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“Day to day” on KAR opening decision Warm temperatures and rain put December 12 opening in doubt C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
With opening day scheduled for December 12, management at the Kimberley Alpine Resort is waiting for a little help from Mother Nature to make the call on whether the lift will run this Friday morning. Unfortunately, Mother Nature does not appear to be in a cooperative state of mind at the moment. After a couple of seasons of great snow for opening day things are a little more tenuous this year as above-average temperatures and rain are forecast to continue through to Sunday. “Kimberley Alpine Resort team is working around the clock to do whatever we can to get resort open,” said Resorts of the Canadian Rockies Matt Mosteller, Wednesday. “We still need some more support from Mother Nature and we waiting to see what happens with the storms this week. Right now we have not made
any decision.” In addition to the rain, warm temperatures mean no snowmaking. The Resort did announce this week that they will push back the annual Community Day, a free day of skiing and riding for locals, to January 11, 2015. Burgers will be available for $2 supporting a local charity - residents can go to Guest Services and receive a voucher that will entitle them to a hamburger for only $2. TELUS Winter Sports School invites beginner skiers or snowboarders to a complimentary lesson. There will be a total of 20 ski and 20 snowboard spots available, with 1 hour lessons starting at 10:30am and 1:30am. Space is limited and guests must pre-register at Guest Services at 250-427-4881. Lessons will include a voucher for FREE equipment rentals at the Rental Shop! Please note that these lessons are for new skiers and snowboarders only. See KAR, page 5
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Verdict in is in Learn case
Learn found guilty of second-degree murder TRE VOR CR AWLEY Townsman Staff
Cheyenne Learn was found guilty of second-degree murder by Justice Dev Dley to conclude his trial in the shooting death of Tammy Ellis in December 2007. Learn was previously convicted of sec-
ond degree murder in his first trial in 2009, but that was overturned on appeal in 2013 and he was awarded a new trial. Second degree murder carries a life sentence, but crown and defence counsel will appear before Dley again in January to argue parole eligibility, which generally ranges anywhere from 10-25 years. Dley made his judgement following an analysis of credibility of the evidence and testimony submitted by all the witnesses
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during the trial. “Mr. Learn shot and killed Tammy Ellis,” said Dley, as he opened his ruling. “The issue is whether it was second-degree murder or manslaughter.” He concluded elements of testimony from Learn and from his ex-girlfriend were unreliable. The ex-girlfriend’s name is protected by a publication ban and will referred to as B.L. See LEARN, page 4
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Saved any Kimberley heritage seeds? Creating a legacy of Kimberley botanials Submit ted by April Wells
The Kimberley Seed Library is a free community resource located at the Kimberley Public Library where you may pick up small packets of seeds available, free for the taking, and you don’t even need a library card. All have been grown here in Kimberley by gardeners who share their surplus to encourage home food gardening. The Library have been generous in providing a public place for our Seed Library. We are looking for donations of locally grown open-pollinated seeds for the Seed Library. Does anyone save a family heirloom seed that does well here, and would you donate, even just a few? The librarian will be glad to show you the drop-box. We’d love to know the story of your seeds, how long they have been grown here and where they came from. Open-pollinated means you could save the seed yourself and grow out a similar plant. If the seed is a hybrid, you will grow something with characteristics of the parent plants but not necessarily what you had hoped for. Or if your seed is genetically modified, it may have a Terminator gene and be infertile. We hope to create a legacy for Kimberley of botanicals that have adapted to our short growing and high altitude. Seed saved in Kimberley will be uniquely adapted to succeed here. Seed bought from seed companies has been
chosen for uniformity of size, ease of transportation and long storage, and not for flavour and taste, because their largest customers are commercial growers. We may be able to grow the most delicious vegetables and fruit we’ve ever tasted. Multinational seed companies are growing seed in Third World countries because the industry is labour intensive; the seeds you buy could be grown in India or Africa. Likely won’t adapt well to our mountain conditions. (Our East Kootenays are where Monsanto is growing its GMO canola seed, with its companion pesticide spraying); last
year in Tata Creek and on St. Mary’s Road. They’re advertising for workers at this time.) The Kimberley Seed Library is maintained by a group of volunteers who promote and grow food in our local area. We do not want our food to be genetically modified because this process has not been tested on humans and examples such as cold-water fish genes are inserted into California strawberries to protect them from frost for the past 25 years. As well, chemical companies who now control seed of major food crops all over the world are modifying seeds to withstand toxic
applications of Roundup and other chemicals and essentially they now control our food supply. The latest Dec/ Jan Mother Earth News has an informative article on seeds and a graphic showing Monsanto and the companies it owns and its many subsidiaries, one of which is actually named Heritage Seeds. Personally I find these facts frightening. Vegetable seed, flowers, herbs, fruit, shrubs and tree seeds are all welcome at the Kimberley Seed Library. Check it out – you may find some interesting seeds to grow that have proven success here in Kimberley.
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Learn found guilty of second degree murder From Page 1 He said there were discrepancies from the first trial to this past one in regards to testimony from B.L. and Learn noting that it is unrealistic to assume that memory gets better with time. Dley also said that B.L. was evasive and argumentative during her questioning, and had misled police in her statement to police de-
scribing the nature of her absences from the residence in which she trafficked cocaine. Dley also noted inconsistencies in Learn’s testimony, noting that there were additional details in his version of events that weren’t on record in the first trial. Learn had testified about his vision being a grey haze and that Ellis’ voice was like being in a
tunnel during an argument directly before the shooting—details which never came up in the 2009 trial because Learn claimed he wasn’t asked about them. “I do not accept that important evidence was overlooked because he wasn’t asked,” said Dley. Dley also said Learn had a selective memory on the night of the shooting due to his gross in-
toxication, as he remembered certain parts of the night, such as leaving his trailer and being inside the residence, but being unable to recall pulling the trigger or leaving the house. He concluded that Learn’s testimony was not credible when it came to details on the shooting and his actions before, during and afterwards.
In reaching a second-degree murder conviction, Dley noted that Crown had to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that Learn intended to kill Ellis or cause bodily harm leading to death. Dley referred to precedents established in other cases submitted by both the crown and defence, but noted that “drunken intent is still intent.” Directly prior to the shooting, Learn and Ellis had an argument, where he claims she insulted his manhood by bring up intimacy issues between him and B.L. Dley also concluded that the legal threshold wasn’t met for a defence of provocation. Ellis died on Dec. 17, 2007 after sustaining a shotgun wound to the back after Learn kicked in the door, entered the
home and pulled the trigger on a modified sawed-off shotgun. Two eyewitnesses, including the homeowner and B.L. were present in the room when the incident occurred. Learn fled the scene and tossed the gun over the bridge into a snowbank by Joseph Creek on 4th street behind the Save-on-Foods. He was in a relationship with B.L. for two years, as both abused alcohol and marijuana on a near-daily basis. A month before the incident, B.L. began trafficking cocaine for income as the two began planning a move to Kelowna, though B.L. claims she sold drugs as a way to make money in an attempt to escape the relationship. Ellis met B.L. a few weeks before the incident and introduced her
to crack cocaine. Learn had testified he was concerned about her drug use following a late phone call the night before the shooting where she had used crack and was crying and complaining about a lump in her throat. Learn testified he consumed three coolers, a two-litre of cider and half a mickey before heading over to the residence on his bike to shoot out the engine block of B.L.’s jeep as part of a plan to stop her from trafficking drugs. He waited outside the house until B.L. showed up shortly after his arrival, and he decided not to carry out his plan in fear of being caught. That testimony led Dley to conclude that Learn was able to reason and foresee consequences stemming fro his actions.
December is for families
Kimberley Rotary sponsoring to free family swim
In the Rotary International World they celebrate families during the month of December. Kimberley Rotary invites families to a free family swim at the Aquatic Centre from 6 pm to 7 pm on Wednesday December 17. All youths 18 years and under must be accompanied by an adult. The Club is having their own Christmas family lunch in the Aquatic Centre at noon, that Wednesday. If you would like to join our meeting please speak with a Rotarian to come as a guest. Lunch is being supplied by Grubstake Pizza. Youth are a priority for Kimberley Rotarians. Ryan Sleik, Youth Committee Chair is responsible for the Selkirk Secondary Rotary Scholarship that
provides $2000 to a student who best depicts providing service to their community. They also select a candidate to attend the annual Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) week-long workshop at College of the Rockies in Castlegar. Thanks go to BC Hydro who provides the $600 registration fee for this event. This year we will also be looking for a student to travel to Saskatoon to attend the Adventure in Science program at the University of Saskatchewan and another worthy student to go to Ottawa for the Adventures in Citizen program. All of these youth events are sponsored by Rotary Clubs in the hosting cities. Creating Leaders for Tomorrow is a commitment Rotary makes to families. Thank you for your continued support of our various fund-raising programs. Have a very Merry Christmas.
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McKim memories What’s up at the Middle School this week For the Bulletin
Knock knock. Who’s there.? It’s us, the McKim Journalism team. No joke. Speaking of the McKim Journalism Team, we are going to talk about ourselves because we are selfish. We meet every Thursday to share stories and tell bad jokes. We also report the news at McKim. We rock! The Newsteam makes slides and videos for assemblies. They are split into two teams. For the first assembly, we are looking
forward to meeting a caveman named “Arg” and a mad scientist. No spoiler alert here. Updating girls volleyball. Our girls have really improved their skills. They have recently wrapped up their season. They have been playing quite a few boys teams this year. We are sure they will be a great grade eight team. Congratulations to Dylan Cawley who won the week in Ping Pong with an incredible nine points. Braydon Hoy has extended his lead to five points. Great job, boys! Ms. DeCosse believes that our kids should have a hand in running the assemblies. She loves seeing kids perform and watch
KAR community day From Page 1 Please note that Photo ID and proof of local residency (driver’s license, pay stub etc.) are required to receive the lift ticket. Tickets are only valid on January 11th and snow cheques will not be issued on complimentary tickets. Complimentary tickets are available to residents of Canal Flats, Skookumchuck, Meadowbrook, TaTa Creek, Kimberley, Marysville, Wasa, Wycliffe, Moyie, and Cranbrook. A huge thanks goes out to barbecue sponsors including Sysco, Heinz, Maple Leaf, Vitality, Saputo.
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CIA and torture: Time to move on?
