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Brinkman sells Books and Co. The man behind the stack of books at Books and Company has sold his interest in the popular downtown book store, coffee shop and arts and entertainment venue. Jim Brinkman, who opened the store in 1993, has announced that his right hand person Owen Lubbers will be taking over. In his “final goodbye” e-mail sent out Jan. 7, Brinkman notes the store has been “quite successful both financially and helped me to find out who I was. So thanks to everyone in the past. Onward we go. To the future.” Lubbers has been at Books and Company for 12 years so he “knows the ropes,” says Brinkman. The bookstore on Third Avenue has a vast selection of books, magazines and calendars but also provides a meeting place and an area both in Cafe Voltaire and Artspace upstairs where musical and theatrical performances are held and where local artists can display their work.

Bill PHILLIPS/Free Press A skier practices for the Teck Cup at Otway on Friday. For results of the cross-country ski race held on the weekend, turn to page 24.

Council supports veterans’ office Just hours after Veterans Affairs minister Julian Fantino was shuffled out of the position, city council voiced its support for re-opening a Veterans Affairs office in Prince George. The Legion’s John Scott and Bruce Gabriel made the pitch to city council Monday night. Veterans Affairs was established to help veterans of the two World Wars and Korea, Scott said. One of the problems is that the definition of a veteran, after that, excluded current veterans. Three years ago Veterans Affairs announced the closure of the Prince George office, ostensibly as a cost-cutting measure. Veterans Affairs matters are now dealt with through the Service Canada office. “They then began sending files from Prince George to Penticton and Vancouver, that way they could claim there was no need for an office here, because there were so few files,” Scott said. He said Veterans Affairs seems to think the numbers of veterans are declining, however, he added, with Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan, that likely isn’t so, adding that Veterans Affairs also has responsibilities to the families of veterans. There are about 40 veterans in Prince George, he said. “There is no substitute for one-on-one, faceto-face meetings,” Scott said. “Our veterans must rely on phone calls, or computers, or questionnaires.”

He said veterans often want private meetings and are uncomfortable being lumped in with the crowds at the Service Canada offices. “It’s been my experience, in dealings with veterans, is that they feel abandoned by Veterans Affairs,” Scott said, asking council to help press Ottawa and local MPs to re-open a Veterans Affairs office in Prince George. “I’ve been appalled for a while,” said Coun. Susan Scott, who is the chaplain for the Prince George Legion and, she said, the daughter of two veterans. “The fact that Veterans Affairs is in a major financial surplus, is just staggering, in light of what has been done. It is shameful.” Her voice broke slightly as she said: “I hope we stand behind our veterans.” Coun. Brian Skakun said Prince George is the hub throughout northern B.C. for many services and veterans’ services shouldn’t be any different. Mayor Lyn Hall said it’s an issue that the city should also bring up with the North Central Local Government Association. “I think there’s an opportunity for us to do something,” he said. “If we can get on the bandwagon to try and show support in the entire north for the need, that’ll go a long ways.” Coun. Garth Frizzell put forward a motion seeking to enact a community covenant, which was recently approved, to determine what the city can do in response to the closure of the

office. “It would be my privilege to sign that letter and send of off to Ottawa,” Hall said. However, a letter to Prince George-Peace River MP Don Zimmer might not get much to change. “Services will be available at every one of Service Canada’s 600 locations across the country, a dramatic increase from the 33 Veterans Affairs Canada offices located only in urban centres,” Zimmer said in a letter to the Prince George Free Press last year. “Each Service Canada location will have staff trained by Veterans Affairs Canada to help people with their benefit applications, answer questions, and assist them in accessing other services. This means that thousands of Canadian veterans who are living in smaller communities like Mackenzie and Dawson Creek will also be able to access services face-to-face in their own communities. “To say that Canada’s veterans will receive diminished service because of the VAC closure is simply not true, as the same services are available at the Service Canada desk. In Prince George the Service Canada desk is located in the same building as the old Veterans Affairs office.” In a subsequent letter, Zimmer accused the Public Service Alliance of Canada of “spearheading” a campaign against Veterans Affairs Canada.

One killed in collision on Hart A 39-year-old Prince George woman is dead following a collision on the Hart Highway on Wednesday afternoon. Shortly before 3 p.m., emergency services, including the Prince George RCMP, were called to a two-vehicle incident involving an SUV and a transit bus. The collision occurred about half a kilometre north of the John Hart Bridge. The driver’s side of the SUV had sustained significant damage in the collision, and the driver, the lone occupant, was taken to hospital, where she died. The driver of the transit bus, also the lone occupant, was not seriously injured. The Hart Highway was closed for several hours after the collision. Prince George RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are continuing to investigate. Anyone with information is asked to call the RCMP at 250-561-3300.

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assault causing bodily harm, sentenced to 11 days in jail, placed on probation for 12 months, assessed a victim surcharge of $200 and prohibited from possessing firearms for 10 years. Julia A.L. Lattie was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, placed on probation for 12 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. Gordon W. Pagens was found guilty of possession of stolen property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to one day in jail, placed on probation for 12 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. Duane T. Vallee was found guilty of assault and assaulting a peace officer, sentenced to one day in jail, placed on probation for two years, assessed a victim surcharge of $200 and

prohibited from possessing firearms for 10 years. Vallee was also found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to one day in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. Gary E. Payne was found guilty of voyeurism, received a conditional sentence of four months, placed on probation for 20 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. In Provincial Court on Dec. 8: Patrick W. Veitch was found guilty of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, received a conditional sentence of 21 days, placed on probation for 12 months, assessed a victim surcharge of $100 and prohibited from possessing firearms for three years. Veitch was also found guilty of possession of a controlled substance and failing to

Most assessments will be higher Owners of more than 78,000 properties throughout Prince George and the surrounding communities can expect to receive their 2015 assessment notices in the next few days. “Most homes in the area are worth more in value compared to last year’s assessment roll,” said Geoff Radtke, Deputy Assessor with the North Region. “Most home owners in the Prince George Assessment Area will see changes in the zero per cent to plus-15 per cent range.” Overall, the Prince George Assessment Area’s Assessment Roll increased approximately $586 million from $16.536 billion last year to $17.122 billion this year. A total of almost $201 million of this growth includes subdivisions, rezoning and new construction. A property valued at $242,000 on July 1, 2013 (the date for the 2014 assessment) is now valued at $251,000. “Property owners who feel that their property assessment does not reflect market value as of July 1, 2014 or see incorrect information on their notice should contact BC Assessment as indicated on their notice as soon as possible in January,” said Radtke. “If a property owner is still concerned about their assessment after speaking to one of our appraisers, they may submit a Notice of Complaint (Appeal) by February 2, for an independent review by a Property

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Hotel guests in Prince George will continue to help promote the area through a two per cent tax on accommodations. The municipal and regional district tax, formerly the additional hotel room tax, has been extended until January 1, 2020. The tax was implemented in 2010 to help fund the destination marketing organization operated by Tourism Prince George. “(We’re) excited to see how the revenue from the tax will continue to be applied to help market Prince George as a destination choice,” said Rebecca

Monsen, Tourism Prince George board chair, in a press release. The funding allows Tourism Prince George to leverage marketing dollars and encourage visitors to stay longer in the community. Seventy-one per cent of accommodation owners in the city, representing 72 per cent of the number of rooms, agreed to continuing the tax. Tourism Prince George, a nonprofit society, was created in 2010. It is governed by tourism industry representatives through an appointed board of directors.

Bill PHILLIPS/Free Press A heavy dump of snow is no problem for Dennis Paquette and his plow-equipped ATV. He, along with the rest of the city, was digging out Tuesday morning.

