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Semi hits pole, knocks out power to half of Cranbrook
Students get a taste of the trades
A traffic accident on Victoria Ave. on May 22 caused an outage that affected 2,000 properties and closed the busy arterial road S A L LY M AC D O N A L D Townsman Staff
College of the Rockies, in partnership with School District 5 and WorkSafe BC hosted the four-day the four-day Project Heavy-Duty program last week, giving students some hands-on experience. Pictured here are students do an exercise in filling sandbags. Arne Petryshen photo ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff
A group of Mount Baker students had a chance to get hands-on experience and training working with big machinery last week. The 24 students put their names forward for the fourday Project Heavy-Duty pro-
gram, which included two days of certification and safety training and two days of working with the actual machinery. It’s put on by the College of the Rockies, in partnership with School District 5 and WorkSafe BC, and took place on Thursday and Friday, May 22 and 23, at the city’s public works yard
on Cobham Avenue. Kaley Mitchell, who is in grade 12 at Mount Baker, said the program has broadened her outlook on what’s available in the trades. She said it’s definitely made her think more seriously about going into the trades as a career. “It’s been very education-
al,” Mitchell said. “It’s changed what I might do.” Hugh Moore, recruiting officer from the College of the Rockies, said the event is designed to help students experience first-hand what a career in trades would be like.
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About 2,000 Cranbrook properties were hit by a power outage on Thursday evening, May 22, after a semi hit a power pole on Victoria Avenue. According to RCMP, just before 5 p.m. on Thursday, a semi collided with a BC Hydro pole outside Canadian Tire on Victoria Avenue in Cranbrook. The driver was not injured and the semi didn’t sustain any damage, but the repair costs to the power pole and lines are estimated to be more than $20,000, said Cpl. Barry Graham of the Cranbrook RCMP. That particular power pole feeds the underground service to the Tamarack Centre and the surrounding area, said Diane Tam-
men, community relations manager for BC Hydro. “Although the pole that was struck was not broken, it was leaning and had to be straightened and secured,” she said. Not only the mall but also Western Financial Place – which was gearing up to host a Charley Pride concert – and East Kootenay Regional Hospital lost power in the outage, which impacted 2,032 BC Hydro customers in the area north of 2nd Street South, east of College Way, north of Victoria Avenue and north of Cranbrook Street. Victoria Avenue was closed to traffic and a detour set up while the pole was repaired.
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Season bodes to be busy for buzzing bloodsuckers It could be a bad year for mosquitoes in Cranbrook
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is monitoring the site closely.” Each year, Cranbrook hires Morrow BioScience to monitor and control the city’s burgeoning mosquito population. Site monitoring by the mosquito control contractor is conducted on a continuous basis throughout the late spring and summer to determine the species, number and level of maturity of mosquito larvae present during this period. Spots where mosquitoes are developing are treated with Aquabac, a larvicide that contains the naturally occurring bacteria Bti, which targets mosquito larvae but doesn’t harm birds, mammals, beneficial in-
City officials are warning of a mosquito outbreak this summer as large numbers of larvae have been spotted around Cranbrook. “Significant numbers of mosquito larvae have been found over the past week in the Alkali Lake area of the Community Forest and in several other historical mosquito development sites around the City,” the city said in a statement released Friday, May 23. “Another large area that is a significant breeding ground for mosquitos, especially this year with the current flooding, is Elizabeth Lake and the mosquito control contractor
sects or amphibians. Mosquitoes go through four distinct stages of development during their life: egg, larvae, pupa and adult. Eggs are laid on the surface of standing water or on soil that is prone to flooding. When in contact with water during the spring and summer, the eggs hatch as larvae, which feed on plant material and quickly develop into pupae. The pupae then mature into adult mosquitoes, which emerge from the surface of the water. Following mating, adult females search for a blood meal to complete egg development. But the mosquito control contractor can’t access private land, so the city is asking proper-
ty owners to be diligent about removing sites where mosquitoes could develop. Residents are again reminded and strongly encouraged to stop mosquitoes before they start, by removing all sources of standing water from around your home. Some places to eliminate standing water include: • Clogged gutters, • Trays under flower pots, • Outside pets’ dishes, • Children’s pools and toys, • Bird baths and feeders, • Canoes / boats, • Tires If you see a potential mosquito development site, you can call the mosquito hotline at 250421-1294.
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Project Heavy Duty provides taste of the trades Continued from page 1 “We have the great good fortune to partner with industry as well who have donated both operators and equipment for those days,” Moore said. Industry employers and organizations like Teck, Fortis, BC Hydro, Finning and WorkSafe BC donated both heavy equipment and staff for the event. “Every piece of equipment that’s moving has a high school student driving it,” he said. “We have kids who have probably never driven anything beyond their mom’s four-cylinder Honda running an articulating dump truck down a gravel road.” He said by the end of the four days students will have certifications and training for entry level work. “Every year we have students who get hired as a result,” he said. “They work with an operator here who passes their name on and they get summer work. It leads to careers for some of them.” The program has been going on for many years. It alternates between Cranbrook and the Elk Valley for the location. Riley Piper, a student in grade 11 at Mount Baker, said the training has been a great experience. “It’s been really cool,” Piper said. “We get to use all the machines and learn how to run them all.” Piper said he’s always wanted to go into the trades and especially enjoyed working on the excavator. “It’s fun work,” he said. Paul Duczek, who teaches at Mount Baker, said the four days are about safety awareness and trades exposure for the students. He also noted the tremendous support from the city and trades community. “There are thousands of dollars of donations here in machinery and fuel costs,” he said, adding that without that support something like that wouldn’t happen. Mary Salmon, occupational safety officer with Worksafe BC, explained that the organization provided the safety training and the personal protection equipment.
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One of the students is guided through using a bobcat from Great West Equipment.
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Toni Vere and a student on the lift platform from The Cat Rental Store prepare for an ascent.
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A Hardy Construction excavator.
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Art Kine instructs one of the Mount Baker students on using this brand new Komatsu 61PXI dozer from SMS Equipment.
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A worker from Sandor Rental Equipment shows a student how to operate the 75 ton crane.
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Semi takes out pole, power Continued from page 1
Tammen said that when crews arrived on scene, they switched the hospital and Western Financial Place to another circuit, allowing power to return to those facilities by 6:15 p.m. More customers were restored and the problem isolated by 7 p.m. The mall was back online by 8 p.m., along with about 90 per cent of the affected BC Hydro customers. “Crews continued working on the repairs and at about 2:00 a.m. on May 23, all customers had been restored,” said Tammen. Coincidentally, a second outage occurred just an hour later when some BC Hydro equipment failed. It affected about 363 properties, mostly residential, north-west of Kootenay Street, east of Cranbrook Street, and south of Willowbrook Drive. The power was restored to those homes by 8:30 a.m. Friday,
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Crews work to restore power and telephone service to about 2,000 properties after a semi hit this pole on Victoria Avenue on May 22.