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hen somebody says it is time to move on, it means there is something deeply embarrassing that they don’t want to discuss in public. President Barack Obama said that about the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report, published on Tuesday, about the Central Intelligence Agency’s use of torture in the years after 9/11. He put the best face on it after Senator Dianne Feinstein’s committee released the 528-page report anyway, talking about how “part of what sets us (Americans) apart is that when we do something wrong, we acknowledge it.” But as recently as Friday US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Feinstein not to release the report now on the grounds that the “timing” was wrong. When would it be right, then? Feinstein ignored him because she knew (as did he) that if the report was not put out now, it never would be. Next month a new Congress will take office, and the majority on the new Senate Intelligence Committee will be Republicans. They would certainly make sure that it never sees the light of day. But there is one Republican Senator, at least, who thinks differently. John McCain, who ran against Obama in the 2008 presidential election, said bluntly that torture “rarely yields credible information....What might come as a surprise, not just to our enemies, but to many Americans, is how little these practices did to aid our efforts to bring 9/11 culprits to justice and to find and prevent terrorist attacks today and tomorrow.” McCain was severely tortured himself while a prisoner-of-war in North Vietnam in 1968, and eventually made an anti-American propaganda “confession”. As he later said: “I had learned what we all
learned over there: Every man has his breaking point. I had reached mine.” But then, he knows more about this subject than any other American politician, and probably more than any CIA torturer. They were never at the receiving end. Even McCain, however, confined himself to saying that torture was not a useful instrument of American policy. He avoided talking about the more important fact that it is also a grave crime under international law, because that would mean admitting that senior officials in former president George W Bush’s Republiadministrations who Gwynne can authorised the torture in 2002-06 – possibly even inDyer cluding Bush himself – should face prosecution. Almost every senior American politician will avoid talking about that. The debate in the United States will be between those who insist that the waterboarding, regular beatings, “stress positions”, ice baths, sleep deprivation, “rectal feeding”, and other torture techniques used on captives in the CIA’s “black sites” yielded useful information and saved American lives, and those who say that it was all pointless and useless. The Senate committee’s report provides fuel for this debate, examining twenty cases of counterterrorism “successes” achieved by torture that the CIA has used to justify its actions. Even now, CIA Director John Brennan defends the torture, claiming that “the intelligence gained from the programme was critical to our understanding of al-Qaeda.” But the committee concludes that not one case produced unique or otherwise unavailable intelligence. But this is all beside the point. The law doesn’t say that torture is a crime unless it produces useful intelligence, any more than it says that murder is a crime unless it is profitable. It simply says that torture is a
crime, always and in any circumstances. As it should. The American Civil Liberties Union, to its credit, says that the attorney general should appoint a special prosecutor to conduct “an independent and complete investigation of Bush administration officials who created, approved, carried out and covered up the torture programme....In our system, no one should be above the law, yet only a handful of mainly low-level personnel have been criminally prosecuted for abuse. That is a scandal.” But the discussion about punishing the people who committed these crimes will mostly be conducted outside the United States, and it won’t be conducted by governments. The several dozen American allies that were accomplices in the CIA’s “Rendition, Detention and Interrogation” programme, have all exercised their right to have information about their collaboration removed from the report. The debate will therefore have to take place in the media and in the international organisations. United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism Ben Emmerson, for example, said in Geneva that senior officials from the Bush administration who planned and sanctioned these crimes must be prosecuted, as well as CIA and US government officials responsible for torture such as waterboarding. “As a matter of international law,” Emmerson said, “the US is legally obliged to bring those responsible to justice.” Well, yes, but you would be wise not to hold your breath while waiting for this to happen. So far, only one former CIA official, John Kyriakou, has been jailed in connection with the torture programme – and he was prosecuted for confirming to reporters that the CIA was waterboarding prisoners. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist based in London.
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We direct our disappointment to whoever trespassed on private property to cut down one our our nursery grown blue spruce trees at Jim Smith Lake. It takes 10 years to produce a tree of this size, not to mention the cost to put it in the ground. It is unbelievable to us why you would come onto private propety, assuming after dark, and have the audacity to cut down the tree along with the stake rope — clearly you knew what you were up to. There are thousands of trees in the wilderness to cut, why would you choose one on private property. We hope you are honest with your family when you explain where you got this tree. We hope you enjoy your Christmas. Terry and Debbie Thompson Cranbrook
Road Maintenance
People have heard me complain about the conditions of the highways, and the usual response has been “Oh, I think they’re doing a pretty good job.” Well, I say you have to get out of the Kootenays for a mind-opening experience. Every four to six weeks I head down to Hayden, Idaho, to spend a few days with my aging parents. Let me share a typical winter trip to and from Hayden with you. On Tuesday I headed out, driving an allwheel-drive car with new snow tires, and proceeded according to the conditions. The
road was snow packed, rutting and heavily sanded. On the one hour drive to the border, I took at least four to five rock hits from passing vehicles and saw one SUV upside down in the ditch. Thankfully, everyone was okay. I’m not surprised when I leave the border into Idaho, now driving on clear pavement. I can actually drive the speed limit safely for the next two hours. It’s like winter conditions stop at the border. But I also know that the northern “Panhandle” of Idaho gets the same snow we do. After a two-day visit I’m heading home. The road to the border is almost dry in most places. I have a feeling of dread now as I near the border, not because of the woman at Customs and Immigration, but for what I’m going to drive on for the next hour. Thank God it has warmed up. I experience a lot of slush and standing water, but the car still gets pinged by four to five good sized nuggets. When I get close to Moyie the accident signs are up and a totalled four-byfour pickup is being pulled out of the ditch. How does Idaho — one of the poorest states in the Union — do it? A state-run Highways department funded directed through taxpayer dollars, as opposed to a contracted corporation, run by shareholders, who are making enough to buy a local sand company are always looking at the profit line is my long answer. Do you want the roads maintained for safety or do you want it done “on the cheap?” Besides the extra expense to us — new windshields every year, paint chips repaired every year — our lives are in the balance.
Our government continues to remind us to drive speeds appropriate to the conditions, but frankly, most times the road conditions could be better. Bill Lindell Cranbrook
Jumbo Municipality
I’ve been searching long and hard for a reason why Jumbo Glacier Resort should receive approval from the Ministry of Environment therefor allowing them to continue construction on one of the most controversial land use decisions in this provinces history. And that reason is simply that it wouldn’t be very professional of the BC Liberals to not grant approval to a project being undertaken by a financial supporter of the party. It makes complete sense that the voting public that oppose the project would be ignored. Also makes sense that taxpayers will fund the democratic processes at the Jumbo Municipality as well as bridges and access to the resort (even though we had assurances from the proponent that not a dime of taxpayer money would funds infrastructure, roads and access). The only thing that wouldn’t make sense is failing to accommodate Christy Clark and Bill Bennett’s crony campaign supporters; that would make a mockery of our Oligarchy. Steve Tersmette Kimberley
Mental health for children and youth
How to get the help you need This is the first in a weekly series byDr. David Smith.
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or children and teenagers in B.C., coping well with the demands of school work, busy schedules and social relationships in today’s chaotic world reflects resilient mental health. But some BC children and youth are unable to cope well with the daily stresses of their lives and the results can be debilitating or tragic. An estimated 13 per cent of youth in BC each year experience a mental health issue —that means up to 83,700 children under the age of 19 in B.C. may be suffering. Studies show that receiving appropriate help at the right time may enable a child or youth to return to good health or prevent the escalation of symptoms, warding off larger crises or more chronic illnesses, and even at times saving young lives. But unfortunately, the majority of youth experiencing a mental health issue, or their families, do not seek help. Why is this? There are likely a number of key factors: youth and family may lack understanding about mental health issues or may be unable to recognise the symptoms of a mental health problem; they may not know how to access the right services, who to see, or how to navigate B.C.’s mental health system; they may be worried about
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possible stigma, or labelling, and hoping it is simply a “phase” that will pass. As an adolescent and adult psychiatrist working for the last 11 years in Interior Health (IH), I appreciate how frightening and worrying it can be for youth and families when a mental health issue arises. But I also know that the right help can make all the difference and that good recovery is possible even with some of the most serious of mental health concerns. And “help” does Dr. David not always mean treatment with medication. In fact, Smith many mental health problems in children and youth can be very successfully treated with other techniques, particularly Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which, in essence, teaches skills to address the thoughts, feelings and behaviors that underlie a mental health problem. Working with a group of mental health colleagues in the Interior and on Vancouver Island—including families with lived experience, mental health clinicians from the Ministry of Children and Family Development, health authority professionals, school counsellors, family doctors, pediatricians and others — we have come up with a series of short columns to run in this paper to help youth and families recognize and understand some common mental health concerns. Over the next couple of months, in 10 articles, we will talk about Letters to the Editor
issues like anxiety, depression, substance use, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, schizophrenia and family support. We will help you recognize the symptoms and know when and how to seek help. We will talk about successful skills, actions and treatments. These columns, as well as running in your local paper, can also be found at www.shared carebc.ca so you can access them online or share with friends and family. Numerous high quality websites are producing up to date information about a wide variety of mental health concerns and in each column, we will link you to online resources in BC for more information on each condition. A few excellent provincial sites to check out now include: openmindbc.ca; mindcheck.ca, forcesociety.ca, and keltymentalhealth.ca. Next column, we will talk about anxiety. Dr. David Smith is an adolescent and adult psychiatrist and the medical director of the Okanagan Psychiatric services for Interior Health. This series of columns on common child and youth mental health issues is a project of the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substances Use Collaborative. The Collaborative involves multiple individuals, organizations and ministries all working together to increase the number of children, youth, and their families receiving timely access to mental health services and support in the Interior Health and Vancouver Island regions.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints welcomes all to a Live, Outdoor Nativity; Monday Dec. 15 & Tuesday Dec. 16 at 7:00 pm. 2210 - 2nd St. N., Cranbrook. Free & open to the public. Refreshments served. 2014 FREE FAMILY SWIM Wednesday, Dec 17th, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Kimberley Rotary Club. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult. Weihnachtsgeschichten - Christmas Stories at the Kimberley Public Library. Neue und Alte Geschichten – New and Old Stories for adults and children age 5+. Thursday, December 18th at 7:00 p.m. Free! Sign up by December 15. Call 250-427-3112. The Royal Stewart Highland Dancers annual Christmas Charity Recital at the Heritage Inn Ballroom on Thursday, Dec.18 at 7:00 pm. Admission is by donation to the Cranbrook Salvation Army. Come out to see wonderful festive choreographies as well as traditional Highland and National dances. Contact Jane 250427-8757 or email info@rshd.ca
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Provincial pursuit Buchy rink advances to provincial playdowns Will Johnson Nelson Star
Kimberley’s Tom Buchy took the top spot at this weekend’s 2014 Kootenay Inter-regional Playdowns, narrowly edging out Trail’s Rob Ferguson. “It was a great weekend. We were here a couple weeks ago and struggled a bit. This time we seemed to get a better feel of it,” said Buchy, who finished the final game three rocks up. His team consisted of lead Darren Will, second Dave Toffolo and third Dave Stephenson. “We managed to get the rocks in the right places. We got an early lead, stole a couple singles and got a few breaks. Everybody was pretty solid,” he said. Buchy expressed his admiration for Ferguson’s team. “They’re great guys, a very good team. We’ve played them tonnes of times over the years,
and they’re all-around good players,” he said. Garry Beaudry, a member of the Nelson Curling Club’s executive and the representative for Curl BC, said the two teams were neck-andneck the day before. “These guys played (Saturday) and it went down to the tenth end. It was a measure and Tom ended up winning that one,” he said. Buchy’s win has earned his team one of the 16 spots for the upcoming B.C. men’s provincials in Vernon on Feb. 3 to 8, 2015. Friday’s first draw began with a showdown between teams Nichol and Ferguson, resulting in 6-4 win. Meanwhile team Firman bested Norbert 9-3. In the second draw Buchy’s team beat Firman 7-4. Saturday morning saw team Norbert win 9-6 over Nichol for the third draw. Later that af-
ternoon Buchy and and Norbert beat beat Ferguson and Firman 5-3 and 9-3 respectively. On Saturday evening Ferguson beat Nobert 7-2. The final game between Ferguson and Buchy on Sunday morning ended with a score of 6-3. “We’ve always enjoyed coming to Nelson. We’ve played here for 25 years in cashpiels and playdowns. The people are good to us here, treat us well, so we always love coming back,” said Buchy. “We want to thank the Nelson Curling Club for hosting a great event.” Five teams participated in the event. Buchy wished to thank the supporting sponsors of his rink, including: Stephen Rota Management Inc., Coal Valley Motor Products, Assante Wealth Management, Prestige Hotels and Resorts, ABC Coun-
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Habs legend honoured Emotional goodbye for Jean Beliveau in Montreal C ANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL - An emotional funeral service for Montreal Canadiens legend Jean Beliveau has ended. This afternoon’s ceremony at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral heard affectionate eulogies from former teammates Dickie Moore, Yvan Cournoyer, Serge Savard and Ken Dryden as well as Canadiens owner Geoff Molson. The overriding theme from those who spoke was that of a man who was as classy off the ice as he was when he wore his No. 4 jersey. The giant Canadiens flag that draped Beliveau’s casket throughout the service was folded carefully and then given to his widow, Elise. A who’s who of the hockey and political worlds paid an emotional farewell to Beliveau, whose death last week unleashed a national outpouring of grief. They included Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Gov. Gen. David Johnston, former prime ministers Jean Chretien and Brian Mulroney, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard and ex-Quebec premiers Jean Charest, Bernard Landry and Lucien Bouchard.
