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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO

Dry conditions spark warning about outdoor burning

LIGHTS, CAMERA, CRASH!

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

Spring hasn't officially sprung, yet regional fire crews have already been called to douse a backyard grass fire. Fire Chief Terry Martin is reminding the public to be diligent if burning debris is part of spring clean-up this year. For those allowed to burn, he said to ensure enough people, water and tools are on hand to control the fire and prevent it from escaping. At the beginning of March, a Fruitvale homeowner was burning off some dead field grass when a gust of wind spread the fire. The resident was able to control the flames until Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue was on scene, which helped contain the fire to a small area, Martin explained. “Our area has experienced some remarkable conditions for quite some time now, causing the conditions to be extremely dry.” he said. “With the extended forecast showing little precipitation, we must all be careful during this run of early spring conditions.” The unseasonably mild temperatures, and low relative humidity had the Southeast Fire Centre issuing a similar message Friday. Warm temperatures and rapid snow melt uncovers dried grass from last summer, which is highly flammable material that can easily spark a wildfire. Almost all wildfires this time of year are caused by people, prompting the centre to ask all residents to exercise caution with any outdoor burning activities due to the increased risk in the region. Residential property owners in Area A and Area B are governed by the centre's open burning policy which allows small fires of twigs, grass leaves and other combustible materials. Where open burns are allowed, residents are advised to first check the venting conditions, which is a term used in air pollution meteorology, on the Environment Canada website. If the rating is poor or fair, then open burning is restricted. According to the centre's Castlegarbased office Monday, the venting index in the region is poor, measuring 11 on a scale of zero to 33. The City of Trail and Village of Fruitvale have a year-round ban on open burning, while the Village of Warfield does not require permits for open burning from Nov. 1 to April 30. See NEW, Page 3

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Caelum Scott holds the camera as it captures Arlo Stevens performing a stunt during Saturday's film workshop in Rossland. Over 20 teenagers took part in the workshop which taught young filmmakers how to put together a movie with stunts using camera magic, all while staying safe. The workshop was taught by Hollywood stuntman and Rossland resident Garvin Cross along with Scott Carlson of Juicy Studios ahead of the West Kootenay U-19 Film Festival in May.

Saturday bus to Castlegar and beyond rolls out March 21 BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

Saturday shoppers without a set of wheels can catch a bus to Castlegar and on to Nelson beginning March 21. The BC Transit service includes three Saturday runs from Cedar Ave. and Spokane St. in downtown Trail at 8:50 a.m., 12:34 p.m. and 5:10 p.m. The 98 Columbia Connector will make stops along the highway in Rivervale, Fairview and Blueberry as well as Tempo

Gas in Genelle, before arriving at the Castlegar Community Complex at 9:17 a.m., 1:01 p.m. and 5:37 p.m. From there, the trip continues as the 33 to Selkirk College. At the college campus, further connections are available to the Playmor Junction and Nelson on the 99 Kootenay Connector at 9:36 a.m., 1:20 p.m. and 5:59 p.m. For those wishing a round trip, the last Saturday bus departs Nelson at Ward and Baker Streets at 5:07, then

from the Castlegar complex at 6:05 p.m., arriving in downtown Trail at 6:34 p.m. More information on the routes, and other ridership details are available on the BC Transit website, www.bctransit. com/west-kootenay. According to BC Transit's 2014 summary, there's been an overall regional increase of 2.6 per cent in ridership, and an increase in bus passes especially on the connector routes. See COMMUNITIES, Page 2

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Communities connected by Saturday schedule

FROM PAGE 1 Decisions about fares, routes and service levels are made by local governments based on recommendations by the West Kootenay Transit committee (made up of local government representatives), public feedback and information provided by BC Transit. The weekend service became available after members of the East End Services agreed to add 230 hours and the new line with a $12,000 bump in cash last fall. “For the West Kootenay Transit Committee, it has been a progressive process of trying to meet the needs of our region,” said Lawrence Chernoff, committee chair and Castlegar mayor. “Partnering with BC Transit, we were able to establish transit service of

