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Consumers could be paying two cents more per litre at the pumps every year for 30 years if the Northern Gateway Alliance pipeline goes through, according to one of the country’s leading economists.

“My analysis is based on their models,” Robyn Allan, an economist and the former head of ICBC, said during a stop in Prince George this week.

Allan said she began taking a deeper look into the pipeline project about a year ago after her son asked her opinion on it.

What she found led her to conclude that, environmental factors aside, it just doesn’t make sense economically for the

residents of B.C.She said the rising costs at the pumps

won’t be the only increase consumers will see. Every industry that uses gas and oil to transport goods will have to raise costs to keep up, and that expense will be passed onto the paying public. And in the Prairies, where 40 per cent of the gas and oil consumed is used to produce agricul-tural products, there will be significant increases.

“So what will that do to our export industry?” Allan asked.

Allan visited Prince George this week to talk about the economic impact of the Enbridge pipeline on the province, shar-ing her findings during an open lecture at the university. The week prior to that

she gave evidence on the economics of the project before the joint review panel in Edmonton.

Allan said Enbridge has stated they will not be drawing more oil from the oilsands to sell to Asia. Rather they will be harvest-ing the same amount of oil and redirecting the product into the Asian marketplace.

“When you restrict the supply, you increase the price of oil,” she said.

Her analysis was based on the work Enbridge provided, however she called into question the models the company used. She said they are based on the Cana-dian dollar sitting at 85 cents American, meaning the equations automatically get a 20 per cent increase in benefits.

“But when the Canadian dollar is up,

the oil industry suffers,” she said, add-ing the commodity is sold in American dollars.

Other questions should be asked of the industry, she said, like the viability of building a pipeline so the oil in western Canada can benefit eastern Canada.

Another question revolves around upgrading the bitumen in Alberta.

Bitumen must be mixed with dilutent in order for it to move through the pipe-line. Essentially, Allan said, this means shipping through two pipelines, one ship-ping in the dilutent to be mixed with the bitumen, and the other shipping out the diluted product. Dilutent is expensive and

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The Union of B.C. Municipalities AGM allows the elected officials of the communities in B.C. to gather, share ideas and issues while looking for creative solutions, and meet with provincial leaders to discuss local issues.

Prince George’s mayor and council got just such an opportunity last week, using the UBCM gathering to meet with both the minister of transportation and the minister of finance.

Mayor Shari Green said the cost of paving was one matter she wished to discuss with Transpor-tation Minister Mary Polak.

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something Canada has to import. Thirty per cent of the end mix is dilutent, she said.

The dilbit, or mixed product, is then shipped to China and upgraded in their refineries, which are heavily subsidized.

Allan said many peo-ple have noted it isn’t economically feasible to build a refinery in Canada, and she said that is because they are not subsidized in the way they are in China, a country that has a built-in set of price controls to protect its own con-sumers.

Canadians have no such protection at the pumps.

Also, bitumen is heavy and sinks during an oil spill. The dilbit is light and vaporizes poison into the air.

She pointed out the difficulty Enbridge Energy Partners had dealing with the oil spill in Kalamazoo. There was a leak for 17 hours before anyone knew it was happen-ing. In effect, Allan said, what began as a small spill became the largest on-land spill in North American history, cost-ing $800 million to clean up and likely to cost more in fines and res-toration.

Enbridge, however, was not liable for this, though the partnership in Kalamazoo was.

Likewise, the North-ern Gateway, also a partnership under the Enbridge umbrella, would be responsible for any mishaps in B.C., not the parent com-pany.

“Enbridge will not stand by Northern Gateway,” Allan said. “And if the pipeline is down there is no way they can cover the cost of a spill.”

She added the alli-ance should have a bil-lion dollars minimum in insurance, however it is

suggesting $250 million will suffice, meaning the cost of such a spill could wind up being borne by the people of B.C.

Allan said the idea of the pipeline is being sold as an exchange – a certain amount of environmental danger compared to a large economic benefit. How-ever, she said, since the promised economic benefit has little sub-stance, it doesn’t have to be that way.

“We’ve been told there are huge benefits, so we must trade-off the environmental risk.

There doesn’t have to be this trade-off. We don’t have to make that choice.”

She added B.C. should never have opted out of the environmental review process.

Since that happened, she pointed out, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who makes no bones about the federal government’s support of the project, has loos-ened the regulations governing portions of the process.

“We have to do our own environmental review and it has to have some teeth in it.

B.C. has to take back its sovereignty, its right to decide.”

Denying a project like the Northern Gateway pipeline won’t leave the oil industry in distress, Allan said.

Allan said the indus-try is prospering. The pipeline will allow them to increase profits and open Asian markets to their product, however not building the pipe-line will not damage the oil and gas sector. In fact, Allan said, it may force them into explor-ing other options that would be more benefi-cial to Canadians.

It’s more than a pipeline. It’s a path to a stronger economy.

In recent months, there’s been plenty of economic discussion surrounding our Gateway Project. As a British Columbian, you want to know: What’s in it for B.C.? From one British Columbian to another, I feel strongly that you’ve got every right to know. And a recent independent report makes it abundantly clear that Gateway will provide signifi cant economic benefi ts for our province.

The Canadian Energy Research Institute is an independent, not-for-profi t research establishment, and it recently released a report on the economic impact of exporting our oil/resources to countries in Asia. In pretty clear terms, CERI’s calculations suggest that we will be Canada’s biggest benefi ciary of the Northern Gateway pipeline through the next 25 years — in key categories such as gross domestic product (GDP) impact, employment impact, employee compensation, and tax revenue generation.

According to the report, over the next quarter-century, construction and operation of the Northern Gateway pipeline itself will create an additional $8.9 billion in GDP

to the Canadian economy — with $4.7 billion of that amount, or 53 per cent, heading to B.C.

Our province also stands to benefi t the most in terms of employment impact, since 70,000 person-years of construction and operations employment will be created in British Columbia, compared to 37,000 for Alberta and 8,000 in Ontario. In addition, we would see 55 per cent of the total $5.1 billion in Canada-wide Northern Gateway employee compensation, or just under $2.9 billion.

I’m proud of the economic value that Gateway will bring to Canada. I believe our province should receive its fair share. And as these reputable numbers clearly demonstrate, we will.

Janet HolderExecutive Vice PresidentWestern AccessEnbridge Inc.

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CLARK IN TOWNPremier Christy Clark

will be speaking at a Prince George Chamber of Commerce luncheon today.

Ahead of the opening of the Joint-Review Panel hearings in Prince George, Clark’s first keynote to the chamber will outline the province’s five conditions that must be met before the B.C. government will consider the construction and operation of heavy-oil pipelines.

SOLTIS TAKES OVERKathleen Soltis will be the

acting city manager when Derek Bates leaves October 17.

Council made the appointment this week. Soltis will fulfill the duties of the city manager in addition to her current role as Director of Corporate Services, until such time as council appoints a permanent city manager.

The recruitment of a permanent city manager is underway and that process should take four to six months.

Bates announced in the summer that he would be leaving at the end of the year.

In September council voted to increase his salary in 2012 to $212,000 with a $10,000 annual car allowance and a one-time retroactive vacation leave of 10 days on top of the 35 days of annual paid vacation leave already received, putting his final day of work in mid-October.

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The Northern Gateway pipeline project is “clearly in the Canadian national interest,” according to Enbridge’s opening statement at the Edmonton hearings for the project.

With those hearings now wrapping up, the focus will turn to Prince George on Tuesday, October 9.

At Prince George, Northern Gateway will present three witness panels. They will answer questions as to how the pipeline component of the project will be designed and constructed, address environmental and socio-economic effects of the project, and how

the pipeline will be operated and also address spill preparedness, response and effects of accidents and malfunctions.

“We believe that at the end of the pro-ceeding you will conclude that the concerns expressed to you by Canadians to date, and particularly by those living in British Colum-bia, can be addressed in a reasonable and responsible way,” Enbridge officials told the hearing.

“We believe that our project presents a tre-mendous opportunity for our country. What is required is an approval that will allow

development of the project while facilitat-ing an ongoing and continuous process for addressing remaining concerns as the project proceeds. In answering questions that are posed to them, Northern Gateway’s witness panels will focus on identifying a construc-tive path forward, and one that will benefit all of Canada.”

The hearings in Prince George will be held at the Columbus Community Centre on Domano Boulevard and run until October 19. They will resume at the Ramada Inn October 29 to November 9.

‘In the Canadian national interest:’ Enbridge

A contractor who accidently ruptured a three-inch gas line Wednesday afternoon dis-rupted downtown for about an hour.

Emergency crews were called out to the 400 and 500 blocks of Dominion Street shortly

after 1 p.m. Wednesday.Fire crews were instructed to block off the

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control the leak. No one was injured at this incident. The incident lasted approximately one hour.

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something Canada has to import. Thirty per cent of the end mix is dilutent, she said.

The dilbit, or mixed product, is then shipped to China and upgraded in their refineries, which are heavily subsidized.

Allan said many peo-ple have noted it isn’t economically feasible to build a refinery in Canada, and she said that is because they are not subsidized in the way they are in China, a country that has a built-in set of price controls to protect its own con-sumers.

Canadians have no such protection at the pumps.

Also, bitumen is heavy and sinks during an oil spill. The dilbit is light and vaporizes poison into the air.