Moore remembered his longtime teammate as a “great man.” “It is a tremendous honour to stand here for my teammate and friend Jean Beliveau,” said Moore, the first to deliver an eulogy at the funeral. “Everyone has said so many wonderful words about him, words like strength, dedication, devotion and elegance. “I was lucky to have been with Jean for many glorious years with the Canadiens, lucky to share amazing moments together, lucky to have him as a friend. “Would you rather be good or lucky? I was lucky. He was good,” he said to chuckles from the congregation. Moore was followed by Cournoyer, one of six pallbearers. “Oh captain, my captain, bon voyage,” Cournoyer said, his voice choking. Dryden recalled being Beliveau’s roommate toward the end of the 1970-71 season as the goaltender was breaking into the league. “He treated everyone with respect,” Dryden told the service. “He said the right things and in the right way, in French and in English, because that’s what he believed and that’s what he was.
“He made every occasion better. He made everyone who was there feel that their town, their organization, their province, their country, their event mattered. That they mattered.” The other designated pallbearers were Savard and former Habs players Phil Goyette, Guy Lafleur, Robert Rousseau and Jean-Guy Talbot. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman also travelled to Montreal. “He was just great to be around,” Bettman told reporters before the service. “And he’s going to be terribly missed.” He was asked about suggestions that the Conn Smythe Trophy could eventually be named after Beliveau. “We’ve been focused more on his passing and that loss and celebrating his life and I know at the appropriate time we’ll focus on what is a remembrance fitting for someone like Jean Beliveau,” Bettman said. A few hundred seats were reserved for fans on a first come, first served basis. Those who couldn’t get inside were able to watch on screens nearby. Beliveau entered the Hockey Hall of Fame the year after his retirement in 1971.
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A&W and Ice team for terrific Teddy Toss
WHL child labour investigation expands in Washington State Nick Pat terson Everett Daily Herald
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The Kootenay Ice A&W Teddy Bear Toss was once again a success Friday, Dec. 5. Ice forward Jaedon Descheneau (above, #14) scored the teddy toss goal 41 seconds into the first period of the Kootenay Ice’s 2-1 win over the Spokane Chiefs. According to Chris Wahl, Kootenay Ice director of sales and public relations, more than 3,000 teddy bears were collected Friday night. Defenceman Tyler King, forward Levi Cable and goaltender Keelan Williams will visit East Kootenay Regional Hospital Thursday afternoon to distribute the teddies.
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The investigation into a child-labor complaint filed with the State of Washington against the WHL’s four Washington-based teams is being expanded. Matthew Erlich, a spokesperson for the Washington State Department of Labor and Industry, contacted media outlets last Thursday to inform them that the investigation of the complaint, which was filed by an unnamed party in September of 2013, will continue. The Department of Labor and Industry made the decision after soliciting ad-
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EddIE MountaIn dIvISIon TEAM GP W Fernie 28 22 Golden 33 17 Creston Valley 30 15 Kimberley 30 15 Columbia Valley 30 5
L 4 11 11 12 21
T OTL PTS 1 1 46 0 5 39 1 3 34 1 2 33 0 4 14
STRK W5 L1 W3 W1 L6
nEIL MurdocH dIvISIon TEAM GP W Nelson 31 18 Castlegar 31 18 Beaver Valley 28 15 Spokane 31 15 Grand Forks 31 7
L 8 9 8 13 20
T OTL PTS 2 3 41 1 3 40 1 4 35 0 3 33 1 3 18
STRK L2 L1 W2 W2 L11
doug BIrKS dIvISIon TEAM GP Kamloops 31 100 Mile House 28 Sicamous 30 Chase 31 Revelstoke 31
W 20 16 15 11 11
L 9 10 13 13 14
T OTL PTS 0 2 42 0 2 34 1 1 32 2 5 29 2 4 28
STRK W1 W2 L2 W1 L4
oKanagan dIvISIon TEAM GP Osoyoos 31 Summerland 28 Princeton 28 Kelowna 31 North Okanagan 32
W 25 19 13 12 4
L 5 8 11 16 25
T OTL PTS 0 1 51 0 1 39 2 2 30 2 1 27 1 2 11
STRK W1 W4 L1 L1 L5
Scoring Leaders Player 1. Aaron Azevedo 2. Bryan Lubin 3. Doan Smith 4. Rainer Glimpel 5. Ian Desrosier 6. Felix Larouche 7. Jason Richter 8. Cole Mckechney 9. Ian Chrystal 10. Troy Maclise
Team OSO CGR FER OSO GOL KAM KIM GOL KAM OSO
GP 30 31 29 31 31 30 30 30 31 29
G 17 24 23 17 21 15 24 12 23 17
A 30 22 19 25 20 25 15 27 15 21
PTS 47 46 42 42 41 40 39 39 38 38
Goaltending Leaders (min. four games played) Player Team GAA W L T SO 1. Brett Soles OSO 2.18 13 1 1 3 2. Jeff Orser FER 2.25 15 2 1 0 3. Bailey Stephens PRI 2.26 3 1 0 0 4. Drake Poirier BVN 2.59 10 4 0 1 5. Lawrence Langan OSO 2.60 17 5 1 3 6. Adam Maida NEL 2.67 7 5 1 2 7. Patrick Kasper SIC 2.72 4 8 0 0 8. Olivier Charest SIC 2.73 8 4 1 1 9. Bailey De Palma KAM 2.77 9 5 0 2 10. Jason Sandhu CVR 2.80 10 6 0 0 *Does not include Wednesday games
cEntraL dIvISIon TEAM Medicine Hat Tigers Calgary Hitmen Red Deer Rebels Edmonton Oil Kings Kootenay Ice Lethbridge Hurricanes
GP 31 31 31 31 32 29
W 22 17 16 14 15 6
L OTL SL PTS 7 1 1 46 11 1 2 37 11 3 1 36 12 3 2 33 17 0 0 30 19 3 1 16
STRK W1 W3 W2 L2 L2 L4
EaSt dIvISIon TEAM Brandon Wheat Kings Regina Pats Swift Current Broncos Prince Albert Raiders Mose Jaw Warriors Saskatoon Blades
GP 31 29 32 31 30 32
W 22 18 15 15 13 7
L OTL SL PTS 7 2 0 46 10 1 0 37 13 0 4 34 16 0 0 30 14 2 1 29 22 2 1 17
STRK W1 W5 L1 L2 L1 L1
B.c. dIvISIon TEAM Kelowna Rockets Victoria Royals Prince George Cougars Kamloops Blazers Vancouver Giants
GP 31 33 31 32 30
W 24 17 16 12 12
L OTL SL PTS 4 3 0 51 14 2 0 36 15 0 0 32 15 3 2 29 18 0 0 24
STRK W1 W2 W3 L2 W3
u.S. dIvISIon TEAM Everett Silvertips Portland Winterhawks Tri-City Americans Spokane Chiefs Seattle Thunderbirds
GP 29 33 30 29 30
W 18 17 16 14 13
L OTL SL PTS 7 3 1 40 13 0 3 37 13 0 1 33 12 3 0 31 13 2 2 30
STRK W1 W2 SL1 L5 W1
GP 30 31 31 28 29 31 29 28 31 31
PTS 51 51 44 43 43 42 42 40 39 38
Scoring Leaders Player Team 1. Rourke Chartier KEL 2. Nick Merkley KEL 3. Trevor Cox MHT 4. Brayden Point MJW 5. Jack Rodewald MJW 6. Cole Sanford MHT 7. Cole Ully KAM 8. Oliver Bjorkstrand POR 9. Chase De Leo POR 10. Austin Carroll VIC
G 32 10 9 17 17 20 13 21 16 20
A 19 41 35 26 26 22 29 19 23 18
Goaltending Leaders (min. 600 min played) Player Team GAA W L OT/S 1. Taran Kozun SEA 2.14 12 8 4 2. Marek Langhamer MHT 2.24 16 5 2 3. Jackson Whistle KEL 2.32 18 4 3 4. Eric Comrie TCA 2.50 14 10 0 5. Daniel Wapple REG 2.62 15 8 1 6. Austin Lotz EVE 2.70 13 5 2 7. Tristan Jarry EDM 2.73 10 10 4 8. Landow Bow SCB 2.76 14 10 4 9. Garret Hughson SPO 2.77 9 8 3 10. Mack Shields CGY 2.81 13 8 1 *Does not include Wednesday games
SO 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 5 0 0
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The Lethbridge Hurricanes fired head coach Drake Berehowsky Tuesday afternoon. The Western Hockey League team made the announcement on its website. Berehowsky was in his second season behind the Hurricanes bench. The 42-year-old from Toronto was hired in June, 2013. Lethbridge sits at the bottom of the Central Division at 6-19-4. Berehowsky played
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549 games in the NHL for Toronto, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Vancouver and Nashville before retiring in 2006. Wednesday morning, the Hurricanes then announced the team had fired general manager Brad Robson. The Hurricanes named Peter Anholt head coach/general manager.
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vice from the State Attorney General’s office, Erlich said. “We’ll be seeking more information now from the WHL teams in the state,” Erlich said. The four WHL teams in Washington are the Everett Silvertips, Seattle Thunderbirds, Spokane Chiefs and Tri-City Americans. The complaint alleges that WHL teams violate the state’s minimum wage laws. Players are compensated with room, board, a small monthly stipend and one year of college paid for each season played in the league. The complaint says the monthly stipend, which numbers in the hundreds of dollars and varies based on the player’s age, does not meet the Washington State minimum wage of $9.32 per hour. WHL commissioner Ron Robison issued a statement in September saying, “Our WHL clubs have responded to the government, providing requested information and explaining that our players are student athletes playing in a developmental hockey league, and participating and contributing to their sport the same way as other amateur athletes. … Amateur hockey players have competed within the WHL in the State of Washington since 1977. The WHL certainly recognizes that undoubtedly any changes to the status of junior hockey players could impact the status of other amateur athletes in the state as well.” The complaint comes at a time when similar legal challenges are being made in Canada on behalf of Canadian Hockey League players. Challenges are also being made in the U.S. with regards to the status of collegiate athletes and whether they should be considered amateur. There is no timetable for concluding the investigation. Erlich said the investigation can be stopped or the complaint can be settled at any point. Erlich said the investigation would likely require months to complete.
