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A court date has been set in the crim-inal case of Cody Allan Legebokoff, 22, charged with the murders of four area women.

“Pre-trial applications [in the case] are scheduled to commence in Prince George on Sept. 9,” said Neil Macken-

zie, communications counsel, Criminal Justice Branch.

Legebokoff has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of four area women. Lege-bokoff was arrested Nov. 27, 2010 when an RCMP officer checked a suspicious vehicle that had pulled out from an unused logging road. After further investigation, police found the body

of 15-year-old Loren Donn Leslie of Fraser Lake. He is also charged in the deaths of Jill Stuchenko, 35, and Cyn-thia Mass, 23, and Natasha Montgom-ery, 23, whose body is still missing.

Stuchenko, a mother and talented singer, was reported missing Oct. 22, 2009. Her body was found Oct. 26, 2009 in a gravel pit off of Otway Road. Maas, also a mother, was reported

missing by friends on Sept. 23, 2010. Her body was found Oct. 9, 2010 in LC Gunn Park.

Montgomery, also a mother and originally from Quesnel who’d been living in the Prince George area, was reported missing when she failed to connect with family after a number of weeks. Her body has not been recov-ered.

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Sharel Warrington will be back in the chair of the School District 57 Board of Education, but there were some changes in the other positions after Tues-day’s inaugural meet-ing.

Warrington was acclaimed chairper-son, and Trish Bella was acclaimed as the board’s representa-tive to the B.C. Pub-lic School Employers Association, but the other two positions required voting.

Sharon Bourassa, who served as vice-chairperson for the first year of the current board’s term, nomi-nated Brenda Hooker for the position, while Bella nominated Tim Bennett.

Hooker started her speech by thanking

Bourassa for serving in the position for the year and then stepping

back to allow others to take on the role.

“I think I’ve been a

leader around the table in the past year, and I would like to continue

that role,” she said.Bennett opened his

remarks with the obser-vation, “Trustee Hooker stole my speech.”

He also thanked Bourassa for her work over the past year and mentioned his desire to bring his leadership skills to the role.

“I think I would also bring a different skill set to the position.”

The ballots were cast, and Superin-tendent Brian Pepper announced Bennett had won the election.

An election was also needed for the role of representative to the B.C. School Trustees’ Association. Bella had held the role at the beginning of the last term, but stepped aside when she was elected to the provincial coun-cil, at which point Hooker was selected to fill the position for the remainder of the year.

Bennett nominated Hooker to continue in the role, while Bella nominated Betty Bek-kering.

Bekkering said she thought the past year “has given me a good sound basic knowledge of being a trustee.

“I feel I could learn a lot more as a repre-sentative to the BCSTA and I could also share a lot from our district.”

Hooker said she had enjoyed filling the posi-tion after Bella stepped down, “and I would like to continue to do so.”

The ballots were cast, and Hooker will con-tinue as the district’s representative on the BCSTA.

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Although statistics and reports suggest a marine oil spill is unlikely, you want to know — what if one does occur? How will Gateway be prepared? While the chances are slim, we continue to develop a world-class marine response program.

The Northern Gateway Project includes a spill response capacity that’s more than three times the Canadian regulation. And while the Canadian requirement for oil spill response is 72 hours plus travel time, our response time will be a fraction of that number — 6 to 12 hours in the marine channels. This is a signifi cant increase to the response capability available to B.C.’s north coast. Additionally, for immediate response, our tug escorts will be

equipped with booms, oil skimmers, and fi refi ghting equipment to provide enhanced initial containment, and they will be available to all marine traffi c in the event of an incident.

We will store equipment, such as containment and absorbent booms, skimmers, and waste storage, in multiple well-maintained, readily accessible response bases, providing a wider area of coverage in a shorter amount of time. Barges will also be located throughout the marine channels for additional storage and equipment mobilization. We are committed to having staff, contractors, and partners in place to maintain that enhanced state of readiness.

The Gateway project will likely never see a major marine oil spill. But if it does, we’ll be prepared to protect our coastline.

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The Prince George RCMP are seek-ing the public’s help in locating a miss-ing Prince George resident last seen in November.

On November 17, Prince George RCMP received a report that 24-year-old Nikita Lorraine Joseph was missing.

The investigation has led officers to speak to many of Nikita’s friends and family, but has not located Nikita herself. Many locations where it was thought that Nikita might be have been checked with negative results.

Nikita does not have a place of resi-dence and it is believed that she does not want to be found.

The Prince George RCMP are concerned for Nikita’s safety and would very much like to speak to her.

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attend the Prince George RCMP at 999 Brunswick Street or call (250)561-3300. If you have any information about Nikita Lorraine Joseph or where she might be, please contact the Prince George RCMP at (250)561-3300.

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Unemployment up in B.C. in November

The unemployment rate in the prov-ince rose slightly last month, but is still somewhat below the national aver-age.

“There was a slight uptick in the overall unemployment rate from 6.7 to 6.8 per cent, .4 per cent lower than the national average,” Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Pat Bell said in his monthly teleconference call with the media about the employment numbers. “We are fourth in Canada behind Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.”

He added the increase is the result of the loss of 4,700 part time positions.

“Full-time positions were basically flat year-over-year,” he said. “We’re still seeing good job growth since the launch of the Jobs Plan in August 2011. We still have an additional 41,800 jobs, all full time.”

He said overall the increase is 65,900 ful-time jobs compared to the loss of 24,100 part-time jobs.

Bell added the youth unemploy-

ment rate dropped by .3 per cent to 13.1 per cent with an additional 1,700 jobs. Good job growth, he added, is being experienced outside of the Lower Mainland, in the Kootenays, on Vancouver Island, the Northeast and the North Coast and Nechako.

In the North Coast Nechako region, the unemployment rate dropped to 8.5 per cent, the first time it’s been in the single digits in some time.

In Prince George the unemploy-ment rate is 5.2 per cent with the loss of about 1,200 jobs last month, how-ever 51,200 people remain employed. Bell said the city has maintained over 50,000 employed each month for the last six months, a record breaker.

The goods-producing sector saw good job growth, Bell said, but the service producing sector experienced a loss, particularly in transportation and warehousing.

Overall, he said, the month was stable with growth in areas where the jobs plan is focusing its efforts.

“We’d like to see more job growth and likely will in December, January, February and March.”

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CNC culinary arts student Patrick O’Neill adds some lawn to his gingerbread house Thursday morning, while fellow student David Lerch discusses his house with instruc-tor Chef Ron. The houses will be on display in the CNC library, starting this after-noon.

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The timeline for the 2013-14 calendar for School District 57 is a short one.

At Tuesday’s meeting, Trustee Brenda Hooker brought the board up to date on what was hap-pening.

She noted there had been several calendar-related motions passed at in-camera board meetings, and that the provincial government had also passed new legislation with a major impact on planning.

There is no longer a standard provincial cal-endar, meaning that as long as a district makes

sure its students receive the minimum number of minutes as provided by legislation, they have freedom to create whatever calendar they want.

“We, as a district, have to submit a calendar to the ministry in March,” Hooker said, “so we don’t have much time.”

The calendar committee, consisting of trust-ees, representatives from the partner groups and a senior administrator, will be meeting next week to determine what recommendations they will be making. The task they have set themselves is to look at a standard calendar for the next two school years, looking at the new legislation and the standard calendar in use.

“The timeline is short,” superintendent Brian Pepper said, “because the board doesn’t have a meeting in March. They would have to bring the final calendar to the board for approval at the February meeting.”

Hooker also made it clear in her presenta-tion Tuesday that there was not enough time to consult all the groups needed to come up with any form of alternate calendar for the 2013-14 school year.

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Santa came a bit early for a group of disabled people when, thanks to a some help from a True Sport grant, the J.W. McConnell Society and the Prince George Community Founda-tion a big screen tele-vision complete with an X-box Kinect was one of the special gifts delivered during a Christmas Party for clients of the Project Friendship Society.

