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The first tree for the Carbon Offset Aggre-gate Cooperative was planted at the Central B.C. Railway and Forestry Museum Tues-day, commemorating a landmark agreement which will see Crown land, especially that which was devastated by the mountain pine beetle or forest fires, replanted.

Alongside the first COAC tree, the seven billionth seedling from the province’s silvi-culture industry was planted.

Mary-Anne Arcand, COAC president, said last summer she was approached by a gentle-man with the idea carbon could be captured through tree planting.

“We started last September,” Arcand said, adding they bid on a government proposal to replant Crown land, especially areas dev-astated by the mountain pine beetle and forest fires.

“Nobody is obligated to replant,” Arcand said, underscoring the difference between what happens on Crown land and what hap-pens otherwise. “It’s left to natural regenera-tion.”

Many times this means trees are sparse and straggly, hardly the healthy forests that provide shelter for wildlife, escape for natu-ralists and economic prosperity for loggers.

“We need to take it to that next step,” Arcand, who also heads up the local logging association, said. “We wanted to do more.”

The COAC is the official coordinating entity for carbon projects on crown land for B.C.

According to a news release this means COAC manages the data for lands that get replanted under the agreement (fee-for-service), translation of that data into carbon offsets (fee-for-service) and commission on the sales. It is also a mechanism for private sources to help rehabilitate B.C.’s forests, with a trust fund to draw from for decades and an aggregated carbon bank to sell from.

“This means COAC has two ways to pro-tect the environment,” MLA Shirley Bond said.

The first carbon offset aggregation pro-gram reduces diesel consumption in big trucks and equipment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and helps owners save on operating costs, converting fuel savings into carbon offset credits.

This agreement allows COAC to add refor-estation and incremental silviculture to that portfolio, planting trees to capture carbon offsets which finances planting more trees.

To take part in the process, contractors must join the COAC diesel reduction pro-gram.

Arcand said this means a more carbon-friendly, fuel-efficient environment.

“This is for the sake of my nine grandkids, their kids and their kid’s kids,” she said.

On May 29 the first 9,000 trees were to be planted for carbon in the Nazko area, south-west of Quesnel.

These trees are funded by the province, according to a press release.

During the first week of June, another 10,000 privately funded trees will be planted in the same area.

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Mary-Anne Arcand had her granddaughter, Emma, plant the first Carbon Offset Aggregation Cooperative seedling at the Central B.C. Railway and Forestry Museum. The tree commemorates a new way of approaching silviculture in the province, which includes replanting crown land, paying for it with carbon offsets, a project headed by COAC. The seventh billion seedling was planted during the same ceremony.

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He took the bait and the RCMP reeled him in.

One man was arrested after a bait car was hit early Tuesday morning.

Just after 2 a.m. Prince George RCMP General Duty officers attended Chartwell Crescent in the Westgate area of Prince George.

A 46-year-old man was arrested without incident hiding in a back yard. At the time of his arrest, the suspect was in possession of a back-pack containing a Canon camera, Nikon binoculars and a Gerber knife, all believed to have been stolen. The owners of these items are requested to contact Const. Rob Lamont at (250)561-3300 to claim the property.

The suspect is currently under two probation orders from previ-ous property crime related convic-

tions. At the time of the arrest, he was violating a 9 p.m. curfew condition set out in one of the pro-bation orders. The Prince George resident, originally from Ontario, is also out on bail awaiting trial in another Prince George property crime investigation from earlier in May 2013.

Prince George RCMP will be rec-ommending a number of charges.

The accused is currently on the Prince George RCMP’s Prolific Offender Watch List and is very well known to police. Officers believe he was committing the offences to support a drug addiction.

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If it’s on your property, it’s your problemCivil remedies available, but owner responsible for getting garbage to right spot

If someone decides to dump their trash on your property, you are obliged to move it away at your own expense.

Although if you know who did the dumping, you might be able to pursue the matter in civil court.

It’s kind of obvious that a ser-vice station doesn’t generally sell mattresses or moose meat, so for one to have several of one and the skeleton of the other in the vicin-ity of its garbage bins smacks of

illegal dumping. Such is the case behind the Day and Night on the Hart Highway where a moose carcass was dumped.

Guy Gusdal, with city bylaw services, said as far as he knows the city doesn’t keep stats on illegal dumping.

“From the way our authority is written we deal with the prop-erty owner regardless of how it got there,” he said

Although it may seem unfair, Gusdal said that is where the line must be drawn.

“It’s up to them (owners) to look after their property,” he

said. “They have the option to go civilly after whoever may have dumped the stuff there.”

The city is in the same posi-tion.

“Stuff gets dumped in city roadways, and other places,” Gusdal said. “We end up clean-ing it up because there’s no way of tracing it back.”

Gusdal pointed out the crime is, by its nature, one of those types of infractions which has to be witnessed.

“We can’t be all places at all times.”

He added bylaw enforcement

gets involved, generally, after a complaint has been filed.

“Basically this is all complaint driven,” he said. “If we have a property we are dealing with, and we notice the property next to it is just as bad, we’ll go and deal with it at the same time, but initially getting us out is on a complaint basis.”

Complaints of unsightly messes increase somewhat in spring.

“It is a seasonal thing,” he said. “In winter the snow cov-ers everything, and we don’t see it. But, on the other hand,

most people are generally good at cleaning up things in spring too.”

Gusdal had no comment on whether closing the Quinn Street transfer station caused more ille-gal dumping.

“It’s hard to say what impact, if any, it will have on what we do,” he said. “It’s not going to impact us as much as sanitation, because they will be dealing with what is left on city property.”

Gusdal added Conservation Officers should be called if some-one is reporting something like a dumped carcass.

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Moose carcass or mattress,

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The ongoing Senate saga isn’t exactly what Prince George-Peace River MP Bob Zimmer envisions for the Upper Chamber.

“Like Prime Minister Stephen Harper, I am disappointed in the developments that have occurred in recent weeks,” said Zimmer. “As the prime minister stated, there is no place in public office for those who seek to use it for their own, personal benefit.”

Investigations into expenses of senators, particularly Mike Duffy, have cast a negative light on the institution. And, it has cost Harper his chief of staff. Nigel Wright resigned when it was discovered he, personally, paid approximately $90,000 in expenses for Duffy who then no longer had to comply with the audit committee looking into the matter.

“It was our Conservative Gov-ernment that introduced and passed the Federal Accountability Act,” said Zimmer. “This legisla-tion strengthened the powers of the Auditor General, toughened the role of the Ethics Com-missioner, reformed political parties financing, and strengthened auditing and accountability within federal departments.

“In addition to these changes, we have heard from Canadians about the need to reform the Senate. It is clear that the status quo cannot continue, and changes need to be made as quickly as possible.”

The Conservative government has asked the Supreme Court of Canada to consider whether various proposed reforms can be done by Par-liament alone. Zimmer said they are taking fur-ther steps to accelerate changes to the Senate’s rules on expenses and closing any loopholes in the existing rule.

“I did not enter public office for personal gain, but to make Canada a better place,” said Zimmer.

The B.C. government will go ahead with its plan for Alberta-style senate elections if it proves impossible to scrap the senate altogether, Premier Christy Clark said this week.

Clark issued a statement in response to the controversy over senate expense claims that has gripped Ottawa. On record as pre-ferring the senate be scrapped, Clark declined to comment on fed-eral Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s statement to a Montreal newspaper that the senate should be preserved because Quebec has 24 senators and Alberta and B.C. have only six

each.“It’s true British Columbians have long been

troubled by an unelected senate, but it should be fixed or folded and not a distraction,” Clark said.

“The Prime Minister invited us to move the process of senate reform forward. To that end, we have moved legislation in the house before the election that would make a senate election possible. It has not been passed and it will not be re-introduced until there is clarity from the

Supreme Court.”Clark added: “We

need to remember the fact that B.C. and the West is dramatically under-represented in the unelected senate.”

The federal govern-ment has asked the Supreme Court of Can-ada to rule on whether it can abolish the sen-ate, or impose term limits and a provin-cial election require-ment on new senators appointed.

When former B.C. Liberal MLA John Les tabled senate election legislation in 2011, Clark made her prefer-ence clear.

“I think that if we could, under the con-stitution, we should abolish the senate,” Clark said at the time, adding that electing senators would be the next best thing.

Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper returned to the House of Com-mons Tuesday to face opposition questions on the conduct of sena-tors Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin, whose expense claims have come under scrutiny.

Both have left the Conservative caucus to sit as independents, along with former Con-servative Senator Pat-rick Brazeau and Lib-eral Mac Harb, whose expenses are also sub-ject to an audit.

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Although Canadian music icon Stompin’ Tom Connors passed away this year, those who grew up to his music might be reminded these days of his lyrics:

“Bugs, bugs, bugs, if I had them all in jugs, I’d dig, dig, dig ‘til a big big hole was dug, dug, dug, dug, dug - and that would be the end of the bug song.”

Thanks to a forest tent caterpillar infesta-tion everywhere in the city is ‘bugged.’

The malacosoma dis-stria, as it is scientifi-cally called, has been a pest locally at least as far back as the 1920s, when the Forest Ser-vice began document-ing its hungry hike up, down and around its favourite food source, the trembling aspen, or poplar tree.

Emile Begin, a local registered professional forester, spent the first 25 years of his career working at the Forest Health office, docu-menting a variety of pests, including the forest tent caterpillar.

He said the infesta-tion comes as a cycle.

“It’s anywhere from three to six or seven years, so kind of an 11-year cycle with three to six of infestation,” he said.

There really is no peak year of infesta-tion within that cycle. Rather the prevalence of the bug is dependent largely on weather, particularly because its natural nemesis, a bac-terium known as BTK, needs warm moist weather - and plenty of tent caterpillars to feed on - to flourish.

“If it does, then we have less tent caterpil-lars,” Begin said.

The tent caterpillars have six ‘in-star’ stages

of varying size, from 1/16 of an inch to 1 1/4 inches.

“The female moth lays eggs in the fall in these grey and white band and over-winter as eggs,” Begin said. “One female lays a family of eggs. They hatch in the spring and that’s called the first in-star.”

