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Revelstoke man survives Nepal avalanche A le x Cooper Revelstoke Times Review

Revelstoke’s Greg Hill is amongst the mountaineers that survived a massive avalanche on Nepal’s Mount Manaslu that

killed at least nine people early Sunday morning (see related story, Page 12).

“A huge avalanche swept through camp 3 at 4:45am on Manaslu, catching lots of people

in their sleeping bags, many dead, and injured,” he wrote on Facebook Sunday morning. “Luckily our team is fine, and helped with the rescue, Glenn Plake is also fine but my

heart goes out to all the others.”

For his wife Tracy, “relieved” was the word she used after learning about the incident, and her husband’s safety.

She was away camping

when news of the avalanche broke Sunday morning and didn’t find out until she returned home at around 5:30 p.m. that day and found 31 messages on her answering machine.

Courtesy Roberta Rodgers

10,000 BOOKS ARE WAITING FOR YOU: Sunrise Rotarians, Dakota transport driver John and Friends of the Library volunteers moved 8.5 tons of books on Saturday in preparation for the Cranbrook Public Library’s Annual Book Sale, which starts tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 26. See more, Page 3.

Man charged after drive-thru mishap C AROLYN GR ANT Daily Bulletin

A Kamloops man is finding a trip to a local fast food restaurant more expensive than he may have thought.

Cpl. Chris Newel of the Kimberley RCMP reports that last Friday right around noon, police were called to the Kimberley A&W after a man hit the building with his vehicle upon exiting the

drive through lane after receiving his food order.

“Upon attendance the officer noted a number of signs of alcohol consumption and read the breath demand,” Newel said.

“The driver was returned to the detachment where he gave two breath samples (190 and 210 mgs), which is 2.5 times the legal limit.”

Newel says a bystander re-

moved the keys from the vehicle and there was no attempt to flee the scene.

In addition, police searched the vehicle and came up with a pipe and marijuana, along with several alcohol containers, some full, others empty.

“There was strong evidence of marijuana consumption as well,” Newel said. “It’s believed the driver was under the influence of

both marijuana and alcohol.”

And on top of that, the driver was already prohibited from driving. He now faces charges of Impaired Driving and Drive While Prohibited. His vehicle has been impounded and he was served a 90-day Administrative Driving Prohibition.

“It is very fortunate that nobody was injured in the incident,” Newel said.

Fortunately, the first one was from Greg.

“It took about five messages for it to sink in,” she told the Times Review. “It didn’t sink in when Greg said it because he kind of played it off a little bit. He said it was a big avalanche and a lot of people died, but he was fine and he’d call later. Five messages later, after reporters and some friends, it sunk in and I cried. It was overwhelming.”

Hill was part of a Dynafit-sponsored expedition with German speed climbers Benedikt Bohm and Sebastian Haag, who were attempting a speed skiing record to the summit of Mt. Manaslu, which, at 8,156 metres, is the world’s eighth highest peak. Hill was a videographer with the expedition.

Plake, the legendary freeskier, was part of another skiing expedition on the mountain. Two other members of his team died.

According to news reports, the avalanche happened while people were sleeping at camp three on the mountain, which is located at an elevation of about 7,000 metres. Nine people were confirmed dead as of press time, with six more missing, including Quebec doctor Dominic Ouimet. The rest of the deceased included one Nepalese Sherpa and eight Europeans.

Tracey spoke to Greg Sunday evening. “I talk-

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ed to him and we had a good conversation so I found out everything,” she said. “Now I’m definitely relieved more than anything.”

Greg told her that he and his team were camped away from the avalanche path that slid, but were woken up by the thundering slide at around 4:45 a.m.

They waited for it to get light and to make sure it was safe out before going out to help.

Plake relayed an account of the avalanche to the website EpicTV, which was providing updates of his expedition. Plake told EpicTV the avalanche struck camp three, where 25 tents were set up. It then flowed down into camp two 500 metres below, rattling a further 12 tents. He said he was in his tent when the avalanche hit and he was swept down the mountain.

According to the Plake, it was Hill that rescued him.

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New car and pet wash business part of the Clear View Picture Courtesy Donna Gr ainger

It was more than cars and trucks that received a clear view from their windshield when Cranbrook resident Kurt Swanson recently held a grand opening for his newest business venture the Victoria Car & Pet Wash.

East Kootenay Foundation for Health reports that the digital mammography campaign also received a generous $500 gift that helped bring the major capital campaign to its fundraising goal.

This is the second gift in support of breast cancer patients from the entrepreneur. Kurt and his two sons last year donated an additional $500 in support of the Drew Jesse and Max Shoot for the Star campaign which was also dedicated to the mammography project.

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Mark Warsaba, Area Manager for Volkswagen Canada, recently recognized Arrow Motors for 35 years of exemplary service right here in Cranbrook.

Mr. Warsaba is shown here presenting the award to Dealer Principal Jim Szakacs and Jimmy Jorgensen, Sales Manager of Arrow Motors.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Curves continues to work to raise awareness in women about the lifesaving importance of risk management, early detection and treatment. From Oct. 1 - 14, Cranbrook Curves is waiving the joining fee for new members who show proof of a mammogram within the past year or make a $25 donation to breast cancer research.

Since only about 5-10 per cent of breast cancers are hereditary, prevention can play a key role in a woman’s risk management strategy. The Cancer Society recommends making lifestyle choices such as eating right, getting regular exercise and maintaining a healthy weight to help a woman significantly reduce her risk of developing breast cancer.

“Curves mission has always been to strengthen women,” according to the staff of Cranbrook Curves.

“Typically, women are caregivers, but when it comes to breast cancer, women need to understand how important it is to take care of themselves.

Scheduling an annual doctor visit, eating a

nutritious diet and making time for regular exercise are all things that a woman can do to stay strong and help reduce her chances of developing this devastating disease.”

About Curves Curves works every major muscle group with a complete 30-minute workout that combines strength training and sustained cardiovascular activity through safe and effective hydraulic resistance.

Curves also works to help women lose weight, gain muscle strength and aerobic capacity, and raise metabolism with its groundbreaking, scientifically proven method that ends the need for perpetual dieting. Founders Gary and Diane Heavin are considered the innovators of the express fitness phenomenon that has made exercise available to millions of women globally, many of whom are in the gym for the first time. With thousands of locations worldwide, Curves is the world’s largest fitness franchise.

For more information, please phone 250417-2626 or visit us at www.curvescranbrook. com or check out our new Facebook page.

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EDMONTON — Both sides at hearings in Edmonton on a pipeline that would ship bitumen from Alberta’s oilsands to Asian markets are pointing to comments made by the late Peter Lougheed.

Lawyers for Calgarybased Enbridge say that the former premier said in one of his last interviews that the $6-billion Northern Gateway pipeline should go ahead.

But Gil McGowan of the Alberta Federation of Labour says Lougheed also supported local upgrading and

expressed concerns many times over the pace of oilsands development.

Enbridge lawyer Rick Neufeld says having the pipeline wouldn’t stop anyone from building an upgrader in Alberta.

McGowan says the pipeline would encourage more oilsands development, causing shortages of labour and materials that would raise the costs of building in Alberta.

Supporters of the project are cross-examining its critics this week at the hearings.

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Tuesday, september 25, 2012

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Library’s mega-sale starts tomorrow

10,000 books are waiting for you B a r ry Co u lt e r

A bibliographical universe is sitting there, waiting for you.

Sunrise Rotarians, Dakota transport driver John and Friends of the Library volunteers moved 8.5 tons of books into the Tembec Gym on Saturday, in preparation for the Library’s 13th annual book sale. A book or 10 for every taste and age group is guaranteed.

The highly anticipated event kicks off tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 26, with the members’ only sale. It runs through Sunday, when the “bag sale” takes place — a feature that proved so popular when it was introduced last year the Friends of the Library is reprising

it.

“This sale is the main source of revenue for collection additions, that aren’t already included in the library’s budget,” said Marilyn Forbes, with the Friends of the Cranbrook Public Library.

“It seems to be getting more popular every year,” she said. “A lot of people wait for it every year.”

More than 10,000 books and other items are in place for the fourday event.

While Wednesday’s opening day is for members of the Friends of the Library Society, those memberships can be purchased right at the door. Wednesday’s sale runs from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Courtesy Roberta Rodgers

Eight and a half tons of books are on hand at the Tembec gym for the Library book sale, starting Wednesday.