Before Santa, with the help of a few vol-unteers, pushed the television into the gym at Kinsmen Place, all the clients were asked to close their eyes and wait for a special visi-tor bringing a special gift. The words “spe-

cial visitor” hit home with one young lady who closed her eyes as asked and placed a hand over her heart, whispering reverently, “Santa”.

And she was right. After a countdown everyone opened their eyes and there was Santa. With a little help the huge present was unwrapped, and the gift was unveiled to applause and squeals of delight.

“It was a great day,” Michelle Jensen with Project Friendship said.

Jensen joined Project Friendship in Septem-ber, and she says she wishes she’d known about the society years ago.

With a disabled child of her own, she says

it would have been a great support when he was younger, helping him to make friends and feel like part of a society, someone accepted for all he can give to others instead of shunned for the things that make him different.

“As he got older the other kids saw he was different and started to stay away from him all time,” Jensen said.

She and her hus-band knew they had to do something, so they got him involved in programs and clubs and turned their house into what she laugh-ingly refers to as a ‘kid trap’.

“By the time gradu-ation came around he had a group of various friends with a range

of abilities. His best friend was a straight A student who’s going to college right now,” she said. “People have a tendency to see ‘differ-ent’ and avoid it. It’s very important they have people in their lives who see past that and think, ‘this is a very cool person to hang out with’. I wish I would have known about it 20 years ago.”

She said the individ-uals she helps range in age from high school

students to seniors. She interviews them, finds out their interests, then connects them with a club or organization in town. Then she finds someone within that organization who can pick up the person, drop him or her off and help him or her make friends.

One of the saddest things within the life of someone deemed different, she said, is the lack of friendship.

“They conducted

a study among the disabled, asking the person who their best friend is. The answer nine times out of 10, is their care aide or doctor. With this pro-gram they have actual friends who care about them, rather than someone paid to be there.”

Another important component of the pro-gram is that it gives the disabled person an opportunity to give something back, a sig-

nificant part of feeling like you fit in.

“If you don’t contrib-ute you kind of feel like an outsider. We have one girl volunteering with Scouts Canada and she thinks it’s the best organization ever. She just shreds paper for them, and she feels great about it.”

Jensen said one of the things the society needs most is more volunteers. Anyone interested can give her a call at 250-563-4445.

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In Provincial Court in Prince George on Sept. 5:

Gregory Blundell was found guilty of oper-ating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol reading over .08, fined $1,500, assessed a vic-tim surcharge of $225

and prohibited from driving for one year.

Belinda R. Freder-ick was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recog-

nizance and sentenced to 26 days in jail.

Steve W. Knapton was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order, sen-tenced to 34 days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $50.

John J.G. Makaro was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, received a conditional sentence of 90 days and was assessed a victim surcharge of $50.

T r a c y D.M. Reid was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol reading over .08, fined $1,000, assessed a victim sur-charge of $150 and pro-hibited from driving for one year.

Bryan R. Zazalak was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, sen-tenced to one day in jail and placed on proba-tion for two years.

Greg Matters was found guilty of uttering threats, sentenced to one day in jail, placed on probation for nine months and assessed a victim surcharge of $50.


Skyler D. Brennan was found guilty of possession of a con-trolled substance, fined $250 and assessed a victim surcharge of $37.50. Brennan was also found guilty of a second count of pos-session of a controlled substance, fined $500 and assessed a victim surcharge of $75.

Vernon L.M. Knott was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to one day in jail.

Pamela Starnes was found guilty of identity fraud and possession of stolen property with a value less than $5,000 and sentenced to 134 days in jail.

Darcy D. Tomah was found guilty of failing to comply with a pro-bation order, sentenced to 33 days in jail and assessed a victim sur-charge of $50.

Warren T. West was found guilty of posses-sion of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, sentenced to 85 days in jail, placed on proba-tion for one year and prohibited from pos-sessing firearms for five years. West was also found guilty of failing to comply with a pro-bation order, sentenced to one day in jail and placed on probation for one year. West was also found guilty of a second count of failing to comply with a pro-bation order, sentenced

to 21 days in jail and placed on probation for one year.


David L. Franks was found guilty of theft

of prop-erty with a value less than $5,000, sen-tenced to one day in

jail, assessed a victim surcharge of $50 and placed on probation for one year.

Brandi L.L. Tom was found guilty of assault and failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recog-nizance and sentenced to one day in jail.

Kevin J. Monk was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, sen-tenced to 18 days in jail, placed on probation for 18 months and prohib-ited from possessing firearms for five years.

Shaun V.A. Raey was found guilty of taking a motor vehicle or ves-sel without consent, fined $500, assessed a victim surcharge of $75, placed on proba-tion for one year and prohibited from pos-sessing firearms for five years. Raey was also found guilty of assault, assessed a vic-tim surcharge of $50 and placed on proba-tion for one year.


Harvey J.L. Chingee was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 57 days in jail. Chingee was also found guilty of fail-ing to comply with a condition of an under-taking or recognizance and sentenced to 18 days in jail.

Kassandra A. Joseph was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 18 days in jail.

Brittany G. Lee was found guilty of fail-ing to comply with a condition of an under-taking or recognizance and failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 12 days in jail.


Shawn K. Coburn was found guilty of driving with a sus-pended licence, fined $500, assessed a victim surcharge of $75 and prohibited from driv-ing for one year.

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COUNCIL COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS MEETINGS

Regular Council MeetingMonday, December 17th Council Chambers- 6:00 p.m.

Advisory Committee on Development DesignWednesday, December 19th 2nd Floor Conference Room – 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.

Request for Proposal:P12-13 Operate Retail Space in the Kin Arena Complex - Closing Date: December 18, 2012For information concerning City of Prince George bidding opportunities visit BC Bid @ www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca

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2013 DOG LICENSES2013 DOG LICENSES ARE NOW ON SALE. The discounted rates are available until January 31, 2013. If the dog is sterilized the license is $24 and if the dog is not sterilized the cost is $66. Dog tags can be purchased online at www.princegeorge.ca, by mail, by calling 250.561.7600, at City Hall, BC SPCA, Bosley’s Pet Food Plus, The Bone & Biscuit, Day N’ Night Store (Hart Hwy), Dog Gone Bakery, Ospika Pet & Farm Supplies, Petland and Total Pet. Licensing your dog is a key factor in responsible pet ownership. It is required by the Animal

Control City Bylaw and allows for quick identifi cation should your dog become injured, lost, found or impounded. Keeping an unlicensed dog can result in a $100 fi ne.Bylaw Services 250.561.7622.

TRAVEL GRANTSApplications are now available at the Community Services Department in City Hall or on the City web site. Applications are reviewed in June and December of each year. For more information call 250-561-7646.Grants can be paid to individuals or organizations for travel related to academic, art, cultural and amateur sport/recreation purposes involving youth 18 years of age or younger, if they have:• Been selected at a juried show to have his/her work displayed in a Provincial, Western Canadian, National level or within a designated geographic area as recognized by the sponsoring organization; OR• Been awarded a scholarship within a specifi c fi eld or art to attend a school of National or Western Canadian recognition; OR• Won a zone or regional competition or have been selected by a sponsoring organization to represent Prince George at a Provincial competition; OR • Won a Provincial competition and have gone on to participate in a Western Canadian, National competition or competition within a designated geographic area as recognized by the sponsoring organization; OR• Won the right or been selected to represent the City, the Province, and/or Canada at an international competition.

On occasion, those activities that are considered to be in pursuit of excellence are eligible for funding.

CULTURAL GRANTS FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONSNon-Profi t arts organizations wishing to apply for the City’s Cultural Grants can obtain an application package from the Service Centre at City Hall. Applications may also be obtained on the City’s web site www.princegeorge.ca/CityHall/Grants/CulturalArts

Requests for grants must be submitted on the City’s application form, and must include all of the supporting documentation listed on the application. Late or incomplete submissions may result in the rejection of applications.

The deadline for 2013 grant applications for City assistance is 5:00 PM - Monday, January 21, 2013.

