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BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff
The Greater Trail region is sorely lacking in the proper housing needed to move its economy forward, according to a new attainable housing strategic plan. The Lower Columbia Region Attainable Housing Strategic Plan is calling for regional acknowledgement that proper housing is indelibly linked to future community economic development and prosperity. The year-long study—commissioned by the Lower Columbia Community Development Team through its attainable housing committee—of the local housing market revealed a housing stock in disarray. Greater Trail’s Housing stock housing market has • 65.8 per cent of the local minimal diversity, housing stock is over 40 years aging infrastructure old, compared to 31.2 per cent and is in poor conprovince-wide (43.8 per cent in Castlegar). dition, placing the • 90.4 per cent of the local region far behind housing stock is over 25 years the provincial averold, compared to 61.9 per cent province-wide (75.6 per cent in age and unable to Castlegar). meet the needs of • 55.2 per cent of the local its residents, as well housing stock requires only as new people lookregular maintenance, compared to 67.7 per cent province-wide ing to relocate. (57.5 per cent in Castlegar). The report found • 34.1 per cent of the local the percentage housing stock requires minor repair, compared to 24.9 per of Greater Trail’s cent province-wide (35.2 per housing stock to be cent in Castlegar). double the provin• 10.7 per cent of the local cial average in age housing stock requires major repair, compared to 7.4 per (over 40 years of cent province-wide (7.3 per age), and in poorer cent in Castlegar). condition than the • 79.7 per cent of the local housprovincial average. ing stock are single detached family homes, compared to And, with a very 49.2 per cent province-wide high proportion of (77.4 per cent in Castlegar). single-family dwellSource: Statistics Canada, Census 2006, 2011 ings there were not enough multifamily units, the kind important for younger people entering the housing market as well as for seniors, available. Although there is a sense there is lots of housing out there and it is cheap, it doesn’t meet the market’s needs, said the attainable housing committee’s chair, Jan Morton. “So what is happening is because there are neighbouring communities that have housing at a price and better meets market demand, people may be getting jobs in our region but they are living elsewhere,” she pointed out.
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Hastings’ Kolby Buljevic gets mobbed by teammates after leading off the B.C. Little League championship game with a home run Saturday at Andy Bilesky Park. That hit would prove to be the winning run in Hastings’ 20-0 win over White Rock. Hastings now advances to the Canadian Little League championship in Edmonton next month. See story and more photos on Page 9.
Province commits cash for rural health No details on how money will be spent BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff
Cash is coming from the province to help rural areas like Trail retain its doctors, but just how that money will be
spent is still not known, said the former head of the area’s surgical department. Dr. Andre De Greef said there was $10 million put aside in the new deal between the province and its doctors last week to address the problem of retaining rural doctors,
but the details of that agreement have yet to be worked out. He said doctors should know final results of the deal by mid October. “The BC Medical Association sent out a memo on how (the fund) is yet to be
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determined, how the money will be applied, and where it is going to go,” he said. “Nothing is definite at this stage.” On July 23 the province’s doctors ratified a new fouryear agreement expected to support efforts to recruit and
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A Vancouver Island police officer came to the rescue of a man who swerved and went down a 100-metre embankment last week. Ian Craib was making his way past the Hannah Creek corner 14 km from Rossland on Highway 3B on a road bike, when he heard cries for help from the valley below. “I was thinking that it could be a mountain biker when I heard somebody calling,� said Craib. He and a friend had been mountain biking the day before in the same area. “When I did hear him, I slowed down and looked and when I saw the yaw marks (skid marks) and sort of the launch point, you could see the truck had gone off, it was at the mid-
point of the curve,�he said. “You couldn’t miss the skid marks, it was right there.� He heard the man, an 86-year-old Greenwood resident, yelling from below. “I tried to talk to him, but the man just kept yelling “help, help, help,� he said. He couldn’t see anything at first. He put his bike down and after walking around, he saw the roof of the truck. He called to the man, finally getting voice contact. Craib flagged down the next cars that drove by. The second car, a physician out of Chilliwack, immediately headed closer to Rossland, and cell reception range, to make the call to 911. With help now on the way, Craib descended down the 100-
“He was in a position, from what I could see, where if he had gone unconscious, nobody would have heard him and he could’ve been down there for a while,� he explained. “He was a pretty strong man to have climbed out (of the truck) at 86.� Craib was relieved to find, upon his return to SUBMITTED PHOTO Ian Craib took this photo of the truck at the bottom Vancouver Island, that of the embankment off Highway 3B, after helping the man was released from hospital soon the 86-year-old victim. after. Craib, who works metre embankment to (branches and twigs) for a municipal departcheck on the victim. sticking into him.� ment on Vancouver “When I got down The man was cov- Island, plans to move to there he was kind of ered in lacerations, as Rossland in the future. in and out,� he remem- well as blood and dirt. Trail and Greater bered. “The truck was Within 10 minutes, the District RCMP said that completely collapsed doctor made his way the man had swerved to on the roof and he down and the two of avoid hitting a deer and had somehow man- them comforted the in the process ended aged to pull himself man until the ambu- up losing control and out through the win- lance got there. going off the road. dow onto the front The elderly man was The driver’s name of the truck. He was lucky to be alive, as the hasn’t been released, lying there in a really possibility of no one because of an ongoing bad position, with stuff noticing was there. ICBC investigation.