She pointed out the difficulty Enbridge Energy Partners had dealing with the oil spill in Kalamazoo. There was a leak for 17 hours before anyone knew it was happen-ing. In effect, Allan said, what began as a small spill became the largest on-land spill in North American history, cost-ing $800 million to clean up and likely to cost more in fines and res-toration.

Enbridge, however, was not liable for this, though the partnership in Kalamazoo was.

Likewise, the North-ern Gateway, also a partnership under the Enbridge umbrella, would be responsible for any mishaps in B.C., not the parent com-pany.

“Enbridge will not stand by Northern Gateway,” Allan said. “And if the pipeline is down there is no way they can cover the cost of a spill.”

She added the alli-ance should have a bil-lion dollars minimum in insurance, however it is

suggesting $250 million will suffice, meaning the cost of such a spill could wind up being borne by the people of B.C.

Allan said the idea of the pipeline is being sold as an exchange – a certain amount of environmental danger compared to a large economic benefit. How-ever, she said, since the promised economic benefit has little sub-stance, it doesn’t have to be that way.

“We’ve been told there are huge benefits, so we must trade-off the environmental risk.

There doesn’t have to be this trade-off. We don’t have to make that choice.”

She added B.C. should never have opted out of the environmental review process.

Since that happened, she pointed out, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who makes no bones about the federal government’s support of the project, has loos-ened the regulations governing portions of the process.

“We have to do our own environmental review and it has to have some teeth in it.

B.C. has to take back its sovereignty, its right to decide.”

Denying a project like the Northern Gateway pipeline won’t leave the oil industry in distress, Allan said.

Allan said the indus-try is prospering. The pipeline will allow them to increase profits and open Asian markets to their product, however not building the pipe-line will not damage the oil and gas sector. In fact, Allan said, it may force them into explor-ing other options that would be more benefi-cial to Canadians.

It’s more than a pipeline. It’s a path to a stronger economy.

In recent months, there’s been plenty of economic discussion surrounding our Gateway Project. As a British Columbian, you want to know: What’s in it for B.C.? From one British Columbian to another, I feel strongly that you’ve got every right to know. And a recent independent report makes it abundantly clear that Gateway will provide signifi cant economic benefi ts for our province.

The Canadian Energy Research Institute is an independent, not-for-profi t research establishment, and it recently released a report on the economic impact of exporting our oil/resources to countries in Asia. In pretty clear terms, CERI’s calculations suggest that we will be Canada’s biggest benefi ciary of the Northern Gateway pipeline through the next 25 years — in key categories such as gross domestic product (GDP) impact, employment impact, employee compensation, and tax revenue generation.

According to the report, over the next quarter-century, construction and operation of the Northern Gateway pipeline itself will create an additional $8.9 billion in GDP

to the Canadian economy — with $4.7 billion of that amount, or 53 per cent, heading to B.C.

Our province also stands to benefi t the most in terms of employment impact, since 70,000 person-years of construction and operations employment will be created in British Columbia, compared to 37,000 for Alberta and 8,000 in Ontario. In addition, we would see 55 per cent of the total $5.1 billion in Canada-wide Northern Gateway employee compensation, or just under $2.9 billion.

I’m proud of the economic value that Gateway will bring to Canada. I believe our province should receive its fair share. And as these reputable numbers clearly demonstrate, we will.

Janet HolderExecutive Vice PresidentWestern AccessEnbridge Inc.

BC will benefi t

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Economist Robyn Allan says the economics of the Northern Gateway Project don’t add up.


A project that maps natural areas in the city as well as the pro-jected effects of climate change until 2080 is not only a project that has been chosen as a finalist for a presti-gious award, but will likely be used as a pilot project for many municipalities across the country.

Dan Adamson, com-munity forest man-ager, and Dan Bernier, vice president and senior biologist for the Ecora Resource Group, appeared before coun-cil during Monday’s meeting to explain the finished project.

Bernier said his 10-minute presenta-tion represented about 2,000 hours of work on a project completed through external fund-

ing. The project not only

simplifies the maps of sensitive areas within

the city, which com-prise about 65 per cent of the municipal boundaries, but act as a

tool for future strategic decisions.

“We simplified the maps so they can be understood,” Bernier said, “and we took the maps and modelled the likely effects of climate change.”

Climate change will likely mean a drier ,warmer municipal-ity in the future. This knowledge can be used in a variety of ways. For example, aspen trees are the species most sensitive to this change, so planting more would not be prudent.

Likewise, though there will be fewer snow events, the ones that do come will be heavier. That sort of knowledge can help with a variety of infrastructure plan-

ning, particularly snow removal.

“Snow events won’t be as frequent, but more substantial,” Coun. Brian Skakun extrapolated from the information presented, adding that fact would impact future budgets.

Further work on the project includes using the new maps to do further mapping, like pointing out ecologi-cally sensitive areas, which is in line with the OCP.

“Right now we just want to make sure it is usable and people know it’s here,” Bernier said.

He added there is an opportunity to partner with researchers from UNBC and the college on the project.

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Overnight rain left the Prince George Civic Plaza damp on Sunday morning. But the mood was anything but dark.

Enthusiasm was evident with runners and walkers showing off pink for the CIBC Run for the Cure, the largest single-day fundraiser for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

Co-run director Renee McCloskey reported that 475 people participated in the event, with a total of $84,335.07 raised.

“It’s so great. It’s a day for the community to come together and celebrate the

survivors who have battled through breast cancer, and a chance to honour the memory of those we’ve lost,” she said, “create some awareness to help promote early detection and raise money for research so we hopefully don’t have to be talking about breast cancer in 20 years.”

Both the participation and money totals were slightly down from 2011, when the Run for the Cure had 540 participants and raised close to $130,000.

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on our projects,” Green said. “We stressed the financial challenge we have with the amount of road paving required, our inabil-ity to partner with a neighbouring commu-nity on shared paving, and how we can better work with the minis-try in this area.”

“Minister Polak was quite receptive to that, and Ministers (Shirley) Bond and (Pat) Bell were there supporting

the city, and we really appreciate that,” added Coun. Brian Skakun who also attended the meeting. “We had a good discussion on partnering with the provincial government when they’re doing work around Prince George.”

Skakun said the government currently pays $120 per ton for asphalt, while the city is paying close to $150.

“We’re saying can we partner with them for all our work and

get an extra 15 or 20 per cent done? I imag-ine we’re going to budget $3.5 million on roads. If we can get our asphalt 20 per cent cheaper we might be able to put more pave-ment down.”

Skakun added the idea of the city having its own asphalt plant will come before coun-cil during the Oct. 15 meeting, when council will discuss whether or not such a move is economically feasible.

Council also met with Finance Minister

Michael de Jong.“The minister of

finance heard our con-cerns over the provin-cial gas tax and how it might be accessible to municipalities to help fund local needs like road repair,” Green said. “We also discussed the incom-ing PST administra-tion required, and that Prince George would be an excellent loca-tion for many of the ministry staff required to manage the incom-ing tax.”

“Well, I wouldn’t

say he was too recep-tive to municipalities accessing more of the provincial gas tax,” Skakun said. “They have a fine balanc-ing act, but he knows it’s important and the province needs to step up, at least from my perspective. Two cents a litre of the provincial gas tax could cover our total road budget. We think it’s a key going forward.

“I was hoping with the provincial election coming around the dif-ferent parties would offer up something. Adrian Dix is talking about using a portion of carbon tax for infra-structure, but nothing definite has been prom-ised. I’ve contacted the Conservatives, Dix, and members of the governing Liberal party. Municipalities all over the place know they have to put more into roads. They can’t just keep increasing municipal taxes.”

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Dan Adamson, com-munity forest man-ager, and Dan Bernier, vice president and senior biologist for the Ecora Resource Group, appeared before coun-cil during Monday’s meeting to explain the finished project.

Bernier said his 10-minute presenta-tion represented about 2,000 hours of work on a project completed through external fund-

ing. The project not only

simplifies the maps of sensitive areas within

the city, which com-prise about 65 per cent of the municipal boundaries, but act as a

tool for future strategic decisions.

“We simplified the maps so they can be understood,” Bernier said, “and we took the maps and modelled the likely effects of climate change.”

Climate change will likely mean a drier ,warmer municipal-ity in the future. This knowledge can be used in a variety of ways. For example, aspen trees are the species most sensitive to this change, so planting more would not be prudent.

Likewise, though there will be fewer snow events, the ones that do come will be heavier. That sort of knowledge can help with a variety of infrastructure plan-

ning, particularly snow removal.

“Snow events won’t be as frequent, but more substantial,” Coun. Brian Skakun extrapolated from the information presented, adding that fact would impact future budgets.

Further work on the project includes using the new maps to do further mapping, like pointing out ecologi-cally sensitive areas, which is in line with the OCP.

“Right now we just want to make sure it is usable and people know it’s here,” Bernier said.

He added there is an opportunity to partner with researchers from UNBC and the college on the project.

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Overnight rain left the Prince George Civic Plaza damp on Sunday morning. But the mood was anything but dark.

Enthusiasm was evident with runners and walkers showing off pink for the CIBC Run for the Cure, the largest single-day fundraiser for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

Co-run director Renee McCloskey reported that 475 people participated in the event, with a total of $84,335.07 raised.

“It’s so great. It’s a day for the community to come together and celebrate the

survivors who have battled through breast cancer, and a chance to honour the memory of those we’ve lost,” she said, “create some awareness to help promote early detection and raise money for research so we hopefully don’t have to be talking about breast cancer in 20 years.”