The cycle continues until the caterpillars are well-fed, ready to pupate and start the cycle again.

“They will be around most of the summer,” he said.

Begin added that a row of poplars from the CN Centre are already coated with cocoons.

“It looks like snow on the poplars,” Begin said. “They are early, but it was an early summer.”

Though poplars have ‘back-up buds’ and can re-foliate after the tent caterpillars are finished feeding for a season, consecutive seasons of defoliation may destroy the tree.

“I know there will be mortality,” Begin said. “There are some soc-cer field trees that were

heavily defoliated. Some, I think, won’t make it.”

Destruction in the Prince George For-est Service Area is likely to be extensive, though that won’t be known for a surety until August, when aerial sketch mapping is done. Currently, like last year, Chief Lake Road is, literally, crawl-ing with caterpillars. Begin said he’s had

reports of infestation from the city to Saxton Lake, down Highway 16 to Isle Pierre, along University Way and Tyner as well as in Col-lege Heights.

Though they mainly concentrate on aspen, new shoots on conifers aren’t safe during a hungry season. How-ever it’s pretty safe for conifers.

“It’s really quite light and only on new

shoots, and they have back-buds that develop in the fall. It’s pretty safe for conifers but really problematic with aspen,” Begin said.

Within two weeks the roads along areas of high infestation, like Chief Lake Road, are likely to be slick with the bodies of dead cat-erpillars, leading to warnings to drivers to use caution.

Begin said it will be greasy, smeary and stinky.

For those who want to at least slow the cat-erpillars down, Begin said a dormant oil mixed according to the label, sprayed on trees in the fall, would work.

Home owners could spray in summer as well. Thuricide is a natural bacterium that controls tent cat-erpillars. It is used in organic gardening.

“It’s the lesser of the evils out there, and better than broad spectrum chemicals that kill everything, including beneficial insects,” Begin said. “It takes about five days to work, and it’s critical to

follow the label.”If home owners do

decide to try and slow or stop the movement of these caterpillars, they’d best stock up on product because, like

Schwarzenegger, they will be back.

“We will definitely see them next year, unless something hap-pens in the weather this year,” Begin said.

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Rules, do we have enough of them yet? We have become a society of rule makers wanting a set of rules for everything in our lives.

The consequence of the stacking rule upon rule is the addition of more complexities in our lives rather than less.

We do need some rules to guide us in certain situations. We need the rules of the road so all of us are operating our vehicles in a logical manner. If there were no rules and we could decide to drive on whichever side of the road we wished, the result would be chaos. Most of the rules governing how we drive and what we drive make sense and are beneficial to all of us.

The laws protecting us from assault, murder and other mayhem are neces-sary to maintain a civil society. Without those laws, which are rules by another name, civilized and orderly society would be impossible.

There are good rules beneficial to us all, and generally supported by almost all, those rules make sense and are acceptable until legislators, parliamentarians, municipal politicians and others begin to fiddle with them. Too frequently the changes and additions to the basic rules result in poorer rules and more rules to explain and enforce changes.

A good example of making rules for a relatively simple task more and more complex is one that we all know well, the dreaded income tax. In a few decades the rules have moved from understandable to the average person to several volumes of incom-prehensible rules that even intelligent and well-educated accountants have difficulty in interpreting. The average citizen doesn’t have any hope of work-ing them out on their own. Perhaps the writers of the rules don’t even understand them.

There is more than one villain responsible for creating this complex system. The Parliament of Canada, under many governments, changed the

rules to get some theoretical change to the finances of the country. Some worked, some didn’t. During this ongoing process, numerous bits were added and taken away, often for no logical or understand-able reason.

The government was enthusiastically assisted by the bureaucracy who amongst other things saw an opportunity to grow their department. As their department grows their salary is increased and the bragging rights on the weekend barbecue circuit expand as well. One wonders if many of them ever give a little thought to how much it costs the honest working people of the country who diligently pay their taxes.

Then there are the dumb rules. Pro-vincially we have passed legislation forbidding your friend from selling you a nice fresh plump chicken that has been dispatched with humanity and prepared for cooking in a safe manner. Your friend breaks the law if he sells you the prepared chicken, but he can sell you the same chicken

stuffed into burlap bag alive and be legal. Then you can mess around with, perhaps limited skills, and get the same chicken to your oven and that is sup-posed to guarantee some sort of safety.

In contrast your hunter friend can harvest a moose, drag it through the bush, whack it up into consumable-sized pieces in the back shed, give you a chunk, and all is well.

The next time you hear someone calling for rules against this or that, ask yourself if it is really neces-sary. We have lost our way and it is past time when we shirk our personal responsibilities and blame other.

There is no law that can demand ethics, integrity, and common sense. There is a necessity for us all to use our own intelligence and judgment. Generally, those calling for more rules are often simply looking for a way to dodge their responsibilities.

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Prince George-Peace River MP Bob Zimmer says he’s “disappointed” with the ongoing Senate scandal in Ottawa.

It’s not exactly a strongly worded condemnation of the shenanigans with the Upper Chamber, but in these days of MPs not questioning or criticizing higher-ups ever, it’s about as strong a word as an MP will use.

The ongoing saga has to be difficult for Zimmer, whose real political roots and philosophy goes back to the old Reform Party for which Senate reform was a major, major issue.

It was Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s not only stacking of the Senate, but adding to its numbers to ensure the goods and services tax became a reality that angered many Cana-dians, including conservative-thinking ones who went on to create the Reform Party. We don’t hear anything about a triple-E Senate anymore … equal, elected, and effective.

The irony is that Stephen Harper was among those Reform folks who pushed so hard for it years ago.

Now he sits with a Senate mess on his hands that has cost him his chief of staff. One could easily argue that senate reform would have been virtually impossible during Harp-er’s years at the helm of minority government and it’s too soon into the majority term to get anything done. However, we’ve heard precious little from Harper or the Conserva-tives about Senate reform since they took power.

Another bit of irony is that the senators now in the firing line – Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin, and Patrick Brazeau – are all Harper appointees.

Will the latest scandal prompt some actual Senate reform? It’s hard to say because these types of scandals seem to sur-face every couple of years without anything changing.

NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has said it’s time for the Sen-ate to be eliminated and that it will be a plank in the NDP platform in the next election. For Mulcair, it’s easy. The fact that there has never been an NDP prime minister means New Democrats rarely get appointed. In fact, there is only one.

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, however, followed in the footsteps of his father this week by alienating the West. Justin Trudeau pointed out how Quebec has a numerical advantage in Senate and, as such, doesn’t want to monkey with that.

He’s playing politics, appealing to where he needs to win … Quebec.

So where does that leave Senate reform? Pretty much where it’s been for a long time … on the backburner only to rear its ugly head when yet another of the elites forgets that the plebeians are watching.

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Editor:Schools that teach English as a Second

Language, ESL for short, are getting more popular these days for those foreign stu-dents who come to study in B.C.

Many Asian students are clumsy or foreign to the English language. In order for them to extend study in the Canadian schooling system they need to enroll in ESL schools to get their language skills up to standard. Many of them are suc-cessful passing the exams but when it comes to speaking it, instead of putting information in writing, they are still far from being remotely fluent. Most of them can only speak broken English.

The most common trend is that as soon as class is over and they hold conversa-tions among themselves, it is always their native language that they revert to. It is their comfort zone. If we observe those young people we will notice hardly would two people unfamiliar to the Eng-lish language making an effort to practice it between them.

When they go home, it is always their mother tongue that dictates the conversa-tions. Those students may still excel in school because most of the school work is done by writing and not by speaking. This gives rise to a generation of profes-sionals who could give us a perfect writ-ten report but be unable to present it ver-bally or even express themselves in fluent English. I am not talking about accents as

that’s a completely irrelevant issue. The secret to being fluent in any lan-

guage skills is practice, practice and practice. By correcting the mistakes of each other one can learn more efficiently. By speaking it out loud one can hear the language.

In our community, the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) has a significant representation of the Asian population with the Chinese being the most dominant. I have met many such students and have heard many of their conversations done in Mandarin or Can-tonese but rarely in English especially when they are not Canadian-born.

I have heard them complaining about the difficulty of grasping the basics of the English language and how they could not get the pronunciations right, especially those who speak Cantonese as there are no “R” sounds in the Cantonese lan-guage.

For those who are of Mandarin speak-ing, they tend to curl their tongues with every word they say as Mandarin is not as flat as Cantonese and there are many “R” sounds in the language.

These students fail to listen to the spo-ken way of those with English as their native language and learn how to maneu-ver the language in a more effective way by actually speaking it and imitating the sounds.

The easiest way to conquer the lan-

guage is try to word the message differ-ently until a way is found that is under-standable to all parties. The habit of com-municating in broken English does not help in future careers unless one can find a job that doesn’t require verbal commu-nications.

It has become a common trend that foreign professionals are frustrated at finding relevant jobs that are a fair match to their qualifications because of verbal communication issues. Potential employers get baffled because they can-not understand what the applicants are saying while the applicants get frustrated with their message not getting across.

My advice to the newcomers who are learning the English is that “close enough” is never enough in this compet-ing environment for jobs, recognition and development.

One may never be an expert in the English language, as most of us are not, but one should be able to join a few sen-tences together like reading a paragraph from a book.

Experiment with the language to break new grounds. Do not be afraid to make mistakes as practice makes perfect. Break away from the comfort zone and tell yourself that you are English speaking. Read materials out loud so you can hear yourself and get familiarized with the sound of you speaking English.

After a written assignment read it back

out loud to yourself. Do not feel shy with verbal communications as the louder and more often you practice the pronuncia-tions and the flow of the content, the bet-ter you will get. Don’t just use the very same words over and over again.

Listen, speak and solicit feedback. The comfort level will rise.

The other important thing is to think in English. It is very uneasy in the begin-ning and you may not be able to do it every time but it is important to make an effort of it. If you can think in English at least most of the time, then you can say you have accepted the language. Until you have accepted the language, you will always feel awkward towards it. Always practice, practice and practice whenever you can and try to convince yourself Eng-lish is your best pal.

