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Oh, those beautiful babies!

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One year of accomplishment for 2011 babies was celebrated at the Barriere Seniors Hall on Friday, April 13, with 17 babies attending their first birthday ay party. Sponsored by Yellowhead Community Services, the event provided lunch, games, crafts, and a giant birthday cake served up with ice cream. ream Parents Parents, caregivers caregivers, relatives relatives, and siblings joined in the fun fun, as did members of Success By Six and the Barriere Senior’s Society.

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B.C. teacher strike starting Monday

By Jeff Nagel Black Press Public school teachers have voted 73 per cent to withdraw extracurricular activities province-wide to intensify pressure on the provincial government in the continuing labour dispute.

The vote of the B.C. Teachers Federation could affect everything from high school graduation ceremonies to upcoming sports events.

Meanwhile, a decision of B.C.’s Labour Relations Board has ordered unionized teachers to prepare second term report cards immediately, something they’d resisted as part of job action.

The ruling gives teachers until April 27 to have them ready.

Public school teachers briefly went on a limited strike in March until the provincial government passed Bill 22, legislating them back to work with a six-month cooling off period.

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

A total of 21,625 teachers voted yes, while 7,846 voted no.

BCTF president Susan Lambert said the vote was an emotional one for teachers because cancelling

extracurricular activities was a wrenching choice.

“Teachers struggle with this because these activities bring so much joy to our engagement with students,” she said. “We know this will mean the loss of some highly-valued activities, and we sincerely regret that. But we have to look at the bigger picture and the longer term.”

It’s expected to pit teachers who still want to coach teams and run student clubs in defiance of the BCTF decision against more militant teachers who will be able to ask their union locals to take disciplinary action.

Lambert said the vote “sends a powerful message to government” to rethink Bill 22.

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Canadians are living longer and costs for the Old Age Security (OAS) are rising.

On April 1, 2023 the Government of Canada plans to start raising the age of eligibility for OAS and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) from 65 to 67.*

What does this mean for you?

54 or older as of March 31, 2012

You may still obtain OAS/GIS at age 65

53 or younger as of March 31, 2012

The age of eligibility for OAS/GIS will change gradually between 2023 and 2029

Starting in July 2013, Canadians who are eligible for, but not yet receiving OAS will have the flexibility to delay receiving it in exchange for a higher monthly amount at a later date.

The number of working-age Canadians for every senior is decreasing** 6

The number of working-age Canadians per senior is decreasing, placing additional pressure on the OAS program.

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For a free brochure or more information visit www.ServiceCanada.gc.ca/retirement or call 1 800 O-Canada (TTY 1-800-926-9105) *Subject to parliamentary approval

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Oil in the water: When an oil spill happens Kinder Morgan Canada is expected to soon announce that it will seek to twin its Trans Mountain Pipeline between northern Alberta and Burnaby. The twinning would mean a huge increase in the amount of crude that transits the pipeline, and in the number of oil tankers passing through local waters each year.

This second installment of a three-part Black Press series looks at the risks involved. NEXT ISSUE: A look at the politics of the pipeline, and alternatives.

By Wanda Chow Black Press Ask an environmentalist what they think of the potential for a massive crude oil spill in Burrard Inlet and invariably they bring up the Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Michigan.

That’s where in July 2010 an Enbridge pipeline ruptured, releasing about 19,500 barrels (3.1 million litres) of oil into the nearby river, making it the largest inland oil spill in the history of the U.S. Midwest. More than 18 months later, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continues to struggle to clean up the mess.

So what does an inland oil spill three thousand kilometres away have in common with what could happen here in Greater Vancouver?

Well, the spectre of an oil spill is being raised in light of Kinder Morgan Canada’s proposal to twin its Trans Mountain pipeline that stretches from Edmonton to Burnaby.

The company has yet to make a formal application to the National Energy Board, but the project is aimed at exports of bitumen crude oil from the Alberta oil sands to China, on supertankers that could hold as much as one million barrels.

‘Worst crude of all’ The common denominator is bitumen crude, a less refined crude thick as molasses that contains additives to allow it to flow freely enough to travel through pipelines.

“Of all the crude oil in the world, bitumen from the tar sands is the worst of all,” said Rex Weyler, co-founder of Tanker Free B.C., a group that wants to see oil tankers banned from B.C.’s coast.

When bitumen hits water, it separates into gases, creating a toxic cloud that includes toluene and benzene, known carcinogens, Weyler said.

Indeed, in Michigan, a large area near the spill was evacuated and hundreds of residents

complained of headache, nausea and respiratory symptoms consistent with exposure to crude oil, according to a report

by Michigan health officials.

What doesn’t go into the air sinks to the bottom of the river or ocean and “suffocates all the fundamental biological organisms at the root of the food chain,” Weyler said.

Those organisms, which consume dead matter in the water, provide food for the surviving fish, but they won’t survive for long with the food chain disrupted.

As for the cleanup and economic cost of a spill in Burrard Inlet, he noted that estimates for the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico are in the $50 billion range including the cost of compensating the fishing industry and tourism losses.

Based on that, Weyler estimates the cost of a spill here, with potential impact on tourism, fishing and shellfish industries, and the damage to Stanley Park, to be upwards of $40 billion.

And that’s if you can find those responsible to pay up, he noted.

While BP and Enbridge were clearly the polluters who had to pay for the cleanups and other costs, in the case of an oil tanker, they’re operated at an “arm’s length distance” from the oil companies themselves, said Weyler.

The tankers are “owned independently and registered in ports of convenience,” often under numbered companies managed overseas by lawyers. “They can disappear and their only asset is the ship.”

In that case, those billions of cleanup costs will have to shouldered by the taxpayers of British Columbia, he said.

Taxpayers not on

the hook Not so, says Bruce Turnbull of Western Canada Marine Response Corporation (WCMRC), formerly known as Burrard Clean.

All such vessels which sail into Canadian waters must have an arrangement with a spill response organization which, on the west coast, is WCMRC. The tankers, which must be doublehulled, are brought into Vancouver harbour by local pilots who know about any hazards that need to be avoided.

If there is a spill, and the tanker’s owner walks away, the ship would be seized and WCMRC would tap in to the insurance that tanker companies are required to purchase in advance, Canada’s Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund, Turnbull said. If that insurance runs out, a similar international fund is used.

“The taxpayer is not on the hook.”

WCMRC, which is primarily funded by four major oil companies (Imperial Oil, Shell Canada, Chevron and Suncor) and pipeline operator Kinder Morgan, responds to an average 20 spills a year, he said. They range from small gasoline spills from power boats and incidents involving canola oil, to the 100,000-litre spill resulting from the 2007 rupture of Kinder Morgan’s pipeline in North Burnaby, the largest Canadian incident it has responded to on the west coast.

As for how much oil is typically recovered, Turnbull said it’s not 100 per cent, due to a number of variables including evaporation. “Recovery is only part of an overall strategy. Protection and mitigation of damage to resources is a priority.”

Generally, the response involves containing spills with booms and collect-

ing the oil using skimmers. If the responsible party requests a wildlife rescue response, as Kinder Morgan did in 2007, WCMRC may manage it or hire a professional organization to work within the response command structure.

Wildlife left out of the equation The problem is, not all responsible parties choose to respond to oiled wildlife, and there are no laws forcing them to do so, said Coleen Doucette, vice-president of the Oiled Wildlife Society of B.C. “The way policies are written in Canada, wildlife is not part of the environment, no one has to clean up wildlife.”

But left out in the wild, not only will oiled birds, otters, seals and other wildlife die, they’ll likely be eaten by predators, continuing to contaminate the environment long after the spill is over, noted Doucette, who is also chair of the animal care committee at Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. Doucette worked for Focus Wildlife, one of only three professional wildlife rescue companies in North America, during cleanup of the 2007 spill in Burnaby.

In addition to animals such as seals and otters, waterfowl are perhaps most commonly affected by a spill because the oil removes the natural waterproofing of their feathers, leading to hypothermia.

She has helped provide wildlife rescue response in Alberta after spills of bitumen which she says is far worse than conventional crude.

“It burns the skin dramatically, much more than a product that’s started to be refined.”

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“In a country where there are no regulations, proper funding is not alloted for wildlife response, it makes it very difficult to now look at

needing a more complicated process for rehabilitation when we don’t even have the funding for basic oiled wildlife rehabilitation.”

As it is, she estimated wildlife rehabilitation typically costs one to five per cent of overall clean-

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andowner rights are important to North Americans in general.

In many ways, the open spaces, rich in natural beauty and resources and the opportunity to stake a claim on a piece of it are what brought a large number of our ancestors to Canada (except our First Nations ancestors who were already here, of course).

But the concerns being conjured up from the information put forward recently by the group the Canadian Association of Energy and Pipeline Landowner Association (CAEPLA) should potentially give comfortable landowners a bit of a wake up.

If what CAEPLA says is true, pipeline companies may be making an impact on landowners and local area residents not seen since the colonialists came a-calling.

Interesting how big companies can have such huge impacts over different generations, f irst fur trading companies came to town. Now pipeline companies, purchasing right of ways and writing agreements which seem so simple in some ways and are put forward as straightforward but potentially having huge long-term implications for the locals.

Let’s hope things go a little better than they did the f irst time around for the local communities.

If the abandonment hearings result in pipeline companies being allowed to leave their abandoned and unused pipelines in place, this could be leaving landowners holding the bag.

This has really interesting implications for federal, provincial, regional and municipal relations as well.

In B.C., with 90 per cent of the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline project being on Crown land, responsibility might be sliding downhill to the taxpayers, with regional districts and provinces left with the f inancial responsibility should the pipe have to come out of the ground, or surrounding soil and water be contaminated by remnant chemicals in the abandoned line.

It seems hard to swallow for people on the ground in these potentially impacted areas they won’t get to decide this for themselves.

Instead, it will be the federal review process and National Energy Board who will be deciding on these things, especially given their close relationship with the federal government - who has publicly touted the benef its of the pipeline - and their lack of accountability to regional and provincial governments, which will be the ones most likely to have to deal with the mess once the pipeline is obsolete.

Good thing the Conservative government is proposing shortening the environmental review of the Northern Gateway Project by shortening the time limit on all current and new review processes to 24 months. After all, we wouldn’t want anything like due process and ensuring the long-term protection of the landowners to get in the way of pipeline companies making billions of dollars in prof its. ~ Editorial by Ruth Lloyd - Caledonia Courier

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LPN’s get the word out about the Canadian Cancer Society Two LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) students who have just finished a practicum working with the Canadian Cancer Society, say they felt a need to send out two letters, telling their thoughts, and personal experiences with cancer, “In the hopes that someone can be helped by what we have learned in the last two weeks”.

To the editor; As LPN students who just recently finished our first semester, we were unsure where our placement would be in the community [Kelowna]. But we were glad to be chosen for the Canadian Cancer Society.

Although our practicum will not be a long one, we feel like this is a special place, and we are glad to learn all we can. As an LPN we will be the nurses that talk more with the patient, and can pass important information on to them.

Canadian Cancer Society, is an important part of the cancer journey. Although you may never have wanted to begin this journey, they can help you see your way through, the tough road ahead. The road that seems to go nowhere.

There are many things that impressed us about the Canadian Cancer Society , Some of them are CancerConnection, Camp Goodtimes, and the Canadian Cancer Society Lodge.

CancerConnection is amazing for many reasons; it is a program for people newly diagnosed with cancer, and connects them with a trained volunteer that has taken the same cancer journey as they have. We

were also impressed by the fact that the program is free, even if the call is long distance.

We also had the honour to meet a breast cancer surviour, she found CancerConnect helpful for her, and has since used it to connect with over a dozen other people. She said sometimes people like to use the service just to get basic information; and others she has become friends with.

We find it amazing that with a simple phone call so many people’s lives can be helped.

There is such a huge outpouring of volunteers that are a part of the Canadian Cancer Society.

The Society is justifiably proud of its low cost to administer what they accomplish. In fact, only four percent of the budget goes to administration. The remaining funds ensure that the Society continues to lead the way in cancer prevention, support and research. When someone donates to the Canadian Cancer Society these funds help us right here in our own community.

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STAR/JOURNAL subscribers have full access to premium online content at no extra cost North Thompson Star/Journal As of April 23, all North Thompson STAR/JOURNAL subscribers will enjoy full access to the newspaper’s premium online content on no additional cost.

This is an important step as part of a growing industry trend to reward our loyal readers with free unlimited access to all the local coverage you expect from your community newspaper.

That means all website content, including our eEditions (a digital replica of the paper), is now included in the cost of your paid subscription.

On April 23, the first day for subscribers to activate their digital account, the STAR/ JOURNAL will publish details about the premium content plan and how it will work. On that day, print subscribers can go to www.starjournal.net to sign up for digital access, and new clients can subscribe for $54.88 a month to an all-access package, which includes the print edition and premium online content.

