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WARFIELD

Council seeks advice on damage claims

BY RAYMOND MASLECK Special to Times

An early, wet snowfall last month generated several damage claims against the Village of Warfield that council is seeking expert advice on how to deal with.

Three residents who suffered property damage from limbs falling from village trees during the snowstorm on Oct. 22-23 want the municipality to cover the deductibles on their insurance claims totaling $2,200.

One of them has also suggested the village needs to pay closer attention to its trees.

Unlike many municipalities, Warfield has paid some past claims for deductibles, but council was undecided Tuesday whether this round of damage should be covered by the public purse.

Council voted to seek guidance on how to proceed from its insurer, the Municipal Insurance Association of B.C. “Isn’t it an act of God?” wondered councilor Jim Nelson.

“If we move in this direction, all we have to do is look to the south of us. If we have a terrific storm (like the east coast) we could be overwhelmed by the number of claims.

“Do we want to have to go around and check every tree in the village? If those trees haven’t been reported to us before, I don’t think we have an obligation.”

Mayor Bert Crockett noted “we have paid the deductibles on sewer backups, but this is something new.”

The deductible on the village’s policy far exceeds the values of the homeowners’ claims, so it couldn’t get any money back from the MIA. But the village needs to be careful the homeowners’ insurance companies don’t come after Warfield, arguing the municipality has admitted liability by paying the deductibles.

“ICBC could go after us for the full amount,” said councilor Tom Milne, who sits on the MIA’s board of directors.

The three claims against the village relate to: •A truck and carport belonging to a Forrest Drive resident Mike Parsons that was damaged. He is seeking $1,500 to cover the claim deductibles in his homeowner and vehicle policies.

• On Kipling Street, Robert Johnson is seeking $500 to cover the balance on his insurance claim for “significant damage” to the siding on his house as well has heating and electrical systems resulting from a tree limb falling on an electrical pole.

• There was $4,500 in damage to a vehicle belonging to Murray Drive residents Ben Corbett and Nicole Danchuk when a branch fell on it. They want $200 to cover the deductible.

A list is maintained of suspect trees reported to the village and these are referred to its tree removal contractor each spring for review and possible action, administrator Vince Morelli told the Times.

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Bill Garnet from Trail Community in Bloom is up to his elbows in greenery preparing for Saturday’s decoration event in downtown Trail.

Sprucing up with a Victorian flavour Volunteers needed to help with downtown decorations on Saturday

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

Trail Community in Bloom is looking for volunteers to help light up the downtown on Saturday.

Those interested are asked to dress warm, wear gloves and meet in the Cominco parking lot at 9 a.m.

“It will be great to get all hands on deck and get this done together,” said Trail councillor Sean Mackinley.

Decorations will be hung from Glover Road and Victoria Street to the bridge.

Bill Garnet and Ingrid Enns from Trail Community in Bloom have designed plans to embellish the Victoria Street corridor, in a Victorian inspired theme.

The decorations will set the scene for the fourth annual Silver City Nites festival on Dec. 7.

That night, the Candy Cane parade, tree lighting ceremony and refreshments are slated to entice residents to the downtown.

Shops will open late with a promise of Christmas shopping deals.

This year, Caffe Americano is offering “high tea” from noon until 3 p.m. in keeping with the Victorian theme.

Petite sandwiches, a pastry cart and of course, a cup of hot tea will be centre to the cafe’s Christmas décor, beginning Dec. 1.

“Come in to relax and enjoy a good cup of tea in a wing back chair, Victorian style,” said Dina Esposito, owner of the Bay Avenue restaurant.

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Rossland council will face an upcoming decision on whether to allow a zoning amendment at 926 Black Bear Drive.

Monday’s meeting began with a public hearing on the bylaw, which would see a portion of the property’s designation changed from residential R-1 (Residential Single Detached) lot to C-2 Commercial Services.

Mayor Greg Granstrom explained zoning amendment 2539, was a part of Section 890 of local government act.

“The hearings are held to allow for any person present to voice their concerns if they will be affected,” Granstrom explained.

Richard Migneault wrote in to council, saying that he has a machine shop in the old recycling building and there is a portable saw mill across the street.

Migneault said the experience with these noisy machines has turned him against the proposal. ““Believe me the noise carries across the highway more than you think it would,” Migneault said in the letter.

“I am sure the immediate residencies and the Rossland Motel owners would not want any business that would make excessive noise.”

Sure enough, Jen Gilhula, who manages the Rossland Motel, said she was against the idea of changing the property’s designation.

“I do not want to see the lot next door to me rezoned to C-2,” Gilhula said.

“A noisy, potentially smelly, business moving next door to me will devastate my business. My guests enjoy the quiet of the motel and a lot of my guests are workers who work shift work and need to sleep during the day.”

Curtis Nichols, current owner of the property and the one asking for the amendment, said he saw no problems with the proposal.

“When I purchased the area three years ago, it was my intention from the beginning, because it was a potential commercial area with light industrial across the street, the motel being also commercial zoning,” Nichols said.

“I feel like there are not enough commercial properties in the area and I’d like to see more businesses come to Rossland.”

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LOCAL

Abandoned vehicles causing concern near Violin Lake

Burned-out SUV found Monday, stolen truck found on Wednesday

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

When Trail City Works Manager, Larry Abenante checked his voice mail Monday night, he was not expecting the message left earlier in the day.

A fellow, who walks his dog up Violin Lake road each day, left a message about a burned out vehicle abandoned in the middle of the road.

“He let me know there was a vehicle right in the middle of the road. He

walks there everyday, and it wasn’t there before Nov. 12,” said Abenante.

Abenante took a ride up to the site with the RCMP. “Sure enough, there was a vehicle burned to a crisp.

Luckily nothing else more serious happened.”

The vehicle was abandoned about half a mile past a heavy steel gate that belongs to Atco Lumber.

“It’s a really heavy duty gate to protect their property,” said Abenante.

“In fact, I had to get the keys from the fire department, just to gain access.”

“It is not our property, but I sent our

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crew up there with a loader to remove it, because the city still manages two water systems up there. We don’t have time to haul a vehicle from the middle of the road if we get a call to get up there,” he said.

This was one of four vehicles deserted on Violin Lake road since the summer, and the second that was completely destroyed, making it difficult to identify.

“We don’t normally see that around here, it could be a stolen vehicle taken for a joyride,” comment Sergeant Rob Hawton, of the Trail RCMP detachment.

Wednesday, Abenante received a call from the RCMP to go and retrieve a fifth vehicle.

“This truck was stolen from a lot in Genelle, and is now up Violin Lake road, hanging over a bank,” said Abenante.

After riding up to the area to investigate this fifth vehicle, Abenante is frustrated.

“There is more activity up there than people realize.”

TRAIL COUNCIL BRIEFS

Revenue Canada audits donations The bane of individual taxpayers has also befallen the City of Trail – a Revenue Canada audit.

The national tax collector will look at how the city handles charitable donations, which donors can claim on their income tax returns. Most of the donations received are for the city’s memorial bench program.

The audit is a random check by Revenue Canada rather a response to any concerns about the city’s accounting, according to councilor Kevin Jolly.

“We want to ensure we are fully compliant to ensure we maintain our charitable status.

••• The city received 45 applications for its new position of communications and community events coordinator.

“We received applications from all over the country from some very solid individuals with excellent experience,” said councilor Kevin Jolly.

The city expects to have the new employee in place within two months.

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With only 15 days to grow, Trail Professional Firefighters Local 941, (from the left) Grant Tyson and Rick Morris compare ‘stache style as they continue to raise funds for men’s health issues. To donate, visit movember.com or drop by the Fire hall on Rossland Avenue.

Municipalities face challenges

BY JESSICA SCHWITEK The Golden Star

Kootenay and Boundary municipal governments met in Cranbrook last month for a workshop and roundtable discussion about the challenges facing our local governments.

Mayor Christina Benty, who is the vice-president of the Association of Kootenay and Boundary Local Governments (AKBLG), organized the workshop to help bring some of their issues out in the open, and to help the AKBLG focus on fewer, clear, succinct resolution to bring to UBCM. “Local governments are under a lot of scrutiny right now. And I think it’s important that people know what the challenges are for local government,” said Benty. “One of our challenges as a municipality is that we have the most varied infrastructure. And that infrastructure is aging. We have crumbling roads and sidewalks, aging pipes, aging buildings that need to be replaced, we’ve got escalating community safety requirements, and of course there’s always the increased demand for services from our

residents.”

Gaëtan Royer, author of Time for Cities, spoke at the workshop, and then the attendees broke into smaller groups for roundtable discussions.

The groups discussed the difficulty of maintaining municipal infrastructure with only eight cents of every tax dollar collected, and inability to prioritize properly with such a strict granting system.

“At the end of the day, it’s all about quality of life. We want to build communities that people want to live in. If we only provide core services, we’re losing our quality of life,” said Benty.

“This eight cents on the dollar is a problem. If you look, historically, relative to the GDP, the provincial and federal taxes have more than doubled. And property taxes, relative to the GDP, have stayed the same.”

The difference is that provincial and federal taxes are collected consistently throughout the years, whereas municipalities collect their property taxes all at once. People feel it more.

Local governments are under a lot of scrutiny right now, and many people are

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Benty wants people to understand that a struggling economy has no affect on the town’s responsibilities.

“People don’t realize, that regardless of the economy we have to provide the same level of service. We can’t reduce the quality of water. We have to provide the same level,” she said. “At the end of the day, it’s all about quality of life.

We want to build communities that people want to live in. If we only provide core services, we’re losing our quality of life.”

These are common themes being discussed at every municipal organization across the country.

“It’s starting to gain some momentum, and we want to be part of that,” said Benty. “I want the public to be aware of what the challenges are, and I want to be part of the wave of municipalities across the entire nation that are sending the message that we need reform.”

