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YEAR IN REVIEW: Read the top news and sports stories in Revelstoke in 2012

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Highlight of the year: Dam spilling spectacular

Perhaps no event in Revelstoke captured the town like the opening of the spillways of the Revelstoke Dam for a weekend in June. Pretty much everyone made the drive up Highway 23 North to take in the spectacle of up to 24,000 cubic feet per second of water flow through the spillways. The dam was opened up because of heavy rain throughout the month of June. Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Times Review

Year in Review 2012

Our 2012 Year in Review issues looks back at the top news stories of the year

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January 11

Revelstoke residential values drop by almost 9% The average value of a home in Revelstoke dropped by nearly nine per cent over the past year, according to the 2012 assessment role by BC Assessment.

Meanwhile, the total value of commercial and other properties jumped by nearly 18 per cent.

Properties are assessed of July 1 of the previous year.

According to the data, the average value of a home in Revelstoke dropped to $330,000 from $364,000.

January 18

Celebrating Revel-

Hundreds of parents and children came out to the Celebration of Children at Revelstoke Secondary School last Thursday. The event was marked by the signing of the Revelstoke Children’s Charter, a presentation about Revelstoke’s success with early childhood development and entertainment by a score of talented kids.

“Our hope is that the charter is used to challenge all of us to create a community in which the best interests of children are a primary concern for all of us,” Tracy Spannier, the co-ordinator of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Committee, told the many people in attendance.

Spannier introduced the signing of the Children’s Charter by explaining what it was about and how it was developed.

She said it was the result of a year’s work by a dedicated committee of early childhood workers, business groups, politicians and others.

“We wanted to create a document that was focused, clear and concise,” Spannier said. “The convention and our charter recognize that parents have a primary role in bringing up children and highlights the defence of the family’s role in children’s life. They are the children’s most important teachers, role models and guides.

January 25

A bridge over frozen water The new bridge over the Illecillewaet River, nicknamed the Black Bridge, opened to the public last week. The opening of the

bridge marks the culmination of a long-held dream of the Illecillewaet Greenbelt Society, which had been hoping to create a pedestrian crossing over the Illecillewaet since the society was founded in the late 1980s.

The Mark Kingsbury Memorial Bridge is named after the former president of CMH, who’s foundation made a $100,000 donation to the project in exchange for the name. It was built by Vic Van Isle over the course of the fall and the truss was installed shortly before Christmas.

The bridge won’t have its official opening until the spring but judging by the well-trodden snow along the wooden walkway, it is already seeing substantial use. ..

It looks like an old railway bridge. The black steel frame mimics the original CP railway bridge

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Southside fire burns down family home A family has been left homeless after a fire engulfed a Southside home Friday afternoon.

“It’s good to have your life but everything you lose is the hard part to take,” said Peggy Issac. “You lose everything.”

The only thing saved – the wooden urn containing the ashes of Nick Shewchuk’s wife Violet, who passed away last June.

The fire started in a home on Simpson Street at around 1 p.m.

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February 15

Revelstoke’s population remains in decline, census shows

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Mayor David Raven says he isn’t sure he believes the latest census data showing a decline in Revelstoke’s population, but if it’s true, “it is a bit concerning.”

“We always thought it was starting to grow a bit and obviously there were signs our population was growing,” he said upon release of the latest data by Statistics Canada last week that showed. “We thought we were growing so its a bit disturbing to find that we’re not.”

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The numbers show that Revelstoke’s population dropped by almost 100 people in the past five years, to 7,139 people in 2011 from 7,230 in 2006. That represents a 1.3 per cent decline, These numbers run counter to expectations that Revelstoke’s population would remain largely unchanged; BC Stats projected the population for the region to be 7,924 people in 2011, compared to 7,936 in 2006. That’s 233 more people than actually live here, according to the census.

February 22

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It was in hospital that Jones died from her injuries, but not after fighting for her life for four hours, her mother said. “She died three times and they brought her back.”

James Baring, 6th Baron Revelstoke, dies at 73 James Cecil Baring, 6th Baron Revelstoke passed away on Feb. 7, 2012 at the age of 73. An obituary in the UK newspaper The Telegraph notes the aviator copiloted a flight over the Irish Sea just one day before he passed away.

James Baring was the greatgrandson of financier Edward Charles Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke of Membland. The City of Revelstoke was named in his honour after he bailed out the troubled CPR railway project in the late 1880s. The financial support allowed the completion of the faltering project to unite the nation by rail.

February 29

School superintendent Anne Cooper to retire Anne Cooper has announced she will be retiring as superintendent of the Revelstoke School District, but not until she sees the new schools project to completion next year.

The school district announced Thursday morning that Cooper would be retiring as of June 30, 2013.

“I really thought long and hard over Christmas that I needed to bring closure to a plan for myself,” she told the Times Review. “I love this job and I’ve had such a wonderful 13 years to

date and another year and a bit to wrap up things.”