Bell steps down from Conifex Former Prince George-Mackenzie MLA and cabinet minister Pat Bell has stepped down from his position as Conifex’s executive vice-president. A statement from the company issued Tuesday says Bell wants to “focus more exclusively on family-owned business interests.” After leaving politics in 2013 for health reasons, Bell announced in late 2013 that his family was going to build Canada’s northernmost winery. Construction has been underway on the Northern Lights Estate Winery since then. Conifex, in its statement, said Bell will remain with the company in an advisory role for two months and will continue to sit on the board of directors. In addition, Bell had another health scare on the weekend. He posted on his Facebook page that he was on the ski hill Friday taking his level 1 ski instructors course and didn’t feel well. He went home and

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Attention: vegetation management The purpose of the proposed Pest Management Plan (PMP) is to manage vegetation, including noxious weeds and invasive plants, within facilities, which include generation facilities, switching, compressor, valve, metering, odorant stations, substations, farm taps, buildings, structures, tower compounds, access roads and storage yards within the FortisBC service area. The FortisBC service area is located in proximity to the communities of Creston, Crawford Bay, Kaslo, Slocan, South Slocan, Nelson, Castlegar, Salmo, Trail, Fruitvale, Grand Forks, Greenwood, and Midway, in the Okanagan Valley from Osoyoos to Kelowna, and in the Similkameen Valley from Princeton to Keremeos. 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). The proposed duration of the PMP is from May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2020. 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. FortisBC uses the FortisBC name and logo under license from Fortis Inc. (14-398 12/2014)

Robert Quibell is a techie at heart. Coming in a close second, though, is marketing. So when the opportunity to become the new executive director at the Innovation Central Society came up, he jumped at the opportunity. “There’s huge innovation (in Prince George),” he said. “It felt like home.” Armed with an MBA from Bill PHILLIPS/Free Press UNBC and his own successful start-up business, Vortex Social Innovation Central Society executive director Robert Quibell. Marketing, the former College of New Caledonia and City of is finding and evaluating new inventions or ideas Prince George employee will now focus his efforts on and providing the assistance to get those business helping innovative businesses get off the ground. ventures off the ground … big or small. If you have have an idea or a prototype and want The second is an “investor’s group,” which involves to bring it to market, that’s where the Innovation creating essentially a pool of investors who are lookCentral Society can help. ing to invest in the area. He will then be able to pass Quibell says they will look at the idea and first help some good ideas onto these investors and the rest is determine whether it has business potential. up to the parties involved. “Then we either find them money or brain power,” The third focus will be a venture acceleration he said. “Or both.” program, which is based on a customer development Quibell says there is a tremendous amount of model and a lean start-up framework. The goal of companies in Prince George already doing innovathe program is to drive economic development and tive things and that innovation can involve all kinds job creation by accelerating the commercialization of of business … from a social marketing start-up like technology. There is a small fee for the venture accelQuibell’s to innovation in the forestry and mining eration program, however all other services provided sector. by the Innovation Central Society are free. Sometimes those innovative ideas just need a help“I’m interested in moving things forward,” Quibell. ing hand. The Innovation Central Society is funded by the Quibell says he wants to focus on three key items B.C. Innovation Council, the National Research at Innovation Central Society. Council and other agencies. It is governed by a local The first is to develop an “inventor’s circle,” which board of directors.

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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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Looking back at old papers ties at once. Mr. Cashman will have complete charge of the removal of all garbage, refuse, stable manure, and night soil from Prince George and Fort George to the Government Dumping Ground. ….the City Scavenger will collect fees for the Scavenger work from the owners of same…”

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Much (Editor John Houston was twice elected as a B.C. MLA and understood the province’s politics). “A meeting of the Fort George Conservative Association is to be held on Sunday, January 2nd, at 2 o’clock, in the Hudson’s Bay Company’s dining-room. At this meeting the requirements of the district are to be considered, and for that reason every member of the association should try and be present. The fault found with the action of such meetings is that too much is asked for which gives the Government a fair excuse to say the people making the demands are unreasonable. Ask for the main requirements of the District; the minor requirements will come without asking. Above everything else show that you are not all looking for jobs, as reward for party service.” And on the same page Houston provides a personal observation:

“In three months and nine days, the writer has seen but two hen’s eggs and tasted none. The two will be tasted on Sunday. They came from William Kennedy’s henhouse, the only one within a hundred miles of Fort George.” Fort George Herald, August 20, 1910 “The first piano to arrive in South Fort George reached here Monday last. It is the property of Mrs. R.M. Burns and is now installed in the Burn’s residence on Fourth Street.” Fort George Herald, Sept. 10, 1910 In this article the editor laments the shortage of gasoline: “A gasoline famine is rampant here. The “Traffic Regulation Act” will not permit steamboats to carry this very necessary commodity, and owing to the fact that there is no other mode of freight transport to this point the people of South Fort George who wish to use gasoline for both light and power purposes are suffering in conse-

quence. We would point out to the navigation companies that it would be a simple matter for them to equip their boats with magazine compartments in which gasoline or powder could be carried without violating the act, or by refusing to accept passengers for one trip one of the smaller boats could bring up a large consignment from Soda Creek….” In the following week’s Herald we see why the editor was concerned about fuel shortages: “Our gasoline engine arrived this week and is now installed in the new Herald building on Fourth Street.” The Fort George Herald, of June 20, 1914 described an appointment to an unusual job, by someone who had “considerable experience in this line”. CITY SCAVENGER APPOINTED “Mr. Eugene Cashman of Prince George has been appointed City Scavenger and will enter upon his new du-

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Douglas publishes book on Aboriginal health care in Canada An instructor at the College of New Caledonia has published an award-winning textbook on Aboriginal health care in Canada. Dr. Vasiliki Douglas, CNC nursing instructor and expert on Indigenous health care, wrote Introduction to Aboriginal Health and Health Care in Canada, the first entry-level textbook of its kind. Dr. Douglas holds a PhD in History of Nursing (University of Alberta), an MA in Courtesy CNC History and BA in AnDr. Vasiliki Douglas, CNC nursing instructor and expert on Indigenous cient History and Classics (McGill University), health care, wrote Introduction to Aboriginal Health and Health Care in Canada, the first entry-level textbook of its kind. and a BSN (University textbook specifically written to introduce nursing of British Columbia) students to this important field.” and has won multiple research grants to study and The textbook was named a 2013 PROSE Award present on Indigenous health research. Winner in Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, an Douglas, who has taught Aboriginal health to nursing students for more than six years, noticed a honour granted by the Association of American Publishers. The content is presented in two parts, gap in dedicated learning material for the topic. using relevant case studies and concrete examples “When I began teaching I was aware that there to introduce students to health concerns facing was a large and rapidly growing body of research Canada’s Aboriginal population. Part one, Aborigion Aboriginal health,” said Dr. Douglas. “I was, nal Culture and Health, is an introductory section however, surprised to find that there was no which discusses the diversity of Aboriginal culture, history of Aboriginal health and the importance of cultural safety in health care. Part two, Aboriginal Health and the Canadian Health Care System, contains chapters on the determinants of Aboriginal health, diet and nutrition, diseases, mental health, women’s and children’s health and the future of Aboriginal health care. The text emphasizes the necessity of cultural safety in Aboriginal health care. Cultural safety is a set of practices used worldwide in health care to treat patients of varying cultural backgrounds and belief systems so that patients may be treated without denial of their identities, and also feel spiritually and emotionally supported through their treatment. “Cultural safety offers the potential to bridge the divide between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals in the health care system,” said Douglas. “This applies both to our relationship with patients and our relationship with other health care professionals, as the number of Aboriginal professionals increases. I strongly believe that increased knowledge of cultural safety will improve levels of care, and wrote An Introduction to Aboriginal Health and Health Care in Canada with this in mind.” Douglas also has publications focusing on Inuvialuit and Inuit traditional medical care and midwifery, food/cultural security and reconciling traditional knowledge and climate change. She is currently working on a manuscript for another textbook that will have a focus on Aboriginal women’s health in Canada.

