Chinese economic woes cause -‘Tima rket meltdown ,
WORLD 6, MONEY 16
Riders make most of Hot Day at Otway
THE
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2015
PRINCE
GEORGE
SPORTS 9
www.pgcitizen.ca
IZEN
Newsstand $1.55 incl. tax | Home Delivered 70c/day
CITIZEN PHOTO BY BRENT BRAATEN, RCMP HANDOUT PHOTO
MAIN: A police car blocks traffic on the end of Haldi Lake Road on Monday.
INSET: RCMP are investigating a suspicious death after the body of Ian Matthew Begg, 35, was found near the end of Haldi Lake Road on Sunday morning.
Man found dead on Haldi Lake Road
Mark NIELSEN Citizen staff mnielsen@pgcitizen.ca
The Prince George RCMP’s serious crime section is investigating a suspicious death after the body of a dead man was found near the south end of Haldi Lake Road on Sunday morning.
The man has been identified as Ian Matthew Begg, 35, of Prince George.
A member of the detachment’s general
duty section found him at about 8:40 a.m.
“Although cause of death has yet to be determined, police are treating this investigation as a homicide,” an RCMP statement issued on Monday said. “The detachment’s serious crime and forensic identification sections have been called in.”
A portion of Haldi Lake Road was closed as of Monday morning and was expected to remain closed for an extended period of time. RCMP is also asking anyone who had
contact with Begg over the past several days to contact the detachment.
“Investigators are also interested in his habits and whereabouts during the same period of time,” RCMP said.
Begg is described as Caucasian, five-foot-ten, 212 pounds, with brown hair and eyes.
According to court records, a warrant had been issued for Begg’s arrest after he failed to appear in Prince George provincial court on July 8 for a first appearance on six
charges from an April 5 incident.
The charges included dangerous driving, refusal to provide a breath sample, driving without a licence and willfully resisting a peace officer.
Anyone with information is asked to call Prince George RCMP at 250-561-3300 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca, or text CRIMES using keyword “pgtips.”
Derrick named NDP candidate in Cariboo
Charelle EVELYN Citizen staff cevelyn@pgcitizne.ca
Prince George businessman Trent Derrick will fly the orange flag for Cariboo-Prince George during the federal election.
On Monday night Derrick won the NDP nomination for the riding, beating out competitors Debora Munoz and Laura Zimmerman.
The final ballots were cast at the office of the Steelworkers Local 1-424 following nomination meetings over the weekend in Williams Lake and Quesnel.
“The next steps are to plan to defeat Stephen Harper and the Conservative government,” Derrick said shortly after being named the victor in the nomination race.
“I think we’re egging to pull our team together and make our plan to take our steps forward and deliver the message that Tom Mulcair has the experience and the NDP is the one party that will bring change to Ottawa.”
Derrick has lived Prince George and area for 32 years - 22 in the city and 10 in Hixon - and currently runs a small business, the Spa of the North at the Coast Inn of the North. He is a member of the Gitxsan First Nation and holds a bachelor of arts degree in religion and theology from Taylor University College in Edmonton.
Derrick said it’s that small business background that may have helped to put him over his challengers for the nomination.
“I think it was my experience as a small business person that I’m able to deliver the message that the NDP is able to support small businesses,” he said.
k
DERRICK
“The NDP has a plan to lower the small business tax rate from 11 to nine per cent, the NDP has a plan to strengthen the middle class and the NDP has a plan to focus on developing manufacturing in Canada.”
Now that the nomination is set, there won’t be much of a shift for Derrick.
“I’ve been doing campaigning throughout the nomination process, making sure that I’ve been hitting the streets and knocking on doors throughout communities in the riding just to hear their concerns,” he said.
— see DERRICK, page 3
Local car dealership fined for deceptive practices
Mark NIELSEN Citizen staff
The B.C. Motor Vehicle Sales Authority has fined the owners of Northland Chrysler Jeep Dodge $44,000 and its former principal, Brent Marshall, $3,550 for engaging in deceptive practices.
The penalties, issued Aug. 13, are in relation to the sale of four used vehicles advertised in a June 2013 flyer distributed to communities outside of Prince George.
In all, seven fines were assessed, three of them related to the sale of a 2006 Honda Civic. Northland was fined $6,000 and Marshall $600 for failing to advertise the Civic on the lot at the same price advertised in the flyer.
It had been advertised for $9,988 but during the June Mega Sale, where dealers gather at the CN Centre parking lot to sell vehicles, the sticker price was $14,888 and it was sold for $13,500 plus the administrative fee for a total base price of $14,089 to a couple who had not seen the flyer.
Using the image of a four-door sedan when, in fact, the Civic was a two-door coupe, yielded a further $2,500 penalty for Northland and $250 for Marshall.
Northland was fined $6,000 for misrepresenting a price advantage, as the couple was told they would be getting a “really good deal” and a “family deal” on the car.
Marshall was not fined on that count.
Failing to price a 2009 Chevrolet Impala on the lot at the same price advertised in the flyer led to another $6,000 fine for Northland and $600 for Marshall.
The Impala was advertised for $10,988 but was sold for $12,089 at the Northland lot. The sticker price was $14,800 and the
Northland was fined $6,000 for misrepresenting a price advantage, as the couple was told they would be getting a "really good deal" and a "family deal" on the car.
salesperson accepted an offer of $11,500 while the administrative fee was added on.
Charging the purchaser of a 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan a $589 administrative fee on top of the advertised price without advising the purchaser that such a fee would be levied led to a $2,500 fine for Northland. Marshall was not fined on that count.
Northland was fined $1,000 and Marshall $100 for describing a 2013 Dodge Journey in the flyer when the actual vehicle for sale was a 2012 model.
On top of those fines, Northland was levied a $20,000 penalty and Marshall $2,000 for “general conduct calculated to deceive and mislead customers.”
The MVABC, the regulatory agency authorized by the provincial government to administer and enforce the Motor Dealer Act, found in May 2014 that Northland’s and Marshall’s actions violated portions of the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act. But, for a series of reasons, a hearing on the penalties was delayed until May 26-27 this year.
— see HIGHER PENALTIES, page 3
ANNIE'S MAILBOX 7 NEWS 1-3
BRIDGE 7 B.C. 5
HOROSCOPE 2 CANADA 5
COMICS 8 WORLD 6
CROSSWORD 8 SPORTS 9-11
CLASSIFIEDS 12-15 A&E 7-8
OPINION 4 MONEY 16
CELEBRATING
loo
PRINTING + PUBLISHING IN PRINCE GEORGE
Today's Weather
Hi+20° Low +8°
See page 2 for more details and short-term forecasts
Contact Us
CLASSIFIED: 250-562-6666 READER SALES: 250-562-3301 SWITCHBOARD: 250-562-2441
58307 00100
058307001008