Thursday’s hours are 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the bag sale on Sunday runs from 9:30 to 1 p.m.

Forbes said they wanted to go longer on Sunday, but the teardown and clean-up time required precluded that.

The old Heritage Building is still owned

by Tembec, despite Canfor’s purchase of Tembec regional assets.

However, the building

has been purchased by the Ktunaxa First Nation. Forbes said the Ktunaxa are moving into the building the day after the sale.

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Meadowbrook association will seek funds to buy mineral claim Residents indicate willingness to try to raise enough to buy claim and create Cherry Creek Park C AROLYN GRANT Daily Bulletin

About 50 people gathered for a public information meeting on plans for a park at Cherry Creek Falls last week, and Bob Johnstone, President of the Meadowbrook Community Association, says the meeting was far more positive than he had expected.

Residents went into the meeting knowing they’d be told that plans for the proposed park at the popular Cherry Creek Falls site in Meadowbrook had been hit by a major snag — the need to come up with $51,000 to purchase the current mineral claim if the park was to proceed.

The RDEK hosted the meeting and Electoral Area E Director Jane Walter says the goal was to provide the

community with information on the steps that would be required to move forward with the creation of a park.

“The RDEK recognizes the community’s desire to see this area protected and we’ve been working with the owner of the Mineral Claim, the Ministries of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Energy and Mines, and the community to determine possibilities for the long term preservation of the area,” explains Walter. “Having said that, the RDEK does not have funding to buy the claim.

Following the meeting last night, the community has indicated they want to proceed with fundraising efforts to purchase the Claim.”

A total of $51,000 will need to be raised by September 30 to purchase the

188 hectare Mineral Claim, with a formal purchase agreement in place by October 4, 2012.

With that number, Johnstone said he expected a more negative reaction that what he witnessed.

“It was more ‘let’s take charge here, let’s buy this thing’. I was pleasantly surprised.”

An even more pleasant surprise occurred when seven people immediately stood and offered to donate a thousand dollars each to get things started.

“I asked three times for someone to speak against it,” Johnstone said. “No one spoke. But seven people offered to donate $1000 right off the bat. Our board met quickly after the meeting and agreed to go ahead.”

With such a significant

amount of funds to be raise, Johnstone said the Association would approach foundations looking for grant opportunities and the Columbia Basin Trust as well.

It is a large amount of money, but you never know, he said.

“If you had talked to me before the meeting I wouldn’t have been as optimistic as I am today. I was so pleased with the response, it was so mature and proactive, it was really quite incredible. I was really proud of my community last night.”

If they do reach their fundraising target, a member of the community must register as a Free Miner and apply to have the Mineral Claim transferred from the current tenure holder to the Free Miner. The next step would be to register a Quit

Claim on the parcel, which would relinquish the mining rights back to the Province.

At that point, the RDEK would apply for a “No Staking Reserve” from the Ministry of Energy and Mines, which would ensure no further claims are registered on the parcel. Once the parcel was designated as a Regional Park, it would no longer be eligible for mineral claims and would become an Area E amenity.

The Cherry Creek Falls area is currently within a permitted mineral claim tenure which allows for a rock quarry. Concern about the potential impact of mining activity has prompted the community to pursue the long term protection of the area through the creation of an Electoral Area E park.

The “bag sale” on Sunday is where shoppers can purchase a “Friends of the Library” bookbag, and fill it up for five dollars.

The Friends of the Library runs the sale in partnership with the Sunrise Rotary Club, and split the profits 50/50. Forbes added that leftover books will be shipped to Better World Books (betterworldbooks.com), who will sell them on line.

Better World Books’ mission statement is “to capitalize on the value of the book to fund and support literacy initiatives locally, nationally, and around the world.” They raise funding for over 80 non-profit literacy programs.

Hill survives dealy Nepal avalanche Continued from page 1

“The Dynafit crew [Canadian skier Greg Hill’s team] were sleeping at a high Camp 2 and were immediately on site to rescue people,” Plake told EpicTV. “Sergio, Stephane, Doji our Sherpa – all strong alpinists – have all come up to search.

We’ve done three searches but when the fog rolled in we had to call it off. It was a massive search [field], probably 600 to 700 meters across.

“It’s a war zone up here.”

Greg Hill has spent much of his adult life skiing in the backcountry. He is most famous for climbing and skiing a record two-million vertical feet in 2010 and he has accomplished several first ski descents.

Hill and his team started their expedition by skiing off the summit of 6,470-metrehigh Mera Peak earlier this month, prior to making their attempt on Manaslu Following the avalanche the team returned to base camp and were scheduled to return to Kathmandu, Nepal, for the flight home.

Tracey said she hoped he would be back in time for their anniversary this Thursday, Sept. 27.

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Premier’s chief of staff resigns over ‘inappropriate incident’ Clark mum on reason behind sudden resignation

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Ken Boessenkool, Premier Christy Clark’s chief of staff, has resigned after eight months in the premier’s office.

“Earlier this month I was involved in an incident where I acted i n a p p r o p r i a t e l y ,” Boessenkool said in a resignation letter released by the premier’s office Monday morning. “I was wrong, regretted my behaviour very much and immediately and unconditionally apologized.

“Notwithstanding my genuine apology

and sense of regret, and following my meeting with you earlier today, I tender my letter of resignation as your chief of staff effective immediately.”

Clark has appointed Dan Doyle, chairman of the BC Hydro board of directors, to serve as acting chief of staff.

Clark told reporters in Vancouver she can’t comment on the circumstances that led to Boessenkool’s departure, because of privacy laws that apply to all employers.

She said she heard about an incident two weeks ago and after it

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Ken Boessenkool with Premier Christy Clark after taking over the top political job in the premier’s office earlier this year.

was investigated, she asked for his resignation. There has been no suggestion of any criminal conduct, Clark said.

In his letter, Boessenkool said: “This will give me a chance to return to Calgary to be with my family – who I have also let down – and from whom I have been separated on a weekly basis for most of the last eight months.”

Boessenkool was hired by the premier’s office in January after serving as a senior adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He replaced Mike McDonald, who moved to a senior staff role with the B.C. Liberal Party.

In recent years Boessenkool has worked for consulting firms Hill and Knowlton Canada and GCI Group Canada. The federal lobbyist registry shows a long list of former clients, including pipeline company Enbridge Inc., oil sands producer Suncor Energy Inc., mining giant Rio Tinto, the Bank of Nova Scotia and TASER International Inc. Boessenkool also formed a group called the Alberta Blue Committee, devoted to maintaining a united right in a province where the upstart Wildrose Alliance Party has challenged the Progressive Conservative dynasty.

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New brews for Wine, Stein and Dine Mt. Begbie Brewing Co. signs on to annual social

Annalee Gr ant Townsman Staff

Wine, Stein and Dine is back on Oct. 19 and local beer lovers have reason to be excited.

James Farnan, chair of the event for Junior Chambers International Kootenay (JCI), said they have added a great burgeoning new brewery to their list this year. Mt. Begbie Brewing Co. from Revelstoke which joins the Nelson and Fernie

breweries. Skimmerhorn, Baillie-Grohman and Columbia Gardens wineries will make up the vino portion of the tastings.

Farnan said the wineries are be returning this year, but guests can expect something different as vintages change all the time, even if the grape remains the same.

“The wines are always different from year to year,” he said. “We

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want to keep it fresh,” Mt. Begby will be a great addition to the line up. Farnan said the JCI committee was impressed by the unique flavours when the brewery offered them a taste. “(It’s) really interesting beer. It’s like nothing I’ve had before,” he said.

Each wine and beer will be paired with an appetizer and door prizes will be handed out through the evening.

Last year the event moved to the Cranbrook Golf Club, and it will be held there again after the great success.

“We actually sold out so it was really inviting and warm,” Farnan said.

“Everyone was sort of standing up and mingling.”

The crowd was a great mixture of young

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business people and the evening proved to be a great place for networking while enjoying some great local wineries and breweries. Some guests knew nothing about the beverages being tasted, and others were connoisseurs.

“It was a really wide variety of people,” Farnan said.

The event is hosted each year by JCI Kootenay, but Farnan said it’s definitely about more than just the group. The members experience to organizing an event, while guests get a great evening and something different.

“We didn’t want to just ear mark it to that, we wanted to give the people of Cranbrook something to do,” he said.

The event is also a great opportunity to taste some local suds.

“We really want to promote some of the great stuff this area has to offer,” he said.