Readers who want to forgo the print edition, or who live outside the STAR/JOURNAL’s delivery area, will still be able to access digital-only premium content on a monthly or annual basis.

With this step, the North Thompson STAR/JOURNAL

joins scores of paid-circulation community newspapers in cities large and small across the country which are recognizing the value of their online content, STAR/JOURNAL publisher Al Kirkwood said.

“Our next-generation products such as our online content and e-editions, play an important part of our future,” said Kirkwood.

While recognizing the value of the unique, local content created by the newsroom staff at the STAR/JOURNAL, Kirkwood also appreciates the realities of a free-access internet.

“We understand that news outside of what our local reporters generate can be had elsewhere and for free, but there are literally thousands of such stories each day,” he said.

“The stories written by our staff are uniquely to our area; there is an inherent value in that - we appreciate it, our print subscribers appreciate it - and it should be recognized in all facets of our industry, including the emerging online component.”

Subscribers will enjoy privileges that include ability to forward stories via email or social media accounts, participate in online discussions and access all content.

Non-subscribers will still have free digital access to limited areas, such as Provincial

LPN’s get the word out Cancer Society. There is much we can still learn, and many we can still help.

A light of hope in the moments of darkness Imagine you are suddenly transported to a land of darkness. Nothing is familiar and you don’t have a map. You feel lost, lonely and know you are the only one on this dark road.

How will I get out, who will show me a direction?

I can see no signs or light. It is scary and foreboding. You have a sense of panic and urgency to find your way as you are positive that a monster is just ahead.

You are right, and it is

imperative as you have cancer; but in the distance you see a flicker of a light and hope. … someone or something is up ahead.

I am a student LPN who has walked the walk with chemo and even though this light was not there for me where I walked, (and sometimes crawled) on my journey, the light is on for everyone who this monster has touched.

I am here with a fellow student and our advice to you is this: It starts with a phone call.

The hand that holds the phone at the other end is the Canadian Information Service 1-888-939-3333. They can direct you on your journey with free support from someone who really understands, without leaving home, and it is all confidential.

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And when Breaking News happens locally, that too will be available to all site visitors at no charge.

The STAR/JOURNAL’s allaccess paid premium print and online model represents nextgeneration thinking for the newspaper industry, Kirkwood said. “Frankly, our industry could have adopted this paidpremium online approach years ago, but the thinking was always on page views and unique site visits. We all thought that, the more circulation you had - in this case, page views - the more desirable for advertisers. But people utilize advertising on the Internet differently.”

He said the evolution to valuing online content is “simply another tool in our kit.

We have always been a media company.”

Kirkwood has been reticent to charge for online content, considering it may impact page views. However, he is confident the hyper-local nature of content created by STAR/ JOURNAL staff will win the day.

“What’s encouraging is we will show our advertisers a dedicated readership that is committed to the STAR/JOURNAL brand - in print and online.”

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Oil in the water: Looking at the impacts - Continued from page 3... large numbers of contaminated wildlife during rehabilitation, she added.

What’s needed is a single large building with good ventilation, and adequate water, electricity and open space.

“All those things are really hard to find in one place, oddly enough.”

Pipeline track record ‘excellent’ When it comes to economic impact of a major oil spill in Burrard Inlet, the local business community isn’t willing to speculate.

Peter Xotta, vice pres-

ident of planning and operations for Port Metro Vancouver, Canada’s largest and busiest port, said such a spill hasn’t happened here so it doesn’t have a point of reference to speculate on.

The port is involved in moving $75 billion worth of goods annually and is responsible for 129,000 jobs across Canada, 80,000 of those in the Lower Mainland, and $10 billion in GDP, Xotta noted.

“So, as relates to our overall mandate, obviously our objective is to make sure all of that

activity continues and that there isn’t disruption to any one of those supply chains.”

The port has been handling oil tanker traffic for more than 50 years and has some of the most stringent operating practices of vessels around such tankers, he said.

When asked if an oil spill would prevent cruise ships and cargo ships from coming and going in Vancouver harbour, Xotta said, “An incident of any kind involves notification to other traffic and depending on the circumstances opera-

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tional plans are modified to deal with that.

But once again, we have not had one of those circumstances here and our practices are intended to make sure that doesn’t happen.”

Over at Tourism Vancouver, officials declined to speculate on the economic impact of such a spill.

John Winter, president of the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, was bullish in support of the proposed pipeline expansion.

“The track record is excellent,” he said. “Most of the people opposed to it never knew there was tanker traffic in the first place.”

He’s not concerned about potential risks of the proposal.

“There’s risk in doing everything,” he said. “If

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Kinder Morgan plans to expand its Alberta-B.C. Trans Mountain pipeline, from Alberta to Burnaby. measures are put in place to minimize those risks to the extent possible I would think the review bodies will have no

choice but to approve it.”

As for whether the chamber would have concerns about the economic implications of a

decision to to allow the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion or not, Winter replied, “Only if it’s turned down.”

Ottawa takes B.C.’s advice on the environment VICTORIA – B.C. government officials have warmly welcomed the federal government’s plan to leave all but the largest environmental assessments to provinces and place strict timelines on project approval decisions.

Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver announced the changes Tuesday, acknowledging provincial requests to move to a “one project, one review” approach and an end to long, uncertain federal reviews that duplicate provincial hearings.

Oliver’s ministry cited several examples, including the NaiKun Wind Energy proposal for an offshore wind farm in Hecate Strait near Haida Gwaii.

The federal approval came 16 months after the province had given the project the green light.

Premier Christy Clark said all the western premiers have been calling on Ottawa for most of the last decade to end the duplication in environmental reviews.

“It’s good for the economy to try to make

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Tom Fletcher sure that we can get projects to a yes – or to a no – in as timely a way as possible, because that is good for investment,” Clark said.

Oliver said there are more than 40 federal government departments and agencies that currently have responsibility for project reviews. That will be reduced to three: the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, the National Energy Board and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, and reviews will be limited to two years.

The National Energy Board is currently holding hearings on the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipeline proposal from Alberta to Kitimat.

It is also expecting an application from Kinder

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A tanker is escorted by tugboats through Burrard Inlet after loading with crude oil from Kinder Morgan’s Westridge terminal in Burnaby.

Morgan Canada to expand capacity of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline from the Edmonton area to Burnaby.

Clark said the B.C. government will wait for the federal review to be completed before taking a position on either project. She criticized Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan for their recent statements opposing the Kinder Morgan proposal.

“I think some of the mayors have decided that they know how the process is going to turn out, and they know all

the information that will be presented and they’re able to tell us in advance what the risks might be,” Clark said.

B.C. Environment Minister Terry Lake said until the province has studied the federal legislation, he won’t be able to say whether B.C. will need changes to take greater responsibility for project assessment.

But he denied suggestions that standards may be weakened.

“We will continue to have a bar that’s set very high for environmental protection in the province of B.C.,” Lake said.

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District learns from MOT road responsibilities

By Margaret Houben North Thompson Star/Journal The District of Barriere held a general meeting on April 16; earlier in the day they had two public meetings to present the District Budget for 2012, one at 1 p.m. and one at 6:30 p.m. for which only two people showed up.

Two delegations attended the evening general meeting to speak to council. The first up was Jill Hayward, president of the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association, who sported the fall fair’s newly designed t-shirt with the 2012 theme of ‘bulls, boots, and broncs’.

Hayward addressed the mayor, council, and District staff in thanking them for their ongoing support and assistance in fundraising for the North Thompson Agriplex project. “We greatly appreciate the District issuing charitable receipts for those who have donated to the Agriplex, and for all the assistance staff has put forward in helping us to obtain the Community Recreation Grant from the province,� said Hayward, “Thank you for being a part of team Agriplex!�

Hayward then presented a framed photograph of 4H youngsters showing their cattle within the Agriplex at last year’s fall fair, which also featured a plaque thanking the District for all of their assistance and support. Mayor Humphreys accepted the presentation on behalf of the District of Barriere.

The next delegation was from the Ministry of Transportation and infrastructure (MOTI): Shawn Clough, Bart Chenuz, Dennis Kurylowich (acting Operations Manager for Harvey Nelson), and Donalda Ricthie (acting District Manager for Sherry Eland). They reported on a variety of items regarding the roads in and around Barriere.

The proposed left hand turn lane at Mountain Road will not be happening this year, and the preferred webcamera location south of the community has been selected to go at the weather station just north of Fish Trap. The Barriere Lakes Road reotech report is being finalized and should be

ready in approximately two weeks.

Line painting from the highway at the Petro-Can to the high school will be done in the near future.

This will be the side bars only, not the centre line. The rest of the line painting (centre lines, stop bars, crosswalks, etc.) have been measured so that cost estimates can now be obtained.

MOTI is responsible for the highway only, the District of Barriere is responsible for all other roads, including the stop bars on roads approaching the highway.

Agate Bay Road will be repaved from Johnson Lake to the highway sometime this summer. The highway passing lane northbound after the bridge will be shortened, and the passing lanes on the highway near Rainer’s farm will be removed entirely.

And finally, the delegation asked council for permission to allow trucks to be pulled over onto area frontage roads to aid with Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement checks. The checks will provide better opportunities to control the speed of commercial vehicles traveling through Barriere.

Two bylaws had their first, second and third readings - the Financial Plan bylaw No. 90, and the Tax Rates 2012 bylaw No. 91.

Council members passed a resolution allowing a development variance permit to be issued for the property at 4856 Lodgepole Road.

(Details of this DVP can be seen online at the District of Barriere’s website.)

They also passed a motion for a temporary use permit to be issued to allow the sale of pellets as an additional permitted use on the property at 4265 Yellowhead Highway., subject to verification for the Land Title Office regarding title.

After some lengthy discussion, including hearing from resident Murray Purcha who spoke against the permit, council members passed a motion to issue a temporary use permit to allow stand-alone offices not necessarily associated with the principal use on the property, to be permitted in the existing office space within

the existing industrial building at 4761 Gilbert Drive, in the Barrier Industrial Park.

Council members passed a motion proposing to pass a resolution allowing a development variance permit to be issued to permit a variance on Lot 17, KAP 28264 (4264 Dunsmuir) reducing the exterior side yard to zero (0’), for the existing garage only.

Staff will now issue notices to all the neighbouring residents.

Council members passed a motion to grant the North Thompson Volunteer and Information Centre an exception to the District of Barriere Noise bylaw No. 0033, section 8(i), to extend the hours from 22:00 to 23:00 for the Interior Savings Moonlight Movie Event to be held in Fadear Park in August 2012.

A motion was passed that the Parks committee discuss further the EcoPark concept with the Learning and Literacy group and make a recommendation to council regarding how to proceed on this project in the absence of the land swap with the TNRD. At the last council meeting, a call went out to the community for volunteers to help with various parks. Staff members reported that several residents have already come forward, resulting in the ‘adoption’ of the garden at the base of the Community Park sign.

Another group of residents live back-to-back with one of the neighbourhood parks, have begun to take care of part of the adjacent parkland in addition to their own properties.

There are a number of roads that have been formally and informally adopted for cleanup and mowing, by individuals, families, businesses and church groups.

The efforts of volunteers in the community are important, and appreciated.

Mayor Humphreys and council members encourage residents to volunteer in whatever way they feel they can.

Regarding the parks, council would like to remind residents that the parks are ‘community’ property and that anything built on them needs the permission of

council to ensure that it is done safely and in a way that is accessible by all residents.

Mayor Humphreys, with council approval, made a proclamation declaring that, May 29, 2012, shall be know as the Day of the Honey Bee in the District of Barriere.

Councillor Sabyan reported that the Bandshell committee is currently drafting a sponsorship program for the Bandshell. Any individuals or groups interested can contact the District Office for more information.

During public enquiries - Barry Thorn asked if council had any information on how the proposed radio station is progressing.

CEO Colleen Hannigan replied that the owner has applied for a broadcasting permit which should be passed in the next month.

Thorn also asked about how to deal with garden waste (leaves and clipping, etc.)? Council members replied that they are hoping to have a composting facility as part of the new Eco Station being built at Louis Creek, but currently residents who are unable to compost themselves can bring it in clear bags to the dump at no charge.

Valerie Williams raised two concerns, first she request that Council arrange repainting of the crosswalk by the elementary school, as the lines are quite faint and many cars are neglecting to slow down. Also, there have been reports of a bear with a cub near the elementary school.

Council members will make sure that the conservation officers know about the bears, and will see what they can do regarding the crosswalk painting.

Lorraine Thorn asked if someone wants to have a group picnic at a park, are they allowed to rent a port-apotty to have on site for the event? The answer - yes.

The next general council meeting will be on May 7, at 7 p.m.

