No Through Access Students can now enter the library from both sides NEWS >> — = <4 Find our this season’s hottest trends and take a =] trip through fashion his- tory LIFE AND STYLE >> 7 New Man on Campus The Men’s Basket ball Team has a new coach X D = SPORTS >> Over the Edge September 8-22,2010 Protest March and Rally Against Em- bridge Oli Today Over 300 Protesters are expected to converge on the steps of the coutrhouse By Shelby Petersen || Editor in Chief As you read this, a protest march and rally against Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline is well underway. Beginning September 8 at the Prince George courthouse, the protesters are expected to travel through the streets of downtown Prince George, eventually converging on the steps of the Civic Centre. Following the march a rally will be held outside of the Civic Centre to coincide with the joint review panel being held within. The joint review panel is being held to hear public submissions on three topics: a draft list of issues, additional information Enbridge should be required to file, and locations for future oral hearings. The protest was largely organized by Carrier- Sekani vice Tribal Chief Terry Teegee with more than three hundred people expected to participate. While the proposed pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat is still in its preliminary stages, many Northern British Columbians do not want to see it progress any further. The Northern Gateway Pipeline is a proposal by Enbridge to construct twin petroleum product pipelines 1,170 kilometers between Brudenheim, Alberta and Kitimat, British Columbia. One pipeline would carry petroleum from the Alberta tar sands to oil tankers stationed in Kitimat. The other pipeline would carry condensate, a lighter petroleum product used in petroleum production, from Kitimat to the Tar Sands in Alberta. If Enbridge is given approval for this project, there will be 225 tankers a year carrying oil and condensate through the Douglas Channel. Disregarding recent events like the BP spill in Louisiana and Enbridge’s own leak in Michigan, the Northern Gateway Pipeline has caused its own controversy from its conception. Unlike other pipelines, the Northern Gateway Pipeline travels through British Columbia’s Rocky and Coastal Mountains, crossing more than 1000 rivers and streams. Moreover, the pipeline also crosses sensitive salmon spawning habitat in the upper Fraser, Skeena, and Kitimat watersheds. Many people, including NUGSS First Nations Representative Adam Thomas, feel that they “believe [that] the pipeline would incur serious long- term damage that would vastly outweigh the short-term economic benefits that Enbridge has promised.” The Northern Gateway Pipeline would also intrude into the traditional lands of British Columbia’s First Nation’s territory. The proposed pipeline would cross more than 50 First Nations Groups, all of whom have opposed its construction. This is an extremely important issue as few First Nation groups in British Columbia have signed treaties with the crown. While the First Nation’s land rights in British Columbia remain unsettled, the proposed pipeline is clearly in violation of First Nations not-yet-ceded land rights. >> see “PROTEST” page 4 Velume 17, issue 01 Marathon of Hope Still Strong After 3 decades By Hanna Petersen || News Editor September is a busy month bringing not only the first signs of fall but the chaotic ‘back-to-school’ season as well. Nevertheless, every September thousands of Canadians take a little time to participate in the annual Terry Fox run. This year is quite significant for the event as this past April marked 30 years since Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope for cancer research. The first Terry Fox run ran on Sept 43th in 1981 and more than 300,000 Canadians took part in 760 locations across the country. This first run raised 3.5 million dollars for cancer research, an amount that is now close to 500 million annually(?). For the few unfamiliar with Terry’s story, Terry was an athletic teenager who grew up in Port Coquitlam and was diagnosed with bone cancer when he was just eighteen years old. He was forced to have his right leg amputated 15 centimetres above the knee and in hospital he was inspired by the suffering pf the cancer patients he met. Thus on April 12°, 1980, Terry Fox began the Marathon of hope, a run across Canada from the East to the West coast, to raise money for cancer research. On September 4st after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres Terry was forced to stop outside of Thunder Bay in Ontario as cancer was found in his lungs. He died only a few months later at the age of 22. The Marathon of Hope continues on and is now 30 years old. It has become a tradition for many Canadians. With the money raised, the Terry Fox foundation funds programs such as the Terry Fox Post Doctoral Fellowship Award and Terry Fox Research Scholarships which sponsor cancer related research. In October 2007 the foundation launched the Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI). TFRI is innovative as it uniquely partners cancer patients, clinical, and academic researchers to work in unison. The goal is to dramatically improve the outcomes of cancer research and patient care. TFRI also manages programs in an effort to unite hospitals, cancer organizations, and universities across the country. It is a captivating time for cancer research. The Canadian Cancer Society is also working tirelessly to fight the disease. The society is funding a study of the presence of a special molecule on breast cancer cells that, when present, contributes to the spread of the disease. The development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a simpler way to detect cancer is also being studied. In 2008 the TFRI, along with the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, launched a long-term nationwide lung cancer detection study. This study aims to improve the detection and treatment of lung cancer which remains the leading cause of cancer deaths. The Canadian Cancer Society is funding similar research that investigates why changes in some genes make a person more likely to develop lung cancer. It would not be a stretch to say that nearly every person knows someone affected by cancer and this enables Terry Fox’s legacy to resonate with so many people. The Terry Fox National School Run takes place on September 30 this year, and on Sunday September 19 the 30 ~ annual Terry Fox run takes place in Prince George at Community Fountain Park from 10am until 2pm.