May 23. “Crews replaced faulty underground elbows and a circuit junction box,” said Tammen.
Meanwhile, RCMP are reminding drivers what to do when a traffic light is not working. “No related collisions were reported
with the loss of power to some of the area traffic lights, despite some observed confusion of a number of motorists,” said Cpl. Graham.
“Cranbrook RCMP remind the general public that all lighted intersections revert to a four-way stop when out of operation.”
Grasmere woman named B.C. 4-H leader of the year For the Townsman
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Heather Sarafini from Grasmere has been named B.C. 4-H leader of the year by 4-H Canada and CIBC.
Heather is the leader of the South Country Crafts and Critters 4-H Club, which boasts 27 members from the region in 8 projects in-
cluding: Beef, Clothing, Cloverbud, Crafts, Foods, Photography, Sheep and Swine. She has the following responsibilities:
Club Leader, Club Project Leader, District Treasurer, District Key Leader, District Leadership Registration Committee, Regional Trea-
you are invited: BC Hydro PuBliC Meeting Date
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LOCatiON Baynes Lake Community Centre 468 Jaffray Baynes Lake Road Baynes Lake, B.C. BC Hydro will host a public meeting with representatives from BC Hydro, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to provide information regarding Columbia basin reservoir levels, fish operations and BC Hydro programs and local activities. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Presentations will begin at 6:30 p.m. For more information, please contact Diane Tammen 250 489 6862.
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surer, Provincial Fund Development Committee member, Provincial Council Representative Region 4. “We are so impressed by the commitment of all our volunteer 4-H leaders and we are honoured that these dedicated people want to be part of 4-H in Canada, said Shannon Benner, CEO of 4-H Canada. We are also very fortunate that CIBC understands the importance of recognizing responsible and motivated leaders in Canada.” The call for nominations for the National Volunteer Leader of the Year took place in December 2013 and was driven by member reference letters and recommendations. Seven provincial winners were selected from the applicants and these winners moved forward to a national judging panel.
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Fernie fashion store opening in Cranbrook Sally MacDonald Townsman Staff
A popular Fernie fashion store will soon open a boutique in Cranbrook, sharing space with Muriel & Jane’s General Store. Freyja Lifestyle Fashion is setting up shop in Cranbrook alongside Muriel and Jane’s General Store, which was named Retailer of the Year at the 2014 Business Excellence Awards, issued by the Cranbrook and District Chamber of Commerce. Muriel and Jane’s General Store and Frey-
ja Lifestyle will be co-operating at 16 9th Avenue South in downtown Cranbrook. In the new location, Muriel and Jane’s will focus on jewellery, light home decor and art, in a refined version of the popular store. Inside the building, Freyja Lifestyle will have its own shop within Muriel’s. Freyja, now operating in its eighth year in Fernie, has gained a massive following for its fresh take on fashion for the East Kootenay. “It’s truly a match
made by the design gods,” said Muriel and Jane’s owner Laurie Goodlad. “In one place women will find excellent home decor and find boutique fashion all under one roof – and pampered with great customer service.” “I’m very excited to take my concept to Cranbrook. I’ve actually been asked to open a location here for years. It wasn’t until Laurie approached me with this dual location idea that I knew the time was right,” said Chantel Souliere, owner of Freyja
Lifestyle. “Fernie has not only embraced Freyja for many years, but it’s been wildly successful. I know Cranbrook is just going to love it! I was born and raised in Cranbrook and I am happy to come back and invest in
this growing community.” Grand opening celebrations are planned for July 3. Stay tuned to the Townsman for more information. Laurie Goodlad opened Muriel and Jane’s General Store in
Cranbrook in December 2011. Named after her two grandmothers, Laurie was inspired to combine vintage with modern. The store has grown in range and popularity since then, topping off more than two years of
success with the Business Excellence Award last month. For more information on Freyja Lifestyle, visit freyjalifestylefashion.com, and on Muriel and Jane’s General Store, visit facebook. com/MurielandJanes.
2014 PROPERTY TAX NOTICES Property Tax Notices for the City of Cranbrook have now been mailed to all property owners on record. If you have not already received your notice, please contact City Hall at (250)-426-4211 so that a copy may be forwarded to you. Taxes are due on July 2, 2014, after which time a 10% penalty will be added to any unpaid current taxes. Home Owner Grants may be claimed even if current taxes are not paid in full. Penalties apply to Home Owner Grants not claimed by July 2, 2014. If you are participating in the pre-authorized payment program, please note that the prepayment amount on your tax notice includes the May 15th and June 15th payments. As your prepayment amounts were based on an estimate there may still be a balance owing. To avoid a penalty, please review your Tax Notice carefully and make sure you pay any outstanding balance prior to July 2, 2014. To help you avoid the last minute rush, we accept post-dated cheques. We also accept Interac Debit Card payments. Payment may also be made by telephone/pc banking and through most financial institutions. You must still claim the Home Owner Grant at City Hall or online via the link on the www.cranbrook.ca website.
PREPAYMENT OF 2015 PROPERTY TAXES The City of Cranbrook is continuing to offer a property tax prepayment plan. Now you can budget your property taxes and avoid the July property tax “blues”. Monthly tax payments are made through your bank by preauthorized debits on the 15th of each month, starting in July 2014 for the 2015 taxation year. Application forms are available from the City Hall Tax Department. If you would like one mailed, please contact us at (250)-426-4211.
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Huckleberry Mine south of Houston has extended its operation by finding a new ore body.
B.C. mineral survey expands to gas industry Tom Fletcher Black Press
Encouraged by its success in finding mineral deposits, the B.C. government is extending aerial geological surveys to search for water in the natural gas region of B.C. Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett announced a $3 million extension of provincial funding for non-profit research organization GeoscienceBC at the Minerals North conference in Vanderhoof last week. The economy of the small community west of Prince George is historically based on farming and forest products, but one of B.C.’s largest gold mines is in development near there. Bennett said New Gold’s Blackwater mine project, 110 km southwest of Vanderhoof, is a
direct result of the GeoscienceBC survey that started in 2005 and identified the region as having metal mine potential. New Gold is continuing drilling this summer and proceeding with environmental assessment, hoping to start construction next year. New Gold expects the mine to generate 1,200 construction jobs and 500 operations jobs. GeoscienceBC extended its survey last year to search for water aquifers around the major shale gas developments in the northeast. Deep salt-water aquifers can be used as sources of water for hydraulic fracturing and for disposal of contaminated water that comes up with gas. The survey can also detect shallow fresh
water aquifers, so they can be avoided in gas drilling and maintained for drinking and irrigation uses. Bennett said the magnetic survey may also help understand the seismic effects of natural gas activities. Another application is searching for gravel deposits, which are used all over the province for road and other construction. GeoscienceBC is the only public non-profit geological research organization in Canada. Its exploratory work narrows the search area for mineral exploration companies. Bennett credited its work for locating a new metal ore deposit at the Huckleberry Mine south of Houston, extending its expected operation to 2021.