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Laurie Middle School bantam boys claim zone volleyball title For The Townsman
The Laurie Middle School bantam boys volleyball team claimed the Volleyball EK Zones in five straight wins after an impressive undefeated season. “This group has been together for the last couple of years and it shows,” said coach Rob Mogielka. “They have a great work ethic and trust each other to make passes and win sets.” The team is comprised of eight Grade 8 boys. “This group of boys are pretty
tough to beat,” said co-coach Jesse Jiminez. “They have a skill level that they work on both at the school level and at Volleyball Club.” The Laurie Bantam Boys played four tournaments this season. According to Mogielka, the team won nearly every game in two sets and claimed four first-place trophies for Laurie Middle School. “We are pretty proud of these guys,” Jimenez added. “Their hard work has paid off.”
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The Laurie Middle School Bantam Boys volleyball team are zone champions. Back row, left to right: Sheldon Thomas, Zack van der Velden, Noah Samsonoff, Jacob Jimenez, Riley Byman, Tristan van der Velden, Graydon Dawson; front row, left to right: Jesse Jimenez, Rob Mogielka (coaches); trophies, left to right: Jaffray, EK Zones, Invermere and Cranbrook; missing: Dakota Joseph.
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A three-time All-Star who turns 31 next month, Lester won two World Series titles with Boston. The left-hander joins a long-suffering team with a promising core of young players and a top-tier manager, Maddon, who left Tampa Bay and signed a $25 million, five-year contract with the Cubs. Now, Chicago has an ace to lead the rotation as it tries to end a run of five straight losing seasons and a championship drought that dates to 1908.
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SAN DIEGO - Jon Lester agreed Tuesday night to a $155 million, six-year contract with the Cubs, the first big deal of the off-season involving a top-level starting pitcher and one Chicago hopes will help end more than a century of frustration at Wrigley Field’s Friendly Confines. Lester’s contract, agreed to on the second day of baseball’s winter meetings, contains an option for 2021 that, if it
becomes guaranteed, would make the deal worth $170 million over seven seasons. The average annual value of $25.8 million is the second-highest for a pitcher behind Clayton Kershaw’s $30.7 million as part of a $215 million, seven-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers that began this year. “It’s not often you get to win the lottery, and we won the baseball lottery this year,” new Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “Now it’s up to us to put it into effect.”
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very winter, backyard birders look forward to possible bird irruptions that will bring new and welcome guests to their feeders. But what exactly is an irruption, and what does it mean for birding? An irruption is a dramatic, irregular migration of large numbers of birds to areas where they aren’t typically found, possibly at great distances from their normal ranges. Several factors can lead to irruptive years for different birds. The most common cause is a lack of food in the birds’ normal wintering grounds. Famine can force large numbers of birds to seek more plentiful habitats until seeds, flowers and insects return in the spring. Birds that feed on the seeds and catkins of birch, maple, pine spruce and hemlock trees often irrupt when those types of trees have poor seed crops. Different birds of prey may also irrupt when the seed crops are poor and cannot support the necessary rodent populations for raptor food sources. Other causes for bird irruptions include unduly harsh cold or severe weather that may force birds to more temperate wintering grounds, or overbreeding that may further deplete even plentiful food supplies. No matter what the cause of the irruption, however, it is difficult to predict where or when irrupting species may appear. Many bird species found in boreal and other northern habitats can irrupt if circumstances require it. Certainly, with the recent erratic weather patterns in the East Kootenay and elsewhere, we anticipate unexpected visitors at our feeders. When large numbers of birds appear, it is important to keep birdbaths and feeders clean to keep birds healthy. Provide a variety of fresh, high quality seed and suet. Sometimes, irrupting birds can bully or intimidate other backyard birds, restricting
their access to feedIrruptive Birds we may ers and monopolizsee on Count Day ing the seed. Birders • Pine Siskins can change the types of feeders and seed • Bohemian Waxwings they offer to discour- • Evening Grosbeaks age such behaviour; • Boreal Chickadees or they can put up • Pine Grosbeaks extra feeders to wel- • Common Redpolls come all the new •Red Crossbills guests to their yard. •White-winged Crossbills Spacing feeders out • Northern Shrikes will minimize territo- • Red-breasted Nuthatches riality and aggression • Hoary Redpolls while ensuring all • Varied Thrushes birds can enjoy the • Great Grey Owls • Snowy Owls buffet. Bird irruptions • Rough-legged Hawks can add excitement to winter birding. while feeding or as they While birders should explode into flight. never count on an ir- Flocks are gregarious, ruption, it can be a and you may hear their pleasant surprise when insistent wheezy twitnorthern birds appear ters before you see at southern feeders. them. Pine Siskins can The Pine Sisken temporarily store seeds Flocks of tiny Pine totalling as much as 10 Siskins may monopo- per cent of their body lize your thistle feeder mass in a part of their one winter and be ab- esophagus called the sent the next. This no- crop. The energy in that madic finch ranges amount of food could widely and erratically get them through five to across the continent six cold night hours. each winter in response The “State of the to seed crops. Birds Report” listed Better suited to them as a Common hanging from branch Bird in Steep Decline. tips than to hopping Domestic cats, red along the ground, these squirrels, hawks, jays brown-streaked acro- and crows can prey on bats flash yellow wing adult birds or on their markings as they flutter eggs or young.
Pine Siskins’ fondness for mineral deposits can lure them onto dangerously busy roadways salted to remove ice and snow. Loss of habitat from forest clearing may be balanced by replanting and by the siskin’s willingness to nest in shrubs and ornamental trees. It’s good to see the little finches have returned to our feeders. Feeder watchers are encouraged to help with the Christmas Bird Counts again this year. Keep an eye on your feeders, count the largest number of each species seen at one time and contact us with your list at around 5 p.m. on Count Day. Local Christmas Bird Counts: Cranbrook: Saturday, Dec, 20. Greg Ross, 250-489-2566 Kimberley: Sunday, Jan. 4. Dianne Cooper, 250-427-1921 Submitted by Daryl Calder on behalf of Rocky Mountain Naturalists.
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WASTE COLLECTION HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: Waste which would have been collected on; • Thursday, December 25, 2014 will be collected on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 • Friday, December 26, 2014 will be collected on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 • Thursday, January 1, 2015 will be collected on Friday, January 2, 2015.
CITY HALL HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: Thursday, December 18, 2014 — Closed between 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 24, 2014 — Closed at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, December 25, 2014 — CLOSED Friday, December 26, 2014 — CLOSED Wednesday, December 31, 2014 — Closed at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, January 1, 2015 — CLOSED
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The Board of Variance consists of three community members appointed by City Council. The Board is responsible for reviewing and making decisions on requests to vary, or relax, zoning bylaw regulations such as building size and siting requirements. Although the meeting schedule can vary, the Board typically meets for approximately one hour at 10am on the 1st Thursday of each month. Additional time commitment involves review of applications and supporting information prior to the meetings. All meetings are open to the public. Decisions made by the Board directly influence the form and character of Kimberley’s built environment. Preferred candidates will have excellent communication and critical decision making skills and be able to evaluate the impacts of variance decisions on the subject property, adjacent properties and the broader community. A demonstrated interest or experience in land use planning, urban design or building design and construction is an asset. Previous committee or board decision making experience is preferred. How to apply: Please submit an expression of interest highlighting your relevant qualifications and experience to the Manager, Planning Services at planning@kimberley.ca or to 340 Spokane Street, Kimberley, BC V1A 2E8. Deadline for submissions is 4:00pm January 19, 2015. It is anticipated that the Board member selection will be confirmed by City Council at the January 26, 2015 meeting. For more information, please contact the Manager, Planning Services at 250-427-5311 or planning@kimberley.ca
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It happened this week in Cranbrook
Week of December 7 - 13 Dave Humphrey Items compiled from the archived newspapers held at the Cranbrook Museum and Archives
1904 Enlarge CPR Depot … This week The Herald representative had an opportunity of seeing the plans for the enlargement of the C. P. R. depot in this town. The roof will be raised so as to make a three-story building and to nearly double the room in the present building. This move has been in contemplation for some time, owing to the cramped condition of the various departments. The remodelled building will be modern in every way, well lighted with large waiting rooms and increased space in nearly every department. When completed it will be the largest depot building on the Crow s Nest Line and a credit to the prosperous and growing town of Cranbrook. It is expected that work will not commence on the changes in the building until spring, as the plans
were not ready in time to do anything before cold weather would set in. For Rent — Beale and Elwell … Have several houses for rent from $10 per month and upwards. Fire Hall … The new fire hall was turned over to the brigade today. Another Close Call … The Wentworth Hotel and the Herald Office had a narrow escape from fire Sunday night. The woodwork around the big chimney caught fire about 2 o’clock in the morning and had secured quite a start before it was discovered. All of the inmates of the house were aroused, and most of them grabbed what they could and regardless of their personal appearance started for safety. Fortunately the blaze was soon extinguished with little damage done to the building. Weather … It is not strange that it is difficult to arouse any enthusiasm about the skating
rink in town with the thermometer dallying around the sixties and seventies. One would think more about golf and lawn tennis than skating rinks.
Drink Cranbrook Beer … Made from the best malt and purest water, it unexcelled for quality. Ask for Cranbrook Beer and insist on having it. The Cranbrook Brewing and Malting Co. Ltd. Also manufacturers of all kinds of aerated waters. Cranbrook, British Columbia. Say, People … Have you seen the work of Crows Nest Steam Laundry? It’s certainly up-todate. Special rates for hotels and family work. Specialities — flannels, blankets and curtains. White labour only. Perfect satisfaction given by Crows Nest Steam Laundry. SLATER & McPHEE, Proprietors. 1905 Fraternal Order of Eagles … The Eagles fraternized on Wednesday evening at the I.O.O.F. Hall and beyond a question they did things splendidly. It is a fine encouraging thing
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to have to record a success, and this event was of that order most decidedly. The programme called it “An evening of whist, pedro, recitation and song.” It said nothing about supper, but that was provided, and excellently at that. The whist tournament proceeded during the earlier hours and resulted in victory for Mrs. W. H. Haynes and Charles Wilson. While the whist and pedro were in progress a very good musical programme was rendered by Messrs. Steward, Kimber, Black and Smith . After the whist programme and supper had been disposed of, the company, some 75 in number, had a couple of hours dancing.
