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Plan to cover wage increases still under wraps BY ART HARRISON Times Staff
One question went unanswered during the School District 20 board meeting on Monday in Trail. Andy Davidoff, president of the Kootenay Columbia Teachers Union (KCTU), posed a question regarding the board’s plan regarding funding the government negotiated wage increase for SD 20 non-teaching Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) members. It was deferred by board chair, Darrel Ganzert, for later discussion. “The savings plan is not written in stone,” said Ganzert. “We didn’t want to needlessly concern people in the education system.” Davidoff later expressed his frustration at the lack of response to his questions to the future funding issue. “The government downloaded the CUPE wage settlement onto the local boards,” he said. “But we want to know where they’re cutting and why is it a secret.” The Provincial Framework Agreement was reached between provincial government negotiators and CUPE non-teaching education workers which committed local school boards to provide for a 1 percent retroactive wage increase from July 1, 2012, as well as an additional 2 per cent on Feb. 1, 2014, and 0.5 per cent on May 1, 2014 with no increase to their existing funding from the province. School districts around B.C. were required to provide budgets funding the wage increases for the current year by mid-October and complete plans to fund the remainder of the contract in December. “We provided the government with a long term plan. Some one-time savings, some long term. Things like savings on our telephone networks,” said Ganzert. “But to find long term savings when 89 per cent of the budget goes to wages and benefits, it’s impossible not to look at that. “The reason we haven’t said anything is nothing is finalized yet. Rather than striking fear into the hearts of staff we wanted to wait until the budget is finalized. Until we know exactly where it’s going we’re not releasing any speculation,” Ganzert explained. Although Davidoff’s primary focus is on protecting the interests of his local’s membership he acknowledged the position of local boards in finding the funding to maintain educational standards. “The government told boards to prepare savings plans without cutting back on core services but where can they cut?” said Davidoff. See EDUCATION, Page 3
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The sound of giving rings in Trail Christmas Kettle Campaign launches BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
Festive cheer started in Trail this week with the Salvation Army's annual Christmas Kettle Campaign launching Thursday at Ferraro Foods. Volunteers are ringing in donations for the campaign that aims to raise money and awareness for the continued need for social service pro-
grams and resources for vulnerable individuals. Considered Canada's largest and most recognizable annual charitable event, the campaign keeps all dollars in the community where the dollars are raised. Last year about $30,000 was raised for Greater Trail and this year Major Wilf Harbin is hoping to top up funds with a goal of $33,000. “We wouldn't be able to do it without our volunteers,” he
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said. Dolly Pressacco is one of the 100 locals signed up to bring cheer this year. “I'll be ringing a bell and singing Christmas carols if I have to,” said Pressacco, who has spent the last 10 years helping with the local campaign. The Trail woman spent 32 years working at Shoppers Drug Mart in Trail before clocking out as a cashier and in as a dedicated volunteer. See DONATIONS, Page 8
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LOCAL From the playground above to the workplace below
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A blue sky, a fading moon, Teck in the foreground and Red Resort’s Granite Mountain in the background combined for a picturesque start to Thursday. It also tied in perfectly with the story below detailing Teck’s sponsorship and the ski movies featured in last weekend’s Rossland Mountain Film Festival.
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Mountain filmfest a success By Yolanda Ridge Rossland News
It took five days, three venues, eight board members, 18 sponsors and countless volunteers to bring 20 films to the 14th annual Teck Rossland Mountain Film Festival last weekend. And for the hundreds of people who attended the events, there was something for everyone— from the heart-pounding adrenaline rush to thoughtful, social commentary—as mountain culture from all seven continents around the globe was brought to Rossland through the camera lens. According to Tarn Medinski, Rossland Mountain Film Festival board member and film organizer for the past three years, the
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festival used most of the films submitted to the festival and included all Kootenay-based productions (unless there were issues with formatting). “This year there were films submitted by filmmakers from France, Germany, and Australia, which is a bit unusual,” said Medinski. And probably also a sign the Rossland Mountain Film Festival continues to gain momentum, he added. “The biggest difficulty is grouping the films and deciding what order to present them in so we keep everyone’s interest,” said Medisnski. Additional events were also incorporated into the film lineup. The Teck Mountain Gala on Friday night featured a cocktail reception, silent auction of work by local artists with proceeds going to the food bank, and music by Brad MacKay. The sold out Nelson and District Credit Union Saturday Mountain Film Party ended with an electronic combination of DJ sets and visuals by the Funk Hunters who played a mix of music that drove everyone to the dance floor (some for longer than they intended). See SKI, Page 22
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The Nelson Star The Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail could use a $44 million investment according to an Interior Health facilities study. The report summary, received last month by the West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital District and made public Thursday, looked at acute and residential care facilities throughout the region. The 60-year-old hospital in Trail has a replacement value of $83.6 million, and a condition index of 0.53, meaning a thorough overhaul would cost about $44 million. The report uses a formula called facility condition index to assess each building, an industry standard that measures the physical state of a building and its systems, including mechanical, electrical and plumbing. The total cost of repairs or renovations is divided by the cost of replacement. The lower the number, the better condition the facility is in and the lesser the need for renovations. The study, completed in September, also looked at longterm care facilities: those in the best shape include Hardy View Lodge in Grand Forks, which was rebuilt five years ago, and
Talarico Place in Castlegar. On the other end of the scale, Poplar Ridge Pavilion in Trail had an index of 0.61, indicating that it needs up to $11.6 million in renovations. Meanwhile, Nelson’s Kootenay Lake Hospital could use about $30 million worth of repairs. The hospital, which is 56 years old, has an estimated replacement value of $63.3 million, and a facility condition index of 0.48. Two smaller hospitals fared better in the assessment: Arrow Lakes hospital in Nakusp, which is 38 years old, has a replacement value of $14.1 million and an index of 0.31, so the price tag on repairs is about $4.3 million. Boundary hospital in Grand Forks, which is 50 years old, is worth $36.4 million and had an index of 0.32, suggesting it requires $11.6 million in capital improvements. Castlegar’s community health centre had a replacement value of $32.6 million, and a facilities index of 0.41, which works out to a wish list of upgrades worth $13.4 million; Slocan community health centre in New Denver was pegged at a value of $16.3 million and a facilities index of 0.37, equal to $6 million
in potential work; and Kaslo’s Victorian community health centre is worth $12.4 million and has an index of 0.49, so it would also cost $6 million to fully renovate. The numbers do not include things like taxes, architectural fees, or furniture. Although intended to help guide capital investment decisions, the summary does not make any explicit recommendations around which facilities should be repaired or replaced first, nor about where new facilities should be built. “The demand for capital needs will continue to outweigh funding levels,” it reads. “The [facilities condition index is] only one component of a process used to determine capital investment priorities.” Other factors include whether a facility is providing the right services; whether it’s able to accommodate current volume and growth; whether it’s adaptable to current standards; and whether it’s able to meet clinical and program needs, the summary stated. The hospital district is responsible for paying 40 per cent of approved capital projects while the provincial government and hospital foundations pick up the rest.
Education legislation changes expected
FROM PAGE 1 “I’m not blaming the local board. Educational Assistant replacement issues and protocols are the board’s responsibilities but with the budget issues, the board isn’t doing this intentionally.” A recent all-party committee established by the B.C. Government sought input in communities around the province to determine budget priorities in a variety of areas of government programs and
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Thursday's story, Local Crafters Unite For Festive Sale, reported that the Trail Firefighter will be on site barbecuing at the Mistletoe Market Saturday. Plans have changed and the group will no longer be flipping burgers but will still have a presence at the event, where they'll have their truck parked for children's viewing pleasure.
responsibilities. The committee, which was in Trail Oct. 1 seeking input, released its findings Nov. 7, including numerous recommendations on ensuring adequate funding on the province’s education system. “The government is apparently bringing changes in February to the education system legislation,” said Ganzert. “I’m assuming this will include the Clarke government’s “Long Term Peace” plans
for coming up with a long-term agreement with the teacher’s union and drafting legislation. What that looks like, nobody knows. The recent all-party finance committee report, which was dominated by Liberals, all agreed that education was under funded and we’re seeing it affecting facilities, students.... The government should consider increasing funding to education but I guess time will tell.”
Police release sketch of suspect
By Times Staff Police have released a composite drawing of a suspect inthe Nov. 13 robbery at Shopper’s Simply Pharmacy Castlegar. The male, described as early 20’s, approximately 5’8”, slim build wearing a dark blue/ grey jacket, fled on foot out the back door of the pharmacy making off with a large amount of Prescription medication and Canadian currency. A male was seen running from the area of the robbery shortly thereafter.
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She has no intention of giving up her day job but that doesn’t stop one local small business owner from pursuing her passion for song on the side. Now Catherine Manna has been recognized for her song writing skills with two nominations, as best Contemporary Christian Songwriter of the Year and Best East Listening Song Writer of the Year, for the Independent Music Channel’s third annual on-line awards show on Saturday. “I just heard on Monday, it was a last minute entry,” said Manna. “I’ve been part of the website for awhile so I submitted four or five songs and when two were chosen I was surprised. It really caught me off
guard.” The two songs Manna submitted to the internet radio station, “You Are Beautiful” and “Desire” proved to have some staying power on the online station with “You Are Beautiful” making it to the station’s charts for 10 weeks. Manna said she has been playing piano since she was three years-old and has been writing songs since she was 14 but has only been taking her music more seriously for the last 10 years. Manna owns The Garden of Eden in East Trail, a small, colourful shop that sells every-
thing from flowers to “funky” clothing, organic makeup, jewelry, and some local crafts and doesn’t perform locally very much but in the past performed for a variety of community events in the Okanagan and Ontario, where she grew up. Manna will find out online Saturday whether or not she will receive the awards she’s been nominated for but that isn’t her main concern. “I don’t need to win anything, I don’t care where the train stops,” Manna said. “I’m just here to enjoy life and share what I enjoy doing.”