The next step for the AKBLG is to compile the information and the feedback from the workshop to bring to the organization’s AGM in the spring.

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Provincial

Resources needed for families of mentally ill

THE CANADIAN PRESS BURNABY, B.C. Erica Salemink still has the golden cross her mother, Colette, was wearing around her neck when she died. Slightly crooked and still smeared with soot from the fire that killed her, the cross now hangs in a memory box next to Colette’s photo.

Colette, a 59-yearold woman from Coquitlam, B.C., had the cross made from scrap gold and picked it up just a week before her mentally ill son set her house ablaze in the early hours of April 19, 2010.

“She felt in all the jewelry stores, they were all too perfect,”

Erica recalled through tears Thursday at a coroner’s inquest into her mother’s death.

“She had a cross made that was slightly off-kilter and not perfect, and I think that says a lot. Her faith was strong, but she knew that it couldn’t provide her with the perfect answers.”

There were few things that were perfect in Colette’s life with her troubled son, Blake, and even fewer answers about how to deal with him.

Blake, who suffers from a combination of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder known as schizoaffective disorder, was eventually charged

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with manslaughter and arson in his mother’s death, but he was declared not criminally responsible earlier this year because of his mental illness.

At the time of the April 2010 fire, Blake, then 23, was on leave from a psychiatric hospital on strict conditions that he live with his mother, but their relationship had grown increasingly fraught and, at times, violent.

Colette called Blake’s mental-health team for help, telling them a week before the fire that she couldn’t handle her son any longer. She was told the only way to remove him from the house was to get a restraining order.

And two days before she died, Colette phoned the police after Blake threatened to kill her, either with the help of a hit man or by himself.

Throughout it all, the police weren’t aware of Blake’s illness or that he was on leave from a psychiatric hospital. Blake’s doctors, in turn, didn’t know about the death threats or the full extent of the assault. Information wasn’t shared, the inquest has heard, partly because privacy laws wouldn’t allow it.

Erica said her mother was torn between protecting herself and looking out for her son, but no one stepped in to help her sort that tension out.

“She was trying to figure out a way to do the right thing with both her and Blake.”

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Youth suicide report calls for better care

Trauma impacts lives of kids in care

THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA British Columbia’s independent children’s representative says the government needs to do a better job understanding the traumatic lives of young people at risk of suicide.

A report released today by Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says the government needs to learn more about how trauma, tur-

moil and tragedy impacts the lives of young people at risk of suicide and take steps to offer them more stability.

Turpel-Lafond’s report examined the lives of 15 young people who committed suicide and another 74 who caused themselves self-inflicted injuries. Of the 89 cases of young people reviewed, 58 were in the care of Ministry of Children and Family Development at the time of their suicide or attempted suicide.

Turpel-Lafond’s report says those 58 youth were moved 776 times while in government care and five of the young people were moved more than 30 times each.

Her report cites research that finds frequent moves can further traumatize already vulnerable young people, leading her to recommend the government develop strategies to limit the number of disruptions experienced by children in government care.

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Willowbrook Fire Department Chief Brad Fossett says someone broke the locks on the department’s diesel tanks on Nov. 10.

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Tax incentives for travel in Canada appeals to Canadians THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Canadians are prepared to embrace the idea of a tax incentive for travelling within Canada, a new poll suggests.

A private member’s bill tabled in the House of Commons

by Liberal MP Massimo Pacetti proposes a tax credit for air, bus or train fares on non-business trips that cross at least three provincial borders.

Some 70 per cent of respondents to a recent Canadian Press-Harris/Decima poll expressed support for the idea. Regionally, almost eight in 10 respondents in Atlantic Canada liked it, with 75 per cent of those in British Columbia and Alberta in favour.

About four of every 10 people surveyed said they would be more likely to travel within Canada if the tax break was in place, the poll found.

“I think it’s certainly well intentioned and I think we’d certainly like to see Canadians travelling in Canada as opposed to outside the country,” said Kevin Desjardins, vice-president of strategy and public affairs for the Tourism Industry Association of Canada.

Pacetti’s Discover Your Canada Act would allow an income tax deduction of 100

“With Canada’s international travel deficit on the rise, the magnitude of increased domestic travel spending cannot be ignored.”

Patricia Thacker

per cent of bus fares, 75 per cent on train tickets and 50 per cent for domestic flights, up to a maximum of $2,000.

As a private member’s bill, the proposal is unlikely to become law, but Harris-Decima vice-president Patricia Thacker said a tax break of some kind could help reduce the country’s big travel deficit.

That deficit - the difference between what travelling Canadians spend abroad and what foreign visitors spend here - hit $4.2 billion during the second quarter.

“Our survey results show that Canadians need just a small push to consider - or to reconsider - travelling within Canada,” Thacker said.

“With Canada’s international travel deficit on the rise, the magnitude of increased domestic travel spending cannot be

ignored.”

Chisholm Pothier, a spokesman for Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, said the government has to consider the cost of such focused subsidies.

“In an era where governments are trying to get back to balanced budgets, fiscal responsibility suggests costly, new, novelty subsidies are not the best use of taxpayers dollars,” Pothier wrote in an email.

Desjardins said domestic travel has been strong in recent years, but the proposed tax break could help if it got people to forgo travel abroad for travel at home.

“The question is whether or not you’re converting Canadians travelling internationally into Canadians travelling domestically, which would be the way that would reduce the travel deficit.”

The survey findings suggest that such conversions are possible. About half the people contemplating travel to the United States for their next trip said they’d be more likely to travel in Canada if there was a tax credit attached.

The survey was part of an omnibus phone poll which surveyed just over 1,000 people during the first week of November.

Alberta

Canmore starts trapping feral rabbits THE CANADIAN PRESS CANMORE, Alta. An Alberta mountain town has begun trapping and killing its feral rabbits.

Canmore spokeswoman Sally Caudill says she doesn’t know how many rabbits have been humanely killed, but the trapping started in mid-October.

What to do about the picturesque community’s out-of-control rabbit population

has been controversial.

A mass extermination was avoided last year when a group called Earth Animal Rescue Society came forward and managed to find sanctuary for 213 animals.

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Quebec

Feds can’t be dragged into tobacco suit THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal says the federal government cannot be sued or held liable for damages in lawsuits involving Big Tobacco.

And in a province where big tobacco is being sued for $27 billion in a landmark case, the ruling could have an impact on the landmark trial.

Tobacco companies have tried using the federal government to defend themselves in the case, saying their cigarette sales simply followed government guidelines. The

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ood luck to Fruitvale council and its campaign for an upgrade to the crosswalk on Highway 3B at the entrance to the village after a tricker-treater was struck on Halloween.

Dealing with the pinkie-ring planners at the Ministry of Transportation is not a preferred activity for local politicians. Their appeals regarding potential or actual mayhem are usually met with references to insufficient traffic volumes and immutable regulations.

In the peaceful, shrinking West Kootenay, traffic volumes rarely warrant highway expenditures when measured against bureaucratic standards, let alone the realities of tight budgets and more obviously pressing needs in the province’s growth areas.

Not that this is all bad.

Highway construction and other public policy decisions should be based on reason not political heat and clout. Obviously, this is not always the case, but it certainly should be the goal.

One comical local

exception was the great crosswalk battle in Rossland several years back.

Unlike in Fruitvale, the ministry’s planners were intent on upgrading the crosswalks on the Golden City’s main street. They wanted to install big overhead signs and flashing lights on crosswalks all through downtown.

The community resisted, arguing the upgrade was overkill and the signs would obscure the view of the streetscape and hills beyond.

In a fit of pique at their expert views being challenged, the ministry sent in a Panzer division of highway contractors on the Saturday morning of Golden City days. After several hours of screeching noise, the old crosswalks had been obliterated and Rosslanders crossing the street were left to fend for themselves.

The message could not have been clearer if a few of the objectors had been lined up and run over with heavy equipment – don’t dare question our weknow-what’s-good-for-you righteousness.

Meanwhile, a few miles

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below, pedestrians in Warfield and the Gulch in Trail were dodging the same traffic on the same highway using the same old-style crosswalks – and continue to do so to this day.

Yes, standards are good but sometimes common sense is better. You also always have to beware of emotion clouding judgment, even when you’re an engineer or another infallible expert.

On the tragic side, is the ministry’s failure to deal with a small but proven-deadly situation just beyond Trail’s city limits on Highway 22. Several years back, a young woman returning from a late shift in Trail was killed when she drove over the bank above Rivervale, just

beyond the traffic pullout.

It is a simple mistake to make in the dark or fog.

As you hug the shoulder line to stay on course, it is easy to drift into the turnout and over the bank in a flash.

The danger could be easily ameliorated with some no-post guardrail.

But calls to the ministry after the fatal accident evoked the response that this stretch of highway is deemed safe.

Safe, perhaps, for some guy sitting at desk in the regional office in Kamloops, who has a budget to balance and couldn’t find Rivervale on a map. But not so safe for the highway users he is supposed to be serving.

••• Trail could advance crosswalk safety with a bit of effort not requiring intervention by the Ministry of Transport.

Along Rossland Avenue in particular, vehicles are regularly parked right up to crosswalks, making it difficult to see pedestrians when they step out into traffic.

The city should occasionally divert its bylaw enforcers from their fren-

zied campaign to keep downtown safe from shoppers and write a few tickets for parking infractions other than expired meters.

Some pedestrians could also help the cause by learning how to use crosswalks. I have come to a stop for people standing at the curb in a crosswalk who have then waved me on because they are actually lingering for some other purpose than crossing the road.

There are also the timid types who hang back and then insist on heartily acknowledging you for obeying the law and stopping, rather than keeping their eyes peeled for oblivious drivers who don’t.