Big Sale in Oriental Novelties … This is a great opportunity to get Xmas novelties. Wong Fong, who has a store on Armstrong Ave., says that his stock is too big. He has just returned from China where he bought a big stock of oriental novelties, silk goods, brass ornaments, etc., and he must sell, no matter how low, to raise the cash. He will have some great bargains the next two weeks: Remember the place, opposite Imperial Hotel,
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Retiring from Business … The way of the transgressor is hard. Imagine how smoothly ours run. We desire to make it as smoothly as possible for our fellow men and will offer them this week some of the greatest snaps in Clothing and Men’s Furnishings that has ever yet been brought to the public notice. Once again we invite inspection of our varied lines. Once again do we ask permission to demonstrate the purchasing power of that “Almighty Dollar,” We firmly believe and feel we are able to convince that a Dollar spent with us will bring greater returns and satisfaction than a Dollar and a Half or even Two Dollars spent in any other house. We Still Continue to Slaughter All Goods The prices of the 20th Century Clothing will be cut squarely in two. Our Ladies’ Millinery will also be the victim of our carving knife. We have today the largest and most complete stock of Ladies’ Neckwear — A direct Importation from Chevenier & Co., Paris, France. Also Belts, and many other Novelties too numerous to mention, which we
The City of Cranbrook announces that effective January 1, 2015, the monthly utility rates will increase as follows: Residential Utility
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Water rates for non-residential users, including users with metered accounts, have increased proportionately.
2015 WATER, SEWER AND SOLID WASTE UTILITY ACCOUNTS A discount of 5% will be granted on all 2015 Utility Accounts paid for the year and received at City Hall on or before February 28, 2015.
2015 PRE-AUTHORIZED PAYMENT OF WATER, SEWER AND SOLID WASTE UTILITY ACCOUNTS Try the Pre-Authorized Payment Plan for your bi-monthly utility bill. This plan is convenient and avoids late payment fees. For those already on the pre-authorized payment plan, please note your bi-monthly payment amount will automatically increase to reflect the 2015 utility rates. The bi-monthly payments are made through your bank by pre-authorized debits on the 1st day of every 2nd month commencing February 1, 2015. Application forms are available at the City Hall Finance Department. For further information on this plan, call City Hall at (250) 426-4211.
will sell at the exact Wholesale Price. Now is the time to select your Xmas Presents. We invite you call and inspect them. All must go. Hill & Co
Evening Dress Suits … Have you got one for the I.O.O.F. Ball Jan. 1st? We have a lot of Dress Suits of the finest broadcloth material, made by Campbell, in the very latest styles. Price per suit $22 and $27; Beds priced from $4.75 to $6.50, over 30 styles. Xmas Suggestions … To the lady who is looking for a useful present for her husband, we would suggest a beautiful Snow White Standard Enamelled Bath Tub or Lavatory. For the man looking for an Xmas present for his wife – Why not get something useful as well as beautiful? We would suggest an outfit of fine London enamelware for the kitchen. Useful every hour of the day, and every day of the year. — Patmore Bros. Stage Competition … The rivalry between the two stage lines between Cranbrook and Fort Steele gives the public the best of service. It is not an uncom-
mon thing for one or both of the stages to make the trip of 12 miles in an hour or less,
Roads and Sidewalk Department ... Denis Mahoney being full of the cup which cheers too much, refused to quit the city after two separate warnings by the police. On the third occasion Dinny flung his tongue to the winds, and told in the finest kind of language what he as a free subject thought of the police, the city and the world in general. Dinny was taken and left to cool his head in the cells. This morning he got a practical lesson in city government, being ordered to form a street cleaning and sidewalk improvement gang of one, and to so continue for thirty days. He will be a guest of Benjamin Pugh in the city jail for a month. The same hospitality will be extended to any others of the Dinny Mahoney type who need the like attention. Low living and highway cleaning is a chastening influence for those artists in booze who cannot carry their liquor without spilling bad language. Let the good work go on.
West Kootenay
Accused bank robber admits escape attempt Nelson Star
The man charged in the armed robberies of several local financial institutions has pled guilty to trying to escape from custody. Andrew Stevenson, 34, faces a maximum of two years in prison when he is sentenced on January 6, 2015. On September 15, Stevenson was due to elect trial on 21 charges, less than a week after being denied bail. According to the Ministry of Justice, a deputy sheriff was escorting Stevenson into the courthouse through a sheriff-access only door when he threw off his
crutches and fled. Stevenson was using the crutches as the result of injuries he suffered during his arrest on April 25. Consequently, he wasn’t wearing leg irons. The deputy sheriff caught Stevenson after a two-block chase. He was still using crutches during his last several court appearances via video link from Kamloops. Stevenson is accused of robbing Kootenay Currency Exchange in Nelson, in which a shot was fired, Nelson and District Credit Union, Kootenay Savings in Castlegar, and Johnny’s Gro-
cery in Robson, plus two breakins at Castlegar pharmacies in March and April. Among other counts, he is accused of possession of a restricted weapon, pointing and firing a firearm, possession of stolen property over $5,000, and fleeing police. He and his co-accused, Krista Kalmikoff, 28, who has been released on bail, will have preliminary inquiries January 28 and 29 to determine if there is enough evidence to send their cases to trial. Kalmikoff’s lawyer has indicated she wants to be tried by jury.
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TSX in correction territory with 343-point slide Dec. 10 OPEC last month to leave production levels unchanged, leaving the markets to sort out a huge imbalance between supply and demand. On Wednesday, the January crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped $2.88 to US$60.94 a barrel. The TSX energy sector, which makes up 23 per cent of the TSX, has plunged more than 25 per cent so far this year. Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, says the sharp fall in oil prices is the result of “treachery” - an apparent reference to regional rival Saudi Arabia, which opposed OPEC production cuts to lift prices. The base metals sector lost 3.4 per cent as March copper gave back most of Tuesday’s four-cent gain, down three cents to US$2.90 a pound. Other major losers included financials, down 1.75 per cent, and industrials, which fell 2.75 per cent.
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JUST WHAT THE DOCTORS ORDERED Out of challenge comes opportunity and at Selkirk College the Rural Pre-Medicine Program is taking on the problem of a physician shortage outside urban areas by opening the door for students who desire to follow a pathway towards a career in medicine well suited for rural Canada.
hospitals with top-notch doctors equipped with a skillset The story of the Selkirk College Rural Pre-Medicine Program that adds an extra dose of compassion. Raised in the village of Salmo in the southern interior is the story of why community colleges are vital to Canada’s of British Columbia—population 1,100—Lund describes education system. Its genesis arrived through a need to fill a critical gap with creative solutions and tangible outcomes, herself as a typical “Kootenay kid.” Benefitting from the values of a tight-knit community and taking advantage a model that is now playing out in the classrooms of the of all the outdoor recreation advantages of mountain life, Castlegar Campus. Lund has fond memories of growing up off the beaten path. The three-year Rural Pre-Medicine Program launched Graduating with a small high school class in 1981, in September with its first cohort of 17 eager students. Lund headed off to the University of Victoria to pursue an With passionate mentors and dedicated instructors, the undergraduate degree in chemistry. program aims to build a foundation of experience and “I wanted to figure out why things work the way they knowledge students will need to prepare for entrance do,” Lund says of her passion for science. into medical school. “I thought to get down to a smaller and “If you come from a rural area, you If you want to smaller level would help explain what was are among those most likely to go back populate the rural happening on an atomic scale. The reason to a rural area,” says Rural Pre-Medicine behind what you see… the reason ice floats. Program Coordinator Elizabeth Lund. areas with physicians, All those questions you have when you are “If you want to populate the rural areas you need to provide a kid and you are curious; this was one way with physicians, you need to provide the the proper education to answer those questions.” proper education to students who live After earning her BSc, Lund continued in rural areas and have a strong desire to to students who live in on to a PhD in Chemistry in the 1990s when get into medical school.” rural areas and have women at that level were in the distinct The curriculum in the Rural Prea strong desire to get minority. Her education included postMedicine Program weaves together doctoral fellowships with a pharmaceutical courses tailored to rural medicine with into medical school. company in Vancouver and at the University courses recommended for the Medical ELIZABETH LUND, of British Columbia. College Admissions Test (MCAT). Extra RURAL PRE-MEDICINE PROGRAM COORDINATOR, SELKIRK COLLEGE Just as Lund’s career in science was training in skills such as mediation hitting its stride, she took a sudden break. and conflict resolution, leadership, In grad school she began to explore Buddhism and while communication and interprofessional skills, small business working in Vancouver, Lund met two senior monks at a tiny training and MCAT preparation supports students’ futures forest monastery in Birken, north of Whistler. as physicians and their medical school applications. “I heard people talking about loving-kindness and “People understand that this is something that can meditation, I wanted to learn more about it in order to form one piece of a really long term solution to a big survive the rigours of grad school,” Lund explains. “It fit really problem,” says Lund. “This is not a problem for doctors well and gave me a means of answering questions beyond or the government, really this is a problem in our society the physical world.” across Canada where there is a big difference between In 1996, Lund travelled to Thailand to become ordained rural and urban.” and spent 10 years in the remote northern area of the country as a Therevadin Buddhist Nun. Returning to Canada A Deep Understanding of Rural Life in 2006 to help care for her elderly mother in Salmo, Lund Lund’s background is perfectly suited for spearheading the began teaching at Selkirk College. effort to help populate small town medical clinics and rural
Finding Solutions to the Rural Doctor Crisis
Helping Solve the Problem of a Growing Need The mounting challenges with health care in rural Canada have gained traction in the media over the last few years. With shrinking government budgets, an aging population and societal shifts forming the basis of these struggles, more attention has been focussed on the gap between urban and rural. Three years ago, Lund and her colleagues in the Selkirk College School of University Arts & Sciences were looking for ways to bolster second year sciences at the Castlegar Campus. A story on CBC radio about the doctor shortage in rural British Columbia triggered the idea for a program that would help address the need with homegrown solutions. Lund was charged with putting together the proposal and soliciting support. For almost two years Lund put her skills in research and passion for education to the test as she approached senior levels of government, the Doctors of BC, local physicians, the University of British Columbia and anybody else that would listen. “There was a lot of pounding the pavement… I had to become a salesperson,” she says. “That’s the last thing I thought I would ever do, but I was selling something that I totally believe in. It ceases to be selling and becomes talking to people to let them know what we want to do.”
The First Cohort a Brilliant Example of What is Possible On a sunny late-September afternoon in Castlegar, Selkirk College administration joined representatives from the Doctors of BC, the Ministry of Health and health care professionals from around the Kootenay region for a special reception to welcome the first Rural Pre-Medicine cohort to the program. With a class made up of diverse backgrounds that range from recent high school grads to single mothers who have been away from post-secondary for more than a decade, there was a buzz in the air. “I have a vision of some of the graduates of this program not only making it into medical school, but also being really grounded and solid people,” said Trail Regional Hospital physician Dr. Blair Stanley, chair of the program’s advisory committee. “Not only because of their rural roots, but because of some of the learnings they will have had in this unique program. They will bring that groundedness and can bring that awareness into their clinical setting when they are looking after patients. I think that will be a magical connection that they will have with patients and the work they do.”
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SELKIRK COLLEGE’S RURAL PRE-MEDICINE PROGRAM HAS PATHWAYS TAILORED TO DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND SUCCESSFUL FUTURES.
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Alicia Pongracz (left) and Jaeger Nickson (top right) are students in the first Rural Pre-Medicine Program cohort that is diligently building skills on the Castlegar Campus. With a diverse background and intimate understanding of the challenges faced by students in smaller communities, Rural Pre-Medicine Program Coordinator Elizabeth Lund (bottom right) is the motivating presence behind Selkirk College’s push to bolster the numbers of rural doctors.