CITY OF PRINCE GEORGE HOURS OF OPERATION – HOLIDAY SEASONThe City’s usual hours of operation will apply during the holiday season with these exceptions:1. All operations except police, fi re/rescue and emergency operations will be closed for business on December 25 & 26, 2012 and January 1, 2013.2. On December 24 and December 31, 2012 non-essential services will close at 2:00 pm.3. The Four Seasons Leisure Pool will remain closed for maintenance shut-down and will re-open January 7th, 2013 at 9:00 am.4. The Prince George Aquatic Centre will operate on this schedule:• December 24 – 6:15 am – 2:00 pm• December 25 – closed• December 26 – closed• December 27 – 30 – regular hours• December 31 – 6:15 am – 7:00 pm (from 3:00 – 7:00pm is a toonie swim)• January 1, 2013 – 11:30 am – 5:30 pm

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Long-time city resident Eric Allen – probably best known locally for heading up the petition to stop the River Road dike proj-ect from proceeding, gaining the necessary signatures signatures required to stop the process through the alternative approval process – visited Zoe’s Friday to talk about council considering the sale of the Pine Valley Golf Course.

One of his concerns is the closure will add another layer of finan-cial pressure to those who least need it.

“I have been pay-ing taxes since 1957. Now the median wage in Prince George is about $40,000 a year. That means a whole lot of people are making more than that, and a whole lot of people are making less.”

Some of those mak-ing significantly less are seniors, many of whom frequent the Pine Val-ley Golf course.

Yet they are facing the accumulation of many rate hikes, from hydro to taxes to gas.

“When they go up, there is no increase in pensions, so costs rise all the time but not the salary. They can’t negotiate for higher wages. Instead they have to consider things like selling the car and taking the bus to cut down on expenses, or cutting back on food. All the government wants to do is build bridges or a $75 mil-lion building no one asked for (Allen said he was referring to the Wood Innovation and Development Centre). Finding inexpensive

recreation becomes a problem. If they close Pine Valley they will have to pay more to go elsewhere, plus there will be the added expense of gas. It’s a direct cost to them, and again nobody cares.”

Lorraine Hoy agreed, and added the closure of Pine Valley would be a loss to beginner golfers as well. She experienced it directly when she took her grandson golfing for the first time, visiting the Pine Valley course with him during the summer.

“My grandson said, ‘Oh grandma, I thought this would be boring but it’s so much fun’.”

She added she remembers signing a petition to save Pine Valley about 15 years ago. Yet the issue has come before council time and again.

“It’s like if they don’t get what they want the first time, wait three years and try again. Can’t we work on more productive things? This is expensive.”

Allen said the root of the problem go back to the 70’s when the city amalgamated rural areas, removing their care from the prov-ince to the city. At the time it seemed to be a good all-around deal. The province would be done with the expense of caring for outly-ing neighbourhoods and, with the expec-tation the city’s popu-lation would boom, it expected to increase revenue.

The plan worked well for many cities, but not Prince George. The expected boom never came, and the population base has not increased signifi-cantly over the years,

leaving this council with a massive area to service but not the population needed to cover the costs of those services.

In Allen’s opinion, it is time to make the province cover some of the responsibility of those costs.

Downloading costs from higher levels of government onto municipal shoulders has often been a subject discussed in council chambers as represen-tatives discuss ways to reverse that trend.

The fact the popula-tion base hasn’t signifi-cantly changed over the years bothers Allen in regards to Pine Val-ley on another level.

He said there have been plenty of new businesses open over the years, while plenty of others close the doors.

“Businesses move from one area, and the city loses tax money from that area, and take up residence some-where else – and the city increases tax rev-enue in that area. But at the end of the day the city is still bringing in the same amount of tax money. It’s called churning.”

Allen argued that even if the city can sell Pine Valley, it will earn money from the sale but earning extra through tax revenue after the land is devel-oped is speculation.

Hoy said she would like to see the city forgo selling the property and invest in it instead, leaving it a green space while promoting it by offering free bus rides for kids six through 16 so they can access the facility. She added the buses always run their specific routes, more

often than not without passengers.

Allen agreed.“Everyone knows the

buses around here are running empty. They cost us big money. But they cost us big money anyway. There is no reason kids from six to 16 couldn’t travel free. They should be able to go to the pools and hockey rinks on a regu-lar basis. It wouldn’t cost us any more money because we’re paying for the bloody things anyway,” Allen said. “Pine Valley is green space. It’s like a park. Once it’s gone it’s gone forever. Five people in this goddamned town are going to make a decision that will affect all of us.”

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The stir created by the hoax telephone call by the two Australian DJ’s to a British hospital pretend-ing to be the Queen and Prince Philip checking up on the progress of their daughter-in-law Kate, is an excellent example of how people get caught up in the trivial dribble. Everyone has sympathy for what Kate is going through, but it is nothing thousands of other pregnant women have also gone through.

The incident is noteworthy as Kate is a member of the royal family. There are still a lot of people out there who get some sort of kick out of following the lives of royalty, movie stars and other lesser lights. It is clearly an illustration of how our species can wrap them-selves up in unimportant events while ignoring war, poverty, starvation, cru-elty and other unsavory activities going on around us. Is the life of a Third World child dying of malnutrition less important than the health of a royal child?

While the hoax is less than admirable, the fuss created is way out of proportion to the act. Granted the suicide of the nurse responding to the call is a tragic event, a sad event no one could predict. It is suspected that there were other factors involved and being suckered by the hoax telephone call was per-haps just the final straw. Perhaps the investigation will reveal more of the story.

The firestorm of public opinion about the DJs is amazing. People are calling for retribution ranging from being fired to being shot at dawn. The suicide of the nurse undoubtedly caused much of the strong reaction. For many a scapegoat must be found and punished. What that does for anyone is question-able.

If nothing else, this incident illustrates the fun-damental meanness of practical jokes. By the very nature of any practical joke, someone is going to be hurt or embarrassed. Practical jokes are depen-dent upon the victim either being very naïve, or not having sufficient knowledge of the subject to see it coming. The victims respond to the practical joke through kindness and a desire to help others. Their kindness is rewarded with a virtual slap in the face and personal embarrassment. Think of that the next time you are having a laugh at someone else’s

expense. The practical joke is just another

form of bullying. The perpetuator and their audience get a kick out of seeing another individual in pain. Emotional pain can often be much more harmful than physical pain. Emotional pain erodes an individual’s self-confidence

and can have a lifelong negative effect on them. Likely we have all been party to practical jokes. And we probably didn’t give any thought or sym-pathy to the feelings of the victim. But over time, as we gain maturity and sensitivity, we tend to leave those kinds of adolescent behaviour behind. There will always be a few who fail to do so, but the rest of us can treat their actions with the disdain those actions deserve.

Being human, we all like to show off our supe-rior knowledge. Nothing wrong with that as long as we do so in a positive and helpful manner that enhances all of our lives. There is also nothing wrong with having some fun with those around us. But when others become uncomfortable it is time to quit.

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A recent ruling by the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal highlights the need to clearly define when teachers are covered by WorkSafeB.C. and when they’re not.

A social studies teacher in a B.C. school district submitted a claim to WorkSafe in 2011 for a wrist injury sustained during a lunchtime staff-versus-students softball game. It was intended as a harmonious staff/student interaction.

The appeal tribunal rejected the teacher’s claim for several reasons, including that playing the ball game with students was not part of his regular duties, he was not instructed by the employer to carry out the activity, his participation was volun-tary, and he was injured during his lunch break.

The decision is being appealed.This case has created a grey area for teachers regarding

what is considered part of their job. While not part of the work description, it’s generally expected that teachers take part in events, activities and clubs outside the instructional hours of the school day.

Who’s to say a softball game at lunch time doesn’t provide an educational opportunity for students? At the very least, interac-tion with a teacher can build a positive experience for students outside of the classroom, hopefully encouraging further interest in studies.