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Gaze into my crystal ball The show that went wow Panderings and predictions for 2015 Following in the footsteps of my editor, I have a few predictions of my own for 2015. I predict that when you read this, I will be on holiday, probably getting a few zzzz’s and catching up on housework. Just like last year. But now to the harder stuff. Dusting off my very old crystal ball, I see a few ghostly images emerging. There’s a man in chains, my first husband, telling me the future looks good for me in the romance department – if only I can only learn to bake bread. Looking back, I guess he didn’t appreciate the Black and Decker bread maker I gave him for our second (and last) wedding anniversary. So one of my predictions – also a New Year’s Resolution – is that I resolve to spend more time in the kitchen and less time on the computer. But that’s me. Now to other people. I predict that in the arts and entertainment world, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt or is that Jolie-Pitt?

will continue on their path of philanthropy and monogamy and that they will not be dodging questions about getting married. I believe there will be more celebrity deaths reported on the evening news and sadly, some of them will be related to drug overdoses. I predict some stars and starlets will find themselves in financial hot water in 2015 and others will get the cold shoulder (instead of a pat on the back) from Hollywood dwellers when they enter rehab centres. Closer to home, I predict the 2015 Canada Winter Games will have reporters from near and far on their toes vying for the best photos and editorial coverage. I predict the local vendors will be rubbing their hands in glee as dollars pour into local eateries, shops, hotels, galleries, museums ... and casino. That is not so much a prediction as it is the natural consequence of putting on the games. In the realm of social media, I predict now that we don’t have

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former Toronto mayor Rob Ford to kick around anymore (making fun of sick people is not nice; and he is reportedly responding well to cancer treatment) we will find yet another national political figure as a suitable whipping boy for our woes. I predict that Prince George will rally around and promote all that is good about the city, ignoring the Maclean’s articles (the one that says Prince George is a town with a cornucopia of criminal activities and dubbed it most dangerous city in Canada

– and basking in the one that ranks our UNBC as best in the west, second place last year) and instead we will follow the lead of positive, forward-thinking people like Hell Yeah founder Scott McWalter. That doesn’t mean that the sale of rose-tinted spectacles will be on the rise, it just means people will – as my dear Grandpa used to say – “learn to appreciate what you have in life” or as the Jungle Book’s Baloo the Bear would say: “You’ve got to accentuate the positive.” Either way, my crystal ball tells me there are great things on the horizon for Prince George in 2015. And even though my “crystal” ball it is actually plastic, not glass, that is a good thing because when the cat knocks it off my mantle, it will not break into a hundred pieces ensuring me 100 years of bad luck. As it is, I have the good fortune to call Prince George my home and I predict that will not change.

Electoral reform’s problem? Majority governments picking easiest way to power Electoral reform is kind of like the For example, in Cariboo-Prince George, weather. a voter may think that new Conservative A storm blows up every so often and, candidate Todd Doherty is the cat’s meow while everyone likes to talk about it, no one and want to send him to Ottawa but has a seems to be able to do anything about it. real problem with supporting Prime MinPart of the problem with electoral reform, ister Stephen Harper. That voter will then especially among majority get to vote for Doherty as the governments, is that the curlocal candidate and then choose rent first-past-the-post system from a list of regional candidates worked for the party in power. where they can vote for anyone It got them to where they are but the Conservative candidate. so why would they change the Whoever gets the most votes system that gives them power in the local race becomes the akin to a dictatorship and then MP. The regional representakeeps them there when most tives are then elected to reflect, of the people in the country in the House of Commons, the voted for someone else? One percentage of the vote for each of the inherent failings of the party. In other words, if the first-past-the-post system, and WRITER’S BLOCK Conservatives get 39 per cent we’ve seen it time and time BILLPHILLIPS of the vote, as they did in 2011, again, is that a party, if it’s they would have about 39 per lucky, can form a majority government with cent of the MPs in the House of Commons. as little as 38 per cent of the popular vote. This system is used in Germany and New Federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair this Zealand, among others. week announced that if he moves into 24 I kind of like the system, however I have Sussex Drive this year, he’ll change that … nagging concern. To implement it we would or at least in true Canadian fashion, ask either have to double the number of MPs Canadians politely if they want to change. we send to Ottawa or re-jig the ridings so The NDP supports using a mixed-memwe would have 154 federal ridings and 154 ber proportional representation system. MPs elected regionally. Both are problemUnder this system voters, essentially, get atic. two votes. Heading into a ballot box, the As for the Liberals, some of whom supvoter gets to pick the candidate they want to ported the NDP private members bill callrepresent their riding, and they get to pick ing for mixed member proportional reprethe party they want to govern. sentation, most of them like the preferential

ballot system, if there’s going to be electoral reform. When leader Justin Trudeau was in Prince George in 2013, he said he prefers the preferential ballot system, whereby voters rank their candidates and a candidate needs more than 50 per cent of the vote to be elected. If there isn’t a clear winner, then second choices are counted. This, he said, forces candidates to try to appeal to more of their constituents rather than the 35-40 per cent needed to win under the current system. However, Trudeau hasn’t made promises that he’ll enact, or try to enact, this system if he moves into 24 Sussex in the fall. As for the Conservatives, they voted, en masse, against the NDP bill calling for the mixed member proportional representation system and their electoral reform bill was more about stripping the powers of Elections Canada than changing our electoral system. So, will we see any electoral reforms after this year’s federal election? Not likely because once a party is in power, they want to stay there and, regrettably, the first-pastthe-post system is the easiest route to that power. Whether the government is more representative of the electorate is secondary. The mixed member proportional system and preferential balloting each make it more difficult to for parties to form a majority government. So, once you secure that majority, politicians don’t want to change that.

I went with my family to see Dralion at the CN Centre on Sunday afternoon. Wow. That’s about the only way to describe it. If you’ve seen it, you know what I mean. If you haven’t seen it, there’s no way I can express in words what happened on (and above) that stage for two hours. It’s unfortunate that this show is right near the end of Dralion’s run, since it means if you missed it, the only way to see it now is to hop a flight to Fairbanks or Anchorage in Alaska (and take some warm clothes). I’m glad I had the chance to see it. • Got a too-close reminder of how bad Prince George streets can be recently. I was headed west on 15th Avenue, approaching the lights at Carney Street. The light facing me was red, so I started slowing down around Burden Street, not knowing what the roads were like. I had no problem slowing down. As I got closer to Carney, I saw the lights facing ALLAN’S AMBLINGS Carney change ALLANWISHART to yellow, so I knew by the time I got to the intersection, I would have a green light. Just as I was about to move my foot from the brake to the gas as the light turned green, I saw a southbound vehicle on Carney which obviously wasn’t going to be able to stop in time. I stepped on the brake again and came to a stop right at the corner, just as the other vehicle slid by in front of me and most of the way into the next lane over. I could see the driver pound the wheel a couple of times, so I knew he hadn’t been trying to beat the light, just misjudged how long it would take to stop in those conditions. Luckily, I was watching for other vehicles and there was nobody blowing through the intersection beside me. • My legs started talking to me again sometime on Jan. 2. I was, as usual, volunteering for Operation Red Nose on New Year’s Eve and was, once again, shuttling back and forth between the phone operators and the dispatch centre at our headquarters. That meant from about 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., I was on my feet, and while I was getting my exercise, my legs definitely let me know they didn’t appreciate those long hours when I sat down at the end of the night to put my boots on and head home. New Year’s Day, they were still reminding me every time I stood up about how they felt about the mistreatment. I’m hoping by next New Year’s Eve, they will have forgotten and I can do the whole thing over again.

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opefully city council’s exuberance for speaking out on issues affecting the city will continue. On Monday night city councillors didn’t hold much back as they threw their support behind the Royal Canadian Legion’s push to have Veterans Affairs re-open its office in Prince George. The local office was one of eight across the country that were closed in 2012, ostensibly as a cost-cutting measure even though the agency has returned more than $1 billion in unexpended funds to federal coffers. It was refreshing to hear city council speak out on the issue and speak forcefully. Too often politicians, and political bodies, feel that the only public comment they should make about other levels of government is one of idolatry. We’ve been to too many press conferences where the only comment politicians make is how wonderful the other politicians on the podium are. We need real leaders, not cheerleaders. When an issue comes before city council that negatively affects this community, such as the closure of the Veterans Affairs office, council shouldn’t be afraid to speak publicly, and forcefully, about it. The notion that lower levels of government have to positively promote higher levels in order to get funding, is simply wrong. Council should, and must, advocate for the community publicly as well as behind closed doors. Hurray for city council taking a stand. Let’s hope they keep it up.

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hile city council was vocal in supporting a call to re-open the Veterans Affairs office in Prince George, at least they were pragmatic about the possibility of the Conservatives doing their bidding. Both Prince George-Peace River MP Bob Zimmer and Cariboo-Prince George MP Dick Harris have done what they do best ... toed the party line. Zimmer has stated that veterans will be served better through Service Canada offices, which are in centres throughout the North, rather than one Veterans Affairs office in Prince George. This notion dismisses the fact veterans, especially those who have seen combat (and we’re getting more of those), need more specialized services. Harris has also questioned the need for an office, telling 250News that he has contacted Veterans Affairs and Service Canada and the numbers of veterans seeking service has declined sharply. Duh. Make it tougher to access services, services then decline, and then use that decline to justify cutting services. Oldest political shenanigan in the book. It should also be noted that Harris will retire sometime this year. When he does, he will immediately start collecting the gold-plated pension that he decried when he first entered politics 20 years ago. The amount he will collect in his pension could likely fund a Veterans Affairs office in Prince George for years.