Both the participation and money totals were slightly down from 2011, when the Run for the Cure had 540 participants and raised close to $130,000.

CIBC Run for the Cure par-ticipants leave from the start line at the Civic Centre to begin the 5 km and 1 km routes on Sunday morn-ing. The big-gest single-day fundraiser sup-porting the fight against breast cancer, the Prince George event brought in 475 participants with close to $85,000 raised.

Weather doesn’t dampen enthusiasm


In Provincial Court in Prince George on July 4:Nathan E. Schwab was found guilty of operat-

ing a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol reading over .08, fined $500 and assessed a victim surcharge of $75.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on July 5:

Russell Nolin was found guilty of uttering threats, received a conditional sentence

of eight months, was placed on probation for two years and prohibited from possessing firearms for

10 years.Victor W. Batting was found guilty of

operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol reading over .08, fined $600, assessed a victim surcharge of $90 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Harley R. Poole was found guilty of two counts of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 36 days in jail.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on July 6:Andrew D. Gifford was found guilty of uttering

threats, sentenced to 60 days in jail and placed on probation for two years. Gifford was also found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to seven days in jail.

Brent M. Guillet was found guilty of two counts of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 12 days in jail.

Wayne M. Prince was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 15 days in jail.

Nathan D. Seymour was found guilty of utter-ing threats and placed on probation for three years. Seymour was also found guilty of driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and prohibited from driving for one year. Seymour was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to 21 days in jail.

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COUNCIL COMMITTEES,COMMISSIONS AND BOARDSMEETINGS

Regular Council MeetingMonday, October 15th Council Chambers - 6:00 p.m.

Advisory Committee on Development DesignWednesday, October 10th 2nd Floor Conference – 12:00 p.m.

Advisory Committee on AccessibilityWednesday, October 10th 2nd Floor Conference – 5:00 p.m.

Advisory Committee on EnhancingPrince GeorgeThursday, October 11th 2nd Floor – 12:00 p.m.

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.

INVITATION TO TENDER:T12-25 Supply of One (1) New Four Wheel Drive Half-Ton Crew Cab Closing Date: October 9, 2012

T12-26 Supply of One (1) New Regular Cab & Chassis Heavy Duty Truck c/w 13’ Utility Deck. Closing Date: October 16, 2012

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

JOB POSTINGS:Engineering Technician (Limited Duration)12/070 - closing October 12th

Property Agent, Regular Full-Time12/071 - closing October 29th

Supervisor, Building Inspection (Exempt)12/072 - closing October 29th

NEW FIRE SAFETY PROGRAMThis fall, Prince George Fire Rescue is introducing a new Fire Safety program targeting grade four students. The program will focus on the importance of working smoke alarms and the development of home escape plans. Each student will receive a book and DVD that provides information about fi re safety in the home. Our goal is to ensure students develop and practice a home escape plan with the assistance and participation of family members.

In addition to the supporting businesses listed last week we would like to also thank A & D Trailer Sales & Leasing Ltd., Clusko Logging Enterprises Ltd., and Aurora Cozza

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The Cluculz Lake Volunteer Fire Department

will be holding its ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Sunday, October 14th2:00 to 3:00pmat the Fire Hall

3395 Lund RoadMembers of the public are welcome to attend

For more information about the AGM or volunteering please contact: Tanya Spooner Fire Chief 250.441.3401,or Anna-Marie Spooner, Secretary 250.441.0099

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Engineer Nick Chapman checks the wheels on The Little Prince as engineer John Calogheros eases the 100-year-old steam engine onto the track at Fort George Park. The train will be running from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and the rides will be free.

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Coun. Brian Skakun, who attended the final public meeting for the city’s core service review, said he appre-ciates how passionate the people who came out were about the fire department and the service it gives to city residents.

“People are right-fully upset we’re even mentioning cut-ting fire services,” he said. “People spoke passionately about the fire department.”

One interesting fact Skakun noted is that people don’t want to lose or lower the level of their services nor do they want to pay higher taxes.

“A lot of people want to maintain the services we have but want to reduce the spending,” he said.

As for the sugges-tions, he has heard, Skakun said many of them are not new.”

What is important, he said, is what is highlighted and cov-ered in the report.

Another discussion revolved around who would run the Four Seasons Pool if the city decided not to do so anymore.

“We talked about giving someone the Four Seasons, but there’s no information in the report saying what the city would get, and whether or not it would have to subsidize whoever takes it over. But peo-ple don’t want that and I don’t blame people. They don’t want to be rid of the Four Seasons.”

They also want to see the parks kept immaculately.

“We’re not even picking up the grass after we mow,” Skakun, who was against the city low-ering its level on park clean-up, said.

“Prince George has had the reputation of being a rough and tumble kind of dirty town. For us to cut back on parks is a step backwards.”

The core review was the subject at a council meeting Tues-day morning.

“We talked about selling land, but the problem was there was nothing attached to it saying this is how much tax money we are going to raise over the years.”

Another subject

likely to come up at the next council meet-ing is tax exemptions for non-profits and whether or not they will continue.

“If we tell them there won’t be any more exemptions it could be devastat-ing for non-profits,” Skakun said.

However, accord-ing to a report Skakun presented to coun-cil some years ago, senior government has offloaded and downloaded services to municipalities to the tune of about $9.2 million, and that money has to be made up somewhere.

Mayor Shari Green said one thing she will not do is keep raising taxes to cover cost increases.

“The core review public input meet-ing saw a very large turnout. Fire depart-ment members did a great job explaining their work, manning requirements and legislation around it. Many city employ-ees attended to share why they believe all our services need to remain as they are. Members of the city’s unions expressed that taxes should simply be raised to pay for cost increases and maintaining service levels. 2012 would have seen a 7.23 per cent tax increase if we accepted that ratio-nale.”

We are likely looking at a similar increase for 2013 if we maintain the sta-tus quo. That is not the mandate the com-munity sent me to the Mayor’s Office with. One voice I did hear clearly was seniors who shared their frustration with ever-increasing taxes on their fixed incomes.”

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In Provincial Court in Prince George on July 4:Nathan E. Schwab was found guilty of operat-

ing a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol reading over .08, fined $500 and assessed a victim surcharge of $75.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on July 5:

Russell Nolin was found guilty of uttering threats, received a conditional sentence

of eight months, was placed on probation for two years and prohibited from possessing firearms for

10 years.Victor W. Batting was found guilty of

operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol reading over .08, fined $600, assessed a victim surcharge of $90 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Harley R. Poole was found guilty of two counts of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 36 days in jail.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on July 6:Andrew D. Gifford was found guilty of uttering

threats, sentenced to 60 days in jail and placed on probation for two years. Gifford was also found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to seven days in jail.

Brent M. Guillet was found guilty of two counts of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 12 days in jail.

Wayne M. Prince was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 15 days in jail.

Nathan D. Seymour was found guilty of utter-ing threats and placed on probation for three years. Seymour was also found guilty of driving while impaired, fined $1,000 and prohibited from driving for one year. Seymour was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to 21 days in jail.

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COUNCIL COMMITTEES,COMMISSIONS AND BOARDSMEETINGS

Regular Council MeetingMonday, October 15th Council Chambers - 6:00 p.m.

Advisory Committee on Development DesignWednesday, October 10th 2nd Floor Conference – 12:00 p.m.

Advisory Committee on AccessibilityWednesday, October 10th 2nd Floor Conference – 5:00 p.m.

Advisory Committee on EnhancingPrince GeorgeThursday, October 11th 2nd Floor – 12:00 p.m.

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.

INVITATION TO TENDER:T12-25 Supply of One (1) New Four Wheel Drive Half-Ton Crew Cab Closing Date: October 9, 2012

T12-26 Supply of One (1) New Regular Cab & Chassis Heavy Duty Truck c/w 13’ Utility Deck. Closing Date: October 16, 2012

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

JOB POSTINGS:Engineering Technician (Limited Duration)12/070 - closing October 12th

Property Agent, Regular Full-Time12/071 - closing October 29th

Supervisor, Building Inspection (Exempt)12/072 - closing October 29th

NEW FIRE SAFETY PROGRAMThis fall, Prince George Fire Rescue is introducing a new Fire Safety program targeting grade four students. The program will focus on the importance of working smoke alarms and the development of home escape plans. Each student will receive a book and DVD that provides information about fi re safety in the home. Our goal is to ensure students develop and practice a home escape plan with the assistance and participation of family members.

In addition to the supporting businesses listed last week we would like to also thank A & D Trailer Sales & Leasing Ltd., Clusko Logging Enterprises Ltd., and Aurora Cozza

www.ticketmaster.ca/event/110048AF75594932?artistid=1485295&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=766

The Cluculz Lake Volunteer Fire Department

will be holding its ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Sunday, October 14th2:00 to 3:00pmat the Fire Hall

3395 Lund RoadMembers of the public are welcome to attend

For more information about the AGM or volunteering please contact: Tanya Spooner Fire Chief 250.441.3401,or Anna-Marie Spooner, Secretary 250.441.0099


Engineer Nick Chapman checks the wheels on The Little Prince as engineer John Calogheros eases the 100-year-old steam engine onto the track at Fort George Park. The train will be running from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and the rides will be free.