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Couple die tubing Kettle River Search continued Sunday for third person BY KARL YU Grand Forks Gazette
A Christina Lake man and his wife are dead after a tubing accident on the Kettle River on Saturday afternoon. A resident of Scotland, who was visiting on holidays, is missing and names have not been released. “At 4:51 p.m. today (Saturday) our OCC (operational communications centre) in Kelowna received a emergency call from emergency health ser-
vices,” said Grand Forks RCMP’s Staff Sgt. Jim Harrison. “Apparently a party of 13 people were tubing on the Kettle River when they were caught up in the current under the Trestle Bridge and three of the party of 13 went over the Cascade Falls.” Harrison said that initially they located the deceased Christina Lake male, who was born in 1937, and later found the body of his 71-year-old wife, in a pool between the two falls. “Unfortunately search and rescue can’t get her out of there
tonight; with darkness it’s just way too risky. They’ll be coming in at first light on Sunday to extricate the body,” he said. The aforementioned Grand Forks Search and Rescue and the Christina Lake Fire Department are assisting police with the search. Harrison said that Swift Water techs and possibly an RCMP helicopter would be called in to aid with the search Sunday. A witnesses at the scene reported seeing people recovering a body from the water and performing CPR.
Report covers Greater Trail area FROM PAGE 1 “Then they are paying taxes elsewhere and are sending their kids to school elsewhere.” The report, released last September, covered the entire Greater Trail region, from Rossland to Warfield and Trail, and up the Beaver Valley to Montrose and Fruitvale, as well as the regional district’s area A and B. But the strategic plan, published in April, is now being toured about the region to get buy-in from local governments. In early September it will make its final stop with Trail and Warfield’s councils. The report highlighted an increased need for seniors’ housing—both market housing and subsidized housing—and modernizing homes currently owned by seniors. By 2021, 25.5 per cent of Greater Trail’s population will be seniors. There was also an identified need to address affordable rental housing for people who were low income because of the significant number of people—40.1 per cent of rental households— in the region with that core housing need. Morton said there was also a group of
THE HOUSING FOUNDATION A disturbing pattern in the local economy gave rise to the need for the report and the resultant strategic plan. The Lower Columbia Community Development Team (LCCDT) had been hearing from Greater Trail employers in 2008 that, as they were offering jobs to people (filling in workforce gaps due to the loss of retiring baby boomers) many were turning them down because of housing. Those that weren’t accepting the positions being offered were asked why, and the theme that “we are not finding the housing we are looking for” came up repeatedly, said Morton. As well, the LCDDT heard informally that people were getting jobs in the Greater Trail region but living elsewhere. And there were major challenges for low income and growing issues of homelessness. “All of that converged and really informed the LCCDT that what they needed was a committee to look at this and develop a plan of action,” said Morton. The need gave rise to the attainable housing committee one year ago, and spawned a report and a strategic plan to put in front of the local municipal leaders for review. This is now the critical stage, said Morton, since it will require the region to speak with a one voice on a common, critical issue. “We really need to be looking at housing as a regional system because there are going to be times where a solution will be found in Fruitvale, and another solution in Rossland or another in Trail,” she said. “But we need to look at the region as a whole as we address these housing demands.” — Schafer individuals that they refer to as homeless, or chronically hard to house, that needed direct housing support. It’s not a simple fix, Morton explained, but will instead be a whole
bunch of small fixes that will gradually move the stock in line with the market demand. To get there, Greater Trail governments need to begin to implement policies now that shift
the housing into a condition that reflects what the demand is, the strategic plan noted. That starts with amending official community plans, building into it the kind of housing mixes necessary to cover the needs, and backing it up with bylaw, policy and decision making, said Morton. Government policy also has to overcome the stigma of multifamily housing: People’s refusal to accept such developments in their neighbourhoods. “There has to be courage of decision making,” said Morton. “If we are looking to the future and the long term prosperity of our region, we need to make some of those courageous decisions.” Once the strategic plan is delivered in September, there may be a housing society set up to guide the continuation of the process in the region over the next 10 years. The society would monitor trends, have housing information available for both community organizations and private sector interests as they consider various developments, and address housing for special population groups.
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Kootenay Savings Community Relations Coordinator, Aron Burke (left), along with Derek Chartres of the Beaver Valley May Days Society and Fruitvale Mayor Patricia Cecchini, at the Sports Court in Fruitvale celebrating the Kootenay Savings Community Foundation awarding a $1,500 grant to assist with electrical upgrades at the courts.
‘Unique circumstances’ for rural doctors FROM PAGE 1 retain physicians, while also improving access to specialists and care in rural and remote communities. Through the province’s committee on rural issues, it was identified that doctors working in rural and remote communities faced “unique circumstances compared to their urban colleagues.” As a result, $10 million will be made available in the new agreement to enhance physician services in rural and remote community in places like Trail and Nelson. “This money will support the delivery of stable community practices and emergency room services as well as support ongoing training and skill development for physicians and locum coverage during vacancies,” read a release from the Ministry of Health. It could be welcome news for such areas as the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital’s anesthesiology department, a fiveperson department that has been functioning at reduced levels for
several months while the hospital struggled to fill vacant positions. Interior Health Authority (IHA) has been recruiting to get as many as two positions filled at various points in the last year. KBRH has had some success with locums—people coming in for a short period of time—while other physicians have come in to explore the situation. The total provincial agreement was valued at approximately $100 million over two years, $49 million for the first year and $51 million for the second year—a 1.5 per cent increase in each year according to the province. Funding for the first two years of the agreement includes $14 million to respond to recruitment and retention issues for doctors on service or salary contracts, and $10 million to enhance the supply and stability of doctors in rural and remote communities as well as access to emergency care. As well, there will be $10 million to address difficulties in recruiting and retaining specialists.