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Provincial
Smart meter critics expand lawsuit
THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - Opponents of BC Hydro’s smart meters are going commercial in their fight against the wireless transmitters. The group Citizens for Safe Technology says it has filed an expanded class-action lawsuit against BC Hydro, in hopes of adding Hydro’s commercial account holders to the case that currently includes only residential customers. The group alleges Hydro’s commercial customers face discrimination because they are not included in opt-out provisions offered to residential customers who have refused smart meters over concerns the devices invade privacy or create health risks through constant
emission of microwave radiation. An organic farmer in Peachland, B.C., has become the representative plaintiff for commercial customers interested in joining the drive to certify the lawsuit against the power provider. BC Hydro stands by its smart meter program saying it will make the province’s energy grid more efficient, sustainable and better able to respond to outages, and the B.C. Utilities Commission and B.C. Court of Appeal have denied an effort in the past to force Hydro to stop installing smart meters. A judge must still approve the class-action application before deciding if the group’s legal action will be allowed to proceed.
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Porn charges tossed after judge rules police search was unreasonable THE CANADIAN PRESS PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Charges of accessing and possessing child pornography have been stayed in a Prince George courtroom after a B.C. Supreme Court Justice found police lacked sufficient information to search the suspect’s home. In his reasons for judgment issued this week, Justice Ian Meiklem agreed with defence counsel’s argument that police
acted on an effectively anonymous tip and lacked the corroboration to meet the threshold for reasonable and probable grounds to search the man’s home. As a result, Meiklem concluded the charter rights of the accused were breached and any evidence found at the scene could not be admitted into the trial. The charges were stayed on Monday. According to Meiklem’s ruling,
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patcher but a search of hotels in the area failed to turn up the boy. However, the email address associated with the handle was traced back to the accused’s address in Prince George and was used on the day in question Prince George RCMP subsequently obtained a search warrant and seized evidence from the home on July 4, 2008. Details on what police found was not provided in the ruling but in addition to the child porn charges, the man was also charged with unsafe storage of a firearm and possession of a prohibited weapon without a licence. Meiklem noted that none of the offences facing the accused were related to the May incident. Rather, he was charged with accessing child pornography between June 1 and July 2, 2008 and the three other charges were dated July 4, 2008.
BC Hydro responds to Site C dam’s impacts THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - BC Hydro has submitted a long list of species at risk that will be affected by its proposed Site C hydroelectric dam, after a joint federal-provincial environmental review panel found Hydro’s original list “incomplete and inconsistent.” The environmental impact statement submitted by the provincial utility omitted several species, including the endangered short-eared owl, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency panel wrote in a request for information earlier this month. In some cases, the mitigation measures provided by Hydro didn’t appear to have any link to the species in question, the panel suggested. es are clear ...,” the panel asked. For example, the impact statement proposes mitigation measure for one species of bat but not another, and suggests wetland nesting boxes for a bird that lives predominantly in agricultural fields. Members also found that BC Hydro failed to provide - among thousands of pages of studies and consultant reports - information on the effect the project will have on loss of black bear dens and some traditional First Nations activities. And the panel said Hydro included only past activities in assessing the cumulative impacts of the pro-
Tiny island banishes dozens of broken down vehicles THE CANADIAN PRESS NANAIMO, B.C. Residents of a small British Columbia island about three square kilometres in size have banished the wrecked remains of dozens of vehicles. Mudge Island is tucked between Gabriola and Vancouver Island, has only a handful of dirt roads but no shops, and there’s no school, no postal code and no
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ject, leaving out the impact of other current hydroelectric projects, forestry and oil and gas activities. In a 331-page response posted on the CEAA website on Thursday, Hydro estimated that about 2,000 hectares of short-eared owl habitat will be lost if the dam is built on the Peace River. The owl was added to a list of raptors that will see habitat loss because of the dam, including the boreal and great horned owls, the northern goshawk and the broadwinged hawk. Measures to reduce the impact will include amphibian crossings for the endangered western toad, and building replacement wetland habitat, but the Crown agency admits most measures will reduce, “but not fully mitigate” the potential effects. Environmental review hearings will begin next month in northeastern B.C., with a decision expected by mid-2014. The province of B.C. has an agreement with the federal government for a co-operative environmental assessment that will stand for both governments. The $7.9-billion dam would produce enough electricity to power 450,000 homes per year for 100 years. It would flood about 5,000 hectares of the Peace River Valley, creating an 83-kilometre, 9,300-hectare reservoir between Fort St. John and Hudson’s Hope.
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dedicated ferry service. It’s full-time population ranges between 50 and 70 people. Yet it has a vibrant car culture, and local Chad Giesbrecht says residents have paid to have the vehicles barged over to the island in the past. Giesbrecht says the vehicles have accumulated because some locals just don’t have the money to barge them off the island. A BC Hydro construction manager
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National Manitoba
Byelection races heat up THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG - The Conservative candidate in a federal byelection in rural Manitoba came under fire Thursday for suggesting the bullying of a gay high school student may not have been real. Ted Falk told a weekly newspaper that an encounter last winter, in which Evan Wiens was subjected to homophobic slurs as he spoke to reporters outside his school, may have been staged by Wiens. “Whether that Briefs was staged, we don’t know,” Falk said in a recorded interview with the Carillon. Falk declined an interview request. An email sent from his campaign account to The Canadian Press did not address the question of why he thought the bullying may have been a setup. Wiens, 17, became widely known in Manitoba last winter as he pushed for the right to set up a gay-straight alliance in his high school in Steinbach, Man. On two occasions, as he was interviewed by television crews in front of the school, fellow students yelled slurs at him as they walked or drove by. The Provencher campaign had, until Thursday, been a subdued affair compared to the drama that has unfolded at the other end of the province. Polls in BrandonSouris suggest a very tight race between Conservative Larry Maguire and Liberal Rolf Dinsdale. Some residents in the riding received a letter this week from Conservative party headquarters, signed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, which blasts the Liberals.
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Cash for Lac-Megantic THE CANADIAN PRESS LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. - Ottawa and Quebec shared a rare moment of unity on Thursday with news they will each spend up to $95 million to help decontaminate Lac-Megantic’s water and soil. “Today, I am announcing that the government is making available up to $95 million to offset the costs of decontamination,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper told a news conference in the community. “This sum corresponds to 50 per cent of the cost estimates of the Quebec government.” Vast quantities of crude oil seeped into soil and waterways in and around LacMegantic last July when a train carrying the fuel careened off the tracks, smashed into a cafe and destroyed much of the community’s downtown core. Forty-seven people were identified through their remains, while those of a handful of other people were never found. “My friends, I know there is no amount of money that can erase the painful memories...but you have to know that our government is doing everything in its power to support you,” said Harper, who was accompanied by local MP Christian Paradis and Lac-Megantic Mayor Colette Roy-Laroche. It was Harper’s third visit to the town since the tragedy. In Quebec City, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister reacted positively to Thursday’s announcement, even though no Quebec government representatives were present.
Canadian workers on the move: report
THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Canadians are on the move and heading West in massive numbers in the quest for high-paying jobs and low taxes, a Bank of Montreal report suggests. The bank says in a new analysis that inter-provincial migration hit the highest level in almost a quarter of century in the past year, with the population flow to oilrich Alberta surging to more than 50,000 people during the 12-month span ending June 30, the highest on record. The data shows that every region is losing people in the competition between provinces, except Alberta and Saskatchewan. BMO economist Robert Kavcic said inter-provincial migration was well established in the early 2000s as Alberta emerged as the country’s growth engine, but stalled somewhat during the 2008-09 recession. “Now we’re at the part of
the cycle where Alberta (is growing strong again), the unemployment rate is down to around four per cent, and Atlantic Canada has lost a lot of momentum because a lot of the fiscal stimulus there has wound down,” he explained. He noted that while all provinces are losing workers to Alberta and to a lesser extent Saskatchewan, the drain was especially dramatic in Atlantic Canada, where out migration hit 11,000, or 0.5 per cent of the population, during the last 12-month period for which there is data. The major factor for the movement is availability of work, the report says. Alberta and Saskatchewan lead the nation with unemployment rates of 4.4 and 3.6 per cent respectively, well below the 6.9 per cent national average. The four Atlantic provinces, meanwhile, have jobless rates ranging from 9.1 per cent in Nova Scotia to 11.0 per
cent in Newfoundland and Labrador. As well, average hourly wages are now $6 higher in Alberta than they are in Atlantic Canada - the highest gap on record - and about $4 higher than in Ontario and British Columbia. Other factors include housing affordability and taxes. Alberta has a relatively low provincial tax burden and no provincial sales tax. Kavcic says a mobile labour force is not necessarily a bad thing since resources are diverted to where they are needed, but it also means some regions are losing skilled workers and entrepreneurs. The movement somewhat belies industry and federal government complaints about the lack of flexibility in the labour market. The Harper government and industry have complained for years about labour shortages in specific regions and skills, with Ottawa intro-
ducing several measures, including tighter unemployment insurance rules, in an effort to force the jobless to go further afield. Kavcic said some governmental moves have helped increase mobility, including recent agreements between provinces that have eliminated some of the barriers to labour movements. In terms of the most advantageous areas to work and live, BMO says Regina tops the list in terms of job prospects, median employment income, housing affordability and low taxes, followed by three other prairie cities - Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatoon. Ottawa and Toronto come in eighth and ninth, Vancouver 11th and Montreal 14th. Among the least attractive of the 19 areas surveyed, BMO listed Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, London, Ont., and New Brunswick in that order from the bottom.