Tickets are available at the East Kootenay Credit Union, Bedroom Furniture Gallery and Rocky Mountain Print Solutions, or by calling Landon Elliot at (250) 919-7080. Money raised from ticket sales will go into the JCI Kootenay fund that’s used for legacy projects such as the new playground that was built last fall at Moir Park.

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Sweet Soul Burlesque is back by popular demand to fundraise for the Mountain Town Maulers Roller Derby team. The troupe promises a Halloween show you’ll never forget.

Sweet Soul Burlesque back and spookier than ever Annalee Gr ant Townsman Staff

Sweet Soul Burlesque is back and spookier than ever this Halloween.

The burlesque troupe is heading for the Key City on October 20 for a Halloween Spooktakular to again raise funds for the Mountain Town Maulers Roller Derby Team.

The show was such a hit when it travelled to Cranbrook on March 24, that the derby team decided to bring them back. The show will again be at the Key City Theatre starting at 8 p.m.

The team will be benefitting from the

show, but also plans to give back to the community that supports them at their bouts.

Part of the proceeds will be going to the Cranbrook Women’s Resource Centre. On hand will be the Cranbrook Zombies collecting food bank items.

Anyone who brings in a non-perishable food item will be entered to win prizes including a $250 gift certificate from The Choice.

An after party will be held at Dewey’s Pub and Grill.

Don’t expect Sweet Soul to be bringing the same show back from March. The girls promise to have a collection

of new terrifying acts for the repeat audience, Sweet Soul Burlesque the longest-running neo-burlesque troupe in Canada. The girls came together to form a group in 2003, sharing their passion for pin-up girl culture.

The girls have quickly become renowned for their performance and employ a variety of interesting special effects to create a show you won’t forget.

Tickets are $20 and available at the Key City Theatre Box Office. For more information email mountaintownmaulers@gmail. com.

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Mike Selby at 11:00 am, 1:15 pm, & 6:30 pm, and Toddler Story this Friday at 10:30 am will be all about Family!

Interested in scrapbooking? Then join fellow scrapbookers for fun and instruction with “Scrapping Good Time.” This will take place on Mondays, September 24th, October 22, and November 26th, from 6 to 9 pm.

Cost is $15.00 per evening, which includes all supplies, tea, and cookies. Please preregister with Deanne at 250-426-4063, or by email dperreault@ cranbrookpubliclibrary.ca.

Don’t forget to visit the remarkable artwork of Jim Poch, currently on display all month. Jim has been a commercial artist and graphic illustrator for over 30 years. This is the Library’s second showing of his work.

Adult newly aquired shelf The Belly Melt Diet A Wilderness of Error – Erroll Morris Wonder of the World: Masterpieces of Architecture from 4000 BC to the Present Happier At Home – Gretchen Craft Rubin You Can Create an Exceptional Life – Louise Hay The Real Crash – Peter D. Schiff The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver Salmo Stories: Memories of a Place in the Kootenays – Larry G. Jacobsen French Phrase Book & Audio CD Italian Phrase Book & Audio CD Kim OK: Travelling the Unpaved Road – Kim Okran The Romeo Initiative – Trina Davies Oil and Water – Robert Chafe The Prisoner of Heaven – Carlos Ruiz Zafron (fic) Flight From Berlin – David John (fic) Some Kind of Peace – Camilla Grebe (mys) The Neruda Case – Roberto Ampuero

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Some of the changes on the way for a revamped RCMP include harassment advisers posted across B.C., and new tools to confidentially report problems with colleagues and superiors.

But the inspector in charge of overhauling the Mounties’ internal culture admits changes to wipe out harassment and other problems will take time.

Inspector Carol Bradley says it takes decades

to build a culture and it will take equally long to change it -- although she notes planned revisions will immediately alter some RCMP procedures, possibly speeding changes in members’s attitudes.

Allegations from female officers, both in media reports and in lawsuits, prompted B.C.’s Deputy Commissioner Craig Callens, to announce the appointment of 100 specialized investigators to examine harassment complaints.

Marijuana debate on UBCM agenda C ANADIAN PRESS

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One of the first sessions of the week-long conference will examine the various issues facing local governments as

they address cannabis production and use.

Delegates will vote on Wednesday on a resolution calling for the decriminalization of pot.

The resolution is one of more than 200 due to be considered by the estimated 1,500 people attending this year’s convention.

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“Naturally Obsessed” is the fascinating look at the triumphs and failures of a handful of graduates students and their incredibly supportive professor. This is a funny, heartwarming, and inspiring documentary.

The 2012 remake of Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” is also new this week.

It is a feature-length reimagining of the grumpy creature who speaks for the trees.

Preschool Story Time this Wednesday

Tuesday, september 25, 2012

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Police hope a suspect in the recent theft of a set of bagpipes will eventually face the music, but they admit they’re still looking for the music.

Investigators say they have arrested the person believed to have stolen a set of Delta Police bagpipes and a pipe band uniform from B.C. Place after the B.C. Lions halftime show.

The theft occurred Sept. 15 and a suspect was identified a short time later, but when he was picked up, he wasn’t carrying the large black duffle bag containing the pipes or the uniform.

The missing items have huge sentimental value to both the pipe band and the Delta Police Department and Vancouver officers are pledging to continue the search.

They aren’t saying what led them to the suspect but Sgt. Randy Fincham confirms a charge of theft under $5,000 has been laid against Vancouver resident Joel Elliot Nichols.

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Wheeling, dealing on the black market “Psst.

Hey Mister! Wanna buy some cheese? I got it right

here.”

Sounds like something from an organized crime movie, doesn’t it? Maybe directed by Martin Scorsese.

Well, except for the cheese part.

But it’s true. CBC News is reporting that police are probing a large cheese smuggling ring — already dubbed the Mozzarella Mafia — in Ontario’s Niagara region. And not only that, but several police officers from the Niagara Regional Force are under investigation for their involvement in the Bocconcini Banditry.

Cheese, you say? Who would want mass quantities of Queso Blanco? Reams of Ricotta? Stores of Scamorza? Bundles of Brie? Masses of Monterey Jack? Okay, I’ll stop now, but I could go on all day — Google helpfully supplied me with a long list of cheeses.

But cheese smuggling? Don’t smugglers generally deal in more illicit substances such as arms or drugs or cigarettes? They do indeed. But they also deal in cheese.

Apparently cheese can be purchased in the United States for about one third the price of Canadian cheese. Obviously, we must have superior cows, but none-

theless, with price discrepancies like that, who can blame a Smoked Gouda smuggler for being seduced by the heady thought of Pecorino profits, illicit though they may be?

But who is the buyer? Does the average household need a case of purloined Provolone? No. But do you know who does?

Pizzerias.

That’s right. Think of the cheese on an average 3,000 plus calorie pizza. That’s a whole lot of chedda, as they say. In fact, some pizzerias go through more than $100,000 worth of cheese in a year.

Carolyn Smugglers are finding a Grant ready market among the more morally — shall we say ‘supple’ — of the pizza industry. In face if they are successful in getting a car full of cheese across the border, they can realize a profit of $1000 to $2000 per trip.

Now, I’m not saying all pizzerias in the Niagara region are guilty of bending the rules regarding Romano, not at all.

In fact as one pizzeria owner, Brandon Elms, told CBC News, “We get all our stuff legit.”

Seriously, Scorsese, you’ve got to look at this as a movie possibility.

But other pizzeria owners say that the discrepancy in prices has created an underground economy, Cheddar change, if

you will, where pizzeria owners, lured by the lust for the Limberger, will risk the potential Penamellera penalties and make a grab for the Gruyere.

Numerous cases of contraband Camembert have been seized at the border, but many more are likely getting through undetected, making their way into pizza ovens across the province. And who’s to say it’s not happening across the country as well?

It could be quite prolific, this Toscanello trade. It could be networked like organized crime, headed up by one shadowy figure. Let’s call him The Big Cheese. And across the country his Munster minions — we’ll call them the Curds — carry out his nefarious deeds, slipping Stilton into the country and onto the pizzas of unsuspecting Canadians.

We are all complicit in this giant wedge of Weichkaese. Because now we know.

We can no longer bury our heads in the Havarti and pretend we don’t know that last slice of pizza didn’t contain a misuse of Mozzarella.

The Big Cheese and his Curds are out there, robbing our pizza of its innocence.

What’s next? Poutine? Oh, the horror!

Martin, baby, call me.