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Mountie escapes jail time for deadly crash THE CANADIAN PRESS NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A disgraced former RCMP corporal who first catapulted into the public eye after Robert Dziekanski’s Taserrelated death in Vancouver is not getting jail time for an unrelated conviction stemming from a fatal crash. Benjamin (Monty) Robinson was sentenced to a one-year conditional term on Friday for attempting to block the police investigation of the October 2008 collision that killed a 21-year-old motorcyclist. It means the 42-year-old will serve only one month under house arrest. Robinson made the choice to use his knowledge learned as a police officer to mislead investigators, Janice Dillon said in her decision. Robinson resigned from the RCMP last week on the same day a Crown lawyer asked for his imprisonment. Robinson has been cited as an example of the bad apples the force has been unable to fire. B.C. has taken repeated hits for cases over recent years in which Mounties have been discredited or remain accused of wrongdoing. The highest profile case was Dziekanski’s death in 2007, where the Polish immigrant was stunned
repeatedly with a Taser after he picked up a stapler at Vancouver’s airport. Robinson was the senior of four officers at the scene. Family members of victim Orion Hutchinson were not happy with the court decision. “That sentence just felt like he’s being grounded,” his mother Judith Hutchinson said angrily outside the New Westminister courthouse. “It doesn’t feel like a sentence to me, it feels like that’s not enough.” Robinson was driving a vehicle that struck and killed Orion Hutchinson in an intersection of the Vancouver suburb of Delta, B.C., four years ago. He was returning with his two young children from a Halloween party, where he had consumed five beers earlier in the night. After the crash, the off-duty officer left the scene to bring his two children home. While there, he gulped two shots of vodka that he later claimed was aimed at calming his nerves. Dillon found the move was actually a deliberate act to mislead the crash investigation, noting the veteran’s extensive RCMP training had taught him that drinking booze afterwards could potentially mask the alcohol he drank earlier in the night.
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About 30 cubic metres of rock fell onto Highway 23 North near Mica Hill near Revelstoke last Thursday, including this massive boulder. The rock fall cut off the highway for a brief period, but crews were soon able to get a one-lane bypass open. They then called for a bigger piece of equipment to help them deal with this giant boulder. A B.C. transportation ministry spokesperson said there were no injuries in the incident.
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As part of an ongoing job action, the employees changed the bottom line in their work account emails to messages such as “We work, you drive; we both deserve better.” Almost 20,000 emails have been sent with that sort of sentiment, and the corporation’s lawyers argue the tactic has hurt the insurer’s brand. ICBC lawyer Geoffrey Litherland told the hearing in Vancouver employees were sticking words into the corporation’s mouth.
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Inseparable whales delight locals and tourists THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Whale watchers off Newfoundland call them Mutt and Jeff. For two seasons now, this rare pair of humpback whales of remarkably similar size, behaviour and friendliness has left locals and tourists awestruck. “They’re just as much people watching as we are whale watching,� said Steve Lake, a crew member for Iceberg/Cetacean Quest Ocean Tours in St. John’s, N.L. The two whales have been known to swim right up to the side of the boat, slapping their huge pectoral fins and waving their tails. “People are blown away by it, absolutely,� Lake said. “They can’t seem to figure out how they’re doing it or how we’re getting them to do it. They seem to think that we’re feeding them or giving them some sort of treat, but they’re just doing it for their own pleasure. “Every time one does one thing, the other one tries to up him a little bit.� Lake said the playful whales, recognizable by their tails and white markings, are never seen apart. “We think they’re sort of twins. It’s very rare for humpbacks to have twins but it’s possible.� Newfoundland is one of the best places in the world to see humpbacks as they arrive each summer to feast
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Teen arrested for pointing laser at helicopter THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG - A 19-year-old man has been arrested and accused of pointing a laser light at the crew of the Winnipeg Police Service helicopter. The helicopter was helping patrol officers break up a bonfire party on the banks of the Assiniboine River in Omand Park just before midnight Wednesday. Constable Eric Hofley says that’s when a green laser light was repeatedly flashed at the helicopter. The pilot was forced to take evasive action to ensure no one on board was harmed. Hofley says the pointing of laser light beams
at the helicopter flight crew is potentially dangerous. He says it’s the fourth such incident since AIR1 went into service on Feb. 1, 2011. “Youth tend to not think properly about what the outcome might be,� of flashing a laser pointer at the helicopter crew, Hofley said. Hofley said the 19-year-old man was released on a promise to appear. He did not have information on what charges he is facing, but added that in the past, similar incidents resulted in charges of assault with a weapon and charges under the Aeronautics Act of projecting a bright light source at an aircraft.
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Whale watchers take photos of a rare close encounter from a pair of humpback whales off the coast of Newfoundland earlier this month. on small fish and crustaceans such as caplin, krill and mackerel. Cetacean refers to the large marine mammals that can be seen off the island including humpbacks, massive fin whales, smaller minke whales and dolphins. Killer whales are also sometimes seen. Capt. Barry Rogers can never promise tourists a glimpse of Mutt and Jeff because every boat trip is different as the graceful beasts cruise the waters between St. John’s, Cape Spear and beyond. But he said it’s an unforgettable experience for those who see them. In 15 years of whale watching tours, he has never seen their equal. “The most thrilling thing is when they gravitate right towards the boat,� he said. “I mean, it’s almost like they’re people watch-
ing. They come around the boat and look at every individual and eyeball them and come a lot of times and just practically greet them. It’s amazing.� Humpbacks are baleen whales with a filter-feeder system in their mouths that separates small fish and crustaceans from water as they feed. They can grow to lengths of about 18 metres and weigh up to 50 tonnes. Sean Todd is director of Allied Whale, the College of the Atlantic’s marine mammal research group in Bar Harbor, Maine. He knows of no documented case of humpback twins to have survived in the wild. On the rare occasion of a twin pregnancy, it’s unlikely both siblings would survive because of their sheer size, he said in an interview.