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The biggest political news on the federal level is the long-awaited announcement by Justin Trudeau on his decision to seek the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Young to be seeking that position, he may well be the only good chance the Liberals have of beginning the return to the strength they once had. The “old” Liberal Party was dominated by the backroom boys and they may raise some resistance. If they do, it will be weak and eventually they will go away.

Justin Trudeau is an extremely artic-ulate and intelligent individual. He cannot do anything about the fact that he is Pierre’s son, but he does exhibit his own individuality. It will be inter-esting to see if he develops the same charisma his father had. Chances are good that he will but it will be his own brand and different from his father.

The problem the Liberal party may well have is presenting a real leadership race rather than the coronation of the chosen one. There will be compe-tition, but none are likely to have the attractiveness to outshine Justin Trudeau. The game of politics is one of emotions as much as ruled by practicality.

Justin taking a prominent role in national politics may well be beneficial to the country. He will likely raise the awareness of younger Canadians and stim-ulate their interest in the governance of the country. The more people interested and involved in the political process ensures a stronger democracy.

He has a good chance of being successful and if he is, it could make changes to the political contest of the country. Those changes may be good or may be bad, but it will be dynamic.

His announcement must have the New Demo-cratic Party strategists chewing their nails.

They made great inroads in Quebec under the leadership of Jack Layton. Layton had the same relaxed but serious and concerned personality that Justin Trudeau appears to have. Thomas Mulcair, while highly intelligent and articulate, comes across as being formal and stiff. While he is capable of a quick provocative clip, he doesn’t have the same relaxed delivery that Jack Layton had and Justin

Trudeau has. Trudeau has the chance of making significant gains for the Liberals in Quebec.

Ontario could well see the Liberals picking up some seats there as well. Some of those seats will be from the Conservatives but also from the New Democrats.

In British Columbia, with its polarized politics, little is likely to change. The New Democrats will likely hang on to a solid number of federal ridings in this province of ours.

The Conservative strategists are, in all likelihood, still pondering how a Justin Trudeau-led Liberal Party will make in the next election. The potential to damage the New Democrats is a plus for the Conservatives, but a newly invigorated Liberal Party may capture enough seats now held by Con-servatives to result in a return to minority govern-ment.

There is lots of time to watch the game play out. For the political junkies, it could be the best of worlds.

For the average voter, it will at least raise interest levels and that is never a bad thing.

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Premier Christy Clark will be in Prince George today, doing a bit of an end-run around the Joint Review Panel hearings that begin here on Tuesday.

Clark will speak at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon today and will outline the province’s five conditions that must be met before the B.C. government will con-sider the construction and operation of heavy-oil pipe-lines.

But what will happen if Ottawa approves the project without meeting Clark’s demands? It’s fine, and pru-dent, for the province to outline conditions that must be met in order for the project to proceed. However, the province must also have a mechanism in place to carry out its wishes.

Sadly, the provincial Liberal government abrogated that responsibility to Ottawa and is now left without any real recourse.

This week Clark speculated, during a trip to Alberta, that perhaps it might instruct BC Hydro to not sell power to the project. That would certainly stop it dead in its tracks. The province has also suggested that it might withhold permits.

These suggestions are patently undemocratic. The fact that a government might withhold power to a project simply because it doesn’t like it, is draconian, juvenile, and unprofessional. And it unleashes the spectre of what other projects/individuals might the government take to withholding permits/power/natural gas to sim-ply because they don’t like them.

We can only imagine the fun Enbridge’s lawyers would have hammering the province in court when it files suit against the province for illegally withholding permits and our defence is that “we want more money.” It just doesn’t fly.

If the province truly wants any possibility of halting the project, should it be approved by the Joint Review Panel and Ottawa, then it should serve notice to sever the agreement stating it will abide by the ruling of the federal environmental assessment review process and conduct its own environmental assessment.

Oh, hold on, Adrian Dix and the NDP have already jumped on that bandwagon and what’s worse than good government? Agreeing with the NDP on something.

The truth of the matter is British Columbia currently has no legal way to stop the project and that, we sus-pect, is why Clark’s blustering is being paid little heed in Alberta, and, more importantly, Ottawa.

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KYLA CORPUZNortheast News

An environmental group is hoping the prov-ince pays closer attention to BC Hydro’s proposed $8 billion hydroelectric project for northeast B.C.

The Peace Valley Envi-ronmental Association questioned the validity of the latest BC Hydro poll, which indicated that a majority of Brit-ish Columbians support the idea of a thoroughly processed Site C dam; yet it also revealed that half of those surveyed were unaware of the hefty project.

“One of the most gruel-ing examples [of the poll] is the lack of credibility,” said PVEA coordinator Andrea Morrison, in ref-erence to the 50 per cent of respondents who admitted to having no prior knowl-edge of the project.

BC Hydro’s Site C communications manager Dave Conway was not startled by the result.

“It’s very common for large infrastruc-ture projects to have fairly low awareness about the project,” he said. “We didn’t find that particularly surprising.”

Morrison called it “strange” for BC Hydro to conduct a province-wide survey, when consultations haven’t taken place “anywhere south of Prince George.”

According to BC Hydro’s Consultation Summary Report, 278 people attended five open houses in Prince George, Fort St. John, Hudson’s Hope, Dawson Creek and Chetwynd.

“We’ve been out for four years talk-ing to people,” he said. “We try to raise awareness of the project.”

BC Hydro’s efforts to inform the entire province, according to Conway, consist of newsletters, e-mails and providing Site C information on people’s monthly billing statements.

BC Hydro promotes Site C as a clean energy project. If approved, it will be the third hydroelectric dam built along the Peace River.

Its proposed location is seven kilometres outside Fort St. John, the largest city in the Peace. According to BC Hydro’s website, the dam is expected to provide enough energy to power the equivalent of 450,000 homes per year.

While BC Hydro clearly promotes what they believe are the benefits of Site C, Morrison and the PVEA believe valuable information is being suppressed.

“If the people in B.C. knew that over 13,000 acres of food-producing land are just going to be washed down the river, they would not be supportive of Site C,” said Morrison. “They are well aware that

we are seeing severe changes of weather systems … the extreme drought in the U.S. has significant effect on food produc-tion and pricing of food, so it’s clear that food-producing land is precious, so we shouldn’t just be washing it down the river forever more.”

In addition, if Site C is approved, fami-lies who have lived along the Peace River for nearly 100 years will be forced to move and be compensated with a cheque.

Morrison went on to say that 12,000 acres of boreal forest is also at risk and destroying it would impact the Yellow-stone to Yukon wildlife corridor.

“They need to know that the Peace River break is a critical break in the Y2Y (Yellowstone to Yukon) corridor. And if the dam is built, the river is going to widen up to three times, and this is a serious impedi-ment of wildlife movement and destroys birthing habi-tat and nature habitat.”

However, Conway said it’s not feasible to outline the above information, in their “thin brochures” or “one page newsletters,” because they “don’t have room.” Which is why, Con-way said, they hold consul-tation meetings.

These consultation meet-ings are only held in the North.

“There are people who have heard about the proj-ect, but they have not taken the time to read about it, go to any of the meetings – and they live right near it [the proposed project site]. And the same sort of thing occurs throughout the prov-ince,” said Conway.

Conway said all the

information on Site C is available to B.C. residents, and it’s dependent on them whether or not they want to be informed.

“I really think it depends on the individuals, [they] are engaged or not engaged, it doesn’t matter where they live. And I think … there is a bet-ter chance they are engaged in the regional or local com-munities, but that’s not a guarantee.”

However the PVEA believes the “onus” is on BC Hydro to consult all British Columbians of Site C and it’s potential impacts, especially since they initiated a

province-wide survey on Site C.“They completely jumped the gun,”

said Morrison, adding that BC Hydro asked in depth questions while only pro-viding background info that “serves their own purposes.”

BC Hydro hired Harris Decima to con-duct the poll, which asked three major questions: how to meet electricity needs, knowledge of Site C and support for Site C.

On meeting electricity needs the poll asked: To meet long-term electricity demand, a number of different approaches may be required. Do you support or oppose each of the following?

Buying more power from independent power projects, such as wind and smaller run-of-river hydro dams garnered 72 per cent of supporters, while adding a new major hydroelectric dam and generating facility had about 64 per cent of votes.

One-in-four said they heard a lot or a fair bit about the proposed Site C dam, while 49 per cent said they heard nothing about the project so far. Four years ago, Site C was even more invisible; the polls indicated that in 2008 53 per cent had heard nothing about Site C.

Looking at support for the project, the poll asked: Is the idea of building Site C, a new hydroelectric dam, to help meet the rising demand for electricity in B.C., an idea you strongly support, support, can accept under certain circumstances, oppose or strongly oppose?

This is where an accumulative 80 per cent of respondents answered that they support or can accept under certain cir-cumstances, Site C.

Those “certain circumstances” were based on ensuring “people and communi-ties affected by the proposed dam project would be properly consulted and have their concerns taken into account as much as possible,” states the poll’s report.

In conclusion, the report states: “While many large infrastructure projects these days experience public opinion resistance, this has not been the case for Site C.”

It goes on to say that under “certain circumstances,” Site C would “make sense for the province.”

But Morrison strongly disagrees.“I think it’s completely inappropriate

for them to state that there is no public opinion resistance.”

She said over 1,000 people from B.C. attended the 2012 Paddle for the Peace, which is a protest against Site C and a celebration of the Peace River. She also added the PVEA has a following of 4,000 people and the small, non-profit organiza-tion is tied with several NGOs. In addi-tion, two Site C open houses were met by PVEA protests.

