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Police shootout in Cranbrook neighbourhood Sally MacDonald Cranbrook Daily Townsman

A suspect is in hospital after a police shootout in Cranbrook on Tuesday night.

At around 10:30 p.m., an RCMP officer tried to stop a vehicle that was suspected to have been carjacked near Creston earlier in the day.

A car chase ensued, ending when the suspect reached a dead end at the top of Victoria Avenue, beside the College of the Rockies Gold Creek campus.

Nearby residents reported hearing gun shoots, seeing a lone police car then hearing shooting.

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Independent Investigations Office investigators arrived on the scene of a police-involved shooting that occurred Tuesday night just outside Cranbrook See POLICE, page 5 city limits, off of 22 Ave S about a block from Kootenay Orchards Elementary School.

Car-jacking victim recounts roadside nightmare Creston man car-jacked near Yakh, suspect caught in Cranbrook Lorne Eckersley Creston Valley Advance

Creston’s Alan Armstrong was making a routine run to Cranbrook on Tuesday evening when his trip turned into a nightmare that later ended with a shooting in Cranbrook.

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“I was hauling parts on Highway 3 through Goatfell (west of Yahk) when I saw a guy waving me down on the road. He said he had run out of gas and had no money and needed a ride,” Armstrong said on Tuesday morning.

It was snowing and Armstrong was on a timeline, so he told the man and his girlfriend to get in quickly.

“Then I said to him, ‘If you were going to Cranbrook, why was your car faced in the other direction by the road?’ I guess I shouldn’t have said anything. He grabbed my head and smashed it against the door.”

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“I said to him, ‘If you were going to Cranbrook, why was your car faced in the other direction by the road?’

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The carjacker pepper-sprayed Armstrong, then pushed him out the truck before tearing off in the 2006 Toyota Forerunner.

Armstrong said he was vomiting, he could barely see and mucous was pouring through his nose as he staggered around and tried to get his bearings.

“I’d had enough wits about me to grab my cell phone as I was being pushed from the truck so I managed to dial 911. But of course there is no cell coverage out there.”

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Beef recall expands to Cranbrook, Kimberley The Canada-wide beef recall has now hit Cranbrook and Kimberley grocery store shelves Annalee Gr ant Townsman Staff

The Canada-wide recall of beef products hit Cranbrook store shelves on Friday, Sept. 28 and included all major grocery stores in the city.

A full list of the recalled products due to a possible E. coli contamination is available on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency website, www.inspection. gc.ca. All of the product best by dates are listed on the CFIA website.

There have been four confirmed infections of E. coli and five possible cases are under investigation after the consumption of tainted meat in Alberta, but none have been reported in B.C. Calls to Cranbrook’s Superstore, Safeway and Save-On-Foods locations were referred to each company’s head offices.

John Graham, director of public affairs for Safeway Canada Ltd., said the products were swiftly removed from the shelves, and all remaining products are from distributors not involved with the current CFIA investigation.

“We’ve got a pretty sophisticated system in place to ensure recalled products are removed from our shelves,” he said.

“Everything that’s presently on our shelves is safe.”

Julija Hunter of Loblaw Companies Ltd, parent company of the Real Canadian Superstore, said they initiated their rapid response protocol when they first received word of the recalls.

“Our stores have removed from sale all potentially implicated products from XL Foods Canada ... with production dates of August 24, 27, 28, 29 and September 5,” Hunter said. “At this point, there has been a very small impact in stores and we anticipate that there will be minimal or no impact on our ability to provide our customers with beef products.”

Safeway and Loblaws are encouraging customers to check out the CFIA website for a complete listing of the products being recalled. Both companies welcome customers to speak with a manager at their locations across Canada to return products should they be listed in the recall.

“If customers have concerns with the products purchased in our store, they can return any used or unused product to the store where it was purchased where we will gladly provide a refund,” Hunter said.

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There is no doubt that the bicycle is becoming more and more a part of the culture of Kimberley. Wildsight’s One Planet Film Series is bringing two new films on global biking culture to Kimberley on Friday. Together, With My Own Two Wheels and Riding Bikes with the Dutch take the audience around the world and end up illustrating how important bicycles are not only for transportation and health but also in supporting families and the planet. The films, showing at 7:30pm at Centre 64, are suitable for all ages and admission is by donation.

Kimberley Nordic Club gears up for another great season For the Bulle tin

The KNC executive is gearing up for another great ski season hopefully starting as early as November.

Memberships are now selling at last year’s prices!

Those who purchase before the end of October will be eligible for great draw prizes thanks to local businesses including Rocky’s Now Accommodations, Bootleg Golf, Kimberley Alpine Resort and Rocky’s Ski & Snowboard. Registrations are also being accepted now for the popular Jackrabbit (a.k.a.

Skills Development Program) and Track Attack programs, which are designed for children ages 4 – 12.

These programs offer a fun, healthy, low-cost experience for youth and families. Other opportunities of- The Nordic Club’s new maintenance shed.

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fered by KNC include dry-land training for youth, group and private instruction for adults (a Master’s Ski Program), locker rentals, lodge facility rentals and certainly great trail access for hiking and cycling in the off season. Over the summer, many improvements have been made at the facilities including improving the entrance kiosk, construction of a maintenance shed which can also house the snow grooming equipment plus trail improvements to all the single track trails so they can be groomed with the Ginzu thus providing more route options. To get all the details check out their website at www. kimberleynordic.org or phone club president Derm Kennedy @ 250427-1721.

Victim recounts car-jacking

From Front Page He saw a residence nearby with a light in the window and made his way to the front door, where pounded on the door, screaming and crying for help.

But his ordeal wasn’t quite over. A male resident opened the door, armed with a rifle, fearing See Page 4 that he himself was about to be a

victim.

“It was dark and they weren’t about to let me into the house until they knew what was going on, so he brought his car around so the headlights could shine on me,” Armstrong said.

“Then they saw what a mess I was and brought me into their house.”

He used the residents’ landline to call 911 and was informed that Cranbrook and Creston RCMP and a police dog were already responding.

An ambulance arrived to transport Armstrong to Creston Valley Hospital, but it had to make a few stops along the way as the smell of pepper spray was

overwhelming the paramedics, Armstrong said.

He was released from hospital early Wednesday morning.

While initial media reports said the carjacker was pulled over in Yahk, he was actually stopped in Cranbrook, Creston RCMP Staff Sergeant Bob Gollan said on Wednesday.

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Mervyn “Moose” Ronnquist; A Kimberley original ANTHONY DR ANSFELD For the Bulletin

Moose Ronnquist was a larger than life fellow who came to Kimberley at the age of seven from Pinchy Lake and stayed here until a B.C. Hydro transfer took him out of town.

Moose was truly a man whose life revolved around sports, namely baseball and hockey. In baseball he was a “slugger” of the first degree. I never knew what weight of bat Moose swung, while playing for the Hobos (sponsored by Sorensen Food Mart ) in Kimberley, but it was probably the same size as Babe Ruth. Moose always took a prodigious cut at the ball, and when he connected, the ball usually went a very very long way. When he missed, the breeze from Coronation Park could be felt down in Lower Blarchmont.

Jimmy Ratcliffe, the Hobos catcher (he also played third base, second base, and a bit at shortstop) vividly remembers a “Moose Moment”. The Hobos were playing in Nelson in a Senior baseball playoff contest. Moose Ronnquist crushed a ball to right field, unfortunately the right field had no fence.

Now Moose was a left hand hitter and was not the fleetest of foot.

Jim Ratcliffe told me the Nelson relay from way out in right field was Charlie Burdett to Bernie Monteleone to the Nelson catcher who was waiting with the ball when Moose Ronnquist began his slide into home plate (the baseball went about 500 feet really) Returning to the Hobo bench Moose plopped down beside Jim and asked him “ was I really out?? I thought it was close”.

Although Moose Ronnquist was not a very fast runner in ball, he was a very good skater in hockey, pretty quick for a big fella. Starting in minor hockey here with Jimmy Ratcliffe, Chris

Sorensen and John “Shotgun” Stone, he played defense with a really hard shot from the point.

Mervyn (Moose) played for the Yorkton Terriers of the Saskatchewan Junior League before coming home and lacing up the skates with Harry “ Smiler “ Brown and the Kimberley Dynamiters.

With no rink in Kimberley, Moose went to Cranbrook to play for Joe Downey and a team called Cranbrook Selkirks in Intermediate Hockey.

By the way John (Stoney) Stone played on the Hobo Baseball Team with Moose.

They were childhood friends from a very small street in Kimberley,( Hannay,) around the corner from Sammy, Danny Calles and Alan Fabro (three very accomplished athletes as well).

Going Christmas Carolling in Upper Blarchmont as a child, young Moose Ronnquist would be the one everybody would request to sing from the group of kids who stopped to carol.

Mervyn had a wonderful voice.

As for hockey Moose loved to be on the ice and became a very good Linesman in the Western International Hockey League working with his friend referee Carlo Johansen (who still lives in Kimberley.) Moose was very adept at breaking up hockey fights, I can still see him burrowing into the pile and flinging guys around with a smile on his face. This was a very strong man.

It was a sad day in Kimberley B.C. when Moose Ronnquist took a transfer with B.C. Hydro and headed to Canoe B.C. and also Port Alberni, and his last stop Vernon. His heart though never really left Kimberley.

Everyone in town was certainly fond of Moose Ronnquist, a very animated and nice guy who always had a constant twinkle in his eye. A joke from Moose made your day

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The Way it Was; 1953 COURTESY OF THE KIMBERLEY HERITAGE MUSEUM ARCHIVES

KIMBERLEY NEWS October 7, 1953 “20 Year Old Youth Faces Murder Charge”

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Mervyn Moose Ronnquist playing ball the Price and Markel team in Vernon. , as Jimmy Ratcliffe told me in all of the ball trips for the Hobos and hockey trips (Jim was a backup Kimberley Dynamiter goaltender) Mervyn Ronnquist never ever told the same joke twice, and he constantly told em and they all were hilarious too — you would be in stitches.

The best joke teller I have ever heard bar none. What a guy !

Thanks to Jim Ratcliffe and Chris Sorensen and John “Shotgun “ Stone for their memories of Mervyn “Moose” Ronnquist a Kimberley original, and truly a man with a pureness of heart.

Moose Ronnquist was born in Armley, Saskatchewan and passed away in Vernon BC on January 26, 2011. Both of his brothers Derland and Dale still reside there.

Moose has four sons, Spud (Pat), Drew, Doug and Bruce. Spud lives in Kimberley with

Moose playing for the Lethbridge Maple Leafs. his wife Holliday (Holly) who is the Chief Financial Officer over at the City of Kimberley.