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A visit to a Friday afternoon chemistry lab is further proof that the cohort model and small classroom environment is already paying dividends. Three months into their education journey at Selkirk College, students work together with a spirit more often found with the cohesiveness of a sports team rather than the individualistic competitive pursuit of entrance into medical school. “You can see already that the students in this program are going do something and they are going to do something great… It’s already a success,” says Lund. “I’m really proud of these students and very excited about the opportunities for them in the future. Whether they end up choosing medicine or another health field or something else completely different in science, this is where it starts.”
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I have a vision of some of the graduates of this program not only making it into medical school, but also being really grounded and solid people. DR. BLAIR STANLEY, TRAIL REGIONAL HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN, CHAIR OF THE RURAL PRE-MEDICINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
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European winters and the traditional Christmas market Carla Nelson of Maritime Travel describes her experiences with European Christmas markets
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ast August, I was fortunate enough to travel from the Czech Republic to the Netherlands, passing through many medieval villages, quaint cities and historic sites in Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, and Germany. Lovely as these areas are in the summer, they are equally beautiful in the winter. If you have the opportunity to go to Europe in Christmas Market season (Nov-Dec), you will have a magical, mesmerizing experience that will awe even the biggest humbug of all (that might be me!). Germany probably does it best. Christmas markets have been around since the 14th century, when they were fairs that sold food items to villagers to stock up for the long winter season ahead. Now they are world famous! Cologne, Germany, has 6 markets that surround the town’s famous and beautiful Gothic Cathedral. There is an ice rink and a Medieval market. Stalls include handmade wooden ornaments , music boxes and warm gluhwein ladled into ceram-
ic cups. The smell of cinnamon and cloves is intoxicating. Maybe try it ‘mit schuss’ – with a shot, likely rum. And you have to try stollen, a traditional fruit Christmas bread and lebkuchen (gingerbread). Over 2 million people visit the Cologne Christmas Market each year. Other famous markets are found in Nuremberg, Dresden and Munich. In Prague, Czech Republic, many of the markets are themed on fairy tales and folk-lore. You’ll find nativity scenes with petting zoos, wandering carolers, old-fashioned carousels and horse carriage rides. Bratislava, Slovakia is less crowded but still features traditional market stalls filled with handmade crafts, live entertainment and local foods like fruit-filled pancakes and hot apple pies. The most beautiful city at Christmastime may be Vienna, Austria. The market here is 700 years old. Just imagine the Vienna State Opera House and the magnificent City Hall all lit up!
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A Christmas market in Germany. There are concerts, nativity displays, a live Advent Calendar display and a children’s workshop. The aromas of candied fruit, cotton candy, Christmas punch and roasted chestnuts will be sure to get you feeling all sentimental about the holiday season. One of the most unique Christmas mar-
kets is in Valkenburg, Netherlands. This market is held in an underground cave, the ‘Velvet Cave’, situated beneath the Valkenburg Castle. There’s an 18th century chapel, amazing murals and sculptures inside. From the enchanting Christmas carols, the smiling merchants, the smells and tastes of the season – it’s all sure to
warm your heart and put you in the Christmas spirit! For more information on European Christmas Markets and Christmas Market River Cruises, contact Carla Nelson, Branch Manager, Maritime Travel 250.489.4788. Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and safe and healthy holiday season!
Monaco’s Princess Charlene gives birth to twins El aine Ganley Lionel Cironneau Associated Press
MONACO - For the first time since Monaco was founded in the 13th century, its royal family gave birth to twins on Wednesday, and dozens of cannons were fired to celebrate. Monaco’s Princess Charlene had a girl first and a boy second, but the boy will be the principality’s future ruler, reflecting the male priority of Monaco’s laws of succession. The royal twins Gabriella Therese Marie and Jacques Honore Rainier - born to Charlene, 36, and Prince Albert II, 56 - are heirs to the centuries-old Grimaldi dynasty that rules the wealthy principality. Gabriella was born at 5:04 p.m. (1604 GMT) and her brother Jacques two minutes later, ac-
cording to a palace statement. Monaco is a twosquare kilometre (0.8 square mile) enclave of ritzy apartments and luxury shops on the French Riviera with a population of around 30,000. Albert, son of the late American actress Princess Grace, had some subjects worried by his long bachelorhood and his lack of an heir since his two previous children were born out of wedlock and are not eligible for the throne. Then the prince married Charlene Wittstock, a Zimbabwe-born, South Africa-raised former Olympic swimmer, in 2011. Now the tiny royal state on the Riviera has two reasons to rejoice. “This is going to create an immense joy. Immense!” said Monaco resident Isabelle Roux.
“They are awaited like the messiah. ... Everyone is talking only about that.” “Two babies for the price of one. I think it’s very good for the image,” said Adelaide de Clermont-Tonnerre, editor-in-chief of the celebrity weekly Point de Vue. “With twins, there’s al-
ways an extra interest.” Only one woman has ever reigned over Monaco, Princess Louise-Hippolyte, but she died months after assuming the throne in 1731. In 2002, with no heirs in sight, Monaco’s parliament quietly changed its constitution to allow
royal power to pass from a reigning prince with no descendants to his siblings - potentially Albert’s two sisters. That ensured the continuation of the Grimaldi dynasty, one of the oldest royal houses in Europe, even if Albert never produced an heir.
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New call for government action from children’s rep Jeff Nagel Black Press
B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth has issued yet another stinging rebuke to the province for allowing substandard conditions in 31 cases where youths in care ended up critically harmed or dead. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond latest review of children in care focuses on those with complex medical, psychological or behavioural needs and paints a tragic portrait of a system she says is “in disarray” because of government’s failure to fund an adequate model. “We’re compounding their challenges by isolating them and giving them this kind of substandard treatment,” she told reporters Wednesday. One youth dubbed Dean came from a violent, unstable family and mentally ill mother who considered killing
him, according to the new report. He was diagnosed with various behavioural disorders and hospitalized for selfharm before entering government care and being placed in a foster home at age 15. The foster father didn’t want his own kids exposed to Dean so the youth was kept in a separate rental home that the dad staffed with workers he met through Narcotics Anonymous or the local coffee shop, with no criminal record checks conducted. One night worker turned out to be a sex offender who abused the boy, Turpel-Lafond said, calling it an example of a “shadow system of care” where kids who need the most attention are cast aside. “When we put the neediest kids in these ad hoc group homes that are one-offs where someone can hire someone from the Star-
bucks lineup or from their Narcotics Anonymous group to care for a child, that’s not good care.” It’s particularly troubling the province knew of that care plan and agreed to it, Turpel-Lafond added. Of the cases reviewed, seven children were sexually assaulted, eight were physically assaulted, while others were suicidal, had drug overdoses or self-inflicted injuries. Two died. She noted the Ministry of Children and Family Development continues to use hotels in all regions of the province to house some children in care who have not been placed elsewhere. “You basically go to sleep in a hotel with one worker and wake up with another worker,” said Turpel-Lafond, who wants the province to disclose each time hotels are used. “Sometimes the kids
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abuse and untreated mental illness is much more costly than a comprehensive, fully funded and properly supported residential care system, she said. She’s also urging a hybrid approach of shared guardianship that lets parents and other family continue to participate in the upbringing of a child who must be in government care. Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux issued a state-
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ergy, headed by aboriginal author and lawyer Calvin Helin with financial backing from the Aquilini Group, the Vancouver family business that owns the Vancouver Canucks and extensive real estate and farm holdings. Eagle Spirit is proposing a pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to an upgrader that would produce synthetic crude oil for export by tankers, likely from the Prince Rupert area. Black announced last week that engineering firm Hatch Ltd. has completed a design and feasibility study for a refinery at an estimated cost of $22 billion, making it one of the 10 biggest in the world. Black said in an interview he sees obvious similarities with the Pacific Future proposal, which describes new technology and carbon capture to reduce its environmental impact. Kitimat Clean proposes a new refining process that avoids production of petroleum coke, a coal-like byproduct of conventional heavy oil refining that is used in steel making. Black said the entry of Pacific Future, head-
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pipeline and tanker transport of heavy oil. Pacific Future has appointed Atleo as a senior advisor for partnerships, months after Premier Christy Clark appointed him as an advisor for dialogue between First Nations, government and industry. Black said his next steps include negotiating “acceptable compensation” for his project with the Kitselas and Haisla First Nations for use of their traditional territory.
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act – it’s been nearly two years since she issued similar recommendations after an 11-year-old boy with complex needs was tasered by police. “I’m certainly not happy that I continue to see children in this state,” she said. “They need to get on this.” Of B.C.’s nearly 9,000 children and teens in care, 1,300 have complex needs and nearly 900 of them are in contracted placements that often have inadequate oversight.
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Child rights activists Malala and Satyarthi receive Nobel Peace Prize Mark Le wis ASSOCIATED PRESS
OSLO - Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India received the Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday for risking their lives to help protect children from slavery, extremism and forced labour. The 17-year-old Malala, the youngest ever Nobel winner, and Satyarthi, 60, collected the award at a ceremony in Oslo City Hall in the Norwegian capital to a standing ovation. As she received her award, an asylum seeker from Mexico ran onto the stage waving his country’s flag, which he had apparently smuggled into the heavily guarded ceremony without an official invitation, police said. The young man was whisked away by a guard. Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg bemoaned the brief interruption and lapse in security. To help protect Malala - who had been shot in the head by Taliban in Pakistan in 2012 - Oslo has been dominated by armed police and security guards for days, with blocked-off streets, metal fences and helicopters whirring above. In his speech to an audience including Norwegian royalty and politicians, Nobel committee Chairman Thorbjorn Jagland said all
Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India received the Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday. children have a right to childhood and education, and “this world conscience can find no better expression” than through this year’s winners. Referring to Malala’s serious injury in Pakistan two years ago, he said Islamic extremist groups dislike knowledge because it is a condition for freedom. “Attendance at school, especially by girls, deprives such forces from power,” he said. He praised Satyarthi’s vision of ending child labour and how he had abandoned a career as an electrical engineer
in 1980 to fight for that vision. Jagland also singled out another Indian, Mahatma Gandhi, who remains the most notable omission in the 113year history of the Nobel Peace Prize. The chairman said prize winners live according to Gandhi’s principle: “There are many purposes I would have died for. There are no purposes I would have killed for.” In his acceptance speech, Satyarthi referred to rapid globalization, high-speed Internet and international flights that connect people. “But there is one se-
rious disconnect. It is a lack of compassion,” he said, urging the audience to “globalize compassion,” starting with children. Malala’s parents sat side-by-side in the front row of the hall holding hands, and she thanked them for their unconditional love. “Thank you to my father for not clipping my wings and for letting me fly,” she said. “Thank you to my mother for inspiring me to be patient and to always speak the truth - which we strongly believe is the real message of Islam.”