Break those resolutions If we could do a survey of New Year’s resolutions, the what you eat and why. resolution to lose weight and get more exercise would probThe next step is gaining a small understanding of nutriably lead the list. They are a couple of simple resolutions that tion. Our bodies need a balanced diet to provide it with all should be easy to stick to. Just eat less and exercise more. If the many nutrients required to keep it functioning well. The they are so simple, why do we fail to keep them most of the Canada Food Guide, available on line and in print, can be time? helpful. Unfortunately it is written by professionals and can The first hurdle is trying to fit things into our daily rousometimes become overly complex. That said, the fundatine. We would like to believe we control our lives but jobs, mentals are helpful and can assist you in the next steps. kids, mates, friends and a whole bunch of others When you have a comfortable idea of what you are out there sabotaging our plans on a daily eat and what you should eat, you can take meanbasis. It is not malicious on their part; rather ingful action. Start with reducing or dropping they are just trying to bring a modicum of order the ‘bad’ food you like the least. Slowly reduce to their lives as well. your food intake. Most of us eat more than we From personal experience, keeping those should. Follow the rule to eat until you are no resolutions is one of the most difficult underlonger hungry, not until you are full. Carry on takings most of us can aspire to. It took some from there, remembering permanent change is serious health problems and six years for me to slow but very satisfying. trim down my body from 245 pounds to the just Exercise is also important. The key to mainunder 195 pounds that I carry today. In many taining an exercise routine is regularity and fun. ways it was much more difficult than breaking That is why regular gym sessions fail most of us. my nicotine addiction. The first 10 pounds or My primary exercise is walking. Walking can be ONSIDE so was a snap compared to what came next, but boring as heck unless there is a pleasure compoVICBOWMAN that small victory was encouraging. nent. As always there was any number of diet regimes out there My walking program is regulated by a full-sized poodle promising fantastic results in a short time. Most of them that has come to believe that daily walks are a sacred comcan be summed up by the word ‘yuck.’ I like food, especially mitment on my part. some particular foods. There are foods that just give satisfacFor you it may be birdwatching, a stroll through the mall, tion and happiness to us. Saying goodbye to them was an swimming or whatever. Just be sure to make time for it and emotional moment. (Pork crackling, salty chips, etc.) Old if you have to do it in small segments, so be it, it is the exerfood friends and lost loves, only to be seen again off in the cise that is important. distance, unattainable but still dreamed of. Perhaps most important of all is not to beat up on yourself It was suggested to me that keeping a food diary was a if you fail to stick to the plan. There is nothing better than good place to start. We have to know what we are eating self-induced guilt to guarantee further failure. You will sin. before we can make any realistic plan to improve our dietary Then again, how can you resist that crispy, fat-laden skin habits. Be as honest as you can, it is your business not from the Christmas turkey? Bad for the diet but it has such anyone else’s. From this little record, you will see patterns of excruciatingly wonderful flavour.

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Pivotal year ahead for aboriginal relations in B.C. And not to forget that there are 10 [non-aboriginal] landowners that Black Press legislative reporter Tom Fletcher sat down for a year-end will be significantly impacted, and it will certainly be difficult for them interview with Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad. Here is what as this project advances. Rustad had to say. Q: The Tsilhqot’in court decision recognizing aboriginal title was a Q: Can you tell me about some agreements with First Nations you big event in 2014. Are people reading too much into that as a prechave in the works for 2015? edent for other First Nations, or is that territorial claim really unique? A: On the LNG front, we have agreements with approximately 20 A: It is unique. There has never before been a declaration of aboriginations that we have signed and we’ll be announcing some time into nal title in Canada. It’s also unique as a very long court case that led the new year. I can’t give you more details than that, but they include to that decision. One thing that isn’t unique, we know that aboriginal the coast, some of the sites where LNG facilities will be, and some of title exists, it’s in the Canadian constitution. The courts have said that it them of course are also pipeline benefit agreements. exists but they have never defined exactly where it was. When you look It’s been a good year for us with LNG negotiations. We have another at how the definition was applied for the Tsilhqot’in decision, that was 20 nations that we’re working with and with a few exceptions, most of known as well, in terms of the continuous occupation prior to 1864 those are moving along relatively well. [Chilcotin war], their continuous and exclusive use. Q: One of the agreements signed recently was a benefit agreement This is the first direct title award. It certainly has raised expectations, with the Wet’suwet’en First Nation. At the same time we have one or and from our perspective, we want to do as the courts have said, and two hereditary chiefs at the Unist’ot’en camp (accessible by logging that is sit down and negotiate. What does this mean? How do we work road from Houston), with support from professional environmentalwith First Nations to define their aboriginal title for those nations who ists, and they’re adamantly opposed to gas or oil pipelines. Have I got want to do that. that right? Q: That decision was based on the jurisdiction of the forests minA: I wouldn’t characterize it that way. Here is how the Wet’suwet’en istry, and what the Supreme Court of Canada decided was that the people are divided. There is the office of the Wet’suwet’en, which is all province still has jurisdiction of the hereditary chiefs from the Wet’suwet’en areas. And then to go in and put out forest fires if that’s required, but not much there are six elected bands, four else. Is there a sense of unfairof which have asserted their ness among the non-aboriginal territory, working with their population about how this has hereditary chiefs, and those are come out? the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, A: I’ve certainly heard from the Skin Tyee First Nation, the people who are wondering, Nee Tahi Buhn Indian Band and where does this go. When you the Burns Lake Indian Band. look at what the constitution And then there is the Moricand the court says, it’s a reality etown Band and Hagwilget, for us in British Columbia. It’s which have not asserted their something I think we need to territory but work under the Office of the Wet’suwet’en. Tom FLETCHER/Black Press embrace and find ways to work The Unist’ot’en is one heAboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad (left) meets with within it. More importantly for the reditary chief, and the Unist’ot’en Tsilhqot’in chiefs Roger William and Joe Alphonse at his legislature office. Tsilhqot’in people, how do we family is involved in the blockade. So I’m hopeful, we’ve been working with them. I’m optimistic that create an economy for them? How do you help them build a future in today’s world and economy? I think [former Nisga’a Nation president] in the new year we may be able to find a resolution to that particular Dr. Joseph Gosnell put it well when he was at the legislature not long issue. ago. He said aboriginal people, economically, are 100 years behind Q: Another highlight of the year, the Site C dam announcement on non-aboriginal people and that needs to change. the Peace River. We’ve got Treaty 8 First Nations who remain opposed. And that means aboriginal people need to be engaged in the They signed their treaty in 1899, it surrendered the territory east of the economy, and there need to be benefits that flow from where aborigiRockies and it protects their traditional hunting, trapping and fishing. nal people have title on the land base. The joint review panel on Site C said there are impacts here that really Q: Your party was strongly opposed to the Nisga’a treaty when it can’t be mitigated. What’s the duty of the Crown in that situation? was signed by the previous government. It’s been quite a journey since A: Obviously we have a duty of consultation, and where appropriate then, hasn’t it? accommodation. We’ve done a lot of work with those nations to date, A: It truly has been. When you look at where relationships between and we will continue to be engaged with the Treaty 8 nations. the province and First Nations have gone over that period, it has been But certainly, particularly for West Moberly First Nations, who are a similar journey. When we decided to take the path of the New Relaarguably most impacted by this project, it’s going to be challenging. It tionship back in 2005, things have changed dramatically. has significant impact on them directly as a people, so we’re going to When you look back on Nisga’a and where the province was, and need to find ways to mitigate. You can’t mitigate the fact that the valley how the relationship has transformed and evolved, it is the direction will be flooded, but find some other things that we can do with the that we need to go. And that means governments need to be flexible nation. and find paths forward, following the courts and the constitution. And We’re engaged with them as well as the other Treaty 8 nations. BC more importantly, find ways to build respectful relationships. It’s critiHydro still has a lot of work to be done. We have to find some way to cal for our economy. bring some agreement if we can. Q: What are your goals in 2015? Q: Some of those groups have logging and construction companies A: Over this past year when I’ve had the honour of being the ministhat could realize a benefit from a project like that? ter, we originally had a goal of 10 non-treaty agreements by 2015, and A: There will be hundreds of millions of dollars worth of business and economic opportunity for the people in that area and specifically then when I came in we added an additional 10. I think we’re now over First Nations. Some business units already have contracts with BC 50 non-treaty agreements. Hydro. My hope is that those companies and bands have opportunities We’ve signed a significant number of incremental treaty agreements, to fully participate. we have four treaty agreements in principle that are on the table, and Q: Can those opposed stop Site C? we have moved forward with two other treaties that will be fully impleA: Obviously there are some legal challenges out there. I would say mented by 2016. Site C has probably been the most studied major project in British CoBut I think looking forward, the conversations that we’re going to lumbia’s history. There have been conversations that have gone on for be having with regards to mining, the work we’ll be doing with the 30-plus years and a lot of engagement with First Nations on it. I can’t Tsilhqot’in, the need we have to go out and have conversations around say what a judge will say. things like forestry and title … I think it’s going to be an exciting year.