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ne of the best taxavoidance tactics in the late Roman Empire was to sell yourself into slavery. You didn’t really have to work as somebody’s slave, of course – it was more like rock star Hotblack Desiato being “dead for a year for tax reasons” in Douglas Adams’s wondrous confection “The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” – but with the legal status of slave, you were exempt from taxation. Nowadays the legal manipulations used to avoid taxation are less dramatic, but they are spectacularly effective. James Henry, former chief economist at business consultancy McKinsey and a member of the board of directors of Tax Justice Network, has just published a report, “The Price of Offshore Revisited”, that estimates the amount of wealth hidden in tax havens by the super-rich at a minimum of $21 trillion: i.e. $21,000,000,000,000. It might be as much as $32 trillion, he adds, but greater precision is impossible when the whole point of holding money overseas is to keep it secret. Henry came up with this range of numbers by sifting through data from the Bank for International Settlements,
the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and private sector analysts – and it does not even include yachts, mansions, art works and other forms of wealth held overseas. It doesn’t matter. The point is that it’s a very large amount of money: equal to the annual Gross Domestic Product of both the United States and Japan. Some of it is the laundered proceeds of crime, and much of it is money stolen from national budgets by corrupt national elites (an estimated $306 billion from Nigeria, $798 billion from Russia, $1,189 billion from China), but most is deposited by the respectable super-rich of the West. Henry’s report, published in “The Observer” two weeks ago, calculates that almost half of the minimum estimate of $21 trillion is owned by just 92,000 people, some of whom pay no tax at all. A number of very small places (Liechtenstein, Cayman Islands, Jersey) and a few larger countries like Switzerland make a good living by providing these secret tax shelters, and work very hard to protect their clients from exposure. Back home, the “high net-worth individuals” also enjoy the services of “a high-
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DYER World Affairs ly paid, industrious bevy of professional enablers in the private banking, legal, accounting, and investment industries,” said Henry. We always sort of knew about it; now we know the scale. Information of this sort is dangerous. It annoys those who merely work for a salary or an hourly wage, and whose taxes have to fill the gap created by the defection of the super-rich. It might even destabilize the established social order. But the British government, at least, knows how to deal with that sort of thing. Less than forty-eight hours after Henry’s revelations, British politician David Gauke, one of the Treasury ministers, went public with the assertion that the lower orders cheat on their taxes just as much as the rich. “Getting a discount with
your plumber by paying cash in hand is something that is a big cost to the Revenue and means others must pay more in tax,” he said. Well, yes. Paying cash to a tradesman to get a discount (knowing that he will then not report this income to the tax authorities) is something that many people reading this article will have done. It is tax avoidance – and since there are a great many more of us than there are of the super-rich, these little private deals do add up to a serious loss of tax revenue. Let him who always insists on a receipt cast the first stone. David Gauke was almost philosophical about it. “Tax avoidance is not a recent problem,” he said. “In the fourth century AD, the Roman Emperor Valens had to make it illegal for individuals to sell themselves into slavery to avoid tax. And while this particular ruse seems to have fallen out of fashion, there will always be some who seek to shirk their civic duty.” But it’s clear enough to ordinary people that ultrarich people who avoid taxes on vast sums of money by employing expensive experts to hide their wealth overseas fall into a different category from the electrician who wants to be paid in cash.
And hard-pressed governments, desperate for more revenue, are beginning to go after the tax havens. Britain has made a deal with the Swiss authorities in which UK residents with undeclared assets in Swiss banks can make a oneoff payment to the British Treasury of between 21 and 41 percent on their total assets, clear the slate, and remain anonymous. The Swiss will then levy a withholding tax of 27-48 percent on future money going into those accounts, which will also go to Britain. Germany has negotiated a similar deal, although it is still awaiting ratification by the Bundestag (parliament). The US government has taken a different tack, demanding that Swiss banks hand over information on thousands of undeclared accounts held by American citizens. The heat is definitely on, and yet.... Yet while all this was going on, the amount of wealth that is managed by the top ten private banks, most of it held overseas in secret accounts, has more than doubled in the past five years. Gwynne Dyer is a Londonbased independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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Market a great addition to downtown I feel compelled to write and congratulate whoever is responsible for: creating the stone wall and planters on the Esplanade; the beautiful flowers in the planters; and the positioning of the market. I parked my car and walked from the Medical Building along the Esplanade to the market last Friday and was very pleasantly surprised. Indeed I was quite envious of the market stall holders working in such an idyllic setting with the soothing sounds of the river as a back drop. Needless to say there was a very happy atmosphere in the market area. Hopefully the word will spread and the stalls increase. If this is just the start of the downtown beautification project I look forward to seeing more and sincerely hope the downtown business community will be supportive. A sincere “Thank you� to all involved. Anne Hainsworth Trail
Proposed election boundary changes offer opportunity The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission, BC office in Vancouver, will be adding six new federal ridings in BC. There will have to be some adjustments made to BC ridings in order to accommodate six new federal seats or MPs. The Trail Daily Times has carried messages from the current federal NDP MP Alex Atamenenko and his supporters. For the most part, they want the status quo or just keep the Kootenays together. They have fear-mongered on a number of levels; one being that “we� would be better represented in Ottawa, as a West and East Kootenay community. Really? The West Kootenay has been so neglected, an alliance with Penticton offers a fresh perspective and opportunity. Here’s my take on the proposed changes: Montrose and Fruitvale should stay with Castlegar, Trail, Slocan, Grand Forks, Midway, Osoyoos, Oliver and Penticton. Nelson and Kaslo should be added to Revelstoke and
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mum sentences for certain offences, to the drop in crime. Do they think their relatively new sentencing laws have so quickly deterred would-be criminals from stepping on the wrong side of the law? If so, the Conservatives delude themselves and anyone gullible enough to believe them. Indeed, one of the most obvious reasons for the declining crime rate is something that neither politicians, police, courts nor social workers can claim credit for, and that is shifting demographics. Since most violent crimes are committed by young males, Canada’s experience over the past four decades is at least partly explainable by the postwar baby boom. In the years when there was a proportionately higher number of young baby-boom men in Canada, the country experienced soaring rates for many kinds of crime, especially violent ones. At least one happy consequence of our aging nation is that there are relatively fewer young men prone to acting out. Where everyone can agree with the federal government, however, is that the overwhelming message of the latest crime figures is reassuring. There were 110,000 fewer crimes reported to police in 2011 than the year before. And the sever-
ity of crime index, a tool used to measure the extent of serious crime in Canada, plummeted by six per cent. Does this mean we have crime licked in this country? Absolutely not. One of the most intelligent responses to the latest crime numbers came from Christianne Sadeler, executive director of the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council. Rather than being sidetracked by the question of whether or not we are safer, Sadeler suggests we should dig deep into the numbers, examine trends and specific problem areas and determine “what they tell us about our enforcement needs and our long-term prevention needs.� For example, the number of impaired driving incidents increased last year for the fourth time in five years. And the number of sexual offences against children increased by three per cent as child pornography incidents rose by a staggering 40 per cent. A massive hiring of more police or pumping new cash into social programs might do nothing to change all this. Instead, we need carefully devised strategies to tackle specific problem areas. This isn’t the time to declare an all-out war on crime, whatever the Conservatives say. We need to pick our battles carefully and fight them one by one.