To accomplish that, teachers need to know what their role is and be provided with clear guidelines of what activities are cov-ered under the umbrella of ‘work.’

The amount of volunteer work by teachers was evident last spring when they implemented a temporary ban on extracur-ricular activities, forcing the cancellation of some activities.

If the ruling is upheld, it could reduce a teacher’s willingness to continue volunteering time for students. That would be a shame, as that lesson would be far from instructive.

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Former NDP leadership candidate Dana Larsen appears to have a thoughtful, well-considered plan to force the powers-that-be to reconsider their stance on marijuana.

It is matched by his rationale as to why this potential policy shift is a good idea.

Let’s hope these two simple facts can coincide in such a way that we can finally get one of our country’s more ridiculous laws off the books.

Legal marijuana is not a panacea for all that ails our society. It is not going to cure cancer, halt global warming or make us all just get along.

But making it legal is not going to cause life to come to a screeching – or better make that shambling – halt either.

There is nothing particularly amazing, nor threatening about pot. It is a weed that some people smoke because they like the way it makes them feel. It can make you say and do stupid things. And if you imbibe too frequently it can lead to health and/or personal problems.

In many ways, it is reminiscent of french fries or automobiles.Why we invest so much time and money in an ineffectual

effort to stamp out its use is beyond ridiculous.We’ve got more important fish to fry. Let’s stop denying soci-

ety’s unhealthy desire for this plant. Let’s stop fighting it and let’s start using it. The benefits of that policy clearly outweigh the costs.

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I’ve been cheerfully enjoying life: working, holidaying, eating, exercising, and writing.

Imagine my deep sense of abandon-ment on learning that the world is about to end. Apparently the Mayan calendar completes its current Great Cycle of the Long Count, causing a lot of folks – roughly 10 percent – to believe the world will end on the 21st of December 2012, at 11:11 UTC.

After a bewildering flurry of Internet research, I’ve come up with these pre-dictions for December 22, 2012, the day after doomsday.

You’ll awaken as you have each day since birth. The world will be intact, as it has for the past four billion years. No axis flips. No attacking asteroids, no careening comets, and no malicious meteors. No galactic alignment between the Earth, the Sun, and the supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy. Just business as usual.

You’ll sport a massive hangover, hav-ing put an impressive dent in your cask of medicinal moonshine the night before. Waiting for the Earth to collide with a

rogue planet turned out to be a bit of a yawner. Secure in your underground bunker, safe from flesh-eating zombies, there’s no incentive to tackle a task like that sober. Your head will throb until

your hair hurts.At 5 a.m. you’ll awaken to

what sounds like a low-flying Gootan spaceship, only to dis-cover your neighbour is testing his prototype 1200cc Harley Davidson snow blower by blasting a hundred-foot roost-

er-tail of fresh snow from his driveway onto yours..

You’ll brew a pot of coffee, as you do every morning. You’ll recall that you’re on the hook for $50,000 in credit-card debt racked up in the countdown to Armageddon. It will seem appropriate to splash a couple dollops of moonshine into your morning coffee.

Six a.m. You will note a palpable absence of marauding bands of refugees, raiders and flesh-eating zombies. Some-body’s dad will capture your teenage son and cart him off to hockey practice. Somebody’s mom will kidnap your other kids and drive them to school. A clever drive-by manoeuvre will result

in your wife being coerced, against her will, to go shopping with friends. You’ll discourage her from using the credit card.

You’ll ponder the future of your meticulously chosen genetically diverse post-apocalyptic 25-person gene pool. The nine-foot Black Ops commando from across town will call, wondering if the scheduled group meeting is on and if it’s still OK to procreate with your wife. Your wife selected him.

You’ll want to prostrate yourself before the divinely inspired prophet and leader of the Church of All Known Galaxies, to whom you donated all your worldly assets in order to secure an elevated status in the post-apocalyptic boondoggle. Given that the world didn’t end as predicted, you’ll hope the Divine Prophet will be predisposed to return-ing your rightful belongings. Your opti-mism will wither when the inspired one fails to respond to your calls, messages, e-mails, texts, and Facebook shout outs.

You’ll login to Craigslist and advertise your arsenal for sale: the armory, the weaponized baby stroller, the bicycle generator, a lifetime supply of Kool-Aid, and the random pallets of camouflage

gear.You’ll exchange the sweaty apocalypse

survival gear you wore to bed last night for fresh work attire and head off to the office, praying that your pre-Armaged-don boss has forgotten that he fired you at the Christmas party three days ago. His outburst may have been triggered by your candid expression of contempt for him and all his ancestors dating back to the beginning of the Mayan Long Cycle. Although it might have been your insightful critique of his leadership and social skills, or your unsophisticated attempt to seduce his wife by the punch-bowl.

Is it possible that the Mayan calendar ended abruptly because the funding stopped, the union wobbled, or the stone mason was committed to an asylum after too many years spent chipping away at calendars?

On December 22 three things will be certain: the days will start getting longer, you’ll be paying down a mountain of credit card debt, and it’ll definitely be time to kick your Christmas shopping into gear.

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Pine Valley sale bad idea for cityEditor:

Free Press story Dec. 5 No mulligans for Pine Val-ley golf course.

A mulligan in the world of golf gives a person a second try with-out penalty. The fact of the matter is, in the real world of golf there is no such thing as a mulligan. Golf is a game played with specific rules, and to break these rules there are consequences, such as penalty strokes, or in some cases in tournament play, the golfer can be disqualified.

With city hall in the process of trying to sell off the Pine Valley Golf course to the detriment of those who have used and supported it for years, and who have spent con-siderable volunteer time to upgrade this course, we can say with some certainty that the city is breaking the rules, and therefore should be (and in the next election) may very well be issued some penalty strokes, or maybe disqualified.

There is no need to sell the course to com-mercial interests. It is part of the park space in Prince George, serves a good service to the com-

munity, is a good course for juniors and seniors, and is (and this is the part that the mayor and some councillors do not understand) owned by the taxpayers and citizens of Prince George. This park/golf course is not just a piece of property that can be destroyed forever by the mere vot-

ing of perhaps five out of eight councillors. Coun-cil tried to sell the golf course approximately 10 years ago, and then again in 2010, and now again in 2012/13. It’s time for them to back off, and leave it alone. They should sign a long-term lease with an operator of the course, and quit try-

ing to destroy the course.It’s a sad day indeed

when a few councillors and the mayor can make a decision that will have a long-term (detrimental) effect on this city. We are much more than a haven for commercial interests, and the mayor and coun-cil must recognize this.

The money from the

sale of Pine Valley golf course will not be used to pay down any debt, nor will it be used for roads or infrastructure. The money will be put into the capital projects fund, and at some point in the future used for some cap-ital project, that will cost us thousands of dollars in maintenance costs, etc.

Let’s keep our eyes and ears open, and see which councillors are in fact keeping the best interests of the whole city in mind, and which are in it for the short-term benefits of land sales and commer-cial development on park lands.

Eric AllenPrince George

Editor:I consider myself privileged to

be born and raised in Canada, a country where, generally, I feel safe and secure when I lay my head down at night. However, Prime Minister Harper’s cur-rent course of action (including CNOOC/Nexen and FIPA) does anything but make me feel safe and secure.

Harper likes to talk about transparency in government; however, he is actively working behind closed doors on secret negotiations that place Canada and the physical/economic health and welfare of Canadians in serious jeopardy. This past Friday afternoon, at 5pm, when most people (politicians and media) had headed home for the weekend, Harper announced that he will allow CNOOC (China’s state-owned oil company) to take

over Nexen (Canada’s fossil fuel giant), which puts three to six billion barrels of tar sands oil in CNOOC’s possession. Although I am not a supporter of the tar sands, I certainly do not want their ownership to lie outside of Canada nor with someone who can/will exploit the environment for shear economic benefit.