Time for climate action Editor: Is the public mood shifting on climate change? Polls indicate that people have felt for a long time that global warming is an important issue. Now it seems they think it’s time we do something about it. On New Year’s Day I placed a petition on Care2 calling for a Canada-wide referendum on carbon fee-and-dividend. Within 2 1/2 days there were 100 names on it. This compares with the seven months to reach 100 names it took a similar petition I placed on Care2 in 2013. Despite what the tobacco salespeople tell us, the science on climate change is rock solid. Human beings are warming the planet. The consequences will be serious and they could be catastrophic. The sooner we act, the better. James Hansen, one of the world’s leading climate scientists, has advocated carbon fee-and-dividend for many years as the best approach to control global warming. The fee would be similar to a carbon tax, in that it would be charged on fossil fuels at source. Rather than going into general revenues, however, the money would be distributed as equal and recurring dividends to every adult. A Canada-wide carbon fee set at the same level as B.C.’s carbon tax of $30 per tonne of carbon dioxide would generate about $20 billion per year – enough to give every adult living in Canada an annual fossil fuel dividend of about $1,000. Economists estimate that 2/3 of the population would receive more from the dividend than they would pay in carbon fees. My petition calls for a Canada-wide referendum on carbon fee-and-dividend. Imposing such a system would be a major step and deserves national debate. In Switzerland (population 8 million), a petition of 100,000 names is enough to bring an important question to national referendum. In Canada (population 35 million), an equivalent number would be about 400,000. My petition will be on Care2 for one year – all of 2015. If we are going to reach the 400,000 target, we will need more than 1,000 names per day. Care2 is a social networking website with close to 30 million members that offers convenient and secure petition-hosting. Care2 partners include World Wildlife Fund, Environmental Defense Fund and Human Rights Campaign. I would greatly appreciate it if you would consider putting your name on the petition, and if you would encourage your friends and neighbours to do the same. I believe that your children and grandchildren will thank you as well. The URL of the petition is: www.thepetitionsite.com/850/161/365/petition-for-areferendum-on-carbon-fee-and-dividendfor-canada/ If you want more information about carbon fee-and-dividend, go to the Citizens Climate Lobby-Canada website at citizensclimatelobby.ca Keith McNeill Clearwater

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TERESA MALLAM | 250.564.0005 | arts@pgfreepress.com | www.pgfreepress.com EXIT GLOW Friday Night Mic features the local group Exit Glow at Cafe Voltaire Friday (Jan. 9). One of Prince George’s favourite ensembles, sporting beatdriven songs with choruses everyone can sing to. Featuring founding members Ben Brown and Andrea Brown with Sarah Waters on flute, Jake Kerbrat on bass guitar and Deb Taylor on keyboard will come out to accompany them. This folk-rock soiree is free.

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.

BLUE NOTE The Canada Winter Games are fast approaching and a line-up of talent is scheduled to perform. The Blue Note Express will be performing two free shows. The new trio is made up of Juno winner Kenny Blues Boss Wayne, 2014 Western Canadian and Maple Blues nominee Brandon Isaak, and 2014 International Blues Competition winner Tim Williams. Blue Note Express will be performing Feb. 18 and 19. The complete Festival schedule will be announced Jan. 15.

Barbeau detects new venture Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com Jacques Barbeau has pursued a number of hobbies and passions turned home business ventures in his years in Prince George. He’s built and polished uniquely beautiful stone birdhouses, varnished tree roots which he turns into one-of-a kind table art, and made handcrafted jewellery using semi-precious stones. Now he’s on to something quite different. Barbeau uses a metal detector to help recover lost gold jewellery, coins or other metal objects. “I have developed an interest in metal detecting. It allows me to be outside and get some exercise which keeps me fit and using it is not strenuous,” says the senior, who in the past has undergone a heart bypass procedure. “I will cover search areas in and all around the city, whether it be in the woods, in water, in grass or in snow. For example, I read about a man who lost his wedding ring and was offering a reward, so I would go with a person like that and locate the approximate place where the object was lost and go from there. If it’s there, I should be able to find it.” Losing rings is more common than people think, he said. “In this cold weather, you go to pull off a glove and your ring comes off with it and you don’t feel it come off. People are always losing their keys and this is another thing that a metal detector can help with.” On one of his “practice searches,” Barbeau found three old shell casings which he believes are from 1940 or 1941. Before embarking on his latest business venture, Barbeau said he went on line and found a website, Metal Detecting for Seniors. There he found valuable information. First, metal detectors are not costly. And using them either as a hobby or business is something suited for seniors because they can move at their own pace and conduct searches when they want (unless, as in Barbeau’s case, they’re using it to look for lost possessions in a timely manner).

Bill PHILLIPS/Free Press Jacques Barbeau shows how he uses his metal detector, even in snow, outside the Free Press on Monday. The three old shell casings (below) were found using the detector.

The site cautions that treasure seekers – people looking for old coins or Civil War belt buckles – not as likely in Canada – will often come up empty handed. But they should not be discouraged because there’s lots of interesting items out there lying on the ground or hidden underneath the water. Barbeau agrees. Much of his enjoyment in walking around with a metal detector comes from the anticipation of discovering something very old or just something very interesting. Finding someone else’s lost treasure is an added bonus, he said. The cost for a basic search (areas outside the city require a fuel surcharge) is $20 for every hour or portion of an hour. Anyone interested in knowing more about Lost Jewelry Recovery can phone Jacques Barbeau at 250-563-9511.

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Yip gets medals at world dance competition ballet group. He took sixth place in the junior small ballet group, ninth place in the junior large jazz group and 12th place in the Aiden Yip returned junior large modern group from the 14th World and 13th for his ballet duo. Danceweek in Po“They competed on three land triumphant last different dance floors in week after he and his the huge and very enterCanadian dance team taining hotel, where the took part in a highdancers could present their level competition with skills on highest levels and 1,835 dancers from 24 also enjoy the Aqualand countries. and other entertaining feaThey competed for tures,” said Aiden’s mother, six days for prestigious Shandah, who accompaInternational Dance nied her son on the trip Organization (IDO) overseas. titles in jazz dance, “His team put in about modern and ballet. The 200 hours of practise (in organization has 90 Vancouver) getting ready member countries. for the competition – and Held in December the parents put in about at the Polish Resort 200 hours of driving to and Hotel Golebiewski in from Vancouver,” she says, Mikolajki, Poland, the competition was the Teresa MALLAM/Free Press laughing. Aiden began dancing highlight of the year for Aiden Yip, 13, shows off his medals and trophy won recently at World Danceweek after his older brother 13-year-old Aiden. in Poland, an international competition. Kieran started dance les“I got to see dancsons. Shandah took dance ers from around the lessons with Judy Russell Enchainement Dance world,” Aiden told the Free Press Wednesday. Centre years ago but it was Kieran who got the “And I made friends from other countries. We family immersed in dance, she said. were in competition for six days and I danced “Whenever my mom would take my brother to every day.” the studio to dance, I wanted to dance too,” said Did he have performance jitters? Aiden. The boys danced duets in earlier years, he “No, not really. I’m pretty comfortable dancadded. ing,” he said. After his formal education is completed, Aiden Hard work, practice and endurance paid off and although he was tired, Aiden said he felt pre- plans to make dancing his career, perhaps as part of a dance troupe that travels the world. His next pared for the competition along with his dozen important appearance – and another milestone – or so other junior team members. will be when he takes the stage during the openThe Prince George Secondary School student ing ceremonies for the Canada Winter Games in came home with two medals, a bronze for his Prince George in February. junior ballet solo and a silver for his junior large