Earlier, the flag-waving youth who briefly interrupted the ceremony had shaken Malala’s hand in the Grand Hotel, where she was staying, telling her how much he admired her. Oslo Police Superintendent John Fredrik Sem said the intruder was a Mexican student who had applied for political asylum in Norway a day earlier. Sem said all guests entering the hall passed through a metal detector and provided identification and their official invitation. Conceding that a security “routine had failed,” Sem could not explain how the intruder had passed through the checkpoints. Police did not provide the student’s name or age, but he was identified as Adan Cortes Salas, 21, by his brother, Austin. In an interview with The Associated Press in Mexico City, Austin confirmed that his brother had sought asylum in Norway while visiting Oslo on vacation. “We should have better security than this,” Solberg told public broadcaster NRK. In a traditional parade, about 1,500 people meandered through the dark streets of Oslo in freezing temperatures to watch the laureates who appeared from the balcony of the Grand
Fake clues throw researchers off cyber trail R aphael Sat ter ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON - It’s a hacker whodunit. Researchers say they have a wealth of clues but no clear answers - as to the identity of those behind a series of newly discovered cyberattacks targeting Russian and Eastern European embassies, oil companies and military officers. “The level of misdirection is impressive,” said Hugh Thompson, a security strategist at Blue Coat Systems, Inc., which is publishing a report on the malware campaign Wednesday. Blue Coat says the malware - nicknamed “Inception” after the complex dream heist movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio - has been attacking mainly Russian or Eastern Europe-
an targets in the fields of diplomacy, energy and finance. The Blue Coat report says researchers found signs hinting at the hackers’ identity, but that they’re all over the map. For example, some of the malicious code carries words in Arabic and Hindi. Another piece of code carries the words, “God Save The Queen.” A third clue, suggesting Chinese involvement, appears to have been left on purpose after the attackers realized they were being watched. Kaspersky Lab researcher Costin Raiu, who is familiar with the malware, links the code to “Red October,” a Russia-focused campaign his company uncovered early last year.
Raiu points to similarities in the attackers’ “philosophy and style” and says several of the same targets were hit. Blue Coat malware researcher Waylon Grange says that con-
nection is possible, but that he is reserving judgment in light of the hackers’ trickiness. And he says the new campaign is a good reminder that suggestive words or phrases found
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children’s rights. The other awards - in medicine, physics, chemistry and literature - were presented in Stockholm. The ceremonies are always held on Dec. 10, the anniversary of prize founder Alfred Nobel’s death in 1896.
Is Milk the Best Source of Calcium? By: Dr. Chris Ford BMSc, ND
Milk has a long standing reputation for ‘doing the body good’ by supplying much needed calcium for bones. For decades the advertisements have repeated that milk is necessary for strong, healthy bones and without it we would develop osteoporosis and our bones would break. However, a recent study published in the British Medical Journal came to the conclusion that increased milk intake almost doubled the risk of fracture. The study was done over 20 years on over 60 000 women and 45 000 men finding that oxidative and inflammatory markers in the urine increased with higher milk consumption as well. Another study published by the Mayo Clinic shows that the best way to predict your risk for osteoporosis is by simply subtracting your weight in kg from your age (Age-Weight) and if it is less than zero your risk is less than 5%, 0-20 risk is 15-20% and greater than 20 your risk of osteoporosis is approximately 50-60%. This indicates that most people are not at high risk for osteoporosis as we are frequently led to believe. So with milk most likely not being the best bioavailable source of calcium that leaves us with the question of what is? The best sources of calcium from food are green leafy vegetables (ie. kale, swiss chard), raw almonds, tahini (sesame seed paste), dried figs, organic soy and seaweeds (ie. dulse, wakame). Foods like soft drinks and caffeine, which pull calcium out of the bone, should be avoided if there is high risk of fracture. Weight bearing exercises can also help reduce risk of fracture. Calcium is one of the most common supplements that we see patients taking, but is this always necessary? Calcium is important for bone health, however recent studies have suggested that it can be harmful if supplemented alone as it can cause calcification of other organs in the body such as the heart and kidneys. Other minerals and micronutrients like manganese, vitamin K, vitamin D, boron, magnesium and phosphorus are needed to help drive the calcium into the bone to increase density. We recommend only supplementing with very specific absorbable forms of a multi-mineral formula which includes calcium and all the above mentioned micronutrients. We further believe that you should only be supplementing if you are at high risk for osteoporosis or if indicated clinically based on individual cases, otherwise focus should be on getting calcium through your daily diet. For further information on calcium supplementation, osteoporosis and fracture risk contact us at: info@roots-to-health.com.
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The family of the late May Willmott wish to express our deep appreciation to those who have offered their kindness and support, the messages of sympathy and comfort in the loss of our mother and grandmother. We especially want to thank all the doctors and nurses of the Emergency Room and the 3rd floor of East Kootenay Regional Hospital for the excellent care our mother received. We are deeply grateful and will never forget your kindness. A special thank you to Lorraine Flint and the staff of Mark Memorial for assisting us at this very difficult time. The Willmott Family
Clarence Wilfred Tendler June 29, 1937 – July 18, 2014 Born in Bengough, Sask. June 29, 1937, passed away in Victoria, B.C. July 18, 2014. Deeply mourned by wife Ruth, & by children Lenora (Todd Perry), Darla, Blaine (Mary), Derryl (Candace), & by grandchildren Nicole, Matthew, Travis, & Baylee. Clarence & Ruth lived in Cranbrook 1980 - 2004 operating Mr. Mike’s Restaurant for 15 years. No service by Clarence’s request. If desired memorial donations may be made in Clarence’s memory to the Alzheimer’s Society of B.C. Peter Ferguson, 1931 - 2014 It is with sadness that the family of Peter Ferguson announces his passing on the morning of December 6, 2014, at the age of 83. He is predeceased by his wife of 50 years, Doris Ferguson. Peter was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1931 and at the age of 15 began his apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker. In 1951, Peter immigrated to Canada and settled in Cranbrook where he was a self-employed cabinetmaker his entire working life. His woodworking is installed in many Cranbrook homes and public facilities. After retirement, Peter turned his joinery skills to wonderfully intricate wooden toys and small-scale models and a collection of his models was displayed at the Cranbrook Public Library in 2012. He enjoyed reading, gardening, cooking, and adored his little dog, Sport. He was also an avid angler who could boast that he took at least one or two trout from every local lake, river, and creek. Peter is lovingly remembered by his children Duncan Ferguson (Jane), Adele Simpson (Bob), and Deanna Ferguson (Darren); and his grandchildren Melissa Ferguson, Andrew Ferguson, and Sean Simpson (Sarah). The family would like to thank the Third Floor and Emergency Room staff of the East Kootenay Regional Hospital for their outstanding care and compassion shown to our father in his last days. A celebration of Peter’s life will take place in the Spring. The family asks that in lieu of flowers donations be made to a favoured charity in his name. Arrangements entrusted to McPherson Funeral Service.
Daniel Klan March 14, 1933 December 3, 2014
It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of our loving father Daniel Klan. Dad passed away peacefully on December 3, 2014, with his loving daughters by his side. Dad’s love of his life was his wife, our Mom, whom we lost 4 years ago. Dad married our Mom, Pauline Bessette on July 20, 1973, and started a new family with six of us children whom he loved as his own. We will always cherish all the good times with him. He loved to play cards with his family. And you’d always see him out walking, taking time to stop and talk with anyone. Dan loved to help out the community, selling tickets for the Food Bank. He worked many years for local 115. After he retired he started building bird house, cat and dog houses, and many games. Dan was born March 14, 1933 in Eston, Saskatchewan to William and Pauline Klan. Dan leaves to mourn his passing his six children: Andre (Brenda) Lefebvre, Lise (Jim) McKim, Lynn (Rick) McKim, Dianne (Steve) Borho, Lorraine (David) Kitchen, Donna Marie (Bob) Franklin. He also leaves behind 30 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren whom he loved to be with. Also leaving his one brother Art (Flossy) Klan. Predeceased by his parents William and Pauline Klan, brother August Klan, sisters Martha Combs, Ann Valney. There will be no funeral at this time. Friends and family are welcome to gather to celebrate Dan’s life in the spring.
By shopping local you support local people. ROBISON, RICHARD “DICK� GRAHAM March 19, 1929 December 5, 2014 It is with sadness in our hearts the family announces that after a long, full life, Dad has peacefully passed away. Dad married the love of his life, Gloria Anne Stromstead, on Sept 29, 1949 and was devastated when she passed away in 2005. Left behind to mourn his passing and celebrate his life are their children Rick (Marlene), Laurene (Al), Lynne (Albert), Kathi (Bill), Patti (Jim), and Darryl (Lisa). Papa Dick adored his many grandchildren and great-grandchildren and always looked forward to spending time with them. He was predeceased by brothers Ken, Jim, and Dave and sisters Dot, Ved, and Ruth. He is survived by 2 sisters, Mavis and Janet (Ted), and 2 sisters-in-law, Greta and Heather (Stephen). Dad loved the outdoors. He and Mom spent many idyllic summers camping and fishing, and as Park Hosts at White Swan Provincial Park they made friends from all around the world. Mom and Dad also loved to golf, and spent many happy days on the local courses. Dad spent his working life as a crane operator, and was recognized as one of the best in the province. He helped build the many roads, bridges, and power lines all around BC. Dad loved thunderstorms, bagpipes, and animals of all kinds. He was well known for his sense of humour and his wide, joyous smile. We are happy knowing he was wearing that smile when he and Mom were reunited. There will be a memorial service to celebrate his life at 1:00 pm on Saturday December 13 at McPherson Funeral Home, 1885 Warren Ave, Kimberley. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Kids With Cancer (780-496-2459) or 11135 – 84 Ave, Edmonton T6G 0V9) or to Canuck Place Vancouver (http://www.canuckplace.org for donation information) Arrangements entrusted to McPherson Funeral Service. Condolences for the family can be offered at: www.mcphersonfh.com
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St. Mary’s Indian Band, located in the beautiful southeast corner of BC, is looking for a dynamic, highly motivated, multitask oriented, professional individual to �ll the position of Director of Community and Economic Development! This position involves working closely with the Chief Operating O�cer, Chief and Council, and a Corporate Board of �irectors to develop and maintain organizational capacity and governance of activities occurring within both the �epartment of Community and �conomic �evelopment and a Community�based �evelopment Corporation. The �C�� acts as the lead corporate o�cer that provides leadership, drive and direction to the �epartment of Community and �conomic �evelopment and �a�’am Community �nterprises ��C��, the Community’s �evelopment Corporation. This position facilitates the interpretation of the Community Vision, Values, Goals and Objectives as relative to all aspects of Community �conomic �evelopment and Business �evelopment. This position develops, implements and collaborates on strategies and plans to achieve desired results. The �C�� provides the overall operational leadership and direction of the �epartment and Corporation including policy, technical expertise to guide, consult, advise and drive initiatives related to �epartment and Corporation mandate and strategies. Responsibilities: • Taking direction from the Chief Operating O�cer and collaborating with the �C� Board of �irectors to plan, develop, coordinate, implement, monitor, evaluate, report, network and access resources and operationalize opportunities for the Community’s economic development initiatives and business arms with foresight for long�term sustainability • ��ective and responsible management of the �conomic �evelopment �epartment’s human, �scal and capital resources including the Community owned Corporation • �nsuring professional and ethical administration of their sta� by complying with all legal and �scal regulations as well as developing and adhering to sensible and sound policies and practices within the �epartment and Corporation • �eveloping, expanding and managing Community owned Corporations from incorporation, development of �scal, capital and human resources, policies and procedures, Federal, Provincial and Municipal re�uirements, marketing, • By providing professional representation of Council’s interests in negotiation with governments and the private sector relative to the Community’s economic development Vision and Corporate Mandate • In providing overall coordination and management of �epartment sta� to facilitate community programs and activities in accordance with Community’s strategic plan • �ith e�ective and e�cient �nancial management and development of �scal budgets • By assisting with building Community capacity to implement the additional governance structures, powers and authorities for self governance and self determination • Liaising and networking with the Community, Council, Ktunaxa Nation, federal, provincial and local government agencies and the private sector and initiating and maintaining new relationships • Ongoing research and applications for additional funding through grants and proposals • Provide regular reports on progress towards goals and achievement of plans to Council and Community �uali�cations: • Bachelor �egree in �conomics or Business preferred and, • � minimum of �ve years previous experience with relative education in an economic�business capacity, in a First Nation local government would be a de�nite asset, • and�or a combination of acceptable experience and education • Previous experience working with First Nation organizations, and a knowledge and appreciation of the culture, values and political objectives of the Ktunaxa Nation would be a de�nite asset • �bility and skills for innovation and entrepreneurship • Knowledge of community government structure, operations, and collaborative strategies • Familiarity with Federal and Provincial government regulations and programs relative to First Nation governments and organizations • Managerial experience at a senior level • �emonstrable good to excellent �nancial management skills according to generally accepted accounting principles and public sector accounting standards • Proven program and project management skills • Good to excellent supervisory and human resource management skills • Strong computer skills including advanced knowledge of Microsoft�based software • �bility to function as part of a diverse team of professionals • �bility to perform group mediation and demonstrate excellent inter�personal relationship skills • �emonstrable exceptional written and oral communication skills� communications�marketing skills and background is a de�nite asset • Strong public speaking skills • Undergo a Criminal Record Check • � valid Class � BC �river’s Licence Remuneration� Salary is commensurate with experience and �uali�cations and includes a favourable bene�ts and pension plan. Please submit your cover letter and resume marked �con�dential� to� Jan Bailey, Finance and Human Resources Manager �a�am �St. Mary’s Band �dministration� ���� Mission Road, Cranbrook, BC, V�C ��� �mail� jbailey�a�am.net Fax� ��� ��� ���� Closing Date: Friday, December 12th, 2014 @ 4:30 pm MT (any applications received after this time will not be accepted) Thank you to all applicants who apply however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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Where did Earth’s water come from?