The family held a service recently for Mervyn “ Moose” Ron-

nquist up the St. Marys at Meacham Falls, where his ashes were spread, a beautiful place for a beautiful guy.

A 20 year old Kimberley youth is in Nelson jail awaiting trial on a murder charge laid following a shooting about last September 21, in the vicinity of Lois Lake.

Darwin Laverne Sutherland surrendered to police last weekend and told them he had accidentally shot Edward Henry Coelen, 19, of Kelowna while on a hunting trip.

Sutherland said he buried the body because he was afraid to tell police what had happened.

Police at the time were investigating reports from residents of the Lois Creek area that a car had been abandoned on the littleused Lois Lake road.

According to reports, Coelen left his Kelowna home Sept. 17 stating he was driving to Calgary. It is not known why he stopped off in Kimberley or how he happened to be on a hunting trip with Sutherland. But it is believed he may have stopped here to contact hockey officials in the hope of securing a place on the Kimberley team.

Sutherland led police to the point where he had covered the body with leaves and debris and it was found that Coelen had been shot through the back, apparently by a .270 rifle.

The murder charge followed and an inquest was convened Monday morning when the dead youth’s father identified the body. No evidence was taken and following the identification, the inquest was abandoned on the orders of the attorney general’s department.

Sutherland is scheduled to appear for pre-

liminary hearing next Monday, but it is expected that further remands will be sought by police pending completion of investigation.

Meanwhile, the dead youth’s body has been returned to Kelowna for burial services.

McBryan To Appear October 14 Hugh McBryan, Kimberley salesman, who was charged with manslaughter following the truck death Sept. 26 of Dale Edward Kehler, 14 year-old Marysville lad, was released on bail of $2000 Tuesday and remanded for preliminary hearing until Oct. 14.

The Marysville lad died when the truck, driven by McBryan in which he was riding, overturned on the Kimberley – Marysville highway. Two other Marysville boys, Billy Carter and Frank McNamara, were also injured and were confined to St. Eugene Hospital in Cranbrook.

They were able to return to their homes this week.

McBryan was held in custody until his release on bail yesterday.

Around The Council Table” Aldermen, who are not easily “phased”, looked a little alarmed at a request from the District School Board for the construction of a 10 foot sidewalk on Rotary Drive from Wallinger Avenue to McKenzie Street, at the far end of the high school grounds. “That’d cost something,” one alderman murmured.

Council has before it a request from the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to purchase a small strip of city owned property

by Mark Creek on Mackenzie Street as the site for a new church.

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Meat recall Police shoot car-jack suspect expands From Page 3 Overwaitea Food Group, the parent company for both Overwaitea and Save-On-Foods, sent an email to its customers on Sept. 28 advising them of the recall.

“Though we do not buy ground beef from XL Foods and have not for quite some time, our third party beef supplier does procure certain beef products from XL Foods that are now affected by the CFIA’s expanded recall,” the letter reads, later offering a refund to customers for any of the products listed in the recall.

Graham said he has not seen a recall this large in recent memory.

“It’s an enormous recall,” he said.

XL Foods is one of the largest beef processing plants in Canada and is based out of Brooks, Alta.

Its license was suspended by the CFIA on Sept. 27.

Contaminated meat was originally discovered in a shipment at the U.S. Border in Sweetgrass, Mont. on Aug. 30. That beef tested positive for E. coli three days later and the American inspectors for the Food Safety and Inspection Service reported it to their Canadian counterparts. Beef at a processing facility being inspected by CFIA in Calgary tested positive on Sept. 4.

MP for Kootenay-Columbia David Wilks told the Townsman the CFIA stepped to action that day.

“Canadian food agency officials started containing contaminated products on September 4th, 2012,” he said via email from Ottawa. “As soon as Canadian food agencies learned of the contaminated products they put in measures to ensure that Canadians were protected from risk.”

The agency attended XL Foods for a review of procedures on Sept. 12, as American authorities reported two more shipments of contaminated meat reaching their border the same day. Beef imports from XL Foods were banned in the U.S. as of that day.

Wilks said the investigation is ongoing.

“The Canadian Food Agency are ensuring that Canadians are well informed by all forms of media,” he said. “They have expanded their recall which includes stores in Kootenay-Columbia, this is done to ensure safe food is on our food counters.”

Graham said Safeway is currently looking at ways to keep beef on the shelves as the recall continues, and there is no timeline for when XL Foods will be back in operation.

“Our department is fully stocked,” he said. “We are looking at options to supplement our stock.”

The recall initially began with ground beef products and was expanded on Sept. 28 to include whole muscle cuts like steaks and roasts. It now includes over 500 different products.

The issue dominated Question Period in the House of Commons on Monday and Tuesday. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz came under fire from NDP and Liberal opposition members for not announcing the recall for two weeks. NDP leader Thomas Mulcair criticized the government for cuts to the CFIA across the country.

Wilks said over 700 food inspectors have been hired since 2006, including 170 meat inspectors.

“By doing this, Canadians have one of the best food inspection agencies in the world,” he said.

Thanks from all Paula Thomas, mother of Jenna Homeniuk would like to clarify that she was speaking for her entire family when she thanked Kimberley for fundraising for Jenna. That family includes Paula Thomas, Dana Homeniuk, Jenna, Katie and Brittany.

From Front Page A c c o rd i n g to RCMP, during the incident an officer fired his service pistol, hitting the male suspect. The suspect was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A female suspect who was a passenger in the vehicle is also in police custody. The police officer was not

hurt.

The scene has been secured pending an investigation by the newly formed Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO).

Six personnel from the IIO were sent from Surrey to Cranbrook on Wednesday morning, arriving around 11 a.m. and taking control of the

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A spokesperson for the IIO was not able to answer questions about the incident on Wednesday morning.

“At this point I don’t have that infor mation,” said Owen Court, Senior Manager, Strategic Projects and Public Engagement.

Court explained the process the IIO will now go through in this, their third investigation since the office was formed

earlier this year.

“The role of the IIO is essentially to i nv e s t i g a t e the shooting incident itself rather than any alleged offence committed by the individual. We essentially investigate any incidents involving serious harm or death to members of the public that involve police officers. Our focus would be on the actions of the police versus the individual involved,” he said.

“What will happen is we will conduct an investigation into the actual shooting incident itself. At the end of that investigation if our chief civilian investigator feels that a recommendation for a charge should be made to Crown, we’ll make that recommendation. If not, we’ll be able to publicly report on all of the circumstances surrounding the incident itself.”

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he’s like the world’s beloved grand- yellow dress named Aurora.

I watched Dr. Jane’s eyes follow Aurora mother. When Dr. Jane Goodall arrived in Cranbrook she reduced wherever she went. Prior to an address of many to glassy-eyed stares of admiration gathered sponsors, Aurora was restless having sat at a speech already that day. and gushing thank-yous.

Her yellow dress was I knew all about Dr. skewed, and her hair was Jane, but I must say I a bit messy in the way didn’t really know what you’d expect of a little girl. to expect. I viewed her She began running up with the eyes of a journaland down the Key City ist, watching her manAnnalee Theatre stairs, bounding nerisms and facial exGrant noisily playing a game pressions for colour in a that was happening in her story later on. head. She had a big smile What I noticed about her that struck me the most is her genuine on her face, and all the while, Dr. Jane enjoyment as she toured rooms full of watched. I wonder what Aurora was prepeople she’d never met. When a teacher tending – was she a chimpanzee in at the St. Eugene cried upon shaking her Gombe Stream National Park? Was she an hand, Dr. Jane patted her on the arm, and elephant thundering through the African softly said to her, “The soul would have no plains? Or was she a leopard bounding from limb to limb in the rainforest? rainbow if the eyes had no tears.”

Dr. Jane’s face broke into a wide grin It was a grandmother’s embrace, one I could imagine my own saying. This was at and her eyes lit up watching the little girl the first event I covered, and it was a per- play. She gestured to Jane Lawton, CEO of the Jane Goodall Institute, pointing out fect introduction to Dr. Jane.

At all four events I attended with cam- the imaginary game happening before era in hand, Jane was a quiet and beauti- them. Then she pulled out a camera, and ful woman, staying still at the podium, snapped a picture of Aurora mid-leap which she said she’d learned to do. And at onto a nearby couch.

During several of her speeches, Dr. all four events, there was a little girl in a

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Jane said it was the very youth she hoped to empower that made her able to travel 300 days a year. As she watched Aurora, I realized this was so very true.

Not only does Dr. Jane do this for the youth, she gets energy from them. She genuinely enjoys watching them imagine, create and achieve things.

I don’t think Aurora knew Dr. Jane had photographed her. I don’t even think she knew who Dr. Jane was or why her mother had taken her along that day. I hope somehow she knows later on in life that a woman that has inspired millions was instead invigorated to continue her mission to change the world, just by simply watching her pretend. Her game, whatever it was, gave Dr. Jane Goodall strength for another day to continue inspiring youth around the world.

When Dr. Jane stepped up to the microphone, she again looked poised, wise and spoke softly, yet she had everyone hanging on her words. Aurora continued to play nearby.

Aurora sat behind me at the speech later on. She was tired, curled up with her head on her mother’s lap. It was a long day but for Dr. Jane, her evening had really just begun, thanks to a little girl named Aurora.

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Cranbrook Community Theatre

Communications revolution What’s Up?

Two actors create, inhabit and populate small town Canada on the brink of a new era

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is easy to empathize with Jane Parker — who “dreams a lot.” Her hopeful, ambitious path to a newspaper career has somehow slipped into that seam between dream and nightmare, and she has found herself in Pickle River, Ontario. There she encounters Roy Little, who has taken on a fantastic dream of his own.

Remember the furor that accompanied the release of the iPad? How it would revolutionize the very core of our society?

Well, here’s a communications revolution that licks that hollow — the advent of radio circa 1930, which is when Cranbrook Community Theatre’s seasonlaunching production takes place.

Director Tanya Laing Gahr and Producer Sally Masters have brought “Babe Ruth Comes To Pickle River” out from Fort Steele, where it ran this summer, to the cozy environs of the Studio Stage Door.

The play opens tonight (Thursday, Oct. 4) and runs through Saturday, Oct. 6.

Roy (played by David Popoff) has decided that he is getting into the radio business, in Pickle River — a mining town hundreds of miles north of “civilization,” always hovering on the brink of extinction. Economically it’s dominated by mining interests, of course, and in information terms the local newspaper.

But Roy has an advantage — he has the great Babe Ruth’s hand on his shoulder and voice in his ear like an advising angel.

Ruth has recently gained his immense heroic stature by hitting 60 home runs, which made Roy “feel so good he quit the mine.” And so, having quit the mine, Roy is starting a radio station, which in Pickle River is against all odds.