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OBITUARIES WILEY, Reginald Victor. We said our farewells to our beloved Dad and Papa on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. He was 94 years of age. Reg was a true gentleman who lived a dignified life with quiet strength and consideration for everyone around him. He served our country with the Canadian Army in WWII and in 1945, took leave from active duty to marry his greatest love, Freda. They were married for 45 years until her death in 1990. Reg is also predeceased by his brothers Harold, Raymond and Roy. He is survived by his sister Connie (Sechelt, BC), his daughter Carol (Jason) (Trail) and his son Richard (Maureen), also of Trail, and their children Cindy, Heather (Scott), Trevor (Kelly) and Tim. In 1999, our Papa became known as Big Papa, when the first of his five great-grandchildren were born (Ellie followed by Leo, Samuel, Evan and Nolan). To us, his family, there is no finer man than Reg. We’ll miss him with all our hearts, but also celebrate his freedom and his reunion with Freda. Our family extends heartfelt thanks to Judy Millar, Trail Home Support and the Columbia View Lodge, whose staff became friendly, familiar faces and provided an exceptional level of care to Papa. A special thanks goes to our friend Shayne Brandt who cared for Papa at CVL. We were thankful for each and every shift you worked with Reg. A Graveside Memorial will be held at Mountain View Cemetery on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 10:00 am with a reception to follow. Al Grywacheski of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements. As an expression of sympathy, donations may be made to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 11, 2141 Columbia Avenue, Trail, BC V1R 1K8 Ph. 250-364-1422. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca Thank you, Papa, for your guidance, your love and for your service to our country. You’ll always be in our hearts.
Billionaire backs gay marriage THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPIA, Wash. - Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos waded into a developing corporate culture war over gay marriage Friday with a $2.5 million donation to keep same-sex unions legal in Washington state, becoming the latest in a list of high-profile executives to take public stands on a hot U.S. election issue. Bezos joins Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and companies like Starbucks Inc. and Nike Inc. with support to the campaign to uphold Washington’s law. Gay rights advocates say the activism sends a strong message. “Companies are a bellwether of what is in the mainstream,” said Marc Solomon, the national campaign manager for Freedom to Marry. “When you have some of the mainstays of corporate leadership stand up, that’s important. It sends a powerful message.”
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Sick child wishes to help at orphanage THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - When 10-year-old Isabella Tonn of Edmonton started recovering from a rare form of cancer, she got to make a wish. “If you could have anything you want in the whole wide world, what would it be?” her father, Ryan, asked her earlier this year. The beautiful blond girl with big blue eyes briefly considered asking to meet Justin Bieber. But he was old news. She thought about wishing for a trip, but she’d already been to Walt Disney World with her family. Then she thought about doing something for others. “Oh, I’d love to go to an orphanage and hold babies,” she decided. Her family tried to tempt her with other ideas, but she couldn’t be swayed. The international Make-A-Wish foundation has granted about 250,000 wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses. In Canada, the charity grants about one wish a day. But spokeswoman Amber Benders says it’s unusual for sick kids to dream of doing volunteer work. In the United States, there have been a few reports of selfless Make-A-Wish dreams. One teenage boy recently asked for lights and bleachers for his high school football stadium. Another teen wanted a donation sent to another charity, Doctors Without Borders. “The whole point of a wish is for the child to pick what would give them ultimate happiness, hope, strength and joy,”
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Ten-year-old Isabella Tonn is recovering from a rare form of cancer and was given a wish from the Make-A-Wish foundation. The Edmonton girl’s wish is to volunteer at an orphanage. Isabella and her family are packing up donations of clothes and toys and heading to an orphanage in Mexico early next month. Benders says. “For Isabella, that’s volunteering at an orphanage and we think that’s amazing.” So the foundation is helping Isabella, her parents, and younger sister collect donations of clothes and toys before sending them off for a week to work at an orphanage in Baja California, Mexico. They arrive in Vicente Guerrero next month. Her grandparents and an uncle were so inspired by her dream they have decided pay their own way so they can volunteer at the orphanage, too.
Ryan Tonn says his eldest girl has always been a generous and thoughtful child, although the family has not done much volunteer or charity work before. He and his wife, Sheila, had previously talked with their two girls about adopting an orphan from a foreign country. But they put the idea on hold when Isabella got sick. Tonn says he wrapped his arms around Isabella one morning in February 2011 and felt a golf ball-sized lump near her left shoulder blade. After six months of tests, she was diagnosed with NLP Hodgkin lymphoma, a blood cancer affecting the lymph nodes. The girl had just watched a grandparent die of colorectal cancer and she knew having cancer meant she might also die, says Tonn. But doctors have told the family the cancer was caught early and her prognosis is excellent. Isabella had surgery and hasn’t yet needed further treatment. He says the Make-A-Wish foundation first contacted the family when she was diagnosed but they were reluctant to accept. “There’s so many kids that have it so much worse.” They revisited the idea again this year, about the same time they also restarted the adoption process. Tonn says Isabella may have gotten her orphanage idea from all the adoption talk. She decided her wish would be to visit an orphanage about the same time the family learned they would be getting two-yearold twins from an orphanage in Haiti.