As bad as the CNOOC / Nexen deal is, it will be far worse if Harper passes FIPA. The Canada-China Foreign Invest-ment Protection Act (FIPA), another Harper secret initiative, is an extreme trade agreement that will give unprecedented powers to Chinese corpora-tions that own Canadian natural resources. For example, if both deals are in place, CNOOC would be able to sue Canadian governments (any level) through secret tribunals for doing any-

thing to impede Chinese eco-nomic growth/development. This means that if any branch/level of Canadian government implements environmental protections or job creation efforts that in some way hinder CNOOC (or another Chinese corporation) they are likely to be sued for millions or billions of potential lost revenues. As an added bonus, this FIPA deal locks Canada in for over 30 years, with severe penalties for withdrawing early.

One of the greatest features of Canada is our vast and diverse natural environment. Sadly, Harper and the Canadian government are doing far too little to protect and sustain our environment and the resources it contains, both for my gen-eration and the generations to come. Canada’s natural resources

should not be for sale or made available to other countries through any treaty or contract, and our environment should not be destroyed or endangered in the name of economic develop-ment that is short-sighted and only benefits government and big business, while leaving the poor and working class to suffer the consequences and clean up the mess. What does Harper pro-pose we tell our grandchildren when there are no parks to play in or clean water to drink?

Canadian democracy and natu-ral resources must be protected from corporate greed, foreign and domestic. Now that Harper has allowed the CNOOC take-over of Nexen we must prevent the passing of FIPA!

A concerned citizen,Marianne Sprague

Prince George

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Road to Salmon River Bridge on Highway 97, and the intersection of Highway 97 and 16, which is heavily used by local commuters and traffic bound for locations throughout the northern part of the province. A number of side roads in the area were also resurfaced. Pittman finished the projects on time and on budget.

The Deputy Min-ister’s Contractor of the Year Awards rec-

ognize construction and maintenance companies demon-strating excellence in the categories of grad-ing, paving, bridges and structures, and highway maintenance work throughout the province. This year a new category for excellence in safety innovation was also awarded. The 10th annual awards were hosted by the B.C. Road Builders & Heavy Construction

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CHRISTMAS CAROLPresented by Judy

Russell, this production of A Christmas Carol is a spirited telling of the classic Charles Dickens’ tale. The show runs at the Prince George Playhouse from Dec. 14 to 16 and 18 to 22. Tickets are at Studio 2880.

SOLSTICECelebrate the first day of

winter Friday, Dec. 21 with a visit to Farmers’ Market at 1074 Sixth Ave. from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Lantern Walk begins at the Civic Centre Plaza at 6 p.m. Winter activities and crafts, music, snow sculptures, winter fashion show, hot drinks and snacks, kids’ story times and more in the City Hall area from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Create a lantern Dec. 15 at Groop Gallery or on Dec. 16 at Two Rivers Family Sunday ($15 per family for non-members).

FATS TRIBUTEKenny ‘Blues’ Boss

Wayne and his band – including Justin Frey on sax – will be performing music made famous by Fats Domino at a fundraiser for CFIS-FM community radio. Tickets for the Feb. 9 dance with its 50s theme are on sale at Books and Company. They make perfect stocking stuffers – or save them for Valentine’s Day. Tickets are $30.

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■ HEARTWARMING KINDNESS

Miracle quilt finds its way homeOne good turn deserves

another. The old saying took on

new meaning with a hand-made quilt that changed hands and warmed hearts in the community.

The quilt’s journey began in 2005 when longtime quilter Dawn Nylund began making a traditional quilt.

A member of the St. Michael’s quilting group, Dawn spent many hours happily working on it and she’d completed three of 12 squares before, sadly, she died of cancer in 2007. After her passing, Dawn’s husband Jack was at a loss about what to do with her crafting items, embroi-dery thread and pink and purple fabric pieces for the unfinished quilt.

“I don’t know how to quilt,” he told the Free Press. “So I put the pieces in a box and gave them to Dawn’s quilting group.”

The group decided to complete the quilt and sent nine squares along with nine members.

It took them over five years to finish and assem-ble the quilt. One square got lost along the way and was later found – but not before another one was made that became a matching pillow.

But the journey of the quilt was not over. It was featured in the arts and crafts category at the PGX this year. It won Viewer’s Choice Award.

When Nylund saw the

beautiful quilt on display he knew it would make a wonderful family heir-loom and a reminder of Dawn and her love of quilting.

Buying it was not an option because the quilt was up for raffle. So Nylund did the next best thing, he bought up doz-ens of raffle tickets.

“I knew it was a long shot because they sold thousands of tickets sold – some of my friends bought tickets for me too.”

However it was teacher Tina Cousins who had the lucky ticket drawn on Nov. 4. She phoned Nylund to tell him the good news – that she was donating it to his family.

Nylund tried to pay for it but Cousins wouldn’t hear of it.

“When I saw the quilt, I was told it had a history and then I found out that Dawn Nylund was one of the quilters involved.

“I knew her and her family. Their daughter Robin and I went to school together and I felt they should have the quilt.”

Tina’s generous act was soon followed by another.

“They didn’t want her to have nothing [to show] for her winning ticket, so they made her another quilt,” said Nylund.

Cousins has been an educator most of her life but she thinks it may be a happy coincidence that the “replacement” quilt features a little red school house motif. For now the

quilt hangs in a hallway in the building where Cousins works but it may end up on a classroom wall, she says.

This week, Nylund’s daughter Robin, a nurse recruited from Canada years ago, was visiting

from Florida where she’s been living with her hus-band and children. She and Cousins were enjoy-ing a reunion before she heads back home. Robin will be taking the original raffle quilt for her south-ern home.

Does it match her decor?

“It will now,” she said, laughing. “It’s so beauti-ful, I might even decorate around it.”

And Jack Nylund? He’s just happy to have the matching pillow, he says.

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I think that I’ve probably saved tons of money on visits to psychiatrists over the years because very early on I figured out that everything my doting parents did for me was “for my own good.”

However, one thing I can’t forgive them for was their choice of reading material.

While other kids got to hear fun stories at this time of year like The Night Before Christ-mas with Santa, Rudolph and his reindeer, I listened to tales with tear-jerking

endings and time-honoured morals.

Not fair. To this

day, I can not indulge myself without guilt at Christmas time – though the

rest of the year is fair game. The season is

forever ruined for me because of this little ritual we children had to go through Christ-mas Eve – before we got to open one of our presents. Christ-mas Day was better because not only was I proud reader of the Bible story about the birth of baby Jesus but also we got to finally open the rest of our presents.

The night before Christmas was another story.

My mother loved fables and fairy tales. Every Christmas Eve when I was young, she would read aloud the very sad story of Little Match Girl, writ-ten in 1845 by Danish poet Hans Christian Andersen.

To recap (from my memory): a poor little girl is trying to sell matches on a street corner on a bitterly cold wintry night on the last night of the year. She has sold no matches but fears going home to her angry father who will surely beat her for making not even one farthling to buy his holiday booze. (I made up that part.)

In despair, she sits alone in an alley, bare feet tucked under her.

Thinking it may give her a “world of comfort,” the girl strikes a match against the wall.

Then another. In the illumination,

the girl then sees a series of wonderful visions: an iron stove, Christmas tree with presents, a holiday feast. Then she sees a vision of her beloved grandmother and she tries to keep it alive by lighting one match after another... until they’re all gone.

She also sees a shooting star and remembers her grand-mother telling her

‘when a star falls, it means a soul has gone to heaven.’

The following morning passersby find the little girl dead, her thin, frozen body lying beside sev-eral spent matches.

She has gone to a better place where

she will no longer feel hunger, cold or pain. End of story.

Sniff. Now why my

mother who otherwise was Mother of the Year material, couldn’t let me just rip open my presents, play with my new toys, eat

my Christmas turkey and mincemeat pie, go to bed with my warm, down comforter and drift off to sleep with visions of sugar plums dancing in my head, I will never know.

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The North District RCMP and BC SAR Asso-ciation are reminding the public to use available resources to find out about avalanche conditions and to ensure you are properly prepared before entering any of these areas this season.