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Life truly imitates art in Jane’s and Roy’s (Lisa Aasebo and David Popoff ) on-going radio soap opera, on the air in Pickle River. But for how long?

If Roy has the advantage of Babe Ruth as his inner voice and a romantic dreaming nature, Jane Parker (Lisa Aasebo) has the advantage of an indomitable spirit, a grand ability to think outside the box, and no small amount of desperation, being trapped in the boondocks to end all boondocks. When two different kinds of visions collide — like the newspaper and the radio — it can mean warfare. When two different visions unite — like Roy’s and Jane’s — then magic can ensue.

Of course, our protagonists must still somehow find an end to that on-going soap opera they’ve created, get that jazz-a-ma-razz out over the airwaves without provoking the churchy set, and in short,

make all the right noises. Roy and Jane’s radio station buzzes along on top of the undercurrents of economic and social drama. But collisions are coming — will Roy’s passion, Jane’s genius and Babe Ruth’s sporting analogy advice be enough?

Make no mistake: Babe Ruth is as central a character to the production as the dozen or so others — residents of Pickle River — that Popoff and Aasebo bring to life each by each and again and again, with persistent shifts in accent, physical carriage and — very important — headwear.

Thus, a cast of two has inhabited and peopled an entire community. In this regard, the actors are aided by the set — simple, easily re-arrangeable and lit with browns and natu-

ral hues that give it the aura of a sepia tinged portrait. The soundscape is patterned after radio plays of yore.

But it is largely the acting skills of Aasebo and Popoff who draw us in to Pickle River, Ontario — or anywhere, Northern Canada, really — with our “willing dispension of unbelief,” back to the days when a communications revolution swept us along by the heart.

“Babe Ruth Comes To Pickle River,” written by Nelles Van Loon, features Lisa Aasebo and David Popoff. The play is directed by Tanya Laing Gahr and produced by Sally Masters. It runs Oct. 4, 5 and 6 at the Studio Stage Door in Cranbrook. Showtimes are 8 p.m.

Born Free: Sad ending, a joyous legacy

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was just after Christmas in 1980 when Friederike Victoria Gessner was attacked and killed by a lion in Kenya. She had just turned 70.

The newspapers called her death a ‘sad ending,’ but it was — and became —much more than that.

Gessner was better known to the world as Joy Adamson, a world-famous naturalist who wrote the bestselling book “Born Free.”

Describing her efforts to release a lion cub named Elsa back into the wild, “Born Free” captivated millions of people around the globe, inspired a hit song, and was made by into the academy award-winning film of the same name.

Born and raised in Austria, Joy considered a career in either medicine or music,

but ended up doing neither. She drifted into a party-lifestyle instead, which included numerous sexual conquests, unwanted pregnancies, disposable husbands, and a few suicide attempts. The outbreak of World War II ended this AT THE upper-class decadence, LIBRARY and she fled to Kenya for safety. It was here she fell Mike in love with and married Selby British game warden George Adamson. And it was also here where she encountered her life’s work: Elsa — a lion cub orphaned when her mother was shot and killed trying to attack George.

“Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds” chronicled Joy and her husband’s work with Elsa. It was published in 1960 by Collins and Harwell. A massive bestseller, Joy

followed it with “Elsa: The Story of a Lioness,” “Living Free: The Story of Elsa and Her Cubs,” “The Spotted Sphinx,” “Pippa: The Cheetah and her Cubs,” and “Pippa’s Challenge.” Joy also became an accomplished painter, and several books have also been published of her works.

“Born Free” did something much more greater than financial returns: it introduced people to the possibilities of wildlife conservation; something many were skeptical about at the time. The book also spawned various wildlife societies, protected reserves, national parks, and saved a few endangered species. It was only after he read “Born Free” that zoologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton dedicated his life to saving the African Elephant.

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UPCOMING ‘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.

October 10 Kimberley Garden Club is back on winter sessions.

October program: Bulbs from Basement to Windowsill discussion.

Selkirk High School Library 7-9 pm. New members welcome. For more info: Nola 250-427-1948.

British Columbia Government Retired Employees Assoc., Rky Mtn Branch, will be holding their luncheon meeting at the Bavarian Chalet in the Sam Steele room, Oct 10, at 12 noon. Guest Speaker will be R.C.M.P. Const. Lisa Schlatter. Info: Jack Selman 489-5930.

Take Back the Night March For women and children, Thursday, Oct 11. Gather at Spirit Square in Rotary Park. 5:30 sign making, March at 6:00. Call 250-426-2912 for more info The Cranbrook & District Arts Council next exhibit, Comtemporary and Impressionistic Art opens on Thursday October 11th and runs until Nov 7th. Please join us and the artists for the opening reception on October 11th from 7 - 9pm Laurie School Band students will be out collecting sponsors for their Garbathon. On Saturday, Oct. 13th they will be cleaning main areas of Cranbrook from 9:30am-12:30 pm. The students make an important contribution to the community while earning money needed for band trips and festivals.

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

October 17, Wednesday Not your usual travelgue - Paddling the Columbia River Basin with Karen Proudfoot. 7:00 College of the Rockies Lecture Theatre. Hosted by Grandmothers helping Grandmothers in Africa. Admission by donation. Info: please call Norma at 250-426-6111.

ONGOING The Friends of the Kimberley Public Library Used Book Store - Marysville, 424 304 St. Open Thursday & Saturday from 10:30-3:30. Books are sold by donation and the money goes towards improvements to the Kimberley Library.

Everyone is welcome to SPEAK OUT with our United Way Cranbrook and Kimberley. Silence is never golden. We invite community members of all ages and backgrounds to contact us about a coffee date to express your vision for a community that cares. Call (250)-426-8833 to speak with Donna or Tanis, or email crankimbunitedway@shaw.ca The Council of Senior Citizens Organizations (COSCO) is an advocacy group devoted to improving “The Quality of Life” for all seniors. Contact Ernie Bayer, ph. 604-576-9734, fx.

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Bellies to Babies - Free program providing information, resources and support for families who are either expecting or parenting a new baby. Group drop-in at Kimberley Early Learning Centre on Wednesdays 5-7 pm. No appointment needed. Call Jenn 250-427-8772 for more info.

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Making Connections; 8 week program for parents with school aged children to help parents understand the learning and reading process to better support your child at school. Kimberley Early Learning Centre Kim 250-427-4468.

Mark Creek Lions meet 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month (Sept-June). Meet & Greet between 6:00 & 6:30pm at the Western Lodge, supper to follow. All welcome. Info: 250427-5612, 250-427-4314.

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The WHL brought the hammer down on the Kootenay Ice and the Lethbridge Hurricanes, doling out a total of $1,750 in fines for a third-period line brawl during a game last Saturday at Western Financial Place.

Both teams shelled out $500, while Lethbridge was hit with an additional $500 for actions of a player, while Kootenay forked over an extra $250 for the same reason.

Kootenay Ice forward Jon Martin has been suspended for three games for “actions versus Lethbridge,” according to the WHL’s discipline page, while Lethbridge forward Brady Ramsay was given a fivegame suspension.

According to the league’s explanation, Ramsay entered the ice during a stoppage and initiated an altercation with an opponent.

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Indy players, coaches hope to honour Pagano by keeping focus on football INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis Colts are getting back to work.

Two days after learning that coach Chuck Pagano would be out indefinitely with leukemia, the Colts tried to take a routine business-like approach at Wednesday’s practice.

Interim coach Bruce Arians says little will change Sunday against Green Bay. He’ll still be calling the offensive plays while defensive co-ordinator Greg Manusky continues to make the defensive calls.

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Wild soccer team preparing for season TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor

The Mount Baker senior boys soccer team has been practicing for the last couple weeks.

All they need now are some games.

The Wild have been out on the pitch twice a week, but are working towards getting in some game action.

The team didn’t get together right off the bat at the start of the school year and missed a tournament in Creston, but head coach Jesse Jarvis is hoping to pit the squad against some men’s teams in tune-up matches.

Till then, Jarvis said there are a few things to work on.

“Fitness and heading,” Jarvis continued, “because most guys are a little tentative to do it, so if we can be fearless, that’ll give us an advantage.”

Wednesday’s practice consisted mostly of possession drills, heading drills and fitness work, as the boys sharpen up their skills in preparation for realtime game situations.

There was so much interest in the senior team, that Jarvis was able to funnel off enough Grade 10 and Grade 9 students to form a junior boys soccer team.

There wasn’t enough interested students to form a junior team last year, according to Jarvis, who is back for his second year as head coach and third year with the Wild program.

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Most of the boys are Grade 11 students, with a few younger and a few older players mixed in.

The team is mostly represented by local students, as opposed to half a dozen international students from Mexico, Brazil and Germany that formed a large chunk of the squad last year.

The Wild worked their way into provincials last year, facing a young team in Nelson during zone play downs, winning a thrilling 3-1 match in extra time to earn the trip to Metro Vancouver.

Seeing a young Nelson team perform like they did last year means that youth isn’t necessarily a disadvantage, said Jarvis.

Without any game time experience on the resume yet, Jarvis still doesn’t know if the fact that his team is a little younger is a strength or not.

“It’s not that we’re weak anywhere,” Jarvis said. “We’re just young.”

First guaranteed game action for the team will be the Wild’s home tournament at Moir Park on Oct. 19-20.

The following weekend, the boys will hit the road for an excursion across the 49th parallel for a tournament in Kalispell, Montana.

The crucial zone play down against Nelson to determine who will represent the Kootenays at provincials will happen in the first week of November.

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NBA announces penalties for flopping BRIAN MAHONEY Associated Press

NEW YORK - The NBA will penalize flopping this season, fining players for repeated violations of an act a league vice-president says has “no place in our game.”

Players will get a warning the first time, then be fined $5,000 for a second violation. The fines increase to $10,000 for a third offence, $15,000 for a fourth and $30,000 the fifth time.

Six or more could lead to a suspension.

The league said Wednesday that flopping will be defined as “any physical act that

appears to have been intended to cause the referees to call a foul on another player.”

“The primary factor in determining whether a player committed a flop is whether his physical reaction to contact with another player is inconsistent with what would reasonably be expected given the force or direction of the contact,” the NBA said in a statement.

“Flops have no place in our game -they either fool referees into calling undeserved fouls or fool fans into thinking the referees missed a foul call,” vice-president of

basketball operations Stu Jackson said. “Accordingly, both the Board of Governors and the competition committee felt strongly that any player who the league determines, following video review, to have committed a flop should - after a warning - be given an automatic penalty.”

Commissioner David Stern has long sought to end flopping, believing it tricks the referees. But the league determined it would be too difficult for refs to make the call on the floor, preferring instead to leave it to league office reviews. Jackson’s

department already reviews flagrant foul penalties to determine if they should be upgraded or downgraded.

