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Saturday, September 8, 2018 | Your community newspaper since 1916

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A banner occasion A spotlight shines on the B.C. Hockey League Coastal Conference championship banner, won by the Prince George Spruce Kings during the 2017 playoffs. The Spruce Kings also had their Mainland Division regular-season and playoff championship banners in the rafters at Rolling Mix Concrete Arena for all to see on Friday night, the start of the new season for the team. The Kings took on the Chilliwack Chiefs in the game that followed. See page 9 for full coverage.

CNC president retiring in 2019 Campfire bans lifted in region Christine HINZMANN Citizen staff chinzmann@pgcitizen.ca

A hiring committee will be struck and a head hunter will soon be hired as the College of New Caledonia’s Henry Reiser announced Friday he will retire as president after serving his entire five-year term, which concludes in June 2019. “President Reiser has fulfilled an ambitious mandate over the past few years,” Gil Malfair, College of New Caledonia Board of Governors chair, said. “His leadership has resulted in three consecutive growth budgets and expansions in both programming and infrastructure. “Henry’s experience in developing international partnerships has also helped grow the college’s reputation world-wide. But the biggest impact of his leadership has benefitted northern B.C. students in rural and remote locations who now have access to an ever-expanding range of courses delivered by DDI (digital delivery instruction).” Reiser’s term to date has seen more than $45 million invested in new buildings and redevelopment at CNC’s six campuses. Notable in education is the start of civil engineering technology and the first intake of CNC’s sonography program, which will begin in January. It will be the second program of its kind offered in the province. “My academic career has been extremely rewarding, and retiring wasn’t an easy decision to make as I’ve truly enjoyed my time at CNC,” Reiser said. “I’m grateful for the support I’ve received from employees, students, the Board of Governors, donors, government and private

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Frank PEEBLES Citizen staff fpeebles@pgcitizen.ca

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College of New Caledonia president Henry Reiser announced he will retire in June 2019. sector partners, and my tremendous leadership team. The past four years have been a collective effort of all employees working towards a strategic direction with primary focus on student success. This is truly what CNC is known for and I’m so proud to be a part of that.”

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Reiser said he is prepared to help with the transition as the new president starts in September 2019. Reiser is retiring in Prince George and looks forward to volunteering in the community. “Once the new president is in place, I’m going fishing,” Reiser said.

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The campfire bans have been banned. “Campfire bans will be fully rescinded throughout the Prince George Fire Centre, Cariboo Fire Centre and Kamloops Fire Centre,” said Forrest Tower, a fire information officer with the Prince George branch of the BC Wildfire Service. The lifting of the campfire restrictions took effect at noon, Friday, allowing for some weekend recreation options. The use of fire still has some limits, though. The cooler and wetter conditions this past couple of weeks has reduced the risk of wildfire, but not erased it completely. Therefore, the following activities remain prohibited throughout the Prince George Fire Centre: • Category 2 and Category 3 open fires, as defined in the Wildfire Regulation. • The use of air curtain burners (forced-air burning systems). • The use of sky lanterns. • The use of fireworks, including firecrackers. • The use of burn barrels or burning cages of any size or description. • The use of binary exploding targets (e.g., for target practice). That limits campfires to a size of no more than half a metre high and half a metre wide, and you must have suitable firefighting tools at the ready (eight litres of water and/or a shovel). According to deputy fire chief Blake King of Prince George

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Fire-Rescue Service, the lifting of the ban on common campfires applies within the city boundaries as, well. “Its been such a nasty summer for smoke and no ability to enjoy the outdoors like we like to do, so it’s nice to see the weather cooperate a little bit,” said King. King reminded homeowners within city limits that there is a set of rules for having backyard campfires. The policy is mapped out within the municipal clean air bylaw and states that: • A recreational fire must be contained in a permanent outdoor fireplace or fire pit not larger than 60 cm in diameter that is designed and constructed to confine the fire. • No person shall have a recreational fire if an air quality advisory has been issued. If the fire was started prior to the issuance of the air quality advisory, that person shall take all reasonable steps to extinguish the fire within an hour of the advisory being issued. • No person shall burn yard and garden waste, garbage or noxious materials. Only seasoned wood (dried a minimum of six months) may be burned. • All persons maintaining a recreational fire shall be competent to do so, continuously control and supervise the fire, and possess at the site extinguishing equipment appropriate for the size of fire. • The recreational fire shall not be allowed to come within three metres of any property line, fence, standing timber, brush or building.

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