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Dralion a vision of pure delight Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion show at CN Centre was magnifque. The performances were outstanding, the special lighting and sound effects out of this world, the cast’s talent extraordinaire. No fireworks display could match the dazzling displays, the parade of colour, the excitement or thrill and anticipation of Dralion as New Year’s Eve audiences were treated Wednesday night to an electrifying premiere performance. The crowd was spellbound with physics defying and daunting trampoline acts, skill of bamboo poles artists, amazing crossed wheel work with Jonathan Morin looking like a modernday Hercules, jaw-dropping juggling routine by Vladmir Pestov, and highenergy ensemble dancing. The clown overture (Facundo

Gimenez, Hayden Spencer and Borys Borysenko) gave us comic relief and the orchestra and vocalists were stellar. As the storyline unfolded featuring four elements and Little Buddha (Marina Vorobyeva), we got to see embodied on stage all the beauty of fire, air, earth and water. How wonderful that Cirque de Soleil would bring us this spectacular show and what a way to ignite fire in our hearts for the New Year. Merci. Merci. And that is about all I can remember from my high school French but I will remember this performance of Dralion forever. Simply stated, it was a sensational stage show performed by a multi-talented group (performers even make their own costumes) that has delighted audiences all over the world. And although this one, Dralion, is coming to the end of its life cycle, there’s a new butterfly on the horizon about to emerge for Cirque du Soleil. I can hardly wait for its unveiling.

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Check it out! Great ideas to help you choose! Teresa MALLAM/Free Press The Crow (Micayla Trudel) makes mayhem with the Snow Queen (Vanessa Wittstruck) in a rehearsal scene Wednesday, from Snow Queen, PGSS acting, directing and theatre production classes’ latest offering. The play runs Jan. 15 through 17 at Vanier Hall.

Snow Queen comes to PGSS Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com Prince George Secondary School senior acting students (40 students including including stage crew) have been working hard to bring The Snow Queen to the stage for local audiences. The student production is a musical, a retelling of the beloved Hans Christian Andersen tale that deals with themes of friendship, faith and devotion to a cause, says instructor Kevin O’Brien. “We have worked to fill this production with charming dance, diverse songs, comedy and Troll antics,” he said Wednesday, between stage set ups. Micayla Trudel and Sara Burridge, both Grade 11 students, make their directing debuts in the play. “We work with the actors to help them develop their characters,” says Burridge. The cast has another week of

rehearsals before opening night Jan. 15. This is a second full production for Trudel (she was previously in Hollywood Hotel) and in this play, besides her duties as director,, she also portrays the Crow. “My character, the Crow, wants to help but ends up not helping at all, so it’s all very humourous,” says Trudel. As for the Snow Queen herself, Grade 12 student Vanessa Wittstruck says her part is largely a matter of “let it go.” “For me the best part is getting to play an evil character – it’s not easy, really, being mean and cold to my fellow students.” She also enjoys getting to wear a glamourous, “jewel” encrusted white satin gown, she says. Wittstruck wants to perform in musical theatre in the future and has been singing and playing instruments for the past five years. Other key roles are Gerda, played by Kierstin Vohar; Grandma the narrator, played by Wakisha Williams; the Prince,

Operation Red Nose finishes busy season on the roads It’s a tie. On New Year’s Eve, Operation red Nose volunteers in Prince George got 204 vehicles home, complete with owners and passengers, which made the total for the nine nights this holiday season 1,123. That equals the previous record for the city, set in 2010. “We had an outstanding season,” spokesperson Andrea Johnson said in a press release. “We are grateful to our dedicated volunteers who sacrificed parts of their weekend to help keep Prince George roads safer during the holiday season. “We are also thankful to the clients who chose to give us a call.” New Year’s Eve also marked

a milestone for Operation Red Nose in Prince George, as shortly before midnight, the 10,000th ride in the 17 years of operation was completed. There were 35 teams on the snow-covered and icy roads on New Year’s Eve, travelling more than 5,200 kilometres. Including volunteers on the phones and in the dispatch centre, there were 105 volunteers working that night. The total of 1,123 rides left Prince George second in the province, as Kamloops had 1,265 rides in 11 nights. Langley-Surrey was third with 825. Operation Red Nose in Prince George is a partnership with the Rotary Club of Prince George Nechako, the RCMP and ICBC.

played by Antoine Menzies; and the Princess, played by Faith Scarpino. Grade 10 student Kale Wardlaw, who plays Bo the Reindeer, says his role is mainly to provide the way to the castle for the heroine. “I carry Gerda to the castle and help her find her way.” This is Wardlaw’s first acting role in a full production but he did “small bits of skits” last year, an experience which whetted his appetite for more. Other students in Snow Queen have multiple roles, like Katharyn Macsemniuk. “I play Flower Number Three,” she says, “and a snow flake...and a little girl and a dancer. And I’m very excited about playing all of them.” The Snow Queen, adapted by Julia Flood, music and lyrics by Lee Ahlin, will be presented by the Prince George Secondary Senior Acting Directing and Theatre Production classes on Jan. 15, 16, 17 starting at 7 p.m. with two matinees on the 15th and 16th at noon. All productions take place at Vanier Hall at PGSS. Target audience kindergarten and up (some elements such as trolls and Snow Queen may be frightening to unprepared audience members). Tickets are available at the door. General admission is $10.

Call for Proposals Homelessness Partnering Strategy The United Way of Northern BC, in partnership with the Prince George Community Partners Addressing Homelessness, is accepting funding applications from organizations interested in obtaining ¿nancial assistance under the Homelessness Partnering Strategy for activities to meet the needs of the homeless, or those at imminent risk of homelessness, and Housing First Readiness. Submissions must be received no later than 2:00 pm on January 30th, 2015. Application packages containing the full eligibility and proposal requirements are available as of January 5th, 2015 by contacting: Michele Brooke, micheleb@unitedwaynbc.ca or Kerry Pateman, kpateman@shaw.ca Or at: United Way of Northern BC 1600 3rd Avenue, Prince George, BC V2L 3G6 An information session will be provided for prospective applicants on: Tuesday, January 13th from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon in the Circle of Unity Room, Prince George Native Friendship Centre, 1600 3rd Ave, Prince George Funded by the Government of Canada’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy.

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Cougars grab centre stage Every team strives to win but only opposition 79-11, allowing one goal an elite few achieve the ultimate goal. or less in each of those contests. That’s The Cariboo Cougars have first-hand an example of how they have cruised knowledge of what is through the first 2/3 of required to be successful. their regular season. Just because the CouThose stats are impresgars won the prestigious sive, but in reality, it tells Mac’s AAA international one nothing when the hockey tournament in chips are down. Calgary doesn’t mean The road to victory at they are headed for the the Mac’s changed the Telus Cup national chamidentity of a talented pionship, but it certainly team which loves to win improves their chances. blowouts to a group that Let’s put the victory is learning the process at the Mac’s in perspecof how to win when the HART BEAT tive. No league points HARTLEYMILLER pressure is on. The Couwere awarded, no league gars won their opener championship was issued and no 6-3 over Lethbridge, then lost 4-2 to league trophies were given; neverthe- the Calgary Northstars. This meant less, winning a 25-team tournament, Cariboo needed to win its final two one that started in 1978, an event round robin games to make the playthat features many of the best teams offs and they delivered in the clutch: in Western Canada and abroad, is a 3-1 over Battleford, Saskatchewan monumental psychological boost. and 5-3 over Markham, Ontario. As Yes, having a mental edge is often a the scores attest, no easy games and deciding factor when titles are on the competition would be elevated in the line. sudden death playoffs. Super Boss Trevor Sprague can rant In the quarter-finals, Cariboo was and rave all he wants about how his the underdog against the German Cougars team goal is to win the Telus U17 Nationals, a team that went Cup. In past years, despite strong 4-0 in the round robin, outscoring teams, that kind of smoke from the opposition 22-4. The Cats (with Sprague would go in one ear and just Griffen Outhouse shining in net) won as quickly go out the other. Winning 5-1 despite being outshot 31-26. the Mac’s, though, is a game changer. In the semis, Cariboo was an unI am a big believer that with rare derdog again against the hometown exceptions teams need to face adverCalgary Buffaloes. Calgary was 5-0 sity, withstand the storm and have a overall outscoring the opponent 30-8. moment where it clicks together. In The Cougars led 4-2 late before the other words, winning isn’t learned in Buffaloes scored at 16:31 and again a classroom or from a speech or from at 19:34 of the third, yet the Cats won being the best poker player on your 5-4 in overtime on Justin Almeida’s block. winner. (Remember how a team The Cougars are the top BCMML needs to overcome adversity). Outteam with a 22-3-1 record. They have house was the better goalie as Calgary scored the most goals, given up the outshot Cariboo 37-29. least and have excelled despite having Now the final and the big stage the most penalty minutes. During a against the Regina Pat Canadians, 13-game win streak from November televised in Western Canadaon Shaw 1 to December 20, they outscored the TV. The game was tied 1-1 after