“I’m all on board for it,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “I think it needs to be addressed. I think the steps they’re taking right now, I think will benefit the game. I do. It remains to be seen if it truly has an impact.

But I think it’s a step in the right direction.

“It’s not good for the game; nobody likes the flop. A majority of coaches don’t like the flop, particularly if you’re trying to build a solid defence.”

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NHL executive meets with key sponsors as lockout continues Chris Johnston Canadian Press

TORONTO - With no end in sight to the NHL lockout, the league is doing all it can to ease the concerns of its sponsors.

A small group of key clients gathered Wednesday afternoon in Toronto for an audience with chief operating officer John Collins, who provided an update on labour negotiations and took questions from participants.

A source indicated that representatives from Molson, Canadian Tire, Sport Chek, Kraft, Sirius XM and Scotiabank participated in the meeting.

One attendee called the session “productive” and applauded Collins for taking part.

“They were very transparent with us,” said the source, who requested anonymity. “I was looking around the room and the long-term, cumulative contract dollars around the table were probably at the $100-million mark. It’s a significant chunk of change for the league.”

The sponsors are an important group for the NHL to interact with during the labour dispute.

Commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly have held a series of conference calls with business partners in recent months in an effort to keep everyone informed.

Sponsorships played a significant role in the immense growth the league enjoyed after the 2004-’05 lockout. Twenty-two new partners signed on with the NHL over that period as it moved towards a calendar built around signature events, such as the Winter Classic and revamped all-star weekend.

With the NHL on hold, sponsors have been forced to abandon plans to activate against the league and some have started channelling money into other projects. Typically, campaigns and product launches take months to pull together - posing a problem for league partners given the uncertainty brought on by the lock-

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“We don’t know when the end line is,” said the source.

At this point, no one does.

Talks broke off quickly in New York on Tuesday and Donald Fehr, the NHLPA’s executive director, returned to Toronto that night. Bettman and Daly remain in New York and the sides have made no formal plans to meet again.

Negotiations have yet to even really get off the ground despite the fact the lockout is almost three weeks old and the scheduled Oct. 11 start to the regular season will almost certainly be postponed before the end of the week.

The primary reason behind the standoff is that the NHL wants to see salaries reduced immediately while the union believes all existing contracts should be honoured. As a result, the NHLPA is unwilling to consider an immediate rollback or any system that would see players pay more money in escrow.

Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera wins 1st Triple Crown in 45 years Dave Skre t ta Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Miguel Cabrera became the first player in 45 years to achieve the Triple Crown in the AL Centralchampion Detroit Tigers’ 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.

Cabrera went 0 for 2 with a strikeout, then left in the fourth inning of the regular-season finale. He received a standing ovation from the opposing fans.

He finished with an American League-leading .330 average, 44 homers and 139 RBIs, becoming just the 15th player to achieve the milestone and the first since Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski in 1967.

Max Scherzer pitched four innings for Detroit to test his sore right shoulder ahead of the playoffs, which the Tigers will open Saturday at home against Oak-

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College climbing wall reopens with new staff Submit ted

College of the Rockies Peaks Climbing Wall re-opens October 5 after a summer break and a new staff member will be on hand to ensure everyone has fun and stays safe while they climb.

Kyle Alderson has been hired as the new Climbing Wall Attendant by the College’s Campus Life and Athletics Department.

Kyle brings with him many years of climbing and instructing experience having started climbing at age 14. He has worked as a seasonal climbing wall instructor over the past four years in his native England and has instructed on real rock as well.

With his family now living in Canada, Alderson moved from England to take the Mountain Adventure Skills Training program at College of the Rockies’ Fernie Campus in 2010.

“The MAST program gave me the opportunity to climb on a lot of different kinds of rock which improved my skills and techniques,” says Kyle.

“Kyle brings a lot of

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Climbing Wall Attendant Kyle Alderson is looking forward to an exciting season at College of the Rockies Peaks Climbing Wall. troduction to climbing course and be certified

by Alderson as certified belayers.

For those who wish to just test the waters, there are certified belayers on-hand at all times.

“Climbing is where my passion lies,” notes Alderson. “I relish the challenge of this new role and am looking forward to making the Peaks Climbing Wall

climbing and instructing experience to the position but he also brings a ton of enthusiasm and energy. We look forward to having him join our team,” said Cori Andrichuk, Manager of Campus Life and Athletics.

The Peaks Climbing Wall is available for anyone who wishes to try climbing. Participants can take the in-

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To kick off the new climbing season, climbers who bring a friend in to purchase a 10-punch card will receive a 50 percent discount off their own 10punch card.

For more information on the Peaks Climbing Wall, contact Campus Life and Athletics at 250-489-8252.

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NEWS Man who fought the monarchy oath dies without becoming a Canadian Canadian Press

A man who refused to take the oath of citizenship, because of his opposition to the monarchy, has died with his decades-long dream of becoming a Canadian unfulfilled.

Toronto civil-rights lawyer Charles Roach, who immigrated from Trinidad more than half a century ago, died yesterday of brain cancer at age 79.

Roach had fought to change the country’s citizenship requirements

and allow people to swear an oath to Canada instead of the throne.

He said the monarchy represented a legacy of oppression, imperialism and racism.

A New Democrat MP is now calling on Ottawa to make Roach a Canadian citizen posthumously.

Andrew Cash says he tried urging Immigration Minister Jason Kenney last week to fulfil Roach’s dying wish to become a Canadian citizen by pledging allegiance to

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Canada. He says Kenney denied the request.

Roach, a prominent community activist, launched several legal challenges to remove the mandatory oath from the law.

At right: Charles Roach, in 2011.

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Booknotes: Born Free legacy Continued from page 7 Joy had been researching a new book on the African leopard when her mutilated body was discovered.

The world was shocked to learn of the manner of her death, with most news reports noticing the irony of her ‘sad ending.’

Just prior to her funeral the police contacted her husband George, delivering a shocking piece of news.

The fang marks all over Joy’s body weren’t caused by fangs at all; they were made by a machete blade. Joy had been murdered by a disgruntled

YOUR CITY WORKING FOR YOU! Thursday, October 4, 2012 FREE TRANSIT RIDES TO CRANBROOK FARMER’S MARKET ENDS OCTOBER 6TH FALL DEER MATING SEASON APPROACHING; RESIDENTS URGED TO BE AWARE

Residents and visitors are advised to continue to exercise both caution and common sense this fall, as the late autumn deer mating (rutting) period begins. That is the message from the City of Cranbrook.

In the weeks leading up to the rut (into November and December) bucks increase their displays of dominance and indirect threats. A dominant buck typically circles a rival with deliberate steps; back arched, head low and tail flicking. Bucks can also display dominance

by violently thrashing the bushes with their antlers.

“We are into a transition period, where some does with fawns remain wary and potentially aggressive toward humans with dogs,” says Mayor Wayne Stetski.

“Now we will likely also see an increase of particularly aggressive acts from the local urban buck population.

Residents are reminded to please give deer plenty of space to move or leave the area. Do not walk closer to the deer; find another route.”

ANIMAL CONTROL BYLAW – DOG LICENSING Any person that is a resident of the City and who is the Owner of a dog being 2 months of age or older, shall ensure a valid dog license is obtained. No person shall own, keep or harbour an unlicensed dog in the City of Cranbrook. Licenses issued for dogs are valid for the calendar year, January 1 to December 31 and can be purchased at City Hall. License fees for spayed or neutered dogs is $8; dogs not spayed or neutered the license fee is $30. Visit our website and click on ‘Bylaws’ for more on all of our City bylaws.

Enjoy the Cranbrook Farmers’ Market with free transit rides every Saturday morning until October 6, 2012. The free ride comes with a catch: each passenger must be carrying a reusable or recycled bag, be traveling to and from downtown Cranbrook and indicate to their transit driver that they are attending the Cranbrook Farmers’ Market.

The City of Cranbrook is funding the free rides for all 16 Saturday markets. The Cranbrook Farmers’ Market runs 9 am to 1 pm, but the free bus rides are from 8:30 am

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to 1:30 pm. That gives early birds and last minute shoppers’ equal access to transit time.

Trips to and from the Cranbrook Farmers’ Market via BC Transit are for non-transferable passes only.

This innovative partnership between BC Transit and the City of Cranbrook also achieves five specific goals identified in the community’s long term sustainability plan – “Connecting to our Future.”

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employee. George himself was murdered not long after, trying to rescue a family of tourists from bandits.

Fifty years later, “Born Free” continues to inspire the hearts of many, informing new generations that wild animals are “recognized as individuals with many of the characteristics such as affection, remorse, regret and love, previously thought to be the exclusive preserve of humans.”

Which is not a sad ending at all.

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ISADORE CANYON TRAIL CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION UNTIL NOVEMBER 1 Contractors employed by the City of Cranbrook are currently replacing portions of the sewage transfer line between the lagoons at the north end of the City and the spray irrigation storage ponds.

Residents and visitors are advised that sections of the Isadore Canyon Trail will be closed to the public until November 1, 2012. The public is asked to please avoid the use of the trail for the duration.

The City of Cranbrook apologizes for any inconvenience to the public this construction may cause.

If you have any questions, please contact City of Cranbrook Engineering Services at 250-489-0230.

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Canadians borderhopping to catch cheaper flights Canadian Press

OTTAWA — A new report finds that a soaring number of jet-setting Canadians are border-hopping to catch cheaper flights.

The Conference Board of Canada report, issued Wednesday, said that about five million Canadians now cross the U.S. border by land every year to fly out of American airports.

Higher airfares and fees and taxes in Canada, as well as differences in wages, aircraft prices and industry productivity makes it 30 per cent cheaper to fly out of the U.S. The Conference Board says fees and taxes make up about 40 per cent of the cost of an airplane ticket in Canada.

The report suggests that while other factors are beyond government control, small reductions in the airfare differential could lead to traffic gains for Canadian airports and carriers.

It estimates that changes to Canadian policies alone could bring more than two million passengers a year back to Canadian airports.

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told reporters Wednesday that Ottawa is “concerned’’ about the issue and that federal Transport Minister Denis Lebell “has been working on a consultation project with the airlines, with the airport authorities in Canada to try to see what we can accomplish.’’

The Conference Board analysis focused on Vancouver International Airport, Pearson International Airport in Toronto, and MontrealTrudeau International Airport, along with their cross-border competitors.

“The fact that Canada’s largest airports are losing traffic to crossborder competitors matters because it undermines their role as national and international hubs,’’ said David Stewart-Patterson, the Conference Board’s vice-president of public policy.

“When a Canadian hub airport loses passengers, it can lead to reduced flight frequencies, higher travel costs and poorer service for all Canadians.’’