Outdoor enthusiasts love to explore and call the vast northern mountains their winter play-ground where they enjoy snowmobiling, skiing, snowshoeing and other backcountry adventures.

The RCMP and Search and Rescue are never called when people are having a good time, only when tragedy hits or someone needs help, says Const. Lesley Smith, North District Media Rela-tions Officer. Before you seek out your thrill for adventure, be sure you are well prepared for the potential dangers that come with playing in Canada’s snowy mountainous environments.

Please check for avalanche conditions with the Canadian Avalanche Association at www.ava-lanche.ca/CAC Bulletin Regions

RCMP and Search and Rescue are also con-cerned about the misuse of personal trackers.

Brian Lamond, a Search Manager of North Peace Search and Rescue, says satellite GPS mes-sengers are great devices for people recreating in the back country and they will definitely save lives. But people need to use them properly.

These devices allow location-based communi-cation to friends, family and emergency services. But these trackers only allow one-way messaging. On each of these devices there are three buttons with three very different purposes.

One button is 911 and is meant to be used in the event of a life threatening or other critical

emergency. When pressed, the tracker will notify emergency services of your GPS location and that you need assistance. Then depending on the GPS location, the RCMP and local Search and Rescue group will be notified and called into action.

Another button is Check-in/OK. This feature allows you to let your friends and family know that all is OK with a pre-programmed message, sent via email or SMS, along with your GPS loca-tion.

The third button, HELP is the one that fre-quently isn’t being used correctly. This function is supposed to be used in the event of a non-life-threatening event. You use this button to notify your personal contacts that you need assistance. Examples would be if your snowmobile broke down or ran out of gas.

In an April 25 story, the Free Press reported on the amazing weight loss story of Tracey Montgomery who managed to shed 120 pounds in a year of hard work. Well, the story just got better.

Montgomery will appear on a show which airs on ET Canada on Dec. 28. She was chosen as one of three stories from across Canada – and the only story west of Toronto.

“Last week my daughter and I were flown down to Vancou-ver where I was interviewed and filmed. And then the next day ET Canada gave me a beauty makeover. It was all extremely exciting and very, very humbling to have been chosen.”

Her journey to TV stardom took off when Weight Watch-ers used her story in their weekly booklets that go across Canada and into their meeting rooms, she said.

“I was told about a month

ago they were going to use my story on posters in the meet-ing rooms across B.C. start-ing in November. Then I was informed that Weight Watch-ers and ET Canada could potentially be using my story in a project they are work-ing on together for the end of December.”

It was a short wait before Montgomery, 45, learned her inspirational weight-loss story was chosen one of the top three.

Montgomery had been heavy most of her life. She was 200 pounds when she met her husband. She tried dozens of diets with no success and for years her weight hovered around the 300-pound mark. So it wasn’t until her blood pressure was up and she feared getting diabetes, which runs in her family, that she decided once and for all to shed the excess pounds.

She was a size 24 and weighed 295 pounds – down from a high of 336 pounds – when she started the Weight

Watchers program in Sept. 2010. She lost 121.5 pounds and, at the time of her April interview with the Free Press, easily fit into a size eight.

One of her main incentives to shed pounds, she said, was wanting to keep up with her active daughter, Deanna, 19.

Eventually, with her new-found energy and significant weight loss, Tracey was out-running her. And Deanna also benefited from her mother being on the WW program by learning about food portions and good nutrition.

“It’s funny but even now when I have my picture taken I hold my head in a certain way to hide my chins – even though they’re not there any-more,” she told the Free Press in April. Not anymore.

Montgomery, with her still svelte figure and made-for-TV makeover, is getting used to being in the limelight.

The ET Canada show featur-ing Tracey Montgomery will air on Dec. 28 on ET Canada. Stay tuned.

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Dennis Johnson of Prince George is the lucky winner of the third early-bird prize in the 31st annual Spruce Kings show home lottery.

Johnson won a $2,000 Sporting Sup-plies Package from Papas Woodworking.

The winning ticket (2419) was purchased at the Canadian Tire store in Prince George and was drawn on Sunday. The winning ticket will now go back in the barrel and be eligible for all sub-sequent draws. The next early-bird prize in the Spruce Kings Show Home Lottery will be drawn on Sun-day, December 16 at 8 p.m. for a $2,000 gift card from the Prince George Canadian Tire Store.

“We want to thank all of our supporters from the local busi-nesses to all the ticket

purchasers,” said Spruce Kings Show Home Lottery man-ager Jim Young in a press release. “There is a lot of buzz about this year’s Show Home and we are approach-ing 3,000 tickets pur-chased already. The Mega 50/50 is also doing really well with 2,367 tickets purchased for that draw.”

Along with the show home lottery is the new Mega 50/50 Lottery featuring a total of 4,000 tickets available for $20 each with one ticket win-ning half of the jack-

pot that currently sits at over $45,000.

Tickets for the Mega 50/50 are available at all locations where the show home lottery tickets are available including the Show Home, the Spruce Kings office, Pine Centre Mall, Canadian Tire and the Spruce-land location of Save On Foods in Prince George. Tickets may also be purchased over the phone by call-ing 962-IWIN (4946) or toll free within the Province of British Columbia 1-855-962-IWIN.

The Salvation Army’s annual Christmas cam-paign is well underway and, as usual, citizens of Prince George and the surrounding region are proving to be generous and supportive.

Though still a significant distance from the Christmas campaign’s fundraising goal of $300,000, the campaign is only a little behind its midpoint targets on its major initiatives of the Kettle Campaign and the Tree of Lights.

“The Salvation Army in Prince George is currently at less than 50 per cent of our tar-get for this year’s campaign,” said Captain Neil Wilkinson, Corps Officer of The Salva-tion Army Prince George, in a press release. “Though we remain confident that the com-munity will once again show why it has such a great reputation for supporting one another. It’s important for the community to know that the funds raised through our Christmas Campaign provide resources for our overall services to community throughout the year. We want to encourage our supporters to please donate when they see a kettle around town – every little bit helps.”

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Sports■ SPRUCE KINGS

Thompson thrives on heavy workload

The Prince George Spruce Kings are no strangers to playing three road games in as many days.

But this trip will be particularly difficult. The team spent a full day travelling on their bus Thursday to reach B.C.’s south coast. After meeting the Island Division’s Victoria Grizzlies tonight and Cowichan Valley Capitals on Saturday, they’ll take

the ferry back to the Lower Mainland to play their final game of 2012 on Sunday against the Surrey Eagles.

“It wears you out, and you got to take ferries and play games. It’s a tough one to do,” Spruce Kings head coach Dave

Dupas said on Tuesday, two days before they left Prince George. “It’s a long trip, it’s right before Christmas so we have to stay focused on the task at hand.”

What Kirk Thompson accomplished in three days was no easy feat.

In a trio of weekend B.C. Hockey League home games, he skated between the pipes at the Coliseum for 180 min-utes. But the end result was positive.

“It’s definitely a chal-lenge. It’s not easy,” the Prince George Spruce Kings starting goalie says. “But it definitely makes it worth it when you can come out with all six points.”

After posting a 3-1 triumph over the Cowichan Valley Capitals on Friday, Thomp-son recorded two more in a doubleheader against the Coquitlam Express. The Spruce Kings won 6-4 on Saturday and 4-1 on Sun-day.

“It was definitely a week-end to remember for me,” says Thompson, who’s listed at 5-foot-11 and 170 pounds.

Sunday’s victory also fell on the 20-year-old Surrey product’s 100th BCHL game. As a third-year player, he’s dressed for a lot more.

Such a performance was also a long time coming for Thompson. For a player unable to establish himself as a starter in his first two BCHL seasons, it marked the first time he received the nod in each contest in a three-game weekend.

With three wins, Thomp-son did everything the Spruce Kings could ask of him. On Sunday, he turned aside 39 shots in being named the game’s first star.

