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There was a fire in the carport of a 2100-block Tamarack Street home early Monday morning.

Carport fire sees $250K in damages Citizen staff Prince George Fire Rescue doused a fire in the carport of a 2100-block Tamarack Street

home early Monday morning. Firefighters from three halls were called to the scene at 4:40 a.m. where they found the structure, and the two vehicles inside,

engulfed in flames. Firefighters knocked the blaze down on three sides and covered the exposure on another, PGFR assistant chief Kevin Scobie said. Damage to the home is

estimated at $250,000 while a neighouring home suffered an estimated $10,000 damage. All six of the home’s occupants made it out safely.

Sampson, Ramsay join incumbents on council Bennett tops SD57 election Ted CLARKE Citizen staff tclarke@pgcitizen.ca

Citizen staff Kyle Sampson and Cori Ramsay will join Mayor Lyn Hall and the six incumbents on Prince George city council. Hall cruised to victory in the mayoral race with 11,702 votes, easily defeating political rookie Willy Enns 1,045. As he has done for the past several elections, Brian Skakun topped the city council field with 9,475 votes, followed by Sampson, a first-time candidate, with 8,304. The other five incumbents finished third through seventh – Garth Frizzell with 8,199, Murry Krause with 8,008, Susan Scott with 7,775, Terri McConnachie with 7,111 and Frank Everitt with 6,680. Ramsay, also a first-time candidate, took the eighth and final spot with 5,693 votes, defeating Dave Fuller (5,001) and former city councillor Cameron Stolz (4,971) by 700 votes. “I was hoping for this,” Ramsay said. “But I didn’t let myself get too excited because I didn’t want to jinx it. I’m elated, I couldn’t be prouder of the work I put in. I have an amazing team behind me and they really championed me

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Cori Ramsay, left, is all smiles as she chats with members of her campaign team, Taylor and Heather Sapergia, on Saturday night at a victory celebration at Betulla Burning after claiming a seat on Prince George city council. into this and everyone’s been so supportive and I couldn’t be more grateful.” In the next four years, Ramsay said tackling poverty in the downtown core and homelessness will be major focuses for her.

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“Working on accessibility for the city as well will be a priority,” she said. “Really I am in it to do the best job I can to really make a difference in my city.” — see ‘I’M SO, page 3

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For the third straight term, Prince George voters have put their trust in Tim Bennett as a decision-maker on the School District 57 board of education. The incumbent board chair topped the list as the most popular of the 11 school trustee candidates in Saturday’s municipal election, gathering 6,825 votes. Election night was a little nerve-racking for the trustee candidates, who had to wait much longer than city council candidates to learn their political fate. “It took a little longer than expected for trustee results to come out but when they did it was a truly humbling experience to see the support the community has shown me, giving me the opportunity to serve for another four years,” Bennett said. “November sixth, this new board is going to be sworn in and we’re going to have five of seven brand new trustees. This will also be the first time the board has elected representatives from Mackenzie and the Robson Valley, so it’s going to be great to bring that team togeth-

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BENNETT er. It’s a very diverse team and we’ll be able to come together and learn everyone’s priorities.” Bennett said they’ll be sure to address all needs throughout the school district. “We need to come together to support all 13,009 students that make up School District 57,” Bennett said. “We have a lot on our plate. I talked a lot during the campaign about the many local issues that we need to address. We have a lot of provincial issues on the horizon so it is going to be a steep learning curve for the team.” — see ‘I’M CONFIDENT, page 3

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