Carolyn Grant is editor of the Kimberley Daily Bulletin

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Opinion/Events Swapping sociology for socket sets

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remier Christy Clark’s latest employment announcement set the tone for one of the big issues in the 2013 elec-

tion.

Flanked by aircraft technician students at BCIT in Burnaby, Clark announced a $75-million program to upgrade aging trade and technical school facilities and hire instructors. And she did it with some pointed criticism of the career path chosen by many of today’s high school students.

Clark introduced a student electrician, the first woman to win the senior technology education award at her high school, who then went on to get a bachelor’s degree in English and sociology. No job, so she went to BCIT. Her message was clear.

The government’s pre-election budget is going to shift priorities to the huge number of skilled trades jobs that are already going begging in the north. More students will get started in high school, instead of being subsidized to wander around and find themselves with an unfocused university degree that still leaves them in need of practical skills.

Shop upgrades were announced for trades training in Prince George, Kelowna and Greater Victoria. There will be new student financial aid, but it will be tied to skill

programs the economy needs now.

And with the government’s financial situation, you can bet that sociology, women’s studies and the rest of the dead-end programs dear to the hearts of last year’s Occupy campers will feel the pinch.

The B.C. Liberal skills training push was partly inspired by last year’s “inequality” protest, after Dawson Creek Mayor Mike Bernier waded into the Occupy Vancouver squat to hand out business cards. They need cooks and labourers as well as pipefitters up there these days, and that’s before the B.C. gas patch goes into a BC Views huge expansion for Asian exports.

Tom A version of Kevin FalFletcher con’s “welfare air” idea to move unemployed recipients north was included in last week’s announcement by Clark and her jobs czar, Pat Bell.

Called “Job Match,” it’s a $2.9-million pilot program in the Peace region. It will deliver basic education and work boots for people in that region before anyone will be flown up from Nanaimo or Nelson.

Cruising along at nearly 50 per cent in the polls, the NDP have also put a heavy emphasis on post-secondary. But they’re still playing to the urban Occupy crowd, with a promise of a tax on banks to fund

student grants. Instead of providing loan relief after successful completion, they’re going to hand out money at the front end, just like they did in my student days.

My experience as a student, a job seeker and a parent is that free money encourages aimless study, and the selection of courses that are appealing rather than safe investments. We already have far too much of that, and I think most students today would be better off with a bigger debt and a wellpaying job.

As the new trades plan was being rolled out (and mostly ignored by the Vancouver media), former finance minister Colin Hansen announced he’s retiring.

It was Hansen who started the push for skills training back in 2008, emphasizing that there will be a million new jobs open by 2019, 600,000 of them due to retiring baby boomers. Hansen made a sales trip to snowy Toronto to launch advertising to lure people to B.C. That effort is being revised with a series of interprovincial and international trips, because even if all 650,000 high school students graduate and go to work in B.C. from now to 2019, it won’t be enough to fill all the jobs on the horizon.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

Age of the coup is over in Turkey

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my trade you get used to it after a With public opinion abroad and at while, but the first time you wake home increasingly hostile to military up to find a military coup has coups, a better pretext was needed than in happened overnight where you live is quite the old days. So the plot, “Operation alarming. That was in Turkey back in 1971, Sledgehammer”, involved bomb attacks when the army seized control of the coun- on two major mosques in Istanbul, a Turktry after months of political turmoil. It was ish fighter shot down by the Greeks, and an attack on a military munot as bad as the 1960 coup, seum by Islamic militants. when the military authoriThe real attackers, in every ties tried and hanged the case heavily disguised, prime minister, but it was would actually be the milibad enough. tary themselves.

There were two more Gwynne The accused 330 coups in Turkey: in 1980, Dyer claimed that “Operation when half a million were Sledgehammer” was all arrested, tens of thousands were tortured, and 50 were executed, and just a scenario for a military exercise, and 1997, a “post-modern” coup in which the the documents supporting the accusaarmy simply ordered the prime minister to tions (probably leaked by junior officers resign. But there will be no more coups in opposed to a coup) have never been propTurkey: the army has finally been forced to erly attributed. But given the army’s track bow to a democratically elected govern- record of four coups in fifty years and its deeply rooted hostility to Islamic parties, ment.

On 21 September a Turkish court sen- the charges were entirely plausible, and in tenced 330 people, almost all military of- the end the court believed them.

The army has no choice but to accept ficers, to prison for their involvement in a coup plot in 2003. They included the for- the court’s judgement. The AK party has mer heads of the army, navy and air force, been re-elected twice with increasing mawho received sentences of twenty years jorities, the party’s pious leaders have not each, and six other generals. Thirty-four tried to shove their values down everybody else’s throats, and the economy has other officers were acquitted.

Five years ago, nobody in Turkey could flourished.

A new constitution, ratified in a referhave imagined such a thing. The military were above the law, with the sacred mis- endum in 2010, has finally made elected sion (at least in their own minds) of de- civilian governments superior to the army. fending the secular state from being un- It even removed the legal immunity that dermined by people who mixed religion those who carried out the bloody 1980 with politics. Making coups against gov- coup wrote into the previous constitution ernments that trespassed on that forbid- to protect themselves. As a result, the leaders of that coup, retired generals den ground was just part of their job.

This was the duty that the 330 officers Kenan Evren and Tahsin Sahinkaya, have thought they were performing in 2003, ac- also been brought to trial. And about time, cording to the indictments against them. too.

Even now, many secular-minded peoThe Justice and Development Party (AKP), a moderate Islamic party espousing con- ple in Turkey do not trust the motives of an servative social values, had come to power Islamic party in government. They still after the 2002 election: the voters had got think that the army is there to protect it wrong again, and their mistake had to be them from the dark oppression of the relicorrected. gious fanatics, and that any attempt to

curb its power is a conspiracy against the whole principle of the secular, neutral state.

But the Turkish secular state has never been neutral. From the time when Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and his companions, all military officers, rescued Turkey from the wreckage of the Ottoman empire after the First World War, the state was at war with religion.

Ataturk began by abolishing the religious schools, the Sultanate, and the Caliphate (religious authority over all Muslims) that Ottoman sultans had traditionally claimed. He banned forms of headgear, like the fez and the turban, that had religious connotations. He replaced Islamic law with Western legal codes, and declared the equal status of women and men (including votes for women).

It was understandable, because Ataturk had always argued that Turkey must Westernise its institutions and write off the non-Turkish parts of the empire if it wanted to survive in a world dominated by industrialised Western empires. But that was 75 years ago. Today’s Turkey is modern, powerful, and prosperous, and there is no external threat.

It’s high time for the Turkish army to stop waging a cold war against the part of the population who are still devoutly religious. They are entitled to the full rights of citizenship too, although they are not entitled to force their beliefs and values on everybody else.

That was the significance of AK’s victories in the past three elections, and of the trials that have finally brought the army under control. The head of the Turkish armed forces and all three service chiefs resigned in July in protest against the trials of military personnel, but President Abdullah Gul promptly appointed a new head of the armed forces – who tamely accepted the post. It’s over.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist based in London

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MADD Kimbrook is holding a Celebrity Server Fundraiser at Boston Pizza on Monday, October 1, 2012 from 5-9 pm. Celebrities include Mayor Ron McRae, Sandra Smaill, members of the Kimberley Dynamiters and the Kootenay Ice. 2012 FREE PUBLIC SWIM Wednesday, October 3rd, 5:00-6:00 PM is sponsored by Marysville PetroCanada.

‘Cranbrook Community Theatre and Fort Steele Heritage Town present “Babe Ruth Comes to Pickle River”. The play runs for 3 nights, October 4, 5 & 6 at The Stage Door, Cranbrook. Tickets are available at Lotus Books.’

Madd Kimbrook is holding a Bagging for Charity Fundraiser at Overwaitea on Saturday, October 6, 2012 from 10 am - 3 pm.

2012 FREE FAMILY SWIM Wednesday, October 17th, 6:00-7:00 PM is sponsored by Shoppers Drug Mart - Kimberley.

ONGOING Parenting Workshops: 10-12 noon at Kimberley Early Learning Centre. Childcare and refreshments provided.

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ICBL-Duplicate Bridge–Senior Center in Cranbrook. Mon & Wed 7pm, Thurs & Fri 1pm at Scout Hall, Marysville. Info: Maggie 250-417-2868.

Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon - 1:00 at Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication and leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911. toastmastersclubs.org.

