Billions of dollars laundered through B.C., report says MONEY 23
Saturday, January 19, 2019 | Your community newspaper since ince 1916
CITIZEN STAFF PHOTO
Emergency landing A Central Mountain Air aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Prince George Airport on Friday. According to a statement by Prince George Airport Authority, the plane landed without incident and the passengers were able to leave the plane. No other information was available as of press time.
Stolen Virgin Mary statue recovered City brings in 311 service
Frank PEEBLES Citizen staff fpeebles@pgcitizen.ca Divine intervention has faithfully grounded the briefly gnomeadic life of Mary. Museum staff are devoutly investigating what happened, hoping to find out who preyed on the effigy of the beloved religious figure. The historically-significant statue of the young Virgin Mary was housed in the equally significant old church located on the Shelley Reserve of the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation. Someone stole it and started placing the statue around the area’s outdoors, with photos popping up on social media much like “travelling gnome” pranks. This was no garden kitch, said The Exploration Place CEO Tracy Calogheros. Whether you are a devout Christian or a history buff, there would be few who would support the vandalism this icon endured. Mary’s position should never have been altered in the first place, Calogheros said angrily. “It’s terrifying for a museum person, to be quite honest,” she said. The statue, aged at more than 100 years, had sustained trauma to the head so recently that some fragments were found in the snow where it was wedged in a drift when museum staff were alerted to its whereabouts. “The statue is hollow,” explained The Exploration Place curator Alyssa Tobin. “Snow was jammed all up
Today’s Weather Hi +1° Low -2° See page 2 for more details and short-term forecasts
Citizen staff
CITIZEN PHOTO BY BRENT BRAATEN
The Exploration Place curator Alyssa Tobin looks over a statue of the young Virgin Mary which was recovered, after being stolen from the Saint Pius X Catholic Church. The church was built in 1913 at the Shelley Reserve. inside, and the base of the statue had gotten so wet that the plaster was mooshy from moisture, so
LOCAL HOROSCOPE OPINION NEWS TRAVEL SPORTS A&E
1-5 2 6 7 8 9-11 12-15
COMICS CROSSWORD WORKLIFE AT HOME CLASSIFIEDS MONEY RELIGION
there is a drying process it has to go through. “That will take about a month.
13-15 13 16 17-18 19-22 23 24
Then we can look at what other repairs we might be able to do.” — see ‘WE WILL, page 3
Dog days in Hawaii
Getting in contact with city hall is now a matter of pressing just three digits. A 311 service is now up and running, allowing callers to reach the city’s service centre via an easy-to-remember number. In July, council gave staff the go-ahead to pursue the feature. Steps taken since then included applying to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for approval and reaching agreements with phone service providers on routing the calls. Next steps include getting the number listed on phone book blue pages and online directories, business cards and email signatures, letterhead and other print templates, the city website and mobile app, social media channels and brochures. A campaign to raise awareness of the service is also in store. It will include posters and displays in civic facilities including city hall, social media posts and banner images on the city website. The city’s regular 10-digit main number, 250-561-7600, remains in place.
Newsstand $2.00 incl. tax Home Delivered 95¢/day
Contact Us CLASSIFIED: 250-562-6666 READER SALES: 250-562-3301 SWITCHBOARD: 250-562-2441
TRAVEL 8
www.pgcitizen.ca
0
58307
00200
5