While BC Hydro has sent out more than 7,000 emails to invite or remind people about stakeholder meetings, made more than 2,000 follow up phone calls and placed ads in more than 10 media outlets – Morrison said the PVEA does not have the means to reach that kind of audience.

“We are a tiny non-profit organization that doesn’t qualify for charitable status. We rely on donations from individuals who believe in pushing for what’s right. We have been doing everything that we can.”

The poll gathered answers and input from 807 British Columbians.

Conway said BC Hydro initiated the poll to find out the province’s “general outlook” toward the project.

A similar poll was conducted in 2008.Site C is currently in its final review pro-

cess, the environmental assessment. It will take another two years to complete. If the controversial dam gets the go-ahead, it’s completion is forecasted for 2021.

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Debate over Site C heating upEnvironmental group says British Columbians should pay more attention to the plan

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Open fires are once again permitted through-out the Prince George Fire Centre, due to a decreased risk of wildfires.

Anyone lighting a Category 3 fire must first obtain a burn registration number by calling 1 888 797-1717 and must comply with all other legislation regarding open burning. A Category 3 fire is a fire that burns material piled more than two metres in height or three metres in width, or stubble or grass over more than 2,000 square metres, or more than two piles of any size.

Fires should not be lit or kept burning during windy conditions. Anyone who lights a fire must have sufficient personnel, water and tools on hand to stop the fire from escaping.

Campfires must be kept smaller than a half-metre high by a half-metre wide. Never leave a campfire unattended. Make sure it is fully extinguished and the ashes are cold to the touch before leaving the area.

To report a wildfire or unattended campfire, please call *5555 on your cellphone or toll-free to 1 800 663-5555.

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A long line of motorcycles works its way along Ospika Boulevard during the Salvation Army’s 30th annual Toy Run on Sunday.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

The Prince George Chamber invites you to join us as we celebrate the winners of our

2012 Business Excellence Awards on October 20, 2012 at the Coast Inn of the North!

This year’s event theme is the Academy Awards complete with red carpet entry to the

Coast Inn of the North greeted by paparazzi. Appetizers will follow with a hosted cocktail

hour before entering a professionally designed ballroom where you will join “Oscar” and his

friends. Gery Schubert, a professional host from Calgary, will entertain you and your guests

during an evening of fi rst class fun and celebration of the best in business.

Cocktails 5:30PM | Dinner 6:30PM | Awards Ceremony 8:00PM

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The audience at David Gogo’s show Oct. 13 in Prince George may be in for a treat.

“Oct. 13 may be a little early,” the Canadian blues artist says, “but the stores have already got their Christmas stuff up.”

Yes, Gogo is going to release a Christmas blues album, probably in a about a month, he figures.

“I wasn’t jumping up and down originally when we came up with the idea for a Christmas album. Then I started going back through the blues from the 40s, 50s and 60s, and there was a lot of cool stuff.”

So he took a look at his timeta-ble, which showed Soul Bender, his last album, had been released over a year ago, and his next album won’t be out until next summer, so there was a gap.

So, no promises, but the audi-ence at the Kinsmen Community Complex on Oct. 13 amy hear some Yuletide blues by a Western Canadian Music Award winner.

Gogo’s Soul Bender won the award for Blues Recording of the Year at the awards, held last weekend in Regina.

“It’s been a busy month and a half or so,” he says. “I’ve been doing some touring, the awards show, just keeping busy.”

Gogo says the blues have always been where his musical head was at.

“It’s weird, but I always have been a blues fan. My dad had some blues albums that I like to listen to, but then I got into Elvis and other bands in the 1960s.”

Unlike a lot of young listeners, though, Gogo looked at who was writing the music.

“I kept seeing these songwrit-ing credits for peoples named Muddy Waters or Howlin’ Wolf, so I started to find out more

about them.”Then came what he called “the

‘Aha’ moment.”“I had the chance to see Ste-

vie Ray Vaughan and meet him when I was about 15. He was the first contemporary blues guitar player I had seen. He showed me you could be young and play the blues.”

Gogo has one thing in mind any time he plays a show.

“I try to pride myself on put-ting on the best show possible every time. If I’m playing with a band, I want the best players possible.”

The Prince George show will be a solo gig, which means things will be a bit different.

“When I’m playing with the band, usually about 75 per cent of what we do in a show is my

stuff. They’re tunes people want to hear, and it separates us from the pack, the bands who just do cover versions.”

Gogo knows that when he plays a show, some of the people come just to see his guitars.

“I’ll be using a 1930 National Steel guitar for the show in Prince George. It’s really recognized as a blues guitar. It has a resonator and it’s made of metal, not wood, so it’s got a louder sound. In the old days, guys liked it because it made you louder if you were playing on a street corner or in a club.”

One of the songs off Soul Bender causes some confusion in some listeners, Gogo has noticed.

“They’ll hear the opening, and they’re like ‘I know that song, but I don’t recognize it’. Then we get

to the chorus and they know it.”The song is The Way You Make

Me Feel, a hit for Michael Jack-son.

“I was listening to the song and I realized it had a real shuffle beat, which is a blues beat. So when we went into the studio I told the band, ‘Try to think of this as a song you’ve never heard before. Somebody just came in and dropped this off as a blues song.’”

The way David Gogo makes audiences feel is good about the blues.

David Gogo will be doing a solo acoustic show at the Kins-men Community Complex, 777 Kinsmen Place) on Oct. 13. The opening act will be P.G. Idol final-ist Paige Marriott. Tickets are on sale at Books and Company.


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A long line of motorcycles works its way along Ospika Boulevard during the Salvation Army’s 30th annual Toy Run on Sunday.

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If there’s a song you want David Francey to do at Artspace on Oct. 10, ask him.

Really.It’s that simple.“I take a break half-

way through the show and talk to people,” the Scottish-born Canadian folk singer-songwriter says. “If there’s a song of mine they would like e to do, I can usually fit it in.”

But don’t ask him to do a cover version of a song. He doesn’t do those.

“I have no cover ver-sions in my show. I fig-ure I’ve written a lot of songs over the years, so I can fill a show with my own stuff.”

Francey was in Ire-land on Wednesday, wrapping up a Euro-pean tour that started at the end of August.

“Tonight’s the last night, then we head for home. I’m home for three days, just long enough to do some laundry, and then it’s back on the road.”

He remembers vis-iting Prince George when he was younger and knows he played here years ago.

“Anybody who heard me then and comes to this show will probably hear a lot different songs then they did then.”

That’s not to say they might not hear some of the same songs.

“I still like to play some of the older stuff, but I also do some newer stuff.”

Francey says he seemed to gravitate towards folk music from an early age.

“My musical influ-ences growing up were wide and varied. I think I was like most kids in the ‘60s in that

I liked the Beatles. But after that, there was a lot of folk artists I liked. People like Joni Mitch-ell and John Prine and Bruce Cockburn.

“I liked the way they could put a song down with just a guitar aocompanying them. It was real poetry in music.”

He says he has always been drawn to folk music on both sides of the Atlan-tic. (He was 12 when his family came to Toronto.)

“I feel that folk music is a chronicle of the times it’s writ-ten in. Folk musicians write from personal experience most of the time.

“Telling a true story of the times you live in is how you get tra-ditional music, music that is still relevant years later. It’s music people can always relate to.”

He admits it’s a strange comparison, but he feels rap music, when it started, was like that.

“They were talking about what was hap-pening and how they felt. That’s about as folk as it gets.”

Don’t come to the show Oct. 10 expecting to hear any rap music, though. Francey just laughs when asked about that possibility.

“No, that’s not going to happen.”

Francey hitchhiked across Canada three times, and has worked in such diverse places as the Toronto train yards and the bush country in the Yukon. That’s where he draws the inspiration for his music from.

“I usually get the melody and the lyric at the same time. I’m not a good guitar player, but I’ve been lucky enough to work with some great ones over the years. I’ll play just enough of the melody for them to pick up on it, and then they help me with the arranging of it.”

While some of his songs “come as fast as I can put pen to paper,” others aren’t so easy.

“I always have the need to wait for the perfect word or phrase

to finish a song. I’ve got a drawer full of lines from songs that I suddenly thought

of that would finish a song I had been work-ing on, sometimes for years.”

David Francey plays Artspace, above Books and Company, on Oct. 10. Tickets are $25.

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Sojourners sing gospel truthThe Lord moves in mysteri-

ous ways.When Canadian blues icon

Jim Byrnes called Vancouver based gospel singer Marcus Mosely on the phone a few years ago to ask if he could round up a few friends to record some back up vocals for a new album, no one could have guessed what would happen next.

From the moment Mosely and his pals, Will Sanders and Ron Small stepped up to the microphone and began singing, they realized that they had something very spe-cial going on. When Byrnes dubbed the trio The Sojourn-ers the name stuck and – as they say – the rest is history.

You can catch up on that history when the Sojourners perform at the Prince George Playhouse on Oct. 14.

Formative years spent sing-ing in the churches of Mosely, Small and Sanders’, home-towns – Ralls, Texas, Chicago, Illinois and Alexandria, Loui-siana respectively – give The Sojourners’ sound an authen-tic edge that only comes with experience. This is real gospel - blessed with a soul that can’t be faked.

While it wouldn’t exactly be right to call The Sojourn-ers a new act – given that each member of the group has been in the music busi-ness for around 50 years - the

sound, energy and commitment they conjure any time they get together would be the envy of singers half their ages.