As for those drivers who speed up and swing around vehicles that stop at occupied crosswalks, they might be convinced to mend their ways if the RCMP traffic program diverts some resources away from issuing speeding tickets and run an occasional enforcement campaign aimed at improving crosswalk safety.

Raymond Masleck is a retired Trail Times reporter.

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Letters & Opinion

The Syrian civil war rages on

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yria now has a new will finally be defeated. government-in-exile The Syrian government has that allegedly unites all all the heavy weapons, but it the groups seeking the does not have enough troops overthrow of President Bashar to establish permanent milal-Assad’s murderous regime. itary control over every rural But if this is the best that they area in a country of 24 million can do, Assad will still be in people. However, it does have power next year, the strength and perhaps for to smash any a long time afterattempts to wards. create a rival It took a week authority with of haggling in the powers of a Qatar to bring real government all the fractious in those rural Syrian rebel areas, and it groups together, still holds most GWYNNE and it wouldn’t of the cities: have happened the front line at all without in Aleppo has World Affairs great pressure scarcely moved from the Gulf since last sumArab countries and the United mer.

States. Basically, the Syrian How has Assad managed to rebels were told that if they hang on so long when other wanted more money and arms, Arab dictators fell so quickly they had to create a united in the early days of the “Arab front. spring”? Partly it is the fact that So they did, kind of, but he’s not a one-man regime. the fragility and underlying The Baath Party which he disunity of the new govern- leads is an organization with ment-in-exile is implicit in almost half a century’s experiits cumbersome name: the ence of power, and plenty of Syrian National Coalition for patronage to distribute to its Opposition and Revolutionary allies. It began almost as an Arab Forces. It’s really just a loose Communist party (without the and probably temporary collab- atheism), and although its ecooration between different sect- nomics are now neo-liberal, arian and ethnic groups whose it retains its Communist-style ultimate goals are widely diver- political discipline. Moreover, gent. the Alawites who populate its This new body has already higher offices know that they been recognized by the Gulf have to hang together, or else states as “the sole legitimate they will hang separately. representative of the Syrian The other thing Assad has people,” in the words of Qatar’s going for him is the highly Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad fragmented character of Syrian bin Jassim. France, Syria’s for- society. Seventy percent of the mer colonial ruler, has done population are Sunni Muslims, the same, and other Western but the other 30 percent countries may follow suit include Shias, Alawites (a Shia (although probably not the heresy), Druze (an even more United States). But it won’t divergent sect with Islamic end the war. roots) and Christians. All of It is a real civil war now; them are nervous about Sunni the days of the non-violent Muslim domination in a postSyrian democratic movement Assad Syria, and the presence that tried to emulate the peace- of various foreign jihadis on ful revolutions in Egypt and the battlefield only deepens Tunisia are long past. Moreover, their anxiety. it is a civil war whose ultimate Moreover, the main supplioutcome is unclear. It is by no ers of arms and money to the means certain that Assad and insurgents are Sunni Muslim the Baathist regime he leads countries in the Arabian pen-

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insula, like Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, that are not know for being tolerant of non-Sunni minorities. This has persuaded most non-Sunni Syrians that they are under attack – and thirty percent of Syria’s population, with a big, wellequipped army and air force, can probably fight 70 percent of the population with only light weapons to a standstill.

In fact, the Syrian battlefield, after only a year of serious fighting, is already coming to resemble the Lebanese battlefield after the first year of the civil war there. Large tracts of the countryside are under the military control of the religious or ethnic group that makes up the local majority, while the front lines in the big cities have effectively congealed into semi-permanent boundaries.

In Lebanon, the level of fighting dropped a lot after that first year, apart from the period of the Israeli invasion and occupation in 1982-83, but the country continued to be chopped up into local fiefdoms until the Taif accord in 1989 led to the end of the fighting.

There are obviously differences between the Lebanese and Syrian cases, but they are not big enough to justify any confidence that Syria’s future will be different from Lebanon’s past.

Assad will continue to have access to arms and money from Iran and Russia, and there will be no large-scale military intervention from outside to tilt the balance decisively one way or the other.

A split in the Baath Party or a military coup could open the way to national reconciliation if it happened relatively soon, but that is not likely. Apart from that, the only thing that might really change all these calculations and break the stalemate is an Israeli attack on Iraq and a general Middle Eastern conflagration. That is not a price anybody wants to pay.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Flaherty’s dose of economic reality An editorial from the Hamilton Spectator It is impossible to cast Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s report on the economy as good news. But it is important to note that Flaherty, in pushing back the target date for eliminating the deficit by a year, recognizes that deficit reduction is not the only economic priority on the table at this time.

Flaherty has also shown he accepts the impact of global economic forces on Canada’s economic condition. We are not a nation in isolation from others. The blooming reces-

sion in the United States, the catastrophic downfall of some European economies - all have an impact on Canada’s ability to weather economic storms.

Certainly Canada is viewed - by itself and others - to have withstood recent recessions in more safety than many other national economies. So in some ways, we are responding from a position of relative strength.

What is encouraging about Flaherty’s fall report is that he is addressing our economic issues up front, acknowledging that an ideological attachment to deficit reduction is not the

best course right now.

The downside of the delay in deficit reduction is that tax changes promised by the Conservatives, such as the Family Tax Cut income sharing and a doubled contribution to tax-free savings accounts, will also be delayed.

However, if the federal government focuses strongly on creating jobs - particularly jobs above the minimum wage category - deferring those promises may be easier for Canadians to accept. Regardless, a dose of reality from Flaherty is a good thing.

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Clothier gave a young Elvis his first look THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Bernard Lansky, the Memphis retailer who helped a young Elvis Presley establish his signature clothing style of pegged pants, two-toned shoes and other flashy duds in the 1950s, has died. He was 85.

Julie Lansky, the clothier’s granddaughter, said he died Thursday at his Memphis home.

Bernard Lansky and his brother Guy started a retail business in Memphis in 1946, with help from a $125 loan from their father, Samuel.

After World War II, the store started selling Army surplus goods on Beale Street. When the supply dried up, they opened a high-fashion men’s store, where Bernard Lansky established his reputation as a natural salesman and storyteller.

Lansky Bros. ended up supplying Presley with the “I put his pink and black shirts and first suit on other outfits. him and his “It’s a statement to say that he dressed one of the last suit most influential enteron him” tainers of all time,” Julie Lansky said in a telephone Bernard Lansky interview. “He knew that for any entertainer, they had to look different.”

Even though his style of dress changed over the years - including sparkling jumpsuits Presley shopped at Lansky Bros. the rest of his life. Presley died at his Memphis residence, Graceland, in 1977.

Lansky picked out the white suit and blue tie that Presley wore when he was buried.

“I put his first suit on him and his last suit on him,” Lansky was fond of saying.

By the early 1950s, Lansky’s shop was known as a place where a man with a taste for flash could find the styles Lansky referred to as “real sharp.”

At the time, Beale Street was a hot spot for blues, rhythm and blues and jazz, and drew a colorful parade of musicians, gamblers and hustlers from the Mississippi Delta.

Presley began hanging around Beale Street as a teenager and picked up quickly on its music.

One of Lansky’s favourite Elvis stories was how he first met the future King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Presley was a teenager working as an usher at a nearby theatre and liked to window shop at Lansky’s.

“He said, ‘When I get rich, I’m going to buy you out,”’ Lansky said in a standard version of the story. “I said, ‘Don’t buy me out. Just buy from me.’ And he never forgot me.”

Presley made his first record, “That’s All Right,” at the old Sun Studio in 1954. Before long, Presley’s star was rising, and he began shopping at Lansky Bros. in earnest.

The Lansky brothers often opened the store at night so Presley could avoid drawing crowds and took outfits to Graceland for him to check out.

Eventually, Lansky became a favourite of the Elvis faithful who flocked to Memphis by the thousands for annual gatherings in Presley’s honour.

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Participants laugh as they get themselves positioned to pose for mock-up photographs for the media after getting back in the car following a successful Guinness World Record attempt to fit 28 ladies into a Mini car backdropped by Tower Bridge in London, Thursday. The attempt which broke the previous record of 27 people, was made to coincide with Guinness World Records Day, an annual event which organizers estimate will see in the region of 420,000 people attempting records around the globe.

Cesar Millan

The ‘Dog Whisperer’ about to get his day

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES - Very soon, Cesar Millan will have a new television show, a book, a tour, a documentary, and if she says yes - a fiancee.

The year is ending on a high note for Millan as he ends his reign as TV’s “Dog Whisperer” and bounces back from a suicide attempt in May 2010 that left him unconscious and hospitalized.

In “Cesar Millan: The Real Story,” he talks publicly for the first time about the overdose that almost took his life.

The documentary, which airs Nov. 25 on Nat Geo Wild, will also launch a global speaking tour.

“It’s rare when someone with his level of celebrity is willing to completely open up and share the struggle and hardship it took to find success and happiness,” said Geoff Daniels, executive vicepresident and general manager of Nat Geo Wild. “Cesar doesn’t hold anything back,

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Cesar Millan poses with his English Bull Dog George at his Dog Psychology Center, in Santa Clarita, Calif. and I’m certain our audience will feel even closer to him for it.”

The 43-year-old Mexicanborn dog handler rose to fame in 2004, when his first TV series, “The Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan,” became National Geographic’s toprated show. Millan grew up in Culiacan, the largest city in the Mexican state of

Sinaloa, and worked on his grandfather’s farm in the hopes of becoming the best dog trainer in the world.