“Partnering with BC Transit we were able to establish transit service of Saturdays to connect the West Kootenay communities.” Lawrence Chernoff

Saturdays to connect the West Kootenay communities.” The future of public transit across B.C. is under provincial review and a key strategy in the government’s climate action agenda. When people choose public transportation over using a vehicle for travel,

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Seniors invited to share ideas By Liz Bevan Times Staff

The teens have had their turn, and now it is time for the older, more seasoned Warfield residents to voice their ideas and concerns. On Wednesday morning, Warfield council is hosting a second forum, similar to last week's teenage-focussed talk, but this time for seniors who live in the community. Councillor Diane Langman sees the forum as an opportunity to follow up on concerns she heard during her time on the campaign trail before last year's municipal elections. “There were a lot of things seniors were asking for when we were going door-to-door leading up to the election,” she said. “There were a lot of things they were saying that they didn't feel they were being heard.” Langman says there have been attempts to put together programming and activities catered to the older crowd, but they never got off the ground. “We want to find out exactly what they need and look at how we can start that up – they just didn't have the enrolment numbers,” she said, adding that the community sometimes looks to Fruitvale and their Senior's Tea success. “It would be nice to have something similar (to Fruitvale), but they have a lot of funding that goes towards that. They qualify as an age-friendly community and that is definitely something we would love to move towards.” After the success of last week's youth forum, Langman hopes to look at ways to bring the ideas from both forums together. “Right now, the community seems a bit fractured (between age groups),” she said. “It is about tying the entire community back together.” The forum will begin at 11 a.m. on Wednesday morning at the village hall. Coffee, tea and cookies will be provided. Call 368-8202 for info.

New pool rules

FROM PAGE 1 Rossland allows the practise with a special burning permit that passes the current smoke ventilation index. Certain residents may also be getting the itch to start their backyard pool clean-up. Warfield residents with private swimming pools should take note of the village’s updated bylaw regarding the enclosure requirements. What’s changed, is that fences cannot have openings greater than 10 centimetres (cm). Additionally, any gate in the fence can have no openings in it, and the space between the gate and fence cannot be greater than 10 cm when closed. The enclosure height, which is a minimum of 1.2 metres, remains unchanged. The City of Trail’s building bylaw requires private pools be enclosed with a secure fence not less than 1.5 metres and openings no greater than five cm. The rules apply to both underground and portable pools, with the latter dependent upon size and depth.

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City crews took advantage of the warm weather last week and poured new sidewalks along Nelson Ave. in West Trail. The stretch of wet concrete was under a tent of plastic to allow adequate curing time. The walks had to be replaced following a water main break earlier this year.

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Sunday trailer fire claims one victim By Will Johnson Nelson Star

Taghum resident George Fofonow awoke at approximately 4 a.m. Sunday to find an adjacent property engulfed in flames. Seemingly centered around the property’s primary trailer, the blaze had spread to the surrounding structures and was causing a series of house-rattling explosions. “I went to bed late last night, about 2 a.m. But I didn’t realize there was a time change so it was actually closer to 3 a.m. As I was going to bed I heard a real loud, well, it wasn’t a bang or a boom. It was a slam. I just wondered what the hell was going on next door.” When he rushed out on to his porch after being woken by his wife an hour later, Fofonow saw another man who lived on the property owned by Ryan Tapp frantically running around the fire, shouting Tapp’s name. He yelled for Fofonow and his wife to call the fire department, but emergency services were already en route.