“I thought that without him playing as well as he did, it would’ve been obvi-ously much tougher to win those games,” Spruce Kings head coach Dave Dupas says. “But he made some big

saves down the stretch and turned potential losses that we were getting earlier in November into wins, so it’s exactly what we need from him.”

While all the minutes may be tiring, Thompson knows better than to com-plain. Becoming the clear-cut starter was his goal when he joined the Spruce Kings in 2010. Now that the Number 1 job is his, he’s hoping it’ll take him to the next level. He’s aiming at landing a NCAA Division 1 scholar-ship before the season ends.

Thompson doesn’t under-estimate the challenges he’s faced to get here. He’s had about half a dozen goaltend-ing partners with the Spruce

Kings.“Especially in the past, I’ve

just been battling, battling to get ice time. The first five of my goalie partners, at least, it’s just an ongoing battle,” he says. “Then this year I kind of established myself as the Number 1 goalie, so it’s been a lot nicer and I think it’s better for me when I just have to focus on winning games rather than trying to beat out the other goalie on the team.”

It’s rare to see a goalie play in fewer games his second season, but the stats show Thompson played less as a sophomore than a rookie. In the 2010-11 season, a non-playoff campaign in which the Spruce Kings struggled

with consistency in goal, Thompson played in 39 games. Last season Thomp-son saw action in 33 contests, but played back-up to Ty Swabb down the stretch.

Swabb joined the Spruce Kings from the Alberta Junior Hockey League a year ago. He started the majority of the team’s games in Feb-ruary and March, including three of four playoff contests against the Merritt Centen-nials. The Centennials swept the Spruce Kings in the best-of-seven Interior Conference semifinals.

In the offseason, the Spruce Kings dealt Swabb to the AJHL’s Canmore Eagles. The move came after the Spruce Kings signed 1996-

born rookie Liam McLeod, so the starting position appeared to be Thompson’s for the taking.

Thompson has seen action in 28 of the Spruce Kings’ 30 games this season. He’s recorded 14 wins, 10 losses and one tie (14-10-1). He sports a 2.85 goals against average, .908 save percent-age and one shutout.

For a player with a career BCHL record of 36-50-3, the patience and perseverance has started to pay off.

As for McLeod, a Kam-loops product, he’ll provide Thompson relief by starting tonight against the Victo-ria Grizzlies. The starter is looking forward to watching the game unfold from the

bench.“I’m really excited for him,

and I know he’s going to be able to have a great game, a great bounce-back game there,” Thompson says. “I think by the end of the season, you’ll see that he’s matured a lot as a goalie and he’ll be ready to go for next year for the team.”

The Spruce Kings carry a record of 15 wins, nine losses, one tie and five overtime defeats (15-9-1-5) into this evening’s contest. They’ll stay on the Island to meet the Cowichan Valley Capitals on Saturday. They’ll return to the Mainland for their final game of 2012, Sunday against the Surrey Eagles.

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The Prince George Cougars have struggled.

They’re riding a three-game Western Hockey League losing streak. Their offensive attack has lacked bite, with two goals scored in those contests.

They’ve slipped out of a play-off spot to ninth in the 10-team Western Conference. Former cap-tain Brock Hirsche retired due to a shoulder separation, their top scorer has to sit out one more contest to serve a six-game sus-pension, and injuries hit the team this month.

It appears as though the Cou-gars have sunk to their lowest point this season. Can’t they catch a break? Well, their sched-ule may be doing its part to help. The Cougars meet the only team below them in the standings in a trio of games this weekend.

The Cougars carry a record of 10 wins, 17 losses, one over-time setback and three shoot-out defeats (10-17-1-3) into their road game against the Vancouver Giants tonight. The teams will head north after the contest for a CN Centre doubleheader on Saturday and Sunday.

At 8-23-0-0, the Giants are eight points behind the Cougars and last in the 22-team WHL.

“It’s a very important weekend for us. We know that they’re a team that’s gone through some trials and tribulations this year.

Obviously they’re going through a little bit of a downswing in their franchise,” Cougars head coach Dean Clark said on Wednesday. “But we’ve got to sort some things out ourselves. We need to get some wins and just get back to some solid play. The last three games for me, as a coach, have been very disappointing and I think that we’ve got to get back to playing a solid brand of hockey and if we do that, I think we can have success against this team.”

While the Giants already appear like a longshot to make playoffs, a couple of wins over the Cougars would keep their slim playoff hopes alive.

The Cougars are coming off a 2-0 defeat to the Swift Current Broncos on Tuesday evening at CN Centre. The Giants’ latest contest also resulted in a home-ice loss, 4-1 to the Kamloops Blazers on Sunday.

Struggling to find offence, Clark tried a variety of line com-binations in Tuesday’s defeat. They were outshot by the Bron-cos 35-17.

“There are guys in that dress-ing room looking for somebody else to give an answer instead of them stepping up and being a part of the answer, so that’s what we need,” Clark said.

Through the struggles, there’s been at least one positive. Clark complimented the efforts of rookie goalie Brett Zarowny in his last three starts. In a losing

effort, Zarowny was named first star of the game against the Bron-cos. In a lacklustre team effort, he was the best Cougar on the ice by a long shot.

“We need that kind of effort from the team,” Clark said.

NOTES: UNDERAGER – Fifteen-year-old

forward Jansen Harkins will play for the Cougars tonight in Vancouver. He’ll return to Prince George with the WHL team after the contest, then re-join the B.C. Major Midget League’s Vancou-ver North West Giants. Vancou-

ver North West plays the Cariboo Cougars in a BCMML double-header this weekend in Prince George.

Harkins played his second game with the Cougars on Tues-day. As a drafted 1997-born underager, he’s allowed to play a maximum of five games until the 2012-13 season ends for his midget team.

Suspension – After tonight’s game ends, Cougars forward Colin Jacobs will have served his six-game suspension. The penalty was handed down for Jacobs’ hit to the head on a Victoria Royals

player during their game at CN Centre on Nov. 30.

SCHEDULE – Game times for this weekend’s CN Centre contests are 7 p.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m. on Sunday. The final-pre Christ-mas game for the Cougars, Sun-day marks the Cougars’ annual Teddy Bear and Toque Toss.

STANDINGS – The Cougars are four points behind the eighth-place Everett Silvertips (13-20-0-2) with four games in hand. They’re 11 points behind the sixth-place Royals (17-13-0-1) and nine back of the seventh-place Seattle Thunderbirds (16-15-1-0).

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Prince George Cougars forward Jake Mykitiuk tries breaking through the neutral zone against the Swift Current Broncos during their Western Hockey League game on Tuesday evening at CN Centre. The Broncos blanked the Cougars 2-0.

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Ironically, the Prince George Cougars and the Spruce Kings have proven that playing on home ice offers little

advantage.The Cougars have

played 31 games and the Spruce Kings are at the 30-game mark,

which means the Cats are just under the half-way point of their 72 game schedule while the Kings are just over half of their 56-game schedule.

There is a parallel in that both Prince George teams nearly play just as well on the road as they do at home.

THE FACTS:The 10-17-1-3 Cou-

gars are 6-9-1 at home and 4-8-3 on the road. In other words, the Cats have earned 13 of 32 points at CN Centre and 11 of 30 points on the road.

The Cougars power-play ranks last (22 teams) on home ice and 19th on the road (last overall).

The Cougars penalty kill is last on home ice and 20th on the road (21st overall). To sum-marize, the Cats have a slightly better record

at home with specialty teams slightly better on the road.

Furthermore, the Cougars last sea-son were 11-24-0-1 at home (23 points) and 13-22-0-1 on the road (27 points).

The Spruce Kings record is 15-9-1-5. Two of those games were played at a neutral site in Chilliwack, both victories. In essence, they should be con-sidered road wins since those games were played 391 miles (652 kilometers) from Prince George.

The Spruce Kings are 8-3-1-3 (20 points out of 15 games) at the Coliseum. Including the neutral site victo-ries, they are 7-6-0-2 away (16 points out of 15 games).