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Sporting a 2012 newly designed Fall Fair t-shirt, North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association president Jill Hayward presented the District of Barriere a plaque thanking mayor, council and staff for their continuing support of the North Thompson Agriplex project. Mayor Humphreys accepted the award on behalf of the District.

How to calculate your municipal tax rate

By Margaret Houben North Thompson Star/Journal The District of Barriere Budget for 2012 is finalized, and tax rates have been set for the municipality.

If you are a property owner within the District you may be waiting to calculate what your taxes will come to this year.

Here is the General Municipal Tax rates for the District of Barriere in 2012.

Keep in mind, this is only the municipal portion and does not include the Regional Hospital, Regional District, School, Police, BC Assessment Authority or Municipal Finance Authority Tax rates. For a full list of all the rates, please contact the District of Barriere office.

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fNorth Thompson Star/Journal Spring and summer bring freshly grown local fruits and vegetables to valley residents. There are several different Farmers Markets that are active during the spring and summer months in the North Thompson Valley. Farmers’ Markets are a perfect opportunity to bring local, sustainable food to your family’s dinner table and certainly are the place to shop if you are trying to stick with the 100 Mile diet.

You’ll find a Farmer’s Market in Barriere; they are open from the first Thursday in May (May 3), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., to the last Thursday in October every year. The location is on the grounds at the Sam’s Pizza & Rib House restaurant (formerly Barr K Treats) at 4307 Yellowhead Highwaywy 5. The Market offers homemade goodies, homegrown fruits and veggies, beef, pork and lamb from 4 Bar S Ranch, free range eggs from Watersmeet Farm, plus cedar garden furniture and paintings by local artists.

To book a spot in Barriere, contact Donna Brown at 250-672-5159

or email jerdonbrown1@gmail.com.

In Clearwater, the Farmer’s Market is located on the grounds of Interior Whitewater Expeditions, across from Brookfield Mall, 73 West Old North Thompson Highway. They are also open from the beginning of May to the end of October, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturdays. The Market offers crafts, chocolates, plants, flowers, herbs, baking, seasonal fruits, numerous vegetables, plus the work of numerous artists.

As many as 26 vendors can be there each Saturday, and more are welcomed. To book a spot contact Anne Baker at 250-674-3444, or email schoolcreekfarm@gmail.com.

Then there is the Farmer’s Market up at Sun Peaks. It takes place on Sundays from June through September, from 12 noon to 4 p.m at the Sun Peaks Village Square. Local farmers, ranchers and artisans will be there selling fruits, veggies, local meats, seafood, art, crafts, beauty products, and more. To book a spot contact the Farmer’s Market Manager at 250-578-5386 or email tspevents@sunpeaksresort.com.

Successful Seedy Saturday

By Elli Kohnert North Thompson Star/Journal The weather on Saturday, April 16, did not encourage visitors at the Seedy Saturday event in Clearwater to start gardening; it was rather cool and windy.

This did not discourage garden enthusiasts and people interested in the many home produced items to attend the fifth annual event in large numbers.

As in other years, it all took place on the Ski Hill and vendors had set up their tables in the Lodge. The variety of seeds, plants, homegrown plants was amazing, and by midmorning it was difficult to walk around, there were so many people crowding into the place.

Asking a visitor from Barriere if she could find anything to take home, she said with a smile “I have been to this event before, and I learned that I better set myself a spending limit or I will be in trouble”.

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Donna Brown from Watersmeet Farm in Barriere attended Clearwater’s Seedy Saturday as a vendor on Apr. 16.

It was not only plants and seeds that people had access to, but also great suggestions and advice from vendors, who had years of experience with earth friendly gardening.

There were art displays as well. Ecki, a Vavenby artist, had bird feeders for sale and interesting artifacts, all created from recycled and area collect-

ed materials. Sharon Neufeld had a great variety of herbal products, as well as seeds and more; and all were natural products that she offers from her home business ‘Forest House’.

Among the vendors were the Brown’s of Watersmeet Farm in Barriere. They had many different products from their farm

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Community garden to get new sprinkler system thanks to generosity of other communities

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The Barriere community Garden provides the community of Barriere and surrounding areas with a place to come together to learn from one another, grow their own vegetables and plants, gain horticultural skills and socialize. Parents, grandparents and even teachers are able to inspire their children, grandchildren and students while introducing them to the joys and value of gardening. Children have the opportunity to gain skills and an appreciation of food, plants and the earth, all while providing an invaluable, fun, bonding opportunity.

The Community Garden is in desperate need of a new sprinkler system. At the moment, the current watering system is extremely time-consuming and exhausting for the garden member volunteers, while also putting the whole project at risk.

Early in 2011, Liz Gilbertson, with the help of the District of Barriere, submitted an entry on behalf of the Barriere Community Garden to the Pepsi Refresh Canada Project voting contest for a $5,000 grant to aid in the installation of a new sprinkler system and for the construction of a shade structure within the garden. While the submission came within one position of winning the grant, unfortunately, it was not successful.

However, a common voting strategy within the contest was to align your project with other projects in other categories in a ‘you vote for us, we’ll vote for you’ type arrangement. Barriere made some strong alliances within the contest, with some of those equally deserving projects who actually won their grants!

Barriere must have made a positive impression on some of the participants in the Pepsi Refresh contest, as Tasha Buchanan of Town Hall was personally contacted by those individuals who wanted to send in monetary donations to the Garden. These donations came in from across Canada and totaled $1,200. The largest donation came from Dr. Trish Forrest, the contest coordinator and volunteer within the Alaskan Malamute Society in Ontario (a $10,000 Pepsi Grant winner) who personally campaigned for donations for Barriere’s community Garden. Other donations came in from supporters of Merritt’s Angel Animal Rescue Society (the $100,000 Pepsi Grant winner), Richmond Animal Protection Society (a $25,000 Pepsi Grant winner), and from a Parrot Sanctuary on Vancouver Island, who didn’t win any funding. The District of Barriere has also provided an in-kind donation of staff labour to design and install the system, as well as to contribute various materials required to complete construction.

Now that spring has finally sprung, the North Thompson Valley Garden club is making plans to complete this project by hosting a workbee on Sunday, April 29, to prepare for the installation of the new sprinkler system. Community Garden members will be hard at work, digging the trenches and removing old pipe on that day. Volunteers are always welcome and would

be gratefully appreciated!

In addition to the substantial contributions for the previously noted Pepsi Refresh Contest participants, discounted rates for many materials are being provided by Delta Irrigation and further, Rodgers Rental has committed to renting the ditchwitch for a significantly reduced rate to help support the project.

Pepsi’s Refresh Project, while at the moment discontinued, was one that provided various individuals and non-profit organizations a chance to enrich their community in ways varying from community garden projects like Barriere’s, school arts program, medical support services and animal aid, to name a few. While only a handful of the 100 chosen projects submitted won funding, it goes to show you that generosity doesn’t stop at the corporate giant level such as Pepsi Canada, but extends from everyday people regardless of where they live, such as Dr. Forrest, Wendy, Cheryl, Helen, and Julie (many of whom had not even heard of Barriere before the contest), as well as the District of Barriere and all the individuals who voted even once for the Garden throughout the contest.

May we all remember to extend a hand out to organizations who better the livelihoods of individuals, whether it be two legged or four. If it has been a while since you have made a contribution, monetary or in volunteer time, to a charity or organization close to your heart, consider doing so - as paying it forward is never a waste of time. April hosts Canada’s National Volunteer Awareness Week, and you can contact our local North Thompson Volunteer and Information Centre at 250-672-0033 to find out ways you can help better Barriere. In addition, it should be mentioned that April is also Cancer Awareness Month, and local canvas volunteers are out in full force raising money for the Canadian Cancer Society. *Article submitted by District of Barriere, on behalf of the North Thompson Valley Garden Club.

• LEGION NEWS• #242 • IN-HOUSE RAFFLE WINNERS FOR APR. 14, 2012 First Draw: Eileen Miers, Larry Holland, Pat Brown & Pam Casselman Second Draw: Sam Healey, Lyne Healey, Eileen Miers & Sam Healey Third Draw: Kevin Huffman, Marian Hardy, J. Genier & Joe Hagen Fourth Draw: Lorraine Dunn, Kevin Huffman, Marian Hardy & Lorraine Dunn Bonus Draw: Muriel Kostel (Chase) • The lucky winner of $78.00 was Keith Moore.

THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS Linn, Verne and Darlene

POOL ~ Free pool every Thursday CRIB ~ Every Wednesday at 7pm • DARTS ~ Every Thursday at 7pm DARTS ~ 12 players on Apr. 12 - 1st- Frank Wiseman & Richard Lowe • 2nd - Paulette Bombardier & Emil Gammel • 3rd - Maureen Wiseman & Kevin Huffman • High Score - Ladies Gloria Gartner w/115 & Mens Frank Wiseman w/127 • High Finish - Ladies Maureen Wiseman w/40 & Mens Kevin Huffman w/32 CRIB ~ 8 players on Apr. 11 - 1st - Betty Wolff • 2nd - Joe Sabyan • 3rd - Ernie Yungen • High Hand - Ivy Johnson w/24 • Skunk - Donna Smith

UPCOMING EVENTS Apr 29: Seniors Luncheon, entertainment will be the Old Time Fiddlers from Kamloops May 8: Ladies Auxiliary meeting, 1pm May 15: Executive meeting, 6:30pm/General meeting, 7pm Jun 9: Golf Tournament - sign up at the Legion

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BARRIERE ANIMAL RESCUE would like to say a great big thank you to Louisa and Ivan Lee of Barriere AG Foods, the staff at AG Foods, and all the community residents who so generously donated to the pet food/donation drive held at the store for our four-legged friends. It is wonderful to see how our community comes together to assist those in need.

4-H want your old For The truck and car batteries Record: Burkholder at 250By Christine kempter 4-H Reporter The Yellowhead 4-H Club is holding a battery fundraiser. If you have any old truck or car batteries please contact one of the following depending on where you live. We would be pleased to pick them up for you.

Little Fort/Darfield area: contact Sandra

672-2420. Chu Chua area: contact Evelyn Pilatzke at 250-6721937. East Lake area: contact Janet Huber at 250-672-5558. Squam Bay area: contact Holly Vansickle at 250-6720125.

Heffley/Louis Creek area: contact Angie Pawloff at 250672-9935.

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Allergies to medications can be a serious issue. The symptoms for an allergy to penicillin-like drugs can range from a mild rash to very severe breathing problems.

If you have a known drug allergy, make sure you tell your pharmacist and doctor.

Many people see doctors in walk-in clinic or hospital settings, so it’s important to share your allergy information with them.

Some people use transdermal patches on the skin as a drug delivery system.

There are patches for estrogen, pain drugs and nicotine replacement for quitting smoking. There is some evidence that exposing these patches to heat can release more drug into the body causing side effects. If you use these medication patches, use caution with electric blankets, hot tubs, saunas, heat lamps or hot water bottles.

Losing weight has many advantages. It could help people who ‘leak’ urine.

Urinary incontinence can be embarrassing and cause emotional stress. Losing weight just might help this situation.

The internet can be a free-for-all when it come to medical advice. It’s important to know whether the advice is reliable or not. If you have a concern about medication or a health treatment seen on the web, you can rely on our pharmacist staff to help you determine the validity of the advice.

Our pharmacists’ primary role is to provide you with accurate information about your medications and matters pertaining to your health. Don’t hesitate to use them as a reliable information scource.

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2bdrm bsmt suite & lrg family rm & more 956 Barber Road $489,900 - NEW 24 acre w/log home. Views. Full suite. Wood accents. 1 bdrm bsmt suite & cabin (rented). Veranda, Several buildings + horse stables, tack room & hay barn. Fenced and Xfenced.

549 Fawn Road $425,000 Double lot, view of Dutch lk. HW. Newer cabinets. 2 bdrms + 1 in basement w/mstr upstairs w/ensuite. Hot tub, pool & shop 24x30. Several decks covered & open on quiet subdivision 1950 Old N Thompson Hwy. $399,900 3 bdrm mdlr open, pellet stove, garage, 24x40 shop, 100 acres.

Pasture, wet lands & hay field. IG pool w/cement deck. + older log cabin on approx 7 acres.

206 Murtle Road $379,900 4 bdrm, 3 bath w/circle drive. Tiled foyer & maple HW. Open concept & mntn view. Wood kitchen cabinets, beautiful counters & island. Modern baths, WI closets, Levelor blinds & 2 lndry rms. Cose to amenities. New home warranty in place.

2704 KP Road $379,000 - NEW 9+ acre riverfront w/2 creeks, riding arena. Sundeck over NT River w/1500 ft of beach. 1536 sq.ft. w/sundecks, skylights. Mstr, ensuite w/jetted tub.