Breast Cancer Support Group meets at McKim Middle School Library, every 3rd Thursday of the month at 7 pm.

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Did you know that Cranbrook has a new Community Radio Station?! Your community voice can be heard online at www.ckcl.ca Sr’s Outdoor Fitness Park, located near the rear entrance to the RecPlex, is open. Several exercise stations and easy-to-follow instructions at each station, or if you are looking for individualized instruction, most Tuesdays and Thursdays morning from 10 – 11 am, you’ll find a Sr. Ambassador willing to assist you.

Do you have 3 hours a week to give? Contact the Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary Thrift Shops at 250-427-2503 (Brenda) or 250-427-1754 Gayle) for volunteer opportunities: cashiers, sorters, after hours cleaners.

“Keep Active“ on the Community Track located at College of the Rockies: free-of-charge. Track is always open through the small gate by the dormitory or during regular hours through main gate. Tuesday mornings (9 to 11) there will usually be people available willing to help you.

CRANBROOK QUILTERS’ GUILD will be holding their meetings every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:15pm upstairs in the Seniors’ Hall, 125-17th Ave. S. Everyone welcome. Info: Betty at 250-489-1498 or June 250-426-8817.

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SPORTS BRIEFS Kootenay Ice looking for game-time volunteers The Kootenay Ice are looking for game night volunteers to help out as off-ice officials and with ingame promotions.

Off-ice officials could be doing anything from tracking statistics to helping out with video replay, while volunteers working with in-game promotions will be helping hand out prizes during intermissions.

Volunteers should have a knowledge of the game, be able to think on their feet, track statistics and have some basic math skills.

Tiffany Johnson, marketing and public relations manager for the club, warns that volunteers can expect to be working in a high-energy and fast-paced environment.

After all, it is a hockey game.

Anyone interested in volunteering can call the Ice office at 417-0322.

Trevor Crawley

COTR women’s volleyball team returns from exhibition tournament The College of the Rockies women’s Avalanche volleyball team returned from a tournament in Red Deer sporting a win and four losses in exhibition action.

The ladies played five games in the annual Wildrose Classic to tune up for Pacwest league play that starts in October.

The Avs lost in straight sets to the Red Deer Queens of Red Deer College in two separate matches, while the NAIT Ooks earned a straight-set victory as well.

University of Alberta—Augustana Campus squeaked out a win as the Avalanche took them to a third tie-breaking set.

The lone win came against the Concordia Thunder, as the Avalanche won the match 25-13, 21-25, 18-16.

Both the men’s and women’s team will be playing in an exhibition tournament this weekend, as teams come from around the B.C. Interior and southern Alberta to sharpen up in more exhibition action.

Trevor Crawley

Edmonton Oilers ownership group in Seattle to consider possible relocation EDMONTON - With plans for a new arena in doubt, the Edmonton Oilers say they are considering a move to Seattle.

Oilers owner Daryl Katz, team president Patrick LaForge and Kevin Lowe, president of hockey operations, are in Seattle for meetings about a possible relocation to the city.

The Oilers said in a statement that while they hope to reach a deal with Edmonton on a new arena, the team is also listening to proposals from a number of potential NHL markets.

Seattle City Council approved hedge-fund manager Chris Hansen’s plan for a US$490-million arena Monday that both sides hope will host an NBA and NHL team in the future.

The Oilers and the City of Edmonton had agreed on plans for a proposed $475-million cost-shared arena that would begin construction early next year.

But the arena and the Oilers’ future in the city were thrown into doubt earlier this month when the team told councillors it wanted millions of dollars in new concessions from taxpayers.

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Ice prepare for home opener Kootenay shakes off two losses, shifts focus to home set against Regina, Lethbridge

TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor

As the legend goes, a little Dutch boy stood all night at a dam, plugging a leaky hole with his finger until adults from his village came the next morning to come up with a more permanent solution.

Kootenay Ice head coach Ryan McGill alluded to the story when describing the team’s recent play in an interview before Monday’s practice.

“You plug that one hole in the dam and all of the sudden another hole comes up, that’s kind of where we’re at right now,” McGill said.

However, he sees a lot of correctable mistakes out on the ice and no one is panicking with just two games and two losses to the books so far this season.

The Ice opened their campaign with a road trip into Alberta, losing 5-3 to the defending league champions in Edmonton last Thursday and dropping a 5-1 decision to the Calgary Hitmen on Saturday.

The Ice showed they were capable of playing among the league’s best against the Oil Kings as they clawed back into the game and weren’t discouraged by an early Edmonton lead.

Similarly in Calgary, Kootenay only trailed 2-1 after two periods of play, but a rough third period saw the Hitmen score three unanswered

goals.

“We had a really good start, after the opening 20 minutes, even though we were down 1-0,” said McGill.

“Basically the first goal was a missed assignment on the back check and they made a good play to the wide winger and they scored. But saying that, we actually played a very good period.

“The second period, same thing. Some of the mistakes were snowballed and the third period, we couldn’t recover.”

Monday’s practice also got a veteran boost, as Drew Czerwonka stepped out onto the ice for the first time after missing training camp with an upper-body injury sustained in the offseason.

It’s deja vu for the captain, who missed the start of last season while recovering from a shoulder injury after attending the Edmonton Oilers’ training camp.

Czerwonka, 20, will have to put in some hard work to get back into game shape, but will likely miss out on the home-opening action this weekend against the Regina Pats and the Lethbridge Hurricanes.

It won’t be any different when evaluating him against the other three 20-year-olds, but once Czerwonka gets some ice time in, the coaching staff can make

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Kootenay Ice head coach Ryan McGill runs practice at Western Financial Place on Monday afternoon. some decisions, said McGill.

Observing from the stands and the press box has been frustrating, but Czerwonka said he’s had a good look at the overall team play with a birds-eye view of the action.

“From watching, our team works really hard,” Czerwonka said. “We got lots of young guys, but in both games, we were working really hard and that’s a huge upside for us.

“The outcomes weren’t that good, but there’s a few things we got to work on and I think we’ll be fine.”

And those few things

are?

“Consistency,” he continued. “There’s too many times in the first two games where we took shifts off and we can’t do that against teams like Edmonton and Calgary. I think once we learn that we have to play a full 60 in this league to win, then we’ll start winning games.”

The Ice are carrying 25 players right now, but have had a few injuries with Jordyn Boyd and Petr Vesely, who had been out day-to-day with lower body injuries. Spencer Wand left the Hitmen game and joined the injury ranks,

listed as day-to-day with an upper body injury.

Those injuries have prolonged the stay of a few of the younger guys, said McGill.

“That’s probably why we haven’t made a lot of decisions now,” he added.

Defensive prospects Kyle Krabben, Matt Thomas and Tanner Faith remain, while Collin Shirley, Kyle O’Connor and Luke Philp still have spots in the forward ranks.

McGill confirmed there will be more releases after the Ice’s home-opening set this weekend against the Pats and the Hurricanes.

Long hair part of uniform and can be used to make tackle DAN R ALPH Canadian Press

TORONTO, ONTARIO - Fair warning to CFL players: Long, flowing hair might look great and by the latest rage but it’s fair game on the football field.

Tom Higgins, the CFL’s director of officiating, said Monday long hair is deemed a part of a player’s equipment and can be used in the making of a tackle. The issue came to light Sunday when

Montreal kick-returner Trent Gay was twice pulled down by his long dreadlocks in the Alouettes’ 31-10 nationally televised home win over the Toronto Argonauts.

Toronto’s Mike Bradwell grabbed rookie Guy’s hair in the second quarter during a punt return. A flag was thrown but the penalty was quickly overturned.

“It’s part of the uniform,” Higgins said.

“It’s like tackling a guy by the arm.

“It’s a part of him so you’re allowed to use it to make a tackle.”

Guy, who returned a missed field goal a club-record 129 yards for a touchdown in the contest, said this wasn’t the first time he had been pulled down by the hair.

“I’ve been tackled by my hair a number of times,” the former Louisville standout said with a chuckle. “I’m

kind of used to it now.”

Surprisingly, Guy has never considered getting his hair cut.

“No, not at all,” he said. “My hair has been pretty long since college and is just something I have to deal with.

“I have to think of some ways where I don’t give them as much of a surface to grab my hair. I pinned it back in the second half (versus Toronto) so I didn’t have as much

problems with it.”

The NFL also considers hair that falls past a player’s helmet as part of the uniform and therefore can be used to make a tackle.