Cooper’s announcement is not unexpected and she has hinted at her intentions for some time, however she only made if official recently, informing the Revelstoke Board of Education of her plans two weeks ago.

March 14

Life sentence for Brandon Cruickshank for double murder Former Revelstoke resident Brandon Cruickshank pleaded guilty to two counts of seconddegree murder in an Alberta courtroom on Monday, March 5.

The charges stem from an Oct. 14, 2010 shooting on a rural property near Bonnyville, Alberta that left two men dead. Jimmy Armillotta, 27, of Revelstoke and Fil Kedzior, 21, who was a resident of nearby Bonnyville, were found dead on the scene after a neighbour reported a man with a gun outside the remote property in the early morning hours.

Brandon Cruickshank was soon arrested and charged with the murders.

Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Justice A.W. Germain sentenced Brandon Cruickshank to two concurrent life sentences.

Cruickshank will not be able to apply for parole for 15 years and also received a lifetime firearms ban.

Backcountry skier dies in Ghost Peak avalanche Revelstoke RCMP have confirmed that a backcountry skier died Sunday in an avalanche near Ghost Peak“RCMP were called on Sunday afternoon at approximately 4:40 p.m. and [were] advised that there had been an

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avalanche in the Ghost Peak area south of Revelstoke,” said Revelstoke RCMP detachment commander Staff Sgt. Jacquie Olsen in a statement. “The slide broke and buried a backcountry skier. The remaining members of the group were able to locate the male via a beacon search and were able to dig him out.”

March 21

Court hearing sheds light on death of Daniel Levesque The mother of Daniel Levesque doesn’t believe a pathologist’s report that states her son died of a drug overdose.

“He just coincidentally happened to OD after being hit on the head with a hammer? It’s just totally absurd,” Stacey Thur told the Times Review last Wednesday.

“People that know Daniel know that’s not who he was.”

Thur was reacting to an article

by Victoria Times Colonist reporter Louise Dickson that shed light on what happened on Aug. 3, the night Levesque died following an altercation in a Victoria condo.

Joshua Bredo was charged with second degree murder in connection with Levesque’s death but on Dec. 9, the charges against Bredo were stayed due to lack of evidence to support a conviction. The investigation is ongoing.

According to the autopsy by Dr. Carol Lee, Levesque had two circular wounds on the back of his head – consistent with being struck by a hammer. However, on Dec. 8, Lee’s report concluded that Levesque died from cocaine toxicity. The next day, the charges against Bredo were stayed.

“Police are concerned that the pathologist relied on incomplete, inaccurate and unsubstantiated information, the affidavit says,” Dickson reported.

March 28

Community mourns passing of David

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About 150 people came out to remember David Johnson at his funeral last Friday at St. Peter’s Anglican Church.

He was remembered as a great father and grandfather, as someone who obsessed with numbers – from the steps he took to trains passing through town to the daily temperature – and as someone always ready to give back.

The community of Revelstoke was sent reeling after news of David Johnson’s death last Sunday, Mar. 18.

“It was very sudden and very shocking,” said Cathleen Busch, a Deacon at St. Peter’s Anglican Church where Johnson was a very active member. “We feel so bad for Edna Mae and the family to have to deal with that. We’re reeling from it ourselves here.”

Johnson, 67, was heavily involved in the Revelstoke community. He and his wife Edna Mae owned the Minto Manor where they hosted many performances; he was the chairman of the Revelstoke Community Energy Corporation and he was president of the Revelstoke Heritage Railway Society. He and his wife were also active supporters of the arts.

April 4

Revelstoke Grizzlies owners apply to move team to 100 Mile House A May 6 meeting of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League board of governors will determine if Revelstoke will have Junior B hockey next season.

On Sunday, April 1, the current ownership team of the Revelstoke Grizzlies sent notification to the KIJHL’s 20 governors notifying them of their intent to sell the team to a group from 100 Mile House.

The 100 Mile House Wranglers have their own website, logo and have announced a spring camp taking place April 13–15. Rumours that the two parties have been in discussion have been persistent

over the past months.

KIJHL president Bill Ohlhausen confirmed the news of the notification to move in an April 2 interview. “This is the first time that the governors have heard about this,” Ohlhausen said. “They will have to decide.”

Regional district criticized over airport fence A local resident is seriously questioning the Columbia Shuswap Regional District’s decision to block access to the Columbia River flats near the Revelstoke Airport.

“The way they went ... about this makes you wonder if further actions to cut off access will happen just out of the blue,” said Jim Maitre, who lives near the Airport.

“They don’t talk to anyone about it, there’s no signs to indicate potential hazards for people running around the runway. They just arbitrarily closed access and there’s no reason to think they won’t close other access.”