2014 TAX DEFERMENT PROGRAMS You may defer payment of property taxes if you meet the following basic qualifications: • Canadian citizen or landed immigrant having lived in British Columbia for at least one year; and • registered owner of the property, and the property is your principal residence Specific Program eligibility requirements: Regular Deferment Program • 55 years or older, or widow/widower, or a person with a disability as defined by Regulation; and • 25% equity position in your home (based on the 2014 BC Assessment property value) Families with Children Deferment Program • Sign a declaration that you are financially supporting a child under the age of 18 at any time during the calendar year; and • 15% equity position in your home (based on the 2014 BC Assessment property value) NOTE: Before applying for any of these tax deferment programs, you must pay all penalties, interest, previous years’ property taxes, and utility charges, as these charges cannot be deferred. For more information on these programs, please contact the Tax Department at (250) 426-4211.
2014 HOME OWNER GRANT The City of Cranbrook is pleased to announce that you can once again claim your Home Owner Grant online. This feature is available by logging on to the City’s website at www.cranbrook.ca and following the link to the Grant Application form. The eHOG password to access the form is found in the address portion at the top left-hand side of your 2014 tax notice. IMPORTANT: Please read the instructions on the City’s website before proceeding to the Grant application form.
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Hard of hearing outside the hinterlands I have spent my life in the political wil- Raptors made a tiny run the spring. The derness. Literally. I lived in Northwestern Leafs ... well, the less said the better about Ontario (with a short time out for univer- the Leafs. My point is the further you are from sity in the south) until a move to the East Kootenay and Kimberley. These two re- the centre of the universe, the more likely gions have much in common. There is a you are to be thought somewhat less inwealth of beautiful landscape in both, telligent, a rube from the bush. You know though I will argue the mountains and nothing, you have nothing to add to the conversation. Although at clear blue skies of the the time of my northern OnEast Kootenay are superitario residency, I would say or to the blue lakes, rocky I knew enough not to live in shores and bugs — yikes! Toronto. — of northern Ontario. Carolyn And now I reside in the They also have smaller Grant East Kootenay. It is a little populations, and most closer to Vancouver/Victoria importantly in the politiin driving time, but still very cal sense, a great distance distant. The Lower Mainland and southern from the seat of power. In Ontario, it’s Toronto. Though we are Vancouver Island are where the populagenetically imprinted with a dislike for tion is, and where the powerful elite gather the big TO in our very being, that’s where to make decisions. Decisions that greatly the power is. That’s where the movers and affect those of us in the hinterland. Sidebar: I will accept the term hintershakers are. Torontonians, who spend much of their time gazing into their own land. I will not accept the term heartland, navels and contemplating their rating on coined during the Gordon Campbell the scale of “important cities”, are con- years. Heartland implies an area populatstantly striving to convince the rest of us ed by people idiotic enough to be flatof their greatness. Toronto doesn’t want to tered by such a condescending term. support a lowly CFL team, they dream of There is a certain paternalistic flavour to the big time — the NFL. They have an heartland. “Don’t you worry, HeartlandNBA team and I honestly thought the To- er. We know what we’re doing with the ronto-centric TSN sportscasters were ALR. Don’t you worry your little rural going expire from sheer delight when the head about it. Now, run along. Don’t you
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have a barn to raise or some creature to shoot?” My point in all this rambling is this. We are not innocent, naïve rubes from the bush. We can discuss world politics and foreign affairs. We are as concerned about the environment as city-dwellers, perhaps more so as we live more intimately with it. We have no problem explaining our feelings or worries about legislation which affects us. What we have is a problem being heard. We don’t have the numbers to make much of a fuss. And we are dismissed. Time after time. Remember years ago when the government closed Kimberley’s hospital without so much as a consultation? We were outraged. We rallied. A petition with more than 4,000 signatures was presented — which had to be almost every person of voting age in the city and immediate surroundings. Surely they will listen, we said. They didn’t. We were dismissed. Dismissed again on Jumbo. Dismissed on the ALR. You can kick and scream all you want but you are just a mouse trying desperately to gain the attention of a gorilla. You just can’t yell loud enough. Carolyn Grant is the Editor of the Kimberley Daily Bulletin
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I very seldom write letters to the Editor. However I am angry. I am part of a group of people who get together one day a week to enjoy each other’s company. As a group we also raise money for those in need. We made sure that we had a license from the Lottery people so as to avoid any problems. No one sponsored us. This was money that we as a group put in. We held a small meat draw where we bought the meat and then bought the tickets to maybe win, but mainly to raise money for those in need. We did not give away huge amounts of money. It was enough to help people get over some rough patches in their lives and to let them know that people care. Apparently this is a bad thing because the lottery people are not totally in control. They felt the need to tell us that we cannot donate to charities of our choice like the Selkirk Breakfast Club or the Pines Memorial Society or to families who have lost everything due to fire or cancer victims to help with travel expenses and or other needs. How terrible of us to care. Yesterday we all got together. There was anger and disbelief and, yes, a little sadness. We did not do anything wrong! We just wanted to do some good. We have all volunteered for worthy causes in the past. This was our way for filling in the gaps. There seems to be no flexibility with lotteries. I understand the need for guidelines and regulations, but, to dictate to our choices with such a heavy hand — really, people, give your heads a shake. We are not talking tens of thousands of dollars here. We are talking about a group that just want to make their corner of the world a little better. Lotteries have made it very difficult for us to carry on. They seem to want their finger in every pie. They took our money when we applied for our license and when
we renewed it. Now all they do is dictate to us. They may look at the big picture, but what about the smaller needs? These needs may be small to lotteries but they are important to us. I am proud of being part of a group of people that care. As for the Lotteries Corp., well, I don’t believe you can print what I feel about them. Noweata Schofer Kimberley
Myths about job action I’ve been noticing how government and BCPSEA spokespeople are repeating a few phrases that vilify B.C. teachers and our current job action. As a teacher and parent, I am frustrated by this misrepresentation of one the province’s most dedicated groups of public employees. Phrase I: “Teachers are confrontational.” As a teacher, I strive to maintain positive, collaborative relationships with my students, colleagues, and parents. While I deeply value collaboration, this does not override my fundamental belief in advocating for basic rights. Twelve years ago, the government illegally overthrew collectively bargained learning conditions that had allowed teachers to effectively meet students’ varied needs. These learning conditions included limits on class size and composition, as well as guaranteed levels of support from counselors, student services teachers and librarians. I would love to collaborate positively with the government in finding ways to reinstate these learning conditions, but the government has not been willing to do so. Our children’s right to effective learning conditions is an issue that I am proud to fight for. Phrase II: “Job action is hurting BC students and parents.” While I am aware of
the negative implications of job action, I have witnessed the more severe and long lasting impacts of the government’s educational policies. My son was in grade one when the government removed clauses in the teachers’ contract guaranteeing effective learning conditions. I saw his and his classmates’ learning suffer for 12 years, despite their teachers’ efforts to overcome these cuts in support. I am frustrated to see students impacted by job action through loss of track meets and some field trips, and I sympathize with parents who may struggle to find day care if we begin a rotating strike. But I know as a parent myself that in the long term, if this struggle results in improvements for children’s learning condition, it will have been worth these short-term impacts. Phrase III: “Teachers’ demands are unaffordable in these tough economic times.” While our provincial government takes pride in having among the lowest corporate taxes in the country, I doubt the Liberals boast about having the nation’s highest child poverty rate and its highest degree of income inequality. If the government does indeed want to “put families first,” as Prime Minister Clark so frequently states, the Liberals need to prioritize investment in essential public services, including education. A province as well off as BC is surely able to adopt the budgeting strategies of the other Canadian provinces, which have allowed them to provide an average of $1.000 more in educational funding per student than in B.C. At first glance, these three phrases may convince some parents that BC teachers are a nasty group of people. But if you dig deeper and go past this rhetoric, you will see that we truly care about your children and are dedicated to creating a quality public education system for the future. Barb Ryeburn Cranbrook
India and China: The tortoise and the hare?