Toronto voters will decide on Ford, says PM THE CANADIAN PRESS LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is speaking out for the first time on Toronto Mayor Rob Ford - and keeping his tongue planted firmly in his cheek. Harper jokes that he’s heard Ford say publicly he wants to be prime minister, a notion Harper says he clearly can’t support. But when it comes to the Toronto mayor’s DOLBY 7.1 SURROUND SOUND
future, Harper says that’s for the voters of that city to decide. Harper says the Conservative government’s position is clear: there are strict drugs laws in place, and no one should be buying or using illegal drugs, especially sitting politicians. Ford’s admission to having smoked crack cocaine “probably in one of my drunken stupors” made him a target of international HIGH FRAME RATE 3D
ridicule and resulted in his being stripped of most of his mayoral powers. The Conservative government has said little on the controversy, however - in part because the Tories
have previously allied themselves with the popular, straight-talking mayor. “I’ve heard Mr. Ford’s statements to the effect that he would like to become prime minister of
Canada; obviously this is not something I’m in favour of,” Harper said at a news conference in Lac-Megantic, Que. “In terms of his future in Toronto, that is for the residents of Toronto to decide.”
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o you ever get the idea that the good ship Democracy has sailed and that we weren’t invited to the bon voyage party? I refer to the further transfer of traditional government powers to the private sector, much like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) did when it was ratified. While there is plenty of evidence that it has been positive for the overall economy of the signatory nations, it is also undeniable that we have seen the decimation of our manufacturing industry, the erosion of the middle class, more money landing in the pockets of the top one per cent of “earners” and family incomes that have stayed static, in real dollar terms, ever since. The signs are all around us, but none provided a clearer confirmation than news of another international agreement that Canada is about to sign on to. And no, I’m not referring to the free trade
agreement with Europe. In a recent story on the online news service the Tyee, Gus Van Harten, an associate professor at the Osgoode Hall Law School, commented on the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), an arm of the World Bank. ICSID provides a framework under which investors, typically global corporations, can sue governments. It isn’t hard to see how these claims can come about. Think, for instance, what might happen if B.C.’s full tilt boogie entry into the development of shale gas reserves turns out to be an environmental disaster. The provincial government of the day would have to make a choice between stepping in and restricting or even banning the practice and facing legal action by companies that have made infrastructure investments and paid for rights to access the gas deposits. Countries signing on
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to the ICSID Convention agree to abide by its rules, which include allowing only companies to take legal action within its framework. There is no opportunity for appeal or judicial review. Lose the case and pay up. It gets more insidious. Investor-state arbitrators, who serve as judges in disputes, operate for profit. According to Van Harten, they often also work as lawyers and lobbyists. He says some “appear to have an interest to favour foreign investors because of their singular capacity to bring claims and trigger arbitrator appointments.”
In other words, they get their business from companies who make claims and not from governments, so there is a builtin benefit to favouring the private sector in these cases. If a country doesn’t like a decision, too bad, so sad. Under the convention, “Each contracting state shall recognize an award … as binding and enforce the pecuniary obligations imposed by that award within its territories as if it were the final judgment of a court in that state.” In other words, the ICSID’s powers are equivalent to the Supreme Court of Canada. Bad enough? How about that should a country have the audacity to challenge a decision, it goes to a committee chosen by the World Bank president? Under a cozy, informal little agreement with Europe, the U.S. government chooses the World Bank president and Europe names the head of the International
Monetary Fund. Van Harten writes that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has indicated he plans to sign Canada onto the ICSID Convention, effectively giving over some our sovereignty to for-profit arbitrators appointed by the U.S. What’s in it for Harper? Well, he’s clearly not enamoured by our existing government institutions, like Parliament and the Senate. He appears to favour the corporate world over government. By embracing this murky process, he’s sending a signal to investors that Canada is indeed open for business, and that they shouldn’t worry about little things like governments to get in their way. The whole idea gives me a headache. Or as Jake was wont to say in W.O. Mitchell’s Jake and the Kid stories, “It’s enough to give a gopher the heartburn.” Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of the Creston Valley Advance.
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Say ‘no’ to Internet censorship
Key government officials and industry lobbyists are about to meet in secret in Salt Lake City, Utah, to hash out an Internet censorship plan that would make it possible for entire websites and families to be kicked off the Internet. This plan is part of an international agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that is being crafted in secret. Over 120,000 people have called on the heads of state of the 12 powerful countries to “Say No to Internet Censorship” in the TPP. We each need to take a moment to spread the word in our community and to contact politicians who can voice our opposition. I honestly wonder why such a plan is done in so secretive
a manner. If the plan was one which would be beneficial for citizens of the countries taking part, you would think there would be no need for hiding the details. Here’s a scary part of proposed changes. Experts claim that, under the TPP, “kids could be sent to jail for downloading” and whole families could be kicked off the internet. Under the TPP, Internet Service Providers would have the capability or responsibility to censor and monitor Internet usage and remove entire websites from a person’s view. Of course, in order to do that, ISPs would need to install costly invasive equipment. These added costs would result in larger bills for users. The TPP is a U.S.-backed
deal that will undermine Canada’s national rules which, when they were established in 2011, were considered a victory for creators and citizens. If there are Internet users abusing the system there are procedures provided in those rules to deal with those problems. There is no need to tar everyone with the same brush. There’s little doubt that the proposed TPP will benefit outdated media conglomerates at the expense of Canada’s present copyright laws. It certainly is not a plan that will benefit those of us properly using the Internet in Canada. In all likelihood we’ll end up paying more and getting less. Bob Bastian Fruitvale
Energy choices risk chaos for Atlantic Canada
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avid S u z u k i ness people from all around Foundation support- the Atlantic provinces. All say ers who live in Western climate change is affecting Canada often have eyes their communities and liveliriveted on Ottawa to see what hoods. They also agree somethe federal government’s next thing must be done and that move will be when it comes to the “business as usual” scenario environmental issues. So we is no longer an option. sometimes too The heart of the easily overlook problem is our seemCanadians in the ingly unquenchable Maritimes and thirst for mainly fosNewfoundland sil-fuel based energy and Labrador – resources. As our coastal regions, desire for comfort and like ours, on the efficiency grows, so DAvid front lines of clidoes our energy conmate change. sumption, prompting Troy Media As oceans the search for sources warm, water increasingly difficult expands and sea levels rise. to extract. The words oil sands, Melting glaciers, icebergs and shale gas, offshore drilling and ice sheets add to the water vol- fracking have only entered our ume. Scientists predict oceans vocabulary in just the past few could rise by more than a decades – including in Atlantic metre before the end of the communities, many of which century. They’re also increas- now also rely on these fossilingly convinced that escalating based industries to fuel ecocarbon emissions are linked to nomic prosperity. the risk of extreme weather But with current talks about events and intensified storms, oil and gas exploration in the such as the recent Typhoon Gulf of St. Lawrence, shale gas Haiyan in the Philippines or fracking in New Brunswick, and super storm Sandy in the U.S. moving oil sands bitumen from in 2012. A key finding from the Alberta to the East Coast, we latest Intergovernmental Panel must ask if economic profit and on Climate Change report is prosperity for a few are worth that Atlantic Canada faces simi- the environmental and social lar risks if climate change is left risks to so many – especially unchecked, with more severe when the latest IPCC report storms causing surging tides, suggests that to avoid global flooding and widespread coastal catastrophic climate chaos, we erosion. must leave much of the known For his captivating docu- reserves of fossil fuels in the mentary, Climate Change in ground. Atlantic Canada, Ian Mauro, an In light of what the scientific environmental and social scien- community is telling us about tist at Mount Allison University the scope and impacts of cliin New Brunswick, interviewed mate change – largely a result farmers, fishers, local residents, of burning fossil fuels – we owe First Nations community it to ourselves and our children members, scientists and busi- and grandchildren to consider
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the implications of the choices we’re about to make in Atlantic Canada and the rest of the country. As former Environment and Sustainable Development Commissioner Scott Vaughan reminded us before leaving his position earlier this year, Canada is not prepared for a major oil spill off the East Coast. And, as New Brunswick Chief Medical Health Officer Eilish Cleary points out regarding the economics of shale gas development, “[We] cannot simply assume that more money equates to a healthier population.” Coastal regions such as Atlantic Canada have a long cultural history based largely on fishing, tourism and other marine activities. Although fossil-fuel activities have been in Atlantic Canada for decades, proposed new on- and offshore energy projects will likely put Atlantic Canada’s existing economy and way of life at risk, affecting tourism and fishing in the ocean and on rivers like New Brunswick’s famous Miramichi. When it comes to climate change, our future will not be determined by chance but by choice. We can choose to ignore the science, or we can change our ways and reduce carbon emissions and our dependence on fossil fuels. It’s up to us and our leaders to consider and promote energy alternatives and other solutions that modernize our energy systems, provide a clean, healthy environment for our families and offer longterm economic prosperity. Dr. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author, and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.
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Salvation Army's Christmas Kettle Campaign kicked off at Ferraro Foods Thursday with volunteer Dolly Pressacco, Danny Ferraro of Ferraro Foods, campaign coordinator Reta Moores, Trail Mayor Dieter Bogs and Major Wilf Harbin. Ferraro Foods always hosts the launch of the campaign that resulted in $30,000 going back into the community for those in need last year. And starts the sprit of giving off with $500 in food gift certificates.