Maitre was reacting to a decision by the CSRD to place a fence that would block access to the trail used to access the area.

The CSRD, which operates the airport, said the action was being taken because of concerns that people and their pets accessing the runaway could conflict with aircraft taking off or landing at the airport.

April 25

Residents express concern as smart meters arrive It’s finally happened – Smart Meters are coming to Revelstoke, with numerous people receiving letters indicating the controversial machines will be installed at their homes.

The meters, which are supposed to modernize BC Hydro’s transmission grid, have been met with opposition due for a variety of reasons ranging from health to cost to

privacy concerns.

“To me it’s mostly a health issue with the radiation from the meters,” said Frank Lemay, who paid to have a flyer warning about the risk of smart meters placed in this week’s Times Review. “Then the cost, of course. The cost to install, the cost for people to have them – people are paying a lot more money for hydro.” ...

BC Hydro says the smart meters will make the system more efficient, provide more accurate readings and reduce waste. It says the amount of radiation emitted over a 20-year-period is equivalent to one 30 minute cell phone call, though those numbers are disputed by the Coalition to Stop “Smart Meters”.

May 2

Council hears competing visions for Revelstoke bike route Revelstoke city council was presented with a competing vision for a proposed new bike lane system at its April 24 meeting.

The city’s proposed main bike lane route through the city would follow roughly the same route and no parking would be eliminated.

However, a recommendation from the City of Revelstoke’s Enhancement Committee proposes a plan that would see the elimination of on-street parking on one side of the street for extensive stretches on the route through the city.

and they asked me if I was going to operate the team and I said yes,” Hendrickson told the Times Review Monday morning.

Resource conservation hit hardest as government cuts 14 local Parks jobs The resource conservation department for Revelstoke & Glacier National Parks will be the hardest hit by a recent round of layoffs that will see 14 staff have their jobs eliminated or hours reduced.

Out of the 14 affected jobs, six have been surplussed – government speak for eliminated – and eight others will see their hours reduced by varying degrees. Out of the six layoffs, five people left voluntarily.

As a result, hours and days of operations in the Parks will be reduced, with facilities such as campsites, the Giant Cedars Boardwalk and the Rogers Pass Centre set to open for shorter periods of the year.

The cuts are across most parts of the parks’ operations; highway operations, the avalanche program and visitor safety will remain as they are but resource conservation is the hardest hit, with four out of eight positions eliminated, longtime Parks employee Alan Polster told me.

May 16

City engineering director Brian May 9 Mallett passes Grizzlies staying in suddenly Revelstoke under Friends and family, many from Alberta, joined community memcurrent owners The Revelstoke Grizzlies will not be moving to 100 Mile House and the current team ownership, under the direction of Lew Hendrickson, will continue to run the franchise.

“All I can tell you is I attended the league meetings in Castlegar

bers from Revelstoke for a standing-room only funeral service on Friday in memory of Brian Mallett, who died suddenly on Sunday, May 6.

Relatives spoke of a man who loved the outdoors, family and was

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Rail engineers, conductors and rail traffic controllers issued a 72-hour strike notice Saturday, CP announced in a press release.

The notice means the workers can go on strike starting just after midnight on Wednesday, May 23.

The workers, which are represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, voted by a 95 per cent margin in favour of a strike in April.

The current collective agreement expired at the start of 2012 and negotations have been ongoing since October.

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June 27

Rescuers make last-minute save after boaters capsize in frigid Columbia Revelstoke residents Colin Titsworth and Brett Renaud are being credited with saving two lives on June 15 after rescuing two capsized canoeists who were slipping into shock and hypothermia while clinging to a floating log in the middle of the Columbia River.

May 30

MP David Wilks anti-budget comments cause national stir

The RSS choir, accompanied by former Minister of Education George Abbott, and school district superintendent Anne Cooper, performs at the official opening of the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre in June. Cooper called the 275-seat theatre a ‘resplendent facility’ and it has hosted a number of events since opening, ranging from concerts, to films to dance performances and more.

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dedicated to the betterment of the community in his professional and private life.

Mallett, the City of Revelstoke’s Director of Engineering and Public Works, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. He was just 50 years old.

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The budget is a revision of a draft presented about a month ago.

That version targeted an acrossthe-board two-per cent increase for residential, commercial and industrial property taxes.

May 23

Budget 2012: Revelstoke council votes for 2.5% residential increase Revelstoke city council achieved a rare consensus on a final budget vote, unanimously approving the 2012 budget at their May 8 meeting.

In recent years, holdouts such as Coun. Tony Scarcella railed against a plump budget, while another councillor said he’d hold his nose and vote for it.