At 21, alone and unable to speak English, he crossed the border and lived on the streets for two months before getting a job as a groomer and walker. Jada Pinkett (pre-Will Smith) hired him and got him an English tutor when she learned he wanted to be on TV. As his popularity grew, his professional and personal lives appeared rosy: he became an author, made appearances in movies and on television, and his wife gave birth to two sons. In 2010 though, things took a tumble: his go-to pit bull, Daddy, died in February; a month later, he learned his wife of 16 years planned to divorce him; in May, he attempted suicide.

“I felt defeated, a big sense of guilt and failure. ... I was at the lowest level I had ever been emotionally and psych-

ologically,” he wrote in June on his website without mentioning his overdose.

He rejected antidepressants, choosing instead to get a grip through his pack dog wisdom and use exercise, discipline and affection to heal, he told The Associated Press.

Another pit bull trained by Daddy has taken over Daddy’s duties, though Junior will never take his place.

“Daddy was my Tibet, my Himalaya, my Gouda, my Buddha, my source of calmness,” Millan said.

A new love in his life also helped, one whom Millan calls “the one.” Jahira Dar lives with Milan and his youngest son in Los Angeles, and Millan said he planned to propose soon.

“It’s a surprise,” he joked.

“I am a traditional guy, so I like to do the whole parent thing.

“I know they are going to say yes, but I like the whole Cinderella story.”

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etting a job requires as much dedication and commitment as keeping a job. The first step in landing a job begins with a resume. It’s an introduction of who you are and what you offer to a company.Here’s some tips for putting together a resume.

1. The Basics: Formatting Like any good brand, your resume needs to be eye-catching and effective. Choose a professional font, such as Arial or Times New Roman, and ensure the font size is legible, generally 10-12 point, except for your name and headings which can be larger and bolded. Most hiring managers prefer an at-a-glance format, using bullet points rather than paragraphs, although ensure you keep your sections lined up and consistent throughout the document. Be cognizant of the length -- 1-2 pages for less experienced and non-management roles and 3 pages for senior-level applications.

Also, proof read, proof read, proof read. Surveys have shown that as many as three out of four hiring managers will discard a resume with as few as 2 typos. Don’t put your faith in spell- check.

• Reverse chronological or functional? That is the question.

Most hiring managers prefer a reverse chronological format --

listing the most recent job first with previous jobs following.

This gives them a more fluid account of your career progression and typically highlights the most pertinent skills in greatest detail.

This may not be the right format, however, if you have any breaks or gaps in employment or if you have a fragmented background with many jobs, professions or industries worked in a short time period. In this case, a functional resume -- summarizing key areas of experience -may be a better solution. Another option, however, is using a reverse chronological resume and closing the gaps or fragments in employment. For instance, if you did temporary work or education between permanent roles, list this information. Likewise, if you performed the same job function with several companies in a short time period, group this information together.

• How much is enough?

When looking at levels of experience, how much should be included on a resume? For older job seekers who fear age discrimination, you don’t need to include your full career summary.

While situations differ based on the number of jobs held, think of including either the last 3-4 jobs or 15 years of experience,

whichever is less. For those lacking experience, it is acceptable to include voluntary, unpaid or relevant educational involvement on your resume. If you were a committee member of a student club or volunteered for a non-profit organization, extract those duties and indicate why that experience is relevant.

• List accomplishments, not just duties Companies are looking to make an investment in employees, in fact, aside from real estate, labour is the highest cost to a company.

You therefore need to prove your return on investment. Instead of simply listing your performed duties, try using CAR statements that outline the Challenge, your Actions, and the Result. Most hiring managers know what the basic duties include for most roles. To stand out, you need to demonstrate that you are a valuable employee who goes above and beyond.

• Target specific opportunities Just as it is important to customize your cover letter, you’ll have a leg up if you also do so for your resume. While this requires more time and attention to detail, you’ll increase your chances of being noticed by hiring managers.

Review the job posting and ensure you list the keywords, job priorities

and CAR statements that are most pertinent to the role. Consider including a specific career objective or goal that directly relates to the job and if desired, include the company name in the statement.

• Not all resumes are the same Still uncertain about how to profile your specific skills and experience to a job within your field? A resume for the hospitality industry naturally differs from that of an accountant or labourer.

Review examples online to ensure that you are presenting an accurate depiction of yourself and your experience.

Like all good brands, you need to manage your resume and professional profile. With social media making it easier than ever for employers to check up on you, it is essential that you maintain a consistent and professional image across LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and any blogs you may write or participate in. In addition to ensuring that there are no disparaging remarks or unwanted photos that are visible, you also need to ensure your LinkedIn profile supports what you have referenced in your resume.

By creating a strategic personal marketing campaign and brand, you’ll enjoy greater success both in your next job and throughout your career.

How to have successful job interview: 1. Dress for success.

Professional business clothes are always appropriate, regardless of the type of job you are interviewing for.

2. Be there on time. Try to arrive 5 or 10 minutes early to be safe. Find out ahead of time where you’re going and how long it will take to get there.

3. Let your personality shine. If you’re excited about the job, don’t be afraid to show it.

4. Be confident. Feeling nervous in an interview is perfectly normal; just don’t let your nerves overpower your interview. Eye contact and a calm, clear speaking voice are excellent ways to show your confidence.

5. Watch your body language. Relax and sit naturally, but don’t slouch in your chair or lean on the interviewer’s desk.

6. Listen and ask for clarification, if you need it.

Remember to listen carefully to the interview questions so that you actually answer the question, and never interrupt. If you don’t understand something, don’t be afraid to ask for clarification.

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New Anglican Trail & District Churches leader hopes to “God - be with me today” heal divisions I can hardly believe that another year is drawing to a close. I remember all the hype about the year 2000 and here we are 12 years past that already. In my own life I have tried so hard to live one day at a time or even one moment at a time. I want to be mindful and not just let my days pass in a blur of busyness. This is something for us think about as the Christmas Season approaches.

There are a number of verses in Scripture that remind us this is how we are supposed to live. Matthew 6:11 says, Give us today our daily bread. We are asking God to provide for us today, not just our daily bread but to help in whatever the day brings to us. Very simply we are saying to God be with me today, I need you.

we don’t take the time to really hear what God is saying to us. We forget to pray and say that we need Him today. A reading I came across also spoke to me as it saidThis is the most important day in your life, because it is the day you are now living.

The past is gone, the future unknown. If your life is headed in the wrong direction this is the day to change it. If you have been going to get around to something today is the day to start.

Psalm 118:24 tells us that this is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad. Our days are gifts from God. Each day will bring different things, some will be very difficult, some wonderful, some easy, some we may wonder how we will make it but God has promised that He is with us each day of our lives.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON - How will Justin Welby lead the world’s Anglicans and heal their deep divisions?

Even he is not sure yet.

Welby generated high hopes but few clear expectations last Friday as British Prime Minister David Cameron announced the 56-year-old former oil executive was being promoted to archbishop of Canterbury after only a year’s experience as a bishop.

“We don’t know much about him and there are very few expectations because he has been a bishop for such a short time,” said Paul Handley, managing editor of the Church Times newspaper.

But, he said, initial signs were “very encouraging and impressive.”

Welby, appointed last year as bishop of Durham in northeastern England, worked for 11 years in the oil industry, rising to treasurer of Enterprise Oil before deciding he was called to the priesthood.

A skilled mediator who has worked to resolve conflicts in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa, he will lead a global Anglican Communion riven by sharply divided views on gay people and the place of women in the church.

As the 105th holder of a post that stretches back to the 6th century, Welby takes over after Rowan Williams retires in December.

Welby said he felt privileged and astonished to be chosen to lead the church at “a time of spiritual hunger.”

“It’s something I never expected,” Welby told reporters, saying he had been “overwhelmed and surprised” to be offered the job.

Welby declined to take questions about the contentious issues of female bishops and the church’s attitude toward homosexuals and said “I don’t have a detailed plan” for promoting growth in the church.

Reaction to his appointment was positive.

Jonathan Gledhill, bishop of Lichfield, called the appointment “daring and imaginative.”

“Everybody seems to like him, those who know him,” said Stephen Parkinson, U.K. director of the traditionalist group Forward in Faith.

The Rev. Bob Callaghan of Inclusive Church, which campaigns against discrimination based on sexuality or gender, said Welby’s appointment was “quite a brave statement by the church: We’ll have something fresh and new and see where it goes.”

Rod Thomas, chairman of the conservative evangelical group Reform, said Welby “has great credibility as a mediator and a friend of Africa, so we will be praying” that he can heal some of the splits in the Anglican Communion.

Women and the Church, which has campaigned for female bishops, said it was encouraged that Welby had worked with women as equals in the business world.

Welby supports the ordination of women as bishops, and indicated that his thinking on legally defining same-sex unions as “marriage” - which he and other bishops have opposed - was evolving.

“We must have no truck with any form of homophobia in any part of the church,” he said, adding that he planned to “listen to the voice of the LGBT communities and examine my own thinking.”

Even before formally becoming archbishop, Welby could face a test of his mediation skills later this month when the church’s governing General Synod votes on allowing women to serve as bishops. He supports that change, but the latest proposed compromise has drawn fire from activists on both sides - either as being too weak or going too far.

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Local artists to display and sell works from Mount Carlyle retreat ROSSLAND –Local artists Jenny Baillie, Brigitte Desbois, Louise Drescher, Stephanie Gauvin and Mirja Vahala will be kicking off Rossland’s Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas Festival with their December art exhibition.

The Painter’s Retreat at Mount Carlyle Art Exhibition and Sale goes from Dec. 1 to Dec. 31 at the Rouge Gallery in Rossland. The opening reception will be hed Nov. 30 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

The exhibit of new paintings is based on the artists’ September saga of hiking to over 7000 feet within the Selkirk mountains for a painting bonanza. Blue skies, a full moon, golden backlit larches, rocky ‘scapes and towering crags were the inspiring views for their new works. The comfort of Brian Cross’s snug Mount Carlyle Lodge provided respite during their five-day trip.

