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Ribfest ‘ribbers’ ready to serve up fine BBQ Mark NIELSEN Citizen staff mnielsen@pgcitizen.ca “The rub, the love and the God above.” That, says Chad Cannon, is why Boss Hog’s makes the best ribs going. Of course, everyone who goes to Ribfest this weekend will be the judges and they will have four “ribbers” to choose from as they converge on Pacific Western Brewing for the event, put on by the Nechako Rotary Club. But there is no doubt Cannon, who also goes by the nickname Red Dragon, will score high on showmanship – the kind of showmanship that comes with a passion for the pastime. Cannon’s tractor-trailer was the first of the four to roll into the city Wednesday. He hails from London, Ont., where a restaurant of the same name is found, and is on the road for four months of the year. From Kelowna to Vancouver to Windsor to Edmonton, he’s bounced around the country to the tune of 15,000 kilometres so far this season, and will remain on the road until mid-September. “I get to experience the nature of Canada and the beauty of it,” Cannon said. “It’s not a normal job. Who gets to go to a new city every week and meet new people? And all the concerts that we hear, all the different types of music. It’s an experience you can’t beat.” For Prince George, he will have nine staff on hand cooking up St. Louis-style side ribs – a full rack weighs in at as much as 40 ounces – as well as baby back ribs, beef brisket, pulled pork and chicken plus sides like corn bread, beans and coleslaw. Boss Hog’s has been known to cook as much as 20,000 pounds of meat over a weekend. Cannon, who has been at it for 23 years, credits trial and error for coming up with Boss Hog’s award-winning taste. “It’s the rub, how much wood you use, how much sauce you use, how you grill it, it’s the whole combination,” Cannon said. “We have basically messed everything up and now we’ve perfected it. We’ve made the mistakes for you to enjoy the best barbecue

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Chad ‘Red Dragon” Cannon with the Boss Hog’s team stands beside their rig that they will be setting up Thursday for the 2019 Rotary Ribfest at Pacific Western Brewing. in Canada.” Boss Hog’s has a shelf full of trophies as a result. But so do the others which include Gator BBQ from Port Dover, Ont., Prairie Smoke and Spice, out of Pilot Butte, Sask., and Misty Mountain, based in Hinton, Alta. “We were lucky to get the premier group,” said Nechako Rotary Club past-president Robert Quibell. “We’ve tried this a few times over the last three years and this year we got it all to work... there’s nobody better.” Regardless of which vendor you choose, you’ll come out ahead, said Cannon. “We do all of the traveling,” Cannon said.

“All you do is bring cash and here you go. We do all the clean up – we’re better than Skip the Dishes.” Admission is free with dinners ranging in price from $10 to about $40, depending on the choice. There will also be plenty of Pacific Western Brewing beer on hand, as well as volunteers to drive patrons home if they’ve gone above the legal limit. Proceeds from the event, which includes a 50-50 raffle, will go towards projects to ease the homelessness situation in the city. “We try to do something that’s long lasting,” Quibell said. “All of our proceeds over

the next few years will go in the same direction because we recognize that this is a big problem, it’s not something that’s going to be solved overnight.” Ribfest gets going at noon on Friday with all ages ending at 5 p.m. and adults only starting at 5:30 p.m. and running until 11 p.m. Hours on Saturday are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for all ages and adults only from 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. On Sunday, it’s all ages from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, go to www. pgribfest.ca or check out the two-page ad in today’s 97/16.

Horgan says B.C. will continue pipeline fight Rob SHAW Vancouver Sun

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The City of Prince George is installing traffic signals at the intersection of Ospika Boulevard and 22nd Avenue. Construction started today and is expected to be completed by mid-August.

City installing traffic signals at Ospika and 22nd Avenue Citizen staff Work on installing traffic signals at Ospika Boulevard and 22nd Avenue began Wednesday. The work, being carried out by McElhanney Engineering, IDL Projects and Westcana Electric, is scheduled to be completed by mid-August. The new signals will be similar to those installed in 2017 at the Ospika and Ferry Avenue intersection. They will have vehicle detection technology and pedestrian-activated crosswalks. Left turn lanes will be added to 22nd Avenue in both directions and are already

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present at the intersection on Ospika. Nearby streetlights will also be updated. Mayor Lyn Hall said the work is part of the city’s ongoing effort to improve traffic safety around the city. At various times throughout the operation, Ospika Boulevard will be reduced to single lane traffic in each direction while 22nd Avenue may also experience singlelane alternating traffic and full closures. “The City of Prince George wishes to thank residents in advance for their patience while this operation is being conducted, and for driving cautiously around road and construction crews at all times,” officials said.

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VICTORIA — B.C.’s premier is vowing to continue legal challenges against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, in what may now be mostly symbolic opposition to a project Ottawa has again approved. John Horgan said he’s disappointed the federal government gave another green light Tuesday to a plan to twin the existing pipeline from near Edmonton to Burnaby, which will triple capacity to 890,000 barrels a day. B.C. has maintained an oil spill on the ocean from increased tanker traffic would be catastrophic, though it has also acknowledged it lacks the power to regulate or ban tankers. While B.C. will continue two court challenges, Horgan said the province will grant any lawfully requested permits to start construction on the twinned pipeline this summer. “Although I regret the federal government’s decision, it is within their authority to make that decision,” he said. The premier did not rule out throwing the B.C. government’s support behind future First Nations or environmental challenges, but said he’d consider it on a case-by-case basis. Ottawa’s approval did not come as a surprise, given the federal government purchased the pipeline from Kinder Morgan for $4.5 billion in 2018, saying its expansion was in the national interest to get more oil from Alberta to overseas markets. Horgan’s entrenched opposition is equally unsurprising, given the B.C. NDP campaigned in 2017 “to use every tool in

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HORGAN our tool box to stop the project from going ahead” and its minority government holds power through an agreement with the B.C. Green party that says the province must do everything it can to block Trans Mountain. But it appears Horgan is mostly out of options, said Richard Johnston, Canada Research Chair in public opinion, elections and representation at the University of B.C. “We’re into a kind of symbolic phase now as far as the B.C. government is concerned,” he said. “What else can he do? It’s clear he can’t engage in permitting actions whose obvious intent is to destroy the pipeline, the courts have made that clear.” B.C. has issued 310 permits so far for the Trans Mountain project. — see ‘MR. TRUDEAU, page 3

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