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Silver City Days fireworks are up in the air, and more so this year.

The popular Saturday night fireworks display is in danger of being extinguished from the festival, which opens May 8-13, after Trail city council slashed Trail Festival Society’s $35,000 budget by one third to $22,500.

The loss of oper“It’s an 11th-hour ating revenue meant the society had to ask thing with the some hard questions (city) council. in its final organizational meeting last You get right Wednesday, said down to it and society president Ian there’s always McLeod, and one was whether to consomething that tinue with the festicrops up.” val at all as it nears its fifth decade of IAN MCLEOD existence.

After serving the festival for 28 years, and 12 as president, McLeod said securing funding for the venerable festival has become too much of a struggle.

“It’s all an 11th-hour thing with the (city) council. You get right down to it and there’s always something that crops up,” he said Sunday.

“But every year we make it work because we are doing it for the community.”

Heading in to the meeting Wednesday the city’s largest annual festival was close to being cancelled, he noted, with “a lot of the directors ready to throw in their papers” and quit.

“That would have killed it,” said McLeod. “We could have pulled the plug as easily as kept it going. And, in reality, if we have to keep fighting like we did, it won’t keep going.”

Which would mean cancellation of a weeklong festival featuring rides, live entertainment and around 10,000 people coming into the city for the event.

The money from the city is used to pay for the entertainment, the fireworks, the setup and the infrastructure (washrooms, cleanup) needed for the event. Although the society requested more money for the festival budget this year, city council ended up delivering a budget cut.

In order to cover the entire $12,500 budget cut, it was proposed at the society meeting that the Saturday parade be axed along with the fireworks — which cost around $10,000 — that would save a further $2,500.

But one of the people on the society’s board stepped up with the money to allow the parade to continue, said McLeod, the same fellow who was

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The first of three 5,000-gallon gas tanks is pulled on Sunday from the soil underneath the Brost Auto Worx, formerly ArtCliffe Motors, as new owner Daryl Brost takes the downtown shop into a new era — and one that does not include fuel sales. No soil remediation will likely need to take place as Brost begins to deliver mechanical repairs at his shop on Farwell St.

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Report cards are “in the mail,” but some significant pieces of academic life will be missing as teachers now begin employing their action strategy, after voting in favour of a plan late last week.

Extra curricular activities such as graduation ceremonies, sports events and school trips are all in jeopardy in School District No. 20 (Kootenay Columbia) after public school teachers voted 73 per cent in favour of the plan Friday.

Although local vote counts for the Kootenay Columbia Teachers Union (KCTU) won’t be made available, KCTU union representative Andy Davidoff said teachers are embarking on their strategy with reluctance.

“If your employer treated you with disrespect, if your employer didn’t value your work, if your employer acted in ways to demoralize you, how would you react when your employer asked you to do extra things?” he said. “Volunteer work is something (teachers) value so much, and it makes a huge difference for students, so they very reluctantly take steps like this.”

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The second area that creates confusion surrounding charitable gifting involves what constitutes the eligible amount recorded on a charitable tax receipt.

If a gift is given with nothing given to the donor in return, the whole amount will most likely be the actual amount on the receipt.

However, if something is given to you when you give the gift

such as a t-shirt, dinner or spa weekend, the fair market value of that tangible item has to be deducted from the amount of the gift given, regardless of what the charity may have paid (or not paid) for that item. This could significantly reduce the actual amount of the gift reported for tax purposes.

Lastly, often people donate labour or services to a registered cause and are not aware that this can be a tax deduction for them.

It becomes a charitable gift that can be officially receipted if the service is actually charged to the charity, paid by the charity to that person, and then that amount is gifted back to the charity by the person.

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REGIONAL A RAKE IN TIME, SAVES NINE

Meeting may salvage fireworks FROM PAGE 1 city council’s liaison with the society, councilor Sean Mackinlay.

He was not available for comment Sunday, however in an Friday, April 20 email to the Trail Times, Mackinlay said there will be a meeting Tuesday to decide the fireworks’ fate.

He confirmed in the email there was a decision to cancel the fireworks, but documentation requested from the society months ago to show usage of funds was only recently brought forward — and that from the fire department. “(We) will be meeting on April 24th to explore specifically funding this event,” Mackinlay wrote in the email.

“More information allows council to make the best and most informed decisions for any request put forth to council.”

If people still want the fireworks there is still time to save them, said McLeod.

“I suggest they get on the phone to city hall and let them know,” he said.

The festival at the Esplanade on Spokane Street includes live entertainment on the main stage as well as the Gyro Casino spinning the wheel.

There are also food vendors and shopping booths open for business, the AM Ford Bocce Classic, the parade, the bartender contest and the Trail and Warfield citizen of the year ceremony at St. Michael’s School gymnasium.

Family Fun Day at Gyro Park on Sunday will be back, as will the Miss Trail competition, who will be crowned Friday night at the Charles Bailey Theatre.

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Traffic stop leads to cocaine bust THE NELSON STAR Slocan Lake RCMP arrested an Appledale man last week who they call a “key player” in a local drug trafficking operation.

Police say last Sunday, an officer stopped a vehicle for a driving infraction in Winlaw, and suspected drugs were in the car.

The driver was arrested and a search uncovered several packets of cocaine that had been prepared for street-level distribution.

Subsequent investigation led the officer to obtain a warrant to search a home on Kanigan Road in Appledale.

Early last week, police found over three ounces of suspected cocaine, and about two ounces of several other substances, including what they believed was ecstasy and ketamine.

Two counts of cocaine possession for the purpose of trafficking are being recommended against the man, who was released on a promise to appear in Nakusp court on May 31.

Further charges are expected.

“Based on the evidence in this investigation, we believe we they have been successful in disrupting the local market for illicit drugs by apprehending a key player who is part of a larger Kootenay area drug trafficking operation,” said Const. Shaun Foley.

Meanwhile, Trail RCMP alerted the public to two reports of people admitted to hospital recently with heart attacks linked to the ingestion of cocaine. In one case, it is believed the substance purported to be cocaine was not, in fact, cocaine but something else similar in form. There was no indication what the substance might be.

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Lesley Elliot rakes the Patty Siddall-designed gardens recently outside of the Anglican Parish of St. Andrews on Pine Street as part of the volunteer-driven spring cleaning and grooming of the grounds around the church.

Some school activities may go on FROM PAGE 1 The B.C. Teachers Federation was limited in how to show dissatisfaction over Bill 22, said Davidoff, and they chose this strategy as their only route to express the sentiment.

However, Davidoff felt some teachers would go ahead with their extra curricular activities since the action plan asked teachers to “refrain” from extra curricular and volunteer activities, and was not an outright prohibition.

“No matter what the government does to us, some will continue to perform voluntary activities,” he said.

Meanwhile, a decision by the B.C.’s Labour Relations Board Friday ordered teachers to prepare second term report cards — missing since job action began in September.

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until April 27 to have them ready.

Teachers knew they would have to issue report cards at some point and were ready, said Davidoff, and parents will have them in their possession by the end of the month.

“Parents will receive a report card and they will know how their kids have been doing since September.

That will be a cumulative piece,” he said. “Then there will be another at the end of the year.”

Public school teachers voted 73 per cent in favour — with 21,625 teachers voting yes and 7,846 voting no — of withdrawing extracurricular activities province-wide to force the provincial government’s hand in the ongoing labour dispute.

Education Minister George Abbott said Friday in Victoria the BCTF vote to ban extracurricular activities will divide teachers, punish students and leave parents overseeing functions like grad ceremonies.

“My hope is that the BCTF will not take any opportunity to insert so-called moral suasion to keep teachers from volunteering,” Abbott said.

“It’s their personal decision. And I don’t believe it’s appropriate for the BCTF to be trying to interfere in that.

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Despite the results on Friday there is still a possibility of a full withdrawal of services before the school year ends, Davidoff said.

However, there would need to be another full membership vote across the province prior to any action — one that would likely land in the courts if pursued.