Updates include roof, furnace, HW tank & laminate. 32x90 building w/3 bay garage games rm, 3 horse stalls, hay & dry storage 200amp, metal roof & water 5289 Clearwater Valley Rd $349,900 Custom 10 acres near park. Vaulted ceilings, skylights, HW floors, high end appl, Covered veranda & 12x32 deck w/view. Guest house, sauna, steam rm, certified WS 227 Blair Place $349,000 Clw Estates w/mntn view & UG services. Modern & well built.

Open plan, finished bsmnt, HW, berber carpets & more. 2 decks, lndscp, garden & fenced. Garage & hardy plank trim.

357 Robson Place Road $339,900- NEW Classy family home in a quiet cul-de-sac. Open floor plan w/ family rm in the basement. Custom tile work, HW, sundeck & private yard. This home is close to amenities.

226 Blair Place $319,000 - NEW 3 bdrm, 2 baths & WI closets. AC, vacuum & UG sprklr. Oak kitchen, pantry, heated tile floor. Open plan. Fully fenced & lndscpd. Covered deck, open patio & view.

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Lot 3 Boulder Mnt Rd MLS 101053 $109,900 NEW.PRICE

349 HELMCKEN STREET $229,900- NEW Newly reno’d open plan w/new kitchen baths & many other features. Recently painted, partly fin. bsmnt. Backs on to park, fully fenced.

328 RIVERVIEW CRES. $214,800 Dutch Lake subd., .38 ac lot. Open, spacious & upgraded. New flooring, soaker tub, wood stove. Outside entry office. Fenced & front has a circle paved driveway.

145 NORFOLK ROAD 108461 $209,000 - NEW 3 bdrm. w/oak cabinets, , lrg dining. Private deck & gardens.

Near amenities. Lam. flooring & fresh paint. Mnt. view, motivated offering a cash back $2000 upon completion.

1210 Hern Road $185,000 Updated 4 bdrm on a.5 acre in Blackpool. New cabinets, laminate, windows & reno’d baths & lighting. Fenced w/47x12 workshop & garage.

424 Riverside Road $145,000 Located in Vavenby w/tons to offer. Solid home w/2bdrs up & 1 down, lrg family rm & great heating. Walking distance to the store and post office and has a view.

2354 Petrol Road $129,000 Lot w/mnt view, private w/little traffic. New shingles & paint.

Open plan w/wood features, tile & lam. flooring. WStove. Lrg studio 9x23. Great for a young family. Garden space & boxes.

Bareland strata $100/mnth.

169 Wood Road $129,900 Vavenby, close to amenities. Private yrd w/mntain view. Recent metal roof & vinyl siding. Updates incld countertops, laminate, paint, elect. & heating. Vendor is a Realtor.

129 Petrol Road $129,900 - NEW Mnt view, private yard. New shingles & is freshly painted. Open floor plan w/wood features, tile & laminate flooring. Lrg 9x23 studio.

352 Ruby Road &124,900 .5+ acre overlooking the NT River. Quiet area on CDS. 12x20 workshop, 24x30 2 bay RV storage & more. Great starter or retirement in Vavenby.

429 Wildwood Road $129,000 Centre of Clearwater. Upgrades: secondary metal roof, counters, sink, laminate, carpet & paint. Newer propane frun., has winter pkg. Grge, shed & part fenced.

250-674-1514 lhadley@century21rison.com 68 Blanchard Road $80,000 Lrg lot. Metal roof over the home, deck & storage. Newer cabinets, counter & appl. Recent paint, laminate & HE wood stove. .41 acres.

289 Vavenby Bridge Road $60,000 Vavenby, this 4 bdrm home is close to amenities & recreation. Court Order: 46069, being sold “AS IS” and Schedule “A” applies.

5-851 Old N Thompson Hwy $49,000 NEW PRICE Newer mobile. 3 bdrms & a cozy kitchen, laundry & spacious back entrance.

A small deck at the back allows for enjoying the summer evenings.

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457 Eden Rd $700,000 Land & building: leased to Dairy Queen - 2013 w/option to renew. Ideally loc. Hwy 5 near school & tourism. 13yrs old. Franchise not incld.

257 Glen Road $379,000 - NEW PRICE Commercial mall & hall w/permit for 160 seating available. Commercial kitchen, storage & fenced yard. Presently has 2 tenants FT & 1 PT & 1 avail.

Willing to discuss all options. 24 hrs notice 6176 Trout Creek Rd 142 acres, ranch, Mill, woodlot & 35 acres peat moss bog. Close to Wells Gray Park. 3 lvl dove tailed cedar log home to lock up & sm log home w/several cabins. Trout Creek (w/water license) & lake.

Approx 35 head of cattle. CAN BE NEGOTIATED WITHOUT SAWMILL, IT WOULD BE REMOVED

LOTS AND ACRES Lot 2 Galliano Road $89,900 3.6 acres, Subdividable zoned R2.

1745 Birch Island Lost Crk Rd $319,000 1+ km of riverfront, pasture 908 Clw Village Rd $38,000 New septic. Hydro & ph. at lot line. - NEW PRICE Lot A Trout Crk $139,900 13+acre well & septic 5233 Clw Valley Rd $164,900 30acres Subdiv.

1952 Dunn Lake Rd $40,000 1 acre 1485 Davy Rd $50,000 1.26 acre.

Avola Forest Service Rd 5 parcels totaling 350 acres, can be sold somewhat separately or together. Call Listing Realtor for more information.- NEW DL 3079Avola Forest Service Road - 22 acres on an island in the North Thompson river. Access over a narrow channel of Avola Forest Service Rd opposite side of the NT River from Hwy 5. Unique property is fully treed and it could be a fascinating property to hold.- NEW

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17 babies of 2011 celebrate with a party

STAR/JOURNAL photos: Jill Hayward

Seventeen 2011 babies, plus parents, caregivers, and siblings attended the Babies of 2011 Party at the Barriere Seniors Hall on Friday, April 13. Hosted by Yellowhead Community Services the annual event provides a catered lunch, birthday cake, door prizes, crafts for siblings, activities, songs and rhymes. The number of babies in attendance was down a little this year from the past, but organizers say they think it was a little harder to get the word out to area parents this year than in year’s previous. Pictured: (l to r) Colin Eustache, Afton Wittner, and Cohen Eustache; Tracy and Audrina Allen; Jamie Third and Lena Doherty; Ashley and Mason Wohlgemuth; Lacey and Theo Kaduk; Dori McRae and Lilliana Wright; Elizabeth and Eva-Mae Ekins; Kandra Amos, Erika Edwards, and Eric Edwards; Emma and Kesler Allen; Lindsay and Claire Arcand; Avaya Dixon and Heli Uusikartano; J.J. Walker and Heidi Uusikartano; Angie and Ty Rainer; Savan and Kaedyn Uhrich; and Shirley and Abigail Van der Merwe.

Lena Doherty attended with her mom Jamie Third.

Lena was the 2011 New Year’s baby for this area.

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Genuine folk art worthy of appraisal at Little Fort event Submitted

Raking it in

STAR/JOURNAL photo: Jill Hayward

Volunteer Joy Huber joined a work bee at the North Thompson museum in Barriere last week to rake leaves, and clean up both outside and inside the facility. May 5 is the museum’s annual Yarden Sale this year and will run from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Plants, shrubs, seeds, bulbs, and a variety of other items can always be found at this popular community event.

So, if you don’t have an antique to be appraised, how else do you get involved in North Thompson Valley Hospice House Society’s Little Fort Antique Weekend this year?

Got any authentic folk art? That’s worth consideration too, say weekend organizers. Take, for instance, a wooden bucket one Hospice volunteer has been packing around since purchasing it in the U.S. Southeast 40-some years ago. The maker was said to be one of North American’s last — perhaps really the very last — cooper still working.

The cooper was a neighbour, a friend, and aware of the apparent value of his creations (buyers came from New York City hoping to buy churns, buckets and other items fashioned only of cedar staves and white oak bindings, no glue, no nails involved.) The artisan, then in his early 80s, brushed off the city folks’ attentions and continued to sell what he made to people he liked, for the price he’d considered fair — which put that bucket in a price range his young neighbour could afford.

Fast forward 40-plus years: The bucket gets a soaking every few months to keep it ‘tight’ and gets dusted less often than it should, the owner admits. And it’s full of happy memories.

Independent antique appraiser Peter S. Blundell of Vernon, due to make a third appearance at the Little Fort event April 28 and 29, says, “Bring it on.”

The weekend event is neither a show nor a sale.

Area residents may attend the affair as spectators — admission is by donation — or, for a $40 fee, bring up to three items each to be examined by Blundell. Those wishing to participate in this year’s Little Fort Antique Weekend are advised to book appointments in advance

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Not an antique but a genuine piece of folk art, a bucket fashioned only of cedar staves and white oak bindings is suitable for appraisal when the North Thompson Valley Hospice House Society holds the third annual Little Fort Antique Weekend, organizers are advised. by calling Pat at 250-672-5660 or Elsie at 250-6774287. Last year’s two-day show was booked virtually solid, most appointments made well in advance.

The 2012 event runs from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., both Saturday, April 28, and Sunday, April 29.

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No this is not a chicken with a bad haircut. This interesting looking fellow is a ‘Polish crested rooster. Owner Bonnie Bouwman says she bought him and a hen at a small animal auction. “They were so cute, and I just could not resist them,” said Bouwman, “They are a lot of fun and quite tame.” Polish crested are known for being quite tame, while remaining quite active. Their showy headdress of feathers makes them an easy conversation piece and is quick to attract avid photographers.

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A photograph should be about something specific, and the photographer should hone the image so that only the subject, to the greatest degree possible, is what the photograph is about.

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Are you close enough?

Last week several photographers showed me their work. Much of the time all that happens for me are discussions about cameras and equipment, so it’s a relief once in a while to see what others have produced with their cameras.

All the pictures were pretty good. Of course, it’s hard to know the skill level of photographers these days when most of the process might be left up to the camera’s program. And although I didn’t get into that discussion, I wished that most of the photographs had been made with longer focal length lenses. I know that wide-angle lenses are trendy, but there was just too much picture in almost all the work I saw.

I recall a quote attributed to photographer Robert Capa.

(In 1938 Capa was referred to as the greatest war photographer in the world.)

He said, “ If your photographs aren’t good enough, it’s probably because you aren’t close enough”.

This could mean that one should be using a long lens or should be doing close-up photography.

However, that isn’t what I think it means.

In my opinion, what it really means is that a photograph should be about something specific, and the photographer should hone the image so that only the subject, to the greatest degree possible, is what the photograph

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* O H N % N MA N is about and all those elements left in the composition relate to that subject.

When I was just a young photographer I would question other photographers who I felt were successful at their craft, and I was given the following advice by a retired Canadian photojournalist. He talked about pre-visualizing a photograph, and composing it with all the elements in the scene, and then finally stepping closer to “tighten up” the image.

His advice was from a time period when very few photographers were using multifocal or “zoom” lenses. Quality glass and sharp images depended on f ixed focal length lenses, referred to as “prime” lenses in modern jargon.

I’m not going to get into a discussion of prime versus zoom lenses. Some people enjoy arguing about equipment, and they pull out charts and make lots of test shots to prove their point of view. Personally, when I select a lens it’s because I think it will help me do the best job for the work at hand.

Whether one is using a prime or zoom lens, let’s refer again to Capa’s quote about

getting closer. “If your photographs aren’t good enough, it’s probably because you aren’t close enough”.

Getting closer changes the perspective and builds a relationship between the foreground and background. With a wide-angle lens the elements in the foreground become more important, and with a telephoto they become less important, for example, in a scenic taken with a 300mm lens the elements in the photograph “flatten” and appear to have equal importance.

My advice to readers is to teach themselves to examine the many features in their composition.

Start with the centre of interest, or main subject, decide what in that composition relates to that centre of interest, and step closer (or “zoom in the focal length”), to remove areas and features that have no relationship to, or interfere with, whatever

you want your viewer to concentrate on.

After marvelling at Michelangelo’s statue of Goliath-vanquishing David, the Pope asked the sculptor, “How do you know what to cut away?” Michelangelo’s reply was: “It’s simple.

I just remove everything that doesn’t look like David.”

I’m not sure if that is a true conversation that actually occurred, but photographers can ask themselves, “do I really need to include that stuff?”

Then they should strive to position themselves closer (or “zoom” the lenses closer) to the subject, and only (well, mostly only) include those things that relate to the subject of the composition, as well as pre-visualise what they want to see.

These are my thoughts this week.

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‘Spring has sprung, the grass is riz...’ now is a good time to check out all the new titles at the library. There are all sorts of helpful gardening books to help you get your garden started; as well as the usual mysteries and thrillers.