Hot on the tail of their session with Byrnes, the Sojourners went into the studio with roots music whiz Steve Daw-son to record Hold On, their first solo album in 2007. Two years later they returned to record a second CD sim-ply entitled The Sojourners.

No longer the new kids on the block, the trio had definite ideas of how they wanted their fol-low up record to sound, and one listen through the songs they’ve captured here shows that they’ve succeeded beyond their wildest expecta-tions.

This is not music that strives to be polite. In The Sojourn-ers’ universe, echoes of doo wop, R&B, country and blues weave together to create a unique sound that has all but vanished from today’s world.

This is gospel music that can take a punch and remain standing. Singing praise

music with their own special ‘stank’, the Vancouver based Sojourners sound just as at home in a road house bar as they do in a revival tent.

Highlights of the group’s time together include a defin-itive show with the Dixie Hummingbirds, opening spots with Jim Byrnes at the Vancouver Jazz Festival for both Dr. John and the Blind Boys of Alabama and featured stages at most of the major Canadian folk and roots fes-tivals.

The newest addition to

the ensemble is the talented young singer Khari McClel-land.

The Sojourners are a rock solid unit and proof positive that faith can move moun-tains. But, don’t let that scare you away. Sinner or saved - wherever you are on your own personal journey, you should listen to The Sojourn-ers. You’ll feel better for it.

The Sojourners play the Prince George Playhouse on Oct. 14, starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at Studio 2880.

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The Sojourners bring the true gospel sound to a show at the Prince George Playhouse on Oct. 14

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A computer science student at the University of Northern British Columbia has made getting around Prince George a little greener and a lot more convenient for fellow northerners.

UNBC Master’s student Xinyi Zhuang cre-ated the iPhone app PG Transit to make a fast and easy – and free – way for residents to get to their bus on time.

“I used to see many bus riders, especially people unfamiliar with the transit schedule, reading the paper-made Rider’s Guide, “says Zhuang, who came to UNBC last January from his home in Quanzhou, Fujian, southern China. “I think this app has great potential to make a better public transit system if there is a way to directly communicate with the digital database of BC Transit. It will be easier to notice schedule changes and notifications.”

So far, the app has about 100 downloads, mostly from Canada and the United States, after it was officially released on September 12. At first, Zhuang says he considered charging $0.99 to download the app, but then reconsid-ered.

“It makes me happy just to see my fellow stu-dents and transit riders using the app and it’s also good for my resume,” says Zhuang. “It’s my career ambition to work at Google someday, so I hope this can be a step in that direction.”

Zhuang says he hopes to develop the app next for Android.

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UNBC Master’s student Xinyi Zhuang created the iPhone app PG Transit to make a fast and easy – and free – way for residents to get to their bus on time.

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Some of the best works created for ARTivism aren’t on display in the Rotunda at UNBC.

Dr. Si Transken, the exhibit curator, says even after she explains why, some people don’t seem to get it.

“Some of the most evocative works I found were when I was working with homeless women on art projects,” says the instructor in the UNBC School of Social Work. “But these women are homeless. Some of them gave the piece to someone else when they were fin-ished, some of them kept them.

“There are not many of those pieces in the show.”

The show, ARTivism Expressions, fills the Rotunda Gallery in the main building at UNBC, and there are still more works com-ing, Transken says.

“We have five spe-cial events during the show, and I anticipate some of the artists will bring their works when their specific topic is up for discus-sion.”

Already, there have been Thursday eve-ning events on men resisting violence against women and homelessness. Oct. 11 will see a discussion on the sexualization of youth in the media, Oct. 18 will be on ecofeminism and eco-fashion, and the final discussion on Oct. 25 will be on women and strength.

“We had about 25 people at each of the first two evenings,” Transken says. “What I think is more impor-tant is that there are hundreds of people walking through the rotunda. I like to spend free time here, sort of eavesdropping on the people as they talk about the exhibit.

“I can listen to them pondering what they’re seeing, and see the questions they’re raising for themselves.”

She feels a lot of the works on display rep-resent a healing pro-cess for the artist.

“You start a work, you show it to some-one, they tell me what it means to them, there’s an expansion

of consciousness for each of you.“Maybe that inspires you to

other works. It’s what I think of as organic evolution of the art.”

Transken says she’s fortunate in her role at the university because it lets her go places most people can’t.

“Most people wouldn’t be able to go to a women’s shelter and say, ‘Let’s do some painting,’ but I can.”

There are sticky notes near many of the pieces, to allow visitors to express their opinions on the works. Transken says it will all become part of the history of the exhibit.

“We’re going to create a scrap-book with photos of all the works and the comments. We’re also going to do a video of the whole display on the last day.”

Several of the other artists in the exhibit, like Transken, work with women in distress.

“We have one woman who is an Elizabeth Fry worker, another one works with women at the jail. I think you can see in some of their works how they use art as a release for the stories they hear.”

ARTivism Expressions is on at the UNBC Rotunda until Oct. 30. All Thursday night events run from 7 to 9 p.m. and are free to attend.

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ARTivism Expressions curator Si Transken describes one of the pieces she has in the show, which will be in the Rotunda at UNBC until Oct. 30.

Walk or run in the Cash Store Finan-cial’s Freedom Run in Prince George on October 14 and support the Cana-dian Diabetes Association.

The walk, in support of the nine million Canadians who have diabetes or pre-diabeters, will be held at Fort George Park.

The Canadian Diabetes Association is proud to partner with event spon-sor Cash Store Financial to present the Freedom Run in our community. At this family friendly event participants can choose between a three-kilometre family fun walk and a five-kilometre walk/run so there is something for most everyone. The atmosphere will be made even more festive with a variety of family friendly activities, refresh-ments, prizes and more!

In addition to adopting a healthier, more active lifestyle, walkers and run-ners are also encouraged to fundraise for the Association. The funds raised will be used to support Canada’s most renowned scientists and clinicians in their quest for innovative develop-ments in the prevention, treatment and management of diabetes. Although the research is diverse in its scope, the key aspects remain the same – to improve the quality of life of people living with diabetes and to find a cure.

Participate in this fun event with your family and friends and make a difference for a cause that is becoming more important in the world today.

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The Prince George Cougars have left a noticeable track on this season’s path.

Pre-season and regular season com-bined, they suffered only one regulation loss in nine games last month. That’s an impressive September.

But the road is long. They’ve played only four of 72 regular-season games. They’ve also seen divisional opposition only once, a 4-3 shootout defeat at Kam-loops in their final pre-season contest on Sept. 14.

Road bumps are coming. There will be hills to climb and unexpected turns.

Nobody on the Cougars is ruling out the possibility of similar success this month. But with a more challenging schedule ahead, they know they’ll have to raise their game a lot. Otherwise, it could be a month to forget.

After this weekend, the Cats will play five of the following six games on the road. Home-ice wins against the Kel-owna Rockets would provide a boost going into that crucial stretch.

The Rockets and Cougars will open a doubleheader this evening. They’ll meet again Saturday night, each game sched-uled for 7 p.m. at CN Centre.

“Certainly we’ve played them enough to know that they’re going to have a very good work ethic and we expect nothing else from them,” Cougars head coach Dean Clark says. “They got Jor-dan Cooke in goal now as opposed to (Adam) Brown and he’s a solid goalten-der too so we should expect some solid goaltending.”

The Cougars enter the two-game set with three wins, zero losses, one over-time setback and zero shootout defeats (3-0-1-0). Before Wednesday evening’s action began, they were tied with the Kamloops Blazers (3-0-0-1) atop the B.C. Division, each team with seven points.

Kelowna carried a 1-2-1-0 mark into its Wednesday night home game against the Vancouver Giants (1-3-0-0). The other team in the five-team division, the Victo-ria Royals had a chance to take the divi-sion lead Wednesday evening when they

hosted the Central Division’s Medicine Hat Tigers. The Royals and Tigers were each 3-1-0-0 entering that game.

The Rockets have one of the strongest blue lines in the league.

“They’re always a pretty hard nosed, gritty team,” Cougars forward Caleb Belter says. “We’ve had a couple of pretty good rivalries with them the last couple of years and lots of physical play and maybe a couple of fights or whatever. But it should be a good game. Always pretty intense and stuff like that when we play them.”

NOTES:Schedule – After this weekend, the

Cougars will begin a three-game Central Division road swing on Wednesday eve-ning against the Kootenay Ice. They’ll also play at Lethbridge (Oct. 12) and Medicine Hat (Oct. 13) before returning home to play another Central Division team, the Calgary Hitmen (Oct. 16). After road games against the Kelowna Rockets (Oct. 18) and Spokane Chiefs (Oct. 20), they’ll return home for a doubleheader against the Chiefs (Oct. 23 and 24).

Return – The Cougars will have for-ward Chase Witala back in the lineup when they play the Rockets. Witala missed both games of their home-open-ing doubleheader against the Seattle Thunderbirds with a bruised shoulder.

Injury – Only defenceman Marc McNulty is on the Cougars’ injury list. He has an upper body injury, and on Wednesday was listed as questionable for this evening’s game.

Goalies – Clark has been satisfied with the play of both goalies, Devon Fordyce and Brett Zarowny, so far this season. They were planning to make a decision on tonight’s starter following a prac-tice on Thursday. Fordyce played both games in their weekend home ice split with the Seattle Thunderbirds. Zarowny started in both contests the previous weekend, a doubleheader sweep over the Everett Silvertips in Everett, Wash.