“That would be a very serious piece because that would attract the full fines and everything else. But (full withdrawal) would still be a possibility,” Davidoff concluded.

The action plan approved by the BCTF membership also calls for a public awareness campaign to mobilize public opposition to Bill 22 and work in advance of the May 2013 election “to bring in a new government” that will repeal the legislation.

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PROVINCIAL 420 RALLY IN VANCOUVER

Clark vows to listen in face of byelection losses THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Plans for the latest version of SOSS show an ultra-modern facility capped off with a curvy, stand-alone, 397-seat community theatre that will replace the Frank Venables Auditorium, which was destroyed in the fire. A new wing of the school will contain classrooms, offices, and a library. The fire did spare one wing that houses the gymnasium, cafeteria, atrium lounge and science labs.

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VANCOUVER Premier Christy Clark, humbled by two byelection defeats in traditional Liberal strongholds, vowed Friday to unite British Columbia’s free-enterprise voice in time for next May’s provincial election.

But while pundits agree Clark is likely the best leader to unite free enterprisers, some say she’s wounded by internal struggles from within her own government and the external pressures placed on her party by the upstart Conservatives.

The Opposition NDP made historic breakthroughs in Thursday’s byelections in the Fraser Valley riding of ChilliwackHope and suburban Vancouver’s Port Moody-Coquitlam.

The results left Clark to blame the losses on vote splitting, with the B.C. Conservative party capturing support on the right that would have traditionally gone to the Liberals.

New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix said Clark and the Liberals are fooling themselves if they continue to believe their losses were the result of vote splitting on the right.

“I think it’s unbelievably disrespectful to the electorate to say that,” he said. “It’s the wrong lesson to draw from the election.”

Dix noted the

Liberals only garnered about 30 per cent of the vote in both ridings.

He suggested attributing those results to vote splitting was akin to telling 70 per cent of voters they made the wrong choice.

“We’ve been working hard to listen, but we have to redouble our efforts.”

CHRISTY CLARK

Clark vowed to pump up her government’s efforts to listen to British Columbians.

She said she’s looking for ways to ensure her “free-enterprise coalition” doesn’t fracture as it did on Thursday.

“We’ve been working hard to listen, but we have to redouble our efforts ... and make sure that our government reflects what British Columbians want for their province,” Clark said.

Speaking to reporters the morning after, Clark rejected questions about her leadership.

“I am the leader of the free-enterprise coalition in this province and I’m going to lead us into the next election,” said Clark.

Clark warned an NDP government could send people to other provinces looking for jobs.

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“Me and my team and our party are going to be working very, very hard over the next 389 days to talk to British Columbians about those risks and reaching out and finding out what it is they want from their government and how they think that their government could better reflect them. And I’m going to be leading that effort.”

Former B.C. cabinet ministers Geoff Plant and Paul Ramsey both agreed Clark can lead the free-enterprise coalition, but they disagreed on the impact of the byelection losses.

Plant, who served with Clark in the Liberal cabinet of former premier Gordon Campbell, said the byelection losses were expected. He said Clark and her Liberals still have the next year to build a strong freeenterprise vote to beat the NDP. “Folks who care about free enterprise, I think, have their work cut out for them to find a way to bridge their differences and speak with one voice in 2013,” said Plant.

He said the Conservatives, led by former Tory MP John Cummins, still can’t be considered a serious political force.

But Ramsey, who served in NDP cabinets in the Mike Harcourt and Glen Clark governments, said the Liberals will attempt to knit together a freeenterprise coalition, but it won’t be with the Conservatives under Cummins.

“The Conservatives don’t like them,” he said. “They don’t like Christy and they don’t like the Liberals.”

Ramsey said Clark is also facing internal problems within her own caucus and cabinet that have yet to fully emerge.

He said the recent comments by senior cabinet ministers Kevin Falcon and George Abbott that they have yet to decide whether or not they will run in the election are telltale signs of internal issues.

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NATIONAL ALBERTA

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A woman holds a sign in Montreal, Sunday, during a rally to mark international Earth Day.

Government’s environmental policies come under fire on Earth Day THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - The Conservative government’s environmental record came under scrutiny Sunday as millions of Canadians gather at rallies and events to celebrate Earth Day. Events include an Earth Day fair in St. John’s, NL, a tree planting day in Windsor, Ont. and a parade in Vancouver.

In Montreal, several thousand people are marching through the streets to mark the occasion.

Many marchers say they’re angered by the Harper government’s environmental policies, including its decision to withdraw Canada from Kyoto.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair attended the march in Montreal, where he criticized the government for failing to take environmental issues seriously.

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cuts to climate science, environmental protection, monitoring and industry oversight.�

Many at the march, which stretched for more than ten city blocks, wore the red square that has become a symbol of the student movement against tuition hikes.

A sign that read “love the Earth and all students� seemed to sum up the mood, which was far more festive

than the recent clashes in Montreal between police and protesters.

Several people said the federal and Quebec governments don’t reflect their own values, whether it’s on social or environmental policies. “It feels like we’re not on the same page,�

Melanie Demers, 38, who brought her family to the march. “It feels as if they’re running a business, but I think

that it’s more than running a business to run a country or a province.�

Earth Day was launched in the U.S. on April 22, 1970 to raise awareness about environmental issues.

More than six million Canadians take part every year in events and projects to improve their local environments, according to organizers of Earth Day events in Canada. They say Canadians have transformed Earth Day into Earth Week and Earth Month to accommodate all the events.

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EDMONTON - One way or another, Alison Redford makes history tonight.

Win the Alberta election and she is the first elected female premier in the province, heading up a party that has run things for four decades and will soon shatter the record for longest-serving government in Canadian history.

Lose and she’s Harry Strom, the forgotten scapegoated premier of the Alberta Social Credit government when it fell to the Tories in 1971.

Redford, speaking at a weekend party rally, said she is pushing ahead and doesn’t feel the weight of history. “I’m pretty excited about Monday,� she said. “This is a campaign about Alberta’s future. We’ve talked about that in the last six months, about putting in place a plan that Albertans can be optimistic and confident in. “That’s where I’ve focused my energies.�

R e d f o r d ’ s P r o g r e s s i v e Conservatives have been in unfamiliar territory since the election campaign began a month ago, running behind another party

on the right side of the political spectrum.

The Wildrose party, under leader Danielle Smith, have fashioned an electable alternative by capitalizing on discontent over deficit budgets, long healthcare wait times, onerous land-use rules, and perceived political greed on salary and perks. Some polls have had them ahead by more than 15 points, though that lead appears to have slipped somewhat recently.

If the Wildrose wins, it will defeat a colossus whose history can only be told in large numbers and superlatives.

The PCs have held power in Alberta for 14,847 days - 40 years and almost eight months.

Should they win a 12th consecutive majority government, they will be on track to make history. When the next election rolls around, they will have been in power close to 45 years, ahead of the 1882-1925 Nova Scotia Liberals (43 years) and the 1943-1985 Ontario

PCs (42 years).

They are already the king of the Alberta dynasties. Before the Tories, the 36-yearold Social Credit Party ended the 14-year run of the United Farmers of Alberta, who in turn ended the 16-year run of the Alberta Liberals.

But political observers say the 40-year milestone has now become a bit of a millstone.

In recent weeks, PC candidates have heard criticism on doorsteps from some who feel the lines between government and the governing party have become dangerously blurred. “It’s been monolithic control of the machinery of government by one political party for over 40 years,� said political scientist Chaldeans Mensah, with Grant MacEwan University. “That creates its own political culture, it creates a network of connections, it creates a political ethos in terms of how things are done.�

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A little more ‘redneck’ would be good for Canada

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s the 28th Alberta General Election campaign winds down, the mainstream media (MSM) are full of reports of doom-predicting, lake-of-fire admonishing anti-gay pastors, public radio statements of Caucasian candidate advantage in the electoral process, ‘Tea Party’ conscience rights for government appointed marriage commissioners, and generalized warnings about election hysteria overtaking the public realm. And eastern Canadian reporters are gleefully playing up the ‘Redneck Albertan’ angle once again.