Previously a landed immigrant, I had gone through many phases in master-ing the English language. I studied it extensively but never practiced it often enough. It’s not until I started telling myself that English is going to be my new found first language and speak it whenever I can that I noticed tremendous improvements that eventually I can say I can speak English rather well.

Now English is my “verbal habit”. I am still learning the skill and listening to feedbacks.

Sarah XiaPrince George

When English becomes your preferred language

High up on Christy Clark’s ‘to do’ list when she unveils her new cabinet and new direc-tion has to be aboriginal treaty

settlements.Too few treaties have been signed

since the federal and provincial and First Nations agreed on the principle of negoti-ated treaties recognizing self-government and control over resources.

Premier Clark must decide on a political direction for treaty settlements that, in con-cert with the federal government, seeks to hasten progress.

At the moment the political end of land claims has fallen way behind the economic reality of relations with aboriginal peoples. Pick any major project in this region from BC Hydro’s Northwest Transmission Line, to mines, to liquefied natural gas plants plans and the pipelines to feed them and you’ll find some kind of economic deal signed with a First Nation or a promise of signing one.

These deals so far fall under the broad “consult and accommodate” approach that’s been developed thanks to court rul-ings.

The challenge for the premier is to now find a political model that fits with the growing economic importance of aborigi-nal peoples.

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Treaties‘to do’

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A delegation from Wuyi University in Jiangmen, China, a sister city of Prince George, visited the city last week, signing memorandums of understanding with UNBC and the Barkerville Heritage Trust. The MOU with UNBC is designed to promote cooperation in education and research.

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CITY OF PRINCE GEORGEOffi cial Host City - 2015 Canada Winter Games

COUNCIL COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS MEETINGS

Advisory Committee on Development

Design Wednesday, June 5th 12:00 p.m.2nd Floor Conference Room

Select Committee on Prince George’s

100th Anniversary Thursday, June 6th – – 12:00 p.m.Annex

BROADCASTING OF COUNCIL MEETINGS: To follow live Council meetings, visit the City’s website at www.princegeorge.ca as webcasting services and video archiving of agenda items are available for the public.

JOB POSTINGSLifeguard/Instructors (6 positions),#13/038 closing Tuesday, June 4, 2013 5:00 p.m.

INVITATION TO TENDERT13-19 Asphalt Micro Surfacing Treatment, closing Date: June 6, 2013

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALP13-09 Consulting Services for the Development of a Nature Interpretation & Outdoor Learning Network, closing Date: June 24, 2013

For information concerning City of Prince George bidding opportunities visit BC Bid @ www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca

PROCLAMATIONSJune 1, 2013 is proclaimed “Access Awareness Day”June 1, 2013 is proclaimed “Intergenerational Day Canada”June 3, 2013 is proclaimed “Happy Helmet Day”June 2013 is proclaimed “Brain Injury Awareness Month”

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: Pursuant to sections 98 and 99 of the Community Charter, the annual report of the City of Prince George, and submissions and questions from the public regarding the annual report, will be considered at the Regular Council Meeting to be held on Monday June 24, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 1100 Patricia Boulevard, Prince George, B.C. DATED the 31st day of May, 2013.Wendy NordinDeputy Corporate Offi cer

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APPLY FOR A COUNCIL COMMISSION!Prince George is a city full of volunteers willing to give of their time to ensure their community is a better place to live, work, and play. Council Committees and Commissions provide residents of our community the opportunity to participate in the development of our municipality.At this time the City Manager’s Offi ce is accepting applications for Membership on the Prince George Heritage Commission.The Mission of the Prince George Heritage Commission is “To protect, conserve and interpret the heritage resources within the City by supporting, encouraging, and facilitating their proper conservation, maintenance and restoration”. An application is available on the City’s web page www.princegeorge.ca/cityhall/committees/ , or may be picked up at the 5th Floor of City Hall, 1100 Patricia Boulevard. For further information or to have an application form mailed to you, please call 250.561.7684. Applications or resumes received by the City Manager’s Offi ce, Director of Legislative Services prior to the June 21st deadline will be considered by City Council at its Regular Meeting of July 8, 2013.

Deadline for Applications: 5:00 p.m., Friday, June 21, 2013.

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The Wheelin’ Warriors of the North will be giving their new jerseys a workout on June 2, and everyone’s invited.

The bicycle team, which will be taking part in the Ride to Conquer Cancer from Vancouver to Seattle on June 15 and 16, is holding a fundraiser June 2 at Fort George Park. It’s a barbecue with Mike burgers for sale as well as other refresh-ments and baked goods. All the funds raised will go to the team, benefitting the BC Cancer Foundation.

The team will also be taking a ride through the community, showing off their new jerseys, and the public is invited to join them on their own bikes. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Northern British Columbia continues to be one of the most affordable places to buy a home, according to the 10th annual housing afford-ability study.

The study was conducted by the B.C. North-ern Real Estate Board.

As with years prior, the study shows that northern communities continue to be affordable places to buy single detached family homes.

The association reports that the costs in north-ern B.C. are about 31.6 per cent of median fam-ily income compared to 66.4 per cent for the entire province.

The index shows the ratio of pre-tax median family income required to purchase an aver-age single family detached house in 2013 (plus taxes and utilities). It is based on a five-year fixed mortgage rate with a 25 per cent down payment.

Despite dramatic average house price increases across northern British Columbia since the first housing affordability study was completed in 2003, owning a home in the north-ern and north central region consumes a much smaller percentage of household income com-pared with the burden of home ownership in Vancouver. For 2012, the Housing Affordability Index (HAI) for northern British Columbia was 31.6 per cent compared with 82.2 per cent for Vancouver.

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Paving crews were out Tuesday, doing some work on the area around 18th Avenue and South Lyon Street.

TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREETSNorth houses still affordable

Warriors show off new jerseys

For your chance to win, email a picture of a resident of Prince George with your name and phone number, as well as the name of the person (people) in the photo, to [email protected] of the judges is fi nal. Prizes must be accepted as awarded. No substitutions.

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By week’s end the new Toyota dealership at the Highway 16/97 junction will have a roof in place as con-struction continues towards a Jan. 1 open-ing date.

Mike Taylor, manger dealer development for Toyota Canada, visited the site Wednesday, pointing out several facets of the dealer-ship while ensuring the franchise complies with company stan-dards.

Taylor said the new building will have a 10-bay shop, a sig-nificant upgrade from the former busy site, where customers were experiencing waiting times before being ser-viced.

“We are pleased to make the investment,” Taylor said. “The deal-ership is an owner/operator franchise.”

Taylor said he was in the city to make sure the building meets look and size standards.

He said it will have a bigger showroom to display as many cars as possible.

“And the shop will be much larger, for more efficiency,” he said. “The customer will be able to drive

right into the shop here, not wait out in the snow.”

Although Taylor said there are basic models of dealerships, each is ‘twigged’ to fit the owner/operator’s vision as well as the environment it will encompass, so each is unique. The walls are pre-cast in Kelowna, and the trusses for the roof are already in place as is the under-ground utilities.

After the structure is up, construction slows down somewhat as details are added.

“Details take lon-ger,” Taylor said. “We want to open Jan. 1.”

He said there is a lot of excitement in the North right now, with a relatively new dealership in Smithers and upgrades planned in Williams Lake, Quesnel, Whitehorse and Terrace.

Taylor added that a new building usu-ally brings new inter-est and more sales at a dealership, something he hopes to see in the city.

“There’s visibly eas-ier access,” he said. “It will be pleasant, and there won’t be delays getting into the shop.”

Besides the excite-ment on site, earth-moving equipment is

cleaning up the neigh-bouring chunk of land, readying it for what is purported to be a new Dodge dealership.

Taylor said he wel-comes another dealer-

ship, adding a cluster of similar businesses draws more custom-ers, and he’s proud to show their product next to another dealer anytime

■ TOYOTA MOVING

Bigger dealership in place for new yearDELYNDA [email protected] Roy Lancaster,

Toyota general manager, left, and Brian Guenther, superintendent with Silver Rock, show Mike Taylor, manager dealer development Toyota, the new construction site at the highways 16 and 97 intersection where a larger Toyota dealership is expected to open its doors Jan. 1. DeLynda PILON/Free Press

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Community

EKPHRASTICWriting in between,

through, out, around and into Visual Art. Join in for a night of Ekphrastic Poetry at the Groop Gallery, 1127 Third Ave. Reception tonight (Friday) from 7 to 9 p.m. Readings by poets Adrienne Fitzpatrick, Al Rempel, Daniel Gallant, Jeremy Stewart, Josh Massey, Rob Budde and Si Transken begin at 7:30 p.m. For more information visit www.groopgallery.com.

LARSON ON MICMusician/singer Lloyd

Larsen will be on piano and drums at Cafe Voltaire for their regular Friday Night Mic tonight (May 31). The fun kicks off at 8 p.m. and the event is free of charge. Cafe Voltaire is in Books and Company.

ROYALTY TEAECRA seniors invite all

princes and princesses to attend Prince and Princess Tea and Parade on Saturday, June 15 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Elder Citizens Recreation Centre,1692 10th Ave. Wear your prince or princess outfits and accessories, then join in for tea or juice, goodies and sandwiches and royal parade. Seating is limited. No tickets at the door. Proceeds go to fund centre operations.

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Realtor Harry Backlin likes to tell the story of the big fish that didn’t get away.

He captured the marlin of his dreams – on canvas – after returning from a fishing expedi-tion in Mexico.

“In 2000, I went on a fishing trip with other businessmen to Puerto Vallarta,” he told the Free

Press Monday. “They were hav-ing a fishing derby and I wanted to get a marlin – but I couldn’t catch one. So I took pictures of them and when I got home, I painted the one you see on the wall.”

Backlin points to a painting in the upper corner of his down-town office, a blue marlin, its long body and spear-like snout rising dramatically out of the sea.

Most of Backlin’s subjects do

not escape him. To date, he’s completed dozens of paintings. They were done simply as a hobby – he says, and as a chal-lenge to master.

Art lessons began not for him, but for his father.

“My dad and mom used to come out to Prince George from Winnipeg and they would stay with me for a few months over the winter. I wanted to keep dad [Dan] busy, so I asked a local art-

ist, Mary Dykes if she could take on a new student.”