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Hastings (top) left little doubt as to who the best team was in the B.C. Little League Championship at Andy Bilesky Park on Sunday with a 20-0 win over White Rock. Clockwise from batter: Hastings’ Nicholas Williams pounds this ball while Kolby Buljevic rounds the bases after leading off with a homer that proved to be the winning run. Sentri Denbiessen and Grace Cotton cool off in front of the mister, while Steven Ross cashes in a foul ball. The tournament couldn’t have run without the gals in Bob’s Kitchen and a full force of volunteers, and support from business and the community.
Collective effort makes tournament a success BY JIM BAILEY Times Sports Editor
Despite the Trail All stars coming up short on the ball field, the 2012 B.C. Little League championships was indeed a victory for the community of Trail. Events like the B.C. Little League Championship don’t get off the ground without a dedicated core of volunteers. The true test of whether an event soars to success or crashes and burns often depends on the committee’s ability to recruit more volunteers. The Host committee, with co-chairs Shannon Morris Ballarin and Russ Green,
mobilized a small army of happy helpers that put in hours of work from selling 50/50 tickets, to working the concession, grounds keeping or score keeping. “It was a beautiful week,” said Green. “The weather cooperated . . . lots of people came out, lots of people that use to play came out. It was a nice turn out. We had lots of volunteers, you know more hands make light work.” Local businesses, the City of Trail, and a variety of service clubs contributed over $200,000 in funds and the host committee, with other volunteers, devoted hundreds of hours of work into getting the
field prepared, and the event on track. The success of the recent event bodes well as Trail looks to host the 9-10 B.C. Little League provincials in 2014 and possibly a Canadian Championship down the road. “I’m pretty sure the B.C. Little League president has seen and the other associations that were here have seen that we’re capable of holding a provincial tournament, and I’m pretty sure they’ve seen the support we’ve had from the businesses, the community, and the fan support, that we’re capable of holding a national event too,” added Green.
After a round robin loss to White Rock, Hastings came into the final of the B.C. Little League baseball championship seeking retribution. District 6 Hastings blanked Dunbar 8-0 in the semifinal Friday at Andy Bilesky Park and White Rock was in a close 3-2 game with Beacon Hill until blowing it open in the top of the sixth to win 21-3 in its semi to set up the rematch. With all eyes expecting a similar round-robin thriller in Saturday’s finale, Hastings had other plans as they pounded the ball relentlessly on their way to a 20-0 victory. “Our bats just exploded,” said Hastings manager Vito Bordignon. “From batting practice this morning you could see we were just on. You could see we were focused and ready to play today.” Hastings scored runs at will all week outscoring opponents 100-12. Only White Rock was able to reign in their prodigious bats, as they beat Hastings 7-6 in the round robin, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning and securing the first-place seed. The final outcome then, was a surprise to the District 6 team. “I expected a better game from our team for sure, but I didn’t expect this kind of outcome, because White Rock is such a strong organization. But I mean we were just on, we kind of demoralized them that first inning and they couldn’t catch up.” Hastings’ normally light-hitting lead-off hitter Kolby Buljevic set the tone immediately, hitting his first of two home runs as he airmailed a 1-0 pitch over the fence in deep centre field to make it 1-0. “I hit as many (home runs) today almost in my career,” said Buljevic. “We were ready for this game, and waiting almost all our lives for this, and we just showed up and got lucky a bit I guess.” Cez Paguio capped off the first inning with a three-run dinger as the Vancouver-Burnaby squad took a commanding 9-0 lead. District six banged out 22 hits in the game as Paguio went 3-for-3 with four RBIs, while Steve Moretto was 3-for-4 with a double, and tournament leading hitter, batting .727 (16-for-22) with four home runs and 16 RBIs. “My dad always drills into my head “approach, approach, approach,” said Moretto. “I was hitting pretty well this week, I was picking the ball right out of the pitchers hand.” Throughout the game Hasting pitcher Cole Dalla-Zana kept the White Rock batters off balance, changing speeds and bringing the heat when needed. The left hander threw 59 pitches, giving up a mere two hits and striking out eight on his way to the shut-out win. Dalla-Zana finished the tournament leading every pitching category with three wins, 18 strikeouts, and a 1.27 ERA. “Unbelievable game,” Bordignon said of DallaZana. “We were worried about him and weren’t sure how his arm was feeling but he came out this morning and was ready to go – It was a wonderful performance.” Hastings now heads to the Canadian Championship in Edmonton next week, a very confident crew after such a dominating performance. The team last won the national title in 2009 and the manager noted similarities. “The bats we displayed today were phenomenal, but very similar (to 2009), and I guess you need that type of team to get through the B.C. championship, because the B.C. championship is the most difficult challenge we’re going to face.” The winner of the Canadian Little League championship travels to Williamsport, Mass. for the Little League World Series next month.
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PITT MEADOWS-Team Canada Development Squad member Riley Fleming of Airdrie, Alta. claimed the 110th BC Amateur Championship at Swan-e-set Bay Resort and Country Club, on Sunday, becoming the first non-British Columbian to capture the title since Fred Couples in 1979. Coincidentally, Couples won the Senior British Open yesterday, just prior to Fleming taking the B.C. amateur title. Playing on a special exemption into the Championship, the recent Sunlife Financial Alberta Men’s Amateur champion went two-for-two on provincial championships, coming from behind to have his name etched on the Bostock Trophy as champion. Fleming started the day one-stroke back of Victoria’s Kevin Carrigan who has gunning for a wire-to-wire victory at the difficult Swan-e-set Bay Resort and Country Club. Unfortunately for Carrigan, it was not to be as he got off to a poor start on the second hole, carding a bogey and bringing him into a tie with Fleming. While Carrigan was going the wrong way on the leaderboard, Fleming continued to excel, making a second-straight birdie on the par 4, 388-yard 17th after an incredible approach shot that released just past the hole. “I was really only trying to get that putt close,� said Fleming of his 20-foot downhiller. “I definitely wasn’t trying to make it.� Fleming’s four-round -8, 280 total gave him a three-shot cushion over Coquitlam’s Brian Jung at -5. Carrigan would finish the Championship at -2.