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“I thought our house could be in danger. There were phone calls coming in because there were a couple vehicle explosions. But the explosions kept going and going and going. Fire was coming out of the sky and flying out towards the lake. There were so many flammable things in that yard.” Fofonow said he’s never seen anything like it. “It was terrifying, like a war zone. You’re hearing pop, pop, pop and I’m thinking what else has he got over there? Is he supplying the US army?” Resident Ming Kwan said he initially mistook the sound for fireworks. By the time the Star arrived at the scene on Sunday afternoon, acquaintances and residents were congregating at the base of the driveway. A rescued cat was being held in the arms of a neighbourhood child while police officers and the coroner’s service surveyed the wreckage. And though some residents expressed concern for some livestock

that had been living on the property, it appeared no animals had been harmed. Though authorities have confirmed one person died, they have not released the name, age or gender of the victim. Local residents believe it was Tapp, 28, who was killed, and a number of his friends were mournfully supporting one another behind the yellow police tape. Nelson firefighters responded with help from the Beasley and Blewett fire departments, as there are no hydrants in the area. “Upon arrival of the first crew, the structure was completely involved in fire as well as multiple vehicles and outbuildings,” assistant fire chief Michael Daloise said in a news release. “The first arriving crew’s primary objective was to prevent the fire from spreading to the neighbouring properties.” Initial reports were that two people were inside. One person was later located in town, but the other was found dead inside.

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awe-inspiring. “It’s Mother Nature at its best. “You can just watch the trees tumble in front of it,” he explained. “It’s out of control and you can’t do anything but stand in awe and watch the view.” It is Parks Canada who is calling the shots - literally. Jeff Goodrich, the senior avalanche officer, says his people do the science and the

forecasting and the Canadian Forces provide the firepower. In a 40-kilometre stretch within Glacier National Park, he says there are 134 avalanche paths that could hit the road. “It’s amazing how much it can snow here,” Goodrich says. “We get periods where we don’t get blue sky for weeks on end and we can get into periods of stormy weather where we

need to do avalanche control and the next day get back at it again.” Lt. Steen HinmanMiller, the troop commander, is in the Rogers Pass for the first time this year. It’s not something that is covered in basic training. “Shooting down avalanches? No, it’s not included in the job description,” he says with a laugh. “We train for general warfare for the most part, but anything we can do to help another government agency for the people of Canada is what we do.”

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New transportation referendum poll finds strong lead for No side By Jeff Nagel BC Local News

A new poll gives the No campaign a growing advantage in the transit and transportation referendum a week before ballots are to be mailed out. The Insights West online survey found 55 per cent of Metro Vancouver voters definitely or probably will vote No, compared to 33 per cent definite or probable Yes voters. That’s a two-point gain for the No side and a five-point drop in Yes support since a previous poll in February. About 11 per cent of respondents were undecided as to whether they will support the proposed 0.5 per cent sales tax to fund transit upgrades. Opposition is strongest among older and middle-aged voters, as well as men and those who drive. Not even a majority of regular transit users now intend to vote Yes – support in that group fell to 46 per cent.

“Over the past month, the animosity from drivers to the proposed funding structure for transit improvements has hardened,” Insights West vice-president Mario Canseco said. “But even among transit riders, who conceivably stand to benefit directly from the transportation plan, the level of support for Yes has dropped consistently every month.” Support is highest at 43 per cent in Richmond and Vancouver, but that drops to 39 per cent on the North Shore, 32 per cent in Burnaby, the Tri-Cities and Maple Ridge, and to just 24 per cent South of the Fraser Among Yes voters, most continue to say they’re dissatisfied with TransLink’s performance but believe the investments to be funded by the Congestion Improvement Tax is the best way to deal with current and future transit problems. Two-thirds of No voters believe there are other ways to fund expansion and doubt the new tax will stay at 0.5 per cent if it’s introduced.

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the Arctic Cat then sped off on its own, hitting speeds estimated at 50 to 60 kilometres per hour. At one point, an officer in an unmarked cruiser tried to force the machine off the road, but the runaway sled got away. Hyde says tracks left behind by the snowmobile show it crossed the highway three or four times before flipping over near Pasadena, N.L. “It was going at a fair speed,” Hyde said in an interview. “From where the driver fell off to where the snowmobile came to a rest was just over 12 kilometres. ... It’s one-in-a-million, and it’s a good story in the sense that no one got hurt and there was very minimal property damage. It’s pretty amazing when you think about it.”