An amazing 52 studies were painted on location. A selection of these studies, plus

Joe Hill Coffee House serves up sweet sounds on Sunday ROSSLAND – Another great Joe Hill Coffee House will be served up on Sunday.

As usual, it’s in the Rossland Miners Hall at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.).

The cost is a mere $3, kids and students free. There will be lots of goodies and refreshments, and plenty of fine music.

As of now, our lineup is: Gary Faustman; Kerry Kean; Brad Mackay; Bert’s harmonica students; Golden City Fiddlers; Stephen Bialkowski.

For more information contact Les Carter at 362-5677.

larger works by each of the artists, is being displayed.

“It was a unique experience where the we had the freedom to apply our personal perspective in an atmosphere absent of pressure,” said Baillie, a Rossland artist.

“It was with a comradely spirit that ideas were shared, doubts voiced, and encouragement and acceptance endowed.”

Gauvin, another well known Rossland artist agreed.

“We definitely have a great new painter’s group,” said Gauvin, who spearheaded the paint-out.

“We believe we

can build on this and continue to show, through our paintings, the majesty of Canadian landscape, especially here in the West Kootenay. It is our intention to repeat this type of event.”

Please visit the artist’s websites to learn more about each artist. http://www.brigittedesbois.com; http://www.jennybaillieartworks.com; http://www.artiststephaniegauvin.com; h t t p : / / w w w. l o u isedrescher.com; http://www.mirjavahala.com.

For more information, please contact Stephanie Gauvin at 250-362-9132

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Mirja Vahala is one of five local artists who will exhibit their paintings from the Painter’s Retreat at Mount Carlyle in September. The exhibition and sale will run throughout December at the Rouge Gallery in Rossland. There will be an opening night reception set for Nov. 30.

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Remember someone special by making a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society, BC and Yukon in memory or in honour.

Please let us know the name of the person you wish to remember, name and address of the next of kin, and we will send a card advising them of your gift. Also send us your name and address to receive a tax receipt.

To donate on-line: www.cancer.ca Greater Trail Unit/ Rossland unit c/o Canadian Cancer Society 908 Rossland Ave Trail BC V1R 3N6 For more information, please call (250) 364-0403 or toll free at 1-888-413-9911

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A Fruitvale resident is about to tackle arguably the most difficult and diabolical challenge ever devised by humankind.

Like all participants, 35-year-old Russell Paterson signed the “Death Waiver” and will embark on a journey through what was formerly known as hell, but is now referred to as the World’s Toughest Mudder competition set to go in Englishtown, N.J. on Saturday.

It’s genesis comes from the Tough Mudder event series held across the globe that has seen a half million mudders participate - including 20 or so Greater Trail athletes at an event in Whistler in June.

But apparently the Tough Mudder was not tough enough.

Organizers now bring together the top five per cent of mudder participants, including Patterson, to compete in an obstacle course of epic proportions in the World’s Toughest Mudder (WTM) contest.

“It’s exciting and nerve wracking,” said Paterson who qualified in Whistler.

“I’ve done the Christina Lake triathlon, and I use to be in the army, so it’s having something to keep my goals up, and set my mind towards.”

Unlike the Tough Mudder events - where there are no prizes for finishing first, only the satisfaction of competing and completing a very challenging course - WTM is an extremely competitive race where the top men and women take home a $15,000 cash prize and $20,000 for the top team.

According to organizers, the race is not just about completing a 17-kilometre obstacle course devised by British Special Forces, it’s

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Russell Paterson of Fruitvale will compete in the World’s Toughest Mudder competition in New Jersey Saturday and Sunday. The 24-hour race is the ultimate test of strength, endurance, and mental stamina. about how many times you can complete that course in a 24 hour period, climbing, crawling, running, and swimming through mud, fire, icewater, and 10,000 volts of electricity alone in the cold and dark.

Paterson’s preparation for the unique event includes kilometres of running and hours of body work, as well as serving in the military at the Canadian Forces Base in Edmonton for five years.

“In the military, you do a lot of going through things without sleep, and it seems like they always want to do things in the cold . . . you definitely get a mindset used to being cold and lacking sleep and being uncomfortable - so that helps for sure.”

Competitors have to complete each of the 25 obstacles on the 10-mile course, as many times as possible over the two days.

“When it’s a 24-hour event, you have to employ a strategy, you can’t just go out there and just keep running or try to keep pace with people, I think you have to go, ‘How am I going to be able to last?’”

While WTM obstacles will remain a mystery until the Saturday, organizers on the website say that obstacles at previous Tough Mudder events will pale in comparison to the trials WTM competitors will be subjected to.

“In the military . . . you definitely get a mindset used to being cold, and lacking sleep, and being uncomfortable so that helps for sure.”

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“Qualifiers should expect the event to require cardiovascular stamina, brute strength, agility, dexterity, mental grit, and most of all a passion to prove oneself to be the Toughest Mudder on this good green earth.”

It is also why all competitors must sign a waiver that does not hold event organiz-

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While Tough Mudder events are all about camaraderie and helping one another face and overcome a myriad of challenges, the toughest mudder competition is decidedly less convivial.

“The obstacles are a lot more intense,” added Paterson. “Last year there was a quarter-mile of mud you had to run through, and 80-to 100-metre swims in a lake, so there’s varying degrees of things where you have to use a lot of body strength.

“Last year they had about 800 runners, and about 300 of them had hypothermia after the first lap and only 100 finished, so it’s going to be interesting.”

Patterson says he doesn’t expect to win, still the courage to compete, to run an impossible race, in abominable conditions, only the most audacious among us - the world’s toughest mudders - dare endure and hopefully survive.

For live blogging updates on World’s Toughest Mudder Saturday and Sunday go to muddernation.com.

BY TIMES STAFF Rossland’s Tyler McKay from the RosslandTrail Country Club has committed to attend and play golf for Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo. “It’s really cool, I’m really excited,” said McKay. “I went there (last weekend), toured around, looked at the school. But it’s a lot bigger from what I’m used to, being from Rossland.”

McKay had offers from several schools, but Lindenwood, known for its integrative liberal arts program and rich tradition, was the Rossland Secondary School student’s first choice.

“I liked it the best because they had a good golf program and also a very good academic program,” said McKay. The 17-year-old golfer played well this past summer finishing 12th at the Veritas World Junior in Los Angeles, 10th in the US Junior qualifier in Spokane, 71st at the Canadian Junior Championship, and then he finished his competitive season at the Pacific Northwest Golf Association in Seattle making it to the semifinal of the second flight.

Tyler also placed first in his age group in the Zone 1 West Kootenay Tour this summer, and joins past Zone 1 Juniors currently playing golf at the NCAA or NAIA college levels.

Last years Zone 1 overall runner up, Jordan Hoodikoff, from Christina Lake is currently playing at Scottsdale Community College in Arizona, Tanner Kopan also from Christina Lake is playing for Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, Nelson’s Jordan Melanson from Granite Point is playing at SFU in Burnaby and Josh Colletti also from Granite Point is at Missouri Valley College.

McKay still has two years eligibility to play junior golf and will graduate in 2013 from Rossland Secondary School.

NHL

Deal in dire straits

THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO Pessimism is growing around the NHL’s stalled collective bargaining talks.

With no future negotiations scheduled, the league is getting close to another round of game cancellations that will further shorten any potential season.

Asked on Thursday if the labour dispute had put the entire year in jeopardy, deputy commissioner Bill Daly replied “I hope not.”

“But I’m more discouraged now than I have been at any point

in the process,” Daly added.

The league and NHL Players’ Association appeared to be putting on a push to make an agreement last week when they met over six consecutive days in New York.

However, Friday’s bargaining session ended with a heated exchange and talks only lasted about an hour on Sunday afternoon before breaking off.

The 61-day lockout has already claimed 327 regular-season game. More are scheduled to go on the chopping block next week.

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booth, janitorial and parking workers who have no hopes of earning their meager wages in the foreseeable future?

Hard to believe anyone is still tuning in, or that advertisers are still footing bills, for wasted air, and air time, these guys are burning.

One wishes the NHL and NHLPA negotiators were working as much.

•Meanwhile, local junior A and B squads are still more entertaining than the pro teams, and there are games in both their arenas this weekend.

The Smoke Eaters, still in need of a strong push for standings points, host two tough clubs this weekend in Prince George and Penticton.

Trail has played well since coming out of a losing streak a fortnight ago, but is in need of some dynamism from its front lines, particularly with some of the league’s best scorers coming to town.

Beaver Valley is a conundrum.

Their offense has been shut down a lot lately, and even when they seem to have it together, as with Tuesday when they stormed the opposition end consistently and scored six times, aren’t getting over the hump very often.

Its unusual, to say the least, for Terry Jones to need stratagems to get the team on course this far into the season. Not panic time yet, but two losses to the Grand Forks Border Bruins already

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Jim Aldridge and other pickleball enthusiasts see sunny days ahead as the City of Trail agreed to designate an area of the Butler Park tennis courts for their exclusive use.

Local group gets court space

BY JIM BAILEY

Times Sports Editor

Trail pickleballers received some good news earlier this month as Trail City council agreed to give them some space.

Council agreed to designate court one at Butler Park for pickleball use. The tennis court will be converted into four pickleball courts that can also be used for kids tennis.

Normally the process would have taken a year or more for the city to consider it at its annual recreation and budget meeting, but the pickleball user club expedited it by offering to raise money to pay for its conversion.

“We just said, ‘Well how about if we just take care of looking after raising the money to put them in because it isn’t a big expense,’” said pickleball representative Wayne Kissick.

“The surface is there, all we have to do is get more posts and nets and repaint the lines.”