One key difference between fares in the two countries is that in Canada, airports and navigational systems are mostly paid for by users — and have recently been upgraded, the Conference Board says.

Meanwhile in the U.S., user fees do not cover those costs, the report said, adding that major investment in U.S. airport infrastructure and an accompanying increase in fees, subsidies or both will be required in the near future.

The report acknowledges that reducing airport fees and taxes would reduce revenues for Ottawa in the short term, but much of the loss could be recaptured by a spike in revenues generated by an increase in traffic in Canada.

Rare dialect dies out Associated Press

LONDON — In a remote fishing town on the tip of Scotland’s Black Isle, the last native speaker of the Cromarty dialect has died, taking with him another little piece of the English linguistic mosaic.

Scottish academics said Wednesday that Bobby Hogg, who passed away last week at age 92, was the last person fluent in the dialect once common in the seaside town of Cromarty, about 280 kilometres

north of Scottish capital Edinburgh.

The Biblically-influenced speech — complete with “thee’’ and “thou’’ — is one of many fading dialects which have been snuffed out across the British Isles.

Across the world, regional languages and dialects have disappeared as rural populations move to urban areas and compulsory education and mass media combine to iron out the kinks in local speech.

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In this Sept. 23, 2012 photo provided by Utah’s Hogle Zoo, mother giraffe Kipenzi licks her baby girl shortly after birth. The new baby giraffe and her mother went on display at Utah’s Hogle Zoo for the first time on Oct. 3, 2012.

City of Kimberley NOTICE OF PROPERTY FOR SALE Pursuant to Section 26 of the Community Charter, the City of Kimberley gives notice of its intention to sell the fee simple interest in the following property: PROPERTY TYPE:

Vacant unimproved lot for residential development

ADDRESS:

530 Cummings Road

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651 m2 (7,007 sq.ft.)

ZONING:

‘R-2’ Zone permits construction of single or two family dwelling or single family dwelling with accessory or carriage house dwelling

UPSET PRICE:

$75,000.00

Prospective purchasers may submit their bids no later than 4:30 p.m. local time, Wednesday, October 17, 2012 in a sealed envelope marked: “CONFIDENTIAL – Sale of 530 Cummings Road” City Hall - 340 Spokane Street, Attention: Manager, Planning Services, Kimberley, BC V1A 2E8 The purchase and sale of this property is subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. the property will be sold to the highest bidder above the upset price or, if there is no bid above the upset price, the bidder at the upset price and whose bid complies with the terms and conditions of this Notice; 2. the property is to be sold on an “as is, where is” basis and prospective purchasers must satisfy themselves as to the condition of the property; 3. prospective purchasers must also satisfy themselves as to whether any of the charges registered against title to the property will have any effect on the proposed use and/or development of the property; 4. the City reserves the right to reject any or all bids submitted which do not meet or exceed the upset price and, if no bids meeting or exceeding the upset price are received by the closing date, the City reserves the right to consider any bid received after the closing date; 5. bids will be considered by Council at its Regular Meeting of Council to be held Monday, October 22, 2012 and the successful bidder will be advised in writing; 6. the successful bidder must enter into a purchase and sale agreement with the City for the property in a form acceptable to the City. The purchase and sale agreement will require, among other things, that the purchaser: a. upon execution of the agreement, deliver a deposit to the City in the amount of ten (10%) of the sale price of the property; b. pay all registration and other costs associated with the transfer of the property; and c. pay all applicable taxes including but not limited to the property purchase tax, HST and an amount equivalent to municipal taxes from the purchase date.

For more information visit www.city.kimberley.bc.ca or contact Planning Services at planning@kimberley.ca or 250.427.5311.

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Car connected to boy’s confinement discovered C ANADIAN PRESS

GREENSTONE, Ont. — The RCMP say a car connected to a man wanted in the alleged confinement of a 16-year-old boy in Nova Scotia has been found abandoned on a logging road in northern Ontario.

They say the search continues for Wayne Alan Cunningham, who faces charges of sexual assault and forcible confinement after a boy alleged he was held captive by two men at a home last month.

The Mounties previously said the 31-year-old Cunningham could be headed to Calgary in a 2003 Hyundai Elantra with a Nova Scotia license plate, but now say his whereabouts are unknown.

They say the Ontario Provincial Police discovered the car early today about 19 kilometres off the highway in Greenstone,

about 250 km northeast of Thunder Bay, Ont. Cunningham’s co-accused, David James Leblanc, was arrested Sunday on a road in Greenstone after officers received a report of a man wandering with no shoes and light clothing in near-freezing temperatures.

The RCMP say the 47-yearold man remains in hospital under police custody, but cannot yet be returned to Nova Scotia for medical reasons.

Police have also released two more photos of Cunningham in their efforts to find him.

One head shot, taken in 2006, shows a long-haired Cunningham. The second photo, which police say was taken more recently, shows Cunningham sitting in a vehicle with short, spiky THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Nova Scotia RCMP hair and a piercing in his left Wayne Cunningham is shown in an undated RCMP handeyebrow.

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Cops stick to syrupy transport convoy Peter R akobowchuk Canadian Press

MONTREAL — In many places, gold shipments will get their own police escort. In others, nuclear materials might get that same security treatment.

But what about Canada, eh?

In this country, the protected material can be maple syrup. A convoy of 16 trailer-loads of the sweet stuff on Wednesday undertook an interprovincial journey — accompanied by a squad of provincial police cars.

The shipment stems from an investigation into a stolen haul from a Quebec warehouse and the sticky substance is on its way back home from neighbouring New Brunswick.

Yvon Poitras, the general manager of the New Brunswick Maple Syrup Association, says the goods came from a New Brunswick exporter. ``(The convoy’s) under police protection going somewhere in Quebec,’’ he said. ``We’ve been asked

not to talk because it’s under investigation.’’

Police confirm that an investigation is underway, but are keeping mum. They will only say that a search was carried out on Sept. 26 at a company alongside a highway in Kedgwick, N.B. In August, the Quebec Federation of Maple Syrup Producers reported the theft of a massive quantity from the warehouse in StLouis-de-Blandford.

The missing stock was discovered during a routine inventory

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The burglarized warehouse held more than 4.5 million kilograms of maple syrup, valued at over $30 million. The exact amount of the theft was not disclosed.

The syrup had been in temporary storage at the Quebec warehouse and was slated to be moved to a new facility.

Etienne St-Pierre, the owner of S.K. Export Inc. in New Brunswick, said Wednesday that police arrived at his business last week: ``They seized all my documents that were in the computer.’’

St-Pierre said investigators were looking for someone who sold

him 10 truckloads of syrup. Police also seized 400,000 pounds — about 181,400 kilos, or 800 barrels, during their visit.

The New Brunswick exporter says his syrup comes from about 35 small maple producers in Quebec and he sells his products in England, Germany, Denmark and the United States. ``But they are all small volumes,’’ he added.

Quebec produces between 70 and 80 per cent of the world’s maple syrup and twothirds of the Canadian supplies exported to the United States, according to that provincial federation.

NOTICE REGARDING JAMES ROBERT MILLIGEN On October 25, 2011, the Insurance Council of British Columbia (“Council”) held a hearing into allegations that life insurance agent James Robert Milligen was recommending the public invest money to fund the shipment of gold from Ghana to Canada. Council found that Mr. Milligen was involved in an obvious scam and was using his position as a life insurance agent to mislead people for personal gain. As a result, Mr. Milligen’s life insurance licence was revoked for a minimum of five years. While Mr. Milligen is no longer licensed with Council, he continues to promote this scam to the public. Council is taking this opportunity to warn the public about Mr. Milligen and this scam.

Anyone with questions can view Council’s decision at www.insurancecouncilofbc.com or contact Council at 1-877-688-0321.

Community Grant Applications Kimberley & District Community Foundation is inviting registered non-profit charitable organizations to apply for grants from the Kootenay Savings Community Fund and the KDCF Community Funds.

The purpose of these grants is to provide assistance with the funding of educational, cultural, environmental, or economic non profit projects that will be of assistance to the communities of Kimberley and area, including Skookumchuck, St. Mary’s, Ta Ta Creek, Meadowbrook, Wycliffe, and Wasa.

While all applications will be considered, preference will be given to those organizations that have not already received grants in 2012, and have an annual working budget of less than $50,000. Please note these grants are NOT for ongoing operating costs (e.g. salaries, utilities).

Please contact Theresa Cundiff (Grants Committee Chair) at 250-427-3585 or tcundiff@shaw.ca for more information.

Application forms are available at Kimberley City Hall or can be downloaded from our web site at kimberleyfoundation.ca Deadline for applications is Friday, November 2, 2012.

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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, right, speaks to media to provide an update on Canadian food safety in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012.

Lawsuit accuses XL Foods of poor quality control Chris Purdy Canadian Press

EDMONTON — A lawsuit alleges that XL Foods processed beef products knowing it had poor quality control systems and that it put profits above the safety of consumers.

The statement of claim has not been proven in court and a judge will determine if it may proceed as a class-action lawsuit.

An Edmonton man who got sick from E. coli after eating a steak on Sept. 5 is the first to be named as a plaintiff in the suit.

The document says

Matthew Harrison suffered severe abdominal cramps, vomiting, headache, fever and diarrhea. He also spent some time in hospital.

Alberta health officials have linked four other cases of E. coli in the province to contaminated steaks processed by XL Foods.

Officials are investigating the source of another four cases and Saskatchewan health officials are also looking into 13 cases there.

E. coli was first detected at the XL plant in Brooks, Alta., on Sept.

4, but it wasn’t until 12 days later that the Ca-

nadian Food Inspection Agency began recalling some of its beef products. Since then, several more alerts have been issued, recalling more than 1,500 XL products across Canada and in the United States.

The agency temporarily shut down the plant last Friday.

The suit alleges XL Foods failed to test its beef before putting it on the market and, when it learned people were getting sick, didn’t immediately recall all of its products.

It further claims the plant’s processing equipment and testing

laboratory have not kept up with technological advances in the industry and not enough money has been spent on food safety staff.

“Despite having knowledge of the poor quality control with their Books plant, the defendant concealed this information from the consumers, the general public and regulatory authorities,’’ says the suit.

It further says the company wanted to maintain its revenue, profits, and market share and wished to avoid negative publicity.

Emergency beef debate granted in House C ANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — The House of Commons will hold an emergency debate tonight on the beef recall crisis.

Speaker Andrew Scheer has accepted an opposition call for a special debate on the massive recall of tainted beef

from an Alberta packing plant.

Opposition MPs have been hammering away at the government all week over its handling of the situation, billed as the largest food recall in Canadian history.