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Premier barely wins leadership vote THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG - After barely surviving a leadership vote, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger joked about finally being able to catch up on some laundry and housework. But the premier who garnered just 51 per cent support from delegates on Sunday has a much greater challenge - reuniting a party that has been badly divided in time for next year’s election. “The work starts again,” Selinger told a crowd at the party’s leadership convention Sunday. “Once we get it back together, we’ll be out there right away ... serving the people of Manitoba.” Selinger barely beat his former cabinet minister Theresa Oswald in a leadership race prompted by an internal party revolt. Oswald and four other senior cabinet ministers resigned in October after calling publicly for Selinger to step down. Although Selinger led the party to its fourth straight majority in 2011, he has faced public anger and sagging opinion polls since raising the provincial sales tax to eight per cent from seven in 2013 after promising not to.

Despite the slim margin of victory, Selinger made no public overtures or concessions to his critics. The party will come together, as it has in the past, to fight the next election, he said. “I’ve been in lots of tough situations in my life and I’ve always found a way to make it better,” Selinger told reporters Sunday. “That’s exactly what I’ve done here and I

know we can make it better starting tomorrow.” Both Oswald, and challenger Steve Ashton who dropped off the first ballot, pledged to work to unite the party. Conservative Leader Brian Pallister said he’s glad the “circus is packing up and leaving town,” but said the NDP has shown it can’t give voters the change they desire.

U.S.-led coalition joins Canadian Iraqi friendly-fire investigation frenzy THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - The U.S.led coalition in Iraq is planning to join a trio of Canadian investigations already underway into last week’s deadly friendly-fire episode in northern Iraq, but experts say if recent history is any guide, the public should temper its expectations about the findings. In an interview Monday with The Canadian Press, Gen. Tom Lawson, the country’s chief of defence staff, said the international headquarters overseeing the war against the Islamic State is “interested in exactly what happened and therefore will be leading their own investigation.”

The involvement of American commanders takes the concern about the deadly mistake - which claimed the life of 31-year-old Sgt. Andre Doiron - to a completely different level, especially in light of a call for U.S. special forces to be operating at the front line. Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke Monday with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who expressed his condolences over the death, Canada’s first overseas casualty in the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Defence Minister Jason Kenney implored opposition parties to

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ing defence analyst to wonder if anyone can be held responsible, and whether such calamities can truly be avoided in the future. “Whether somebody will be held accountable for this, I don’t know,” said Roland Paris, director of the Centre for International Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa. “Should they be? Yes, of course, but I don’t know enough about how the Kurds handle these situations to be able to guess at how they will do.”

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Seniors’ advocate strikes a chord

.C.’s new seniors’ advocate has issued her second report, and the media mostly ignored it. When this new office was promised by a campaigning Premier Christy Clark two years ago, I suggested that B.C. already has 85 seniors’ advocates. They’re called MLAs, and inquiries go to their local offices. Much to the chagrin of the opposition, Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Mackenzie’s mandate is not to pursue individual cases, and so she won’t be serving up a fresh assortment of horror stories to embarrass the government. Instead, it is to look for “systemic challenges” and recommend ways to deal with them. The latest report is based on a survey of more than 500 seniors from around the province, and the key finding was not what she expected. “We were surprised to learn of the lack of aware-

ness among seniors, particularly low-income seniors, of government programs and the subsidies available to assist them,” Mackenzie said. The survey found that 60 per cent of seniors living on $30,000 or less annual income didn’t know they are eligible for discounts on Medical Services Plan premiums. For income less than $22,000, the entire $864 cost of individual MSP premiums is waived. Other frequently overlooked programs are a monthly rent subsidy called Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER), grants for disability modifications called Home Adaptations for Independence, drug cost assistance called Fair Pharmacare, property tax deferment and the federal Guaranteed Income Supplement program. Those older than 75 with income of less than $30,000 reported the lowest awareness of assistance designed specifically