Luigi Abenante March 1, 1935 - November 18, 2013 Luigi passed away peacefully in Grand Forks Boundary Hospital, surrounded by his family after a long battle with lung cancer. Luigi was born in Bocchigliero, Cosenza, Italy. He came to Canada in 1954 to work for Cominco in Trail, BC. He married his young wife, Maria in 1965 and together they raised their daughters, Viviana and Linda. He was an active member of the Colombo Lodge and the Italian Community. After retiring from Cominco in 1992, he and Maria moved to Christina Lake where he had built a new home for them. Luigi was a master craftsman, trained from the time he was ten years old by his brother in law Pietro. His specialty was building cabinets and fine furniture but Luigi could also build anything and fix everything! He loved nature and enjoyed spending time outside chopping wood, watching the birds, and especially sitting in his favourite chair on the deck admiring his view of the lake. Luigi loved the Fall because it was the time for wine making, harvesting tomatoes, making sausage and picking wild mushrooms. But most of all, Luigi treasured his family, especially his grandchildren. Luigi is predeceased by his parents Antonio Abenante and Teresa Funaro; his brothers: Guiseppe, Saverio, Vincenzo, and Olindo Abenante; his brother in laws Gabrielle Ruggiero, Pietro Chiarelli, Domenico Santoro and Antonio Filippelli. As well as, many other friends and relatives. Luigi is lovingly survived by his wife Maria, his daughter Viviana (Brian) Monaghan, granddaughters Megan and Bethany; his daughter Linda (Joe) O’Donoghue, grandsons Declan and Brynn; his sisters Serafina Chiarelli, Rosina Ruggiero, Maria Santoro and Graziella Filippelli. A funeral mass and reception will take place on Saturday, November 23rd at 11:00am at The Christina Lake Community Hall at 90 Park Road, Christina Lake, BC. Through his long and complicated illness, Luigi had many doctors, specialists, nurses, home support workers and care aids. We would like to sincerely thank all of them. We are grateful for their support, care and guidance. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the B.C. Cancer Foundation website: bccancerfoundation.com 150-686 W. Broadway, Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 1G1 Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Deborah Baker of Grand Forks Funeral Home, gffh@shaw.ca.
Donations kick off annual campaign FROM PAGE 1 Her love for the Salvation Army started when she got married there in Prince Rupert in 1954 and has continued to grow each year she witnesses how much the organization does for the community and its people. “It doesn’t matter what community you go to or live in, you’re always welcome there,”
she said. The Christmas Kettle Campaign kicked off at Ferraro Foods with a donation of $500 in gift certificates from the grocery store and a contribution from Trail Mayor Dieter Bogs. Volunteers will be collecting donations inside Waneta Plaza, outside of Walmart, Shoppers Drug Mart
OBITUARIES CESARETTI, GIOVANNI PIETRO — of Trail, passed away on November 20, 2013 at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital. He was born on November 26, 1924 in Camigliano, Italy. Pietro immigrated to Canada in 1950 and married Leda on May 26, 1958. Pietro worked at Cominco for many years and was also a member of the Colombo Lodge. He loved great food with good friends and wine. His passion was his vegetable and flower gardens and his grandchildren. Pietro lived for the Smoke Eater games and his Canucks and was often seen walking the bridges in Trail. Pietro was predeceased by his loving wife Leda. He will be lovingly remembered by his sons Roberto (Roberta) and Carlo (Janet); his daughter Aladina (Peter) Sheets; his grandchildren Larisa, Zachary, Olivia, Sophia, Carson, Parker, Jordan and Andrew. He leaves behind his brother Giuseppe (Lolita) Cesaretti, his niece Samanta (Giuseppe) and his nephew Luigi (Louisa) of Italy. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Anthony’s Parish on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 10:30 am with Father Jim McHugh, Celebrant. Crema-
tion to follow. Jordan Wren of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements. As an expression of sympathy, donations in Pietro’s name may be St. Michaels Catholic School at 1329 Fourth Ave, Trail, BC, V1R 1S3. A special thank you to the staff of the 3rd floor for making him so comfortable. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives. ca *** DESNOYERS (NEE ZARCHUKOFF), LAURA — It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our loving mother, grandma, baba, sister and aunt on November 19, 2013 at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail, BC. She was born on May 12, 1929 in Winlaw, BC; the second oldest of five children. Laura was predeceased by her parents, Alec and Fanny Zarchukoff, her brother Alex, her sister Mary Wishlow, her husband Raymond Desnoyers, her son-in-law Peter Weishaupt and her grandson-in-law Donald
Reed. She is survived by her two sisters, Winnie Carlsen, Barb Basaraba, her brother-in-law Fred Wishlow, her three daughters, Lynn (John) Phillips, Celia Weishaupt, Geri (Marcel) Levesque, her three sons, Gene (Nita) Desnoyers, Victor (Jenn) Desnoyers, and Roger (Brenda) Desnoyers, 14 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. Laura lived independently, was the matriarch of our family, worked hard at many jobs all her life, had a great sense of humour, was very practical in everything she did, knitted afghans, crocheted doilies for the whole family, loved cribbage, gardening and cooking, and smiled at everyone she met. Mom will be greatly missed. By Laura’s request, there will not be a Funeral Service. Cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Laura’s life will take place at a later date. Al Grywacheski of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements. As an expression of sympathy, donations in Laura’s name may be made to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Health Foundation at 1200 Hospital Bench, Trail, BC, V1R 4M1 or online at www.kbrhhealthfoundation.ca You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.
and the BC Liquor Store every Thursday Friday and Saturday until Dec. 9 when shifts will run regularly Monday through Saturday until Christmas Eve. There will be a final push at Ferraro’s in Trail the last few days leading up to Dec. 24. All donations received will go to supporting Kate’s Kitchen, Family Services, the Salvation Army Food Bank and Christmas Hamper program. “More people need help this time of year as far as the food bank and of course the money raised goes toward the hamper distribution,” said Reta Moores, campaign coordinator. “It’s important that we have the kettles going because we need to feed all of these people who need help.” Kate’s Kitchen will be turned into Santa’s headquarters with food hampers assembled and gifts for girls and boys under 16. Those in need are treated to the real deal. The hampers are stuffed with items such as canned soups, beans and cookies and meat and fresh produce gift certificates to local grocery stores. While the Christmas hampers contain specialty items like cranberry sauce and gift certificates to give families the traditional dining experience, giving is not a deed picked up only once a year.
Kate’s Kitchen coordinator Linda Radtke expects about 400 different hampers will be made this year, keeping with last year’s numbers, and some of these families will also rely on donated gifts for their children. Residents can play Santa by picking a tag from a Christmas gift tree set up so far at Shoppers and Ferraro’s. A gift donation can later be dropped under the Christmas tree unwrapped. The Salvation Army also runs a family sponsor program, where the organization matches donators with a family in need. “If it wasn’t for the Christmas hampers and the Salvation Army a lot of people would be sitting at home with nothing for Christmas, especially if they have children with no toys, with no food and that’s not something that we want to see,” said Radtke. “We want to make sure that everybody is looked after at Christmas, Christmas is a very important time of year and we don’t want to see anyone suffer.” Radtke says the food bank’s cupboards are filling up but she warns after the holiday is when food is seriously needed. Applications for the hampers can be filled out at Kate’s Kitchen on Rossland Avenue before Dec. 9.
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very compliant and comfortable ride. The combination of usable trunk space and back seat, simple yet elegant dash, power the driver can use at a lower price than the competition, is something potential buyer might want to wait a year to try first hand.
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and cream. Intricate details such as the leather braid around the contours highlight the soft and sinuous lines. The iconic quilted diamond pattern embossed in the leather interiors of a Bentley has also been interpreted into the unique designs of the furniture. No prices announced yet. keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca
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equipped and impresses equally with its infrequent need to visit the pump. The plug in Toyota Prius is another contender for the green The Accord plugdollar. The Ford is probably the near- in coaxed me into a est equivalent and little competition with sells for around myself every time out $35,000 so that will be the sticker to achieve maximum price to beat. fuel efficiency. I would like to hear from early Keith Morgan adopters of the plug in hybrid technology about their experiences.
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Friday, November 22, 2013 Trail Times
Health Sweet Sounds of success for Snowflake Gala
Don’t Drive Distracted
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Finish what you need to at home or at the office, not in the car.
Saturday night’s Snowflake Gala hosted by the Kootenay Boundray Regional Hospital Health Foundation was a soldout success. Over $35,000 was raised in support of the foundation’s 25th anniversary and the Critical Care Campaign. Gala goers were treated to the great jazz sounds of (from the left) Doug Stephenson, Tony Ferraro, Melody Diachun and Rob Fahie.
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Mauve Friday is Coming. Black Friday will never be the same.
Studies tie nuts to lower risk of heart disease and cancer THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS - Help yourself to some nuts this holiday season: Regular nut eaters were less likely to die of cancer or heart disease - in fact, were less likely to die of any cause - during a 30-year Harvard study. Nuts have long been
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seen from peanuts as well as from pistachios, almonds, walnuts and other tree nuts. The researchers did not look at how the nuts were prepared oiled or salted, raw or roasted. A bonus: Nut eaters stayed slimmer. “There’s a general perception that if you eat more nuts you’re going to get fat. Our results show the opposite,” said Dr. Ying Bao of Harvardaffiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She led the study, published in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine. The National Institutes of Health and the International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research & Education Foundation sponsored the study,
but the nut group had no role in designing it or reporting the results. Researchers don’t know why nuts may boost health. It could be that their unsaturated fatty acids, minerals and other nutrients lower cholesterol and inflammation and reduce other problems, as earlier studies seemed to show. Observational studies like this one can’t prove cause and effect, only suggest a connection. Research on diets is especially tough, because it can be difficult to single out the effects of any one food. People who eat more nuts may eat them on salads, for example, and some of the benefit may come from the leafy
greens, said Dr. Robert Eckel, a University of Colorado cardiologist and former president of the American Heart Association. Dr. Ralph Sacco, a University of Miami neurologist who also is a former heart association president, agreed. “Sometimes when you eat nuts you eat less of something else like potato chips,” so the benefit may come from avoiding an unhealthy food.” Study participants who often ate nuts were healthier - they weighed less, exercised more and were less likely to smoke, among other things. After taking these and other things into account, researchers still saw a strong benefit from nuts.