They claim government funding cuts to the

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Remedy any confusion, at least on your side. With your busy pace, you might regret nixing an event or an offer to take a break. Be aware that in the next several months, you might very well have a similar opportunity again; just don’t let it slip by. Tonight: Express what you have been holding back.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Note an emerging possessive streak. What is going on with you?

You might need to take a timeout for a personal assessment and for working on your self-image.

Consider making a much-needed change that you have in mind. It will only serve to benefit you. Tonight: Take care of errands first.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You are comfortable with having a plethora of options. You might regret a recent decision you have made, but you will have an opportunity to remedy that remorse soon enough. Hang in there. A boss or higher-up acts in the most unexpected manner. Tonight: Out

and about.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You have several days before you have to make a decision. Think carefully about what you will choose. Make appointments to see your doctor and dentist -- not that you will have a problem, but it could prevent a problem from happening. Surprises lie ahead. Tonight: Get some R and R while you can.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You could regroup and become upbeat about a difficult situation. Use this skill more often to avoid being upset or for trying to understand a different perspective. You might be hoping for some positive news. It could be delayed, but it will happen. Tonight: Find fun with a friend.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Be willing to take a stand, no matter what is occurring. Key people might act erratically. Someone dotes on you adoringly; let this person know what you want. You feel upbeat, despite your many responsibilities. Tonight: Out and about.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Reach out for someone at a distance. A cohort could be distorting

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You have a lot to say and do. A close associate steps in, as he or she needs attention and wants to express some creativity. Be careful -- the unexpected could occur with this person. An offer or invitation will reappear. This time, be sure to make a fast decision. Tonight: Try out a suggestion.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You might be overwhelmed by requests. In some cases, you will need to say “no.” Some of the key people in your life could be more unstable than usual. Give them space if a difficult conversation occurs. Tonight: Consider starting the weekend early.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Focus on errands and your own well-being. If you are working, you might experience a need to be very attentive. Take nothing for granted today -- not your pet, health, favorite plant or group of friends. Make

sure to give enough attention to each of these. Tonight: Put your feet up. Relax.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Your creativity and ingenuity could take an interesting turn. You might wonder exactly what works and what will remain experimental, until you find the answers. Remember that with you, everything changes quickly. A child or loved one needs to open up, yet he or she might pull back at the slightest lack of interest. Tonight: Let the fun begin.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Anchor in and enjoy yourself. You could have a lot of questions about a real-estate matter and/or a domestic issue. You cannot push right now in these areas, but you can remain open to conversations when others are ready. You might feel differently in a few days. Tonight: Order in.

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I am upset about her choice to move on so quickly. Worse, she has told my granddaughters that they can call this new man “Daddy” if they want to. I have a big problem with this. First, he is still married to his wife and has two other children. And second, these two little girls just lost their father and haven’t had a chance to grieve or process what’s going on.

I am not going to judge the Other Man. He could very well turn out to be a good guy who simply needed to grow up. But I worry about my grandchildren. Everyone tells me not to say anything because she might take the girls from me. (She has done that before.) But I don’t know how much longer I can keep my mouth closed. -- Unhappy Grandmother Dear Grandmother: Your daughter-inlaw’s behavior seems disrespectful to your son’s memory and also to his children. But we suspect she is afraid of being alone and raising two children by herself. Although we understand the desire to speak up, we can assure you that it will serve no purpose.

Please don’t create a situation that will estrange you from your granddaughters. They are going to need you, and you will want to be around to help them remember their father. Do what you must in order to remain in their lives, even if it means keeping your opinions to yourself. Feel free to write us anytime you need to vent.

Dear Annie: I’m 34 and have two grandmothers. One has dementia, and the other has neglected her health to the point where diabetes keeps her from moving around.

She’s stopped bathing because getting into the shower is too difficult, and she refuses my father’s suggestion to have an aide.

I haven’t visited either grandmother in two months. I want to remember the first one the way she was. She doesn’t know who I am half the time anyway. She sometimes hallucinates, although pleasantly. She told us a long-dead politician had dropped by. I’ve always had difficulty being around the other because she spends all her time watching the news and hears only the worst things.

My parents aren’t happy about this. One of my grandfathers spent the last three years of his life sick with every known illness, some of which were gross to see. He died with all of us at his side, so I got to watch him turn into a bloated, swollen, ulcerated heaving corpse. That’s why I’d rather not see my grandmothers anymore. Do any of your readers have the same problem? -- N.Y., N.Y. Dear N.Y.: Of course they do, and some choose to visit anyway, and others can’t be bothered. But we think it says a lot about one’s character to visit these family members because it’s the right thing to do, whether it makes you comfortable or not.

It’s a kindness to your grandmothers and to your parents. Please try.

Dear Annie: I’d like to respond to “Cape Coral, Fla.,” whose son is doing poorly in his college math classes.

College is not high school. Too many students simply come to class unprepared and then blame the teacher. At the college level, students must take responsibility for their own learning. If the professors do not return his exam papers, he should go to the department head. The U.S. is the only country I know of where people proudly proclaim that they hate math, don’t understand it and don’t care. -- Retired Community College Teacher 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. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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www.cranbrookchamber.com

BUSINESS TO BUSINESS Our Mission Statement:

To promote and improve trade and commerce and the economic, civic, educational and quality of life in the City of Cranbrook and surrounding district.

Letter to the Members...

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e are pleased to announce an important opportunity for you to tell us about doing business in Cranbrook!

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Earlier this year, Mayor Wayne Stetski challenged the Cranbrook and District Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors to educate City Council about doing business in Cranbrook. To answer this challenge, we’ve chosen to undertake a survey of all companies doing business in the city. The

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This is a rare opportunity for us to craft a collective voice about our experiences doing business here. But more importantly, it’s a critical opportunity to talk about how to build new ways to enhance business success in our community.

We encourage you to have your say, and to take this confidential survey by visiting the

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a d d r e s s b e l ow. I t should only take 5 minutes to complete: www.cranbrookchamber.com.

As with any survey, it will be the most relevant and useful if we have large numbers of responses. We’re hoping for at least 500 responses, which is about 1/3 of the business licenses in the city.

Please fill out the survey, and talk to your business colleagues, asking them to do the same. And if you know

people who were in business, but are no longer operating, ask them to complete the survey. If you are aware of someone who is just getting started in business in Cranbrook, ask them to complete the survey.

The survey will close on October 26, 2012 at 4: 30 pm. Once we’ve collated and analyzed the responses, we will report on the results not only to Mayor and Council but to the entire business community in Cranbrook.

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Please take the time to be part of the success of business in Cranbrook.

October 20th is Canada’s Small Business Saturday.

Join with Canadians to support our small business neighbours and keep our local community vibrant.

If you have any questions, please contact the Chamber office at 250-426-5914.

Canada’s small business owners represent the best of entrepreneurship, innovation and job creation.

From coast to coast, our small business entrepreneurs help drive the local economy and keep our communities strong.

Board of Directors, Cranbrook and District Chamber of Commerce

If we shop small, it will make a big difference.

Why support small businesses? Because they created over 47% of new jobs between 2001-2010 Why support Small Business? Because 5 million Canadians are employed by small businesses

Did you know small businesses with 50 employees or less represent 97.8%of all businesses in Canada?

Cranbrook & District Chamber of Commerce 250-426-5914

By Lucas Myers

How I Instigated Then Overcame An Existential Crisis Through Home Improvement.

Small Business Week in Canada October 15th20th, the theme: Aim High, Invest in your Future.

The Chamber’s Small Business Week luncheon sponsored by BDC is Wednesday, October 17th at the Prestige Rocky Mountain Resort & Convention Centre.

Bring your business to the Table in conjunction with the Small business Week Luncheon. For more information, call Cathy at the Chamber office at 426-5914.

“Hilarious one-man show!”

All Seats $15+ tax

The Advisor provides FREE professional business counselling and in-depth business assessment services for established businesses in the Columbia Basin on issues such as: • Financial Management • Human Resources Management • Marketing, Sales and Distribution Strategies • Inventory Control

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October 11th, 7:30 250-426-7006

Order by phone at or visit the KCT Box Office

Canada’s Small Business Saturday

Tell us about your experiences, tell us your stories, and give us your ideas for improving our business climate. Thank you.

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provides BBA program services to businesses in the East Kootenay region.

Will brings solid business management experience to the program in retail, food service and small business ownership, and has successfully supported businesses in all sectors of the region’s economy.

The BBA Team has a combined forty years in supporting businesses to achieve their full potential.

Mr. Reyno La Cock Physiotherapist I am pleased to announce that I have joined my practice to Cranbrook Physiotherapist Corp in Cranbrook and Kimberley.

You will find me in Cranbrook at Cranbrook Physiotherapy Clinic. Please call 250-426-7097.

In Kimberley I can be found at the Kimberley Health Centre Building. Please call 250-427-7087.

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS e-Know East Kootenay News Online Weekly Ian Cobb 301 - 23 Ave. N. Cranbrook, BC V1C 5G9 (250)421-1660 E: editor@e-know.ca; info@eknow.ca W: www.e-know.ca e-KNOW (www.e-know.ca) is a free weekly online newspaper serving the East Kootenay - updated daily, with a free weekly enews distributed to subscribers of what’s been happening in your community and the region. e-KNOW presents political, community news, event coverage, arts & entertainment, travel & tourism, sporting events, full colour photographs, and our exciting writers’ village with the most courageous and interesting writers in the East Kootenay. Not your everyday fluff! It is old school journalism in the new electronic frontier, brought to you by a team led by Ian Cobb, the most experienced and most peer-honoured journalist in the Kootenays.

Muriel & Jane’s General Store Laurie Goodlad 17-10th Ave S Cranbrook, BC V1C 2M7 Ph: 778-520-2227 E: murielandjanes@shaw.ca www.murielandjanes.com Muriel & Jane’s General Store Laurie Goodlad owner of the unique home furnishings store in

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downtown Cranbrook, named the business after her grandmothers, Muriel Clifford and Jane Eburne.

Living stylish & outfitting your home one step at a time.

Check us out on Facebook and at www.murielandjanes.com Trekkerz Photo Works & Visual Arts Dale & Karen Fletcher 112A Van Horne St. S. Cranbrook BC V1C 1C6 Ph: 250-919-7998 E: info@trekkerz.ca W:www.trekkerz.ca Trekkerz Photo Works & Visual Arts Inc. specializes in large format photo printing, photo enhancement and Giclee’ printing.

We also have a gallery full of amazing photos you can choose from to decorate any home or business. By using the latest digital printing technology we are able to create the highest quality digital photos onto your choice of photographic papers, Fine Art papers or Canvas.

With a variety of paper and canvas to choose from, sizes range from 8x10 up to 58 inches on the short side to almost any length on the longside.

We cater to both the professional and casual photographers and many other visual artists. By working together, we can create your perfect image.