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for them. B ut you don’t get these benefits unless you apply and show that your income qualifies. The survey also found that the biggest fear of low-income seniors is that they won’t be able to afford to stay in their homes. See home adaptation, property tax and rent subsidy programs above. Awareness and usage of the SAFER program was lowest in the north and highest in urban areas, perhaps not surprising since the B.C. government exists more

in theory than in fact in many remote places. So what should the government do about this? Well, it could advertise these programs. The government does lots of advertising, but not about old news like the SAFER program, which dates back to the 1970s. Clark’s government did a whack of advertising in the election year, 2013. Much of it was about the B.C. Jobs Plan, heavy on the hardhats and blueprint-style graphics and arc welding and stuff like that. Then last year the government’s big ad campaign was around the teachers’ strike, and the payments to parents to help with child care while teachers demanded twice as big a raise as all the other unions. Education Minister Peter Fassbender is still bragging about the response rate for $40-aday parental strike pay, which was snapped up by

almost 100 per cent of eligible parents. This demonstrates that the government can indeed give away money with great efficiency, just by telling people how to get it. The NDP’s version of seniors’ advocacy is to find the most tragic problems from complaints coming into constituency offices, and use those to ambush the government. A popular choice is an elderly couple who have to be separated because their medical needs are too different to keep them in the same facility. TV news loves that one. People cry on camera and denounce politicians for being heartless, as if the health minister stayed up late plotting how to break their granny’s heart. Maybe this seniors’ advocate wasn’t such a bad idea after all. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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and will hear and obey in times of difficulty and prosperity. We call on Muslims everywhere to pledge allegiance to the caliph.” It’s definitely catching on, but how far can it go? Well, not much further, probably. It is striking that all the new “provinces” of Islamic State, like most of the original ones, are in mainly rural areas, often sparsely populated, and with few natural resources (except some oil, in Libya’s case). They are areas that corrupt and autocratic governments, many of them distracted by civil war, will simply abandon for the short term as not worth bothering about. For Islamic State to seize big metropolitan areas and their resources would require a level of popular support in those areas that is unlikely to emerge. Big cities are full of relatively sophisticated people with something to lose, and are unlikely to see Islamic State as an attractive solution for their problems. Without the big cities and their communications facilities – airports, harbours, major highways (which usually go through the cities) and the like – there can be little effective cooperation between the widely dispersed “provinces” of Islamic State. They will have to go on fighting their own wars with little outside help, and some they will lose. The broader struggle against Islamist extremism will probably continue for at least a decade, and impose heavy costs on the people of the Middle East. But ultra-radical organisations like ISIS and Boko Haram are likely to break up in bitter theological disputes a lot quicker than that. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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1957 – 2015 It is with great sorrow and sadness that the family of Nancy Wieler mourn her passing on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 58 years of age. Nancy grew up in the Trail area and moved to Cranbrook in 1990. Her career was entrepreneurial and business management based with experience in the car rental, travel, heavy duty equipment and commercial real estate industries. Her attention to detail, drive and business sense contributed to her success. Nancy was forced into an early retirement due to an ongoing battle with Rheumatoid Arthritis, but she remained active with continuation of some business that she truly enjoyed. Determination and strong will enabled Nancy to fulfil her passion and artistic side during retirement, which included painting, quilting and many other various crafts that showed her true ability and talent. Nancy loved making family and friends comfortable with memorable surroundings and home cooked meals when visiting her places in Cranbrook and on Kootenay Lake. Her best days were always the ones when she was surrounded by those she loved. Nancy is survived by her children Blake Knull, Lee (Cayley) Knull and Lisa (Adrian) Jones; her grandchildren Jordan, Sienna, Cameron, Isaac and Ashton; her brother Nino (Lorry) Fabbro and many nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles. Nancy was predeceased by her husband Stan Wieler in 2012, daughter Stacey Wieler in 2007, mother Dorina Fabbro in 2005 and sister Rosanna Fabbro in 2005. Nancy also leaves behind many wonderful friends including Darrell Langille, who she has known since high school and more recently formed a strong relationship and bond with. A memorial gathering and celebration of Nancy’s life for family and close friends will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2015 anytime between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm at McPherson Funeral Home in Cranbrook (2200 – 2nd Street South). Arrangements entrusted to McPherson Funeral Service. Condolences for the family can be offered at: www.mcphersonfh.com