This year, ‘Hard to swallow’ was mayor David Raven’s metaphor for the 2012 budget: “Often you have to chew on things long enough that we can all swallow it at the end of the day,” Raven commented of the process leading to the May 8 final

‘Revelstoke Caribou Rearing in the Wild’ proposes local maternity pen A coalition of Revelstoke stakeholders interested in establishing a caribou maternity pen project are scheduled to present their case to Revelstoke city council on May 22.

The Revelstoke Caribou Rearing in the Wild (RCRW) group wants to build a maternity pen and place 10 female caribou from the Columbia North herd inside as they gestate, give birth and raise their calves through the critical first six weeks of their lives.

The idea is to protect the vulnerable calves from predators such as wolves, bears and wolverines.

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along two trails in Begbie Creek area

Revelstokians have an opportunity to comment on logging planned for the Begbie Creek area that will impact two mountain biking trails.

Stella-Jones, the forestry company that holds the timber license for the area, is planning on logging two cut blocks near Begbie Creek.

One will impact the Quarry Trail and the other the Hemlock Groove trail.

However, the company does not plan on logging until the winter and will help re-build the trails afterwards, as set out in a Memorandum of Understanding signed between Stella-Jones and the Revelstoke Cycling Association, said Ashley Ladyman, the woodlands manager for Stella Jones. “We would be living up to everything and more that we signed on to. I look at that thing and that was bare minimum,” he said.

May 30

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Airport Way will remain closed near Williamson’s Lake as crews work to repair a section of road that broke away after a culvert failed sometime last week.

“If we’re open by a week from today, we will be fortunate. It could be longer,” said Darren Komonoski in an interview on Monday morning.

The road was closed Thursday evening after a large sinkhole was noticed in the road at the bend just north of the Williamson Lake turnoff.

City public works’ crews started excavating on Friday and continued to dig over the weekend. By Sunday night, there was fill piled threemetres high along long stretches of Airport Way on both sides of the sinkhole. Two excavators were parked on site.

August 1

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Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks said he will vote against the Conservative government’s omnibus budget bill, but only if 12 other government MPs vote with him.

“I will stand up and say the Harper government should get rid of Bill C-38,” he told a gathering of about 30 constituents at the Best Western Hotel in Revelstoke last Tuesday, May 22.

He hedged his remarks, saying he was powerless as a lone MP to change anything and would need 12 other MPs to vote with him to defeat the bill.

“If Canadians want it changed, then enough Canadians have to stand (up) to their MPs and say ‘no.’ ,” he said.

A day later he “clarified” his remarks. “I support this bill, and the jobs and growth measures that it will bring for Canadians in Kootenay-Columbia and right across the country,” he said in a statement posted to his website.

His remarks, which were first reported by the Times Review, made national headlines, going from a little known backbencher (Peter Mansbridge, host of CBC’s The National said he had never heard of Wilks) to one of the big newsmakers of the week in Canada.

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Syntaris Power, a private company that specialized in hydro power, has applied for investigative use licenses for three projects along the Wood River north of Mica and seven more between Revelstoke and Mica.

They includes plans for a power project along the lower Goldstream River, as well as Brewster and Old Camp Creeks, which are tributaries of the Goldstream. Other proposals are for Clemenceau Creek, a remote creek in the B.C. Rockies north of Golden; Granite Creek, which flows into the Downie Arm of Lake Revelstoke; the Upper and Lower Wood River, which is a tributary of Kinbasket Lake; and two in the area of Scrip Creek, on the western side of Lake Revelstoke not far south of Mica.

August 8

Revelstoke Museum to create major exhibit Land of Thundering Snow The Revelstoke Museum & Archives is embarking on a twoyear project to create a virtual exhibit on the history of Canadian snow research and avalanche safety.

The exhibit, to be named Land of Thundering Snow, will be launched on the Canadian Heritage Information Network’s Virtual Museum website in the summer of 2014.

“Our immediate goal will be to present this history in a dynamic website,” said Revelstoke Museum curator Cathy English. “In the longer term, we want to ensure that Canada’s professional avalanche heritage is preserved and presented to Canadians and the world.”

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fall on Mt. Rogers in Glacier National Park.

Golden RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Troy Durand said RCMP were notified of the incident 6 p.m. on Aug. 8.

He said a father and son pair encountered severe weather conditions while climbing on the Mt. Rogers Glacier. They were attempting to return to their base camp when they slipped.

The pair slid for about 100 metres before falling about 10 metres over a crevasse.

The father, aged 52, died in the fall.

His 22-year-old son survived the fall and managed to return to base camp to summon help.

August 29

RMR receives small fine for contaminating water supply Revelstoke Mountain Resort was fined $460 for the actions of a contractor that contaminated the water supply of neighbouring residents last summer.

The resort was issued two violation tickets for making changes in or near a stream without lawful authority, Det.-Sgt. Cynthia Mann of the B.C. Conservation Office told the Times Review.