The club meets five days a week at the Cominco Gym during the winter, and will start fundraising to convert the court in early spring.

“It’s been a few years, it’s good to see that they (the City) will go that far and it’s up to us now to see what we can do to raise some funds and put it all together.”

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ell, finally there is some top class, live, on-ice competition on television.

You guessed it, curling’s broadcast season began Thursday.

There will be games through the weekend, on Sportsnet and CBC, check your local listings.

So the NHL impasse will become even less interesting to Canadians. The annoying part of the NHL stoppage now is that it hasn’t stopped the deluge of talking head, “experts,” babbling on what could be usable air time.

Despite what the networks and the babblers, seem to believe, there are all sorts of interesting games and events in all sorts of interesting sports that aren’t pro hockey that could be broadcast at limited cost to much greater audiences than the babblers can possibly attract.

Last I looked the babblers were all about reminiscing of the olden days, past trades and the like, at pretty decent salaries. Why hasn’t the uninteresting lot of them been laid off, like all the office, concession, souvenir booth, ticket

this year means he has a lot of work to do.

Sunday afternoon Nitehawk fans have a chance to see how that is going.

• It’s going to be a long wait, but Canadian baseball fans are already chafing at the bit to see whether the Blue Jays have actually become championship contenders with their big trade the other day. Spring training is just over two months away.

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Mother’s Unite Garage Sale will be held at the Trail Memorial Centre gym on Nov. 24, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This indoor community garage sale brings together families in search of quality children’s items.

Salsa Dance Workshop for beginners, with Amber Hayes and Ory Jimenez, will be held on Nov. 24 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Trail Memorial Centre. No experience required. These classes will cover several basic steps and turns

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that can be enjoyed with any salsa song.

A dance partner is required, however singles can register and we will do our best to match you up with a partner.

Pickleball Tournament is being held on Nov. 24 at the Willi Krause Fieldhouse from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

All levels are welcome. Prizes will be available, as well as pizza, so come out for a great morning of active enjoyment.

Ladies X-Country Ski Series with Natasha Lockey is starting Dec. 8 to 15, Saturday’s from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Explore the beautiful crosscountry trails at Champion Lakes. This series is for beginner to intermediate levels. There will be stops with warm up treats included.

Ladies Snowshoe Adventure with Natasha Lockey will be held on Dec. 16 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This adventure is about exploring a gentle trail around Nancy Green Lake, available for all levels to enjoy. There will be stops to take in the great views of the lake and mountains. The highlight will be the homemade gourmet lunch in the trailhead cabin at the end.

Call the Aquatic Centre at 364-0888 to register or for more info.

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Instructor Derek Waterstreet helps out an up-and-coming hockey star as Beaver Valley Rec’s Hot Shots Hockey for beginner skaters hit the ice at the Beaver Valley Arena every Tuesday.

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Come skating at the B.V. Arena on Friday from 6-7:45 p.m. Bring a non-perishable food item and get into public skating free. All food will be donated to the local Community Chest.

Ladies Beginner

Belly Dance classes, instructed by Barbara Stang, is on Tuesday evenings at the Montrose Hall from 6:45-8:15 p.m.

Classes start Nov. 13 – Dec. 18. Cost is $48 for the session or $8 drop-in. For more information about the classes, please call Barbara at 367-0151.

Babysitting Course with Amanda Harding, will be offered on Nov. 19 and 21 from 2:30 – 6:30 p.m. at the Fruitvale Elementary School Library. Cost is $65 per child.

Minimum age is 11 years old.

For more information call Kelly at 3679319.

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Understanding, accepting and dealing with grief

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t hurts to lose someone; it hurts a lot. That pain is called grief.

There is no simple way to take that pain away. It will it take time and likely will occur only after some very important work has been done.

For most, that work begins with coming to an understanding of some basic facts about grief.

Grief is an experience common to all of us, and understanding its’ effects is best done before we find ourselves experiencing it.

Often, however, we put that aside until loss takes grief to centre stage in our thinking. Whether the experience is in your future, or present for you now, it would be helpful to review some basic facts about grief.

Knowing some of the facts will not take the pain away, but it will help ease the journey though grief

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Hospice - support, care, companionship and perhaps minimize the damage of that pain.

Some things we know about grief: Grief affects every part of life.

It often feels that your world has been destroyed or that you are on a journey that is out of control with no idea of where it is taking you.

It can be frightening, and often is, because there is no end date in sight. But be assured there is an end. It may not be sudden but some day “your broken heart will sing again.”

Grief is natural.

It affects everybody. It is the emotional and physical pain that comes from having something torn out of your life.

When a relationship ends in death, a hole is left and it takes time to heal. To feel grief is to be normal. To try to escape grief is to try to be something that is not normal.

People express their grief in many different ways. No two people will grieve in exactly the same way.

Quite likely, each time a person experiences loss they will respond somewhat differently both in the way that they express grief and in the amount of time that it dominates their thinking. Personality, past history with loss, and the nature of the relationship with the person who has died all influence the reaction. It’s okay to be different; grief is personal.

Grief is an oppor-

tunity to learn about ourselves.

All of the feelings that we have in grief; the anger, fear, frustration, confusion and anything else which may arise, spring from values that have been held throughout life. In many cases, it is only when someone, or something,

is gone that its true worth is recognized.

Identifying the pain in grief can be a large step towards allowing a grieving person to discover where the centre of their life really lies.

Grief is an opportunity to show you care.

There are grieving

people all around you.

They do not need to be judged or taught; just listened to and accepted in their pain.

Getting together with others on the journey through grief can provide great encouragement.

One such opportunity is with GriefShare.

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is a support group sponsored in Trail by All the Way Home Chaplaincy Society.

Information is available at 250-231-1149 Rev. Ken Siemens is the Chaplain with All the Way Home Chaplaincy Society and a member of the Board of the Greater Trail Hospice Society

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2012 peak:1753.78 ft. 2011 peak:1751.71 ft.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - A RBC holiday outlook suggests Canadians may be a little more frugal this festive season.

The RBC Canadian Consumer Outlook found that while the majority of Canadians appear to be in a gift-giving mood, they plan on spending less over the holidays than they did last year.

The survey suggests Canadians who celebrate year-end festivities will spend $1,182 on gifts, decorations, entertaining and travel - a figure which is down six per cent from last year’s anticipated amount.

The survey suggests shoppers who plan on buying gifts are likely to shell out $629 on their purchases, down from the $640 anticipated last year.

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later admitted that he was just waiting to see how long it would take me to ask for sex. He finally apologized.

My husband is otherwise a good guy.

He helps around the house and with the kids. But he rarely talks to me unless the conversation has sexual overtones. I have told him that I would prefer more real dialogue -- which would, in fact, lead to more sex -- instead of being bombarded with sexualized comments. Once, he excitedly called me outside, and I thought he had something of import to say. Nope. He thought I looked nice in my shorts and wanted

like “ugly” fences, so we put up a smaller, aesthetically pleasing fence. The neighbor’s trees prevented us from placing it on the actual property line, so he gained a foot or so.

I purchased climbing roses and planted them along the fence. The neighbor then planted an intrusive vine that is wrapping around my rosebushes. He also has tomato plants draping over the fence and heavy clay pots hung on hooks. It’s burning me up that they are so inconsiderate. The year before, we went away for a week, and while we were gone, they picked all our ripe cherries.

What is the best way to deal with the situation? We’ll probably be neighbors for another 15 years. -- Wondering What’s Next Dear Wondering: You are much too accommodating, and your neighbor is taking advantage of you.

We say put up a high, no-nonsense fence on

your property line. If your neighbor objects, tell him, “Good fences make good neighbors.”

Dear Annie: This letter is in response to “Letting Go,” whose boyfriend’s wife died three years ago, and he still has her things in

the house.

I married a widower and also found it strange that he had all of his late wife’s belongings in the house. But I am not threatened by these items. My husband’s first wife is only a memory. She was a

truly wonderful woman, and I am very lucky to have this man in my life. I am accepted and loved by his first wife’s family. We still have a picture of her prominently displayed in our house. -- California

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to grope me. I can’t just switch it on like that. And when I don’t respond, he becomes offended.

I appreciate that he finds me sexy, and I know I could work on my libido, but why is it always up to me?

Why do I get the guilt trip? What can I say to help him understand that I’m perfectly willing, but would also like him to pay attention to me when he doesn’t want sex? -- Some Talk, Please Dear Talk: Your husband sounds amazingly clueless. His behavior toward intimacy is passive-aggressive, and your resentment only undermines his attempts to have sex.

If you cannot get him to understand this, please look into free or low-cost counseling through your church or United Way. It will be worth it.

Dear Annie: A few years ago, we got a dog.

Our next-door neighbor made it clear he didn’t

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Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 16 years.

We have two children, one with Asperger syndrome.

Over the years, my sex drive has waned because of stress, age, work, children, etc. I try to make an effort to be intimate every week.

I’ve seen a doctor to check my hormone levels, and we are already in family counseling because of our child.

Additional counseling to discuss intimacy would be cost prohibitive.

But, Annie, sometimes I just don’t feel like having sex. Rather than trying to “woo” me just a little, or even initiate sex when we have quiet time and our kids aren’t likely to walk in, my husband sits and sulks until I make the first move. He does this every single time. During one particularly stressful summer, I didn’t make any moves, and he ignored me for two months. He

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Because your idealism is aroused, you will do what you can to help those who are less fortunate. You also might want to study how to do this professionally.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You might be able to use the resources of others to benefit someone in need. If sharing anything today, keep a healthy self-interest.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You’re willing to go more than halfway to be supportive to a good friend or a partner.

(This is why you find others are willing to do this for you.)