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sam Simon, a co-creator of “The Simpsons” and animal-rights advocate who made a midlife career shift into philanthropy and channeled much of his personal fortune into social causes, has died. Simon died Sunday at his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif., his

agent, Andy Patman said. He was 59. He was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer in 2011. After stints writing for “Taxi,” ”Cheers“ and ”The Tracey Ullman Show,“ Simon helped launch ”The Simpsons.“ During his writing and producing career, he collected nine prime-time

John Lambert Peters of Summerland, BC passed away peacefully on March 4, 2015 at the age of 83 years. Remembered and sadly missed by his loving wife Jacqueline, children; Debra Potter (partner Lloyd Westcott) of Castlegar BC, Brian Peters (partner Catherine Christensen) of Vernon BC, Sherrie Duckworth of Aldergrove BC, Susan Duckworth of Aldergrove BC, 4 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. He was sadly predeceased by parents: Peter and Sarah Peters, sons: Stephen and Michael, brother Glen. He looked forward every year to camping all summer at Woodbury Resort where most Sundays he would be flipping pancakes for the pancake breakfast. A Celebration of John’s life will be held on Friday, March 13, 2015 at 1:00 PM at Providence’s Summerland Chapel, 13205 Rosedale Avenue, Summerland, BC. Interment will take place at Canyon View Cemetery, Summerland BC. Memorial tributes may be made to the Penticton and District Hospice Society (Moog and Friends Hospice House). Condolences may be directed to the family through providencefuneralhomes.com (250) 494-7752

Emmy awards. He left “The Simpsons” after its fourth season under a deal that rewarded him with ongoing royalties from the show, which is now in its 26th season. He then established the Sam Simon Foundation, which rescues dogs from animal shelters and trains them to assist the disabled. He also donated to Mercy for Animals

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Selkirk Saints defeat Vikes in BCIHL semifinal BY TIMES STAFF The Selkirk College Saints will look to three-peat as the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League champion after defeating the University of Victoria Vikings on Saturday in a two-game sweep of the best-of-three semifinal series. The Saints got by the Vikes 4-3 in a thrilling overtime match in Game 1 Friday, before cruising to a 4-1 victory in Game 2 the next night at the Castlegar Rec Complex. “There’s something about playoffs… the team gets into this mentality where we want to compete hard and it’s all about work ethic,” defenceman Lucas Hildebrand told Selkirk College correspondent Bob Hall. “It’s fun to be a part of and I’m having a blast.” The Saints now host the best-of-three BCIHL Championship starting Friday night against the

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This breakaway shot by Selkirk College forward Ryan Edwards’ got by UVic Vikes goalie Scott Legault but just trickled wide, however, Edwards would score twice in Game 1 including the overtime winner to lead the Saints to a semifinal series win over the Vikes. Simon Fraser University Clan. The fourth-seeded Clan upset number-one seed Trinity Western in the other semi-final with two straight wins, giving the number two ranked Saints home ice advantage in the

final. On Saturday, the Saints’ Matt Martin scored the winning goal with 8:45 to play in the second period, snapping a shot from the face off dot over the shoulder of Vikes goalie Scott Legault

to give the Saints a 2-1 lead. The Saints opened the scoring with 1:17 remaining in the first when former Trail Smoke Eater Darnell Dyck hit another former Smokie Logan Proulx with a pass, and the Trail native

made no mistake beating the Vikes goalie to make it 1-0 heading into the second. Cameron Rowat would tie it at 1 midway through the second period, and less than two minutes later

Martin would score the eventual winner. Former Beaver Valley Nitehawk Mason Spear would tenaciously win puck control and setup Trail native and former Nelson Leaf Jamie Vlanich to give the Saints a 3-1 lead with just over three minutes to play in the period. Vlanich would return the favour, assisting on Spear’s deflection to ice the game on the power play at 15:33 of the final frame. “We kept it simple tonight,” said Saints forward Thomas Hardy, who, like Hilderbrand, is in his third season with the Saints. “We went into this game knowing we had a chance to play for the championship at home, so we just kept it simple. It turned out well.” Selkirk goaltender James Prigone was stellar in net stopping 21 shots, while Legault faced 33 in goal for the Vikes. See SAINTS, Page 12