The student was 81, he added.“She sat down with him at 9

a.m. and when I came back at 12 p.m. he had done a picture on legal sized paper. It had scen-ery and mountains. He was able to do it because he had such a steady hand and he had good eyesight.”

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Most people know Harry Backlin as a successful realtor and businessman but he’s also an accomplished artist. Above, paint-ings of a loon, killer whales and a pair of otters grace the walls of his office.

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His father’s success encouraged Backlin to try his own hand at cre-

ating art. He talked about it with Dykes.

“I told her I can’t draw a circle let alone paint one. But I told her I wanted to paint clouds, mountains,

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The marlin painted by Harry Backlin graces the wall of his office.

Backlin started art with simple thingstrees and water. [Mary] said I had to work with just two colours, blue and white. When it was all done, I looked in the mirror (he laughs) and said, ‘Michaelangelo, you’ve done it.’”

After that, he painted animals and birds, scen-ery, “nothing intricate” but things that made him happy.

A former teacher, Backlin said he never thought when he was a young student that he had the imagination to do art; it took someone late in life to convince him he could do it.

“I think over the years I’ve done 150 pictures and I’ve never sold one, never given one away,” he said. His subjects include otters, killer whales and loons. He began painting 35 years ago and stopped doing it a few years ago. Why? Because he decided to take up guitar.

“I went down to B and B Music. I told them I wanted to learn a few chords so I could put some of my poetry – I used to write a lot of poetry – to music. I closed the door so no one would have to listen to me.”

For Backlin it was a long time since he’d first dabbled at either drawing or poetry.

“I had a son and when he was three or four years old, I used to draw pictures for him with crayons and then I’d put poems down below.”

Memories flood back. “My son became an environmental engineer.

He graduated from one of the finest schools, in New York City where he lived with his mother. He had his pilot’s license. One day he lifted a package that was too heavy and hurt his back. He ended up in hospital in Boston with a growth on his spine which required surgery.”

The operation lasted seven hours.“His mother called me from New York and

said Neil’s heart had stopped during the opera-tion. He was 32 years old. He was my only child. He never smoked, he never drank and he was a body builder. But his heart just couldn’t take it.”

Backlin pulls three worn photos from his wal-let. One of them shows a movie-star handsome young man in a business suit, two others show Neil in a swimsuit with bulging muscles in body-building poses.

“You have to go on in life,” says Backlin of the tragic personal loss. “The most precious thing you can have is good health and peace of mind. If you believe in caring and sharing, you can sleep at night. If not, your subconscious takes over and it never sleeps.”

Backlin, who started out as a school teacher in Manitoba, talks for a minute about turning negatives into positives. It is more a philosophy lesson than an answer to why he got started in art – until he mentions how opportunity pres-ents itself.

“In every adversity, failure or disappointment in life, there is a seed of greater benefit. The key is to be able to identify the seed and do some-thing with it. If you can’t do it yourself, talk to positive thinking people who can help you.”

That rule applies to everyone, he says, whether they are a just-making-ends-meet taxi driver or the affluent head of a company.

Life can be wonderful, he says, and using our imagination is just one gift.

When the reporter suggests that Backlin’s next career could be inspirational speaker, he laughs.

But he doesn’t say no. The seed has been planted.

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Today, at the Canada North Resource Expo in Prince George, The Inland Group and Tiger-cat Industries Inc. will donate $20,000 to the Northern B.C. Helicopter Emergency Rescue Opera-tions Society (H.E.R.O.S.) and Northland Dodge Motorsports Park.

Northern B.C. H.E.R.O.S. is a non-profit charitable society dedi-cated to the task of sav-ing lives and improving medical outcomes for victims of serious trauma by providing the North Central Interior region with a dedicated helicop-ter emergency medical

system. Under new owner-

ship and with expansion plans for 2013, Northland Motorsports Park is the only facility of its kind in B.C. – donating pro-ceeds to local charities. Canada’s only multi-functional, year-round racing facil-

ity is operated with a unique business model that donates facility pro-ceeds back to local chari-ties (currently Northern B.C. H.E.R.O.S. www.nbcheros.org). Now with NHRA sanctioning and once CMRA scheduling is finalized, attendance is

expected to be up this year.

The Inland Group oper-ates in the competitive heavy-duty truck and equipment marketplace. With 15 locations through-out British Columbia and the Yukon, Inland Ken-worth and Parker Pacific

Equipment serve indus-tries such as construction, utility, forestry and min-ing.

Tigercat specializes in the design and manufac-turing of premium qual-ity forestry equipment and specialized off-road industrial equipment.

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Girl Guides of Canada Chief Commissioner Sharon Callahan, centre, presents Ashley Hedstrom with a trader crest during a visit to the city last week. Fellow Brownie Kendall Svendsen had received a similar crest at another meeting Callahan was at earlier in the week. The girls were accompanied at the Civic Centre for the campfire event by their mothers, Kerri Svendsen and Andrea Hedstrom.

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Brain injury can happen in a momentIan Parker makes the point

simply.“It only takes a tiny little bump

to get a brain injury,” says Parker, who suffered such an injury in October 2006, when he as a pas-senger in a motor vehicle in an accident, “and nobody knows how hard it is to recover.”

Parker was one of the mem-bers of the Prince George Brian Injury Group (PGBIG) who spoke Wednesday at a kickoff event for Happy Helmet Day. The Northern Brain Injury Association (NBIA) is sponsoring the event, which calls on people to wear a helmet on Monday, June 3 – regardless of how it looks.

“We’re guessing the reasons for not wearing a helmet on Happy Helmet Day would be much the same as not wearing them for sporting activities,” a press release said. “Reasons like, ‘It messes my hair’ and ‘I look goofy in a helmet’.

“Those are good reasons for not wearing your helmet at the office, but they are not good reasons to go without a helmet during activities where you risk hitting your head.”

Brayden Erickson, another PGBIG member, knows what that can lead to.

“Last year, I suffered two brain injuries. I hit a tree while I was snowboarding in January, and

woke up a month and a half later in the hospital. I was in an induced coma, and they actu-ally had to remove some of my skull so my brain had room to expand.

“I was in an induced coma, and I don’t remember anything about the accident. I’d like to, which is kind of strange.”

Then, 23 days after getting out of the hospital, “I was longboard-

ing, being towed behind a truck. This one wasn’t as bad.”

He’s learned his lesson, and he hopes others do too.

“I don’t do anything without a helmet now. You don’t know what’s going to happen when you’re doing these activities.

“It’s tough to realize when you’re young, but you’re not invincible.”

NBIA president Doug Jones

said the idea behind Happy Hel-met Day was a simple one.

“Wearing your helmet can save your life. Wearing your helmet to work may invoke all those ideas about looking goofy, but do it anyways.”

Parker says he, like Erickson, always wears a helmet when he’s doing anything where he could suffer a head injury.

“I can’t understand why

nobody enforces the helmet laws in Prince George. We need to have more education for the kids about safety.”

So don’t worry about how it looks, wear a helmet to work, school or wherever on Monday, June 3.

Then take a picture of yourself with the helmet on and sent it to NBIA. You can find them on Facebook or Twitter or at nbia.ca.

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Brayden Erickson, left, and Ian Parker both know the importance of wearing helmets, and they want everyone to wear a helmet everywhere on Monday.


Encorp Pacific is requesting your feedback on our Beverage Container Stewardship Plan

To find a full copy of the stewardship plan online and to submit your comments,

please visit return-it.ca/stewardshipplan

Date: June 4, 2013Time: 1:00pm—3:00pm

Location: Sandman Signature Hotel 2990 Recplace Drive, Prince George

Register to attend this event atreturn-it.ca/consultationregistration

Encorp was originally formed in 1994 and appointed by beverage brand owners as the not-for-profit product stewardship corporation responsible for all beverage containers and all alcohol beverage containers (except for aluminum beer cans and refillable beer bottles). Since inception, Encorp has fulfilled the requirements of the BC Recycling Regulation. This regulation calls for the submission of a revised plan every five years.

Stakeholders are invited to review the plan online and submit feedback anytime until July 2, 2013. The plan will also be available for review at the following public meeting:

Take some shortcuts for a lush lawnThere are one million acres of

lawn across the country. Many homeowners aspire to

having a lush, green lawn as the showcase of their properties. The front lawn can make a state-ment and indicate to passersby the property owners’ personali-ties and design preferences.

Lawn care takes some dedica-tion and hard work, but there are certain ways to cut down on the amount of effort required to maintain a landscape. By employ-ing a few different shortcuts, you can have a healthy, lush lawn without spending all of your free time cutting the grass or pruning the trees.

• Stop weeds at the start. Weeding is one of the most time-consuming parts of main-taining a lawn. Weeds can pro-liferate throughout the lawn if not addressed in a timely man-ner. Once weeds take root they can become a nuisance, so it’s best to treat weeds before they even have a chance to sprout. Apply a preemergent weed con-trol product as soon as possible in the spring and then reapply it about three months later to ensure weeds are eradicated. That equates to much less tedious lawn maintenance during the season.

• Plant a urine-resistant grass. Having a dog and maintaining a lush lawn has always been a particular conundrum for hom-eowners. Dog urine is high in

nitrogen. While nitrogen, when applied in the correct ratio, can be a lawn-growth stimulant, in the large concentration that occurs in pet urine, it causes the grass to dry up and burn, result-ing in bare spots. Replanting with urine-resistant grasses can help cut down on the level of damage to the lawn from your own pet or pets that happen to make potty stops on your prop-erty. The grasses most resistant to urine tend to be perennial ryegrasses and fescues.

• Wake up and water. Watering in the early mornings saves time and energy in the long run by fos-tering a tougher, more drought-resistant lawn. If you water early in the day, less water will be lost to evaporation. Limit watering to a few times per week, and less if you have had adequate rain. Avoid watering at night, which can expose the lawn to bacteria and attract insects.