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You are genuinely concerned about someone at work today, which is why you will go out of your way to help them. This is good, because what goes around

comes around.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) If you fall in love with someone today, make sure you are realistic. It’s easy to wear rose-colored glasses and ignore the faults of others.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You feel like you’re on vacation today! You want to relax, play and have fun. This is also a great day to express your creative talents. Enjoy!

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You will go out of your way to help a family member today, no question. You want to use your energy to benefit those who are suffering in any way, because you feel sympathetic.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Your creative vibes are hot today! This is a wonderful day for those of you who write or edit, because your imagination is heightened and you’re thinking out of the box.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You are tempted to spend money on gorgeous, luxurious, elegant items. Yes, they will cost too much money, and yet you will scheme how you can get them!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Because you are sympathetic to the needs of the others, you’ll use your energy to help someone today. You know you want to do the

right thing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Secret love affairs or quiet trysts might take place for some of you today. You’ve been keeping a secret for a long time now, haven’t you?

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You’ll find it rewarding if you lend your efforts to a charitable organization. You want to be the best that you can be.

YOU BORN TODAY You like to be helpful and often are a successful mediator.

You are natural builder, and as such, you like to keep things together, including people. You dislike dissent.

You have strong, moral beliefs but are objective about the beliefs of others. In the coming year, a major change might occur, perhaps as significant as something that occurred around 2004.

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May 19, 1982 - November 16, 2008 A thousand times we needed you, A thousand times we cried, If love alone could have saved you, You never would have died.

A heart of gold stopped beating, Two twinkling eyes closed to rest, God broke our hearts to prove, He only took the best.

Never a day goes by that you’re not in our hearts and souls.

Loved and sadly missed by Auntie Bev & Uncle Elmer; Takaia & Jeremiah; Molly, Kullen, Ivy & River; Erik; Stephanie, Danny & Silas; Chelsey & Jacob.

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May 19, 1982 - Nov 16, 2008 Forever in our hearts

Four years have passed since your smile warmed our world, We find some peace knowing you are with your beloved “Nan”.

Our precious memories we hold close within our hearts, Until we are together again we watch for shooting stars.

Love you forever and always, dearly missed by Mom, Kirk & Parker, Ryan, Teresa and your beautiful little Matty.

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Employment Help Wanted Kitchen Help and Day Prep Cook Wanted Apply at in person with resume to Benedict’s Steakhouse Scho¿eld +iJhway 7rail 250-368-3360

Help Wanted Foxy’s in Trail is seeking to hire

Servers/ Bartenders Apply at the front desk in person at the Best Western Columbia River Hotel Mon-Fri 9am-5pm Valid ID and Serving It Right required.

An Alberta Construction Company is hiring Dozer and Excavator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfield road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051.

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Career Opportunities at Mountain Lake Seniors Community in Nelson, BC “Pride in Caring� is AdvoCare’s philosophy and we welcome you to become a part of our team!

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY MEDICAL OFFICE ASSISTANT Part-Time (Maternity Leave Coverage)

Busy Orthopedic surgeon’s office seeking part-time administrative support. This position requires a teamplayer who maintains extreme attention-to-detail.

Duties include, but are not limited to: Patient records management | Handling patient inquiries Patient bookings | administrative tasks as assigned Hours of work may vary.

QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS • Graduate of a recognized medical office assistant program or equivalent education and experience. • Minimum of 2 years experience in a related position in a hospital or physician office setting. • Extensive knowledge of computer applications (e.g.: Microsoft Office Suite Applications, Accuro). • Strong organizational and time-management skills.

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SMALL square alfalfa/grass hay bales for sale. 1st and 2nd cut. Call 250-428-1793. Creston area. Pick up only.

5 GLASS carboys, size 4Gal & 7Gal. $5.00 & $7.00. 250368-9281 CHILLSPOT IS The Coolest Dog Bed-A new and innovative, thermodynamically cooled dog bed, that enhances the cool tile surfaces our pets rely on during the warm weather months. www.chillspot.biz FILING CABINET, Legal size, metal 3 drawer with many hanging files. $40. OBO. Ph. 250-367-9693

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Alfalfa, alfalfa mix or straight grass (small square bales) in Lister. Call Jay or Trish at 250428-9755

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Park Siding $139,000

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Fruitvale $184,900

Heavy Duty Machinery

DIRTBUSTERS Carpet cleaning, area rugs, flood work, furnace & air duct cleaning, 250364-1484, 250-364-0145 MOVING / Junk Removal 250-231-8529 PLUMBING REPAIRS, Sewer backups, Video Camera Inspection.

24hr Emergency Service. 250-231-8529 Try Our new BP Italian Pizza 24/7 Ordering! BP Hot Foods Deli 250-512-9449 online menu: bpdinermineralsparesortattraction.com

Feed & Hay

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Riverside $124,000

TRAIL United Church, 1300 Pine Avenue. Sat. Nov.17, 9am-? Proceeds to Food Bank

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MLS#K215182

Glenmerry $309,900

Fruitvale $319,900

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Glenmerry $249,500

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Position of

'ENERAL -ANAGER Community Futures of Greater Trail is a dynamic volunteer, board-driven organization providing resources, commercial loans, and related services to the business community in the Greater Trail area.

Community Futures of Greater Trail is looking to employ an experienced leader and strategic individual in order to fulďŹ ll its mission: to encourage and assist entrepreneurs to build successful enterprises that enhance economic prosperity, social well being and environmental integrity.

In order to deliver on this mandate, the successful applicant will be relied on to: s -ANAGE THE OVERALL AFFAIRS OF THE CORPORATION s 3UPERVISE AND SUPPORT STAFF IN THE AREAS OF COMMERCIAL LENDING COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS COUNSELLING INCUBATION s -ANAGE THE ORGANIZATION S PROPERTY HOLDINGS The ideal individual will have a university degree in a business related discipline and/or an accounting degree, as well as 10+ years experience in management, commercial lending, community economic development, and property management. In addition, the successful applicant will have demonstrated the ability to perform with a high level of integrity in the workplace. The successful applicant will have community values consistent with those of the board, committees, and staff of the Community Futures of Greater Trail.

This exciting opportunity is a full-time salaried position, starting at $80,000+ (commensurate with experience), and a competitive beneďŹ ts package.

Interested applicants are encouraged to submit a resume with cover letter via email attention Chairperson, Larry Doell, at chair@communityfutures.com. Closing date for this opportunity is November 23, 2012 For more information on Community Futures of Greater Trail and/or a complete job description, please visit www. communityfutures.com.

Please note: Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

MLS#K214964

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Fruitvale $344,000 W NE

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Fruitvale $599,000 W NE

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Emerlad Ridge $117,700 W NE

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Trail $93,900

Park Siding $179,900

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Emerald Ridge $588,000

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Fruitvale $349,000 D CE DU RE

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Beaver Falls $179,000

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Waneta $650,000

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Montrose $319,900

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Fruitvale $314,000

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Trail $189,900

Trail $269,000

Annable $149,900

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DT TRAIL,. 220sq.ft., river view. $450./mo.; 2100sqft. $1100./mo. 250-368-6076

ROOMMATE WANTED to share 2 Bdrm Suite in South Castlegar $470/mth + 1/2 damage, includes utilities, cable/wifi. Working or student only, N/S, No partiers. Room is unfurnished, W/D, TV in otherwise furnished suite.

Phone 250-304-4649

Nonagenarian disposing a multitude of cherished items, antique and modern. China Cabinet $80, barley corn folding table $175, trunk $50, record player, records, sewing machine, collection of razors, sharpening stuff, lighters, old cameras, postcards, pliers, timekeepers, wartime, medical bandages, 2 speakers, home and shop tools, 306 rifle with scope & case, deepwell pump, pop boxes, damaged motorcycle, big roll of single strand wire, fireproof shingles, antique farm implements & 8N Tractors, stump puller, ploughs, discs, harrow mower, rake, heavy roller, cultivator etc. etc. etc. acreage, house in Nelson 505-5200

WINTER TIRES FOR SALE 2 Winguard on steel rims 3/4 tread 205-65 R15 94T $100 for the pair • Crib mattress (great condition) $20 Call 250-362-7681 after 5pm or Cell # 250-231-2174 Woodfired Boiler. Tarm Innova 50 controls & storage.

250-344-2603 evenings. jcross@redshift.bc.ca

E.TRAIL, 2BDRM Gyro park, heat, hot water & cable incl. $675/mo 250-362-3316 Francesco Estates, Glenmerry. Adults only. N/P, N/S, 1-3 bdrms. Phone 250.368.6761.

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Trail Times Friday, November 16, 2012

Three steps to preventing Type 2 diabetes

BY INTERIOR HEALTH AUTORITY Chances are you know someone with type 2 diabetes. That someone may even be you.

Currently more than 2.7 million Canadians have type 2 diabetes. Genetics and lifestyle play a large role in the development of this serious health condition. Diabetes increases your risk of heart disease, kidney failure, blindness, nerve damage, and even erectile dysfunction.

Making a few lifestyle changes can dramatically lower the chances of developing type 2 diabetes. Take these three important steps to reduce your risk.

Get moving. Aim for 30 minutes of activity a day. Getting active doesn’t have to mean starting an exercise class or joining a gym.

Choose activities that you enjoy or ones that you can do as a family - rake leaves, walk your kids to school, go for a bike ride after supper, or dance the night away!

Maintain a healthy weight. Extra weight around the belly area is a risk factor for diabetes. Even a modest amount of weight loss can reduce your risk. Speak with your health care professional about a healthy weight loss goal and ways to achieve it.

Eat well. Have foods from at least three of the four food groups at each meal. Fill half your plate at supper with vegetables, a quarter with a protein (from the meat and alternatives group) and the other quarter with a starch (from the grain products group). Drink low-fat milk and choose lowfat yogurt or cheese.