Cat’s Claw by Susan Wittig Albert - As a police chief in a maledominated force, Sheila meets many challenges, especially when her theories rock the boat in high profile cases like that of George Timms.

He was caught breaking into Larry’s computer shop to steal his own computer back because of dangerous personal information it contained. Now that Larry is dead, she’s sure it’s connected to the burglary. And she’s also sure she’ll get plenty of resistance on her assessment.

Cinnamon Roll Murder by Joanne Fluke - When Hannah Swensen hears that the Cinnamon Roll Six jazz band will be playing at a festival in Lake Eden, Minnesota, she bakes up a supply of their name-

sake confections to welcome them. But tragedy strikes when their tour bus overturns on its way into town. And keyboard player Buddy Neiman’s minor injuries turn deadly serious when someone plunges surgical scissors into his chest...Turns out, Buddy Neiman isn’t the victim’s real name. In fact, no one is really sure who he is.

Hannah’s investigation digs up a few local suspects. There is Doctor Bev, who seems to know more about “Buddy” than she’s willing to admit. And Devon, an aspiring keyboard player who may have had a fatal case of jealousy.

Hannah isn’t sure how she’ll unravel the mystery, but one thing’s for sure: there’s nothing sweeter than bringing a killer to justice.

Agony of the Leaves

by Laura Childs - The opening of the aquarium is a major Charleston event, and Theodosia has been hired to cater tea, scones, and sandwiches for the private party to honor dignitaries and big buck donors.

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discover the body of a man entangled in a net, drowned in one of the aquarium’s state-of-theart tanks. To make matters worse, the victim is Theodosia’s former boyfriend Parker Scully.

The EMTs on the scene think Parker’s drowning was an accident, but when Theodosia notices what look like defense wounds on his hands, she realizes that someone wanted Parker dead. The local police aren’t keen on hearing her theory-especially because of her ties to the victim-so Theodosia knows that if she wants Parker’s killer brought to justice, she’ll have to jump into the deep end and start her own investigation.

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Monday, April 23, 2012 North Thompson Star/Journal

Bicycle violations under microscope

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North Thompson Star/Journal With the warmer weather, and increase in bicycle traffic, enforcement of unsafe bicycling practices will soon be a focus for police.

A common sight these days is that of someone on a bicycle, without a helmet, going down the wrong side of the road or on a sidewalk.

All cyclists have the same rights and responsibilities as motorists under the Motor Vehicle Act, which means they must obey stop signs, traffic lights and traffic direction just like cars and trucks.

Bicycles must also be equipped with proper lights and reflectors to be operated at night.

Fines range from $29 for no helmet, to $109 for an improperly equipped bicycle or unsafe habits such as cycling with no hands on the handlebar.

The Motor Vehicle Act also allows for a guardian to be ticketed for allowing a child under 15 to ride without a helmet.

Some common bicycle violations:

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s 2IDE AFTER DARK WITHOUT LIGHTS

s /PERATE CYCLE WITHOUT BRAKES

s &AIL TO SIGNAL WHILE TURNING

s #YCLING WITH NO HANDS ON HANDLEBAR

s 2IDE ON SIDEWALK

s &AIL TO RIDE CYCLE ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD Motor Assisted Cycles will also see the spotlight as they have all the same rules as bicycles, except you must be at lease 16 years old to operate them on a roadway.

Passengers on a bicycle, or motor assisted cycle, are not permitted unless it is specifically designed to carry one.

For more information on bicycle safety, required equipment and your rights/duties as a cyclist, go to www.bikesense.bc.ca Every Monday we bring you the NEWS and the VIEWS from the Lower North Thompson Valley.

The STAR/JOURNAL Keeping valley residents informed!

Learning from the best - Mo Bradley

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Eight fly fishing enthusiasts took advantage of learning from the best when master fly-tyer and experienced fisherman Mo Bradley (third from right) presented a casting course in Barriere on Sunday, April 15, at the Angler’s Gift and Tackle.

The Barriere course was hosted by Lower North Thompson Learning & Literacy, with Bradley generously not charging for his time, and all proceeds from the day being donated to the North Thompson Fish and Game Club. Everyone who participated said they enjoyed the afternoon and were happy with the skills they learned. Even those with previous casting experience stated that they had learned new skills.

Mo Bradley, a Kamloops Check upcoming issues of the STAR/JOURNAL for resident, was presented this past January with a a regular column by Mo Bradley on fly-tying.

Canadian Recreational Fisheries Award for The column will be brought to our readers by his work in promoting sustainable recreational Lower North Thompson Learning & Literacy. fishing.

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BCWF weighs in on B.C. grizzly bears

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The media frenzy that usually accompanies the April 1st opening of the spring bear hunt season has come in full gear, and the BC Wildlife Federation (BCWF) say they are disappointed that antihunting activists are evading science, the mortar used to build the foundation of sustainable wildlife management in B.C. Anti-hunting activists claimed that grizzly bear populations were declining to the point of extinction in B.C., but science-based population models have proved them wrong.

Rodney Wiebe, BCWF President says, “By simply claiming it is wrong to hunt bears and the hunt should be stopped on moral grounds ignores the fact that bears and other predator populations need to be managed because of other imbalances caused by human activities and gives no consideration for the values of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, which is based on scientific management and sustainable use.”

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Grizzly bear photo: Jill Hayward

dent panel of the world’s most recognized bear scientists confirmed the province’s grizzly bear management is effective and population estimates are sound. The province has developed systems to monitor bear populations relying on science and data partially obtained through compulsory inspection of hunter harvested bears. This independent review concluded that both hunting and non-consumptive use are acceptable in the management

planning process.

Last year’s grizzly bear mortalities increased over the 2010 figure, exactly what was predicted by anyone monitoring bear populations and bear/ human conflict numbers.

But the grizzly bear harvest and total mortalities were still well below the management goals of six er cent. In fact, the total mortality, including human conflict and highway/railway collisions, was only 2.4 per cent. Studies have shown that grizzly bears in B.C. can reproduce at a rate of eight per cent per year or more.

Wiebe stated, “The BCWF has worked collaboratively with the David Suzuki Foundation and other NGOs on habitat and environmental issues in the past and looks forward to doing the same to address the greater risks to bear conservation such as resource development and habitat fragmentation. Working from a solid footing built on science rather than emotion will provide better managed wildlife populations across B.C.” Visit www.bcwf.bc.ca for more information.

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SPORTS Barriere Fun Run drawing competitors from across B.C. North Thompson Star/Journal The inaugural Barriere Fun Run has recently opened its online registration and already has runners signed up from as far away as Vancouver. The newly developed website at www.barrierefunrun.com not only has a link to the online registration, but also route maps and other information.

The Barriere Fun Run, which takes place on Sunday, June 3, will take runners through downtown, residential and forested areas of Barriere. The event is a fund raiser for the North Thompson Volunteer and Information Center.

“We already have a number of runners registered, including three from Barriere.” says race director Wes Kibble.

“There is even one gentleman travelling from Vancouver to race the 5km run. So far, the majority of entrants are from Kamloops, but we have received interest from Clearwater, Salmon Arm, Merritt and Vernon. When I started planning this event, I was hoping for 50 runners. Now everyone is telling me to expect 100.”

The 5km route is fairly flat and perfect for the beginning runner or those trying for a personal best. The 10km utilizes the same basic 5 km, but with an added 5 km loop in the “Ridge trails” loop above Barriere. A 600m kid’s race will take place before the 5km and 10km races.

“Running races are not just for the elite and experienced.” Kibble admits that he is far from elite. “I have run in races all over Ontario and B.C. After four years of racing, I finally got third place in an event last year. I am usually mid pack, but I honestly believe that I have just as much fun as the race winners. If you go to any running race, you will see a variety of people. Some are what you expect runners to look like.

Others are average people with a few extra pounds, like me. Some people will run the 10km race in 35 minutes, while others will do it in one hour and 35 minutes. The key is that each one of them was out there giving it their best.

“Runners are a family. The elite racers hang out with the not so fast. Everyone has fun. There is no ego.

“We were at a race in Vernon a few months ago and were waiting on three

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The Barriere Fun Run is coming on Sunday June 3,2012! The 1st annual event will celebrate not only running, but healthy lifestyle within the community. Starting and finishing at the bandshell at Fadear Park in downtown Barriere, the run offers runners a unique view of our community that they would not normally see. The festivities at the bandshell before and after the event will bring the whole community together to support the runners, volunteers and healthy lifestyle. ladies to finish the run. They were 20 minutes behind everyone else, which is a lot on a 10km race. All the runners and spectators came out of the school when they rounded the corner towards the finish line. You should have heard everyone cheering them on as they crossed the finish line. It was very emotional.”

The Barriere Fun Run is the first time a running race has been hosted in Barriere since the 1970’s.

“The whole valley is buzzing about the event,” says Kibble. “The 5-yearold son of a Kamloops running friend told me the other day that he is coming out to run in the kid’s race. He is so excited! Everyone is excited about the Barriere Fun Run. It is really encouraging. We already have door prizes such as running shirts and hats from Runners Sole and gift certificates from the Running Room.”

However, event organizers are still looking for help in the sponsorship side. “We still have marketing partnership options available. When runners

pick up their bibs, they will get a race package in a bag. This bag will have flyers and products from companies.

We are also looking for door prizes for the runners and volunteers.”

The entry fee for the race is: $20 until April 30, $25 from May 1 to June1, or $30 the day of the race.

In addition to the website at www. barrierefunrun.com, the event also has a Facebook page at https://www. facebook.com/ barrierefunrun For further information about sponsorSwim Program ship, volunis currently seeking teering or the Red Cross event in gencertified swim eral; please contact Wes instructor Kibble at wesfor weekdays from kibble@barriJuly 16-27, 2012 at erefunrun.com private pools. or 250-682Please send resumes and 7771

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Youth and parks connect with Get Outside BC! Ministry of Environment BC Parks is accepting applications for its innovative youth leadership program Get Outside BC. Piloted in 2011, Get Outside BC was the first of its kind in Canada. Forty youth aged 14-18 from across the province will be selected to participate in this year’s summer program.

Get Outside BC helps youth develop outdoor skills and build the confidence and leadership skills to inspire other youth to appreciate and spend time in parks.

The program begins with a youth leadership summit at the North Vancouver Outdoor School in Squamish July 3-7. Youth will participate in a variety of skill development workshops including outdoor safety and trip planning, bear awareness training and camping, and learning how to inspire others and plan events.

BC Parks has pro-

vided $80,000 to fund Get Outside BC over two years. In its second year, Get Outside BC 2012 is a collaborative project between BC Parks, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - BC Chapter (CPAWS-BC), in partnership with Mountain Equipment Co-op and the Child and Nature Alliance.

Youth who participated in last year’s program said the summit alone met or exceeded their expectations and all would participate in the program again if given the opportunity.

After the summit, youth are expected to plan and lead their own event with at least 10 other youth from their community in celebration of International Youth Day on Sunday, Aug. 12. Get Outside BC will provide up to $200 to support each event.

Youth can apply online until May 7, 2012, at www.getoutsidebc.ca

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Workers die every day The numbers are staggering. In 2010, more than 1,014 people died in Canada as a result of work-related accidents or illnesses; an increase from 939 the previous year.

This means that, on average, almost three workers are killed every working day. Close to 350,000 others were injured seriously to the extent that it prevented them from reporting to work for at least one day. It is estimated that nearly one million workrelated injuries and illnesses are reported each year in Canada.

In the eighteen year period from 1993 to 2010, 16,143 people lost their lives due to work-related causes (an average of 897 deaths per year).

Work-related accidents are very expensive. The total of compensation paid to work accident victims or their families and of other economic costs of work-related injuries each year is estimated at more than $12 billion. These figures do not take into account the pain and suffering of the victims and their families, which are incalculable.

The National Day of Mourning focuses our attention on these tragic statistics and reminds us that there is more work to be done in the area of workplace health and safety.

The Government of Canada is committed to promoting a healthy, safe, and productive work environment for all Canadians.

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On average, almost three workers are killed every working day in Canada. oping, administering, and enforcing legislation and regulations, including the Canada Labour Code. The Code applies to federally regulated workplaces, and one of its primary goals is to prevent accidents and injuries that could adversely affect employees’ health.

The Health and Safety Officers of the Labour Program conduct workplace inspections and safety audits, respond to employee complaints, and investigate hazards.

They also work with the policy and workplace health and safety committees to help resolve health and safety issues in the workplace.

The National Day of Mourning is an annual day of remembrance for workers who have been killed or injured on the job in Canada. The aim of this day is to publicly renew the commitment to fight for the safety of the living, as well as mourn for those workers who have died.

