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Renegades boss murdered
by FRANK PEEBLES Citizen staff The president of the Renegades motorcycle club is the dead man at the centre of a Salmon Valley homicide investigation. Sources indicate William John Moore, 35, was shot to death inside a vehicle found in a wooded area behind the mobile home he was framing on the Hart Highway just past McLeod Road. The home and a nearby camper trailer were engulfed in flames by about 8 p.m. Sunday, bringing fire crews to the scene from the Salmon Valley Volunteer Fire Department. They discovered the body and notified police. Moore was the president of the Prince George Renegades Motorcycle Club and was facing several charges in connection with the Hells Angels. He was one of the Renegades busted in an RCMP investigation in January, accused of three counts of trafficking in cocaine. Nine others from the Renegades and the Hells Angels from Vancouver and their associates were also charged with drug and weapons offences after a 20-month covert investigation. Moore was also facing more recent allegations of breaching his recognizance, but was freed on bail Friday. Police would not confirm the deceased man is Moore, but sources close to him, including people at the Renegades clubhouse on Fir Street, confirmed his identity as the victim. "He got shot," said one man who answered the door at the Renegades clubhouse. "We don't know who (did it). We haven't got a clue." "(We found out) last night," said a second man at the clubhouse. "He had gunshot wounds. Honestly, you probably know as much as we do." Moore is the third homicide victim in recent months to be killed within days or weeks of release from jail. The first was Peter John Letendre, found shot to death in the snow on Norwood Street on Dec. 11, only six weeks after he and three other men were let off of their group assault charge when the victim failed to attend court as the key witness against them. The second was Ronald William Telford, stabbed to death on Feb. 11 only 48 hours after his release from jail after serving a two-month sentence for theft over $5,000 and a credit card offence.
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A Salmon Valley home and nearby camper trailer were destroyed by fire Sunday night. The body of William John Moore was found in a nearby vehicle.

Forensic experts scour nearby area for clues
by FRANK PEEBLES Citizen staff James Pipe had noticed the mobile home residence alongside the Hart Highway near Salmon Valley. He had driven past it dozens of times and had curiously watched the progress as the owner framed it in over the last year or so. The construction was almost finished. Then, as he drove by Sunday night on his way home to Mackenzie, he saw it all end in a hot orange ball. "It was hot. You could feel the heat from across the highway," said Pipe, who took pictures while he watched the blaze. "The power pole beside the house was on fire and I was worried about the power lines falling down. I'm glad I didn't go any closer, because I would be walking over any tracks that might have been around if it was a homicide scene." Pipe also saw something else curious. Headlights were shining through the flames and the trees at the back of the burning building, he said. They did not move. The Citizen learned later that the lights were from a vehicle in which the body of William (Billy) Moore was found. Moore had been shot to death. "There was a lot of traffic going by," Pipe said. "There were two other vehicles who stopped with me plus a larger truck. I was the only one who got out of my vehicle. I went to the guy behind me and he already had his cellphone out and said he had called 911. I left before the fire crews arrived." Flames still flared up from the ashes of the former building Monday as more than a dozen investigators dissected the area. The dog squad was following scents in the evergreen forest behind the burn where the body was found. Forensic specialists were surveying and measuring to reconstruct the scene. The house was burned to the ground, as was the nearby camper trailer. A hydro pole and an outbuilding were charred. Two other outbuildings, a snowmobile, a vintage muscle car in a partial state of restoration, a large propane tank and some heavy logging equipment were untouched. Local RCMP say the incident is being treated as a homicide and they are not ruling out that it was an execution. "All possibilities will be investigated," said RCMP spokesperson Const. Mike Caira. "Things like airline tickets, motel and hotel registries, vehicle rentals, anything that we believe may direct this investigation to its conclusion will be pursued."

COMMUNITY

Too few people for northern cancer clinic, report says
by BERNICE TRICK and relative ease of north-south travCitizen staff el. The population base in northern Health Services Minister Shirley B.C. is not large enough to support a Bond said she has not seen the rePrince George-based cancer radiation port, and won't until after it goes to clinic, according to the final report the NHA board on March 14. by t he Nor t her n Cancer Control Bond, Prince George-Mount RobStrategy. son MLA and provincial health minisThe report, obtained by The Citi- ter, said she won't comment on the zen, says the Northern Health Au- findings in the report until she has a thority has a chance to read it. catchment popuWhen asked to lation of about comment on the re300,000, but B.C. port's findings, Dr. typically considBert Kelly, executive ers a catchment director of the of about 750,000 Northern Medical to suppor t and Society, said: "From justify a radiowhat you're telling therapy centre. me, this does not The report, sound at all like what we had in compiled by the NHA and the mind, but I think we have to remember B.C. Cancer Agency, says a ra-- Dr. Bert Kelly t h a t t h e r e p o r t , diation clinic compiled by buwould require reaucrats, still has the recruitment of a "critical mass" of to go to the (NHA) board for approval both radiation oncologists and surgi- which you say is another week." cal and medical oncologists, and minThe Northern Medical Society wasimum staff numbers for medical n't consulted "and was never involved physics, electronics and radiation in any of the deliberations surroundtherapy technologists. ing this report. I can only assume The repor t says feedback from they did not want to hear dissenting northern physicians indicates that opinion during the report's gestanortherners are better served by the tion," said Kelly. current arrangements because of es"From what you tell me, they can tablished referral links, a full range of expect to hear a lot of such dissenting specialized care in tertiary centres opinion in the next few days. The

TREATMENT AND CARE
The Northern Health Authority and B.C. Cancer Agency are partnering to produce a joint Northern Cancer Program for northern patients centred on the following treatment and care priorities:  A travel assistance priority will be developed to assist patients being investigated or treated for cancer to reduce the burden of travel.  Increase capacity in chemotherapy treatment in the near future through recruitment of additional oncology nurses.  Patients receiving several types of cancer treatment will be supported by cancer-knowledgeable registered nurses to ensure treatment minimizes travel requirements.  Northern family doctors will have easier access to B.C. Cancer Agency tumour-site-specific specialists in radiation, medical and Northern Medical Society, you may rest assured, will closely analyze this document and comment further on it," he said. With a population of about 300,000, the report says "given the referral and travel patterns, a northern radiation service at this time could respond, at most, to a populasurgical oncology.  A new telehealth strategy will improve physicians' access to BCCA specialists for consultation.  A palliative-care program will link to home care, BCCA palliativecare network and other similar rural sites.  Develop ties with the Alberta Cancer Board to explore issues around referral patterns. In the early 1990s, Rotary clubs in the North raised more than $200,000 as seed money to build a cancer lodge with hopes of encouraging the building of a cancer clinic in the region. But it never happened because the population base was too small to support a clinic. The fund was eventually turned over to the Prince George Hospice Society to support the development of Rotary Hospice House in Prince George. tion of 175,000 or about 25 per cent of the minimum recommended guideline." However, this could change with population growth, development of more cancer services, planning for oncologist specialists and improvement in east-west transportation links, the report says.

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