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BY TIMES STAFF The Beaver Valley Nitehawks are in action at home tonight against the Columbia Valley Rockies then on the road Saturday for a tilt against the Osoyoos Coyotes. The Hawks are coming off a 4-3 overtime win against Princeton Posse Saturday, and face a Rockies team that doubled up the Spokane Braves 4-2 on Sunday. While C.V. sits in fourth place of the Eddie Mountain division with just eight wins this season, they have proven a tough opponent at times, tying the Nelson Leafs early in the season and beating the Castlegar Rebels in overtime 6-5. The Nitehawks are looking for their fourth win in a row, and 15th on the season, as they look to make up ground on the Neil Murdoch division Leafs who are currently 10 points ahead of the Hawks, although B.V. has two games in hand. The Hawks Dallas Calvin has been on fire of late, netting 12 points in his last five games including a four-point night in a 4-0 shutout over the Braves last week. The Rockies meanwhile are led by Ryan Henderson who has 17 goals and 11 assists in 23 games this season. It is the two teams first meeting this year, with the puck dropping at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaver Valley Arena. In Saturday’s game in Osoyoos, the Hawks will look to avenge a 4-1 loss to the Coyotes at home on Oct. 5. The ‘Yotes currently sit in second spot in the Okanagan division with 13 victories and 11 losses. The Nitehawks also host the Grand Forks Border Bruins on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Midget Ice host Canadians BY TIMES STAFF The Major Midget Kootenay Ice are coming off a pair of tough losses against the Vancouver Northwest Giants in Burnaby on the weekend. The Giants won by scores of 9-1 and 10-3 on Saturday and Sunday respectively after a long road trip left the Ice without much jump. Fruitvale’s Ryan Neil set up Sam Weber to tie the game at 2:47 of the first and the teams would go into the second tied 1-1, but the flood gates would open as the Giants netted eight unanswered goals in the final two periods for the victory. In Sunday’s rematch, the Ice took a while to get started falling behind 4-0 in the first and 8-1 in the second before scoring twice in the third per-
iod for the 10-3 loss. Spencer McLean had a goal and an assist, and Kadrian Klimchuck and Kyle Chernenoff netted the third-period goals for the Ice. The Ice will host the Vancouver Canadians on Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Castlegar Rec Complex and at 10 a.m. Sunday. The Canadians are led by Dante Hannoun who has nine goals and 11 assists in 16 games. Hannoun is the brother of the Vernon Vipers Demico Hannoun who won bronze with Team Canada West at the recent World Junior A Challenge, and will be lining up tonight against the Trail Smoke Eaters. The Canadians have had a so-so season going 7-10-1 over 18 games, while the Ice will look for its fourth win on the weekend.
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The Trail Men’s Basketball League is set to tip off Monday but is looking for players to help round out the four-team league.
Hoopsters hope for tip off BY JIM BAILEY
Timse Sports Editor
The Trail Men’s Basketball League (TMBL) is shooting for Monday to open its season, but a lack of players has handicapped the start of the venerable basketball league. The TMBL has hit the hardcourt for each of the last 30 years, however, low numbers is threatening the feasibility of another season. “A few years ago we had five teams,” said TMBL president Stephen Mota. “Enrolment is down and a lot of players are moving out of the area, and there’s not enough kids sticking around to fill the spots.” This year Mota is trying to recruit
players to fill out a four-team league with about 10 players per team represented by Castlegar Realty, Rock Island, Mota Automotive, and Adrenaline Adventures in Rossland. All skill levels are welcome, adds Mota, with games going every Monday night at the Rossland School gymnasium and running until the beginning of March, and ending with a playoff and championship match. The games are refereed by representatives of the West Kootenay Officials Association, and provides time and scorekeepers. Interested players can contact Mota at stephen.mota@gmail.com or call 231-6682.
The Trail Smoke Eaters will likely face a riled Vernon Vipers team tonight at the Cominco Arena. Vernon played arguably one of their worst games of the season on Wednesday, trailing 5-0 in the second period before suffering a 5-2 loss to the Penticton Vees Wednesday night. Meanwhile, the Smoke Eaters are coming off a pair of well-earned 3-2 wins over the Nanaimo Clippers and Salmon Arm SilverBacks last weekend, and play a Vipers team that, despite a poor effort against the Vees, have lost just once in their last five games and are tied for second spot in the Interior division, one point behind Penticton. The Vipers are led by Michael McNicholas who has 31 points on the season and is tied for fourth in BCHL scoring, and Dexter Dancs, who is on a seven-game point streak, at 9-19-28. Fortunately for the Smokies, however, the snakes will likely be without leading goal-getter Mason Blacklock who has missed eight games due to injury. The Smoke Eaters proved they can compete on the weekend, with good defensive support, a strong forecheck, and a consistent offensive effort, they were able to generate good scoring chances, and capitalize on their opportunities. The Smokies special teams have been decent with the power play ranked fifth in the league scoring on 22 of 105 opportunities, and are 10th in the penalty kill, killing off 80.20 per cent of shorthanded situations. The Vipers meanwhile have the worst power-play percentage, 14 per cent, scoring on 15 of 107 opportunities, and are eighth in the league on the PK with 82.69 per cent success. The Smoke Eaters did have their moments, committing a few glaring giveaways in front of their net on Saturday, but were baled out by goaltender Dustin Nikkel. Nikkel and Riley Corbin have been superb in goal, alternating starts since Adam Todd went down with injury. “Both goaltenders are playing extremely well,” said Smoke Eater coach Nick Deschenes. “It makes our decision very tough . . . someone has to play, someone isn’t.” With the projected return of Todd at the end of the month, the goaltending situation becomes crowded, particularly with the Dec. 1 roster deadline looming, where teams have to cut the number of players cards to 25. Who will be the odd-man out remains to be seen. “Can’t tell you,” said Smoke Eater coach Nick Deschenes. “A decision will be made the back end of the month. The coaching staff will gather information and were going to do what we can to make the best decision for the club.” One thing is certain, goaltending will be key in further Smokies’ success. Join the Smoke Eaters at the KidSport tailgating party at the Trail Memorial Centre from 5 to 7 p.m. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. tonight.
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Friday, November 22, 2013 Trail Times
Sports New curling session underway
By Trail Contributor Round 2 of the Trail Retiree Curling action began this week. Primo Secco’s foursome got off to a good start in a tight game against Clare Coleman’s rink. With the game tied 5-5 after seven ends, Secco made his final shot to win the game 6–5. Brett Rakuson made a long raise takeout to take one and seal a 9-6 victory over the Coke Koyanagi rink. Dan Horan’s team took three in the first, but gave up three in the second to the Tom Hall side, who put pressure on the Horan side and took control of the game in a 9-4 win. Harvey Handley jumped out to a
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7-0 lead by the third end over Wayne Wyton’s foursome. The Wyton side battled back and in the eighth end without last rock had a choice of guarding his rocks in the four foot for the tie, or drawing for the possible win. The draw overcurled and raised a Handley rock to shot. Make the final 8–7 Handley. Right from the start the Pasquali front end was on their game. Setting up every end and forcing the Stewart rink to ‘chase the game,’ Pasquali’s team cruised to a 9–3 win. Murray Walsh’s team was comfortably ahead of Forest Drinnan, 3-2 after five ends. The Drinnan side then stole two in the sixth, and seventh ends to seal a 7 – 3 victory.