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oon after winning an absolute majority in the Indian parliamentary elections, prime minister-elect Narendra Modi promised “to make the 21st century India’s century.” If he can avoid tripping over his own ideology, he might just succeed. “India’s century” is a misleading phrase, of course, because no country gets to own a whole century. It wasn’t ever really going to be “China’s century” either, although China is a huge country whose economy has grown amazingly fast over the past three decades. What Modi meant was that India, the other huge Asian country, may soon take China’s place as the fastest growing large economy – and it might even surpass China economically, in the end. At first glance this seems unlikely. India’s GDP is currently less than a quarter of China’s although the two countries are quite close in population (China 1.36 billion, India 1.29 billion). Moreover, the Chinese economy’s growth rate last year, although well down from its peak years, was still 7.7 percent, while India’s grew at only 4.4 percent. But China’s growth rate is bound to fall further for purely demographic reasons. Due partly to three decades of the onechild-per-family policy, the size of its workforce is already starting to decline. Total population (and hence total domestic demand) will also start to shrink in five years’
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time. And this doesn’t even take into account the high probability of a financial crash and a long, deep recession in China. India’s growth rate has also fallen in recent years, but for reasons like corruption, excessive regulation and inadequate infrastructure that are a lot easier to fix. And the reason that Narendra Modi’s Gwynne Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won by a landslide Dyer was precisely that voters thought he would be better at overcoming these obstacles to growth than the worn-out and deeply corrupt Congress Party. Modi did NOT win because a majority of Indians want to pursue divisive sectarian battles that pit Hindus against India’s many minorities, and especially against Muslims. That has always been part of the BJP’s appeal to its core voters, but its new voters were attracted by Modi’s reputation as the man who brought rapid development to the state of Gujarat, which he has ruled for the past thirteen years. They want him to do the same thing nationally. The BJP’s absolute majority in parliament means that Modi will not be constrained by coalition allies like previous BJP governments. This could lead to a leap in the Indian growth rate if he uses his power to sweep aside the regulations and bureaucratic roadblocks that hamper trade and investment in India. He also has a golden opportunity to crush the corruption that
imposes a huge invisible tax on every enterprise in the country.Unfortunately, his extraordinary political freedom also means that he will find it hard to resist the kind of sectarian (i.e. anti-Muslim) measures that the militants in his own party expect. He cannot use the need to keep his coalition allies happy as an excuse for not going down that road. Nobody knows which way he’ll jump, but it might be the right way. What might that mean over the next decade? It could mean a politically stable India whose growth rate is back up around 7 or 8 percent – and a China destabilised by a severe recession and political protests whose growth rate is down around 4 percent. While neither political stability in India nor political chaos in China are guaranteed in the longer run, by 2025 the demography will have taken over with a vengeance. China’s population will be in decline, and the number of young people entering the workforce annually will be down by 20 percent and still falling. India’s population will still be growing, as will the number of young people coming onto the job market each year. That will give India a 3 or 4 percent advantage in economic growth regardless of what happens on the political front. In the long run both countries may come to see their massive populations as a problem, but in the medium term it looks increasingly likely that India will catch up with and even overtake China in economic power.
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Baynes Lake Community Garage Sale, Sat. May 31st, 9-3 at Baynes Lake Community Center. Vendors welcome $10. fee. Concession selling hot dogs, coffee, etc. Info: Norma 250-529-7401. Wasa and District Lions Club Garage Sale in conduction with Wasa Fun Days May 31 from 9am to 1pm at the Wasa Lions Grounds. Contact Val for more information 250 422 3499 or if you have items you would like to donate. 2014 FREE PUBLIC SWIM Wednesday, June 4th, 5:00-6:00pm is sponsored by Mark Creek Lions Club. Photography Hike - Saturday, June 7, Leader Lyle Grisedale 427-5153. Meet at the Higgins St entrance at 9:00 am for a 3 hour meander on nearby trails as we search for photographic opportunities. Consider bringing wide angle, macro and medium telephoto lenses and a tripod. We’ll explore the park through the camera lens. 63rd Annual Redding Rose Bowl, June 7 & 8 at Kimberley Golf Club. Friends, Fun, Food, Golf. 2-Lady Team Eclectic Best Ball. Early bird draw May 23/14. Entries available at www.kimberleygolfclub.com. During Marysville Daze the Marysville Schoolhouse will be open to the public. On Sat.June 7th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. On Sun. June 8th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Everyone welcome. Jaffray-Baynes Lake Farmers’ Market, starting Saturday, June 14th and held every Saturday morning throughout the summer at the Baynes Lake Community Centre. Hours: 9:00am to 12:30 pm. For more information, phone 1-250-429-3519 SOCIAL ~ Dance to Chapparal at the Cranbrook Seniors HALL, June 14, 7 pm. All are welcome. Refreshments served. Admission 10. Call 250.426.4826 The Friends of the Cranbrook Public Library are always on the lookout for new and exciting ways to raise funds to benefit out Library. Here is a new idea, a “Leftover Craft Supply Sale.” All crafters are ending up with an overabundance of supplies and are wondering what to do with it. Rent a table either 30 x 60 for $10.00; or 30 x 72 for $12.00. June 14, 2014 at the Manual Training Center adjacent to the Library. Tables and table sizes are limited to reserve your space soon. Setup starts at 9:00 a.m. with the sale open from 10:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. For reservation of your table please contact Kelly Widmer by phoning 250-4263638 or e-mailing. 2014 FREE FAMILY SWIM Wednesday, June 18th, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Shoppers Drug Mart. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.