• Mow when the lawn is dry. It’s not advisable to mow the lawn when it is wet. Slippery conditions can not only make it more dangerous to push a mower, but also slow down the time it can take to tackle the chore. The mower blades can become clogged and coated with wet grass clippings, necessitat-ing stopping and starting the task. Another thing to consider is lawn diseases spread more read-ily through wet clippings. Stick to mowing when the lawn is

completely dry.• Let clippings fly. Mulching

mowers, or those that just dis-tribute clippings on the lawn as you go, can be healthier for the grass. They will serve as fertil-izer and redistribute nutrients to the lawn as they breakdown into the soil. According to “The Organic Lawn Care Manual,”

leaving clippings on the lawn will fulfill about 25 percent of fertilizer requirements. Plus, you save time bagging up clippings.

• Mow less often. Raise the mower’s blade so that the grass is longer in between cuttings. The taller grass will shade the soil and block weeds from ger-minating. It also helps improve

soil’s moisture retention.• Don’t cut corners. Adjust-

ing a landscape design to have arches and curves can reduce the time it takes to mow and edge a property. Hard corners in a land-scape will require more time to keep straight and pristine.

Caring for a lawn can take less time and effort than you think.

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Save some time on lawn maintenance with a few shortcuts.


Gardening is a rewarding hobby with thousands of devotees.

Backyard gardens provide beauty and aesthetic appeal to a landscape, and they can be a source of homegrown food and a natural habitat for outdoor wildlife. A self-sustaining gar-den can be an effi-cient addition to any home, but gardens require upkeep and a certain measure of dedication.

A self-sufficient garden is a garden that sustains itself through proper plan-ning and execution. Such gardens can almost take care of themselves so long as the soil is healthy soil, the seeds are reused, and organic material is produced.

Self-sustaining gar-dens also represent a lifestyle where indi-viduals are respon-sible for produc-ing their own foods – thus sustaining themselves without the need to shop for produce elsewhere. When planting your own self-sustaining garden, consider the following tips.

• Start with soil. Healthy soil is essen-tial to a thriving gar-

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Folk singer and raconteur Lydia Hol has many talents.

She plays guitar, mandolin and bodhran. She writes songs and tells stories and she has a voice that has been described by reviewers as “dynamic yet delicate.”

A voice that is instantly engaging.

Hol plays Prince George on Monday at a popular downtown venue.

“The show at Nancy O’s will be a solo acoustic show of original songs, featur-ing songs off my debut EP Boats,” Hol told the

Free Press on Wednes-day. “[The six songs] on the EP are East-Coast inspired songs that tell stories of the sea, and of love, and heartbreak.”

For the local live concert, Holl will play her mandolin and gui-tar, she said. The audi-ence will be treated to a live show, a night of storytelling, poetry and song.

The release of her single Bitter Heart, a collaboration with baroque-Celtic band Thereafter, won her acclaim as a regional finalist in CBC’s Search for Canada’s Best New Artist. During her teens, Hol stud-ied music and voice.

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She says her song-writing is really inspired by people, whether it is the char-acter of a book I’ve read or someone that I meet.

“I’ve always been fascinated by the great authors. For example Boats is inspired by a character from John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row. The ocean is also a big inspiration for me as I grew up on the West Coast. Songs of sailors, and the ocean are often in my writ-ing.”

In Ireland, Hol immersed herself in the traditional folk music of the Emerald Isle.

When she returned to Canada, she had taken with her some refresh-ing new musical ideas.

At first shy to per-form, she gained confi-dence as an artist after a grassroots folk fes-tival.

“When I saw that connection created between artist and audience, I realized I needed to take part in that.

“My intention is to connect with my audi-ence, to have them swept away by the songs, lyrics and ideas. I find a story often can be the highlight of a show for audience members.”

Besides her solo gigs and projects, Hol is a member of the West Coast blues/rock band Head of the Herd.

Touring across Canada to promote Boats, Hol has established herself as a rising star in the country’s folk roots music scene.

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Coquitlam now has a target.

The Prince George Relay for Life fundrais-ing total now stands at $520,000 after the May 11 and 12 event at Masich Place Stadium. That’s better than the city’s previous high of $514,000, set in 2008.

It’s also the highest total for the year in Canada – so far.

Coquitlam, the only city to raise more than Prince George last year, holds its Relay for Life on Saturday. Last year, their event raised about $550,000. All funds raised across the coun-try go to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Helen Owen, the team lead for the Prince George Relay for Life, is very happy with the local numbers.

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Lesley White has a passion for all things western: horses, ranch-ing, the land.

For 17 years she has been specializing in the western art genre, and painting the life of a working cowboy. But she has also painted

contemporary pieces. When Groop Gal-

lery opened its doors a few years ago, owner Melanie Desjardines persuaded White to “come out of the closet” and show her abstract work.

“These non-represen-tational pieces are at the other end of the spec-trum for Lesley, both in

style and subject,” said Desjardines on their website. “She finds the stretch between the two keep her work fresh and challenging.”

However, it’s back to her roots for White’s solo exhibit which runs June 7 to July 7. The exhibit, The Cowboy Way, features oil on can-vas works – images of

horses, cows, saddles and round-up – and scenes that evoke a day in the life of a cowboy.

White was born in Winnipeg and describes her roots as rural begin-nings although she’s also lived in urban set-tings. She moved to B.C. with her family in 1957.

In her artist’s bio, the artist says time spent in

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Her studio is a mod-ern and sleek space on the upper floor where natural daylight streams through the windows.

“I waited for my own home studio for many years,” she told the Free Press reporter during a tour of the expansive room at the top of the stairs. “It was a long time coming. I used to work out of a tiny, little

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For White, the Groop Gallery solo exhibition means that “more eyes” will see her work.

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Her “cowboy” themes hit home with urban as well as rural dwellers.

“People connect with my work because – if you go back far enough – most people had grandparents or great-grandparents who were farmers or ranchers, particularly in western Canada. So these images take them back.”

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I’m sure you’ve seen or heard all the usual headlines … “65 is the new 55” … “baby boomers are moving up the aging ladder” … “the fastest growing Canadian age group is 60 to 64” … so you’re likely not surprised to read seniors over 55 constitute 24.6 per cent of Prince George’s pop-ulation (as of the 2011 Canadian census).

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The search for the next UNBC director of athletics and recre-ation is over.

As it turned out, the hiring committee didn’t even have to look off campus for the success-ful candidate.

Long-time UNBC women’s basketball head coach Loralyn Murdoch will begin filling the position on Monday. At a press conference at the Northern Sport Centre on Wednesday, UNBC

president George Iwama intro-duced Murdoch as their newest director of athletics and recre-ation.

“I think it’s a really good oppor-tunity professionally,” Murdoch said. “I’ve been involved in ath-letics since a long time ago, and it just seemed the right time to maybe move into a little bit more of an administrative role and start helping the coaches and the other support staff with our move forward into CIS (Cana-dian Interuniversity Sport).”

The position became vacant

after previous UNBC athletic director Jason Kerswill left for Toronto in April to join Canada Basketball as manager of high performance for the national men’s basketball teams. Women’s soccer head coach Andy Cam-eron filled in on an interim role.

Bill Owen, UNBC acting dean of student success and enrolment management, chaired the com-mittee in charge of the hiring. He said the process lasted about six weeks, with a lot of behind the scenes work that enabled them to move along smoothly. Murdoch

was selected from a pool of 33 applicants, six who were short-listed for interviews.

“I would say that her com-munications and her knowledge of the athletics department was definitely an asset,” Owen said. “It’s something that did make our job a bit easier. But beyond that, her leadership skills, that’s what we’re looking for and that’s what we see in Loralyn and we’re very excited to have her on the team.”

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Loralyn Murdoch shakes hands with UNBC president George Iwama after she was introduced to media as the university’s new director of athletics and recreation, Wednesday morning at the Northern Sport Centre. Alistair McINNIS/Free Press

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For UNBC’s newest director of athletics and recreation, finding a suitable women’s basketball head coach may be one of the least dif-ficult tasks of her new job.

Involved with the team since 1997, Loralyn Murdoch may under-stand the position better than any-body. Stepping aside to let the next bench boss take over may be the hardest part.

“I love coaching, the women’s program has done everything to me for inception, and it’s going to be real tough to maybe hand that over,” Murdoch said on Wednes-day at the Northern Sport Cen-tre, where she was introduced as the new athletic director. “But I’m looking forward to being involved in a different capacity and in the meantime it’s status quo. The girls are still practicing, we’re still doing everything that we can.”

Murdoch has been in contact with members of the team, making them aware of her situation.

“We train as is, they report to me until there’s a time that there’s someone else in place,” she said. “But absolutely nothing changes. It’s just as important to me as it was before. I’m just in a different capacity.”

But things have changed. Mur-doch may continue running practice sessions, but with her new position comes a different set of responsi-bilities. Monday marks her first day filling the new role, and she’ll be in Toronto next week representing UNBC at the Canadian Interuni-versity Sport (CIS) annual general meeting.

The job posting went on the UNBC website on Wednesday. Although the position may attract interest within Prince George, Mur-doch wouldn’t tip her hand in any

direction on Wednesday.“The posting will be up today,

applications will be accepted start-ing today, and we’re going to go through that process as quickly as we can to make sure we hire the best person for the job.”

Murdoch played a direct role in the transformation of the Timber-wolves, coaching the team for all but two seasons since their first Canadian Colleges Athletic Asso-ciation campaign started in 1999. Under the guidance of Murdoch, the Timberwolves won two provin-cial titles (2008 and 2012), competed in nationals twice, and successfully joined the Canada West Universi-ties Athletic Association branch of CIS in 2012.

The next head coach will over-see a team with a returning core that includes three players entering their fifth and final seasons: guard/forward Mercedes Van Koughnett, guard Jennifer Bruce and forward Emily Kaehn.

Todd Jordan, UNBC men’s bas-ketball head coach, looks forward to working with Murdoch in a dif-ferent capacity.

“It’s exciting. We’re going to see what type of applicants we get for that position. I’m sure they’ll find a quality candidate to take that job,” he said. “It’s always exciting being able to work with a new person across the hall and share ideas and get new ideas into the department. I think that’s an exciting process for us moving forward and I’m looking forward to bringing in a new staff member who can bring new things to our department.”