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have never been much for And, of course, he didn’t. Buzz, mysticism, but some days it like me, never had natural chilseems like there might be dren, which he would have loved (I something to it. know that because he told me so), Just the other day an old friend and never actually won any of the and I were discussing a few things five briers in which he represented over a beverage and up popped the B.C. with local teams. I suppose he name of Buzz McGibney, an almost must have perspired (but, maybe iconic former Trailite and a mutual not) during the first four attempts, DAVE friend. Neither of us had thought as he played lead once and second about, or broached, that subject in a three times on those Reg Stone very long time. rinks. Sports ‘n’ Things Turns out, our conversation took By the time I met him, however, place at about the time Buzz took he had begun skipping and never his last (graceful, I am positive) breath at the once seemed ruffled, no matter the circumage of 95. stance. He did win a national championship with Buzz led a lightly-charmed life in most a local team, but that was as a, “senior,” curler. respects, and engendered a little jealousy among It must be said, however, that one year he won his peers for his seemingly effortless mastery of the local seniors AND the local men’s zone title any activity in which he participated. (knocking me and my rink off in an extra end Tall for his generation, and handsome, and during the playoff round). well-groomed, and capable, Buzz may not have Buzz, was, too, among the many accombeen able to do it all, but he did what he did, such plished and competitive curlers in the area who as golf and curling (and baseball earlier on) with almost always had time for learners, like myself, seeming consummate ease. whom they patiently taught as much of what For someone who never met him until the they knew as could be absorbed in casual interearly 60s, like me, it was a stretch to consider actions. Of course, they also taught me a few him sweating or uncoiffed. Not entirely his fault, lessons in competition. I suppose, but one sometimes heard the comThe thing was, summer was just as good to plaint that, “nobody is supposed to have it all.” him. Buzz was, for a long time, a sub-scratch golfer at Rossland/Trail. Oh, and I haven’t mentioned his ambidexterity. Buzz golfed and pitched left-handed, curled From October 7 to with the other wing. November 30, 2013 You’re Get a mail-in rebate of A half century or so ago it would have been difficult for any group in B.C. to match scores going $ 50 with the threesome of Reg and Roy Stone, both to love then professionals, and Buzz McGibney, for sevwith the purchase of 4 BF Goodrich passenger eral years a sub-scratch scorer required to offer winter. or light truck tires several strokes even to low handicap players. Competitive as heck, but easy-going and affable, Buzz was almost considered an ornament to the Home of Champions during the five decades in which he resided here, and locals will have generally fond memories of him, some, of course, tinged with envy at the apparent ease of his attainments. It wasn’t of course, that easy to be that good at stuff. Buzz practiced a lot, at both his key sports, and got good at them. He stayed good at them for a very long time by putting in the work. Locally owned and operated by Woody’s Auto Ltd. I am sure the family and friends he gained in www.integratire.com his later life will miss him. Some here, including 1995 Columbia Ave 1507 Columbia Ave, me, who have seen little of Buzz in the past three Trail Castlegar decades, also mourn his passing. 250-364-1208 250-365-2955
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Roughriders favoured to claim fourth Grey Cup THE CANADIAN PRESS ance. Although the first two were losses, REGINA - It’s not too difficult to see Durant has been solid so far in the CFL the Saskatchewan Roughriders celebrat- playoffs with five TD passes and no intering their fourth Grey Cup championship ceptions. In the West Division semifinal Sunday night. versus B.C., Durant used Not only are the Riders his legs to provide another Past 25 Grey Cup champions: 5 1/2-point favourites over element to Saskatchewan’s 2012 - Toronto Argonauts 2011 - British Columbia Lions the Hamilton Tiger-Cats offensive attack. 2010 - Montreal Alouettes in the CFL title game at But it’s running back 2009 - Montreal Alouettes Mosiac Stadium, they Kory Sheets who should 2008 - Calgary Stampeders have the added advantage concern the Ticats. Sheets 2007 - Saskatchewan Roughriders 2006 - British Columbia Lions of playing on their home was the CFL’s second-lead2005 - Edmonton Eskimos field. ing rusher with 1,598 yards 2004 - Toronto Argonauts Saskatchewan also and ran for 177 yards and 2003 - Edmonton Eskimos has an advantage over a TD in Saskatchewan’s 2002 - Montreal Alouettes 2001 - Calgary Stampeders its East Division rival in 35-13 win over Calgary in 2000 - British Columbia Lions terms of overall experithe West Division final. 1999 - Hamilton Tiger-Cats ence, and there’s also the In two meetings against 1998 - Calgary Stampeders 1997 - Toronto Argonauts matter of playing football Hamilton this year, Sheets 1996 - Toronto Argonauts outdoors in the prairies in ran for a combined 270 1995 - Baltimore Stallions November. yards on 49 carries as the 1994 - British Columbia Lions The Riders were built Riders swept the season 1993 - Edmonton Eskimos 1992 - Calgary Stampeders to be here. This off-seaseries 2-0. 1991 - Toronto Argonauts son, GM Brendan Taman Granted those games 1990 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers bolstered the club’s vetwere both in July, but 1989 - Saskatchewan Roughriders 1988 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers eran leadership by acquirconsider how important 1987 - Edmonton Eskimos ing slotback Geroy Simon the rushing attack is to from B.C. before dipping Saskatchewan’s offensive into free agency to land defensive back gameplan. The Riders were second in CFL Dwight Anderson and defensive linemen rushing, averaging 128.8 yards per game, Ricky Foley and John Chick. All four are and with Sunday’s weather forecast calling previous Grey Cup champions. for a low temperature of minus-12 C with Saskatchewan will also have the benefit 15 kilometre an hour winds, the ability to of playing before more than 44,000 rabid run the football will become very importRiders supporters Sunday who’ll go out of ant. their way to be as loud and disruptive as On the other side of the ball, the Riders possible whenever Hamilton has the foot- boast a rugged, tenacious defence that ball. Most any CFL player will tell you being was the CFL’s toughest to score against. a visitor at Mosaic is anything but pleasant. Saskatchewan allowed a league-low 22.1 The Riders also have experience on both points per game and last weekend against sides of the ball. Quarterback Darian Durant Calgary forced seven turnovers. will make his third career Grey Cup appearHamilton quarterback Henry Burris is
a big reason why the Ticats are in the Grey Saskatchewan also led the CFL in interCup for the first time since ‘99, passing for ceptions (25) and fewest passing TDs (20). 371 yards and three TDs in the club’s 36-24 Experience, home field and Mother Nature East Division final win over the Toronto all combine to give the Riders an edge. Argonauts indoors at Rogers Centre last weekend. Burris was masterful in rallying the Ticats after trailing 24-10 in the second half. Yet not only will Burris have to battle the elements at Mosaic Stadium, but also a Riders defence that was third in the CFL in sacks with 57. Hamilton’s offensive line led the league in sacks allowed with 65. There’s no denying the marvellous job Kent Austin has done in his first season as Hamilton’s vice-president of football operations, general manager We understand that many of you are and head coach. Last year, the Ticats, under current Riders offensive coreceiving emails from a company ordinator George Cortez, posted a less called That is Great News regarding than stellar 6-12 record. Austin has gone to great lengths to stories that have appeared in increase Hamilton’s talent base with our newspapers. an abundance of new faces, many of them first-year CFL players. The Please be advised that we are in no Ticats were expected to be better in way affiliated with this company and 2013 but it’s not a stretch to sugthat they are violating copyright laws. gest by reaching the Grey Cup game they’ve over-achieved and exceeded expectations. Hamilton’s defence will face a tall order trying to contain a Saskatchewan C O M M U N I T Y N E W S M E D I A offence that not only boasts a solid ground attack but a receiving corps with three 1,000-yard performers. The Riders’ offensive line is one of the CFL’s best. The strength of Hamilton’s offence is the passing game but consider
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Babysitting Course, instructed by Nicole Morrison, goes Wednesday and Dec. 4 from 3-7 p.m. at the Fruitvale Elementary School Library. Cost is $65. Student must be 11 years old or older. Tiny Tot Skating Lessons, instructed by Candice Quin, is designed for children 3–5 years with little or no skating experience. Monday and Wednesday, Dec. 2-18, 10:30-11 a.m. or Tuesday and Thursday, Dec. 3-19 from 1:30-2 p.m. $30 includes skate rentals. Please bring a helmet, snow pants and
mittens. Breakfast with Santa goes Dec. 7, from 9-11 a.m. at the Fruitvale Memorial Hall. Bring the kids for pictures with Santa and enjoy a pancake, egg and sausage breakfast cooked by the Fruitvale Firemen and served by the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. Small breakfast $3 and large breakfast $5. All proceeds go to the Fruitvale Community Chest to help with Food Hampers. Kids Christmas Light Tour will be on Dec. 9. The Nitehawks bus picks you up at the Beaver Valley Arena park-
ing lot at 6 p.m. and you can enjoy a ride into Trail to see the best lit spots. $5 per person. Children must be four years old or older. Seniors Christmas Light Tour will be on Dec. 10. A bus will pick you up and return you to your pickup location. After the tour, we’ll stop for coffee/ hot chocolate & a sweet at the Beaver Valley Manor. Cost is $5 per person. For more information or to register for any of the above programs, please call Kelly at 367-9319.