And Higgins, for one, doesn’t expect the CFL’s board of governors to rush this offseason to discuss changing its rules to ban such a practice.

“No, because it actually has been discussed for many, many years coming,” he said.

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Furor erupts over NFL replacement officals Tim Booth Associated Press

SEATTLE - M.D. Jennings was convinced he had the ball pinned to his chest the entire time and would be awarded an interception to cap Green Bay’s comeback victory.

A crew of replacement officials had other views - the ones that counted.

The result is a bizarre ending that gave the Seattle Seahawks a 14-12 victory Monday night that capped a tough weekend for the replacement refs.

“I was very shocked,” Jennings said. “But, the refs got the last say, so it is what it is.”

Russell Wilson threw a disputed 24-yard touchdown pass to Golden Tate on the final play of the game, a game that finally ended 10 minutes later when both teams were brought back on the field for the extra point.

Wilson scrambled from the pocket and threw to the corner of

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Official Lance Easley (26) gestures on the field following the Seattle Seahawks’ 14-12 win over the Green Bay Packers in an NFL football game on Monday in Seattle. the end zone as the clock expired. Tate shoved Green Bay’s Sam Shields out of the way, then wrestled with Jennings for possession. It was ruled on the field as a touchdown and after a lengthy review, referee Wayne Elliott came out from under the hood and announced “the

ruling on the field stands” and CenturyLink Field erupted in celebration.

It was nearly 10 minutes before the teams were brought back for the extra point.

The final decision is only going to fuel debate about the replacement officials coming

off a weekend filled with disputed calls.

“Don’t ask me a question about the officials,” Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy said.

“I’ve never seen anything like that in all my years in football.

“I know it’s been a wild weekend in the NFL and I guess we’re

part of it now.”

Elliott told a pool reporter after the game that the play was ruled as simultaneous possession that was confirmed by the replay official.

“It was pinned to my chest the whole time,” Jennings said.

A handful of Packers players began venting on their Twitter accounts right after the game, posting protest messages to their followers - many of them too profane to print. Offensive lineman T.J. Lang even challenged the NFL to “fine me and use the money to pay the regular refs.”

Others took a more tactful approach.

“It was just a frustrating game. Like I said, the refs did a great job. I can’t get fined if I’m saying the refs did a great job, so the refs did a great job,” Jennings said.

“They are here to call the game, we have to, whatever is called and respond to it, show resolve and bounce back.”

Americans hope Ryder Cup trophy stays in Illinois Doug Ferguson Associated Press

MEDINAH, Ill. - European captain Jose Maria Olazabal has arrived at Medinah with a gold trophy that everyone wants to keep at the Ryder Cup. Olazabal and three players from his team Paul Lawrie, Francesco Molinari and Ryder Cup rookie Nicolas Colsaerts - flew from Europe to an airport in Rockford about 45 minutes away Medinah.

U.S. captain Davis

Love III was waiting to greet them in front of the clubhouse at Medinah when they arrived in a van.

Europe has won six of the past eight times, though Olazabal believes the teams are so evenly matched that it’s hard to call either team a favourite.

Olazabal said the rest of his team will be arriving Monday.

Four Americans came to Medinah early to chip and putt.

Weekly Ice Report ICE CHIPS: The KOOTENAY ICE enter this week’s action with a 0-2-0-0 record (0-0-0-0 at home, 0-2-0-0 on the road, 0-0-0 in overtime) and tied for fifth place in the CENTRAL DIVISION...The ICE finished the 2011-2012 regular season with a 36-266-4 record (19-12-3-2 at home, 17-14-3-2 on the road, 5-6-4 in overtime) and in eighth place in the EASTERN CONFERENCE and 13th place overall in the WHL...This week KOOTENAY will start a six game home stand (September 28 - October 14).

SEASON TICKETS: Season Tickets are still available until Friday, October 5th…The ICE Office currently has many great seats available…On Tuesday, October 9th at 10:00 am individual game tickets for the remainder of the 2012-2013 regular season will go on sale to the general public.

ROSTER UPDATE: The ICE have 25 players on their roster, including two goalies, eight defensemen and 15 forwards…Of those players, there are

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USA’s captain Davis Love III, right, and European team captain Jose Maria Olazabal answer questions at a Ryder Cup press conference.

four 1992 born players, three 1993 born players, seven 1994 born players, nine 1995 born players and two 1996 born players...KOOTENAY begins the 2011-2012 season with 15 returning players from last year.

DID YOU KNOW: KOOTENAY needs one more victory to reach 600 wins in franchise history (599422-122)...The ICE finished the 2011-2012 regular season with an above .500 record for the 13th consecutive season, which is the longest active streak in the WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE…KOOTENAY finished the regular season with a .500 or better road record for the 11th time in the last 13 seasons...The ICE have made the playoffs all 14 season in CRANBROOK, which is the longest active streak in the WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE. INJURIES: SPENCER WAND will be out of the KOOTENAY line up day to day with an upper body injury...DREW CZERWONKA will be out of the ICE line up for one to two weeks with an upper body injury.

ONE YEAR AGO: After one game of the 20112012 season the ICE were 0-0-0-1, after two games 1-0-0-1 and after three games were 2-0-0-1.

UPCOMING WEEK: Tuesday September 25 Practice

3:45 – 5:45 pm Cranbrook Rec Plex Wednesday September 26 Practice 3:45 – 5:45 pm Cranbrook Rec Plex Thursday September 27 Practice 3:45 – 5:45 pm Cranbrook Rec Plex Friday September 28 ICE vs. Regina 7:00 pm (102.9 FM – The Drive) Saturday September 29 ICE vs. Lethbridge 7:00 pm (102.9 FM – The Drive) WEEK IN REVIEW: Thursday, September 20 Kootenay 3 @ Edmonton 5 Record 0-1-0-0 – Attendance: 10,976 Goals: 1 - Martin (1) from Leach 2 - Muth (1) from Descheneau 3 - Montgomery (1) from Pearce and Dirk Goalie: Mackenzie Skapski (28 Saves, 5 GA) Saturday, September 22 Kootenay 1 @ Calgary 5 Record 0-2-0-0 – Attendance: 9,055 Goal: 1 – Philp (1) from Leach Goalie: Mackenzie Skapski (27 Saves, 5 GA)

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Labour stalemate remains after NHL, NHLPA meeting Chris Johnston Canadian Press

TORONTO - A faceto-face meeting between top officials from the NHL and NHL Players’ Association wasn’t enough to break their labour stalemate.

The sides spent almost five hours together Monday going over accounting for last season, but didn’t emerge with any plan to resume collective bargaining talks.

In fact, the topic wasn’t even raised, according to representatives from each camp.

Nine days into the lockout, negotiations remain on hold with both the owners and players entrenched in their positions.

“Obviously, we’ve got to talk before you can get a deal, so I think it’s important to get the talks going again,” said deputy commissioner Bill Daly.

“But you also have to have something to say. I think it’s fair to say we feel like we need to hear from the players’ association in a meaningful way because I don’t think that they’ve really moved off their initial proposal, which was made more than a month ago now.”

Steve Fehr, the NHLPA’s special counsel, declined comment following the meeting.

Neither NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr or NHL commissioner Gary Bettman attended the meeting. But the two men took in an NHL alumni dinner Monday night and Daly indicated the sides were expected to make further contact on Tuesday.

The parties last sat down together on Sept.

12, when the NHLPA presented a proposal that was quickly countered by the league. Neither offer gained much traction and the NHL locked out the players three days later.

Not only are the sides far apart on financial issues - they are roughly $1-billion apart based on the latest proposals but they’ve also failed to find agreement on process.

While the league has remained adamant about the need for the sides to discuss only the economic system that governs the sport, the union has said it would be willing to continue negotiations on the other aspects of the agreement that need to be worked out.

In the meantime, players have started predicting it will be another prolonged lockout. Rick Nash told a Swiss reporter last week that the work stoppage could span an entire year and Detroit Red Wings forward Danny Cleary repeated that sentiment after an informal skate on Monday.

“Just trying to be realistic,” Cleary told the Detroit Free Press. “I think the league is waiting for us to make the move, and we’re waiting for them to move. So someone has to move. And I don’t see it coming from our end.

“We’ve given them a couple of good options that they can work with, and they, obviously, feel it’s not good enough.”