The women’s basketball head coach position is classified as a Grade 10 with a salary range of $55,983.20 to $57,712.20. The appli-cation deadline is set at 4:30 p.m. on June 17, with priority consider-ation going to internal applications received by June 6.

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With Loralyn Murdoch stepping into the UNBC director of athletics and recreation position, Mercedes Van Koughnett will be guided by a new head coach in the 2013-14 campaign, her fifth and final women’s basketball season.

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And the next coach of the Van-couver Canucks will be……………… ?

Don’t expect a quick decision. After all, it is Canucks GM Mike Gillis that will make the selection and he doesn’t do anything promptly.

I have no more insight as to who the Canucks will hire than any hockey fan or media bumpkin. Yes, we are all guessing as Gillis is not the type of the person to tip his hand. We can assume the individual will be a man, somebody that is familiar with hockey and someone that will say how thrilled he is to coach in one of the most scrutinized hockey markets, Vancouver. In other words, we remain in the dark but let’s try to shed some light on the situation.

As a team filled with mostly veterans, the Canucks need an experienced head coach, someone that has been behind an NHL bench; however that doesn’t mean Gil-lis won’t consider a rookie.

Here’s my best guess as to who the top 10 contenders for the job are:

Larry Robinson: I think he is the best choice. The San Jose Sharks assistant has credentials, knowl-edge and respect. He was a winner as a player with the Montreal Canadiens and has built a strong resume as a coach. I am not sure if he would want the stress of the job, but no one can argue against his success. As head

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coach of the New Jersey Devils, Robinson has a playoff record of 31-17, which includes a Stan-ley Cup title plus a Stanley Cup Final appear-ance.

Dave Tippett: There is no guarantee he will be available as he is in the final year of his con-tract with the Phoenix Coyotes. Tippett is one of those coaches who has done more with less, with both Dallas and Phoenix. Only last season the overachieving Coyotes reached the Western Conference Final with a team that had one of the lowest payrolls in the league. Like Robin-son, Tippett is regarded as a superb teacher.

Jacques Martin: The Canucks had success hiring Alain Vigneault after he was fired from Montreal so why not consider going that route again? Martin coached the Habs to the Eastern Conference Final just three years ago. Yes, he might be con-sidered a re-tread having coached in Montreal, Florida, Ottawa and St. Louis but might be a perfect fit for a ready-made team in Vancouver. Being regarded as a defensive coach may work against Martin.

Lindy Ruff: Having guided the Buffalo Sabres for 14 seasons, Ruff’s name will always come up when a job of this magnitude is avail-able. It is hard to dispute his 571 wins and he has coached in a cup final.

Scott Arneil: He is with the Canucks orga-nization as head coach of the Chicago Wolves. Mike Gillis told the Team 1040 Arneil is a can-didate. “Absolutely Scott will be considered. He’s got great experience. He’s had tremendous success at the minor-league level and it seems that coaches learn an awful lot going through a negative experience and getting fired,” Gillis said. Arneil was just 45-60-18 in 1 ½ seasons as the bench boss of the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Dallas Eakins: The Toronto Marlies coach has built a reputation for developing young tal-ent, however, most of the Canucks better talent isn’t that young.

John Stevens: LA Kings assistant who served as head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers (2006-09), leading the Flyers to the Eastern Con-ference Final in 2008.

Doug Houda: The Bruins assistant is in his fifth season with Boston but his resume does not include any head coaching experience.

Glen Gulutzan: I am not sure why but

reports indicate the Canucks are interested in the former Dallas head coach who was released by the Stars May 14. Gulutzan had a record of 64-57-9 in his two non-playoff seasons with Dallas.

Guy Boucher: One good season with Tampa leading the Lightning to the Eastern Confer-ence Final in 2011, but 1½ bad seasons with the Lightning before he was fired this year.

Longshot: This would be hitting a home run:

• Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock

• Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville.

• Nashville Predators coach Barry Trotz

I said it was a longshot, but if for some rea-son one of the three would consider leaving their current team, then even Gillis would be smart enough to scoop one of those guys up.

Don’t worry, the following five won’t be con-sidered:

• Former Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson.• Former Flames coach Brent Sutter.• Former Hurricanes coach Paul Maurice.• Detroit Red Wings assistant Tom Renney.• Former Blackhawks coach Alpo Suhonen

(record of 29-41-8-4 in 2000-01). Remember the Finnish born Alpo? Yes, he was the man Don Cherry once referred to as “some kind of dog food.”

FROM THE QUOTE RACK: Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy was scratched

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Another sponsor for the 2015 Canada Winter Games has come on board.

Finning Canada and its subsidiary The Cat Rental Store have come on board in a big way, making a significant investment to the multi-sport and cultural event.

Finning Canada and The Cat Rental Store have become the official suppliers of heavy equipment for the Games. Equip-ment from the company will be used to power, heat and light the outdoor venues for the event. On top of that contribution, the group will provide heavy equipment for outdoor capital projects including: Tabor Mountain Ski Resort - construction of a half pipe, cross course, slope-style areas, aerial course and mogul site; Purden Ski Village - alpine course development; Otway Nordic Centre - trail development and cross-country stadium widening; and the Prince George Outdoor Ice Oval - form-ing the berm and developing the track.

Finning Canada is a division of Finning

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is expected to play host to 2,350 athletes, 950 coaches and officials, up to 4,500 vol-unteers, hundreds of media and medical professionals and thousands of visitors. The event will be the largest sports and cultural event ever held in Prince George and northern B.C., expected to generate an economic impact of between $70 million and $90 million.

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Murdoch, 41, was raised in Prince George. She has a daughter, Sophie, who turns two in July.

Murdoch has been involved with bas-ketball for decades, on the court and the sidelines. Before she started coaching the women’s team at UNBC in 1997, she

spent a few years guiding female play-ers at the College of New Caledonia. She has four years of varsity playing experi-ence, at the University of Alberta and Grande Prairie Regional Col-lege.

Murdoch is also well educated. The PGSS alumnus holds a physical education degree from the Uni-versity of Alberta and

Master of Education from the University of Victoria. Despite her background and involvement at UNBC, she knows this role is different and presents a new challenge.

“I think I’d look at it as building, so with the women’s program, we built over time to a point where we were very highly com-petitive at the college level, and I think we

have to take this as an opportunity in the athletics department to continue to build and get to that point overall as a whole department.”

The hiring comes shortly before the CIS annual general meeting, scheduled for Monday to Friday in Toronto. Murdoch is travelling east to attend the sessions, the items on the

agenda including a review of UNBC’s probationary status. The Timberwolves are hopeful they’ll become full-fledged members of CIS.

“We have a site visit coming up and that’s all going to have to be in place to ensure that we’re doing every-thing we’re supposed to be doing,” said Murdoch, noting that dates haven’t been set.

Cameron was on hand for Wednesday’s press conference. Men’s head coaches Todd Jordan (basket-ball) and Alan Alder-son (soccer) were also in attendance.

“Personally as a friend, I think it’s a great opportunity for Loralyn where she’s at in her career. I’ve been involved with the program as a player, coach, assistant coach, for well over 10 years now,” Jordan said, “and just seeing her leadership skills, the way that she’s led her team, I’m excited to see her take those skills and that leader-ship role and move it to a new position, obviously a vital posi-tion for our athletic department and for our university moving forward. I think she’s a great person to take on that role and has the skills to do a great job.”

While the position is a major opportunity for Murdoch, apply-ing for the job wasn’t a slam-dunk decision. She noted that she threw her name in the hat shortly before the deadline, and that it required consultation from senior admin-istrators at UNBC. In making the move, she’s also sacrificing her head coaching position.

“Coaching has been a huge part of my life, and I’m really looking forward now to over-seeing in a different way,” she said. “We still have our club pro-grams and that sort of thing. I can still coach. But it was tough.”

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In a continued effort to encourage higher rates of recovery,

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500+ return collection facilities and more

than 4,000 generators. In addition,

BCUOMA is expanding its successful

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Home Sharing is an amazing way to help others and give back to the community. Home Sharing Contractors o er people with a developmental disability a suppor ve living experience.

We are currently seeking a full me care giver for a 20 year old young man, who is full of smiles, loves listening to music, watching movies, swimming, bowling, bocce ball in the park, and going for walks around the neighborhood. He communicates through gestures and understands simple instruc ons. He laughs when he is amused and happy. He uses a wheelchair for his mobility needs. He likes to keep busy and would require someone to be with him 24 hours a day.

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MAINTENANCE HELPERORMOND LAKE CULTURAL HEALING CENTRE

POSTED UNTIL FILLED The Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS) integrated Mental Health and Addictions Wellness Program has an opening for a Maintenance Helper with the Addictions Recovery team. This position participates in creating a healing environment utilizing a holistic approach that promotes a cultural lifestyle free from addictions and restores a sense of pride in the Carrier Sekani culture.

Key accountabilities• Assists with regular everyday camp functions and maintenance of equipment.• Ensure that all OLCHC equipment – power saw, tools, fl ammable fl uids are stored away safely.• Responsible for transporting generator fuel back and forth to OLCHC site. • Make minor repairs to camp as needed.The successful candidate has• Grade 12 Diploma or equivalent• Class 5 Drivers License• First Aide level 1 with transportation endorsement, Propane safety ticket, WHIMIS, Chain saw safety and maintenance ticket, Transportation of dangerous goods, Pleasure craft operator ticket • Maintenance experience; familiarity with operation of diesel/gas generatorsThis position is based out of the Ormond Lake Cultural Healing Centre, approximately 25 kms from Fraser Lake, and on a modifi ed schedule, 7 days at10 hours per day and 7 days off from May to October. Proof of education, a class 5 Driver’s License, and a clear criminal records check will be requested from the successful applicant.For more information, visit www.csfs.org. To apply, send your resume and cover letter to:

Email: [email protected]: 250-563-3376

Human Resources, Carrier Sekani Family Services 987 Fourth Avenue, Prince George, BC, V2L 3H7

This position will be posted until fi lled. We thank all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

FOREST WORKERS WANTEDIndustrial Forestry Service Ltd. (IFS) is now recruiting 10 Job Creation Partnership (JCP) Participants to work in the Prince George Community Forest. Work will include the use of chainsaws, brush saws, pruning saws & chippers. To be eligible to apply, applicants must be unemployed, have an active EI claim, or an EI claim that ended during the previous 3 years (5 years for maternity or parental leave).