Get a grip Alberta; it ain’t a pretty sight. Courtesy of Twitter, Facebook, and the MSM message boards, the whole world is watching. As a member of the BC-based Alberta diaspora, it affects me too. In fact, a lot of your displaced sons and daughters are wondering what the hell is up? Redneck Alberta ‘bozo eruptions’ are hard to explain to the Asian and Indo-Canadians I work with in Vancouver. Many find them frightening.

So, in an act of fealty to the land of the great buffalo fescue commons, and the silent black spruce of the Boreal forest, I write in support of the notion that a hell of a lot of Albertans are sweet-souled, hard-work-

ing, hockey playing, volunteering, arts loving and well educated folk ‘who came from away.’

These folk in the largest measure aren’t crackers, hillbillies, or rednecks.

Neither are they bigoted, loutish reactionaries opposed to all things modern. Quite simply, they are part of the last great wave of western Canadian immigration – this time mostly (but not all) internally generated. Like our family, they’ve come to Alberta to risk finding fame and fortune, to get a fresh start, and to escape predetermined outcomes and predictable futures.

They are the people who love Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi’s observation, “In Alberta nobody cares who your daddy was . . .”

It’s simple history that if you aren’t Cree, Blackfoot, Stoney Nakoda or Sioux, you have followed the Metis trail into these territories from back east, or arrived more recently from tidewater on the Pacific coast.

In all likelihood you are a first generation ‘settler,’ and your children are born Albertans. You don’t live in a sod house but, for many, the stucco on the particleboard is still drying in the sprawling suburbs. Whether ‘out here’ is Edmonton, Lac La Biche or Lethbridge, you are more than likely in your

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first house and proud of it. Your children, sons and daughters, know all about Tykes and Atoms, and you know all about car queuing at Tim Horton’s at 6 AM to get coffee and muffins on Saturday morning before the game starts.

You also probably know a great deal about something else too. Albertans per capita collectively hold more degrees, professional qualifications and trades certification than citizens of any other province. They value the sciences, mathematics and the arts highly, and their children out-perform other Canadian kids on international aptitude tests. If you don’t know this, it’s because Albertans don’t brag about this sort of thing.

They just do it.

Albertans also practice big philanthropy. Oil patch corporate and individual altruism is measured in very large figures. When I was

CEO of Calgary’s Glenbow Museum, the Board members were our strongest contributors; their close friends were second. When we needed $1,000,000 to finish the new Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta permanent exhibition, I invited the Board Chair for lunch at a small café and asked for a contribution. He looked me straight in the eye and said, “Thanks for asking,” and wrote a cheque for the full amount.

From a visual or performing Arts perspective, Alberta is arguably now producing more ‘first run’ cultural product than Ontario or Quebec. Small arts venues abound in the province and many are self-sufficient without government budget umbilical chords.

By way of comparison, the Alberta Ballet, directed

by Jean Grande-Maitre, is now an international dance phenomenon, and recent collaborators include Sir Elton John, Joni Mitchell and Sarah McLachlan. GrandeMaitre also choreographed the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics opening and closing ceremonies.

Given the above behaviours and actions, where does the Redneck reputation grow from? What prairie soil gives it root?

Ironically, I think the

uncaring, thoughtless and just plain stupid outbursts reflect both a new found and age-old frontier freedom to be oneself. They are frankly the unchecked yelps of mostly Caucasian, rightwing males who, in coming to Alberta, left daddy and the woodshed far behind.

I suspect they are sourced in unresolved anguish from away, and old grievances most have long forgotten.

They are the unsophisticated back-chapters of the new book of the west.

As the expatriate Saskatchewan author Wallace Stegner observed in the chapter entitled “FalseFront Athens,” in his masterful and autobiographical “Wolf Willow” (1955), “Give it a thousand years.” He was writing about the fictional prairie village of Whitemud (in reality Eastend), in the lee of the Cypress Hills, where he spent his youth.

He meant that prairie civilization takes awhile to take root; that ancient Greece wasn’t built in a day, and that with the passage of time the rough edges of frontier society will soften like the contours of buffalo rubbing stones.

Sometimes I just wish the process would speed up.

Troy Media columnist Mike Robinson has lived half of his life in Alberta and half in BC.

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Often-maligned medical system rose to the occasion I unfortunately had a near death experience in Grand Forks.

My wife drove me from Greenwood to Boundary Hospital in Grand Forks with flu like symptoms.

After being admitted and placed in the Emergency Room the attending physician Dr. Mary immediately recognized the seriousness of my condition and literally held vigilance over me until my vitals were stabilized enough to relocate me to Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) Intensive Care Unit with a High Acuity Response Team

(HART).

The team in KBRH Intensive Care Unit is in my opinion the most professional, hard working and team playing group ever to be assembled. Within five days of intensive treatment I was out of the woods.

I was placed in the surgical ward for three days before my transfer back to Grand Forks.

I was astounded at the amount of activity on one floor of a hospital.

The coming and going of patients in and out of surgery was mind boggling, more

so was the pace the staff had to keep to administer the care required. Witnessing the nurses and support staff long hours and extraordinary labour in this ward give me an appreciation what dedication really means.

Subsequent to my recovery in Trail I was transported back to Grand Forks for a few days to ensure I was healthy enough to be released for home.

The great care continued in Boundary Hospital who made every effort to make me comfortable under their crowded condi-

tions.

I wish to thank all those who attended to me with kid- glove. I am not a religious man but Dr. Mary is in my sainthood.

I want this letter to give recognition to the ones who made some critical thinking decisions and executed their skill and training to an excellence.

For all those who complain, debate, and otherwise feel disconcerted by the medical system should realize when it is dependent upon life and death the system works like clockwork.

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Money race part of U.S. presidential run THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama’s re-election effort enjoyed a huge financial advantage over Republican rival Mitt Romney last month, outraising the former Massachusetts governor by millions of dollars.

A nasty primary battle between Romney and his Republican challengers for the party’s nomination took a financial toll on his presidential campaign, which raised $12.6 million in March and left Romney with about $10 million in the bank by month’s end.

Romney has all but secured his party’s presidential nomination since his main rival dropped out of the state-by-state Republican primary race, and Obama will officially clinch the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday. Obama’s march to the nomination has generated little interest because he has no major primary challenger.

All told, Obama and the Democratic Party raised a combined $53 million in donations during that period, while Romney with his party pulled in about half of that.

Obama has stuffed more than $104 million into his campaign war chest, but he is facing the prospect of being swamped by outside Republican groups in fundraising. That’s why he decided to reverse course and give his blessing to super Political Action Committees, which can to raise and spend unlimited sums to support political campaigns.

The groups must legally remain independent from the candidates they support, but many are staffed with former campaign aides who have intimate knowledge of the campaigns’ strategy. An anticipated fire hose of cash from major Republican super PACs and the Republican Party is likely to bring some financial parity to the general election, for which Romney only recently started collecting donations.

Super PACs like American Crossroads and its non-profit arm, Crossroads GPS, raised $100 million this election cycle, and the groups plan to flood the airwaves in coming months with ads critical of Obama.

Also helping Romney is the Restore Our Future super PAC, which reported an $8.6 million last month, largely from a handful of wealthy donors and some continued supporters. The group, for its part, spent more than $11 million on TV spots during the month, coming off a successful track record of battering Romney’s Republican primary opponents with attack ads.

For the first time since the March 6 “Super Tuesday�

Republican primary contests, voters got a look at just how much money presidential candidates and their supporters have been raking in. Friday marks nearly three months since Obama’s campaign changed course and asked supporters to pony up cash to a favourable super PAC, although its fund-

raising figures weren’t yet available late Friday.

Financial reports due Friday to the Federal Election Commission were expected to show much red ink struggling campaigns are bleeding - or how much money some groups have been stuffing into their war chests.

The Republican National Committee reported a March fundraising haul of $13.7 million, which will boost the party’s eventual nominee during the general election. The party will formally announce its nominee at a national convention in August.

