Tuesday, February 19, 2019 | Your community newspaper since 1916
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Learning the code Dagon Efford, 6, tries his hand at coding a Code and Go Robot Mouse under the watchful eye of Cliff Waldie, a School District 57 teacher, on Monday at The Exploration Place during the Tech-Up Showcase. Tech-Up is The Exploration Place and Science World’s initiative to support local teachers and students to develop coding and computational thinking skills.
Cameron strikes gold for Canada Ted CLARKE Citizen staff tclarke@pgcitizen.ca Hours before he won silver in biathlon to start the World Para Nordic Skiing Championships, Collin Cameron was feeling the effects of a head cold coming on. The 30-year-old sit-skier from Sudbury, Ont., didn’t need a doctor’s advice. He knew he had no choice but to skip his race Sunday and stayed in bed, sipping ginger tea and honey, and that paved the way for a golden opportunity the following day. Cameron returned to the chilly slopes of Otway Nordic Centre for Monday’s sprints and turned himself into a world champion, driving his sled to Canada’s first gold medal of the championships. “It’s incredible, it’s a dream come true,” said Cameron. “I’ve been thinking about this since I got fourth at the sprint race at (the 2018 Paralympic) Games. “I’ve had a really good start this year and I just wanted this real bad. It’s my first world championship gold medal and it feels amazing.” Hundreds of spectators lined the sprint course, braving the coolest race conditions yet in the nine-day event. The start temperature Monday morning was -19.4 C, just above the -20 cutoff. Cameron was the fastest qualifier and won his semifinal race as well. He knew his family from Ontario was tuned into the live webcast, cheering him on for added inspiration, and he dug in his poles to reel in the sweetest win of his career. “It’s extra special, you get all the crowd, the volunteers and the locals out on the course and it gives you that extra push you need to cross that line,” he said. “The plan was just ski hard and stay in front, and if I had to pass someone in the heats, just look for my spot and pass
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Collin Cameron won the first gold medal for Canada in the World Para Nordic Skiing Championships on Monday. them and try not to get in the way and keep racing clean and just go for it as hard as I could and just see if I had three of those in me.” Daniel Cnossen of the United States won silver and Taras Rad of Ukraine
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captured bronze. In the women’s sit-ski sprint, Oksana Masters of the U.S. won her third gold medal in a close race with silver medalist Andrea Eskau of Germany and American Kendall Gretsch. — see ‘TO BECOME, page 2
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The Prince George RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating a man from Prince George wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. On Feb. 2 a Canada-wide warrant for being unlawfully at large was issued for 31-year-old Tal Kalum LaRiviere. The warrant was issued after LaRiviere failed to meet the conditions of his release by missing curfew at his designated residence in Prince George. He is described as Metis, six-foot-two, 194 pounds, brown hair and eyes. LaRiviere has connections in Vernon and Grimshaw, Alberta and may be traveling to those areas. He is believed to be driving a blue 1994 GMC 1500 pick-up bearing B.C. licence plate MY9880. If LaRiviere or his truck are located contact the RCMP or call 911. Do not confront LaRiviere as he is considered violent. Anyone with information about LaRiviere should call the Prince George RCMP at 250-5613300 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or go online at www. pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca.
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