope.

7034 TONY ROAD, 799,900

A perfect location close to schools, shopping, the university, and more, plus will have RV parking. pre-purchase now before construction has completed. Choices of finishings still available. Completion tentatively March-April. Built by Elite Pacific Homes Ltd.

John Bucur Realtor® 250-961-0001

Linda Stacey Property Manager 250-562-6228

1 BEDROOM

D L O S MAR 13870 Hiller Rd $389,900

Matt Petkau Realtor® 250-617-8179

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362 - 368 BURDEN STREET, $499,900

Attention investors! This side by side owner half occupied duplex with separate bsmnt entrances could easily be made a non-conforming 4-plex.

3924 ESTABROOK CRT $949,900

This stylish contemporary New 2 storey with bsmnt home has smart sharp street appeal, a fantastic layout with 4 top floor bdrms, is in a perfect location. Call Mike!

490 S QUINN Street $549,900 Wow! - This up/down duplex has no expenses spared in updates with both up and down beautifully renovated with high end materials

1808 BITTNER RD - $1,350,000

This 20.5 AC city development property is the ot her undeveloped side of the Kovachich subdivision. Access off Bitter Rd E and Blackburn Rd North.

10233 WESTERN ROAD, $120,000

4602 GANNETT ROAD - $145,000 This well priced lot is 1 of 2 remaining lots available in Tyner Ridge Es-

This nice flat treed 80’ x 150’ city lot is the perfect place to build your Western Acres dream home. City Water/sewer are available.

tates. 69.37 feet wide on the corner of Tyner & Gannett. GST not included

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2212 VICTORIA Street $189,900

1001 1501 QUEENSWAY Street $189,900

This half a duplex features 2 bedrooms & 1 1/2 bathrooms. It has an OSBE w/ great potential to increase revenue. Call Carling!

A great affordable opportunity to break into the market as an investor or home owner. The 10th floor Corner unit has a deck. Call Matt!

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7105 CARIBOU Road $269,900

This clean and renovated 3 bedroom mobile with addition is on a gorgeous park-like 1/3 acre lot with over 230’ of frontage. Call Mike!

2145 E BITTNER Rd $269,900

This renovated starter duplex in the fantastic Blackburn subdivision is nicely renovated on one side and is a perfect break in to the market. Call Mike!!

SION MLADR 397 BOYD STREET, $349,900

This nicely updated home has 3 bedrooms up and is in a fantastic location close to everything. Main floor has updated kitchen and bath.

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1474 WARNER AVENUE $429, 900

This beautifully renovated home has a lovely open concept, huge bedrooms, and a bright open basement with huge windows.

13755 KEPPEL ROAD $549,900

Attention hobby farm enthusiast! Here is your spacious country rancher situated on 2.01 flat acres in the desirable Miworth location.

1702 Spruce St $1,400,000

This fantastic 8 unit townhouse complex is fully renovated top to bottom and is in a great central Prince George location. Call Mike!

1710 6ATH AVENUE $379,900

This beautiful updated character home has 9’ ceilings, original hardwood floors, redone kitchen & baths + wonderfully located on 2 city lots.

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4234 TRAPPER Avenue, $434,900

Attention families, first time home buyers and investors. This fully fenced, beautiful yard includes two storage sheds, gardens, and large deck.

6860 LANGER CRESCENT - $589,900

This 7 year old home plus huge shop has a beautiful open design, tall daylight 9 foot undeveloped basement with good suite potentia.

8104 W 16 Highway $2,999,900

Located between the Western Acres & Gauthier Subdivisions, this just over 66.5 acre development site. Call Mike!