The charges stemmed from the contamination of Thomas Brook, which is the water source for about a dozen residents in the neighbourhood just south of the resort. The action left them without clean water for about month last August and September.

September 12

Great ‘no’ sign debate shines light on city decision-making Apparently the City of Revelstoke has decided that bicycles, skateboards

and dogs are enough of a nuisance that residents need to be reminded of the rules — with loud ‘no’ stencils on every single corner downtown.

Some corners have up to 24 of the ‘no’ signs sprayed around the intersection. The new signs are painted onto every street corner downtown, from Campbell Avenue to Orton Avenue and First Street to Third Street.

They feature a trio of symbols — one saying dogs must be on leash, another for no skateboards, and the last one for no bicycles.

The signs are a reminder that cycling and skateboarding aren’t allowed on sidewalks and dogs must be kept on leash...

Mayor David Raven said the signs were a staff response to complaints about people violating the bylaws.

“If people keep ignoring [the bylaws], you make them aware of it, I guess,” he said. “We have been getting lots of complaints of dogs not on leashes and bikes and skates on the sidewalks. It’s just a matter of time before somebody gets hurts.”

Revelstoke Chamber of Commerce executive director Judy Goodman said their organization wasn’t consulted about the signage. “Wow!” was her first reaction. “It’s a lot. I had to ask what the skateboard was,” she said.

Bienvenue à l’École des Glaciers It might have been overshadowed by the opening of Begbie View Elementary, but for the students, parents and staff at École des Glaciers, Revelstoke’s new French school, there was just as much excitement in class on Thursday.

“I’m really excited but really confident and super happy for this project because we’ve been waiting for a couple years,” said Julie Martel, the school’s lone teacher. École des Glaciers opened on Thursday with 10 students from kin-

Welcome to Begbie View

Anne Cooper stands proudly inside Begbie View Elementary shortly before it’s opening in September. The opening of the school marked the completion of the lengthy new schools project. “The same things we love in the high school, we have in the elementary school,” said Anne Cooper. “We tried to have the same quality in the elementary school but it’s a little different.”

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dergarten to grade two registered – less than expected – but still enough.

They, along with their parents, and staff from the Francophone School Board of B.C., were in a celebratory mood for the opening.

September 19

Greg Hill survives Nepal avalanche that killed at least nine Revelstoke’s Greg Hill is amongst the mountaineers that survived a massive avalanche on Nepal’s Mount Manaslu that killed at least nine people early Sunday morning.

“A huge avalanche swept through camp 3 at 4:45 a.m. on Manaslu, catching lots of people in their sleep-

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“Luckily our team is fine, and helped with the rescue, Glenn Plake is also fine but my heart goes out to all the others.”

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

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

Fortunately, the first one was from Greg.

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ouldn’t it be wonderful if world leaders resolved to look at life in a different light this New Year? They could follow the example of Bhutan. In 1971, the small country, nestled in the Himalayas between China and India, rejected the idea of gross domestic product as the measure of progress.

Instead, leaders focused on gross national happiness.

The idea is finally gaining traction around the world, and I’m humbled and pleased to be involved with a global initiative to promote it. World leaders took the concept seriously enough to hold a United Nations Conference on Happiness in April 2012, and Bhutan was recognized for its environmental leadership at the recent UN climate summit in Doha, Qatar.

Life isn’t perfect in Bhutan.

It’s a poor country where most homes don’t have electricity.

Crime is increasing and climate change is making life dif-

ficult for the farmers who provide much of the landlocked country’s food. Still, according to the Guardian, life expectancy in Bhutan has doubled over the past 20 years, almost all children now go to primary school and the country has been improving its infrastructure.

Bhutan has also enshrined environmental protection and intergenerational equity in its constitution. The Right to a Healthy Environment is another initiative I’m excited about. The David Suzuki Foundation and I have been working with environmental lawyer and professor David R. Boyd and Ecojustice to promote the idea in Canada. Boyd’s book, The Right to a Healthy Environment: Revitalizing Canada’s Constitution, offers a wonderful analysis of where the world’s nations now stand on the concept, as well as strong arguments for why Canada should join the more than 140 nations that have put environmental protection in their constitutions.

Caring for the environment can help achieve gross national happiness in many ways – by giving our children a more secure future, improving human health, ensuring resources are available to meet the needs of citizens, offering recreational and spiritual connections with nature and giving people a sense of pride and

respect for the natural systems that keep us alive and healthy.

There’s more to happiness than just having a clean environment – and Bhutan has yet to get there. According to research for the UN Conference on Happiness, “The happiest countries in the world are all in Northern Europe (Denmark, Norway, Finland, Netherlands).” Although these countries are wealthy, the study points out that money isn’t the only factor, as happiness is decreasing in countries like the U.S. “Political freedom, strong social networks and an absence of corruption are together more important than income in explaining well-being differences between the top and bottom countries,” the researchers write. “At the individual level, good mental and physical health, someone to count on, job security and stable families are crucial.” Note that the happiest countries all have healthy economies and robust social programs.