Obama’s fundraising advantage puts him at a less-than-solid position when compared with the tens of millions of dollars the sister Crossroads groups have amassed so far. During the last six months of 2011 alone, GPS brought in $28 million from only a few dozen major donors, recent tax filings show.

Crossroads has said it plans to raise more than $300 million to beat Obama.

Countering Crossroads’ millions in ad spending is Priorities USA Action, a super PAC founded by former Obama advisers.

From early 2011 through the end of February, however, the group and its non-profit arm raised about $10 million. Priorities USA Action, like other super PACs supporting Republican candidates, has counted on major financial support from a handful of wealthy donors.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas - Country music legend Willie Nelson helped unveil a statue honouring him in downtown Austin by singing his new song “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die” on Friday, a date long reserved to celebrate marijuana use.

The faint smell of marijuana smoke wafted through a crowd of about 2,000 people as Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell accepted on the privately funded statue as a gift from a private arts group. Organizers said they didn’t intentionally choose April 20 for the event, but once they found out, they scheduled the unveiling at 4:20 p.m. as a tongue-in-cheek reference to Nelson’s openness about his marijuana use and advocacy for its legalization.

The statute stands in front of the Moody Theater, where the Austin City Limits Studio is now located. Nelson, a 10-time Grammy Award winner who has sold more than 40 million copies of his 150 albums, appeared on the first episode of the public television (AP PHOTO/AUSTIN AMERICANshow in 1974.

STATESMAN, JAY JANNER) “He is the man Country singer Willie Nelson waves during the who more than unveiling of an eight- other made Austin foot statue of himself, the live music capital of the world,” Friday, in Austin, Texas.

Leffingwell said.

Nelson was born in Abbott, a tiny town about 120 miles north of Austin, but he has lived in Texas’ capital city since 1971.

Longtime friend and fellow singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson congratulated Nelson, saying he couldn’t have imagined the city honouring Nelson during the early days of what became known as the Cosmic Cowboy movement in music.

The monument shows Nelson in a relaxed, standing pose and holding his guitar to the side as if in conversation. Philadelphia sculptor Clete Shields said the leaning pose and heroic scale are intended to show Nelson’s openness and whimsical side while honouring his tremendous influence on music and the city.

“We wanted to get a timeless Willie, an ageless Willie,” Shields said.

Nelson was also a founder of the Farm Aid movement to help family farmers and has appeared in 37 films and television shows.

TORONTO - Whether victimized by an aortic aneurysm or careless newspaper editors, Gordon Lightfoot has danced with death plenty of times before.

So it’s more disarming than surprising to hear the 73-year-old Canadian songwriting legend speak so casually about his own mortality on a sunny spring afternoon at his home in north Toronto.

So thoroughly have such concerns permeated Lightfoot’s life that even something as simple as his new live disc “All Live” seems inextricably bound to some grim concerns. Initially, the album was intended for posthumous release - in Lightfoot’s own words, it was to come out “after (he was) pushing up daisies.”

But it came out on Tuesday instead, only because his longtime guitarist Terry Clements died last year and Lightfoot didn’t want any confusion over who was behind the recording’s ethereal lead guitar.

Sadness seems to have motivated Lightfoot. He’s had enough close calls for a lifetime, and is now determined to make the most of the life he has left.

“I’m fully prepared to go whenever I’m taken,” said Lightfoot calmly. “I’ve been almost dead a couple times, once almost for real.... I have more incentive to continue now because I feel I’m on borrowed time, in terms of age.

“I’ve got lots of shining examples of people out there who can keep up the pace.

And I’d like to be one of those people.”

But before Lightfoot can move forward, he wanted to look back.

“All Live” consists of 19 recordings handpicked

by Lightfoot, all recorded within the warm confines of Toronto’s legendary Massey Hall, all captured between 1998 and 2001.

It’s easy to understand why Lightfoot felt that was the optimal period from which to draw. Less than a year later, he suffered that aforementioned aneurysm and went on to endure a coma, more surgery and a rehabilitation period that he says stretched for two and a half years.

He says that health scare took “some of the starch” out of his voice, while another

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Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot is pictured at his Toronto home earlier this month. ailment in 2006 - a transient ischemic attack, or minor stroke, that hit Lightfoot onstage - affected his ability to play his guitar for a time.

He dismisses the seriousness of this second incident now.

“That little stroke I had up north was nothing,” he remarked with a degree of defiance.

Yet he does acknowledge that even that event came perilously close to forever impairing his speech.

These health problems left Lightfoot drained but also driven. He didn’t want to stop performing, nor did he want his performances to be compromised by his declining health. So he decided to work even harder to maintain a state of perpetual stagereadiness.

“I feel very fortunate that I’ve been able to maintain (for) this long, and part of it was a desire to get out there and get in front of the crowd,” said Lightfoot.

“The first responsibility is family and the very next thing in line is the music, you know?”

Lightfoot has said many times that he doesn’t plan on recording albums of new music, so it’s his live performances that are the focus now.

He performed more than 60 shows across North America

last year and he has dozens more dates scheduled through the summer and fall, including June shows in Montreal and cities across Ontario.

Lightfoot’s life is all structure and routine now, a strict regimen designed to help him stay physically ready for the demanding touring lifestyle that he, well, demands.

For instance? The thin but sinewy Lightfoot works out six days a week. He always drives himself and parks under Toronto’s City Hall.

He always passes the same cluster of down-on-their-luck types, always readies five- or 10-dollar bills to distribute to their outstretched hands.

He misses the gym only on Fridays when he rehearses, or when he drives his youngest son to taekwondo.

He only gives himself a break while travelling, but...

“The very last thing I must do before I leave town is go to the (gym) and the very first thing I must do when I get back to Toronto is (go) right back into the gym,” he said.

“I started doing it because I wanted to stay physically up for the kind of work that I do because I have to get up larger than life, when the moment of truth arrives. And I only want to do one thing: I want to do the best job that I can possibly do.

“And that’s all I want to do, is to do a great job onstage.

Because I love the work.”

Part of the reason for his bright mood is a new relationship, about which Lightfoot speaks with the ebullient enthusiasm of a man (or giddy teen) a quarter his age.

Lightfoot met his new squeeze back in 2008. She works in the film industry in L.A., but Lightfoot says they visit often. He whispers that she’s a couple of decades younger than him, but as he says it, it’s Lightfoot that shines with a youthful glow.

“It’s actually quite surprising, I never thought I’d have a girlfriend again for as long as I’ve lived,” he said.

“I didn’t know I was open to it. I really did not. She opened me to it. She introduced herself to me, that’s how it happened. I didn’t even know she liked me, I knew her for a long time.

“I’m 74 years old,” he adds, tacking on an extra year for good measure. “So don’t give up hope guys, wherever you are.”

But he’s just not sure how the story would end.

“It’s not over yet,” said Lightfoot, smiling.

“I’m just wondering who’s going to win. Is it going to be the Grim Reaper or my story?”

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Laboratory technologists play vital role in treatment biotic.

Medical laboratory science is an important aspect of the medical system and is a diverse and ever changing field.

To become an MLA, there are online as well as classroom based learning opportunities, which take approximately six months to complete.

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SPECIAL TO THE TIMES When most people think of laboratory science, they think of CSI and people in white gowns drawing blood.

As a Medical Laboratory Technologist (MLT), I assure you that we do a whole lot more.

To celebrate Medical Laboratory Week (April 22-28), I’d like to give the public an inside scoop on what it is Medical Laboratory staff do.

Of course, in order to run tests, we first need a sample. In most labs, a Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) takes a patient’s blood, or receives other samples (tissue, urine, stool, fluid etc.)

MLAs also process these samples to prepare them for testing. At KBRH, many samples are received from outlying areas as well as sent out to larger testing facilities. MLAs are responsible for packaging samples for safe shipment. MLTs perform the majority of testing and work five major departments.

There are five major departments in the lab: Haematology: Tests the distribution of blood cells and looks for diseases affecting the blood (leukemia, malaria, mononucleosis) Chemistry: Testing for diabetes, cholesterol, cancer markers, hormones etc..