regulation. Regina got a power play in overtime but Cariboo killed it off. On to double overtime where Chase Dubois scored to give the Cougars a mass celebration of being number one. Outhouse again was terrific with 41 saves as the shots were 42-28. Cariboo won the BCMML title in 2008 but never made the Telus Cup because of a loss to the Calgary Buffaloes in the BC/Alberta playoffs. The Cougars were second in four straight regular seasons from 2009-10 to 2012-13 prior to an off year in 2013-14 where they finished sixth. They know the feeling of being a bridesmaid. The Cougars will likely finish first in 2015 and will be heavily favored to reach the playoff final. If they meet the Vancouver NW Giants in the championship, it could be a slobber-knocker. The Giants had a strong showing at the Mac’s, as they blanked the Calgary Northstars 4-0 in the quarters before losing the semi-final to Regina 3-2 in double overtime. No one can take away the thrill the Cats enjoyed in Calgary, however, to achieve Sprague’s desired satisfaction of being a national champion, it will take even more dedication, perseverance, commitment and tenacity. Yes, those intangibles are key catch phrases, but the Cougars now know the euphoria of winning for which there is no substitute. Hartley Miller is the sports director and morning news anchor for 94.3 the Goat. He also writes for hqprincegeorge.com. Send along a quote, note, or anecdote to hmiller@thegoatrocks.ca Follow him on twitter: @Hartley_Miller

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Spruce Kings lineup getting back on ice Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Prince George Spruce Kings coach Dave Dupas said there were some good things in the team’s first game of 2015, a 6-3 loss at home to Nanaimo on Jan. 3. But he was quick to note one aspect of the game that wasn’t among them. “Special teams weren’t good.” Nanaimo scored four times on five powerplay opportunities. Dupas did, however, say there were extenuating circumstances. “We had some new players in the lineup, some guys coming back from injuries. The new guys were being thrown into the penalty kill, trying to fit into our system, and there were some problems.” Looking back on the cir-

cumstances of the game, he summed up the effort. “We have to tighten things up, but it was a decent showing, all things considered.” Now, with a week of practices under their belts, he’s hoping thing will go more smoothly this weekend, even though it’s going to be a tough road trip. “It’s not the way you want to start off the New Year, facing a lot of the top teams in the league like Nanaimo, Vernon and Penticton.” The Kings already faced Nanaimo, and will play Vernon and Penticton this weekend on another threegames-in-three-days road trip. The third team, Salmon Arm, is no pushover either, says Dupas. “They’ve been running into the same problems as us, with a lot of guys out.

We played them in the preseason and I thought they were a good team, but they’ve been struggling. I found out they had a number of their top guys out, but they’re getting them back now. “Right now, they might be the hottest team in the league.” The Spruce Kings’ list of players scratched from the lineup is getting shorter, but it’s still extensive. Justin Rai, Riley Hawes, Karan Toor and Graydon Robinson are out for this weekend, but Dupas is hoping to have Ryan Fritz and Jesse Jenks back. And although Dupas refers to this season’s injuries as “the worst I’ve ever, ever been involved in”, he says the Spruce Kings are still right in the hunt for the Mainland Division. “The good thing for us

Allan WISHART/Free Press Spruce Kings goalie Alex Brooks-Potts makes a save during action Saturday night at the Coliseum against the Nanaimo Clippers. The Spruce Kings lost the game, their first after the Christmas break, 6-3.

is none of the teams in our division have been winning recently. It’s still a four-team

boat race for top spot.” The Spruce Kings next home game is Jan. 15 when

they host Salmon Arm at the Coliseum, kicking off a five-game homestand.

Northern Cougars aim to bounce back from disappointing Mac’s Tournament Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Mario Dedjardins summed up the Northern Cougars performance at the Mac’s Midget Invitational Tournament simply.

“It was disappointing overall,” said the coach of the Prince George-based team which came back from Calgary with a record of one win, two losses and a tie. “We had expected to do better.” Those expectations were probably not unfounded, given

how well the Cougars have played in the Female Midget AAA League, where they have a seven-point lead at the top. “It was a good experience for the girls,” Desjardins said. “We had hoped after how well we did at the Notre Dame tournament

(in Saskatchewan), that we would do well in Calgary.” However, their first game against the St. Albert Slash gave them an idea this might not be their year. “St. Albert played well, but the only goal they got to beat us was a lucky one. Their player came in and took a shot, and it just flipped up into the air. “Our goalie had gone down in the butterfly-style, and the puck went over her head and into the net.” That proved to be the only goal in a 1-0 loss. Having that loss, Desjardins said, had a domino effect. “You get a bit away from your game plan as coaches when you lose that first game. You start to look more at goal differential, who might lose to who in other games. “It’s easier just to win.” The Cougars followed up their opening loss with another one-goal defeat, this time 4-3 to the Westman Wildcats, before beating the Peace Country Storm 2-1 and tying the Swift Current Diamond Energy Wildcats 1-1. “We’re going to have to build off this experience,” Desjardins said.

“We had some takeaways as coaches on what we need to do to take our game to the next level.” One area he mentioned in particular was developing new ways to penetrate defensive zone coverages they saw in Calgary. They’ll get their first chance to put any new ideas into practice this weekend, as they head to the Kootenays to play the Kootenay Wildcats in a three-game set. After a couple of weekends off, they are back on the road, wrapping up the regular season with three games against the Fraser Valley Phantom. “We’re going to be going to a tournament in Langley the first weekend in February,” Desjardins said. “It’s four teams from the league and four other teams, so it should be good competition.” Then they’re off until playoffs start in mid-March, a situation he is trying to remedy. “I’m working on getting the Banff Academy team here for games on the March 6 weekend. We need to get some games in before we host the first playoff series the next weekend.”

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Mercedes moves from court to bench Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com There is one big thing Mercedes VanKoughnett is trying to instill in the players on the UNBC women’s basketball team in her first year as an assistant coach. “It takes a lot of experience to know how to push yourself to your limits,” says the team’s two team Most Valuable Player, who finished her fifth year with the Timberwolves last season. “I want the players to have the urge to push themselves to those limits, to work hard.” VanKoughnett says she has coached for a number of years, because of something she saw when she was playing. “I’ve had a number of female coaches, and they’ve all been great,

but I noticed what seemed like a lack of female coaches. “I want to be a role model for the players, show them we can be coaches too.” She says the move to the Timberwolves bench to be a coach wasn’t a hard one. “A lot of people called me a coach-player last year, which I thought was a nice sign of respect for what I was doing on the court.” As a player with the Duchess Park Condors senior team since Grade 9 and then the Timberwolves, VanKoughnett has been a familiar face for local basketball fans. She says one of the biggest things she has realized over her years in the game, as a player and now as a coach, is that one size doesn’t fit all. “You have to find ways to teach

players in a way they’ll learn from. Everybody learns differently, and you have to find how a certain player will learn before you can teach them.” How have the Timberwolves reacted to having a former teammate now giving them coaching advice from the bench? “The older players, I think, know and respect me as a player and a coach. We’ve got a lot of younger players, and some of them don’t know me as a a player, but I hope they’re learning what I’m like.” While she has the urge to teach others how to improve their game, VanKoughnett says there is one urge she hasn’t had so far this season. “I haven’t had the urge to jump Allan WISHART/Free Press off the bench and get into the UNBC women’s basketball assistant coach Mercedes VanKoughnett game.” talks to Sarah Robin on the bench during a recent game.