On December 28th, 1990, the government passed the Workers Mourning Day Act, which established an

official day observed every year to commemorate workers injured on the job, killed, disabled, or who suffer from occupational illnesses.

This day is also intended to show Canadians’ concern for occupational health and safety.

April 28 was chosen for this observance, since the first comprehensive Workers’ Compensation Act was passed in the province of Ontario. The Day of Mourning has since spread to about 80 countries around the world and has been adopted by the AFL-CIO and the International Confederation of Free Trade.

The Canadian flag on Parliament Hill will fly at half-mast. Workers will light candles, don ribbons and black armbands and observe moments of silence.

Businesses are asked to participate by declaring April 28 a Day of Mourning and to strive to prevent workplace deaths, illnesses and injuries.

Since the first National Day of Mourning, there have been many improve-

ments made to occupational health and safety legislation. However, the statistics show that there is more work to be done.

The Government of Canada is committed to continually improving the work environment of Canadians, and responding to the ever changing needs of Canadian workers.

Federal-ProvincialTerritorial Ministers responsible for Labour have pledged to work together towards fostering safe and healthy workplaces.

Recent amendments pertaining to Part II of the Canada Labour Code, include requirements specific to hazard identification, assessment, and education of employees. These new Hazard Prevention Program Regulations are a step to improving employee safety and health.

April 28, National Day of Mourning, is also known as Worker’s Memorial Day

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Apr 26 - Heritage Fair, 1-6pm @ Barriere Elem.

Apr 28-29 - LF Hospice House Antique Appraisal, 10am-5pm both days @ Little Fort Hall. Call 672-5660 or 677-4287.

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Jun 16 - Ambassador Program Speech, Talent & Fashion Show, 7pm @ Barriere Lion’s Hall.

Jun 23-24 - Celebration of the Arts, 10am-4pm each day @ Sam’s Pizza & Rib House grounds.

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Barriere Youth Choir: Every Thurs., 7pm @ Church of St. Paul. All Barriere & District Riding Club: 2nd Tues. of mth, 7pm. www. youth welcome. Info call Leah Jones 250-957-8440. barrieredistrictridingclub.webs.com. Info Cherie 672-9341 Barriere Youth Group: every Friday, 7-10pm at NTVIC, sponsored Barriere & District Seniors Events: Mon. Whist 7pm, Tues. &

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Bethany Baptist Church Prayer: Every Tues., 7pm.

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Barriere Cancer Support: 672-9263, 672-0017 or 672-1890 Barriere Community Choir: Every Wed., 7pm @ Church of St. Paul. Community Kitchen: If interested call Dede 554-3134.

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Community Soup Day: Christian Life Assembly Church on Annesty Road. 3rd Mon. of every mth.

Barriere Curling Club: Oct.-Mar. Curling, league & bonspiels.

Council of Senior Citizens: Devoted to improving the quality of life Barriere Elementary PAC: 1st Mon. of mth, call 672-9916 for all seniors. Call 604-576-9734 or email ecbayer@shaw.ca.

Barriere Farmer’s Market: Every Thursday. Sam’s Pizza & Rib Crib: Barriere Legion 242, every Wed. 7:30pm, Sept. to May. House, 4307 Hwy 5. 10am-2pm. Info call Donna 672-5159.

Crib: Mon. & Fri. 1-4pm @ Little Fort Hall.

Barriere Firefighters’ Practice: Barriere Firehall, Thurs., 7pm Barriere Food Bank: Open every other Wed. starting June 1, 10am-- Darts: Barriere Legion 242, every Thurs. 7pm, Sept. to May. noon. Call for info 672-0029 (leave a message).

Gambler’s Anonymous: 250-374-9165 or 250-374-9866.

Barriere Hospice: Every 2 weeks. 250-672-9391 Heffley Creek Acoustic Coffee House: 3rd Fri. every mth 7pm.

Performers, concession, play area for kids! Call 578-0056.

Lapidary Club: 4th Wed. 7pm. Volunteer Center. 672-0153 Literacy Tutoring: Learn to read FREE. Susan Ross 672-9875.

Little Fort Coffee House: 1st Friday each mth @ Little Fort Community Hall. $4/person (musicians free). For info: call Bill 6725116.

Little Fort Recreation Society: 1st Thurs. each mth 7pm LNT Catholic Women’s League: 2nd Wed. each mth, 7pm at St. George’s. Call 250-672-9330 for info.

McLure Vounteer Fire Dept. Rec.: 1st Wed. each month at 7:30pm upstairs. Except Jul & Aug. 250-578-7565 for info.

McLure Firefighter Practice: 2nd & 4th Tues., 7pm, McLure Firehall Men’s Floor Hockey: Tues., 8-10pm at Barriere Sec. School.

NT Arts Council: Every Friday from 12-3pm, painting at NTVIC - any medium/all welcome.

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Coming Events BC ARTS And Culture Week is here! From April 22-28, arts councils & schools in your community are hosting activities of all sorts as part of the celebration. www.bcartsweek.org Hospital Gift Corner Open Monday - Friday 10 am - 1 pm Pancake Breakfast Blackpool Hall Sunday, April 29 8 am - 11 am $5/person The Rural Circle Coop of Producers and Providers meets weekly for planning sessions.

For information call Cheryl at 250-674-3260.

Information PATIENTS - NEED a Medical Marijuana Doctor? Growers want to be a Designated Grower? Info at: www.greenlineacademy.com or 1-250-860-8611.

Safe Home Response Providing a safe place to escape for women and their children.

Volunteers always needed.

Call 250-674-2135.

SUPERB 24TH Annual Auction. Horse drawn carriages & sleighs. Plus incredible offering horse era antiques. Sunday, May 6, 12 noon, Al Oeming Park; Bodnarus Auctioneering. Phone 306-227-9505.

Canada’s Best. www.aloemingauctions.com.

VAVENBY THRIFT SHOP Past Vavenby General Store Wednesday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Sunday 11a.m. - 3 p.m.

Various items of clothing

priced as low as .25cents

Personals AA meetings every Wed. 11 Lodge Dr. Roll call 8 pm.

Side door. 250-674-0079.

Alcoholics Anonymous Phone 250-674-3838 or

250-587-0026 Anytime Barriere Alcoholics Anonymous Call: 250-672-9643 For Al Anon Call: 250-672-9643, 250-819-5361, 250-308-5139 or 778-220-6269

Employment Business Opportunities

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Help Wanted

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Education/Tutoring

Financial Services

ARCTIC CO-OPERATIVES Limited is recruiting Line Cooks and Guest Services positions for Inns North hotels in Nunavut. E-mail your resume:

MORLEY MULDOON Transport is seeking qualiďŹ ed Heavy Duty Mechanics or Heavy Equipment Technicians, Dispatcher, HR/Safety Supervisor. Fax resume to 780-8426511 or email to: dispatch.mmt@telus.net.

SERVICE MANAGER - Hanna Chrysler Ltd. (Hanna, Alberta).

Opportunity in a perfect family environment. Strong team, competitive wages, beneďŹ ts, growth potential. Fax resume: 403-854-2845. Email: chrysler@telusplanet.net.

or fax: 204-632-8575.

EXPERIENCED SERVICE Provider for Chrysler dealership in Salmon Arm. Strong customer satisfaction skills.

Able to work in a fast paced environment. Excellent wage/ beneďŹ t package. Fax resume 1-250-832-4545. E-mail: pat@brabymotors.com

Happy Occasions: Happy Birthday, Happy Anniversary, etc.

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Ads may be submitted by phone if charged to a VISA, MC or an existing account.

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INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. Sites in AB & BC. Hands on real world machine training.

NO Simulators. Start any Monday.

Funding Options. www.IHESchool.com 1-866-399-3853 INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. Sites in AB & BC. Hands on real world machine training.

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Funding Options. www.IHESchool.com 1-866-399-3853 NOW - NEW 8 week courses covering snowmobile or quad or marine outboard repair.

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GPRC Fairview Campus, Fairview, Alberta. Affordable residences.

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Education/Trade Schools APPLY NOW: Pennywise Scholarship For Women to attend Journalism certiďŹ cate course at Langara College in Vancouver. Deadline May 30, 2012.

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WANTED: Servers, bartenders, barrista’s & cooks @ Telegraph Cove Resorts Ltd. Send resume to Box 1, Telegraph Cove, BC V0N 3J0. Fax: 250-928-3105 or email: tcrltd@island.net.

Attn: Taso.

Medical/Dental GREYBACK Logging Ltd. is recruiting an OFA Level 3 First Aid Attendant. The qualiďŹ ed applicant will be the on site safety representative for our Clearwater/Vavenby, BC location. Start date is planned for May 1st 2012, with wage to be negotiated. Please forward resume by April 28, to Kyla at greybacklogging@live.com.

Trades, Technical CONCRETE FINISHERS and Form Setters.

Edmonton based company seeks experienced concrete ďŹ nishers and form setters for work in Edmonton and northern Alberta.

Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; john@raidersconcrete.com. Cell 780-660-8130.

Fax 780-444-7103.

MACHINIST REQ’D for jobber/repair shop in Sundre, AB. Applicant should have exp in millwrighting/mechanics.

Millwrights with machining exp may apply. Wages attractive.

Resume to 403-638-4649 or e-mail to fmachine@telus.net

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Work Wanted Clearwater: Attn low income seniors & persons w/handicaps. New HAFI program by BC Housing funds up to $20,000 to make modiďŹ cations to your home. (Replaces the RRAP program). Call building contractor Hans Ounpuu for more info. 250-674-3875 Handyman. Plumbing, electric repairs, laminate oors, shelving, cabinets. Misc repairs.

Emergency calls. Reasonable rates. corbeau@telus.net Claude 250-674-4046.

Handyman: Residential renovations/repairs/new construction. 28 yrs exp. Barriere. HAFI program. Seniors discounts. Call Ray Semrick 250-318-5925 Pet sitting available. Are you looking for a little TLC for your pet while you are on vacation?

Please call Keiran and Kaydn Jones at 250-674-3051. References available.

Services

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Holbrook Dyson Logging Ltd Has vacancies in the following job: 1)Heavy Duty Mechanic.

Details can be seen at http://hdlogging.com/ Fax resume to 250-287-9259

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS to Every Hunter in BC! Advertise in The BC Hunting Regulations Synopsis 2012-2014 publication.

Increased circulation 250,000 copies! Tremendous Reach, Two Year Edition!

Contact Annemarie at 1 800 661 6335 or hunt@blackpress.ca

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NORTH THOMPSON JOBS BARRIERE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 629 Barriere Town Rd. Barriere, BC V0E 1E0 Phone: 250-672-0036 / Fax: 250-672-2159 E-mail: mail@barriere-employment.ca • Website: www.barriere-employment.ca FARMERS – Gang Ranch F2912 RANCH WORKERS – Farmers, Cook, Irrigators, Cowboys F2912 WRANGLER/RANCH HAND – Crystal Waters GUEST Ranch A0212 CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSONS – Jim’s Food Market A0212A HOUSEKEEPER – Mike Wiegele - A1012 H R COORDINATOR – Hy-Tech Drilling A1212 SWIM INSTRUCTOR - NT Rec. Society A1812 SWIM INSTRUCTOR ASSISTANT - NT Rec. Society A1812A Skill Development: If you have been on Employment Insurance in the past 3 years (5 years maternity) &

are currently unemployed, you may be eligible for re-training dollars. Book an appointment to see one of our counselors for more information.