Transfusion medicine: Tests donor blood against recipient blood for blood transfusion and distributes other blood products for transfusion.

Microbiology: Identifies bacteria causing infections and determines what antibiotics would be useful for treatment.

H i s t o l o g y : Prepares tissues for examination by path-

ing is approximately two and a half years.

For MLTs in particular, there is an aging workforce – leading to many retirements and employment opportunities.

You can visit CSMLS.org for more information about laboratory science as well as information on how you can become one.

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By following a patient who seeks treatment in the emergency room for abdominal pain, we can see how laboratory science contributes to patient treatment.

Here’s the timeline: A patient comes to the ER with abdominal pain. The doctor orders blood work to decide what is causing this pain. A MLA draws the patient’s blood and brings it to the lab where it is separated into its cellular and liquid components.

The haematology department runs a test that shows higher than normal numbers of infection fighting white blood cells.

The chemistry department tests the liquid portion of the blood for proteins that indicate inflammation. The doctor has ordered other chemistry tests that rule out problems with the liver. The doctor makes a diagnosis of appendicitis based on a combination of patient symptoms and lab tests and decides to send the patient to

the operating room (OR) to remove the appendix.

During the surgery, there is a lot of bleeding and the surgeon decides to give the patient a blood transfusion. The lab collects a blood sample to test against donor blood samples. This ensures that the donor blood is compatible with the recipient blood and decreases the risk of negative reactions following transfusion.

After the surgery, the appendix is taken to Histology, where it is inspected and samples of it are processed for observation under a microscope.

The pathologist looks at microscopic samples to rule out diseases. One week following the surgery, the patient notices that the incision is becoming very red and sore.

He goes to his doctor who swabs the incision and sends it to the lab. Microbiology grows a bacteria from this swab, and finds that the antibiotics the patient had been given will not work against this particular bacteria. The doctor is notified and prescribes the patient an appropriate anti-

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Canucks done Vancouver loses in overtime THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER Jarret Stoll scored 4:27 into overtime as the Los Angeles Kings came back to beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 in the fifth game of the Western Conference quarter-final series Sunday night.

The underdog Kings took the best-of-seven series 4-1, spoiling Vancouver’s hopes of a return to the Stanley Cup final. Stoll scored on a wrist shot from the wing on a turnover at the Canucks’ blue-line.

The L.A. forward skated in on a 2-on-1, but took the shot himself, pick-

ing the top-left corner behind Vancouver goalie Cory Schneider.

Los Angeles completed a major upset after finishing eighth in the regular season while the Canucks placed first in the Western Conference and overall for the second season in a row.

Brad Richardson also scored for the Kings, who trailed 1-0 after 40 minutes. Richardson tied it up 3:21 into the third period. Goalie Jonathan Quick made 26 saves to earn the win.

Henrik Sedin scored the lone Canucks goal, while Schneider stopped 35 shots.

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St. Denis sets up Vees victory

BY TIMES STAFF The Penticton Vees took a commanding 2-0 lead in the Doyle Cup final against the Brooks Bandits on the weekend, thanks in part to great performances by Trail native Travis St. Denis and Vees goalie Michael Garteig.

In the first game Friday, St. Denis had a four-point night as the Vees pounded the Bandits 7-2 in front of over 2,000 fans at the Centennial Regional Arena in Brooks, Alta.

In Game 2 Vees goalie Garteig stole the show Saturday, in his first game back between the pipes since Feb. 26, getting a shut out in a 1-0 win.

Wade Murphy’s goal 5:48 into the first period was all the scoring Penticton would need as Garteig made his playoff debut turning aside all 43 shots faced, including 18 in the first period.

The Vees went 1-for-6 on the power play, while the Bandits failed to capitalize on seven chances.

A two-goal effort by Logan Johnson helped the Penticton Vees hammer the Bandits in the opening game.

St. Denis assisted four times including setting up Johnston, the Vees captain, as he opened the scoring in the first period on the power play then gave the Vees a 3-0 lead, which proved to be the winner. Also having a strong offensive night for the Vees were Mario Lucia with a goal and three assists.

Other Vees scorers were Joey Benik, Wade Murphy and Bryce Gervais. The Vees were 2-for-6 on the power play, while

the Bandits went 1-for-4. Vees netminder Chad Katunar made 24 saves for the win, while Bandits goalie Jan Obernesser was pulled after allowing six goals on 19 shots. He was relieved by Michael Fredrick, who allowed one goal in 14 minuts of action.

The Doyle Cup will now shift to Penticton with Games 3 and 4 on Tuesday and Wednesday at the South Okanagan Events Centre with puck drop at 7 p.m.

In the Keystone Cup tournament, the B.C. representative from Abbotsford breezed through the round robin before taking the final in decisive fashion with a 9-1 victory over the Thunder Bay Northern Hawks.

Saskatoon, Sask. hosted this year’s tournament that showcases the best Junior B teams in western Canada.

The Hawks jumped out to an early 1-0 lead but the Pilots turned on the jets, scoring nine unanswered goals.

Riley Lamb and Justin Dorey led the way with seven-points each. Lamb potted four goals and three assists while Dorey added two goals and five helpers.

The two led tournament scorers, Dorey with 10-11-21 and Lamb with 8-10-18 in six games.

The Pilots won four of five in the round robin, beating the Hawks 7-4 to open the tournament, the Arborg Ice Dawgs 10-0, the Saskatoon Royals 6-1, and the Traveland RV Storm 3-0, before losing a meaningless game to the Whitecourt Wolverines 8-1. The Wolverines beat Saskatoon for the bronze, 7-4.

THE CANADIAN PRESS KENNEWICK, Wash. – Trail’s Joey Baker scored his first goal of the playoffs as the Portland Winterhawks won a 5-4 thriller in overtime to take a 2-0 lead in the WHL’s Western Conference final against the Tri-City Americans.

Portland’s Ty Rattie scored a short-handed goal at 7:58 of overtime to lead the Winterhawks to the win. The Americans, who had a 4-2 lead in the third period, lost their fifth overtime game of the post-season, including its second in a row against the Winterhawks.

“It’s pretty cool,” said Rattie, who had three goals on the night. “Even if it wasn’t a hat trick, OT goals are still like hat tricks no matter what.

“It’s an exciting win. It’s a huge two games and we are looking to take it back to Portland. Tri-City has a high-powered offence, a good defence and a great goalie. We’re not going to take them lightly.

We are going to play Game 3 like it’s Game 1. We are a confident group and we are looking forward to it.”

Baker scored at 9:55 of the third period, taking a pass from Derrick Pouliot and snapping the puck

by Americans’ goalie Ty Rimmer to pull Portland within one at 4-3.

“Its a big hole, no doubt,” said Tri-City coach and former Nelson Leaf bench boss Jim Hiller, whose team is trailing in a series by two games for the first time in the playoffs.

“Face the facts, but if you look it from the perspective we could be up 2-0, the belief and will knowing we can come back is there. There is a lot of randomness in hockey.”

Rattie also tied the game on a power play with less than two minutes remaining, before pulling off his OT heroics.

Pouliot tallied four assists for Portland.

“We have had a tough time historically in this building,” said Portland coach Mike Johnston, whose team also won the opening game of the series 5-4 in overtime.

“This is big. It’s really big. It was a very good game all the way around. I thought we had the edge in the play except on special teams. I thought we were the better team 5-on-5.”

The series resumes Wednesday with Game 3 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore.

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SPORTS NHL PLAYOFFS

ALLAN CUP

Goalies shine

Prairie Thunder prevails

FROM PAGE 10 Vancouver’s new second line of Ryan Kesler, Alex Burrows and Max Lapierre made a quick impression.

Burrows fed Kesler from behind the net about a minute and a half in, but Quick stopped the centre’s shot from the slot.

But the Canucks ran into some early penalty trouble and did not get another shot for another six minutes before Lapierre put one on Quick.