ONGOING The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation invites anyone expecting bone and joint surgery to make contact with local volunteers for peer support. The free Ortho Connect program helps to ease the fear, stress and anxiety that go along with surgery and help patients prepare. 1-800-461-3639 ext 4, and ask for Lauralee. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) non profit weight loss support group meets EVERY Thursday at 5:00 pm at the Sr Citizen’s Centre, (downstairs) 125 17th Ave S, Cranbrook. Drop in, have fun while losing weight gradually. This Chapter has won an annual B.C. Provincial Award for “BEST AVG WEIGHT LOSS PER MEMBER”. Info: Marie 250 417 2642 Help Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cranbrook: One way you can help is by donating to our “Blue Bin” located outside to the left of Wal- Mart. This bin is there for any clothing items or soft items. (250)489-3111 or email us at @bigbrothersbigsisters.ca Dance/Practice: every Saturday. Practice from 7 to 8 PM, dancing until 11 PM. Dance With Me Cranbrook Studio, 206-14 A 13th Street, South, behind Safeway. Volunteers are needed to assist staff with childminding while parents attend programs at the Kimberley Early Learning Center. Come play!! Weekly or monthly for 2 hours. Diana 250427-0716 CRANBROOK QUILTERS’ GUILD hold their meetings every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:15pm upstairs in the Seniors’ Hall, 12517th Ave. S. Everyone welcome. Info: Donna at 250-426-7136. Cranbrook Writer’s Group meet on the 4th Monday of the month at the Arts Council. Engage in writing exercises, constructive critiques & share in information on upcoming literary events & contests. Cbk and District Arts Council, 104, 135-10th Ave S, CBK. info: 250-426-4223 www.cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com ICBL-Duplicate Bridge–Senior Center in Cranbrook. Mon & Wed 7pm, Thurs & Fri 1pm at Scout Hall, Marysville. Info: Maggie 250-417-2868. Bibles For Missions Thrift Store, 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook serving our community to benefit others - at home and abroad. We turn your donations into helping dollars! Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. Phone 778-520-1981. East Kootenay Women Executives & Entrepreneurs (EKWEE) meet the first Monday of every month at the Heritage Inn, Dining Room Annex, 7:00PM. Join us for of the menu dinner 5:307:00. Pay your own tab. Networking, share accomplishments, education. Bev Campbell 778-481-4883 Place your notice in your “What’s Up?” Community Calendar FREE of charge. This column is intended for the use of clubs and non-profit organizations to publicize their coming events — provided the following requirements are met: • Notices will be accepted two weeks prior to the event. • All notices must be emailed, faxed or dropped off in person. No telephone calls please. • NOTICES SHOULD NOT EXCEED 30 WORDS. • Only one notice per week from any one club or organization. • All notices must be received by the Thursday prior to publication • There is no guarantee of publication. Notices will run subject to space limitations.
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Thunder beat Spurs 106-97 to cut down series deficit CLIFF BRUNT Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY Serge Ibaka scored 15 points in a dramatic return from what was thought to be a season-ending left calf strain to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the San Antonio Spurs 106-97 on Sunday night in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals. Russell Westbrook had 26 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and Kevin Durant added 25 points and 10 rebounds to help the Thunder cut the Spurs’ lead in the series to 2-1. Ibaka started after missing the first two games of the series. The Thunder had said he likely would miss the rest of the playoffs, but the team changed course Friday. “Obviously Serge came in and gave us a big lift not only on the defensive end but the offensive end,” Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. Manu Ginobili scored 23 points and Tim Duncan added 16 points and eight rebounds for the Spurs.
Game 4 is Tuesday night at Oklahoma City. Ibaka, who also had seven rebounds and four blocks, pointed to the sky as he left the game to cheers with 3:17 remaining and the Thunder ahead by 20 points. The Thunder outrebounded the Spurs 52-36 after losing the battle of the boards in the first two games. San Antonio, which shot at least 50 per cent in the first two games, shot just 40 per cent on Sunday night. “I was very disappointed that we didn’t come out with more of a foot in the neck sort of attitude,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “They killed us on the boards, they beat us in 50-50 balls and that’s very disappointing to me.” San Antonio won the first two games by a combined 52 points, but things were different from the start with Ibaka’s return. Brooks also inserted speedy Reggie Jackson into the starting lineup in Thabo Sefolosha’s place. Jackson finished with 15 points.
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Reinhart wins CHL sportsmanship award Kootenay Ice captain named Most Sportsmanlike Player of the Year TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor
Kootenay Ice captain Sam Reinhart has added more hardware to his ever-expanding trophy case this past weekend, earning CHL Most Sportsmanlike Player of the Year honours. A top prospect for the upcoming 2014 NHL Draft, Reinhart was also the WHL’s nominee for CHL Player of the Year, but lost out to the QMJHL’s Anthony Mantha. Reinhart collected all of 11 minutes in penalties in 60 games, and tallied 36 goals and 69 assists for 105 points this past season. He represented Canada at the world junior championship and also participated in the CHL Top Prospects game. He ended the season ranked third overall North American skater on the Central Scouting lists. He recently headed to Europe to take part in training camp with Team Canada for the men’s world championship, hosted by Belarus. Other CHL award winners include: Jack Link’s Top Prospect of the Year Sam Bennett Bennett crept up to claim the first overall spot in the Central Scouting Rankings in the final list near the end of the regular season. Bennett, who plays for the Kingston Frontenacs of the OHL, tallied 36
goals and 55 assists in 27 games this year. Reinhart was a runner up for the award, along with the QMJHL’s Nikolaj Ehlers. Chrysler Dodge Top Scorer Connor Brown Brown led the CHL scoring race, finishing with 128 points—45 goals and 83 assists in 68 games with the Erie Otters, which helped establish a franchise-best season with 52 wins and 106 points. Brown is a sixth round selection by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2012. Finalists included Anthony Mantha of Val-d’Or (QMJHL) and Mitch Holmberg of the Spokane Chiefs (WHL). Subway Scholastic Player of the Year Connor McDavid Not only is McDavid a highly touted prospect for the 2015 NHL draft, but he’s also one of the smartest. McDavid carried an 87 per cent average in his final semester of Grade 11 and was an integral part to the onice success of the Otters this season. McDavid tallied 99 points in 56 games for the Otters and represented Canada at the World Junior Championship. Finalists included Jeremy Gregoire of Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) and Nelson Nogier of the Saskatoon Blades (WHL). Cooper Tires Humanitarian of the Year Sam Fioretti Fioretti, an overage player with the Moose Jaw Warriors, was a key factor with the Warriors’ partnership with the Moose Jaw Police Service to visit schools on anti-bullying campaigns. Fioretti is also passionate about educating local students the importance of physical activity and was a big part of the club’s Read To Succeed program. Other finalists included Charles-David Beaudoin of the Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) and Scott Simmonds of the Belleville Bulls (OHL). Old Dutch Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Eric Veilleux Veilleux coached Baie-Co-
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Kootenay Ice captain Sam Reinhart. meau Drakkar to the top spot in the QMJHL standings in his sophomore season behind the bench, with a record of 47-162-3. Finalists included D.J. Smith of the Oshawa Generals (OHL) and Dave Lowry of the Victoria Royals (WHL). BMO Rookie of the Year Nikolaj Ehlers Ehlers tallied 104 points this season, including 49 goals, for his rookie year with the Halifax Mooseheads of the QMJHL. A product of the CHL Import Draft who hails from Denmark, Ehlers is the top rated QMJHL prospect for the 2014 NHL draft. Finalists included Travis Konecny of the Ottawa 67’s (OHL) and Nick Merkley of the Kelowna Rockets (WHL). Vaughn Goaltender of the Year Jordan Cooke Cooke finished his WHL career with the Kelowna Rockets with a 2.28 goals against average and a save percentage of 0.922—good for fourth place in the WHL in both categories. He had four shutouts in 51 games, and earned a record of 39-7-0-4 when he was between the pipes. Finalists include Zachary Fucale of the Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) and
Alex Nedeljkovic of the Plymouth Whalers (OHL).