If interested please contact the WorkBC Employment Service Centre at 1511-3rd Avenue, Prince George, B.C., to attend a JCP orientation and to obtain a referral. JCP Program interviews will then be held at IFS at 1595 Fifth Avenue, Prince George, B.C. For further information please contact Bruce Barry, RPF at 250-564-4115, Local 238.

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PRINCE GEORGE NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE

Our People make a difference in the community

The Prince George Native Friendship Centre, a visionary non-profi t society, has been serving the needs of the entire community for the past 43 years.

We are seeking candidates for the following position(s) within our organization:

Adult Residential Services: Lifeskills Worker – Full Time Closing date: May 31, 2013 at 12 Noon

A hard copy listing the roles, responsibilities and qualifi cations of the position are available from the Prince George Native Friendship Centre’s website atwww.pgnfc.com (click on Join Our Team / Careers).

To apply, submit a resume, cover letter and three (3) references detailing which position you are applying for, to:

Prince George Native Friendship Centre 1600 Third Avenue Prince George, BC V2L 3G6 Fax: (250) 563-0924 E-mail: [email protected]

Applications will be accepted until dates noted on postings, no telephone inquiries please. We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

VICTORIA - Gov-ernment has invested $100,000 in a Labour Market Partnerships Program agreement with the Automobile Retailers Association (ARA) and its automo-tive industry partners to undertake labour market research to identify the future labour needs of the sector.

B.C.’s automo-tive industry, which includes the automo-tive aftermarket and service sectors, will need more skilled employees in the near future, and this part-nership allowed the industry to identify their human resource needs to ensure they have skilled workers to fill key positions in these sectors. The research project took an industry “pulse check” to compare future labour demand with anticipated sup-ply to see how they will align. The proj-ect identified a future gap in all employment areas in the automo-tive sector, with partic-ularly significant gaps in technical and pro-fessional occupations.

The study is the first of its type in British Columbia to determine future skilled labour needs for the automo-tive sector. This project was funded through the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement (LMDA).

According to the ARA, which under-took the project on behalf of the sector, and whose members include power sport dealers, licensed motor dealers, towing, colli-sion repair, mechani-cal repair, auto recy-clers, auto rental, and auto glass compa-nies, a steady stream of skilled employ-ees will be needed to guarantee continued provision of service excellence. With this information now in hand, ARA plans to develop a comprehen-sive human resource

strategy for the sector and identify industry-specific training needs to ensure workers with the right skills are available, and in the future, trained here in B.C.

In 2012-13, the $280-million LMDA bud-get is being used to provide employment assistance services, job-creation partner-ships, labour market partnerships, self- employment, skills development and targeted wage subsi-dies programs. Under the BC Jobs Plan and BC Skills and Train-ing Plan, government is actively working to ensure that British Columbians have the skills they need to be first in line for jobs in the province through an investment of $75 million for new capi-tal and equipment to complement $500 mil-lion in annual invest-ments in employment and skills training programs.

QUICK FACTS:• In B.C., the auto-

motive sector is pri-

marily a service indus-try based around the sale, maintenance, repair and disposal of motor vehicles.

• It accounts for 1.9 per cent of provincial GDP and 2.3 per cent of employment.

• The sector employs approximately 45,000 people throughout the province in a combi-nation of professional occupations including those that are technical and business oriented in nature.

• The automo-tive sector in B.C. is a mature industry and less cyclical, meaning employment growth and entrepreneur-ial opportunities are expected to continue to follow that of vehi-cles on the road and population.

• The stability of the industry means that job security is rela-tively high.

• Local employment opportunities exist in all regions of the prov-ince, which means interested individuals may not need to move to find employment or business opportuni-ties.

• Changes in tech-nology ensure the need to provide opportuni-ties for on-going skill upgrading.

• The Canada-Brit-ish Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement (LMDA) Labour Market Part-nership program pro-vides financial assis-tance to encourage, support and facilitate labour force adjust-ments and human resource planning activities which are in the public interest.

• In British Colum-bia, funding under the LMDA is used to support labour market programs and services for residents who are collecting Employment Insurance (EI) benefits or have received them in the last three years, or for parents re-en-tering the labour force who have collected EI parental benefits in the last five years.

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Carney Hill Neighbourhood CentreAnnual General Meeting

June 12th at 11:30 am at Hadih House ~ 2105 Pine Street

EVERYBODY WELCOME!!

AGM

Born in Chilliwack, Linda (Suderman) Stobbe died peacefully at her home in Victoria on April 9th, 2013 after a very rewarding life of piano teaching and performance. She is survived by her husband Ben, sons Karl (Stephanie), Joel (Tracy), daughter Julia (Jason) Nobel and grandchildren Katherine, Mathew and Benjamin Paul

Linda spent 27 years of her life teaching and performing in Prince George. A Memorial Tribute Service/Concert for Linda will be held on Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 at Westwood Mennonite Brethren Church at 3:00pm. A musical prelude featuring colleagues and former students will be begin at 2:30pm. Members of the Stobbe and Studerman family plan to be present. Join us as we celebrate Linda’s musical footprint here in Prince George.

For further information, contact Rose at 250-563-6558

Join West Fraser and work with one of North America’s most successful forest products companies. At West Fraser, we are committed to environmental excellence, workplace safety and sustaining operating leadership through continued investments.

CERTIFIED MILLWRIGHTHouston Forest Products a division of West Fraser Mills Ltd., located in Houston, B.C. is accepting applications for a Certified Millwright to work in our Maintenance Department. Five years’ experience in the sawmill industry would be preferred. A competitive wage and benefit package is provided. The successful applicants must be willing to relocate to Houston, B.C.Interested applicants should submit their resume and cover letter before June 28, 2013 to:

Houston Forest Products1300 Morice River Road

Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z1Fax: 250-845-5301

Email: [email protected] We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

Houston Forest Products

Join West Fraser and work with one of North America’s most successful forest products companies. At West Fraser, we are committed to environmental excellence, workplace safety and sustaining operating leadership through continued investments.

SHIFT ELECTRICIANHouston Forest Products a division of West Fraser Mills Ltd., Located in Houston, B.C. is accepting applications for a certified Shift Electrician to work in our Electrical Department. Sawmill and PLC experience would be an asset. A competitive wage and benefit package is provided. The successful applicants must be willing to relocate to Houston, B.C.Interested applicants should submit their resume and cover letter before June 28, 2013 to:

Houston Forest Products1300 Morice River Road

Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z1Fax: 250-845-5301

Email: [email protected] We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

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uality cost control and employee rela ons. We o er an uncompromising ocus on sa ety per ormance compe ve compensa on packages sustainable business prac ces a progressive environment and we are an industry leader in world markets.

Van-Kam Freightways’ Group of Companies requires Owner Operators for runs out of our Prince George Terminal. W ff ll t t Wi t / M t i

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Van Kam’s Group of Companies requires Owner Operators to be based at our Prince George Terminal for runs throughout B.C. and Alberta.Applicants must have winter and mountain, driving experience/training.We offer above average rates and excellent employee benefits.To join our team of Professional drivers, call Bev, 604-968-5488 or email a resume, current driver’s abstract and details of truck to:

[email protected] or fax 604-587-9889Van-Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.

Established 1947Hauling Freight for Friends for 65 Years

We thank you for your interest in Van-Kam, however only those of interest to us will be contacted.

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InformationALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUSDo you think you may have a problem with Alcohol? Alcohol Anonymous, Box 1257, Prince George, BC V2L 4V5Call 250-564-7550

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FULL TIME INSTALLER NEEDED

Full-time, Monday-Friday. Ex-perience in car alarm, audio and/or 2-way installation, an asset. We offer full benefi ts and a competitive wage. WHMIS is desired, but not re-quired. Please apply in person to Central Interior Communica-tions, 3663 Opie Cres. 250-564-5517

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Caretakers/Residential Managers

Caretaker wanted for hunting lodge, 1 hour east of Williams Lake. Can be year round. Non-smoking work area. Wag-es negotiable. Contact: 1 (250)620-3356

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

Looking for experienced Su-per B drivers from Vanderhoof to Prince Rupert. From PG to Edmonton + local work. Fax 250-964-3057, Phone 250-961-0444 or email resume [email protected]

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Help WantedAn Alberta Oilfi eld Company is hiring dozer and excavator operators. Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing re-quired. Call (780)723-5051 Edson, Alta.

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• Maintenance Planners (Coal Processing Plant & MTC)• Mining Engineers• Equipment Trainer• Drill/Blast Foreman

• Senior Mining Engineers• Maintenance Foreman• Shovel/Drill MTC Foreman• Heavy Duty Mechanics (I.P.)• Millwrights/Plant (I.P.)

Our full-time employees receive a competitive wage and benefit package. Both company and private rental accommodations are available locally at reasonable rates. This position requires the successful candidate to re-locate.The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

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Endako MinesBag 4001, Fraser Lake, BC V0J 1S0

Phone: (250) 699-6211 ext. 320 Fax: (250) 699-7775Email: [email protected]

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, we will respond only to those candidates whose qualifications most closely meet our requirements. All other resumes will be retained for 6 months.

Endako Mines,A Joint Venture of Thompson Creek Mining Ltd.

and Sojitz Moly Resources, Inc is currently recruiting

The Employment Program of British Columbia is funded bythe Government of Canada and the province of British Columbia

Prince George Employment Service1511 – 3rd Avenue, (250) 596-2517, www.PGES.ca

Are you Job Seeker? You may be eligible for

Skills Development TrainingSkills Development provides funding to eligible individuals who require skills training to secure employment. Individuals arrange and pay for their own training, with the financial assistance provided by Skills Development.