Vancouver killed penalties to Dan Hamhuis and Henrik Sedin, but could not get its power play going on its first man advantage.

However, with Henrik Sedin double-shifting, the Canucks capitalized on the second as the Canucks captain put in a cross-ice pass from his twin brother Daniel at 14:04.

The opportunity came after Hamhuis kept a Mike Richards clearing attempt in at the blue-line.

Schneider, starting

his third straight game in place of Roberto Luongo, preserved the 1-0 lead as he stopped L.A.’s Anze Kopitar on a breakaway in the dying seconds of the first period. Kopitar put the rebound off the post as time expired.

Both goaltenders stole the show in the second period as neither team could score.

In the early going, Schneider stopped Kopitar’s first shot and Dustin Brown on the rebound as the Kings outshot the Canucks 6-0 in the first 4:11.

Later, Schneider robbed Mike Richards on a rebound, snaring the puck with his catching glove.

With just over two minutes left in the second, Quick stymied Daniel Sedin on a breakaway, lowering his right pad to block a snapshot. Sedin slammed his stick against the glass in frustration as he went to the bench.

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Los Angeles Kings’ Jarret Stoll, bottom, scores the game-winning goal against Vancouver Canucks’ goalie Cory Schneider during the first overtime period of Game 5 of an NHL Western Conference quarterfinal Stanley Cup playoff hockey series in Vancouver on Sunday. Los Angeles won the series 4 games to 1.

Richardson drew the Kings even 3:21 into the third period as he tapped in a pass from Drew Doughty. It was the first goal of the series for Richardson.

Flyers ice Penguins - Tyler Seguin scored at 3:17 of overtime, Tim Thomas made 36 saves, and defending Stanley Cup champion Boston beat Washington to force a seventh game in the Eastern Conference series.

Game 7 is Wednesday night in Boston.

In overtime, David Krejci intercepted a pass by Nicklas Backstrom and sent the puck to Milan Lucic, who passed ahead to Seguin. Seguin, who entered the game with-

out a point in the series, veered slightly to his right to draw goalie Braden Holtby from the net, then lifted a shot past the rookie to win it.

The Bruins took a 3-2 lead at 11:51 of the third period on Andrew Ference’s goal, but Alex Ovechkin tie it with 4:52 left in regulation.

Boston’s Rich Peverley opened the scoring at 5:56 of the first period, and Mike Green tied in midway through the period.

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PHILADELPHIA Claude Giroux wrapped up a dominant series with his sixth goal, Ilya Bryzgalov had his first outstanding effort in net and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on Sunday to win the Eastern Conference opening-round series in six games.

Giroux scored 32 seconds into the game, and the Flyers rolled from there.

In a series where no lead was safe, the Flyers scored the first three goals and made it stand behind Bryzgalov and stout defence.

Bryzgalov allowed 20 goals in the first five games.

He settled down in Game 6 and gave up only Evgeni Malkin’s power-play goal in the second period.

Scott Hartnell added a power-play for Philadelphia in the first period, and Erik Gustafsson made it 3-0 early in the second.

Giroux had assists on both goals.

Pittsburgh won Games 4 and 5 after dropping the first three.

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LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. – For the first time in its history, the South East Prairie Thunder has won the Allan Cup, claiming Canada’s 104th National Senior Championship with a 4-1 victory over the Rosetown Redwings in Saturday’s championship at the Centennial Civic Centre.

Brad Purdie scored the game-winner 8:48 into the third period to break open a 1-1 tie, and helped set up Devon Leblanc for the insurance goal into an empty net with less than two minutes to go as the Prairie Thunder became the first Manitoba team to win the Allan Cup since the Île-des-Chênes North Stars in 2003.

The Prairie Thunder, which lost in the final in 2009, semifinals in 2010, and quarter-finals last year, went through the tournament undefeated, beating the Redwings 2-1 and Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts 5-2 during preliminary round play, and knocking off the Cataracts 7-2 in Friday’s semifinal.

J.J. Hunter scored the lone goal for Rosetown, which made its first appearance in the championship game and lost despite outshooting the Prairie Thunder 33-29, including 26-14 in the first 40 minutes.

The Allan Cup is one of the oldest club-team hockey competitions in North America, having been first competed for in 1908.

The Trail Smoke Eaters won the cup in 1938 and 1962. Only once in the past 105 years, in 1945, has an Allan Cup champion not been crowned.

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Growth seems to be highest among knitters like Allison Krause Danielsen - twentysomethings looking to express their creativity, reject cheap mass consumerism, and decompress in a way that doesn’t depend on the technology they are immersed in all day.

Krause Danielsen, a 29-year-old Winnipeg resident, learned to knit at an early age but didn’t really take it up seriously until she hit university.

“I’ve got my iPhone and my computer but it’s something that’s more tangible and tactile that you can do and it’s productive,” said the recent University of Manitoba graduate.

“You’re making something that you can give away or you’re making something you can wear or use. It’s a really good feeling.

“In this age of just being able to go to the dollar store and buy something you can throw away, you have something more valuable if you’ve knit it yourself.”

Those in knitting circles say they’ve noticed more young people picking up knitting needles in recent years.

The stats seem to back them up.

The Craft Yarn Council of America says

young women in their twenties are fuelling yarn sales across the country. Between 2002 and 2004, the council’s annual surveys found knitters between the ages of 25 to 34 jumped 150 per cent. Its most recent survey found expressing creativity is what draws this cohort to take up the craft.

Lori Franko, a member who helps run the Ram Wool Co-op in Winnipeg, said their customers range from 20 years old to 90. But in recent years, she said the shop is seeing younger and younger knitters seeking skeins of yarn.

The old stereotype of the knitting grand-

mother clicking her needles in her rocking chair is gone, Franko said.

“It certainly isn’t the case anymore,” she said.

“It’s actually become something all the cool kids are doing.”

Much of the growing popularity is thanks to the Internet, Franko said. Younger, websavvy knitters can go online and find everything from free patterns to blogs to chatrooms with advice and support.

The web feeds the “huge do-it-yourself” movement that’s afoot among younger people, Franko said.

“There is just an enormous amount of

creativity that you can access for free on the Internet and everybody is sharing - sharing patterns, swapping ideas.”

Young people have even turned knitting into a form of graffiti with “yarn bombing,” she said. The phenomena, believed to have started in the United States or the United Kingdom, involves people leaving knitted items - animals, scarves or even intricate cobwebs - in public places, on statues or even bike racks.

“It’s just because you can,” Franko said.

“It’s just another way that young knitters are expressing themselves.”

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REGIONAL

Cranbrook business stung by surprise gas contract

BY SALLY MACDONALD Cranbrook Townsman

A Cranbrook business owner is urging people to check their gas bill after she claims she was duped out of hundreds of dollars.

Kathy Simon, who owns Kathy’s Kitchen, says she was signed onto a contract for natural gas in 2008 without her knowledge and claims her signature on the contract was forged.

She first noticed a problem last October when her gas bill came from FortisBC. “I thought, ‘That bill is awfully high for this time of the year.’”

Kathy phoned FortisBC to inquire about the high bill, and to

her amazement a customer service representative said that natural gas for Kathy’s Kitchen was being provided through Active Energy, an independent gas marketer.

Instead of receiving gas at $4.58 per gigajoule, Kathy had been paying $10.39 per gigajoule since August 1, 2011. Fortis said she had signed a contract with Active Energy in 2008 that would provide gas at that higher, fixed rate starting August 2011.

“She thought I’d actually believe I’d signed a contract for a volatile commodity like natural gas three years in advance. I don’t think so!” Simon exclaimed.

She then contacted Active

Energy directly, who emailed her a copy of her contract.

She knew straight away that something was wrong. While her name, the business name and its operating name were correct, Kathy noticed that the signature on the form wasn’t even close to her own signature.

She went straight to the police, who took copies of her signature on her drivers’ licence and Care Card and began an investigation.