Arctic Spas Defenceman of the Year Derrick Pouliot Pouliot had a banner year in likely his final year in the major-junior hockey, scoring 17 goals and tallying 53 helpers for 70 points with the Portland Winterhawks. Pouliot was a first-round selection from the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2012 and represented Canada at the World Junior Championship this year. Finalists included Guillaume Gelinas of Val-d’Or Foreurs (QMJHL) and Aaron Ekblad of the Barrie Colts (OHL).
Sportsnet Player of the Year Anthony Mantha Mantha had a monster season, averaging a goal per game with 57, and adding 36 assists for 120 points in 57 games played for the Val-d’Or Foreurs. Mantha, a first-round selection by the Detroit Red Wings in 2013, was a key member of Team Canada at the World Junior Championship this year. Mantha beat out Sam Reinhart of the Kootenay Ice (WHL) and Connor Brown of the Erie Otters (OHL) for the award.
Russia wins world hockey championship ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINSK, Belarus - Star forwards Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin scored eight minutes apart to lead Russia to a 5-2 victory over Finland in the final of the ice hockey world championship on Sunday for its second title in three years. With Russian President
Vladimir Putin looking on, Ovechkin tied the game at 2-2 in the second period with a backhand and Malkin wristed a shot high into the roof of the net on a power play for the goahead goal. Danis Zaripov also scored a goal and added two assists. Viktor Tikhonov and Sergei
Shirokov scored a goal each. Putin watched the game sitting next to Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in the stands, as the Russian team gained a measure of redemption following a painful loss to Finland in the quarterfinals of the Sochi Olympics just three months ago.
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Cranbrook minor baseball results Monday May 19 Cal Major Top of the World 20 - Players Bench 5 Tuesday, May 20 Jr. Babe Sandor 8 - Creston 6 Player’s Bench 8 - Williams Moving & Storage 4 Wedesnday, May 21st Jr.Babe Sandor 19 - Invermere 9 Girls U12 McDonalds League Green 9 vs Red 7 Thursday, May 22nd Jr Babe Sandor Rental 13 - Player’s Bench 7 Trevor Crawley photo
In Cal Ripken minor baseball action last week, Team Players Bench took on a team out of Kimberley during a game at Confederation Park. Check out local scores above.
Oil Kings beat out Storm, claim Memorial Cup Donna Spencer Canadian Press
LONDON, Ont. - Inspired by their late teammate, the Edmonton Oil Kings went to their seemingly bottomless reserves to win the 2014 MasterCard Memorial Cup. The Oil Kings carried the No. 26 jersey of Kristian Pelss with them Sunday at Budweiser Gardens as they hoisted the trophy following a 6-3 win over the Guelph Storm. Pelss was an Oil King two years ago when Edmonton won a Western Hockey League championship and lost their Memorial Cup tiebreaker in Shawinigan, Que. The 20-year-old Latvian died last year after diving off a bridge in Riga. The loss of Pelss was an emotional touchstone for Edmonton this season and particularly for the eight veterans who were his teammates in 2012. Edmonton won the Memorial Cup playing with a fearless, indefatigable, physical brand of hockey. “Everyone knows about the passing of Kristian Pelss,” Henrik Samuelsson said. “He was a good buddy of mine. I know he was watching over us today and he definitely had a part of it.” The son of New York Rangers assistant coach Ulf Samuelsson scored a pair of goals, including an empty-netter, and assisted on three goals Sunday. With four goals and three assists, undrafted Latvian left-winger Edgars Kulda was named the tournament’s most
valuable player. “I kind of got lucky with that,” Kulda said. “I don’t know how I got it, honestly. It’s a pleasurable surprise for me. I’m happy to get that one too.” Kulda contributed a goal and two assists in Sunday’s victory. Edmonton also got goals from Cody Corbett, Tyler Robertson and Mitch Moroz. Goaltender and Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Tristan Jarry made 32 saves for the win. Robby Fabbri, Stephen Pierog and Zach Mitchell replied for the Ontario Hockey League’s Storm, whose only loss of the tournament was the final. Guelph goaltender Justin Nichols stopped 40 shots. Edmonton’s run to the Cup was a marathon in many ways. Two weeks before Sunday’s final, they blew a threegoal lead at home in Game 6 of their WHL championship series. The Oil Kings had to travel to Portland, Ore., the following day to win Game 7 less than 24 hours later. Their triple overtime semifinal win over the Val-d’Or Foreurs on Friday was the longest game in tournament history at 102 minutes 42 seconds. Add in a double overtime loss to the Foreurs in the preliminary round and the Oil Kings had played the equivalent of two more games in the tournament than Guelph heading into Sunday’s game. In both overtime games, Edmonton had two-goal leads and third-period
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The Edmonton Oil Kings overcame an early deficit to beat the Guelph Storm 6-3 and capture their first Memorial Cup in modern franchise history on Sunday afternoon. leads. “We really did make it quite hard on ourselves, but it shows how much we play for each other,” Edmonton assistant captain Curtis Lazar said. Guelph took the most efficient route to the final and were thus the more rested team. The Storm outscored their opponents by a combined 18-7 to go unbeaten through three preliminar y-round games and earn the bye to the championship game. Led by captain Griffin Reinhart, a New York Islanders prospect, they were a punishing team in their own end and were backstopped by the reliable Jarry.