“Again, I think it’s a competition of who wants to get the net in the games,” Clark says. “I think Devon was pretty solid for the weekend.

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The Prince George Spruce Kings could see a new face in their lineup this evening.

Recently acquired forward Shayne Morrissey was expected to join the team on a three-game Lower Mainland road swing, which begins tonight against the Surrey Eagles. The B.C. Hockey League swing wraps up with a double-header against the Langley Rivermen, those games on Saturday and Sunday.

The Spruce Kings announced the move for Morrissey, a 1992-born product of St. John’s, Nfld., on Tuesday. He joins the team from the Carleton Place Canadians of the Central Can-ada Hockey League. In return, the Canadians receive 1994-born forward Alec Butcher and future considerations.

Morrissey is listed at 5-foot-9 and 172 pounds. A left-handed forward, he led the Canadians with 87 points (34 goals and 53 assists) in 62 games last season. His junior A career record

consists of 190 games played with 102 goals and 130 assists for 232 points.

“I’m very excited that we were able to acquire Shayne,” Spruce Kings general manager Mike Hawes stated in a press release. “He is a highly skilled, impact player who will come in and compliment an already strong forward group. He is also a tremendous young man who will fit in well with our organization’s core values.”

Morrissey is interested in the educational route to pursue his hockey goals and earning a scholarship while playing for the Spruce Kings.

The Spruce Kings are coming off a weekend which saw them collect their first and second regulation losses of the season. In a three-game southern interior road swing, they defeated the Vernon Vipers 5-2 on Friday before a pair of losses, 6-2 against the Merritt Centennials on Saturday and 4-3 against the Penticton Vees on Sunday.

The Spruce Kings’ record sits at four wins, two losses, one tie and one overtime defeat (4-2-1-1). They’re second in the five-team Mainland Division, two points behind the Coquitlam Express (6-2-0-0). The Chilliwack Chiefs (4-2-0-1) and Surrey (4-3-0-1) each have nine points. Langley (3-2-0-1) rounds out the list of squads in the five-team Mainland Division.

The Spruce Kings will return home for a pair of games at the Coliseum next weekend, Oct. 12 against the Island Division’s Powell River Kings and Oct. 13 against the Eagles.

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Alec Butcher skates for the Prince George Spruce Kings in front of Merritt Centennials goalie Tyler Steel during Saturday evening’s B.C. Hockey League game in Merritt. Butcher was dealt by the Spruce Kings to the Carleton Place Canadians of the Central Canada Hockey League this week, a swap of forwards which saw the Spruce Kings get Shayne Morrissey in return.

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The road doesn’t appear to be getting any smoother for the UNBC men’s soccer team.

Entering their first weekend set without star midfielder Sourosh Amani, who went down with a season-ending broken lower leg on Sunday, the Timberwolves play the undefeated UBC Thunderbirds in a Canada West doubleheader in Vancouver. The teams will battle this evening and Satur-day night, game times set for 7 p.m.

Look only at the records, and the two-game set appears like a mismatch. Eight games into their inaugural season in the Canada West Universities Ath-letic Association, the Timber-wolves (0-8) are still seeking their first point. On the other hand, the Thunderbirds (6-0) have won each game they’ve played.

“My opinion, UBC is the best team in Canada West this year. Those are two games that are going to be very, very difficult,” Timberwovles head coach Alan Alderson says.

“They’ll also be our first games without Amani, and so we’ll have both the psychological battle of being without our best player and then the difficulty of play-ing the best team in Canada West on their field. Again, it’s going to be a very big charac-ter test for us to see if we can go.”

The Timberwolves have been close on a few occasions. In three of their defeats, they lost by one goal, including Sunday’s home game against the Lethbridge Prong-horns. In that contest, the Pronghorns scored the lone goal of the game in the 75th min-ute. The tally came only about five min-utes after play resumed following a half hour delay for ambulance to

arrive and lift Amani to hospi-tal. Chasing a loose ball in the 70th minute, Amani collided with Pronghorns goalkeeper Tyler Boast. Boast landed on top of Amani’s leg. Amani had successful surgery on a broken right fibula and tibia Sunday evening, but may need a full year to recover.

With Amani in the lineup, UNBC also lost 1-0 to the Sas-katchewan Huskies in Saska-toon on Sept. 16 and 2-1 to the Trinity Western Spartans at home on Sept. 22. Two of the Timberwolves’ three goals this season were scored by Amani, as he was credited with both UNBC markers against the Spartans in a doubleheader Sept. 16 and 17.

The Timberwolves still have six games left on their schedule. After wrapping up their six-game home schedule with a doubleheader against the Fraser Valley Cascades, they’ll hit the road for their last weekend of the season, Oct. 20 against the Mount Royal Cougars (Calgary) and Oct. 21 against the Winnipeg Wesmen.

Alderson stresses the impor-tance of continuing to improve. He notes that they’ve worked hard in 5 1/2 of their games.

“For a young, inexperienced team, there’s some very posi-tive progress.”

WOMENThe UNBC Timberwolves

enter their last home weekend of their inaugural Canada West season.

After hosting the Calgary Dinos on Saturday, the Tim-berwolves welcome the Leth-bridge Pronghorns to Prince George on Sunday. Both games are scheduled for noon at the North Cariboo Fields.

Still seeking their first win, the Timberwolves carry a 0-6-2 record into this weekend. Cal-gary is 1-3-3 and Lethbridge sports a 1-6 mark.

“We hope to be competitive with both those teams,” Tim-berwolves head coach Andy Cameron says. “They’re only a few notches above us in the standings and it’s another week of training and getting better so we expect to perform.”

UNBC wraps up its 2012 schedule the following week-end on the road. They play the Trinity Western Spartans in Langley on Oct. 12 before hit-ting the pitch against the UBC Thunderbirds in Vancouver on Oct. 13.


UNBC Timberwolves first-year defender Connor Noftle controls the ball during their soc-cer game against the Lethbridge Pronghorns on Sunday at the North Cariboo Fields.

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Off to a 4-0 start this season, the Cariboo Cougars will try and stay undefeated this weekend.

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at 10:15 a.m.With eight points, the

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into home fire deaths very often find that a smoke alarm did not sound.

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“A flame in your oven can start easily and escalate quickly,” says Kelso. “Oil drippings through a thin tinfoil turkey pan or bits of leftover food residue inside your oven are extremely flammable in a high temperature setting.”

Analysis was undertaken on almost 50,000 fires that occurred in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario over a 5-year period involving 663 fatalities. The findings demonstrated that the death rate per 1,000 fires in the absence of a present, functioning smoke alarm was 74% greater than when a functioning smoke alarm was present.

With the exception of Indianapolis and Pittsburgh, all NFL teams have completed 25 per cent of their regular season sched-ule. The quarter mark is usually the time to assess the 32 teams, however, too many things appear distorted, and so it is difficult to get an accurate analysis.

The first three weeks was marred with

incompetence at the hands of replacement referees which had a direct impact on the results, not just the one Green Bay-Seattle game. Many of the first 48 games featured blown calls, incorrect interpretations of rules and misplaced spotting of the football.

Surprisingly, the cascade of gaffes were minimal in week one, considerably worse

in week two and a nightmare in week three. In other words, the officials got worse with more experience, which is just the opposite of what one would expect.

Here are a couple of statistics which I believe the poor officiating played a factor in:

Favoured teams with the replacement

officials only won 54 per cent of the games (26-22). On a normal year, the odds on favorite wins two-thirds of the time. In 2011 for example, favored teams ended up winning 66 per cent of the time (170-86).

Home teams normally win between 55 and 60 per cent of the games. Last year, home teams finished 145-111 or about 57 per cent. This year with the fake refs on the field, the home side won just over 64 per cent going 31-17.

Never have home teams completed a season winning more games than favored teams. Yes, three weeks was a small sample, but there appears to be a direct correlation to the unpredictability of the awful officiating to home teams and underdogs winning considerably more than usual.

I want to make emphasize that substandard refer-eeing or not, winless teams like Cleveland and New Orleans have major deficiencies and are worthy of their 0-4 record. Teams like Houston and Atlanta deserve their perfect 4-0 mark, but there have been too many intangibles to properly rate elite teams like New England and Green Bay, who are just 2-2. (For the record, it was back to normal in week four with the regular refs as favored teams compiled an 11-4 record while home teams were 8-7)

On another note, was it necessary for NFL Com-missioner Roger Goodell to try to pull the wool over the eyes of the public when he suggested that the Packers-Seahawks debacle was not a major factor in completing an eight-year deal with the referees association? Without that signature moment, which arguably finished with the worst blown call at the end of a game in NFL regular season history, the real refs may still be on the sidelines. The bargaining chip turned to the officials after that unforgiveable blunder. The owners felt so much pressure to get a deal done that the league increased its offer of two extra pension years before the GB-Seat game to a whopping five after that game.

I realize honesty and sports often do not go hand in hand, but for Goodell to suggest that the one key game did not have a major influence in the negotia-tions is ludicrous. Does he really think anyone buys that suggestion? The audacity and gall of some of these sports figure heads is mindboggling.

The stench of the replacement officials will remain for the entire season because of the damage done to the standings. There should be an asterisk over the records of the Seahawks and the Packers, knowing Seattle should have one less win and Green Bay one more victory.