In the meantime, FortisBC suggested Simon file a complaint with the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC). She did, and the BCUC found that her contract was not valid. It was cancelled from

February 29, 2012, and Simon went back to receiving natural gas directly from FortisBC. In addition, she was reimbursed for the extra costs she had paid in January and February 2012.

Simon is not alone in lodging complaints against Active Energy.

In January 2011, Veronica Paauw, who owns Kimberley City Bakery, noticed an increase to her gas bill and consequently found she had been signed onto a contract with Active Energy.

Pauuw claims a gas marketer came into her business and asked her 15-year-old employee to sign a document without explaining what it was. Over a two-year per-

iod, Active Energy had collected $8,000 from Paauw. The BCUC ordered Active Energy to reimburse her and cancel the contract.

In March 2012, the BCUC launched a compliance inquiry into Active Energy. The inquiry was held on April 3, and Active Energy was found to be in breach of two provisions of its gas marketer’s license. The BCUC ordered 11 amendments to Active Energy’s license.

“My question is, how many little old ladies had their signatures forged and they don’t even know?” Simon said. “Our door was never even darkened by a gas marketer.”

WƵďůŝĐ ŶŽƟĐĞ͗ ƌŝƟƐŚ ŽůƵŵďŝĂ hƟůŝƟĞƐ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ FORTISBC ENERGY UTILITIES INTEND TO AMALGAMATE NATURAL GAS SERVICE IN B.C. AND IMPLEMENT COMMON RATES On April 11, 2012, the FortisBC Energy Utilities applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission to amalgamate their natural gas utilities across the province and to implement common rates and services across their service areas starting January 1, 2014. Currently, FortisBC Energy Utilities is made up of three separate natural gas companies, operating in six service areas. The companies have their own services, service agreements (tariffs) and rates. If approved, the application would combine the three companies into one, under a single tariff, with common rates for the various regions.

This Application has different implications for customers in each service area. If approved, customers in the Vancouver Island and Whistler service areas will see rate decreases, while customers in the Lower Mainland, Columbia, Inland, and Fort Nelson service areas will see an overall rate increase.

PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS The Commission is initiating a review of FortisBC Energy Utilities’ Application. To view the timetable for this hearing and the Application go to www.bcuc.com select “Current Applications” under “Quick Links” and scroll to “FEU Common Rates, Amalgamation and Rate Design.”

HOW TO GET INVOLVED If you wish to participate actively in the review process, you may register as an Intervener or an Interested Party with the Commission Secretary in writing, using the contact information at the end of this notice. All submissions and/or correspondence received from active participants or the general public relating to the Application will be placed on the public record and posted to the Commission’s website.

If you wish to attend the Public Workshop or the Procedural Conference please register with the Commission Secretary using the contact information at the end of this Notice.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER For more information please contact Ms. Alanna Gillis, Acting Commission Secretary at Commission.Secretary@bcuc.com or using the Commission contact information.

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FortisBC Energy Utilities Inc. Kelowna Office 1975 Springfield Road Kelowna, BC V1Y 7V7

FortisBC Energy Utilities Inc. Victoria Office 320 Garbally Road Victoria, BC V8T 2K1

FortisBC Energy Utilities Inc. Fort Nelson Office 3901 Nahanni Drive Fort Nelson, BC V0C 1R0

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Reconsider relationship with 55-year old loser Dear Annie: I’m 60, divorced and currently seeing “Don.” He’s five years my junior and extremely attentive.

Don has a background of violence (one incident landed him in jail), but he now manages his anger. However, he still refuses to stand down to anyone who threatens him. He brags about being a Marine and that he has skills to make people disappear.

He also brags about his sexual prowess and then tells me we have no passion in our lovemaking and that’s why he has trouble in bed.

He blames it on my hysterectomy, but my doctor says the problem isn’t mine.

Don is a good listener and a versatile handyman and has a great sense of humor. He lives on his parents’ property in an old mobile home in exchange for helping his parents around their home and with his dad’s business. For this, he is paid hourly wages. He also earns a cut from a

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landscape business. He doesn’t have his own car. He drives mine, comes and goes as he pleases, eats my food, watches my cable TV, and has scrapped material and tools from my house and sold them for cash. The bigger issue, however, is that he says he isn’t ready to get married because he doesn’t know me well enough.

Annie, I want some financial stability and long-term commitment in my life. None of my family or friends feels he’s the right guy.

We never do anything with other couples.

I don’t know who his friends are, but he said I wouldn’t want to hang

out with them. They are drinkers and dopers.

He’s a recovering alcoholic, but still smokes pot. And he’s lied to me about it. He also spies on me, checking my email and phone messages and creeping into my home unnoticed to see what I’m doing.

We never argue. I love him for all his kindness and know beyond a doubt that he loves me. Should I give him more time? -- Ready To Settle Down Dear Ready: For the life of us, we can’t understand why you want a lifetime commitment from a 55-yearold man who still lives with his parents, doesn’t earn enough to have his own car, takes advantage of you, belittles you in bed, has a bad temper, lies to you, spies on you, smokes pot and hangs around with drinkers and dopers. You sound desperate. Please reconsider this relationship. There are worse things than being alone.

Dear Annie: One of my teachers recently passed away after a week in the hospital.

The death notice was very short and made no mention of his teaching career or any of the great relationships he had. It only said, “He will be loved and missed.”

I feel like writing a letter to the editor telling the small bit of his life story that I experienced as his student. Should I? -- Sad Student Dear Sad: Oh, yes, please do. And send a copy, along with a personal note, to his family. It would mean the world to them to know how much he mattered in your life. Too often these things go unsaid when the words would be much appreciated.

Dear Annie: You blew it in your answer to “Card Woes,” whose husband received a card from “Betty,” a former female co-worker.

You said the husband was not being entirely

truthful.

Not once did you suggest that checking the trash to look for “evidence” or opening an old briefcase to discover a phone number were wrong. You should have castigated the wife for her snoop-

ing. -- George Dear George: We aren’t big fans of snooping, but we do support gut instincts. First, the wife finds out that her husband used to meet a female co-worker for frequent lunches. Then he tells her he’s thrown

out the co-worker’s card when he has, in fact, hidden it and added a private phone number.

He is not being truthful, and we can’t blame her for acting on her suspicions.

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YOUR HOROSCOPE

By Francis Drake For Tuesday, April 24, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) It’s easy to make your words light and sweet today. This is why conversations with others, especially siblings, neighbors and relatives, will be warm and friendly.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This is an excellent day for business and commerce.

However, you also will enjoy shopping for beautiful things for yourself and loved ones.

Artistic purchases could prove to be profitable in the future.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Today the Moon is in your sign, and it is lined up with fair Venus. This is very fortunate for you, because it makes you unusually diplomatic, charming and friendly with everyone. Enjoy!

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Solitude in beautiful surroundings will please you

today. Make an effort to set aside a little private time just for you. You’ll find it refreshing and restorative.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is a great day to enjoy meeting others, especially in group situations. Classes, clubs and hanging out with friends will please you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You might develop a crush on someone older, richer or more experienced today.

Meanwhile, others might want your creative input on something.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Travel for pleasure will delight you today. Talk to people from other countries and different cultures. This is also a good day to promote publishing, the media, medicine and the law.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You can benefit from the wealth and resources of oth-

ers today. Keep your pockets open, because gifts and goodies might come your way!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Choose today to discuss important matters with partners and close friends, because they will be friendly and receptive to you. (The energy is receptive.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Relations with clients, customers and co-workers will

flow smoothly today. In fact, even your health feels better!

(But resist the urge to have seconds on dessert.)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) A wonderful, romantic day!

Enjoy love affairs and flirtations. Vacations, movies, sports and playful times with children all will be excellent choices for you.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You’ll enjoy decorating at

home or buying something to beautify your home today.

This is also a great day to entertain at home and enjoy the company of family. (Plus, real-estate deals will go in your favor today.)

YOU BORN TODAY You have a strong nurturing, protective instinct. Not only do you feel this way for family members and loved ones, your feelings extend beyond to include your community and even your country.