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ANNIE’S MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Dear Readers: Many of you will be enjoying your Memorial Day weekend with barbecues and picnics, but we hope you will also remember the purpose behind the observance: a day to remember those servicemen and women who died serving their country. Please consider taking the time to visit a veterans hospital or military cemetery and pay your respects. And if you have a flag, it is appropriate to display it at half-staff until noon. “Last Monday in May” by John T. Bird of Birmingham, Ala. We pause to remember those who died with so much courage so much pride. They’ll never come back but memories endure to remind us of freedom: fragile, pure. We’re worthy of their sacrifice if we pause each day not just on the last Monday in May. Dear Annie: About five or six years ago, you printed a column about why we hand out poppies on Memorial Day. It had something to do with a poem from the first World War. At the time, I wasn’t that interested (sorry), but now that I have grandchildren old enough to understand history, I want them to have this information. Would you reprint it? -- Not a History Teacher in Texas Dear Not: Happy to do it. This poem is quite famous and used to be well known in the classroom, but we don’t know whether it is still being taught as often as it once was. If not, we think it deserves to be resuscitated. “In Flanders Field” was written in 1915 by Lt. Col. John McCrae, M.D., a Canadian who served as a surgeon in the Great War. He wrote it after witnessing the death of a friend at Ypres, Belgium. McCrae died in France in 1918, at the age of 46, from pneumonia, an alltoo-common battlefield ailment. “In Flanders Fields” In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow. Inspired by McCrae’s poem, an American woman, Moina Michael, wore poppies to honor the war dead. She also began selling poppies to raise money for the disabled veterans of the Great War. This idea spread to France and England and then to Canada and the U.S, where it is still a tradition on Memorial Day.
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Far right, Euroskeptics make sweeping gains A s s o c i at e d P r e s s
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Exit polls showed the far right and Euroskeptics making sweeping gains in European Parliament elections Sunday, signalling a major political shift toward parties that
want to slash the European Union’s powers or abolish it altogether. Polls in recent days had predicted Euroskeptics could snag as many as a third of the seats in the EU’s 751seat legislature in the vote ending Sunday.
One of the most significant winners appeared to be France’s far-right National Front. Two polling companies said the party, led by Marine Le Pen, was outright winner in France with one-quarter of the popular vote.
Sheriffs never saw threatening videos made by suspect before deadly rampage Associated Press
GOLETA, Calif. — The Internet videos posted by Elliot Rodger are filled with threats and bitterness, but sheriff’s deputies didn’t become aware of them until it was too late. Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Kelly Hoover says the agency ``was not aware of any videos’’ until after Rodger went on beach-town rampage that left six dead and 13 wounded. Authorities believe the 22-year-
old died of a self-inflicted gunshot. A Rodger family attorney says they called police after being alarmed by videos ``regarding suicide and the killing of people’’ that Rodger had posted. Deputies visited Rodger last month after being alerted by local health officials, who had been in touch with the family. They concluded he posed no threat. It’s not clear why the sheriffs did not see the videos.
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Unofficial exit polls reported a surge in support for Britain’s UKIP party. Pollsters said the Danish People’s Party was also on target to become Denmark’s biggest party with 23 per cent of the vote, and a year-old party in Germany that wants that country to stop using the euro single currency reportedly won 6.7 per cent of the vote. Reacting to her party’s strong showing, Le Pen said Sunday, ``This hope should unite us.’’ In the Netherlands, however, the right-wing Euroskeptic Party for Freedom surprisingly dropped from second to fourth place, pollsters reported. Even in victory,
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unity may be hard to find in the fractured Euroskeptic camp. Le Pen has said she will work in the Parliament with the Dutch Party for Freedom, but UKIP leader Nigel Farage has ruled out co-operating with both those parties, which have stridently anti-immigrant platforms. ``We won’t work with right-wing popu-
lists,’’ Alternative for Germany’s leader Bernd Lucke also said after the vote, insisting his party was generally in favour of the European Union despite its rejection of the common currency. The European Parliament estimated turnout as almost identical to the last election in 2009, at 43.1 per cent.
Woman, 99, celebrates graduation 75 years after $5 fee prevented her from getting diploma Associated Press
CONCORD, N.H. — A 99-year-old Maine woman has graduated from college 75 years after a $5 fee kept her from getting her diploma on time. Beal College in Bangor awarded Jessie White her degree during a special ceremony on Friday hosted by Alan Stehle, the college’s president. White told ABC News (http://abcn.ws/TIfpq4) the special ceremony was wonderful and a lot of fun. White was supposed to graduate in 1939, but couldn’t afford the $5 transcript fee. A friend who recently
learned of her decades-old predicament called Stehle, who paid her balance and set up the ceremony. White, a Maine native, received her degree in stenography and bookkeeping. White suffered a disability from a polio infection, but she persisted until she landed a job and worked for years as a bookkeeper. White said finally getting her degree made her feel ``great.’’ ``Never give up learning. They say when you give up learning you grow old,’’ she said, according to ABC News. ``So I don’t intend to give up learning.’’
Lobbyists call for Jamaica to decriminalize pot, set up medical marijuana industry Associated Press
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Lobbyists in Jamaica are urging the government to move quickly to decriminalize pot and establish a local medical marijuana industry. The Cannabis Commercial and Medicinal Research Taskforce organized a three-day conference on marijuana decriminalization with Jamaica’s largest university. It ended Saturday. On Sunday, the lobbyists issued a 12-point roadmap they want the government to follow.
They assert Jamaica can significantly benefit from cannabis commercialization. Pot has been pervasive but outlawed in Jamaica for a century. But with some successes by the legalization movement around the globe, there’s a growing push to lift restrictions on the Caribbean island. Some Cabinet ministers have publicly taken up the idea of medical marijuana and pot decriminalization. But the government has provided little indication of its thinking on the issue.
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THOMPSON MARIE ELIZABETH JULY 21, 1930 - MAY 8, 2014 Marie was born in Cranbrook, BC, to Mary Christina and Lovell Steele Murdoch. She spent her early years in Canal Flats, Bull River and Yahk before moving to Cranbrook. She completed high school there and then went to Victoria for Normal School. Her first year of teaching was in Fort Steele; it was the last year that there was a teacher there. She then taught in Cranbrook for a few years before moving to the coast. In 1955 she married Gordon Thompson and they lived on Thornhill in Maple Ridge for over 40 years. When Marie went back to teaching in the 60s she was instrumental in creating the remedial reading program in the district. She worked as principal’s relief at the east end schools, and also taught at many other elementary schools over the years. She ended her career in 1988 at Eric Langton. She was well known in the Thornhill community and was part of the crew that built the original Thornhill Hall. We can remember her and Dad cutting and painting the letters that made up the “THORNHILL PARK� sign on 100th Ave. She will be remembered for her love of children - at any baby shower, you could hand the new baby to Marie, and the baby would settle happily into Marie’s arms. Marie is survived by 6 children, Mary Parrish (Pat Rowe), Christie (John) Munro, Susan (Fred) Latulippe, Linda Cardinal (Kenny Neufeld) Tracy (Tim) Niemier and Peter Thompson, 5 grandchildren, Nicole (Todd) Parker, Donna and Carly Marsh, Ian and Steve Munro, and 2 great grandchildren, John and Elliette Parker. She is also survived by her sister Bertie Askew (Cranbrook) and her brother Bill Murdoch (Vernon) and many nieces and nephews and their children. Predeceased by her exhusband Gordon Thompson, her father and mother, brothers Jack and Bob and sister Jean Murdoch, son-in-law Fred Latulippe and grandchildren Daniel and Rachel Munro. Please join us to celebrate her life on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 1:00 at the Thornhill Hall, 26007 – 98th Ave, Maple Ridge, BC. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Plan Canada or a charity of your choice.