We look forward to seeing you – come in and we’ll personally see that you get the information you’re seeking, or call and make an appointment.’ • FREE COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS • FREE RESUME HELP • FREE INFORMATION ON MANY SERVICES “Funded in whole or part through the CanadaBritish Columbia Labour Market Development Agreementâ€? Sponsored by Barriere & District Chamber of Commerce

CLEARWATER EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 58A Young Road, Clearwater BC V0E 1N2 250-674-2928 Fax 250-674-2938 E-mail: info@clearwateremployment.ca • Web Page: www.clearwateremployment.ca Public Works Superintendent: FT/Clw #410 Dishwasher: FT/PT Blue River #409 German/Dutch Speaking Tour Guide: Seas/FT Clw #408 Housekeeper: Summer Season/Blue River #407 Campground Attendant: FT & PT/Seasonal/3 positions/Clw. #406 Server: FT & PT/Seasonal/2 positions. Clw #405 Front Desk Clerk: FT/Seasonal/2 positions. Clw. #404 Housekeeper: PT/Seasonal/3 positions/Clw #403 Cashier/General Help: PT/seasonal/2positions/ Clw #402 Customer Service Rep: FT & PT/3pos Little Fort #0401 Shuttle Bus Driver/Naturalist/Photographer: FT/ Seas/Clw #0322 OfďŹ ce Reception: FT/Seas/Clw #0321 River Operations Manager: FT/Seas/Clw #0320 Trip Leader - Whitewater Rafting Guide: FT/Seas/ Clw #0319 Whitewater Kayaking Instructor: FT/Seas/Clw #0318 Horse Guide: Seas/Clw #0316 OfďŹ ce Assistant: Seas/Clw #0315 Housekeeper: Seas/Clw #0314 Breakfast/Lunch Cook: Seas/Clw #0313 Cook: Seas/Clw #0312 Waitress/Waiter: 2pos/Blue River #0307 Store Clerk/Cashier: 1FT/1PT pos/Blue River #0306 Line Cooks: 2FT/1PT pos/Blue River #0305 Apprentice Greens Keeper & Maintenance Person: Seas/Clw #0303 Horticulturist/Head Greens Keeper: Seas/Clw #0302 Campground Superintendent: Seas/Clw #0301 Cook: FT/Blue River #0207 Volunteer FireďŹ ghter 7 pos./Clw. #0205 Customer Service/Kitchen Helper: Seas/Clw. #0202 Class 1 Driving Instructor: FT/Clw. #0201 Cook/Kitchen Helper: Casual/Clearwater #0111

Boat Operator/Small Engine Mechanic: Seas/ Blue River #0108 Trip Leader Raft Guide: FT Seas. Clw #1203 Home Share Provider: FT/Clearwater#1006 GENERAL INFORMATION • Free Workshops: YOUTH RESUME & INTERVIEW SKILLS: Workshop designed for youth to develop a resume that presents their skills and qualiďŹ cations in an attractive manner. The workshop also presents what to expect in an interview. Please call 250-674-2928 to register for free workshops. • North Thompson Job Fair: April 26 from 3-7pm at Clearwater Secondary School Gym • Resumes & Interviews: Go hand in hand, so the better prepared you are the greater the impression you will make to your future employer. Please drop in and our friendly staff will assist you. • Targeted Wage Subsidy (TWS): Are you currently on Employment Insurance or have you been in the last 3-5 years? If you have, you may be eligible for wage subsidy. Ask us for further info. • Funding for Skill Enhancement: Recent or active EI clients with a career plan in mind seeking assistance through Service Canada are required to book an appointment with one of our Employment Counsellors. • Blue River Itinerant: An employment consultant comes to town once a month. Next visit is Apr 24. If one on one appointments are required please call to set up a time prior to the drop in.

For more information drop in to 58 Young Road, Clearwater, BC or phone 250-674-2928 or fax 250-674-2938.

For more information drop in to 58 Young Road (above Raft River Fitness), phone 250-674-2928 or fax 250-674-2938 “Funded in whole or part through the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement� Sponsored by Yellowhead Community Services

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Sue’s Jewellery Repairs Since 1975 - We do it all, Retipping, Sizing, Soldering.

Sue Ludtke - 250-587-6357 Word by Word Proofreading & Editing 250-674-7118

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s that simple.

Your credit/age/income is not an issue. 1-800-587-2161.

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Pets & Livestock

Fitness/Exercise Elliptical Trainer Canadian Tire Cardio Style ET150 in very good condition. Will trade for treadmill in good condition.

Call 250-319-8023.

Legal Services CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

CRIMINAL RECORD? Guaranteed Record Removal since 1989. Confidential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating assures EMPLOYMENT & TRAVEL FREEDOM. Call for FREE INFO. BOOKLET

1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366) RemoveYourRecord.com

Livestock Breeding turkey hens for sale. $40/ea. 250-672-9560

Veterinarian Services Candle Creek Veterinary Service Now Open Mobile Veterinary Service Clearwater area Large animal procedures incl bovine c-sections, equine castrations and teeth floats. Emergencies and elective procedures avail by appoint.

Small animal house calls for emergencies, euthanasia, etc.

Sorry no spays, neuters, or immunizations. 250-674-3366 or 250-674-1754. Lve msg.

Darren Ludbrook, DVM

Merchandise for Sale

Auctions Unreserved Auction May 5, 10am 748 Barriere Lakes Rd. Consignments welcome.

Call 672-9809. Over 1000 lots.

Food Products MacLennan Farms has young grass finished beef & lean grass finished hamburger. 250-6742449. Please leave a message.

Garage Sales

Photography / Video Need a professional photographer?

Portraits, weddings, special events, pet portraits, commercial.

Affordable memories that last a lifetime. Seniors rates.

Book now avoid & disappointment.

Sorry no passport photos Jill Hayward 250-319-8023/250-672-0055

PHOTOS

by Keith McNeill Digital and film photographs.

Phone 250-674-3252 or email:kmcneill@mercuryspeed.com

Business/Office Service DENIED CANADA Pension plan disability benefits? The Disability Claims Advocacy Clinic can help. Call Allison Schmidt at 1-877-793-3222. www.dcac.ca

Computer Services Clearwater Computers is your neighborhood computer store & repair outlet; all makes & models. We offer new and used computers. Other services incl: 15Mb unlimited ADSL, unlimited dial-up internet, 2.9 cents a minute long distance, unlimited webhosting, online backup, domain management, color photocopying, faxing and more. Located at #6 W Old NT Hwy (beside Supersave Gas).

Ph. 250-674-1032

Misc Services A bookstore in Clearwater?

You bet!

On-line at www.biblio.com/bookstore/ kukuchai-books-clearwater

Kathy’s Jewellery & Gifts Jewellery available Certified Scentsy consultant Product on hand To order call: 250-674-3763

4380 Dunsmuir Rd., Barriere, May 5, 9am-1pm (no earlybirds pls). Free Coffee. Assorted items incl: drill press, 12’ aluminum boat & acces., 71/2hp motor, electric motor & battery, utility trailer.

GARAGE SALE April 28 & 29 9:30 am - 3:00 pm 529 Clearwater Valley Rd. GIGANTIC YARD SALE April 28 9 am-1 pm Rotary Sports Park Bring your own table and set up for $10; donate to the Rotary table (no furniture or appliances, please); buy irresistible bargains; have lunch - hot dogs, smokies, pop; support the Rotary Polio Eradication and Literacy Programs.

For information or pick up of donations call Clearwater Rotary at 250-674-3998 or 250-674-2795.

Multi Garage Sales Birch Island Sat. ~ April 28, ~ 9 am - 3 pm Watch for signs

Heavy Duty Machinery A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS / Bridges / Equipment Wheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & StorageCall 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS / Bridges / Equipment Wheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & StorageCall 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale DIY STEEL Building deals!

Many sizes and models. Make an offer on clearance buildings today and save thousands of dollars. Free brochure - 1-800668-5111 ext. 170. **HOME PHONE Reconnect** Call 1-866-287-1348. Prepaid long distance specials! Feature package specials! Referral program! Don’t be without a home phone! Call to connect!

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Merchandise for Sale

Rentals

Misc. for Sale

Homes for Rent

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

Barriere: 2-3 bdrm on 1/2 acre. s/f/w/d, ns/np, $700/mo + util.

Call Gary: 250-672-9642.

Pick-up Truck Hitch, w/2” ballmount. Torque weight 500lbs max. trailerweight 5000lbs. $60. 250-672-9610 SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money and save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: 1-800566-6899 Ext:400OT. www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT

STEEL BUILDING- Blowout sale! 20x26 $5,199. 25x28 $5,799. 30x42 $8,390. 32x56 $11,700.

40x50 $14,480.

47x76 $20,325. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

Misc. Wanted Local Coin Collector buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic, Gold & Silver Coins.

Call Chad 250-863-3082 Used Postage Stamps Support International Scouting by donating used stamps which are sorted & sold to raise money for the International Development Fund of the International Scout & Guide Fellowship. This fund pays for training for Scouters in the third world.

Drop stamps off at front counter of the Star/Journal in Barriere, or call Margaret at (250)672-9330.

Real Estate Acreage for Sale Barriere: 10 acres on Glengrove. Paved Rd, power, phone, water @ lot line. $149,000. 250-690-7244

HOUSE for rent. Clearwater-2 bdrm on an acre. Furnished with carport and shed. $900/m + Util. NS/Ref Req. Avail now.

674-0077, skoroll@telus.net.

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BCDaily Want to Rent 1/2 doz retirees need the use of a kitchen & a place to put their sleeping bags over several weekends during the fishing season, annually. “Have vacuum cleaner will travel.” stevestonra@gmail.com or call Mikey collect (604) 271-6217.

Transportation

Aircraft CESSNA 180 1976 on 3000 Caps for lease. DeHavilland DHC-2 1957 on 4930 Floats for lease. Van. Is. E-mail; rleroy@telus.net

Auto Financing

For Sale By Owner 1705 Yellowhead Hwy, Birch Island area. 24 acres, 3 bdrm & outbuildings. Fantastic view. $409,900. Details & pic at w w w. b c h o m e s fo r s a l e . c o m Search Clearwater-ThompsonLloyd & Ev. Ph. 250-674-3391

Barriere: 900sqft house on 1/2 acre, 3 bdrm, full bsmt, $175,000. Call Gary 672-9642

MERRITT SxS Duplex.

DOWNTOWN. 1 Side newly decorated and vacant. Other side rented. Each side has 4 bdrms, 3- 4 pce baths, garden area & storage shed. $337,900. (604)534-2748.

Lots Level building lots on Oriole Way, Barriere. Your choice Lot 2 or Lot 8. Featuring well maintained street, close to high school & downtown. Asking $72,900 w/complete septic system, and $59,900 without septic.

Conventional built housing only. 250-587-6151.

Visit our website: itec-ent.com

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent CLEARWATER-1BDRM 2nd flr clean apt. NS/NP ref’s & dd req’d $575/mo 250-955-0298

Duplex / 4 Plex For Rent: 3 dbrm Duplex, 1 car heated garage, fenced backyard, inground sprinkler.

RR/DD, Barriere. Avail May 1st. $925/mo 672-0041

Mobile Homes & Pads Barriere: Trailer 4 rent, 3+ bdrms, wood fireplace, work room, next to the river. DD. $575/mo. 250-320-5684 Clearwater: 2 bdrm trailer, oil heat, F/S, $400/mo + DD. Call 250-674-2755

CHURCH OF ST. PAUL

4464 Barriere Town Road

Worship Sunday 11:00 A worshipping community of Anglicans, United & Lutherans

All Are Welcome the Rev. Graham Brownmiller Office: 250 672-5653 www.norththompsonpc.ca

Christmas Eve 6:30pm ST. GEORGE’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Sunday Mass - 9am Wednesday, Friday & Saturday Mass - 9am

Father Donal O’Reilly Ph 672-5949 • Fax 672-5974 PENTECOSTAL CHRISTIAN LIFE ASSEMBLY 4818 Annesty Rd. (Across from High School) 9:30 a.m. Adult Sunday School Class 10:30 a.m. Sunday Service K.I.D.S. Church 10:00 a.m. Thurs. Prayer Pastor: Lance Naylor 672-0111

THE OPEN DOOR FELLOWSHIP 4818 Annesty Rd. (across from High School) 2:00 pm Sundays Join us for refreshments after the Service 672-0111 (Tuesdays) or 672-9830 anytime Affiliated with North American Baptist Association.

“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters” – (Isaiah 55:1)

Seventh-day Adventists

5 BDRM HOME IN TELKWA FOR SALE 3200 sq ft, 4 bath, includes washer & dryer, fridge & stove, dishwasher hot tub, natural gas, contact 250-845-3315

CHURCH DIRECTORY

DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1-800-910-6402

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YOU’RE APPROVED Poor, Good, OR No Credit at AUTO CREDIT NOW DL9597 Details and APPLY online autocreditwithbarrie.com OR TOLL FREE 1-877-356-0743

Cars - Domestic 2008 Mazda 3. 42,000 km, 17inch wheels, sunroof. Never driven in winter.

Asking $16,000. Ph. 250-674-0003.

Wanted to buy small, inexpensive car for summer job at Clearwater Lake. Phone: 250-674-2327.

Off Road Vehicles NOW - NEW 8 week courses covering snowmobile or quad or marine outboard repair.

Take one course or all - fit your interest and your timeline.

GPRC Fairview Campus, Fairview, Alberta. Affordable residences.

1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

Recreational/Sale 1983 Vanguard camper, 9.5 ft, awning, excellent condition. $1850.00 obo 250-674-3616 1999 25ft Tahoe Transport, toy hauler, new condition.

Sleeps up to 6 people, sport package w/easy fold down rear ramp, lots of room; carries up to 4 quads or WHY. Roof AC, stereo/CD, microwave, full fridge/freezer, stove/oven. Full bath w/tub/shower. Lots of storage, no leaks & never has.

Outdoor power outlets & lrg awning. (250)819-0867 $10,000 OBO

Scrap Car Removal Scrap Batteries Wanted We buy scrap batteries from cars & trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10.

Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288

Meet in the Church of Saint Paul on Saturday Mornings Bible Study - 10:00 Worship Service - 11:30 Fellowship Meal - 1:00 Everyone Welcome 672-5332

Legal Notices

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DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN The Lower North Thompson Community Forest Society (LNTCFS) has prepared a 20122017 Pest Management Plan (PMP) applicable to the LNTCFS’s managed openings under Non-Replaceable Forest License A73247 and the operating area under Community Forest Agreement K1Z, both located within the Thompson Rivers District of the Southern Interior Forest Region. This proposed 5 year PMP is now available for public review and comment and can be viewed at the LNTCFS office located at 4648 Barriere Town Road, Barriere, BC; from 8:30am to 12:30pm, Tuesday to Thursday from April 23 to June 8, 2012. If unable to review the amendment during these times please contact Mike Francis at (250) 672-1941 for alternate arrangements.

The use of pesticides is intended within the area to which this PMP applies. Pesticides proposed for use under this PMP and proposed manners of application are as follows: Trade Name Vision, Vision Max Vantage Forestry, Weed-Master Release, Garlon RTU

Active Ingredient glyphosate

Application Method Aerial / Ground

triclopyr

Ground

In order to be considered, comments must be made in writing and either mailed, hand delivered, faxed ((250) 672–1942) or e-mailed (LNTCFSociety@telus.net) by June 8, 2012. Please address comments to LNTCFS, Box 983, Barriere, BC, V0E 1E0.

A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant at the address above within 30 days of the publication of this notice.

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BC women aged 19 to 21 eligible for one-time HPV vaccine Submitted A one-time human papillomavirus vaccine program will be offered to women in British Columbia who were born in 1991, 1992 and 1993 to protect them from cervical cancer.

“We have been offering the schoolbased HPV vaccination program since 2008, which has helped to protect thousands of British Columbian girls from cervical cancer,” said Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall. “I am pleased that with this program we can expand that to ensure that all young British Columbian women aged 21 and under will have had an opportunity to protect themselves.”

HPV infections are the cause of almost all cases of cervical cancer.

It’s estimated the vaccine can prevent up to 70 per cent of these cancers, as well as a number of pre-cancerous changes to the cervix that require treatment.

The vaccine will be available for the women starting in mid-April 2012 and will be provided in a series of three doses over a six month period.

These young women will be able to receive the vaccine from pharmacists, physicians, sexual health and youth clinics, post secondary institution student health services and public health units.

B.C. began offering the HPV vaccine to grade six and nine girls in 2008. Girls born in 1994 and later have been offered the vaccine

in the school based program. Until now, those born in previous years have been ineligible for the publicly funded vaccine. After studying the data on the vaccine and its costeffectiveness, the BC Communicable Disease Policy Advisory Committee recommended that B.C. offer a onetime program for young women.

“The HPV vaccine is a safe and highly effective vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer,” said Dr. Monika Naus, medical director of immunization programs, BC Centre for Disease Control. “We recommended this one-time program so that we could protect more young women from cancer and provide coverage for those who missed the school program.”

The cost of the program will be about $3.5 million, plus the cost of physician and pharmacist immunizations through the Medical Services Plan and Pharmacare.

Women who want to receive the vaccine but do not fall into the eligible age range have the option of consulting with their physician or pharmacist about purchasing the vaccine. All women, even those who have received the HPV vaccine are encouraged to continue to get regular Pap tests, as the vaccine does not protect against all cancer-causing strains of the virus.

For more information about the HPV vaccine visit www.immunizebc. ca or www.healthlinkbc.ca

This Thursday wear jeans and support Children’s Hospital North Thompson Star/Journal Join thousands of British Columbians and show your support for BC Children’s Hospital by purchasing a Jeans Day™ button or lapel pin and wearing jeans to school or work on Thursday, April 26. The goal of this year’s Jeans Day™, which is celebrating its 22nd year, is to raise $1.2 million for the Excellence in Child Health Fund at BC Children’s Hospital.

To purchase a $20 pin or a $5 button, register as a champion at www. jeansday.ca or visit any official retailer, including Save-On-Foods, Overwaitea Foods, PriceSmart Foods, Cooper’s Foods, Urban Fare, London Drugs, Thrifty Foods and Costco.

Since 1991 Jeans Day™ has raised more than $14 million for BC Children’s Hospital. Funds raised have helped to support the most urgent needs at BC Children’s Hospital, the province’s only full-service, acute-care hospital dedicated to serving the approximately one million children living in BC and the Yukon.

Jeans Day™ is supported by schools program sponsor, Odlum Brown Limited, and the Vancouver Canucks, whose players, Henrik and Daniel Sedin, and Kevin Bieksa, appear on this year’s Jeans Day™ posters.

Visit Jeans Day™’s online channels for more information: Twitter: @bcjeansday or Facebook: www.facebook.com/jeansday Website: www.jeansday.ca

Yellowhead Community Services’ say their Friday evening youth drop in is now seeing 20 to 25 young people participating.

Pictured are two of the participants shooting a few baskets in the gymnasium at the Ridge on Friday, Apr. 13.

STAR/JOURNAL photo: Margaret Houben

Area youth enjoy Friday evening drop-in Every Friday, from 7 to 9 p.m., (except holidays), approximately 20 to 25 youth get together for an evening of fun at the North Thompson Volunteer and Information Centre. The evenings are sponsored by Yellowhead Community Services (YCS), with minimal funding coming from the United Way. YCS have been running the program for four years, where they offer the youths video games, movies, art and baking lessons, a mini concession in one room, and ball games or other sports like badminton in the gymnasium.

YCS say they are always ready to consider activities that may be suggested by the youth, and they invite all interested youth to stop in on Friday and check out the fun. For more information about the Friday youth evening, just drop in, or call YCS at 250-672-9773.

Families to benefit from expanded end-of-life services Ministry of Health British Columbians with terminal illnesses, their loved ones and caregivers now have access to after-hours support in their homes with the expansion of the After- Hours Palliative Nursing Service (AHPNS).

This after-hours nursing telephone service will complement the existing supports available during the day for those nearing the end of their life, and their families.

The hours of operation are from 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. Pacific time, seven days a week. This service is available to those eligible to receive palliative care nursing services through the provincial home and community care program.

This service has been

connecting patients with nurses in Fraser Health since 2005 and now palliative patients in every health authority will be able to pick up the phone anytime during the overnight hours and receive confidential information and support from specially trained registered nurses.

‘Improving the Care of B.C. Seniors: An Action Plan’ contains concrete actions to improve the lives of seniors, their families and caregivers, such as providing afterhours phone support to patients with terminal illnesses. This service helps seniors and their families access support for their care needs within their own community.

“Understandably, most of us want to spend our final days

in our own home surrounded by family and friends, whenever possible,” said Ron Cantelon, Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors to the Minister of Health, “Making this easier is what the expanded After- Hours Palliative Nursing Service is all about; enabling people to receive the comfort, love and support from those dearest to them in the familiar and reassuring setting of their own home.”

Callers will be able to speak with a specially trained Registered Nurse from HealthLinkBC, and those with more complex care needs may be transferred to speak with a specialist Palliative Response Nurse from Fraser Health While AHPNS is confidential, the afterhours nurse will inform

the community nurse in the patient’s local health authority about the call and specify any follow-up care that may be required.

Kelowna, Vancouver and Victoria area patients will not have access to this expanded service. Services that are currently in place for patients in these areas will continue to be provided.

The ministry developed the Provincial Framework for Endof-Life Care in 2006, which is used as a guide by health authorities, service providers, communities and individuals in developing and delivering end-of-life care services for patients and their families.

For more information about end-of-life care, visit: www.health. gov.bc.ca/hcc/endoflife. html

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Monday, April 23, 2012 North Thompson Star/Journal

MEALS made EASY Downtown Barriere

250-672-9929 WINTER HOURS 9am - 6pm

MEAT

GROCERY

PRODUCE

FROZEN • SV • 907G

VITALITY OR PUPPY • SV • 5.8-8KG

CANADIAN #1

PORK LOIN CHOPS .....................$3.19/LB

CHEEMO PEROGIES ...................$1.98/EA

PEDIGREE+ DOG FOOD .......... $18.98/EA

LONG ENGLISH CUCUMBER........ $.88/EA

BREADED • VALUE PACK • 11.22KG

WESTERN FAMILY • SV • 1L

SV • 24-32 USE

CANADIAN #1 • 1.94KG

PORK CUTLETS............................$5.09/LB

PICKLES........................................2/$5.00

GAIN LAUNDRY DETERGENT ... $3.98/EA

HOT HOUSE TOMATOES..............$.88/LB

MARINATING • 8.80KG

WESTERN FAMILY • WHITE OR BROWN • 907G

OR PRO-ACTIV • SV • 227G OR 680-907G

CHILEAN GROWN #1 • 4.37 KG

LONG GRAIN RICE .......................3/$4.98

BECEL MARGARINE .................. $5.98/EA

RED GLOBE GRAPES ................. $1.98/LB

SV • 414-475ML

FROZEN • SV • 1KG

PRODUCT OF COSTA RICA

MCCAIN FRIES .............................2/$7.00

PREMIUM PINEAPPLE ............... $2.98/EA

FROZEN • SV • 1L

FRESH • IMPORTED •#1 • 2.16KG

COOL WHIP TOPPING .................2/$6.00

CANTALOUPE...............................$.98/LB

FORZEN • SV • 295ML

FRESH • CALIFORNIA OR MEXICAN • #1 • 4.37KG

MINUTE MAID PUNCH ........... 10/$10.00

ASPARAGUS .............................. $1.98/LB

DOUBLE CHURN • BLENDS OR SMOOTH & DREAMY • SV • 1.66L

PRODUCT OF THE USA • SV • 7-12OZ

BONLESS • FF • VALUE PACK • 7.03KG

INSIDE ROUND STEAK ................$3.99/LB 375-500G

SCHNEIDERS BACON...................$4.98/EA FROZEN

LOBSTER TAILS ...........................$8.99/EA 908G • SV

SCHNEIDERS BOXED MEATS ....$11.98/EA FRESH

KRAFT SALAD DRESSING ............2/$6.00 SV • 600G

DAD’S COOKIES .........................$5.48/EA CLASSIC ROAST DECAF, BLACK SILK OR FULL AWAKENINGS DARK ROAST •584-920G

FOLGERS COFFEE .......................$7.98/EA SV • 900G-1KG

SOLE FILLETS .......................... $2.28/100G

QUAKER OATS .............................2/$7.00

BONELESS • VALUE PACK • 6.57KG

AUNT JEMIMA • SV •905G OR 750ML

CENTRE CUT PORK LOIN CHOPS ................................$2.98/LB

PANCAKE MIX OR SYRUP ...........2/$6.00 WESTERN FAMILY • 1L • + DEPOSIT

APPLE BEVERAGE ....................10/$10.00

BREYERS ICE CREAM ................ $6.98/EA

FRESH EXPRESS SALAD BLENDS...................................... $2.98/LB

SV • 500G

KRAFT SINGLES......................... 2/$10.00 KRAFT • SV • 226G

PHILADELPHIA DIPS....................2/$6.00

WESTERN FAMILY • 10KG

ALL PURPOSE FLOUR.................$7.98/EA

MULTIPACK • SV • 12-16X100G

YOPLAIT YOGURT .................... $6.98/EA

SV • 645ML

PREGO PASTA SAUCE..................4/$10.00

HALF AND HALF •1L

DAIRYLAND CREAMO .................2/$6.00

SV • 4 PACK

JELL-O PUDDING SNACKS ...........3/$4.98

DELI

SV • 900ML

GYPSY SALAMI ..................... $2.68/100G

GOLDSEAL LIGHT TUNA..............3/$3.99

HUNGARIAN SALAMI............ $2.68/100G EDAM CHEESE ....................... $2.28/100G

KNORR SIMPLY BROTH...............2/$5.00

DAIRYLAND • 4L

CHOCOLATE MILK .................... $5.98/EA 100% • CHILLED • SV • 1.75L •+ DEP.

TROPICANA JUICE OR BLENDS....2/$9.00

SV • 170G WESTERN FAMILY • SV • 600G

FROZEN FRUIT .......................... $4.98/EA

CASCADES ENVIRO • JUMBO • 6 ROLL

PAPER TOWELS .........................$4.98/EA

BAKERY ENGLISH MUFFINS..................... $1.98/6PK

ULTRA THIN OR TRADITIONAL CRUST • SV • 334-433G

MCCAIN FROZEN PIZZA..............3/$9.99

Downtown Barriere 250-672-9929 WINTER HOURS 9am - 6pm Sale in effect from April 22 - 28, 2012

SV - Select Varieties

GARLIC BREAD.............................$2.58/EA