Stampeders running back apologizes for actions in loss

CALGARY - Calgary Stampeders running back Jon Cornish has apologized for his actions during Sunday’s 30-25 road loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

The CFL team issued a statement Monday after reports indicated the native of New Westminster, B.C., exposed part of his buttocks to the crowd at Mosaic Stadium after the loss.

“The incident was a mistake on my part,” Cornish said. “I definitely took things too far and it reflects poorly on the organization. First of all, I want to apologize to Coach (Hufnagel), all the coaches, my teammates, all the Stampeders fans and Stampeders organization and to the Riders fans and organization.

“It was an extreme lack of judgment on my part and I apologize to everyone in the CFL and to the commissioner. Nobody deserves to deal with this and I apologize to everyone involved.”

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Pressure builds to act in a certain manner, especially in public. What is new about that? You have felt free to resist others’ demands in the past; you can do it one more time. Take a risk financially. Buy a lottery ticket if you feel lucky.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You might feel unusually restricted as you deal with your finances and problems involving them. Be honest with yourself. You are feeling pushed to the max. An important talk with someone a bit more experienced could help. Tonight: Accomplish what you must.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) The spring in your step indicates a lot more confidence. You act spontaneously and resume a strong presence with a key matter. Opportunities come forward because of a strong relationship in your life.

Tonight: Put yourself on the line.

Express what you want.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Be aware of what you offer. Do not take risks with your finances, though you might get a positive monetary surprise. You do not need to act immediately. A boss or cohort seems unusually upbeat.

Tonight: Treating others does not need to break the bank.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You know when you are on top of your game. Your creativity emerges when your finances take an unexpected swing. Don’t worry -- the swing easily could be for the better. Communication surges, which allows a greater exchange of ideas. Tonight: Say “yes” to an invitation.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Know when to pull back and do less. Sometimes, no matter how well-intended you are, there is a backfire. Realize what is happening, and focus your energy on home or a family member. You might be taken aback by an offer.

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My entire life, I’ve been the butt of her “jokes.” Any kindness from her comes with the price tag of putting up with her nastiness. Honestly, I feel bullied. Nothing I say or do is good enough. The days of expecting her approval are long past, and I know she will never give me the positive acceptance I crave. But where do I go from here? -- Grown Up Dear Grown Up: No stable person would play such sadistic practical jokes on her child. It’s possible this is the way your mother was raised or, just as likely, she suffers from some type of mental illness.

Knowing this might help you respond to her sickness with a more distant compassion, instead of making it a reflection on you or your relationship. Please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness (nami.org) at 1-800-950-NAMI (1-800-9506264) for more information.

Dear Annie: I have recently been invited to a wedding where the only gifts requested were contributions to the honeymoon.

Included in the wedding invitation was a card with directions for accessing the “Honeymoon Fund” website so I could make a donation. On the website were explicit instructions from the couple saying they’d like the donation made prior to the wedding so they could plan ahead. The website fund is broken down into specific items ($20 for breakfast in bed, $80 for a couple’s massage or $100 toward a down payment on a house). All I had to do was click “donate here.”

Am I old-fashioned, or is it still considered tacky to tell your guests that you want money (and only money) and ask for it in advance? If I donate online, do I still give a card to the couple at the wedding?

I’ve asked a few younger people about this, and it sounds as if such things are becoming more commonplace. Please rush your answer so I can donate early. -- Bring Back Wedding Etiquette Dear Etiquette: Yes, it’s still tacky to tell your guests what to give you. Of course, bridal registries were created to make it easier for people to help the couple stock their new home. And since many couples live together these days, they do not need sheets, towels or dishes, hence the honeymoon websites. But a honeymoon used to be a personal, romantic gift from the bride and groom to each other. Aunt Mildred shouldn’t be paying for it. We say get them whatever you want.

Dear Annie. May I comment on “Undecided Mom,” who can’t decide what mementos to give her children? Give the kids everything.

I, too, saved our children’s report cards, notes to the teacher when they played hooky, school photos, Boy Scout and 4-H awards, everything. When the last one graduated from college, I made a scrapbook for each child. I captioned the photos and trimmed the newspaper clippings.

Dates, occasions and names were handwritten below. The entire project took several months to complete, and it was a walk through memory lane and a labor of love.

It was their Christmas present that year.

The looks on their faces were priceless.

These scrapbooks are now among their most prized possessions and are shared with their friends. They are still enjoying them 15 years later. Yes, there were a few embarrassing things included, but that was part of the fun. -- Burwell, Neb. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield speaks to reporters at a news conference on Monday.

Space jam stalls Canadian astronaut C ANADIAN PRESS

LONGUEUIL, Que. — Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield will have to wait a little longer before blasting off for a sixmonth visit to the International Space Station.

He says his launch on a Russian spacecraft with NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko will now take place two weeks later than planned.

The three were originally scheduled to blast off from the Baikonur

Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 5.

Hadfield explained that a Russian Soyuz will be visiting the space station in a couple of weeks and that trips by a couple of resupply ships are also planned.

The 53-year-old astronaut says his launch is now tentatively set for the morning of Dec. 19.

Hadfield made the comments today during his last visit to the Montreal-area Canadian Space Agency before his upcoming space trip.

Start up the party planning: committee THE C ANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA, Ont. - The clock is ticking toward Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, and a House of Commons committee wants the government to get serious about the bash.

MPs on the heritage committee say in a new report that planning with the provinces, territories, municipalities and private sector needs to begin as soon as possible.

The committee also recommends the government form an independent body to oversee the organizing of the an-

niversary of Confederation.

Planning before Canada’s successful centennial celebrations in 1967 was undertaken by a separate commission, and the first steps began eight years in advance.

By contrast, Ottawa only began seriously planning for the 125 anniversary a couple of years beforehand and the results have been described as mediocre.

The committee would like the government to ensure aboriginal, ethnocultural and official language minority groups be made part of the planning.

Federal job cuts spread across Canada C ANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — The federal government appears to have dropped a promise that cuts to the public service would mostly affect Ottawa, not other parts of the country.

The vast majority of federal job cuts appear in fact to be taking place elsewhere across Canada — which is the opposite of what the Tories suggested.

The budget tabled last March forecast 19,200 jobs eliminated and it promised that the heaviest burden would

fall on the capital region.

Just over 18,000 federal public servants have received notices that they could lose their jobs.

According to statistics compiled by the Public Service Alliance of Canada, just 35 per cent of those notices have gone out in the national capital region.

Fourteen per cent of the notices have gone to employees in Ontario, 13 per cent were issued in Quebec, 12 per cent went to the Prairies and Atlantic Canada received 10 per cent.

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KATMANDU, Nepal — The sister of a Canadian cardiologist missing since an avalanche smashed into his climbing expedition on a Himalayan peak says she has no choice but to cling to the faint hope he will be found alive.

Quebec heart specialist Dominique Ouimet, 48, is among several people still missing on Mount Manaslu, the world’s eighth-tallest peak.

Officials say at least nine people are dead after the avalanche roared through their camp around 4 a.m. Sunday, while more than two dozen climbers were still sleeping in their tents.

Rescue teams scoured the area Monday for six missing climbers.

The doctor’s sister, Isabelle Ouimet, told Radio-Canada in an interview that she had not given up on the possibility that her brother is still alive. ``Even if the chances are, perhaps, slim, I think we have

to hang on to the idea that he is made strong, that he is without a doubt in a good position in hope that he receives our energy,’’ she said.

A passionate and experienced mountaineer, Ouimet undertook the Himalayan expedition to raise money for his patients in the cardiology unit of a hospital in St-Jerome, north of Montreal.

He spoke just last week about why he started this fundraising endeavour in a phone interview with Radio-Canada. ``I asked myself, ‘Why don’t I connect my personal passion with something useful, something more altruistic and that goes beyond just me?’”

He was also asked whether he had thought about the dangers of climbing such a mountain. Ouimet replied that there are many security precautions to follow on such a climb and he listed a few. ``We think more about these little details than any eventual catastrophe,’’ said

Ouimet. ``Of course, when we do this and we remain concentrated, it goes well.’’

On Monday, four rescue helicopters scanned the slopes peak in search of the missing, while climbers and guides conducted searches by foot.

By midday, rescuers had brought down eight bodies and they were trying to retrieve the ninth from the 7,000-metre area where the avalanche struck, police Chief Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said.

At least six more climbers were believed to be still missing. Kuwar said the identities of the climbers killed and missing were still unclear but he confirmed that the missing included Ouimet.