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Find effective ways to distract husband from computers Dear Annie: My husband spends too much time on the Internet and then gets upset when I say so. Several months ago, I caught him talking to a woman online, and I’m worried it’s happening again. In spite of my suspicions, however, when I’ve checked his activity, I see nothing. (I realize he could be deleting things.) Last night, we went out for dinner, and we weren’t in the door five minutes before he was standing in the bedroom with his tablet in his hands checking his email. When I tell him I’d like him to spend more time with me instead of his computer, he gets angry. What can I do? -- My Husband Doesn’t Listen to Me Dear Listen to Me: Are you objecting because your husband is addicted to his computer or because you think he is using it to cheat? Our concern is that he becomes angry
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when you broach the subject. This defensiveness is a way to protect his behavior. If you simply want more of his attention, first determine whether you are being too clingy, and then find effective ways to distract him. However, if you simply don’t trust him, that is a more serious issue, and we recommend counseling -- with or without him. Dear Annie: I used to have a lot of friends, and then I went through a major depression. I tried not to lean on them too much, but I did need to talk. I was universally abandoned. I was no longer fun. I was too frightened and
depressed to go out. I couldn’t listen endlessly to their problems anymore. I wanted them to listen to mine. But I was careful not to suck the life out of them. In fact, some friends never knew I was depressed. So, here I am with 350 Facebook friends from high school, college, work and church. Yet none of them calls. I saw these same people through multiple calamities. They will respond if I contact them, but that’s it. They are happy to like my Facebook status or comment on a photo, but no one invites me anywhere. When I was at rock bottom, I often contemplated suicide. I sought help and got medication and counseling and am better. I’m sure if I died, these same people would show up at my funeral and say wonderful things about me. If anyone sees themselves in this, please
check out your roster of friends and show some friendliness. I sure could use some. -- Lost in the City Dear Lost: We suspect that when you went through an extended period of staying home, your friends developed the habit of enjoying themselves without you. You’ve made great steps in recovery, but might not be high on their list of social contacts. And please remember that 350 Facebook “friends” do not equal one or two real-life supportive friends. You will need to make the next several moves, inviting people to go out to dinner, a movie, an art exhibit, a fashion show, whatever appeals to you. Once they remember how much they enjoy your company, things will improve. And if these friends continue to be distant, it’s time to find some new ones. Dear Annie: I’d like to weigh in about hav-
ing flowers at funerals. My mother was adamant on this subject. She always told me that if I couldn’t bring her flowers when was alive, she sure didn’t want them when she was dead. So my brother and I gave her
flowers whenever we could. At her funeral, we had a single red rose on her casket. It was her favorite flower. I’m sure the people attending the service thought we were being cheap, but I felt we kept to her
wishes. I’m sorry about the florist’s loss of income, but my mother’s preferences were much more important. -- Chattaroy, Wash.
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YOUR HOROSCOPE By Francis Drake For Tuesday, July 31, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a wonderful day to sit down with others, especially siblings, relatives and neighbors, to make serious plans about the future. Everyone is in a practical and friendly frame of mind. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This is an excellent day for business and commerce. You have a realistic approach to how you earn money and how you spend it. You want practical future security. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is a lovely day. You feel comfortable and secure, and yet, at the same time, you’re prepared to work steadily for whatever you want, with a practical eye to the future. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Research of any kind will go well today. You have the patience and concentration necessary to be successful in
looking for what you want. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Discussions with someone older or more experienced than you will benefit you today. By all means, work with others to learn something or get advice. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs are impressed with you today. You look like you’ve done your homework. You look like you’re prepared. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is an excellent day to make long-range plans for future travel. It’s also a good day to study anything or to have serious discussions about politics, philosophy and religion. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Take some time to look at red-tape details concerning inheritances, taxes, debt and such. You’re in the right
frame of mind to address these issues. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Relationships with others will be sober and serious today; however, they’ll be realistic. New relations that begin will be steady and they could involve a difference of class or education. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You’re willing to work hard today because you want
results. You don’t need to be pampered and you don’t need a lot of praise, because you’re just interested in getting the job done. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is a good day for parents and teachers to sit down and discuss the care and education of their children. Everyone involved is seeking realistic goals.
PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Discussions with a parent or an older relative could benefit you today. You also might want to make attractive, long-lasting improvements at home. YOU BORN TODAY You have a deep interest in the philosophical ramifications of life. You’re intrigued by the interactions of society and people. You’re fascinated by stories of persecution,
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A good sized family home close to both schools in upper Rossland. Features 4 bdrms, 3 baths and a large rec room in the Ànished basement.
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3 bdrm home with a great yard & shop, plus it has a legal suite to help with your mortgage.