If you want to recreate an event or a moment this is a great way

to accomplish that. The bigger the image, the bigger the memory. Why not include pieces that are dear to your heart when decorating your home or business. We look forward to helping you. Whether you are using your own special images or selecting from our gallery, please do not hesitate to ask us any questions your may have.

Real Deals on Home Decor Kristen Simek/Allison Amsing 300-1st Ave S Cranbrook, BC V1C 2A8 Ph: 778-517-1363 E: ktsimek@shaw.ca/ ar.amsing@hotmail.com We’re so excited to bring fabulous home decor at True Warehouse Pricing! If you’re looking for clocks, mirrors, lamps, fine art, metal wall art, garden decor, spring & seasonal decor, candles, kitchen & bath decor & much more -- you won’t find a better value or selection anywhere in Cranbrook!

Be sure not to miss a Thursday or Saturday at Real Deals because our inventory changes weekly.

What you see this week may be gone next week! Also check out our gorgeous line of rustic mahogany furniture you’re going to love it.

Whether you’re decorating for yourself; you’re an interior designer, we have what you need here at Cranbrook’s Real Deals on Home Decor!

Cranbrook & District Chamber of Commerce

Small Business Week Luncheon “Bring Your Business to the Table” October 17th, 2012

Showcase your business and tell us about your success at the Chamber of Commerce Small Business Week Luncheon - October 17th, 11:00 – 2:00.

Please contact us as soon as possible to reserve your table, to promote your business. Luncheon attendees and members of the community will visit your booth.

A fee of $50.00 will be charged which will include one lunch. If you choose to include a major door prize, that will be drawn at the luncheon.

Displays will be set up throughout the corridor of the Prestige Rocky Mountain Resort & Convention Centre.

Limited space so reserve to-day!

BRING YOUR BUSINESS TO THE TABLE. Check it out!

PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU HAVE A DOOR PRIZE Small Business Week 2012

❏ YES! I AM INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF THIS EVENT Company Name __________________________________________________________________________________________ Contact Person________________________________________Phone____________________ Fax ______________________ Address ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Email info@cranbrookchamber.com or Fax to 250-426-3873. Please send a 50 word or less write up about your business.

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Offer(s) available on select new 2012/2013 models through participating dealers to qualified customers who take delivery by October 31, 2012. Dealers may sell or lease for less. Some conditions apply. Offers are subject to change without notice. See dealer for complete details. Vehicles shown may include optional accessories and upgrades available at extra cost. All offers exclude licensing, registration, insurance, other taxes and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specified). Other dealer charges may be required at the time of purchase. Other lease and financing options also available. **0% purchase financing is available on select new 2013 Kia models on approved credit. Terms vary by model and trim, see dealer for complete details. Representative financing example based on 2013 Optima LX MT (OP541D) with a selling price of $23,572 is $134 with an APR of 2.49% for 60 months, amortized over an 84-month period. Estimated remaining principal balance of $6,794 plus applicable taxes due at end of 60-month period. Delivery and destination fees of $1,455, $1,200 “3 payments on us” savings, other fees and certain levies (including tire levies) and A/C charge ($100, where applicable) are included. License, insurance, applicable taxes, variable dealer administration fees (up to $699), PPSA and registration fees are extra. See dealer for full details. “Don’t Pay for 90 Days” on select new models (90-day payment deferral) applies to purchase financing offers on select 2012 and 2013 models on approved credit (2012/2013 Sportage/Sorento/Sedona excluded). No interest will accrue during the first 60 days of the finance contract. After this period, interest starts to accrue and the purchaser will repay the principal and interest monthly over the term of the contract. ¥3 Payments On Us offer is available on approved credit to eligible retail customers who finance or lease a select new 2012 Soul 1.6L MT/2012 Soul 1.6L AT/2012 Optima/2013 Optima/2012 Sorento/2013 Sorento/2013 Forte Sedan/2013 Forte Koup/2013 Forte5 from a participating dealer between October 1 – October 31, 2012. Eligible lease and purchase finance (including FlexChoice) customers will receive a cheque in the amount of three payments (excluding taxes) to a maximum of $350/$350/$400/$400/$550/$550/$350/$350/$350 per month. Lease and finance (including FlexChoice) purchases are subject to approved credit. Customers will be given a choice between up to $1,050/$1,050/$1,200/$1,200/$1,650/$1,650/$1,050/$1,050/$1,050 reductions from the selling/leasing price after taxes or dealer can issue a cheque to the customer. Some conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. Offer ends October 31, 2012. ∞$500 Winter Tire offer is open to retail customers who finance or lease an eligible new 2012 or 2013 Kia vehicle from a participating Kia dealer between October 1 and October 31, 2012 inclusive. Eligible models include 2012/2013 Rio 4-Door and Rio5, 2012/2013 Forte Sedan, Forte Koup and Forte5, 2012/2013 Sorento and 2012 Soul 1.6 L AT or MT models. $500 can be redeemed, at customer's choice, towards the purchase of a winter tire/tires for their new Kia vehicle, in the form of a cheque in the amount of $500 or as a reduction of $500 from the negotiated selling price (before taxes) of the new vehicle. Some conditions apply. See your Kia dealer for complete details. Offer ends October 31, 2012. ≠Bi-weekly finance payment (on approved credit) for new 2013 Sorento LX AT (SR75BD)/2013 Sorento 3.5L V6 LX AT (SR75ED)/2013 Forte Sedan LX MT (FO540D)/2013 Optima LX MT (OP541D) based on a selling price of $28,667/$31,267/$17,472/$23,572 is $146/$165/$90/$134 with an APR of 0%/1.49%/0.9%/2.49% for 60 months, amortized over an 84-month period. Estimated remaining principal balance of $7,576/$8,439/$4,652/$6,794 plus applicable taxes due at end of 60-month period.

Delivery and destination fees of $1,650/$1,650/$1,455/$1,455, $1,650/$1,650/$1,050/$1,200 “3 payments on us” savings, $500/$500/$500/$0 winter tire credit, other fees and certain levies (including tire levies) and A/C charge ($100, where applicable) are included. License, insurance, applicable taxes, variable dealer administration fees (up to $699), PPSA and registration fees are extra. Retailer may sell for less. See dealer for full details.  Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2013 Sorento 3.5L SX AWD (SR75XD)/2013 Forte SX Luxury AT (FO74XD)/2013 Optima SX Turbo AT (OP748D) is $43,045/$27,150/$35,550 and includes delivery and destination fees of $1,650/$1,455/$1,455 and A/C charge ($100, where applicable). License, insurance, applicable taxes, other fees and certain levies (including tire levies), variable dealer administration fees (up to $699), PPSA and registration fees are extra. Retailer may sell for less. Available at participating dealers. See dealer for full details. Highway/city fuel consumption is based on the 2013 Sorento 2.4L GDI 4-cyl (A/T)/2013 Forte Sedan 2.0L MPI 4-cyl (A/T)/2013 Optima 2.4L GDI 4-cyl (A/T). These estimates are based on Transport Canada’s approved criteria and testing methods. Refer to the Government of Canada’s EnerGuide Fuel Consumption Guide. Your actual fuel consumption will vary based on driving habits and other factors. Some conditions apply to the $500 Grad Rebate Program. See dealer or kia.ca for details. Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. KIA is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation and Kia Canada Inc. respectively.

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Trudeau distances himself from father

Dean Benne t t and L auren Krugel Canadian Press

CALGARY — Justin Trudeau appeared to distance himself from his famous father as he made Alberta the first stop on his campaign to take over the federal Liberal party.

Trudeau chose Calgary, home to the country’s energy company boardrooms, to say he would never use the wealth of the West to gain votes elsewhere. He said it is wrong to divide Canadians over natural resources.

It’s a particularly sensitive issue in a province where resentment still burns over the introduction of the national energy program in the 1980s by Pierre Trudeau, who was prime minister at the time. That was seen as a grab of Alberta’s natural resource wealth to keep prices artificially low for the rest of the country.

“It is wrong to use our natural wealth to divide Canadians against one another,’’ he said. “It was the wrong way to govern Canada in the past. It is wrong today. And it will be wrong in the future.’’

He didn’t mention his father by name during his speech. But later he told reporters he is proud of him and the values for which he stood.

“But I am here to try and challenge a whole new set of realities and to try to bring a whole new generation of Canadians forward to the 21st century.’’

He pointed out that he had “nothing to do with the national energy program. I was 10 years old.’’

He added that he thinks any policies and any politics that divide the country are unhelpful.

Trudeau also said it’s important to bridge the gap between those in-

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Federal Liberal leadership candidate Justin Trudeau, centre, leaves a seniors centre in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. different to the destruction of our natural environment and those who would shut down projects completely.

“It is time to be more honest with ourselves,’’ he said. “There is not a country in the world that would find 170 billion barrels of oil and leave it in the ground. There is not a province in this country that would find 170 billion barrels of oil and leave it in the ground.’’

Trudeau may find that Alberta’s beef with his family name has grown beyond his father’s link to the long-expired energy program.

Instead, said Alberta Liberal Laurie Blakeman, he will discover that “Pierre Trudeau and the NEP’’

has morphed over three decades into a universal shorthand, a warning to stand on guard to slap the mitts of anyone trying to poach the province’s black gold birthright.

“The NEP has taken on an iconic status that it doesn’t deserve,’’ said Blakeman, a five-term Liberal in a central Edmonton riding.

“Most people in Alberta today don’t even know what it was. They couldn’t tell you what the three initials stood for.

“But it is representative of things that they’re unhappy with — other people trying to take what they believe is theirs.’’

When the energy program was phased out years later, Alberta fig-

ured it was out billions of dollars and blamed the policy for increased mortgage defaults and business closures during lean years.

It was considered just one grievance that turned the country west of Ontario into a Liberal wasteland in the early 1980s. Westerners suspected that big-government Trudeau initiatives were but a stalking horse to boost the fortunes of Central Canada. The Liberals won only two seats, both in Manitoba, in the 1980 election. In 1984, when the Liberals lost the election with new leader John Turner, there were, again, only two seats west of Ontario.

Skip forward to 2012.

“I know it’s not easy to be a Lib-

Canadian Press seeks Tommy Douglas spy-dossier C ANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA, Ont. — The Federal Court of Appeal has imposed a new deadline on Library and Archives Canada in the seven-year battle to lift the shroud of secrecy over the decades-old spy dossier on socialist icon Tommy Douglas.

The court gave the institution 90 days to deter-

mine whether it has identified all relevant documents sought by Canadian Press reporter Jim Bronskill, who originally requested the Douglas files in 2005 under the Access to Information Act. The oral ruling from the bench came unexpectedly Wednesday after a panel of three

judges heard three hours of legal arguments from lawyers from the federal government and The Canadian Press.