Nitehawks sweep Rebels, prep for conference final BY JIM BAILEY

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The Beaver Valley Nitehawks repeated as Neil Murdoch division champions after sweeping the Castlegar Rebels from the KIJHL playoffs with a 6-3 victory on Friday at the Castlegar Rec Complex. The Nitehawks scored three times in the third period to break open a close 3-2 game on their way to their third division title in four years. “After the second period, it was 3-2, it was a tight game, and I thought we played very well on the offensive side of the puck and generated a lot of chances,” said Nitehawks assistant coach Kevin Limbert. “They came hard up front as well and we got exposed a bit, and gave up some pretty good opportunities, and Drake (Poirier) came up huge for us. The game kind of blew apart a bit in the third period, but through 40 minutes it was a really close and hard fought game.” After Rebels’ Connor Madsen was sent off for tripping, Ross Armour would tally the winning

marker three minutes and 14 seconds into the final frame. Armour took a pass from Andrew Miller and broke down the left wing, drove to the net, and beat goalie Austin Wells short side to give the Nitehawks a 4-2 lead. The victory ended the best-of-seven series in four games straight for B.V. who also beat the Rebels 4-2 the previous night. The Nitehawks success can be attributed to a line up of young energized rookies and strong veteran leadership that saw 20-yearolds Andrew Miller net three assists and Walker Sidoni scoring once and adding an assist in the match. “Our veterans have been phenomenal this whole playoff run, even in the Nelson series, and now this series,” said Limbert. “Our veteran guys like (Brayden) Horcoff, Stiffy (Taylor Stafford) whose hurt, Chuck (Jacob Boyczuk), Milsy (Andrew Miller), Sids (Walker Sidoni), our 20-year-old guys have been absolutely huge for us.” The Nitehawks also received support from their rookie players,

as AP Kadrian Klimchuck opened the scoring, batting a centring pass from Jace Weegar out of the air and by Wells at 13:35 of the first period to put the Hawks up 1-0. “He’s been huge. He plays with a lot of intensity, he’s intelligent, and he just gives us a whole lot of energy, and adds a new dimension to that line.” Less than two minutes later Castlegar would tie it when Ryan Rosich scored on the power play. The Nitehawks have taken to inserting defenceman Sidoni as a big, physical body in front of the net on the power play, and the strategy paid off as the Trail native stuffed in the rebound of an Andrew Miller point shot to make it 2-1. Two minutes later, on another Hawks’ man advantage, Weegar would score a similar goal after Horcoff’s high shot from the top of the circle was mishandled by Wells, and dropped to the ice where Weegar fired it in. Castlegar would cut the lead to one after Aaron Petten finished off a 2-on-0 with Yannis Soukas

with a single second left on the clock. B.V. outshot the Rebels 21-11 in the first, and would keep the 3-2 lead through two periods, before breaking it open in the third. Armour’s goal put the Hawks up 4-2, and one minute and 42 seconds later Weegar would net his second of the night to put the Hawks up by three. Castlegar got one back, but Mitch Foyle iced it, scoring on a breakaway midway through the period to make the final 6-3 Hawks. B.V. outshot Castlegar 43-31, going 3-for-7 on the power play, while the Rebels went 1-for-4. The Nitehawks will get a welcomed rest, as they await the winner of the Eddie Mountain division and will play either Fernie or Kimberley in the Kootenay Conference final. “In the first two rounds of the playoffs you don’t want to play any extra games you don’t have to, so we’ll rest up, get a bit of R-and-R, and recharge the mental batteries, and any bumps and bruises we’ll get mended,” said

Limbert. The Kimberley Dynamiters took a 3-games-to-2 lead over the Fernie Ghostriders with backto-back 2-1 victories on Friday and Saturday. Game 6 was played Monday night but the result was unavailable at press time. The winner of the series will play Beaver Valley for the Kootenay Conference title. “They are both phenomenal squads, they both skate well, and work hard, and you know we’ve seen them this year, and either way it’s going to be a grind.” The Nitehawks will enjoy home ice advantage if the second seed Dynamiters win the series, otherwise they will travel to Fernie to play the regular season conference champion Ghostriders on Wednesday for the conference final opener. In the Okanagan-Shushwap Conference the Osoyoos Coyotes took a 3-2 series lead with a 5-2 victory over Summerland Steam Saturday, while Kamloops Storm ended its series 4-games-to-1 with a 4-1 victory over 100-Mile House Friday.