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Homes for Rent 3 Bdrm top 2 flrs house. $925/mo includes utils W. Trail 250-231-1201
CLASSIC, beautifully renovated home, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom. No pets (firm) N/S References will be required. Available August 1ST Call 250-231-5992 E.TRAIL 2397 Columbia. 2bd, F/S, W/D, built in 52”HDTV, carport, relaxing front porch w/river view. N/S, N/P, References required. Seeking long term, clean, quiet tenant. $950. Sept 1 250.231.5686 SHAVERS BENCH 2bd lg. yard, 4 car garage, NS, pets ok, $900/mo 250.551.7130
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Blueberry Route 308 6 papers 100 St to 104 St
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1st Trail Real Estate
www.coldwellbankertrail.com 1252 Bay Avenue, TRAIL (250) 368-5222
OPEN HOUSES host: Jack
MLS# K213202
Wed, Aug 1, 3:00 - 5:00pm 930 12th Avenue Montrose $395,000
host: Rhonda
MLS# K212336
Thurs, Aug 2, 5:00 - 7:00pm 1771 1st Street Fruitvale $267,000
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host: Patty
MLS# K212989
Sat, Aug 4, 12:00 - 2:00pm 8392 Theatre Road Trail $265,000
MLS# K205510
MLS# K205504
MLS# K213040
MLS# K212192
Montrose $495,000
Trail $449,900
Fruitvale $409,000
Rob Burrus 250-231-4420
Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490
Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490
Rob Burrus 250-231-4420
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MLS# K210233
MLS# K213216
Christina Lake $1,500,000
MLS# K214846
MLS# K210797
MLS# K211181
MLS# K205620
MLS# K206391
Trail $339,500
Fruitvale $330,000
Beaver Falls $329,900
Rossland $297,000
Trail $219,900
Trail $218,900
Trail $169,000
Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900
Rob Burrus 250-231-4420
Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490
Rob Burrus 250-231-4420
Fred Behrens 250-368-1268
Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900
Fred Behrens 250-368-1268
MLS# K211761
MLS# K214156
MLS# K214159
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MLS# K214253
MLS# K214582
MLS# K214620
MLS# K204267
Warfield $169,900
Trail $164,000
Trail $149,900
Warfield $149,000
Trail $139,000
Trail $123,500
Trail $105,900
Fred Behrens 250-368-1268
Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900
Fred Behrens 250-368-1268
Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900
Fred Behrens 250-368-1268
Rob Burrus 250-231-4420
Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900
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675 Shakespeare Street, Warfield 329 Wilson Road, Fruitvale
$189,900
Excellent opportunity to own 10 acres with a 3 bdrm 2 bath house and 16x32 shop. House needs work but you can’t go wrong at this price! Act fast! Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665
1672 Stang Road, Fruitvale
$349,000
4 bdrm home on 2.6 acres with open floor plan, hardwood floors, formal dining room, and a sunroom! A pool, sauna and firebox makes for great outdoor entertaining! All this plus 1500 sq. ft. of shop and garage! Call Terry 250-231-1101
$174,000
1175 & 1185 Green Ave, Trail
Beautifully maintained upper Warfield home with a sunny dining area addition. One bedroom on the main floor, two upstairs and another in the basement that could easily be a rec room. Nice yard with a patio for summer dining. Garage & a large workshop below. Call Mary A (250) 521-0525
$279,000
$131,700
Great location to live in and rent out suite or use as a rental property. The single family home has a full suite in lower level. The upper floor is clean and ready to move in or rent out. Updated flooring and paint, great covered parking. This is a great opportunity, move in and have a lot of your mortgage paid for you. Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
1912 Hummingbird Dr, Fruitvale
$155,000
1745 Kitchener Ave, Rossland
$399,500
Charming “heritage-style� home. This 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath home features oak in-laid floors, wood-burning fireplace and tons of charm. Upgrades include numerous windows, electrical and roofing. A terrific home at a great price.
Built in 2008 this 4 bdrm, 3 bath home boasts vaulted ceilings, fireplace and loads of sunlight. Enjoy the bright spacious walkout basement with covered deck, large family room/hobby room, and access to the double garage. All this situated on a quiet street on a very large flat lot.
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
$259,000
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
Deanne Lockhart ext 41
$209,900
Call Art (250) 368-8818
Terry Alton
Cell: 250-512-7653
ext 39
Art Forrest
Cell: 250-231-5591
mark.wilson@century21.ca www.kootenayhomes.com
Cell: 250.231.0527
darlene@hometeam.ca www.kootenayhomes.com
Call Mark (250) 231-5591
Christine Albo
Mark Wilson
ext 30
$114,900
Features include upgraded wiring & electrical-newer furnace-paint-flooringlight fixtures-windows-fenced backyard with new deck-large covered porch all on a quiet dead end street. Basement is ready for your ideas. Priced right and waiting for new owners.
Ron Allibone
christine.albo@century21.ca www.kootenayhomes.com
deannelockhart@shaw.ca www.kootenayhomes.com
628 Turner Street, Warfield
Tonnie Stewart ext 33 Cell: 250-365-9665 tonniestewart@shaw.ca www.kootenayhomes.com
Cell: 250-231-0153
Darlene Abenante ext 23
www.kootenayhomes.com
3245 Lilac Crescent, Trail
Great 4 bdrm family home on 0.24 acres. Located on one of Trail’s most beautiful Large walk out basement with a bright rec blocks, this home offers 3 bdrms, huge room and wood stove. The living room living room, hardwood floors, and a family/ boasts awesome mountain views and a recreation room downstairs. Property offers a gas fireplace. Lots of parking for all the back yard with plenty of room for the children toys. Call your REALTOR(R) today to view to run and play together with a mature this home! garden area.
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Adult oriented 1/2 duplex, corner unit,
$189,000
Opportunity is knocking! Not only do you buy a cute and cozy 2 bdrm home, but at this amazing price you also purchase a separate approx 250 sq. ft. building. This building is perfect for a home based business, a studio, a shop or whatever needs you may have. Call now! Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
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565 Rossland Avenue, Trail
$235,000
beautifully landscaped. This duplex 2 houses! Both are in beautiful condition features open floor plan , 9’ ceilings, and completely finished inside and out. main floor laundry, well maintained, low Plenty of parking too. These would be great revenue properties or combination home and maintenance fees include yard and snow maintenance. Call now! mortgage helper. Call Darlene (250) 231-0527 or Ron (250) 368-1162
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898 Schofield Highway, Warfield
#7–2205 Rockland Avenue, Trail
1200 2nd Ave & 1352 Taylor St. Trail
ext 42
c21art@telus.net www.kootenayhomes.com
Mary Amantea
ext 26
Cell: 250-521-0525
mamantea@telus.net www.kootenayhomes.com
Cell: 250-368-1162
ext 45
ron@hometeam.ca www.kootenayhomes.com
Cell: 250-231-1101
ext 48
terryalton@shaw.ca www.kootenayhomes.com
Mary Martin
Cell: 250-231-0264
ext 28
mary.martin@century21.ca www.kootenayhomes.com
Richard Daoust
Cell: 250-368-7897
ext 24
richard.daoust@century21.ca www.kootenayhomes.com