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THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2012
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Riverside resident refuses to panic despite creep of Fraser flooding
CITIZEN PHOTO BY BRENT BRAATEN
Louise Young looks over flooding on her property in Foreman Flats Wednesday morning.
Charelle EVELYN Citizen staff cevelyn@pgcitizen.ca
ven though there are normally acres of land between her house and the Fraser River, Louise Young’s home has turned into waterfront property.
But the 29-year Denicola Crescent resident isn’t too concerned with the approaching water.
“It’s a great place to live down here. But when this happens, it happens,” said Young, who sandbagged around her home Tuesday afternoon on the advice of representatives of the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George.
“I wasn’t even going to sandbag, because I knew it wasn’t going to reach my house. But it kept coming and coming, so I sandbagged anyway,” she said.
“It’s always for moot. Same as this.”
On Tuesday night, after the river peaked at 10.02 metres at South Fort George, water lapped at the bags at the rear of her home
mThe district is choosing to "err on the side of caution," and keep those alerts intact for the next few days, said spokesperson Renee McCloskey.
east of Prince George but didn’t get around the house.
Young is one of 48 residents under evacuation alert in the regional district - 22 in the Foreman Flats area and 26 in the Shelley townsite.
The district is choosing to “err on the side of caution,” and keep those alerts intact for the next few days, said spokesperson Renee McCloskey.
An evacuation order is still underway for one resident in the Robson Valley, whose home is on the site of the mudslide that nar-
rowed Highway 16 East, 23 kilometres east of Slim Creek.
Although the high water levels have receded slightly, they remain above 9.4m and are still expected to fluctuate over the next couple of days. Warmer weather forecast for Wednesday through Friday will affect the snow melt and and weekend rain is expected to raise river levels again.
Within the city limits, Paddlewheel Park and the surrounding area continues to lie underwater.
“Accordingly, all evacuation alerts and orders issued by the Emergency Operations Centre remain in place,” said city spokesperson Chris Bone. The city’s Evacuation Support Program will continue to provide short-term emergency food and shelter assistance as required.
Vehicle traffic in the South Fort George area will be restricted. But that hasn’t stopped curious neighbours from walking down Hamilton Avenue to get a closer look at the flooding.
— see RIVER, page 2
HEALTHCARE
Childhood cancer treatments exact heavy toll: researcher
Ted CLARKE Citizen staff tdarke@pgcitizen.ca
Medical science has worked wonders in prolonging the lives of children who develop cancer.
For kids who get the disease, it’s not nearly as deadly as it once was.
In the 1950s, only about 15 per cent of cancer patients lived at least five years after they were diagnosed. Now, more than 80 per cent are five-year survivors. But with that longer lease on life comes the sinister cost of complications years down the road, which are only starting to be revealed through the findings of cancer research scientists.
“While they’re receiving their chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery their bodies are still developing, so the toxic effects of the treatment are that much more because they are still growing while receiving treatment,” said Mary McBride, a scientist at the B.C. Cancer Agency research centre in Vancouver McBride spoke to a cross-section of representatives from the medical community Wednesday afternoon at a symposium at UNBC. For the past 10 years, McBride has been leading a team focused on childhood cancer, trying to identify who
m While they're receiving their chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery their bodies are still developing, so the toxic effects of the treatment are that much more because they are still growing while receiving treatment."
— Mary McBride
is most at risk, the health problems they face in later life, and what treatments might trigger those risk factors. Her studies are also developing new guidelines to monitor the progress of young cancer patients once they leave the cancer care health system.
— see ‘THE TREATMENTS, page 3
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