We can also look at how various countries responded to the recent economic crisis.

Those that bailed out banks and reduced social spending are facing the same kinds of problems as before. Iceland approached its massive financial meltdown in a way that was pretty much the opposite of that taken by the U.S. and Europe, refusing to rescue its banks and increasing social

spending, among other measures.

Iceland still has problems, but it has recovered faster than other nations, and its social safety net remains strong.

Inequality has been reduced, and the crisis spurred citizens to propose and develop a new constitution, which is being considered by parliament.

There’s an old saw that says the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. In the case of leaders who focus almost entirely on economic growth and corporate interests, it’s a recipe for disaster. As George Monbiot recently wrote in the U.K.’s Guardian, “In return for 150 years of explosive consumption, much of which does nothing to advance human welfare, we are atomising the natural world and the human systems that depend on it.”

As light gradually returns to the north and we celebrate a season of sharing, our leaders could brighten all our lives by considering what really makes our societies strong, healthy and happy.

I wish you all good health and happiness for the holiday season.

Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Communications Manager Ian Hanington.

Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

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from page 7 Hill was part of a Dynafitsponsored expedition with German speed climbers Benedikt Bohm and Sebastian Haag, who were attempting a speed skiing record to the summit of Mt. Manaslu, which, at 8,156 metres, is the world’s eighth highest peak.

Hill was a videographer with the expedition.

October 17

Council asked to ban dogs from farmers market after toddler attacked A request to ban dogs from the Revelstoke farmers market came in front of city council at its meeing last Tuesday, Oct. 9.

The request came from Alison and John Lapshinoff, who’s son Nikolai was bitten by an unattended dog at the market last month.

The 18-month-old had to be taken to the hospital and received seven stitches in his eyelid and two in his head as a result of the attack.

“The farmers market should be a safe place to bring your kids,” the Lapshinoffs wrote in a letter to council. “We would like to request that council discuss banning dogs at the market and busy public events altogether.”

October 24

Twelve-year-old killed in TransCanada crash at Rogers Pass A 12-year-old boy is dead and four others are in hospital with serious injuries following a two vehicle crash in Rogers Pass Friday morning.

The crash occurred on Friday, Oct. 19, at around 10:15 a.m. when a truck collided head-on with a car about three kilometres east of the Rogers Pass Summit, Revelstoke RCMP said.

A family of four was travelling in the truck, which had Saskatchewan license plates, when they struck the car. The boy, who was sitting in the back of the truck, died at the scene. One passenger was airlifted directly to Calgary Foothills Hospital, while the other two were taken to Revelstoke before being airlifted for additional treatment.

The driver of the car was airlifted to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.

Northland sues province over Thomas Brook water contamination Revelstoke Mountain Resort

Ye ar in Rev i ew parent company Northland Properties is suing the Province of British Columbia for more than $250,000, claiming that actions by the Resort Development Branch delayed the opening of its new beginner area last year.

The lawsuit also alleges the province acted improperly in assigning a Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP) to oversee restoration work done after damage was done to Thomas Brook, which supplies water to a number of homes in the area.

“The Province’s actions directly resulted in a delay in completion of operation testing and finally the delay of the Tube Park and Beginner’s Area opening at the beginning of the season,” alleges the Statement of Claim filed by Northland. “The delay caused decreased employment opportunities provided by this development and a loss of public image to RMRLP (Revelstoke Mountain Resort Limited Partnership) and further profitability to RMRLP.” The lawsuit asks for at least $250,000 in damages, as well $16,517.20 in special damages, which is the amount RMR was billed for the services of a QEP hired by the province.

November 7

Malcolm Bott earns Business Person of the Year award The Business Excellence Awards highlighted the best of business in Revelstoke 2012.

It featured newly-revised award categories designed to fit a bit better with the unique mix of businesses in Revelstoke, explained host and Revelstoke Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Judy Goodman. The awards included new tourism and youth employment categories.

Malcolm Bott of Universal Footwear took home the Buiness Person of the Year award while the Modern Bakeshop & Cafe won Business of the Year for 2012.

November 14

Mystery surrounds White Rock man’s disappearance Searchers looked for a missing White Rock man in the Twelve Mile area south of Revelstoke after his car was discovered there on Monday, Nov. 5.

David Anthony Klammer, 39, of White Rock, B.C. left his parents’ home in Saskatchewan on Oct. 8. He was driving his white 2003 Subaru Impreza. He was headed back home to White Rock, but never arrived.

His family reported him missing 13 days later on Oct. 21.

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charged with making child pornography

A Revelstoke man made a first appearance in court last Wednesday, Nov. 7, faced with a series of disturbing charges.