Cariboo Cougars coach not tired of talking about winning Mac’s title Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com The target on the back of the Cariboo Cougars got bigger last week, but coach Trevor Sprague doesn’t mind. “Everybody (in the BC Major Midget League) has always played us hard,” he said after the Cougars won the Mac’s Midget AAA Invitational Tournament in Calgary on New Year’s Day. “They were ready to play the Cariboo Cougars. “Now, they’re playing the team that won the Mac’s as well.” The Cougars lost just one of the seven games they play at the Mac’s, dropping a 4-2 decision to the Calgary Northstars in their second roundrobin game. Sprague said the Cougars started to believe they could win the tournament after they beat the German U17 Nationals 5-1 in the quarterfinals. “We made some history by beating the Germans. That was the first time a Cougars team got to the semifinals of the tournament. “The guys said, ‘We want to make some more history’, and we did.” The game against the German team turned out to be the most lopsided of the tournament for the Cougars. “We knew from scouting them earlier in the tournament where they didn’t like to play. They were a very offensive team, and they didn’t like to play behind their blueline. “We made sure we kept the game there, and

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we got our chances and took advantage of them.” That put the Cougars through to the semifinal against the Calgary Buffaloes, and Sprague says it was just a fun game to be part of. “There were lots of goals, lots of hitting, lots of good hockey. Any time one team made a mistake, the other team scored.” The game winner in the 5-4 win for the Cougars came from Justin Almeida, on a play the Cougars pulled out of their hats. “We used a different play off the draw, one the Buffaloes hadn’t seen, and it worked. Justin ended up with a good shot, and he didn’t miss.” And then there was one hurdle left to climb. The Regina Pat Canadians had edged the Vancouver NW Giants 3-2 in the other semifinal, preventing an all-B.C. showdown for the championship. The final started off just the way the Cougars wanted it to, with Wesley Shipton scoring about two minutes into the first period. “We got a good turnover,” Sprague said, “the puck ended up on Shipton’s stick, and he usually buries those chances.” That lead didn’t last long, with the Canadians tying it a few minutes later. “We had preached to the guys all tournament about watching the weak side of the ice, watching the third or fourth guy coming up. “That’s how they got their goal.” They could have gotten a few more as the game went on, but Cougars goalie Griffen Outhouse kept his team in the game, including in the first overtime, when Calgary had a power-

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play chance. Then it was on to the second overtime, and that’s when it ended. “Todd Bredo had a tough shot from the point, and the rebound went right out to Chase Dubois. “After he scored, I looked over at (co-coach) Bryan MacLean, and all I said was, ‘We just won.’” For his efforts throughout the tournament, Outhouse received the Top Goaltender award while Conor MacEachern was named Top Defenceman. Both players were also

named to the first All-Star team. Now, it’s back to the league wars, and there’s no rest for the Cougars, with the Vancouver NE Chiefs coming to Kin 1 for games on Saturday and Sunday. “We’re a little banged up,” Sprague said. “(Keith) Redden didn’t play at all in the final with a problem with his ankle, Austin (Grey) is with Portland (Winterhawks) this week.” Game times are 7:15 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. Sunday at Kin 1.

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Cougars get split with Americans Newest Cougar Josh Connolly expected in lineup for weekend games Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com The Tri-City Americans spoiled the homecoming party for David Soltes on Wednesday at CN Centre. Soltes, the Prince George Cougars forward who won a bronze medal last week with Slovakia at the World Junior Hockey Championships, got a standing ovation from the more than 2,200 at the game when he was introduced before the game, wearing his Slovakia jersey and with his medal around his neck. The Americans, who dropped the Tuesday game 8-4, rebounded with a 5-3 win on Wednesday. Cougars coach Mark Holick, speaking on his post-game radio show, said the Cougars didn’t do enough to win. “It was too little, too late. We didn’t do enough in the first two periods to win this game. “There were lots of stick checks, lots of shortcuts our guys tried to take.” The Cougars found themselves with only five defencemen for the game after trading Marc McNulty earlier in the day to the Kamloops Blazers in exchange for Josh Connolly. One of those defencemen, Josh Anderson, had a strong game, according to Holick, including getting his first Western Hockey League goal. “That’s a moment he will never forget,” Holick said. “He’s still learning how to play at this level, but he’s doing well.” Connolly, a Prince George native who is the younger brother of former Cougar Brett, is expected to be in the lineup for the games in Victoria tonight and Saturday. Holick says he is expecting Connolly to contribute

Allan WISHART/Free Press With bodies sailing around him, Cougars goalie Ty Edmonds keeps his eye on the puck during Tuesday’s game against the Tri-City Americans at CN Centre. The Cougars won that game 8-4, but lost 5-3 in the rematch on Wednesday.

immediately. “He’s a right-handed shot on the point, which is something we were looking for, and he’s in the top 10 scorers in the league for defencemen. “We’re looking for him to help our powerplay and add some

leadership.” Holick also said people might be surprised by how complete a game Connolly has. “He provides offence, but he plays a lot harder defensive game than people think.” The teams also exchanged

sixth-round Bantam draft picks in the deal. Earlier in the week, the Cougars traded a 12th round pick in this year’s Bantam draft to Prince Albert for Czech Republic defenceman Tomas Andrlik, who is also expected to join the

team for the weekend games in Victoria. The next home games for the Cougars are Jan. 16 and 17 when they host the Portland Wnterhawks, followed by games Jan. 20 and 21 against the Everett Silvertips.

Cold weather the winner in some cross-country races at Otway on weekend The course at Otway Nordic Centre was great on the weekend, but not all the BC Cup skiers got the chance to try it. There were races on both Saturday and Sunday, but cold temperatures forced the cancellation of some of the age groups. Sunday’s RHB Schmitz de Grace Free Technique races for the Atom, Pee Wee and Bantam categories (born after 2003) were cancelled entirely because the forecast high was colder than -15 C. Those same categories saw their head-tohead heats in Saturday’s Home Hardware Classic Technique Sprint races cancelled, although organizers were able to award medals based on qualification times held earlier in the morning. Members of the host Caledonia Nordic

Ski Club did well in a number of the races. Isla Cadell was third in the Atom division on Saturday, while Danielle Clare was first and Payton Sinclair third in the Pee Wee Girls’ division. In the Pee Wee Boys’ race, Liam Williamson was second and Lukas Nolli third. Lia Huggett was the top local finisher in Bantam Girls, coming in eighth. The Bantam Boys’ race saw Caledonia’s Damien Georgyev finish tied for third. Among the groups which were able to complete their head-to-head heats on Saturday, Kaia Andal was 12th in Juvenile Girls, Erica Kreitz was fourth and Sage Bialuski fifth in Junior Girls, and Alexander Nemethy was 14th in Junior Boys. Junior Women, Master Men and Master

Women raced a 5km interval start race rather than a sprint. In the Master Mens race, John Hagen was third and Scot Forrest fifth. In Sunday’s free technique races, Caledonia skiers ended up claiming one of each of the three podium spots. Kaia Andal finished more than a minute ahead in the Juvenile Girls race, while Emily Dickson and Erica Kreitz were second and third respectively in the Junior Girls race. Two other Caledonia skiers, Pippa Roots (seventh) and Sage Bialuski (10th) also finished in the top 10 of the Junior Girls race. In the Midget Girls race, Danika Fiala was seventh and Sadie Bialuski eighths, while Jordan Bass was 17th in the Midget

Boys race. Alexander Nemethy finished 13th in the Junior Boys race. A number of the skiers taking part in the weekend races will be back at Otway in February for the Canada Winter Games. The same weather concerns could affect the Canada Games races, as the International Ski Federation rules state that if the temperaure at the coldest point on the course, without factoring in the wind, is below -20 C, the race must be postponed or cancelled. If the temperature is OK but there are other weather factors, such as strong winds or icy track conditions, the race can be postponed or the distance of it can be shortened.