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Don’t believe the rumours If I told you I saw Elvis picking up garbage alongside the highway as I drove to the church today would you believe me? There are Elvis sightings around the world, stories of alligators in sewers and cow tipping. Tabloids, like the National Enquirer perpetuate these “rumors”. Many times they succeed because there is a very, very tiny kernel of truth in the story. Rumors are one of the biggest threats to confidence that we face. It’s been said, “Some people will believe anything if it’s whispered to them.” There was a rumor circulating among the Thessalonians apparently from Paul that “the day of the Lord has already come” (2 Thessalonians 2:2). Paul doesn’t want them to become unsettled or alarmed by this rumor because it simply wasn’t true. Our capacity to think and reason is a gift from God, and when we lose our head in the face of rumors about the end of the age, or anything else for that matter, we’re no longer anchored to God’s gift of clear thinking. We know Jesus is coming back but we can’t allow ourselves to be arrogant enough to think we know when that will happen. After warning the Thessalonians not to worry about rumors about the end of the age, Paul once again expresses his gratitude for what God is doing in their lives. Here however, Paul’s gratitude focuses in on God’s choice of the Thessalonian Christians for their salvation. From the very beginning, before the Thessalonians came to Christ, God had chosen them to be the objects of his love. This is the same thing Jesus was talking about when he said, “You did not choose me, but I chose you…” (John 15:16). The Bible clearly teaches that every person who comes into a relationship with God through Jesus was first chosen or elected by God. This is called the doctrine of election (predestination), and theologians love to debate how God does this. But Paul doesn’t tell us how here; he merely asserts that God’s election is a fact. But he does tell how this election in eternity translates into our salvation from sin. Salvation comes through the influence of God’s Spirit to bring us into a saving relationship with God through Jesus. Remember Jesus’ words, “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him…” (John 6:44). Paul commands us to stand firm and hold fast to the teachings. To “stand firm” means “brace yourself”; kind of like digging in for a tug of war contest. Knowledge that our salvation depends on God should lead us to dig in, so we stand firm. To “hold fast” means to grab a hold of something and grip it firmly. While our feet dig in, our hands hold on. In 2 Thessalonians 2:16 Paul asks God to supply our hearts with the encouragement we need. This encouragement, this assurance, strengthens us so we can stand firm and hold on. God commands us to stand firm in our faith in Jesus and hold onto what the Bible tells us, then He supplies us with the resources we need to do this. Our salvation, our spiritual progress, and even our ability to obey, depends on God. We’re not puppets with God pulling the strings. We are responsible to place our faith in Jesus, to stand firm and hold fast, to do our very best, and to obey, but our capacity to do all those things comes from God, not from ourselves, because we can’t save ourselves, we can’t make ourselves grow, we can’t serve God effectively and we can’t obey God without His help. Thanks be to God!! Rev. Meridyth Robertson First Presbyterian Church
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Sunday Morning 8:30am and 10:30am Confessions by Appointment Pastor: Rev. Jim McHugh holytrinitytrail@shaw.ca www.holytrinityparish.vpweb.ca
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Communities in Faith Pastoral Charge Trail United Church 1300 Pine Avenue, Trail Worship at 11am St. Andrew’s United Church 2110 1st Ave, Rossland Worship 9am Beaver Valley United Church 1917 Columbia Gardens Rd, Fruitvale Worship at 11am
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The truth overcomes many sins
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agree with Rob Ford, the beleaguered mayor of Toronto, on two points: no one is perfect and we all make mistakes. We have all done things that we regret and (hopefully, for our own good) we had to take responsibility for our actions. Over the course of my life, I have learned that it is always better to be forthcoming with the truth than to persist in a web of lies, and that I am at peace with my self when I accept responsibility for my actions. The truth is freeing. A couple of years ago, I stumbled upon an episode of Oprah’s Life Class on the theme, “The truth will set you free”. If the hundreds of people who particilouise pated in the episode are even remotely representative of the general population, Everyday Theology many people seek freedom from deception. While we want to stop deceiving others about ourselves, fear of rejection holds us back. In my worldview, the truth that frees goes beyond owning up to a falsehood and leads us to discovering our deepest identity. I believe that there is a divine spark in every person that orients us towards truth. While, for me, this spark is rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition of a loving, caring God, the notion of divinity within each person is common to many traditions throughout the ages. A rendering of Platonic thought describes us as “fired into existence with a madness that comes from the gods”, and legends from cultures around the world speak about the transcendent origins of the human person. There is something within each of us (I call it a soul) that is uniquely special and worthy, and despite any feelings of unworthiness that we may have, there is no need for lying. Lying is complicated. One lie leads to another, and maintaining the original lie takes a concentrated effort. Sir Walter Scott expressed this poetically, “Oh what a tangled web we weave, when we first practice to deceive”. In contrast, simplicity is integral to the truth. Between the Senate scandal and the Rob Ford story, Canadian politics has given us plenty of evidence of the complications of deceitful behavior. Some public figures have not been forthcoming with the whole truth, and have tried to avoid responsibility even as the web unraveled. When I was growing up, my father had a favorite question, “Don’t you have any occhio?” Occhio is the Italian word for “eye”, and my dad used it to mean “foresight” – to think things through before acting. The question encouraged me to consider my actions in a moral context. If I felt the need to lie about something, the action was probably wrong, and I should avoid it. The consequences were less of a deterrent than my intuition that I was in touch with my deepest identity when I behaved in a morally good way. Yes, we are imperfect, and yes, we all make mistakes. And although it is tempting to hide our flaws and errors in tangled webs, the truth overcomes a multitude of sins providing we have the courage to own it. Louise McEwan is a freelance religion writer with degrees in English and Theology. She has a background in education and faith formation. Her blog is www.faithcolouredglasses.blogspot. com. Contact her at mcewan.lou@gmail.com.
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and train him, but she hasn’t. I cannot live in my own apartment. Now we have a ruined friendship and eight months left on a lease. Help! -- Dogged Out Dear Dogged: It is unfair to you that this animal is not trained, but we would consider it abuse to keep the dog in a crate all day, not exercising, feeding or disciplining him appropriately. Present your roommate with a bill for the ruined furniture, and then report her to the humane society. She is not capable of caring for this animal. The friendship may be over, but you can still protect the dog.
thinking of leaving the group because it causes me stress, but they are otherwise wonderful women. I think they simply don’t understand. Am I wrong to feel this way? -- Sick and Confused Dear Sick: There is no right or wrong to how you feel. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that damages joints, skin, kidneys, blood, heart and lungs. The women may not understand the severity of your illness. But the other part of the problem is that the disease is ongoing. Emergency surgeries and bouts with cancer are finite. It’s easier to bring meals when you know it won’t be forever. You could voice your hurts to these women, or you could look for support elsewhere. Also visit the Lupus Foundation of America at lupus. org. Dear Annie: This is in response to “Little Doctor,” the ob-gyn who is too “busy and
forgetful” to remember patients’ names and uses an all-purpose term of endearment, claiming it makes the patient “feel relaxed and comfortable.” I am also a busy doctor, but I address each patient by name and also review their medi-
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a busy, forgetful doctor be alert and responsive to issues that pertain to a patient’s health? -Conscientious Doctor Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column.
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Dear Annie: I have lupus, but because I usually look OK, people assume I’m doing fine. I am part of a small group of Christian ladies that meets monthly. Often, I’m unable to attend because I’m not well. I notify our group’s coordinator and tell her specifically what is wrong that day -- headache, fatigue, achiness, etc. -- so that the ladies can pray for me. No one has ever called to check on me afterward. Our group has provided meals for families when one woman had emergency surgery and two others had bouts with cancer. Yet, no one has ever offered to bring my family a meal. My husband’s job limits the time he can assist me. Many days, we order takeout because I don’t have the energy to cook. The women know this, but I’m an outgoing, positive person, so they don’t see the pain I endure daily. I’m
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Dear Annie: I recently moved into an apartment with a longtime friend. We both have dogs, but I was misled about hers. He is 15 months old and not trained. My roommate has no time for the dog. She takes college classes and works two part-time jobs. The dog usually sits in a crate all day. She rarely takes him out and doesn’t feed him regularly. When she does take him out, she is too tired to exercise him, which means he goes nuts in the apartment, peeing everywhere and chewing up the furniture -which is mine. He tried to bite me last week. He also barks incessantly, and her solution is to put a muzzle on him. My roommate takes no responsibility and blames me, saying I am making the dog uncomfortable. I feel so bad for this animal. I’ve asked her repeatedly to spend more time with the dog
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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Some of you might develop a crush on your boss today. Others will be asked to give creative advice on how to make something look better. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Make long-range plans for travel for pleasure. However, some will travel for work. Discussions about politics and religion will be productive. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is a good day for business, especially to discuss how to share something. People are serious, careful and fair, including you. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Discussions with others will take on a serious tone today. You can make great headway discussing practical matters, because people are patient and cooperative.
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LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Think of ways to make where you work look more attractive. You might help a co-worker make an important decision. You might also strike up a friendship with someone older. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is a good day to practice your scales or hone and refine your technique, especially as it relates to sports, the arts, or anything you want to learn to do. You’re willing to do the drill. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a wonderful day to close real-estate deals. Whatever you do will have a long-term effect on your home and family. You might also buy something attractive but practical for where you live. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Discussions with siblings, neighbors and relatives will be serious today, because
you each want to know where you stand. What is the reality of things? You want to know what each expects of the other. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You will do careful work today on your job because you take your work seriously. If shopping today, you will buy only practical items that last for a long time.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Many Capricorns are young when you’re old and old when you’re young. Today you will likely be attracted to older people. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You’ll find it gratifying to work alone today, because you feel the need to withdraw. Whatever you do will be carried out with great discipline and thoroughness.
PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Someone older or more experienced might give you advice today. This is the day to listen, because it could affect your future. YOU BORN TODAY You’re rebellious, and you make your own rules. You don’t like to be dictated to. You also won’t back down from confrontation. Your belief is, “Live and let live.” You have a great sense of
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Inland Kenworth Parker Pacific Cranbrook BC has an opening for a RESIDENT EQUIPMENT FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN FOR THE WEST KOOTENAY AREA A fully stocked Service Truck is provided with this position. Technician must have ability to work unsupervised and is responsible for submitting work hours. Competitive wage and benefit package offered. Fax or e-mail resume to Russ Grainger Fax: 250-426-6122 Email: rgrainger@inland-group.com
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Bus Drivers: • Valid Class 2 driver’s license with Air endorsement • Valid Survival First Aid Certificate • Annual medical examination to be completed each September
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General Qualifications: • Grade 12 or equivalent • Valid WHMIS Certificate • Valid Class 5 Driver’s License
CBT requires experienced graphic designers, website designers, videographers and photographers who can offer quick turnaround and deliver to high professional standards.
For full position details including qualifications please refer to the Careers with SD20 section of our website at www.sd20.bc.ca. Salary will be in accordance with CUPE Local 1285 Collective Agreement. Completed district applications (available on the district web site or at our office) should be sent to Mrs. Marcy VanKoughnett, Director of Human Resources, School District #20 (KootenayColumbia), Suite 120, 1290 Esplanade, Trail, B. C. V1R 4T2 (Fax: 250-364-2470) by Wednesday, December 4, 2013 @ 12:00 Noon. Please submit electronic applications to: hr@sd20.bc.ca. It is understood that applicants agree to confidential reference checks of all previous employers. We appreciate your interest but regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
For more information, visit: www.cbt.org/opportunities. Deadline for submission: 3 p.m. PT, December 12, 2013. Join us:
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OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR United Steelworkers, Local 9705 seeking qualified applicant to provide Office Administration duties including; Correspondence, Bookkeeping, Travel Arrangements, etc. Applicant must be independent with strong communication and interpersonal skills. Required to work with highly confidential and time sensitive materials. This position is Permanent Part-time, 25hr/wk. Requirements: Completion of a two-year Office Administration course or equivalent with a strong aptitude for bookkeeping and accounting. Salary: as per CUPE Local 2087 Collective Agreement. Excellent salary and benefits. Please send resume an covering letter to: Attn: President USW Local 9705 #2 – 910 Portland Street Trail, BC, V1R 3X7 or by email: usw9705@gmail.com Posting closes December 2, 2013 Only applicants selected for interview will be contacted.