The man, whose identity cannot be revealed due to a publication ban set out to protect the identity of the victims, is charged with making, accessing and possessing child pornography; sexual assault, sexual touching of someone under 16, and sexual exploitation.

He appeared in court via video from Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre, where he was awaiting a bail hearing. He did not enter a plea.

One dead following fiery crash near Enchanted Forest One person is dead following a fiery crash on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Enchanted Forest west of Revelstoke Thursday evening.

The two-vehicle crash occurred when a small car collided with a commercial tractor-trailer unit at around 6 p.m. on Thursday.

Both vehicles burst into flames as a result of the collision and were totally burned. “The impact of the collision was so severe that the driver appeared to be deceased immediately,” said Sgt. Mike Pears of Trans-Canada East Traffic Services in a statement.

Road construction on Begbie Bench prompts call for open house Road building work in the Begbie Bench area in preparation for winter logging has sparked a call for an open house on the issue, to be held this Friday.

Stella-Jones, the logging company that holds the timber rights in the area, organized the open house after concerns were raised at a meeting of the City of Revelstoke’s Economic Development Commission about the impact of the logging in an area widely used for recreation.

“We heard that there was enough interest, enough questions so we’re going to have some information on how we got to where we are today and where we’re planning to go,” said Ashley Ladyman, a forester with StellaJones.

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Performing Arts Centre, with Revelstoke favourites Stuck on Honey and A Million Dollars in Pennies headlining and several special guests also taking the stage. The show is a fundraiser so the popular coffeehouse series can upgrade its sound and light systems. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, available at Valhalla Pure, the Big Eddy Pub and from Denis Severino. Coffee and treats will be served.

DEVON COYOTE Live at the Last Drop. 9 p.m.

BOXING DAY BASH It’s the usual Wednesday fun, amplified by the holidays. At the River City Pub. 10 p.m.

OPEN MIC NIGHT at the Last Drop Pub. Bring your instruments and take to the stage at this popular weekly event.

Friday, December 28

THIS MEANS WAR Local talents Shannon Sternloff and Trevor Wallach of the Maritime Kitchen Party and Corn Starr team up for another powerhouse band. Live at the Last Drop. 9 p.m.

KYPRIOS & THE CHAPERONES The former member of Vancouver hip hop group Sweatshop Union tours with his new soulful live band the Chaperones. Live at the River City Pub. 9

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LANTERN SKI AT MT. MACPHERSON Join the Revelstoke Nordic Ski Club for their annual lantern ski at the Mt. Macpherson trails. 5–9 p.m.

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DANIEL SKY Toronto-based musician weaves folk, rock, pop, punk, swing and blues to share his love of Canadian landscapes and lyrical images. Last Drop Pub, 9 p.m.

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REVELSTOKE GRIZZLIES vs. Sicamous Eagles. At the Revelstoke Forum. 7 p.m. $10.

Saturday, January 5

IRONMAN CURLING a draw to the button, solo one-day curling event at the Revelstoke Curling Club. Contact the club at 250-837-4356 for more info.

Sat, Jan. 5, and Sun. Jan. 6

CANUCK SPLITFEST A two day celebration of splitboarding. Come go touring with friends, demo a splitboard, and take in presentations by industry pros and splitboarding gurus and more.

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Sat, Jan. 5 to Sat, Jan. 12

FREERIDE WORLD TOUR Many of the world’s best skiers and snowboarders descend on

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Wednesday, January 9

BROWN BAG HISTORY on Revelstoke in 1913. Enjoy a talk on Revelstoke’s history by Cathy English, the curator of the Revelstoke Museum & Archives. 12:15 p.m. $5.

Thursday, January 10

FARM & CRAFT MARKET Find crafts, produce, baked goods, and more at the winter

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Dix, NDP court business ahead of May 2013 election Tom Fletcher

cess in fundraising might make it more difficult to follow through with your pledge to ban corporate and union donations.

AD: I don’t think so. The B.C. Liberal Party has a very high level of corporate donations as

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TF: On the Kinder Morgan oil pipeline expansion proposal, federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair says the federal environmental process would have to be strengthened before a project like that could get a thorough enough hearing. Do you agree?

AD: The B.C. Liberal government has signed an equivalency agreement that says that the federal decision is the provincial decision on these projects. If it applies to Enbridge Northern Gateway, presumably the B.C. Liberals would apply it to Kinder Morgan.

They could have done a joint process, where [the final decision] would have gone to both cabinets. They chose instead to give up jurisdiction.

They were so afraid of making any decision on Northern Gateway that they sent it over to the federal government.

So what we’ve said is within a week of coming to office, we would end that equivalency agreement, and British Columbia would make decisions about both Enbridge Northern Gateway, which applied in May 2010, and any other pipeline, including the Kinder Morgan proposal, for which no application has been made.