Who can apply?To be eligible for participation in Skills Development (SD), you must be an unemployed individual (“Employment Insurance (EI) Client”) as defined in the Canada – BC Labour Market Development Agreement (LMDA). This means that you are an individual for whom:an unemployment benefit period has been established or has ended within the 36 months (3 years) prior to the date of requesting assistance; or a benefit period that included a maternity or parental claim has been established within the 60 months (5 years) prior to the date of requesting assistance, after which you remained out of the labour market in order to care for a newborn or newly adopted child and are now seeking to re-enter the labour force. Other criteria may apply.

Financial BenefitsEligible costs covered under Skills Development may include tuition costs, living expenses, dependent care expenses, disability needs, and transportation costs. Individuals are generally required to make a contribution towards the cost of their training. Funding levels to participants are negotiated, based on individual financial need.Individuals approved for financial assistance who are currently on an active EI claim may continue to receive their regular EI benefits until the end of their benefit period.

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Help WantedRJAMES WESTERN STAR FREIGHTLINER JourneymanTruck & Equipment Partsper-son. Busy commercial trans-port truck dealership in Kam-loops has an immediate opening for a journeymanparts person. This position ispermanent full time with com-petitive wage and benefi t package. Resumes to Attn: HR Dept 2072 Falcon Rd.,Kamloops BC V2C 4J3 Fax:(250)374-7790 Email: [email protected] Onlyapplicants selected for an in-terview will be contacted.

Trades, TechnicalMobile Hydraulic Crane Operators, Millwrights

& Iron WorkersTimber West Mill Construc-tion is now hiring Certifi ed Mobile Hydraulic Crane Op-erators, Millwrights and Iron Workers. Resumes accepted by e-mail at:

[email protected] or fax (250) 964-0222

NOW HIRING MCSWEENCUSTOM FAB Millwrights, “B”Pressure Welders, Pipe-fi tters,Steel Fabricators and all other trades required for shutdownwork ASAP in EDM area. LOAAvailable. ax: (780) 992-0600 [email protected] required for Cen-tral Interior dealership. Prefer-ence to techs with GM experi-ence. Email resume to:[email protected]

Services

Financial ServicesNeed CA$H

Today?

Own A Vehicle?Borrow Up To $25,000

No Credit Checks!Cash same day, local offi ce.www.PitStopLoans.com

1-800-514-9399

FloristsPretty Petals, quality fresh

cut fl owers & roses at affordable prices. Taking

orders for your wedding or special events.

Call (778)349-4960or email

[email protected]

Home Improvements

FLOORING SALEOver 300 Choices

Lowest Prices Guaranteed!Laminates - $0.59/sq ftEngineered - $1.99 sq ftHardwood - $2.79 sq ft

Overnight Delivery in most of BC!www.kingoffl oors.com

1.877.835.6670G Gilbert Renovation

All your reno needs. Inside & outside. Specialist in drywall

fi nishing. 30 yrs exp. Free estimates. Call Gaetan

(250)560-5845 or 552-7184Lou’s Renos

Roger’s RenosDecks, fences, basements

rental units. For all your home reno needs. References

available. Free estimates call 250-964-6106

Ivan at 250-552-8106 orRoger 250-552-0471

LandscapingPruning, mowing, power rak-ing. Complete yard care. PG Yard Service (250)552-2122

SPRING YARD CLEAN-UPGarbage Removal &

Gutter Cleaning Power Raking ~ Aerating

(250)961-3612 or (250)964-4758 res

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Tom NeufeldTrucking Ltd.

is currently looking for full time

OPERATORS, DRIVERS AND MECHANICSto work in the forest industry.

Top wages and benefi t packages are available and camp is supplied.

For more information please contactRon at 250-845-8960.

Resumes can be faxed to 250-845-3667or emailed to [email protected]

4943 CONTINENTAL WAY PRINCE GEORGE, BC V2N 5S5(250) 562-9267 | FALCONEQUIP.COM

PARTS REPRESENTATIVE WITH SHIPPING-RECEIVING EXPERIENCE NEEDED!

Falcon Equipment is a leading Distributor/Installer of Hydraulic Truck Equipment with locations throughout Western Canada.

Our Prince George Of ce is looking for:

• Detail-oriented individual with strong organizational skills • Communicates effectively and priorities accordingly

Experience in sales and customer service is Preferred.Forklift experience is an Asset.

We offer competitive wages and bene ts in a growth-oriented environment.

Please e-mail resume to [email protected]

Project Description: Right of way harvesting and construction of approximately 11.65 kilometers, all-weather forest road in the Wright Creek/Gunniza Lake area

Tender Packages may be obtained, and the Sealed Tender Bids may be submitted, at the following address until the closing date:

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. c/o S.M. Forrest and Assoc. Ltd.100-466 Second Ave.Prince George, BCV2L 2Z7

Closing Date: June 14, 2013 at 2:00 P.M.

All Tender Information Will Remain Confi dentialThe lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND DETAILED PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS PLEASE CONTACT:

Kevin Raynes, RFTOperations Forester 250.395.6250

Scott Forrest, RPF 250.564-8884

INVITATION TO TENDERChunzoolh Forest Products LimitedCommunity Forest Agreement K1N

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 401

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Painting & Decorating

Paint Special 3 Rooms $589incl. prem qlty paint, your col-or choices, 2 coats, fi lled nail holes. Ceiling & trim extra. Free Est. HB Tech Painting 250-649-6285

Pets & Livestock

PetsBOUVIER PUPS, home raised, loy-al & loving. 2 blonde males. $900. 250-494-4092. [email protected]

Help Wanted

Merchandise for Sale

Free Items

Free PalletsNo pick up until

after 6:00 pmBack Door

Free Press1773 S. Lyon Street

Phone (250)564-0005

FurnitureSolid Oak table w/leaves & 6 chairs. Seats 12 comfortably. Matching hutch w/glass panels$3000 OBO (250)596-7523

Help Wanted


Garage Sales

Advertise your garage sale in the Free Press for only

$16.00 plus taxIncludes 2 insertions, up

to 4 lines each. Big, bright signs &

balloons to draw attention to your sale.

Call & book your ad today!250-564-0005 or email

[email protected]

HART CROWN BANQUET HALL

3955 Hart Hwy SUMMER MARKET

Crafts - Tailgate Sales - Home Based Business - etcEvery Sat & Sun 9 am - 3pmVendor’s check in time 8 amTo reserve; 778-415-5105 or

250-617-7422

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRYSTORAGE CONTAINERS

Used 20’40’45’53 in stock.SPECIAL

44’ x 40’ Container Shopw/steel trusses $13,800!

Sets up in one day!40’ Containers under $2500!

Call Toll Free AlsoJD 544 & 644 wheel loaders

JD 892D LC ExcavatorPh. 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB

www.rtccontainer.com

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Misc. for SaleHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?Trantor 450 cal., 6 shot revol-ver, model 1868. 5” barrel, registered antique. Assorted glow powered RC model aircraft & glow engine. Call 1(250)842-2290 for info

Misc. WantedTrue Coin Collector Looking to Purchase Collections, Accu- mulations, Olympic Gold and Silver coins, Bills + Not melting down, Serious Collector. Call: Coin Couple 1-778-281-0030

Wanted; 6 Mountain Ash Trees Min 6’ highCall (250)562-1567

Real Estate

Commercial/Industrial Property

The City has street-level retail/offi ce space available for lease immediately in its

5th Avenue parkade. Two units available: 1,800

square feet for $8.25/sq. ft., net; 2,478 square feet for

$7.82/sq. ft., net. For more information call

Sean Cranston250-561-7612

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Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

Midtowne

To Rent Call:250-561-1447

• 1 & 2 bedroom apartments available

• Close to hospital & downtown

• Rent includes heat, hot water• Elevator to undercover

parking • Fridge, stove, quality carpets,

drapes • Laundry on each fl oor • No pets

1 bdrm $570, 2 bdrm $680 heat, h/w incl.,

1601 Queensway; 250-596-4275 250-612-7199

HILLSBOROUGH AptsNewly updated, spacious 3

bdrm apts. Clean, quiet, secure entrance.

No Pets. Includes H/W Utilities extra

Phone 250-596-4555

JUBILEE Apt’sOne 2 bedroom Adult orien-tated, close to downtown &

bus route. N/S, N/P. Parking. Call: (250) 562-7172

SUMMIT APTS2666 Upland Street

1 & 2 bedroom apts. Rentincludes: hydro, heat, hot

water, appliances, drapes and parking. Quiet, no pets

250-564-3162

SUMMIT APTS2666 Upland Street

1 & 2 bedroom apts. Rentincludes: hydro, heat, hot

water, appliances, drapes and parking. Quiet, no pets

250-564-3162

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentVENICE PLACE APTS

1438 QueenswayBachelor, 1 & 2 bdrm Suites

Balcony, Elevator, Under-ground parking. Heat included

45+ BuildingCall (250)561-1446

Commercial/Industrial

Space available for rentFor all your rental needs

Call 562-8343 or 562-RENT

Majestic Management(1981) Ltd.

• OFFICE

• COMMERCIAL

• RETAIL

Duplex / 4 PlexPet friendly,1 to 3 bdrm, cen-tral location. Senior friendly. Call 250-596-5027

Misc for RentFor Seniors 55+

1 bdrm suiteAll utilities included

except phone & internet.Call Theresa 250-962-5570

Offi ce/Retail900 sq ft 533 Dominion St. Retail/Offi ce space $900/mo neg + gst. Heat & Ph. not incl. Ph:Anna 563-1289 or Danillo 563-2738

Rentals

Suites, Lower439 South Ogilvie, 2 bedroom basement, big & clean $799 per month utilities included 250-961-2265

Transportation

Cars - Sports & Imports

hub city1x2165891506

Scrap Car Removal

FREE SCRAP CARREMOVAL

within 15 kmP & R

250-963-3435Email: prfl [email protected]

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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOC.

“DO’IN IT RIGHT”

Trucks & Vans1999 Dodge Dakota,Ext cabpick up with canopy. 6 cyl, std,rear wheel drive, 173,000 km, exc cond., senior driven $4500 OBO Call (250)964-3336

Wrecker/Used Parts

USED TIRESCars & Trucks

$25 & upMost Sizes Available

15270 Hwy 97 South250.963.3435

Boats

Pontoon Boat with 2 engines& accessories. For more info call 250-552-3818 or 250-963-3435

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