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Independent Respiratory Services Inc. is a BC-owned and operated full service respiratory company that has been providing sleep apnea and home oxygen therapy to British Columbians since 1996. We are currently looking for a highly motivated individual to join our growing Shared Services Team! The position will consist of managing the Accounts Payable function as part of the Finance team The successful candidate must have/be: • Resourceful and able to work in an environment of continual change. • Ability to work independently and as a team player. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Ability to use computers and email effectively with an intermediate level of Excel. • Attention to detail and organization. • Maintain productive relationships with vendors. Education and Background: • Minimum of 2 years of experience in Finance (A/R, A/P) • Diploma in Accounting/ Business Administration preferred • In-depth knowledge of Microsoft 2f¿ce applications We offer competitive remuneration and bene¿ts. To launch an exciting career with Independent Respiratory Services today, forward your resume in con¿dence to hr@irscanada.ca or Fax to 1-888-713-6505. Closing Date: November 30, 2013 We sincerely thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. For more information about our company, visit: www.irscanada.ca
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HEAVY EQUIPMENT Technicians required for work in Fort McMurray. If you are interested in a balanced schedule, competitive wages and benefits please send your resume to: hr@gladiatorequipment.com or fax to 1-780-986-7051.
ALFALFA, alfalfa mix (small square bales) in Lister. Call Jay or Trish at 250-428-9755
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HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper? Moved to condo, must sell large teak dining room set, 6 chairs, hutch, side board. $400. 250-362-9520 SIMMONS double bed set, like new $250.; Treadmill $75.; new ceiling fan/lights $50. 250-367-7603
Free Cats to good home. Young black male & small young black female. No scratching. 250-368-9731
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BC INSPECTED GRADED AA OR BETTER LOCALLY GROWN NATURAL BEEF Hormone Free Grass Fed/Grain Finished $100 Packages Available Quarters/Halves $2.65/lb Hanging Weight Extra Lean Hamburger $4.00/lb TARZWELL FARMS 250-428-4316 Creston
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TRAIL, newly renovated small one bedroom non-smoking suite, suitable for quiet single person. $485./mo. includes heat and electricity. Available immediately. Apply at 468 Rossland Ave. Phone 1-780919-6848 WARFIELD, 2BDRM. Available immediately. 250367-9456
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Castlegar 6-plex plus commercial space for sale Income $5150/mth, Close to Tim Hortons & shopping asking $495,000 Cap rate 9% Call James 250-608-3930
TRAIL, Rossland Ave. 1bdrm w/d f/s, n/s n/p. $550/mo. Avail. Dec.1st. 250-368-1361
CASTLEGAR - 2 Bdrm, dbl carport private. NS/NP. 2 mins from DT. $900/mth + utilities. No pets, Available Immediately 304-8185 or 365-6471 Castlegar 3 Bdrm house close to schools & shopping, family only N/P, N/S, $1200/mth + $600 damage deposit, refer reqd 250-368-6145 EAST TRAIL house, 2 bedroom plus. No pets, no smoking. Util. not incl.250-231-1394 OUR Guest Ranch-retreat facility offers rentals for your wedding, family and friend reunions. A medical spa that offers pain treatment and workshops. For accommodation call Jocelyn W. Cowie RMT, 250-442-2449 or 778-8668511 pain1@telus.net,www.abatepain.com, www.mtnspa.ca SHAVERS BENCH, 4 beds, 5 appl, shop, ns, no pets, fully fenced. Nov.1. Call Beth 250368-8596 TRAIL, 1bd. furn. w/extra storage room, new appls. clean, $550./mo. 250-368-9558
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Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent Bella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250.364.1822 Ermalinda Apartments, Glenmerry. Adults only. N/P, N/S. 1-2 bdrms. Ph. 250.364.1922 E.TRAIL 1 Bdrm furnished apt. Ph.250-364-1728 Francesco Estates, Glenmerry. Adults only. N/P, N/S, 1-3 bdrms. Phone 250.368.6761. TRAIL, 2 Bedroom condo, $700 a month includes electricity/heat, elevator, F/S, laundry room, parking, NS NP. 250-364-3978
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TRAIL: Shavers Bench sm 1 Bdr. furn. house, util. & cable incl. for mature quiet single. n/s.n/p $575/mo 250-368-9291
Suites, Lower BLUEBERRY, 1 Bdrm Bsmt suite, Private Entrance Unfurnished, F/S, N/P quiet non smoker, $475/mth + utilities, References please Call 250-365-7550 CASTLEGAR SOUTH 1 bdrm basement suite fully furnished & equipped includes util. cable, internet, private ent close to bus stops, $750/mth Available Dec 1st, 250-3655164
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Help wanted for renaming former high school By Timothy Schafer Rossland News
The process has begun to brand the only remaining school in the city. School District 20 has initiated the renaming process for
the former Rossland Secondary School building that now houses elementary school and middle school students. To begin the process the school needs two parent volunteers
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“willing and able” to be on the school renaming committee. They must commit to attend two to three meetings, to help with criteria selection, be part of the process to collect submissions from the community and to select names from those submitted, read a missive from
the current school administration sent out Wednesday, Nov. 20. Dates for the meetings will be Dec. 4, 5 p.m., Feb. 12 and possibly one in early January if the committee needs a third meeting. The committee also needs one non-
parent, non-staff and one non-student community member on the committee. Children in kindergarten and up to Grade 5 at MacLean Elementary School have been taking their classes at the former high school, along with grades six to nine already at the school.
Around 420 students are estimated to be enrolled in the school this year. Some people have been referring to it as Rossland School but the most commonly heard name is still RSS. The school has been without a proper name since it opened
as a kindergarten to Grade 9 facility in September. Those interested can contact school principal Karen Lavender by email at klavender@sd20.bc.ca by Nov. 29. She will draw names randomly from those who are interested.
Ski films a big hit with moviegoers FROM PAGE 2 But the movies really did steal the show. The weekend’s REEL Youth Film Festival whet the appetite for the U19 Film Festival which will be welcomed back into town next spring by the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture. Ski films had viewers begging for more of the white stuff to fall on the local mountains and films like Not so Bad gave Rosslanders something to look forward to when the snow is gone and the bikes come out again. Crossing the Ice, the Banff Mountain Film Festival people’s choice, showed great examples of courage, endurance and friendship that came with a warning to the audience at the family matinee: “It also contains bloody blisters,
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vomiting, and crying—due to exhaustion.” Sunday’s event dug even deeper with the feature film Gold Fever, which documented the conflict between Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine in the Guatemalan village of San Miguel and the local people who have lost access to land and clean water in the pursuit of gold. After the viewing, Jennifer Nielson—a fourth year registered nurse student at Selkirk College who did her practicum in Guatemala last spring with nine other students—and her instructor Mary Anne Morris answered questions from the audience, along with Tim Lapointe who stepped in with his gold mining experience. Board member Brian Coulter
arranged to have Gold Fever included in the festival after seeing it in Nelson. Partnering with Nielson, who meet several of the brave, local women featured in the film, Coulter brought something different to the festival this year by offering a forum for discussion, rather than a question-and-answer period with a filmmaker or professional athlete. For the organizers of the Rossland Mountain Film Festival, it’s all about mixing it up while at the same time sticking to the formula that’s lead to success for the past 14 years—and adding to the numbers as they prepare to bring mountain culture from around the world back to Rossland again next year.
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Is there new life in store for Trout Lake mine?
By Aaron Orlando
Revelstoke Times Review
The MAX Molybdenum Mine, located on a mountainside just above Trout Lake may see new life after a flurry of activity on the finance markets in the past two weeks. In September, 2010, the molybdenum mine suffered a serious underground collapse, bringing a halt to mining and milling operations at the onsite refining mill. The company conducted remediation work and did resume milling and some mining, but a combination of weaker molybdenum prices and geotechnical challenges underground eventually shuttered the mill. On Nov. 4, Max Mine’s parent company Roca Mines Inc. announced it had received notice from the TSX Ventures Exchange that it was about to be de-listed from the Torontobased stock exchange. This set off a succession of wheeling and dealing in the next few days. By Nov. 6., Vancouver-based Discovery Ventures Inc. announced it had entered into an agreement with Roca to acquire the MAX Mine. The deal will see Discovery Ventures pay $5.675 million in cash and stocks to Roca for the 59 mineral claims that make up the 5,489-hectare MAX project. The deal is not complete; the buyers are still seeking just under $1 million in funding to complete the transaction. On Nov. 7, Discovery Ventures announced it had received conditional approval of the transaction from the TSX Venture Exchange. Discovery Ventures is led by Akash Patel. The Vancouver-based president and CEO is an accountant who specializes in corporate taxation. “We are very excited about the proposed acquisition of the MAX Mine and mill complex and the strategic synergies that may result by combining Discovery’s existing Willa Project with the Max Mine processing facility.” The 5,238-hectare Willa Project is key to
the deal. It is a gold, copper and silver deposit located eight kilometres south of Silverton, B.C. on Red
Mountain. The mineral deposit has been explored since the 1890s, when the area was known as
the ‘Silvery Slocan.’ Since the 1960s, a long list of mining companies have conducted exploration work at
the Willa Project. According to Discovery Ventures, a 2005 exploration showed that metal
prices wouldn’t provide adequate returns to justify proceeding. The plan now is to use the MAX Mine
mill to process minerals from the Willa Project. The mines are 135 kilometres apart by road.
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