There has just been one week with the regular officials back in the fold. Let’s hold off making gener-alizations about where the teams stand at least until mid-season. Maybe by then, the trends will be back to normal.

• • •A September to remember for the P.G. Cougars?

The Cougars needed a good start and came within 10 seconds of going 4-0, but earning seven out a possible eight points is noteworthy. Sure, Everett and Seattle are not WHL Western Conference powers, however the Cougars, who have half of their 24-player roster, aged 17 or under, needed a confidence boost.Last season, the Cougars were the lowest scoring team in the league.

Yes it is a small sampling but after four games, they have 18 goals while allowing 11. Newcomber Colin Jacobs is among the scoring leaders with nine points. He has found chemistry with line mate Alex Forsberg (five points) and the power-play has averaged a goal a game.

In net, rookie Brett Zarowny already has a shutout and Devon Fordyce almost had another in the 2-1 overtime loss to Seattle.

This month, the Cougars have 11 games, including three against Kelowna (two this weekend at CN Cen-tre) and three vs. Spokane. They also face Kootenay, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat on the road plus Calgary and Brandon at home.

Having the cushion of the 3-0-1 start will come in handy for the much more difficult schedule ahead.

Hartley Miller is the sports director for radio sta-tions 94X and the Wolf@97fm. He also writes for the Opinion 250. Send along a quote, note, or anecdote [email protected] him on twitter: @Hartley_Miller

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On Saturday night, they hit the floor against past players in the alumni basketball game.

The contest gave the UNBC men’s basketball team the opportunity to try different lineup combinations, work on systems and give play-ers an opportunity to work on their skills.

That was a real contest. But let’s face it. The real pre-season begins this weekend at the Northern Sport Centre when the Timberwolves host the Grande Prairie Regional College Wolves in a doubleheader, game times set for this eve-ning at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m.

As for the alumni game – In case you care, the present defeated the past by an 89-51 score – UNBC men’s basketball head coach Todd Jor-dan stresses that who wins isn’t important. The event marks an opportunity for this season’s Timberwolves to get to know UNBC alumni.

“Those guys, you owe them a lot of credit for the program being CIS (Canadian Interuni-versity Sport) now and getting to the point that we’ve had,” Jordan says. “Those guys really blazed the trail there so it’s great for our guys to get to meet those guys and develop those con-nections.”

Tonight, the Timberwolves meet another var-sity team for the first time this fall. The Wolves play in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Confer-ence.

“Last year, they weren’t very strong,” Jordan says. “I’ve heard they’re a little better this year. We’ll see what shows up.”

This isn’t just another pre-season for UNBC. A first-year member of the Canada West Univer-sities Athletic Association, the Timberwolves’ opener on Nov. 2 at Thompson Rivers Univer-sity in Kamloops is their first regular-season contest at the CIS level. They aren’t taking their October schedule lightly, with two more week-ends of pre-season action.

The Timberwolves’ games against the Wolves will mark a tune-up for what will certainly be a tougher test the following weekend. From

Oct. 12 to 14, UNBC will be in southern Ontario competing in the 45th annual Naismith Classic, a CIS tournament at the University of Waterloo.

After their visit to Waterloo, the Timber-wolves will prepare for one more pre-season trip. They’ll travel to the Lower Mainland for a competition hosted by the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford.

The Timberwolves will be playing games this month without the services of rookie guard Nolan Hanson. Hanson, who graduated from College Heights Secondary in June, had his appendix removed. Jordan says he may be close to ready when their regular season begins.

Fourteen players are on the Timberwolves roster, 10 who have played at least one season with the team previously.

Jordan says they’ll use this weekend to focus on improving small aspects of their game.

“For us we just want to be able to, I guess, execute what we’re doing offensively, play at as high a pace as possible and just continue to work to get better.”

WOMENThe UNBC women’s basketball team is look-

ing ahead to a similar schedule. They face the Wolves’ female squad this weekend at the NSC before entering the women’s draw of the Nai-smith Classic.

The Timberwolves meet the Wolves this eve-ning at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m.

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Jay Gladish of the alumni squad dribbles the ball while being defended by Jose Araujo during the UNBC Timberwolves’ alumni game on Saturday evening at the NSC.


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Off er(s) available on select new 2012/2013 models through participating dealers to qualifi ed customers who take delivery by October 31, 2012. Dealers may sell or lease for less. Some conditions apply. Off ers are subject to change without notice. See dealer for complete details. Vehicles shown may include optional accessories and upgrades available at extra cost. All off ers exclude licensing, registration, insurance, other taxes and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specifi ed). Other dealer charges may be required at the time of purchase. Other lease and fi nancing options also available. **0% purchase fi nancing is available on select new 2013 Kia models on approved credit. Terms vary by model and trim, see dealer for complete details. Representative fi nancing example based on 2013 Optima LX MT (OP541D) with a selling price of $23,572 is $134 with an APR of 2.49% for 60 months, amortized over an 84-month period. Estimated remaining principal balance of $6,794 plus applicable taxes due at end of 60-month period. Delivery and destination fees of $1,455, $1,200 “3 payments on us” savings, other fees and certain levies (including tire levies) and A/C charge ($100, where applicable) are included. License, insurance, applicable taxes, variable dealer administration fees (up to $699), PPSA and registration fees are extra. See dealer for full details. “Don’t Pay for 90 Days” on select new models (90-day payment deferral) applies to purchase fi nancing off ers on select 2012 and 2013 models on approved credit (2012/2013 Sportage/Sorento/Sedona excluded). No interest will accrue during the fi rst 60 days of the fi nance contract. After this period, interest starts to accrue and the purchaser will repay the principal and interest monthly over the term of the contract. ¥3 Payments On Us off er is available on approved credit to eligible retail customers who fi nance or lease a select new 2012 Soul 1.6L MT/2012 Soul 1.6L AT/2012 Optima/2013 Optima/2012 Sorento/2013 Sorento/2013 Forte Sedan/2013 Forte Koup/2013 Forte5 from a participating dealer between October 1 – October 31, 2012. Eligible lease and purchase fi nance (including FlexChoice) customers will receive a cheque in the amount of three payments (excluding taxes) to a maximum of $350/$350/$400/$400/$550/$550/$350/$350/$350 per month. Lease and fi nance (including FlexChoice) purchases are subject to approved credit. Customers will be given a choice between up to $1,050/$1,050/$1,200/$1,200/$1,650/$1,650/$1,050/$1,050/$1,050 reductions from the selling/leasing price after taxes or dealer can issue a cheque to the customer. Some conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. Off er ends October 31, 2012. $500 Winter Tire off er is open to retail customers who fi nance or lease an eligible new 2012 or 2013 Kia vehicle from a participating Kia dealer between October 1 and October 31, 2012 inclusive. Eligible models include 2012/2013 Rio 4-Door and Rio5, 2012/2013 Forte Sedan, Forte Koup and Forte5, 2012/2013 Sorento and 2012 Soul 1.6 L AT or MT models. $500 can be redeemed, at customer's choice, towards the purchase of a winter tire/tires for their new Kia vehicle, in the form of a cheque in the amount of $500 or as a reduction of $500 from the negotiated selling price (before taxes) of the new vehicle. Some conditions apply. See your Kia dealer for complete details. Off er ends October 31, 2012. Bi-weekly fi nance payment (on approved credit) for new 2013 Sorento LX AT (SR75BD)/2013 Sorento 3.5L V6 LX AT (SR75ED)/2013 Forte Sedan LX MT (FO540D)/2013 Optima LX MT (OP541D) based on a selling price of $28,667/$31,267/$17,472/$23,572 is $146/$165/$90/$134 with an APR of 0%/1.49%/0.9%/2.49% for 60 months, amortized over an 84-month period. Estimated remaining principal balance of $7,576/$8,439/$4,652/$6,794 plus applicable taxes due at end of 60-month period. Delivery and destination fees of $1,650/$1,650/$1,455/$1,455, $1,650/$1,650/$1,050/$1,200 “3 payments on us” savings, $500/$500/$500/$0 winter tire credit, other fees and certain levies (including tire levies) and A/C charge ($100, where applicable) are included. License, insurance, applicable taxes, variable dealer administration fees (up to $699), PPSA and registration fees are extra. Retailer may sell for less. See dealer for full details.

Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2013 Sorento 3.5L SX AWD (SR75XD)/2013 Forte SX Luxury AT (FO74XD)/2013 Optima SX Turbo AT (OP748D) is $43,045/$27,150/$35,550 and includes delivery and destination fees of $1,650/$1,455/$1,455 and A/C charge ($100, where applicable). License, insurance, applicable taxes, other fees and certain levies (including tire levies), variable dealer administration fees (up to $699), PPSA and registration fees are extra. Retailer may sell for less. Available at participating dealers. See dealer for full details. Highway/city fuel consumption is based on the 2013 Sorento 2.4L GDI 4-cyl (A/T)/2013 Forte Sedan 2.0L MPI 4-cyl (A/T)/2013 Optima 2.4L GDI 4-cyl (A/T). These estimates are based on Transport Canada’s approved criteria and testing methods. Refer to the Government of Canada’s EnerGuide Fuel Consumption Guide. Your actual fuel consumption will vary based on driving habits and other factors. Some conditions apply to the $500 Grad Rebate Program. See dealer or kia.ca for details. Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. KIA is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation and Kia Canada Inc. respectively.

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(250) 563-7949

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