DILBERT

TUNDRA

ANIMAL CRACKERS

MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM

BROOMHILDA

HAGAR

BLONDIE

SALLY FORTH

Motivated by this concern, you often write or communicate your thoughts to others. (And you’re not afraid to flaunt convention!) A lovely, social year that will enrich relationships awaits you.

Enjoy!

Birthdate of: Barbra Streisand, singer; Shirley MacLaine, actress/dancer; Eric Balfour, actor. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Casual Janitorial Position Trail, BC Minimum of grade 12, valid BC driver’s license; previous related experience required; ability to work alone or with a team essential; work on ladders and man lifts; wages as per collective agreement; day, evening and night shifts.

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In Memoriam

In Loving Memory of

Lonnie Michael Plasko November 14, 1955 - April 23, 2007

A golden heart stopped beating Hard working hands at rest God broke our hearts to prove to us that he only takes the best Wishing today as we wished before that God could have spared you many years more In our hearts your memory is kept to love, cherish and never forget.

Love Always, Wendy, Tracy, Denis, Todd, Amy, Kurtis, Sandra, Lisa, Gord, Gianna, Daryl, Mom, Dad, Rita, Jim, Neil, Michelle, Sherry, Kahli, Steven, Miss Piggy & Boo-Boo

PARKING METER ATTENDANT II PART-TIME The City of Trail is seeking a moƟvated individual to Įll the permanent part-Ɵme posiƟon of Parking Meter AƩendant II. Detailed informaƟon about this employment opportunity is available on the City’s website at www.trail.ca/employment.php or by request to Sandy Lucchini at (250) 364-0809.

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MLS# K200229

MLS# K211181

Trail $249,900

Trail $229,900

Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

MLS# K210392

MLS# K205620

MLS# K202462

MLS# 210959

Beaver Valley $229,900

Trail $214,000

Trail $199,990

Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

Income y Propert

MLS# K211761

MLS# K206097

MLS# K204952

Warfield $227,000

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Reduce

MLS# K201838

MLS# K204267

Annable $195,000

Trail $170,600

Trail $154,900

Trail $130,000

Trail $109,500

Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

MLS# K203178

Trail

$89,000

Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# K206771

Trail $65,000 Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

A20 www.trailtimes.ca

Monday, April 23, 2012 Trail Daily Times

REGIONAL

Tick season here

FRUITVALE ELEMENTARY PITCHES IN FOR EARTH DAY

BY ANNALEE GRANT

Cranbrook Townsman

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that time of year again, with spring springing, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also time to keep an eye out for ticks.

Interior Health is cautioning outdoor enthusiasts to be careful when recreating in tall grass or wooded areas. Traveling in those areas increases the risk of picking up a tick.

The pesky bug can bite into the skin of humans or animals and feed off the blood and transmit diseases such as lyme disease. Luckily, the bugs can be removed safely if they are noticed quickly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are easy things you can do to protect yourself like covering up before you head outdoors and checking for ticks when returning from a walk, hike or bike ride,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Karin Goodison, Public Health Physician with Interior Health.

The most common tick in the Southern Interior is the wood tick, which thankfully does not carry lyme disease. Wood ticks, however, carry other diseases like Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but IH says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rare to contract it.

Should a tick be located on a person or pet, IH recommends using needle nosed tweezers to grab the insect close to the skin. Do not pull, but instead gently pull the tick straight out. Clean the area with soap and water.

BRIAN STEFANI PHOTO

Fruitvale Elementary School students from Kindergarten to Grade 7 celebrated Earth Day on Friday with their annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Community Clean-up.â&#x20AC;? Cleaning up not only their own playground but the surrounding neighbourhoods as well. Students were also challenged to bring a â&#x20AC;&#x153;litter-freeâ&#x20AC;? lunch this day with two litter-free lunch kits raffled off.

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$585,000

A hidden secret. This cute and immaculate 2 bdrm home is tucked away on a private hillside. Wiring and plumbing have been upgraded. Call your REALTOR(R) for an appointment, you will not want to miss this opportunity.

$129,000

This 2 bdrm home is well updated and ready to move in. Open and modern floor plan with large living room, dining room and open kitchen. Great deck with river and city views. Full basement with room for further development.

This Emerald Ridge home is beautifully planned and finished. The home offers a great floor plan, deluxe kitchen and fabulous hobby room. There is lots of custom woodwork and you will surely appreciate the high quality finishings.

You must see this home to appreciate all it has to offer! Call now.

Immaculate modular home with newer roof, some newer flooring, a/c, large modern kitchen, vaulted ceilings, open floor plan, huge covered deck and low pad rental of $195.00. Call now before itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

OPEN HOUSE

OPEN HOUSE

Saturday Apr 28 11am-1pm

Saturday Apr 28 12-2pm

$69,000

FFERS BRING O

$125,000

956 Black Bear Drive, Rossland

$369,900

4 bdrm home on 1.6 acres. Landscaped yard, large workshop/garage. Bright sun room with a gas fireplace and a large deck, second kitchen, rec room and wood stove in the basement, double carport and plenty of parking for all your toys!

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

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204 MacLure Avenue, Salmo

$284,000

Nicely maintained family home on 0.58 acres. Home features 3 bdrms, 1.5 baths, newer gas furnace and new flooring and paint on the main floor. The yard is treed and private, and there is plenty of room for parking. Great move in ready home in a great location.

Call Art (250) 368-8818

Spring is here and the ďŹ elds are turning green

OPEN HOUSES

Here are two great acreages to view

Saturday April 28th between noon and 2pm

1773 Noran Street, Trail

$117,900

1490 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4th Avenue, Trail

2832 Dumont Crescent, Castlegar

983 Nelson Avenue, Trail Beautifully maintained home with 3 bedrooms on the main floor and a nice open living area, air conditioning, great access and parking. The basement could easily be converted back to a suite & features another living room, a kitchen area, 1 bedroom and a 3 piece bath.

Call Mary A (250) 521-0525

$299,900

Flat private street, 2 bdrm/ 1bath home, nice floor plan, ideal for couple or single person, low maintenance exterior, private backyard waiting for your love, contact your REALTORÂŽ for a viewing!

2+ bdrm home on a corner lot has good size rooms, updated kitchen, office and workshop. A/C, u/g sprinklers, garage and carport on flat, fenced lot!

3+ bdrm 3 bath, South Castlegar home is on a peaceful no-thru street. Upgrades include new roof, high efficiency furnace, hot water tank, laminate flooring, stylish kitchen with stainless steel appliances, trendy bathrooms, A/C, security system.

Call for your private viewing today!

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665

Call Terry 250-231-1101

$189,900

For additional information and photos on all of our listings, please visit

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$189,000

WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME. NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO! Deanne Lockhart ext 41

1250 McLeod Road, Fruitvale

$545,000

Tonnie Stewart ext 33 Cell: 250-365-9665 tonniestewart@shaw.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Ron Allibone

Christine Albo

Terry Alton

Cell: 250-512-7653

ext 39

christine.albo@century21.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Mark Wilson

Art Forrest

ext 30

Cell: 250-231-5591

mark.wilson@century21.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

ext 42

c21art@telus.net www.kootenayhomes.com

Darlene Abenante ext 23

Mary Amantea

darlene@hometeam.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

mamantea@telus.net www.kootenayhomes.com

Cell: 250.231.0527

$349,000

Custom build home on 9.93 acres. Gourmet 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom on 5 acres. Creek kitchen, 6 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms. with water rights, easy access, hay fields.

Call Darlene (250) 231-0527 or Ron (250) 368-1162

Cell: 250-231-0153

deannelockhart@shaw.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

1280 Columbia Gardens Rd Fruitvale

ext 26

Cell: 250-521-0525

Cell: 250-368-1162

ext 45

ron@hometeam.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Cell: 250-231-1101

ext 48

terryalton@shaw.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Mary Martin

Cell: 250-231-0264

ext 28

mary.martin@century21.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Richard Daoust

Cell: 250-368-7897

ext 24

richard.daoust@century21.ca www.kootenayhomes.com