The court granted the appeal by the government of the ruling that

Court Justice Simon Noel.

Files released so far showed the RCMP’s security branch spied on Douglas from the late 1930s to shortly before his death in 1986.

Indian firms fined for violating do-not-call list C ANADIAN PRESS

Tommy Douglas

The Canadian Press successfully obtained last year for fuller disclosure of the file.

The Federal Court of Appeal also tweaked some of the language of the ruling of Federal

OTTAWA — The CRTC has fined two companies based in India for breaking Canada’s telemarketing rules.

The federal regulator says Pecon Software Ltd. and Avaneesh Software Private Ltd. were making unsolicited telemarketing calls

to Canadians who had registered their phone numbers on the national do-not-call list.

The CRTC says the telemarketers would warn people their home computer was infected with a virus and offer to sell them online technical support or anti-virus software.

The regulator says the callers would sometimes also request remote access to the “infected’’ computers.

Pecon has been fined $495,000, while Avaneesh has been fined $12,000.

The CRTC has also ordered both companies to stop making the calls.

eral in Calgary,’’ Trudeau said. “It’s even harder to be a Liberal named Trudeau in Calgary.’’

Anne McLellan, a rare Edmonton Liberal MP and deputy prime minister a decade ago under Paul Martin, said the younger Trudeau will be ready for the fight and, with his winning smile and elan, could capture a lot of hearts first, with minds to follow.

“He’s not unaware of the fact the name Trudeau is both a liability and an asset in Western Canada. He’s lived with that for 40 years,’’ said McLellan.

She noted that Trudeau has “deep roots’’ in British Columbia, given that his mother was born there, his grandfather James Sinclair was a longtime B.C. MP and Trudeau spent five years teaching on the West Coast before entering politics.

Political scientist Doreen Barrie said that for young people the Trudeau name carries the hope of a return to honour in a profession that has become devalued by partisan personal attacks, scripted questions and vapid talking points.

“My students are so cynical and so turned off politics because of the tone of the debate,’’ said Barrie of the University of Calgary.

She said she expects Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives will soon launch attack ads to burn into voters’ minds an image of Trudeau, who has said little on major policy issues, as a pretty-boy air head not ready now — if ever — for the big chair.

And they will tie him to the national energy program.

“For the Conservatives, it will be the NEP all day, every day and they will try and exploit that.’’

Obituaries Loretta Mary Hohmann “Nana” 1938 - 2012 It is with deep sorrow that the family of Loretta Mary Hohmann announces her passing at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary, Alberta on Friday, September 28, 2012 at 73 years of age.

Loretta was born on October 23, 1938 in Grand Falls, Newfoundland and moved to British Columbia in 1953.

She met Edward in Chilliwack and they were married in 1957. They raised five children together in various locations throughout British Columbia. Edward was a logger and they lived a logging family lifestyle. They lived in Salmon Arm for quite some time, and it is where Ed passed away. The last 7 years of Loretta’s life were spent in Cranbrook where she loved the location and enjoyed the beauty and the lifestyle. Loretta’s sudden and unexpected passing was a shock to all that knew her and she will be sadly missed.

Loretta is survived by her brothers Kevin and Michael; her sister Mary; her children Michael, Len (Karen); Kelly (Silvia), Heidi, Loriann (Michael); 15 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Ed Hohmann; brothers John and Gerald and sisters Selina and Rita.

A visitation for Loretta will be held in the McPherson Funeral Home Family Room in Cranbrook on Friday, October 5, 2012 from 10:30 am until 12:00 pm. Loretta’s memorial service will held at 1:00 pm on Friday, October 5, 2012 at McPherson Funeral Home Chapel in Cranbrook.

Arrangements entrusted to McPherson Funeral Service.

Condolences for the family can be offered at: www.mcphersonfh.com

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Immaculate, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1550 sq. ft. bright family home, one-floor-living. Completely renovated plus 60% new addition. Built-in gas fireplace, open concept, large kitchen with island and lots of cupboards. Six-foot soaker tub, 2 decks & garage, mountain views, manicured back yard. 2 blocks from TM Roberts School. Includes six appliances. A must see to appreciate.

Phone to view:

Suites, Lower #43 717 21rst AVE N. Upgraded 2bdrm. lower unit.

Complete with stainless steel appliances, hardwood flooring and W/D. Storage included. $750./mo. plus utilities. N/S, N/P. Call (250)421-2590

Transportation

Cars - Domestic

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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

$

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Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1 BDRM apartments available for rent. Hydro and heat included. $450.-$625./mo. + DD. Cranbrook. (250)417-5806

CEDAR PARK Apartments: 1&2 Bdrm Apts.

Elevator, on-site laundry, central location, live-in manager. Heat & hot water included.

N/P, N/S. $675-$800/mo.

(250)489-0134.

LIONS MANOR, Kimberley.

Seniors living, 55+. 1bdrm apartment: $450./mo plus utilities & DD. N/S, No pets, no parties. Available Nov.1/12 (250)427-2970.

Duplex / 4 Plex

WILL SELL WHAT YOU WANT SOLD! CALL: 426-5201 EXT. 202

Trucks & Vans

WINTERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COMING! 2005 Ford

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2004 Chrysler Intrepid ES/SXT Fully serviced, safety inspected.

Stk# 7214

4,995

$

00

8,900

$

OBO

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EK Transmission Ltd. DL#29679

1019 Kootenay St. N., $SBOCSPPL #$ t

Motorcycles JUST IN TIME FOR FALL 2012 Gas Gas ec 300 Electric start 2 stroke Enduro Race Bike. MSRP $8950 ON SALE now for $8199. Available in Kimberley @ Meadowbrook Motors. (250)427-7690 meadowbrookmotors@hotmail.com

Recreational/Sale Combination Truck & 5th Wheel RV

2006 GMC Duramax Diesel 2500 HD with Allison Transmission 2008 32.5 ft Quantum 5th Wheel Lots of extraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s added since purchased, Extended Warranty on RV - Combined sale price is

69,000

$

2003 Dodge Dakota 2WD

Only 138,679km, Fully serviced, new battery.

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5,49500

$

EK Transmission Ltd. DL#29679

1019 Kootenay St. N., $SBOCSPPL #$ t

2000 Dodge Durango

Fully serviced, new brakes, full tune-up.

Stk# 5192

4,99500

$

FOR RENT

Call: 250-417-4069

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

4-plex. W/D, F/S, D, balcony, side lawn.

Available Nov. 1, 2012.

Close to Tamarack Mall.

to discuss & view the package.

1019 Kootenay St. N., $SBOCSPPL #$ t

Misc Services

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N/S, N/Pets, N/Parties

950 /month

$

Phone: (250) 417-3386 email: densuemc01@gmail.com

Homes for Rent 4BEDROOM HOUSE in Cranbrook. F/S, W/D - $1200./mo. plus utilities + DD. (250)489-1324 FOR RENT in Canal Flats. 3 bedroom home with 2 vehicle detached garage, newly renovated, N/S, pet negotiable.

Available Sept.1st, $900/mo plus utilities & DD. Phone (250) 349-5306 or (250)4898389.

or 250-417-1990

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DO YOU HAVE A special talent?

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Worker recalls fireball at Winnipeg fuel plant Ste ve L ambert Canadian Press

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christine Morin

An explosion erupts at Speedway International, a methanol fuel plant in Winnipeg on Monday, October 1, 2012.

Territories prep for residential school lessons C ANADIAN PRESS

Northern schools are preparing for mandatory classes on residential schools in the very communities where their impact may have been the worst.

Teachers from across Nunavut and the Northwest Territories are in Yellowknife this week to learn how to deliver the new course in Grade 10 classrooms for the first time later this month.

Natives throughout the country were sent to residential schools, but

the lingering impacts may be strongest in the strongly aboriginal populations of the N.W.T. and Nunavut.

Teachers say they are concerned the classes may stir up emotions and release unresolved anger in some families.

Parents will be informed when the material is to come up in class.

Mental health counsellors will be standing by to help students, parents and teachers deal with any fallout.

WINNIPEG — Fire investigators pored through the charred, twisted remains of the Speedway International fuel plant Tuesday as a worker recalled seeing a huge ball of fire erupt into the sky — the start of a massive blaze that caused $15 million in damage.

“The flame ball that went up was a methanol tank in the back, behind,’’ Evan Basarowich said, as he pointed to the remains of a large warehouse from the outskirts of the company’s property, marked by yellow police tape.

Next to the empty shell of a warehouse were three rail tanker cars filled with flammable liquid. The normallyblack paint on one car was scorched white.

“We were just lucky CP Rail and the fire department and the police department responded the way they did to get those other tankers out of the way ... or it could have been a lot worse than what it really was.’’

Basarowich and fire officials say there was a lot of luck that prevent-

ed Monday’s blaze from becoming a disaster, including calm winds and the unusual fact the plant was empty.

Basarowich, who helps make biodiesel, and some of the company’s other eight employees normally start the day’s second shift at 3 p.m. But they were told to come in late Monday because the company was still awaiting a shipment of magnesol, a powder used to purify biodiesel.

Workers on the first shift had gone home early for the same reason.

Around 5 p.m., a fire alarm went off. Basarowich, who lives not far away, was called in to

see what was going on.

Firefighters were already there and had set up an area for workers to gather on the grounds.

“When I showed up, I talked to some of the firefighters and they told me to go to the command centre,’’ Basarowich recalled.

Standing there, Basarowich saw the mushroom-shaped cloud erupt and felt the blast of heat rush over him.

The cloud could be seen for dozens of kilometres in any direction.

A methanol tank had exploded and firefighters were worried rail cars, trucks and large storage barrels would be next.

Basarowich and others were told to leave.

Some of the 60 firefighters on the scene started dousing the rail cars to keep them from catching fire, but could not attack the blaze directly for about five hours.

Businesses and homes in a one-kilometre radius were evacuated.

As the evening wore on, firefighters retreated twice to remain out of the way of barrels that exploded without warning. Eventually, crews gained the upper hand and started beating back the flames.

City officials gave the all-clear shortly after midnight and residents were allowed to return home.

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NEW DENTIST IN TOWN!

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NELSON Dr. Irina Baciu and staff are very pleased to welcome Dr. Nicole Vicenzino (right) to our dental practice.

Dr. Nicole Vicenzino is a caring, friendly, knowledgeable and skilled family dentist and is a valuable addition to our team.

She is accepting new patients and is happy to meet you soon.

CRANBROOK DENTAL CENTRE SUITE #5, 1124 21st AVE. N. Phone: 250 489-4721

C A P I T O L T H E AT R E O C T O B E R 2 3 RD Tickets at the box office or call 250-352-6363 or online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca

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