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By Times Staff Trail native Riley Brandt scored the winning goal for the Vernon Vipers with 1:35 to play in regulation to send the Vipers to the second round of the BCHL playoffs after a 6-5 win over the Merritt Centennials completed a four-game sweep on Saturday. Vernon will play the winner of the Penticton-West Kelowna series in the Interior Division finals. In West Kelowna, the Vees got third-period goals from Connor Chartier and Dakota Conroy to come back and defeat

the Warriors 3-2. Penticton poured 15 of their 39 shots on goal in the third, managing to get two past Stephen Heslop to take a 3-1 series lead. In Alberni Valley, the Bulldogs stayed alive with a 5-4 overtime win. Chris Schutz scored twice in 11 seconds late in the third to force OT and Eric Margo won it with 13 seconds left in the first extra frame. Guillaume Decelles made 47 saves for the Clippers while Billy Christopoulos got the win with 43 saves. Nanaimo leads the series 3-1. Powell River bounced back

from a 6-1 loss on Saturday, to beat the Victoria Grizzlies 5-1 on Sunday to take a 3-2 series lead in their Island division semifinal. In Prince George, Hunter Anderson netted the winner as the Langley Rivermen held the Spruce Kings to just 16 shots and took Game 4 by a 4-1 score to tie the series at 2-2. In Coquitlam, Tipper Higgins and Craig Puffer scored twice each for the Chilliwack Chiefs in a 7-2 win over the Express. . Chilliwack leads the series 3-1. Monday night results were unavailable at press time.

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FROM PAGE 11 On Friday, Trail native Ryan Edwards scored twice including the overtime winner to lift the Saints to the 4-3 victory. Edwards’ deft tip-in on a Tanner Lenting point shot beat Legault and sent the capacity Castlegar crowd into a frenzy. “Lenting took a shot and I was just off the side of net, it was lucky enough to go off my stick and

in,” said Edwards, who won a Kootenay Junior International Hockey League championship with the Beaver Valley Nitehawks last spring in his final season of junior. “It was crazy, the fans were crazy… it was one of the biggest goals I’ve scored.” Dyck, Hardy, and Shawn Mueller would round out the scoring for the Saints as they outshot the Vikes 31 to 23.

Selkirk College can set a record with its unprecedented third BCIHL title when they face SFU this weekend. “Not in my wildest dreams would I have thought we would be in this position,” Hildebrand said after Saturday’s game. “When I came here, I didn’t really know what to expect. This third year has really opened up my eyes to how great this program has

become. Everybody has done such a great job, starting with [Selkirk College Athletics Director] Kim [Verigin] and [Saints head coach] Alex [Evin], it’s just incredible to be part of it and I’m loving every minute of it.” Puck drop is at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the Castlegar Rec Complex. Sunday’s game, if necessary, is still to be determined.

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The Greater Trail Minor Hockey Association will host the Midget Tier 2 provincial hockey championship starting this Sunday and finishing up with the final on Wednesday. Throughout the week the Trail Times will introduce the players from the GTMHA Tier 2 Midget Smoke Eaters as they get set to take on eight teams from across the province, including New Westminster, North Delta, Smithers, Castlegar, Cranbrook, Kelowna, Saanich, and Williams Lake. Games begin at 8 a.m. Sunday morning with Trail’s first game going at 8 p.m. versus Williams Lake at the Cominco Arena. Come out and support minor hockey and your Midget Tier 2 Smoke Eaters.

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