Keep your portions reasonable and go easy on high-fat spreads, dips, and sauces.

Aim for two servings of fish each week and choose low fat meats like extra lean beef, turkey, and skinless chicken.

Try cooking with beans, lentils, and tofu.

These meat alternatives are inexpensive and have many health benefits. Lastly, cut out sugary drinks like soda.

Sugary drinks provide extra calories and do not fill you up.

For more great tips check out Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide at http:// www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/ index-eng.php. It is a great resource and it’s available online or at your local health unit.

HEALTH

More doctors practising in rural areas THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - A new report says that over the last five years, the number of doctors in Canada has increased at a rate three times faster than that of the population.

The Canadian Institute for Health Information says there were more than 72,500 physicians caring for patients in 2011, a rise of 14 per cent since 2007.

The Canadian population grew 4.7 per cent over the same time period.

Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and

Labrador, and Quebec had the highest physician-to-population ratios, while Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island had lowest.

In 2011, 51 per cent of Canada’s doctors practised family medicine, while 49 per cent were medical and surgical specialists.

The report also found that more doctors are practising in rural Canada compared to five years earlier, including 15 per cent of the country’s general practitioners.

“The encouraging news is that the gap

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between the number of urban and rural family physicians is decreasing,” Geoff Ballinger, CIHI’s manager of health human resources, said Thursday in a statement.

“Many regions have implemented programs to persuade new graduates to work in rural areas. These initiatives encourage doctors to practise in communities where physician access would otherwise be difficult.”

Yet despite improvements, some rural communities continue to face doctor shortages.

For instance, 3,000 residents of Enderby, B.C., will soon have only one doctor. Five doctors were practising in the northern Okanagan community until June, when two retired and one moved to Vancouver - and now a fourth is moving to Saskatchewan.

The doctor shortage has forced closures or reduced hours at hospital emergency departments in several rural B.C. communities.

The CIHI report also found a growing proportion of doctors are female. Last year,

about 36 per cent of Canada’s doctors were women - a jump of 23 per cent from 2007.

Over the same period, the number of male physicians rose by just nine per cent.

At a provincial level, Quebec and New Brunswick had the highest percentages of female physicians last year, at 42 per cent and 36 per cent respectively.

Prince Edward Island, at 28 per cent, and Saskatchewan and Manitoba, both at 32 per cent, had the lowest proportions of female doctors.

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SUNDAY HOROSCOPE

By Francis Drake For Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Someone who is older or more experienced, especially in a group situation, might try to put you down or criticize you today. Don’t let this happen. Maintain your own integrity.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) It’s difficult to please bosses and parents today.

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Just accept this and be patient. Many people feel this way today. (Oh dear.)

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Travel plans might disappoint you today. You might not get a reservation, or increased responsibilities could change your plans.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) This is a poor day to decide how to divide something, especially an inheri-

tance or something that has to do with shared property. People are in a stingy frame of mind. (It’s oppressive.)

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) If friends and partners are critical of you today, don’t take it personally.

And try not to be critical of them. It’s just what it is.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You feel overburdened

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with responsibilities and tasks today. Just do what you can. Each of us has only 24 hours a day, and that’s it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Children might be an increased burden or responsibility for you today. Meanwhile, romantic liaisons are discouraging. (This is a brief, passing dark cloud.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is not a good day to deal with parents and authority figures. Just accept this, and be patient with them.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You might fall into worry mode today. Try not to do this because, for your sign especially, its deadly!

Optimism is a survival issue for you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You might feel broke today. (Why is there always so much month left at the end of the money?) Join the club; we number in the millions. Most people in the world feel broke.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You might feel lonely or cut off from others today because you yourself are withdrawn. Not to worry, many people feel this way as well. The way to get out of this is to be friendly (but sometimes it’s just too much bother).

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Your confidence is weak today, and you might find yourself second-guessing

everything you do. Don’t worry; this feeling is gone by tomorrow. (Whew!)

Instead, use it to do careful research and check things.

YOU BORN TODAY You are social, active and intellectually aware. As such, you are “in the know.” You are diligent and work hard to achieve what you want, not the least of which is recognition. You are highly sought-after as an entertaining friend who is helpful to others. You will be delighted to know your year ahead will be extremely social and a blessing to all relationships.

Birthdate of: Elizabeth Perkins, actress; Margaret Atwood, poet/novelist; Oscar Nunez, actor. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Monday/Tuesday horoscope

By Francis Drake

For Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A group, or perhaps a friend in a group, will make you feel welcome today.

You’ll love interacting with others, because you feel part of something. You feel like you belong.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Work-related travel is likely today. People in authority view you as positive, capable and enthusiastic regarding what you’re doing. (Good news for you.)

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You’re enthusiastic about getting away somewhere to expand your horizons in some way. Good news about publishing, higher education and the media will make you pumped!

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You definitely can benefit from the wealth and resources of others today.

Don’t be worried about attached strings; just say, “Thank you.”

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LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is a wonderful day to schmooze with others, even members of the general public. All group activities will be mutually beneficial.

(Work with others.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Co-workers are unusually supportive today, which means it behooves you to join forces to get things done. You also might travel related to your work.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This definitely is a playful day! You want to share the company of others and have fun! Someone from another country or a different culture might play a big role.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is a great day to entertain at home. Invite the gang over for pizza and beer. You might want to discuss how to expand your living situation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Thank goodness your optimism has returned. This

is very important for your sign, because optimism and physical activity are survival issues for you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Look for opportunities to boost your income today, because they certainly exist.

Quite likely, it will involve working with others as part of a team.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Domestic peace and happiness are important to you today. This also is a good day for business. This good fortune is because the Moon is in your sign, and it’s dancing with lucky Jupiter!

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Quiet moments or solitude in beautiful surroundings will delight you today. You want to feel you can expand your horizons, but you want to do so privately, on your own terms. Yoga, meditation or a quiet walk outdoors will please you.

YOU BORN TODAY At times, you are rebellious, but you are always a revolu-

tionary. This is because you have a strong desire to bring reform and improvement to society around you. You are self-confident and often take on the role of the crusader. Fortunately, you’re convincing as well! Set aside time in the coming year to study something important, because it will make a difference in 2014.

Birthdate of: Ted Turner, businessman/philanthropist; Meg Ryan, actress; Jodie Foster, actress/director.

For Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Grab every chance to travel in the next six weeks, because your sense of adventure is strong. Furthermore, you’ll welcome any chance to get further training or education. Go! TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) In the month ahead, your focus turns to shared property, taxes, debt and insurance matters. There are lots of loose ends that you need to clear up, no?

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Because the Sun is opposite your sign for the next four weeks, you will need more sleep. (The Sun is your source of energy, and it will be as far away from you as it gets all year.)

CANCER (June 21 to July 22)

Work hard to get organized in the next month.

Give yourself the right tools to do a great job. Get file folders, cleaning material, paint, shelving, closet organizers -- whatever.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)

Expect a fun-loving, delightful six weeks ahead!

Enjoy the theater, movies, parties, social engagements, sports events and playful activities with children.

Romance will flourish!

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Home, family and your domestic, private world will be your strong focus for the next month. Interactions with a parent could be particularly significant.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You’re entering an accelerated pace for the next month. Short trips, conversations with everyone, plus increased reading and writing will keep you on the go!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Your focus turns to money, possessions and your selfimage. You will be concerned about these things in the next month, especially ways to boost earnings.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) With the Sun in your sign for the next four weeks, you have an opportunity to rejuvenate yourself. Expect

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favorable circumstances and people to come your way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Use the next several weeks to strategize about what you want your new year (birthday to birthday) to be. How do you want it to be different from this past year?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) A popular month awaits you! Enjoy schmoozing with others. Share your hopes and dreams for the future with someone, because this person’s feedback might help you.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) In the next six weeks, the Sun will travel across the top of your chart, acting like a spotlight on you. This is why others will notice you more than usual. (This lighting is flattering!)

YOU BORN TODAY You challenge anything you think is unjust or unfair. You are highly principled and a fighter for the right cause. This is why you often are involved in controversial issues. You know how to use sarcasm and wit. You are practical, even though you can appear casual. Your year ahead is the beginning of an exciting new cycle. Open any door!

Birthdate of: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, politician/attorney general; Sean Young, actress; Jason Thompson, actor.

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REgional Cranbrook

Toilet program flushed with success

By Sally MacDonald

Cranbrook Daily Townsman

With a little over six weeks until the end of the year, Cranbrook residents have taken all 200 rebates for low-flow toilets from city hall.

Now in its third year, the city’s Low Flow Toilet Rebate program has handed out a total of 600 rebates to residents who replace large-volume toilets with either low-flow or dual-flush fixtures in their homes.

The program is a large part of the city’s overall water con-

servation initiative, and the $50 rebate encourages residents to help the environment and reduce the amount of water the city’s water and sewer systems needs to deal with each day.

The city offered recognition for the Regional District of East Kootenay and the Cranbrook Transfer Station staff, who support the program by taking the old toilets people have replaced.

Council has yet to decide whether to continue the rebate program next year.

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Cell: 250-521-0525

Darlene Abenante ext 23 Cell: 250.231.0527

darlene@hometeam.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Christine Albo

Cell: 250-512-7653

ext 39

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

Art Forrest

ext 42 c21art@telus.net www.kootenayhomes.com

Mary Martin

Cell: 250-231-0264

ext 28

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

Terry Alton

Cell: 250-231-1101

ext 48

terryalton@shaw.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

375 Willow Drive, Warfield $299,500 Call Bill (250) 231-2710

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

Ron Allibone

Cell: 250-368-1162

ext 45

ron@hometeam.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Richard Daoust

Cell: 250-368-7897

ext 24

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