His sister expressed disappointment and frustration late Sunday about the lack of information she was getting about the situation in Nepal. ``Nobody has contacted the family of Dominique Ouimet.

I’ve done phone interviews on

the radio and television in Canada. I have more tomorrow. I’ll have to be honest and tell them the truth: we don’t know who’s in charge of the search, how the search is being done, what steps have been taken so far.

After the shock, anger is rising.

Time is of the essence.’’

In Ottawa, Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Chrystiane Roy said officials had been in contact with authorities in Nepal. ``We are following the developments closely and stand ready to provide consular assistance should there be a need,’’ Roy said Sunday.

Dolraj Dhakal, a Nepalese government administrator in the area, said no one saw the avalanche coming and officials were unable describe its size.

Ten climbers survived, but many of them were injured and were flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters. Two Germans were transported to hospitals in Kathmandu on Sunday, and two Italians were flown there Monday.

Environment Canada to capture falling snowflake on film Video would help better predict snowfall amounts thanks to new camera technology THE C ANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA - This is one flaky project.

Just in time for winter, the federal government is launching a science project to capture images of the elusive falling snowflake.

Environment Canada wants to buy an extremely fast camera that can take detailed videos of snowflakes as

they float to earth.

The resulting slow-motion images will show how snowflakes evolve as they descend and that information would be used to make devices that measure snowfall amounts more accurately.

An industry notice on Monday says the project will be carried out at a federal weather research facility in

King City, Ont. The new camera must be delivered by mid-December, in time for the snow season.

The video images would slow “the movement of snowflakes and eliminate the motion blur making it possible to track air flow, velocity, acceleration as well as flake size and shape change in some instances,” says the notice.

The King City facility north of Toronto was founded in 1984. Its researchers study the use of weather radar for forecasting and ways to estimate precipitation amounts.

A spokesperson for Environment Canada was not immediately available to answer questions, including the cost of the project.

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HERD Dispersal. Red Angus and Hereford cross pairs for sale. 18 month old Red Angus bull. Heifers and steers. All raised organically; excellent quality 250-428-6264 JERSEY/HOLSTEIN milk cow for sale with calf; excellent quality and temperament.

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GOLD CREEK ACREAGE 3000 sq. ft., 5 large bedrooms, 2½ baths, on 1 acre.

Out of town taxes.

New roof, upgraded septic system, 2 car - carport.

419,500

$

(250) 919-1011

509 3rd Ave. S.

SPACIOUS 1 BDRM. apartment for rent. Available immediately. No pets. F/S, blinds included. References required.

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FOR RENT Newer 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath, 1000 sq. ft.

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Available Nov. 1, 2012.

Close to Tamarack Mall.

N/S, N/Pets, N/Parties

950 /month

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Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1BDRM APT. in downtown Kimberley. $550./mo, includes heat, fridge/stove. Non smoker, no pets. Available immediately. (250)427-4090.

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daily townsman / daily bulletin

NEWS

Poaching fears raised after baby gorillas rescued Michelle Faul,Saleh Mwanamilongo Associated Press

KINSHASA, Congo — Endangered Grauer’s gorillas have become victims of ongoing violence and a new rebellion in eastern Congo. A decision to allow oil exploration in a national park there may put the gorillas at greater risk.

Virunga National Park said Monday that wildlife authorities rescued two baby gorillas in the space of a week this month. ``Baby gorilla trafficking is terribly damaging for endangered gorilla populations because many members of the gorilla’s family will probably have been killed to obtain the infant,’’ said the park’s director, Emmanuel de Merode.

Fighting between rival militia groups is making it impossible for wildlife authorities to find out how many of the Grauer’s gorillas have been killed. Grauer’s exist only in eastern Congo. Experts estimate that fewer than 4,000 remain, down from about 17,000 in 1995, de Merode said in a statement.

The poaching comes as the park itself faces oil exploration. Congo’s Hydrocarbons Minister Crispin Atama Tabe announced Monday that the government is authorizing the British firm SOCO to explore for oil in the park, Africa’s oldest created in 1925 under Belgian rule. Virunga National Park is the only place on Earth that boasts all three African great apes in addition to elephants, buffalo, hippos, larges antelopes, lions, leopards and a plethora of smaller animals and birds. Virunga and the SOCO concession encom-

AP Photo/Virunga National Park, LuAnne Cadd

In this picture taken Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 and released by Virunga National Park on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, Isangi, a 9-month old Grauer’s gorilla that was rescued after being poached, interacts with a caretaker at Virunga National Park’s Senkwekwe Orphan Gorilla Sanctuary, in Rumangabo, eastern Congo. pass Lake Edward, one of the Central African great lakes that provides a livelihood for some 40,000 fishermen.

Atama Tabe told The Associated Press that oil exploitation could help bring security to volatile east Congo, although mining of the region’s massive mineral riches has had the opposite effect with various armed

groups vying for control of revenues.

Monday’s permission contrasts with the Environment Ministry’s decision last year to suspend oil exploration in an area of Virunga that is home to more than 200 gorillas. Environment Minister Bavo Nsamputu said he was unable to comment on Monday’s news.

Park officials say Congo’s law pro-

Syria’s Bashar Assad not interested in reforms

tects national parks from any kind of exploitation, including logging of timber for charcoal that is a lucrative business for armed militias, or even farming by peasants. That argument persuaded the French oil group Total to promise last year that it would not exploit the one-third of its concession that falls in Virunga.

SOCO, with 58 per cent of its con-

cession in the national park, argues, among other things, that the Nature Conservation law allows ``geological research for scientific purposes.’’

SOCO also quotes exemptions in the Nature Conservation law for ``research work, such as sampling materials, digging, excavations, surveying, and all other work that may change the look of the land or vegetation.’’

Virunga park rangers have shed blood to protect the park and its animals: 11 were killed last year in armed confrontations; this year one has been killed and several wounded, according to de Merode.

He said the first baby gorilla, a 9-month-old female now named Isangi, was brought to wildlife authorities Sept. 13 by a community conservation group that had rescued her from a local militia group called Raiya Mutomboko, which means Angry People in Swahili.

On Sept. 20, rangers and local officials acting on a tip-off carried out a sting operation and rescued a 4-month female that has been named Baraka, which means Blessing in Swahili. Baraka’s captors claimed to have rescued the infant gorilla from the Walikale area where several armed groups compete for control of mines.

Isangi was in good shape after six weeks in captivity, veterinarian Eddy Kambale said in a statement, but Baraka was weak and dehydrated after two weeks’ captivity.

The two infants are being cared for in a sanctuary at Virunga that is home to three mountain gorilla orphans whose parents were killed in the park in 2007.

Zom-bees awaken Deadly bee virus shows up in Seattle ASSOCIATED PRESS

AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File

In this Thursday, March 8, 2012 file photo, Ahmed, center, mourns his father Abdulaziz Abu Ahmed Khrer, who was killed by a Syrian Army sniper, during his funeral in Idlib, north Syria.

David Stringer Associated Press

The new U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria says President Bashar Assad has no intention of carrying out reforms which would end his family’s 40-year dictatorship and is seeking to portray the country’s uprising as a foreign conspiracy.

According to a diplomat inside Lakhdar Brahimi’s closed-door briefing Monday to the U.N. Security Council, the envoy described a rapidly deteriorating country with routine torture, looming food shortages.

The diplomat, who demanded anonymity as they were not authorized to publicly discuss the brief-

ing, said Brahimi believes that Assad’s goal is to return his country to ``the old Syria.’’

Russia — Syria’s key protector — and China have vetoed three Western-backed Security Council resolutions aimed at pressuring Assad to stop the violence and start political talks.

SEATTLE — Washington state has its first ``zombie bees.’’

Novice beekeeper Mark Hohn found that his bees are infected with a parasite that causes them to fly at night and lurch around erratically until they die.

The Seattle Times reports it’s the first time the bee infection has been found in the state, according to tracking

by San Francisco State University biologist John Hafernik through his website ZombeeWatch.org.

Zombie bees were first discovered in California in 2008.

Bee populations already have been dropping in recent years due to another ailment

AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Ellen M. Banner

Mark Hohn, a novice beekeeper in Kent, holds up a plastic bag with a dead zombie bee and pupae — two at each end of the bag, Sept. 22, 2012. called Colony Collapse Disorder, in which all the adult honey bees in a colony suddenly die.

Zombie bees also are

being studied by Steve Sheppard, chairman of the entomology department at Washington State University.