Rosetta space probe fails to solve the mystery Seth Borenstein Associated Press WASHINGTON - The mystery of where Earth’s water came from got murkier Wednesday when some astronomers essentially eliminated one of the chief suspects: comets. Over the past few months, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta space probe closely examined the type of comet that some scientists theorized could have brought water to our planet 4 billion years ago. It found water, but the wrong kind.
It was too heavy. One of the first scientific studies from the Rosetta mission found that the comet’s water contains more of a hydrogen isotope called deuterium than water on Earth does. “The question is who brought this water: Was it comets or was it something else?” asked Kathrin Altwegg of the University of Bern in Switzerland, lead author of a study published in the journal Science. Something else, probably asteroids, Altwegg concluded. But
others disagree. Many scientists have long believed that Earth had water when it first formed, but that it boiled off, so that the water on the planet now had to have come from an outside source. The findings from Rosetta’s mission to the duck-shaped comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko complicate not just the question of the origin of Earth’s water but our understanding of comets. Until now, scientists pretty much sorted comets into two types:
near and far. The near ones, sometimes called the Jupiter family, originally come from the Kuiper Belt outside Neptune and Pluto. The far ones hail from the Oort Cloud, which is much farther out. In 1986, a spacecraft came within about 400 miles (640 kilometres) of Halley’s comet, an Oort Cloud comet, and analyzed its water. It proved to be heavier than Earth’s water. But three years ago, scientists examined the water in a Kuiper Belt comet, Hartley 2, and it was a perfect match for Earth’s water, so the comet theory was back, stronger
Thoughts of marriage, and too much worry Hi Wendy: I have two questions I would like you to ask your guides. Will I be receiving the monies from the sale of my house in January of 2015? Will I find a nice man and get married again? Hoping Dear Hoping: I asked my guides these two questions and this is what I have discovered: You will be receiving the money on the sale of your house in the latter part of January 2015. You will get married again on this plane in this lifetime. Whether he is a nice man or not I don’t know until you give me his first and last name. This way we will have complete accuracy when we do a “spec” on him. Wendy Hi Wendy: I have had a rough time in the last two years always worrying about the children, our money situation and there have been a few health problems with my parents. I worry so much some days my husband feels I should go on some drugs. I want to know what you think would help me. I know you are a holistic therapist because one of my clients was talking about you yesterday. This is why I have decided to email you and ask your advice. Worrisome Warrior Dear Worrisome Warrior: We all have stresses in our life at one time or another. We need to deal with the stress find a solution and move on. Worry is a useless, negative emotion. However, we all worry and get caught up in that negative cycle. It’s important that you catch yourself when you start worrying and do something about it that’s
productive. You have trained angel prayer class that seems to your mind to be very effective for live in this type the group and myof negative enself. Copy this ergy. prayer down or reASK WENDY Most people cord it and repeat worry because this prayer every day Wendy they want to try and you will see the Evano to control a fueffects in about one ture event. This month. It’s training is not constructive but a destruc- the mind to think on constructive tive way to look at your problems. thoughts not destructive For example: You have no control thoughts. It’s also opening you over another person’s health. You up so you are allowing your God can help them to the best of your and the angels to help you. This ability but you are not God. Only means you are giving them perGod has control over another mission to help you with your person’s health. In situations worry issues. such as these we put it in the Dear Creator, Archangel Rahands of God and listen to what phael and Archangel Michael. It he instructs us to do. seems that stress is taking a toll I would advise you go on the on me and I need your help. Bach Rescue Remedy it works for Please release me from the presworry and anxiety issues such as sures that I have imposed upon you have. I asked my guides the myself. Raphael, I ask that you amounts you should take be- cover me with your healing enercause it varies for each individu- gy so that my body will shed the al. You need to take four drops in effects of stress. Michael, I ask the morning in a glass of water that you cut away the effects of and five drops at night in a glass negative and fearful thoughts, inof water. The water must be puri- cluding cords that are draining fied or you can have well water. If me. I am willing to release any there is high excessive minerals habits of self-punishment, time in the well water then get bottled urgency, or other belief systems water. that create stressful situations. I You need to do this every day know that I have sufficient time for about a year. It’s non-addic- and energy, and I ask that you tive and works wonders for worri- help me experience this suffiers like yourself. If you are on any ciency right now. Thank you. medication of course you would Hope this prayer helps you try always consult your doctor take both methods every day for one the bottle with you and ask your month and let me know how you doctor if it’s okay to take this for- are feeling. mula with the medications you Wendy are on. Again I repeat it’s always important to always consult with For personal and over the your doctor if you are ingesting phone readings contact Wendy@ certain vitamins or herbal reme- 426-2127. Need my guides to andies because they can interfere swer your questions then email with your daily medications. me @wevano@shaw.ca. If you I have a wonderful prayer for need to write to me give me a call healing stress that we pray in my and I will give you my address.
than ever, Altwegg said. The comet visited by Rosetta is a Kuiper Belt comet, but its water was even heavier than Halley’s, Altwegg said. That shows that Kuiper Belt comets aren’t as uniform as thought, and it once again complicates the issue of Earth’s water. “That probably rules out Kuiper Belt comets from bringing water to Earth,” she said. University of Maryland astronomer Michael A’Hearn, who wasn’t part of the research, called the results startling but said they don’t eliminate comets altogether. The water
could have come from other types of Kuiper Belt comets, he said. NASA Near Earth Object program manager Donald Yeomans, however, thinks it does pretty much rule out comets. While asteroids are a
good suspect - they probably had more water on them 4 billion years ago than they do now - another possibility is that Earth kept some of its original water in its crust or in ice at the poles, Altwegg said.
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BUSINESS TO BUSINESS Our Mission Statement:
Fostering a healthy business climate in Cranbrook & District
Members recognized for their support The Board and staff are grateful for the support received from members. We like that some of the members bring staff and guests to our luncheons, and at the December 10th luncheon, several of our members were acknowledged for their perfect attendance to Chamber luncheons this year.
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Thank you for your support! The nominating committee of the Cranbrook & District Chamber of Commerce presented the following for election to the 2015 Board of Directors. The new Board of Directors will take the official Oath of Office on January 23, 2015
The Gord McDonald Wellness Fund Needs Your Help. After a lengthy stay in hospital, Cranbrook native Gord McDonald is fighting to get well from a serious and still un-diagnosed illness. If you are able, please reach into your pockets and offer a monetary donation to the McDonald family in this great time of need. It would mean the world to Gord and family.
Executive: President Elect ..........................................................................Dave Struthers, CEO Vast Resource Solutions Vice-President Elect ....................................Chris Thom, President Rocky Mountain Diesel & Auto body Shop Second Vice-President Elect ................................................................. Chris Botterill,GM Genex Marketing Treasurer ....................................................................Jeanette Sissons, Manager, Commercial Banking CIBC Past President ............................................. Dave Butler, Director Sustainability, Canadian Mountain Holidays Directors Elect: Brenna Baker - East Kootenay SPCA Jason Fast - Controller, East Kootenay Community Credit Union
Cash donations or cheques made payable to Gord McDonald may be dropped off at Alpine Toyota.
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Thank you Cranbrook It`s 14 days until Christmas. You Cranbrook have supported our Turkey Drive above and beyond our expectations. We are sure that everyone in Cranbrook will have Christmas dinner. The telephones started ringing the moment we arrived in the office and people were dropping by all day long. At the office, the volunteers were on the phones soliciting those pledges. It was simply the best day of the year and so heart-warming. The final total will be announced at the Chamber`s last General luncheon on Wednesday, December10th. We divide that total with half going to the Food Bank and half to the Salvation Army. From our leaders Jason Wheeldon, Warren Bedell and all their volunteers, thank you so much Cranbrook for making a difference in the lives of others.
Performed at December 10th Chamber Luncheon by Barry Coulter
Two songs in one (one about Cranbrook, one about Karin Penner — kind of the same thing, really) Some people live in the country Some people live in the town Some people live out in Area C Just praying their taxes stay down Karin’s known all directors and presidents too And confirmed all the plans that she made She’s had a Chamber to run, and now that she’s done We see what a difference she’s made Some folks they vote for the Liberals Some folks vote for the NDP Some people don’t do no voting at all With their heads stuck inside their TVs
Internationally Renowned Spoken Word Artist, Poet and Author
With pageants, promenades, ball gowns and parades She’s raise generations of girls She’s nourished their youth as ambassadors too And sent them out into the world Some folks drink beer at the HeidOut Some folks drink beer at the Byng Some folks I know ain’t got no place to go So who’s going to buy me a drink. With the phone at her desk Karin cleans up your mess And calms your small business-like fears With a smile for her crew and a hug for you too How quickly pass 31 years Some people go in for skiing’ Some people rather would hunt But all of us here wish Karin Penner good cheer And a happy retirement
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