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Athabasca glacier melting at ‘astonishing’ rate Bill Gr avel and Canadian Press
COLUMBIA ICEFIELDS, Alta. — What’s believed to be the most-visited glacier in North America is losing more than five metres of ice every year and is in danger of completely disappearing within a generation, says a Parks Canada manager. The Athabasca Glacier is the largest of six ice sheets that form part of the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park. It is a popular destination for tourists from around the world who climb aboard huge snow coaches to get an up-close look. While it receives about seven metres of snowfall annually, the glacier has been slowly shrinking for about 150 years. “It’s astonishing,’’ John Wilmshurst, Jasper National Park’s resource conservation manager, said in an interview with The Canadian Press. “Every year we drive stakes five metres deep into the glacier in the
fall. We have to return and re-drill them in mid-summer because a lot of those stakes on the Athabasca Glacier, the one that a lot of people go visit, will be lying flat on the ice at that time. “We’re losing at least five metres a year on the surface of that glacier.’’ The passage of time is clearly visible at the ice sheet’s base. Markers dating back as early as 1890 show the toe of the Athabasca Glacier has retreated 1.5 kilometres, leaving a moonscape of gravel and rock behind. “We’re doing our measurement close to the toe of the glacier and the amount of growth each year is dwarfed by the amount it recedes,’’ said Wilmshurst. Bob Sandford, chairman of the Canadian Partnership Initiative of the UN Water for Life Decade, said it’s “mind boggling’’ because not only is the glacier receding — it’s also becoming shallower. “I first wrote a tourist book on the Columbia
A popular tourist attraction, the Athabasca Glacier is part of the masssive Columbia Icefields which are a vast reservoir of ancient water. Icefields in 1994 and it was generally held that it was somewhere around 325 square kilometres. That icefield now is calculated to be about 220 square kilometres,’’ he said. “Even though this year we will have had a
fairly substantial snow year, what we’re finding is that, even with substantial snow years, the summers are warm enough and the fall is prolonged enough that all of that snow goes and we’re still losing five metres,’’ Sandford said.
“That gives you an indication of how rapidly things are changing.’’ A recent American state-of-the-union report has singled out the rapid melt of glaciers in British Columbia and Alaska as a major climate change issue say-
ing they are “shrinking substantially.’’ The U.S. National Climate Assessment said the trend is expected to continue and has implications for hydro-power production, ocean circulation patterns, fisheries and a
global rise in sea levels. The report said glaciers in the region are losing 20 to 30 per cent as much as what is melting annually from the Greenland Ice Sheet, which has received far more worldwide attention. Wilmshurst said it’s estimated that the Athabasca Glacier is about 300 metres deep, but it is slowly disappearing. Water from the Columbia Icefields flow into the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic oceans and the landscape will be much different if it is eventually gone. “It is hard to know in the long term what climate cycles mean to people. It does mean we should be preparing for drier conditions in the future. I think long term it’s not good news at all,’’ he said. “Absolutely the glacier will be gone. Not within my lifetime, probably, but maybe within my children’s lifetime.’’
Former CBC anchor Knowlton Nash dead at 86 C anadian Press
TORONTO — Knowlton Nash, a veteran CBC broadcaster best known as longtime anchor of The National, is dead. He was 86. The CBC reported Saturday that Nash had been battling Parkinson’s for some years. Nash, who had a 37-year career with Canada’s public broadcaster, including spending a decade behind the anchor desk of The National, CBC’s flagship news program before the creation of Prime Time News. It was there that the broadcaster whose warm eyes appeared magnified behind his oversized glasses earned the unofficial title Uncle Knowlty. It was a reflection of his steady, easy-going style and earnest, scholarly delivery. Ironically, his dedication to the craft led Nash to walk away from perhaps the most influential spot in Canadian television news in April of 1988. It was the strongest enticement Nash could offer Peter Mansbridge, then a national correspondent for CBC-TV, to stay in Canada. Mansbridge had reportedly been offered a $1-mil-
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Knowlton Nash had a 37-year career with the CBC, including spending a decade behind the anchor desk of The National. lion salary to co-anchor a morning show on the U.S. network CBS. But he agreed to stay over a late-night cup of hot chocolate after Nash volunteered to move to The National’s weekend desk. His departure — marked by a telephone call by then
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney — marked the end of one of the most important decades in the history of the CBC’s television news division. Nash had been a key player in transforming an ailing news show into a major ratings success. From 1969
when he retired his correspondent’s trenchcoat to 1978 when he took over anchoring The National, Nash was director of news and current affairs for the English network of the CBC. It was under his steady guidance that The National moved to a then-unheard-of
10 p.m. time and was paired with his risky creation, The Journal. The National/Journal hour became an unassailable jewel in the network’s crown until anchor Barbara Frum’s death in 1992 brought the Journal to a halt and CBC executives took another gamble with the creation of a 9 p.m. news show, Prime Time News. Born Nov. 18, 1927, Nash was the son of a promotions manager. His mother, 20 years his father’s junior, was the first woman to fly over Hamilton, he once bragged in an interview. Except for a brief spell when Nash wanted to be a jockey, he always said he would be a newsman. As a lad of less than 10, he put out several editions of his own weekly newspaper — six laboriously typed pages — which he sold for less than a nickel. He understood the business well enough to sell ad space in exchange for bubble gum and chocolate to local merchants. By the Second World War, Nash was hawking the Toronto Star and Telegram on a Toronto street corner. And before leaving his Forest Hill high school he
was selling stories about collegiate football to the Globe and Mail. After attending the University of Toronto, Nash was hired in 1947 for $18-a-week by the wire service British United Press. But before that he tried his hand writing for the magazine True Confessions and edited prisoners’ letters for True Crime. In 1951, he began a handful of years in Washington as head of public relations for the International Federation of Agricultural Producers, representing about 35 million farmers in some 40 countries. Later, during a lengthy stint as a freelancer for the CBC, MacLeans magazine and anyone else who would pay him, Nash covered everything from police courts to presidents. He followed John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, and got the last lengthy interview given by Robert Kennedy before he was assassinated. He has written books about his career: History on the Run in 1984 and Prime Time At Ten in 1987. He is also the author of Kennedy and Deifenbaker (1990), Visions of Canada (1991).
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