The Spruce Kings power-play is ranked 14th out of 16 at home and 5th on the road (11th overall).

The Spruce Kings penalty kill is 14th at home yet is 7h on the road (12th overall).

To summarize, the

Spruce Kings have a slightly better home record yet their special teams are better on the

road.More-

over, the Spruce Kings were 19-10-1 at home last

season (39 points) and 14-11-1-4 (33 points) on the road and they were 0-2 at home and 0-2 on the road in the playoffs.

What does this all mean? There is no simple answer but here are three of my theories:

DOUBLEHEADERS:The Cougars and

Spruce Kings play many home double-headers against the same team. More often than not, there is a split or least the losing team gets a point for going beyond regu-lation. Teams mak-ing that long trip to Prince George ideally want two wins in two games but realistically are focusing on get-ting a split just like if it was a playoff series. One can imagine the ridicule and tongue

lashing the visiting team gets from its coaches and support-ers if they spend all those hours on the bus and have nothing to show for it.

(Note: I realize the Spruce Kings won all three home games last weekend, includ-ing a pair against Coquitlam, but they were winless in their previous five home contests.)

ATMOSPHERE:Prince George

hockey fans are gener-ally polite, courteous, mild-mannered and quiet and it takes a goal from the home side, a fight or a hor-rendous call from the referee to get a notice-able reaction.

The Cougars are last in the WHL in atten-dance averaging, just 1,856 fans per game, which translates to a noise factor that is considerably less than other league buildings.

The Spruce Kings are drawing 1,103 fans per game, a shade below the BCHL aver-age of 1,116, and the roar of the crowd does not appear to be worth an extra goal.

PRESSURE:This isn’t exclusive

to Prince George, but the players are more relaxed and focused on the road. There are fewer outside distrac-tions and more of a team bonding when playing away.

IN CONCLUSION:There is an estab-

lished trend (not just this season) where the Cougars and Spruce Kings only show mod-est gains playing at home. Even the Prince George-based Cari-boo Cougars, one of the elite teams in the BCMML, have just as good a road record (9-3) as they do at home (8-2).

The general rule of thumb teams strive for is to win 2/3 of the home games and a minimum ½ of the away games. The Cou-gars and Spruce Kings are in the ball park on the road, yet the Cougars have six wins in 16 home games and the Spruce Kings have eight wins in 15 Coli-seum dates.

As strange as it may appear, the statistics show home ice has not been a huge benefac-tor for either Prince George junior hockey team. FROM THE QUOTE RACK:

A Santa Claus work-ing at a Christmas market in Toronto was fired after he made fun of a 3-year-old visitor’s Maple Leafs toque and told him “they suck”.

Well, now we know what the Senators’ Chris Neil has been doing for work during the lockout.

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A department-store Santa in Toronto was fired after telling a 3-year-old boy wear-ing a Maple Leafs cap that “you shouldn’t be wearing that – they suck.”

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The opposition is a team the Cougars are familiar with, a team they’ve consistently targeted as a team to beat in the B.C. Major Midget League. The past few seasons, the Vancouver North West Giants defeated the Cou-gars when it mattered most.

In winning league titles the past three years, the Giants defeated the Cougars in the BCMML best-of-three championship series. It’s a trend the Cougars want to see change. The season isn’t on the line this time, but the Cougars know how much of a boost a two-game sweep would give them.

“Obviously it’s exciting. At the end of the day, these are the games you want to play,” Cou-gars head coach Trevor Sprague says.

The Cougars will have the advantage of a hometown crowd. The doubleheader gets underway on Saturday, 1 p.m. at CN Centre. On Sunday, the teams will play at 9:15 a.m. at the Coliseum, the last regular-season date until 2013.

The Cougars carry a record of 17 wins, five losses and zero ties (17-5-0) into the set. They’re third in the 11-team league, six points behind the league-leading Giants (19-1-2). Sandwiched between the two clubs is the second-place Okanagan Rockets, who have 36 points with a 16-2-4 mark.

“The Giants staff and the Oka-nagan Rockets staff have done a good job putting the teams that they have in place and we’re right there with them as well,” Sprague says, “so our staff has done their job as well.”

In fourth place, the Vancouver North East Chiefs (12-7-3) are seven points behind the Cou-gars.

The Cougars are coming off a road doubleheader sweep over the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds on the weekend in Abbotsford. They defeated the Thunderbirds 8-4 on Saturday and 5-0 on Sun-day.

In Sunday’s win, goalie Jeremy Matte earned his second shutout of the season. The win was his sixth of the 2012-13 campaign. Five players scored: Logan Sty-ler, Michael Bell, Braiden Epp, Eli Jarvis and Ryan Forbes.

Special teams provided a boost on Sunday, the visitors finishing 2-for-4 on the power play and killing off four penalties in the shutout victory.

The sweep helped the Cougars put disappointing results from the previous weekend behind

them. They lost both games in a home-ice set against the Greater Vancouver Canadians, 5-3 on Dec. 1 and 9-6 on Dec. 2. The nine goals was the most allowed in one game this season.

“For both teams, I don’t think it was the way we wanted to see it with a high-scoring game like that,” Sprague says.

Saturday marks the beginning

of a crucial stretch for the Cou-gars. While they’ll get a three-week break from regular-season action, they’ve been invited to return to the Mac’s Tournament in Calgary.

The Mac’s Tournament is an international midget rep compe-tition that runs from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, featuring top midget pro-grams from throughout Western

Canada. The Cougars will travel from Prince George to Calgary on Christmas Day.

Forward Riley Pettit remains on the shelf with a shoulder injury and is expected to return to the Cougars’ lineup after the Mac’s Tournament. They’ve picked up affiliated player Thane Ander-son for this weekend’s double-header.



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A successful six-point weekend at home gave the Spruce Kings momentum this week. But a lot can change in five days and more than 800

kilometres. Starting the trip on the right foot could go a long way, but that won’t come easy in Victoria.

The Spruce Kings carry a record of 15 wins, nine losses, one tie and five overtime defeats (15-9-1-5) into

this evening’s game. They’re tied with the Eagles (17-9-0-2) for second in the five-team Mainland Division with 36 points. The teams are four points behind the division-leading Chilliwack Chiefs (19-8-1-1).

The Coquitlam Express (15-14-1-0) sit fourth in the Main-land Division, while the Langley Rivermen (10-13-0-5) occupy the basement.

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Although Cowichan Valley (7-17-0-2) sits last in the division and 16-team league, Dupas knows better than to underestimate the Capitals.

“Going into Victoria is tough. They don’t lose there very often. Cowichan is another team that it’s a tough team to play against.

We saw the other night. They’re not very high in the standings, but they’re in every game,” Dupas said. “They hang around, they hang around, they have guys that work real hard so that’s tough, and then obviously coming into Surrey, it’s a tough building to win games in. It’s a huge ice sur-face. It’s Olympic-size and they have a fast team, and especially the third game in two and a half days, that’s going to be tough too.”

In their latest game, the Spruce Kings defeated Coquitlam 4-1 on Sunday, the sec-ond half of a home-ice doubleheader. They outscored the Express 6-4 on Saturday.

On Friday, the Spruce Kings downed the Capitals 3-1.

Sunday’s contest ended a seven-game homestand while tonight marks the start of eight con-secutive road games for the Spruce Kings. Their schedule doesn’t get much easier after

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After playing at Chilliwack on Jan. 11 and Coquitlam on Jan. 12, the Spruce Kings will return to home ice. The next action at the Coliseum has the Spruce Kings meeting the Chiefs in a double-header on Jan. 18 and 19.

Spruce Kings goalie Kirk Thompson, a 20-year-old Surrey product, is looking forward to wrapping up their pre-Christ-mas schedule in front of friends and family in his hometown.

“It’s pretty cool playing in Surrey. We get a lot of fans that come out,” he said. “We have a few other guys from Surrey on the team too, we defi-nitely have a huge cheering section.”

Big road weekend for Kingsfrom PAGE B1

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