Obviously it would have been desirable for everyone had they chosen a true joint review, as they have in Site C [dam proposed for Peace River], as they did with Kemess North [rejected mine expansion proposal] and other cases.

TF: You don’t want duplicated review processes here, you just want a provincial cabinet say in the decision?

AD: That’s right.

TF: On your relationship with the B.C. Federation of Labour, your caucus is considering a proposal that B.C. should once again do away with secret ballots for union certification.

AD: The B.C. Fed makes a case to

a percentage of its total. We’re overwhelmingly dependent on individual donations. We get support from unions, but it’s not even close to what people would think.

TF: So you’ll campaign for

that, as you have before?

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the government on a series of issues on employment standards every year. Labour law, every year. WorkSafeBC, every year. Trades and training, every year.

With respect to [accepting signed union cards for certification], it is a democratic process that the Newfoundland Conservative government just put into place a few months ago.

So it’s a proposal from the labour movement and we’re looking at it.

For most of B.C.’s modern history, since World War II, we’ve had that card-check system in place. The question would be whether [returning to that system] is a priority for this term in government.

TF: So those kinds of things will be made clear in your platform?

AD: Absolutely.

TF: You picked up some serious money from the business community at a fundraiser in October. Is that some kind of a record for the NDP? AD: [Laughs.] It might be a record, I don’t know. I think the business fundraiser we did at the Hotel Vancouver netted $350,000.

I think what it reflects is, this year I’ve had about 230 meetings with the business community. The purpose of it has been principally to build understanding, particularly on issues of skills training. With the priority I give to skills training, I think I’m much more attuned to their concerns than the government has been.

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Upon payment of the appropriate licence fee, the Municipality shall issue to the owner a dog licence tag, which shall be securely fastened to a collar or harness worn by the dog at all times except when the dog is penned or enclosed on the owner's land or premises.

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A selection of our favourite photos from 2012, clockwise from right: A guerilla crocheter delighted the town in the winter by decorating a number of local monuments, including the Rotary clock, the sturgeon sculpture, the Grizzly Plaza bears and the gazebo.; Drew Derosier, who has grown up in Revelstoke in a wheelchair, received a hero’s welcome when he rolled into Grizzly Plaza as part of the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay on April 10.; Stephanie ‘A’Killa the Honey’ Noel helped lead the Revelstoke Derailers to victory over the Black Diamond Betties from Whistler in the first ever roller derby bout in Revelstoke on June 23.; The downtown rail jam on Mackenzie Avenue was one of the highlights of Spirit Fest, with hundreds of people taking in the action.; Hobo Cop was one of the funnier stories of the year – except for the people who got tickets.

The undercover traffic sting resulted in 29 infractions in 3.5 hours.; Vera Aura was honoured at the Rod and Gun Club banquet in February for her 48 years running Johnnie’s Tackle; The Glacier Challenge softball tournament turned 25 this year, once again attracting about 100 teams for a weekend of fun and zaniness. The Revelstoke Revengers were one team to really get into the spirit of the weekend.

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Clockwise from top right: The story of Anna Minten’s tiny home was one of the most read of the year on the Times Review website. She built the 160-square-foot home by herself and moved in during the spring.; Mountain View Elementary school saw its 98th group of students leave its doors. The old school closed down as it and Mount Begbie Elementary were merged into Begbie View Elementary this fall.; While Tanner Cummings was away, his brother Conrad transformed his year into an amazing rock garden. He also built him a new deck. The work crew is, from left: Conrad Cummings, Shawn Bracken, Andrew Beare, Cody Baron and Cody Thomson.; When the highlyunpopular ‘NO’ signs were painted on downtown, some people decided to have with them. Funeral director Gary Sulz was the first to get creative, followed by Saelin and Louicious Cadieux and Holly Hamilton (at rear).; The Freeskiing World Tour held a joint competition in Revelstoke to start off the year. Held on the Mac Daddy face on the backside of Mount Mackenzie, the finals forced the competitors to bring out their best.

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Our 2012 Athlete of the Year is Casey Brown. The mountain biking dynamo had a breakthrough year in 2012 after winning the Canadian downhill title, being named the Queen of Crankworx, finishing seventh at the world championships and

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The runner-up goes to Megan Evans, who won the overall title amongst juvenile girls at the Canadian Nordic Championships in Quebec City in March. She won gold, silver and bronze medals at the event.

It’s the first national title for a Revelstoke Nordic skier that we know of.

Evans wasn’t the only youth to shine in 2012. Chris Andrews and Peter Behncke both threw their ways to medals at the national youth track and field championships in Prince Edward Island in August. Behncke won silver in the U18 hammer throw and Andrews won bronze in the U16 shot put.

On the sports side, 2012 was kicked off with the Freeskiing and Freeride World Tours coming together for a combined event in Revelstoke. The finals were held on the imposing Mac Daddy venue on the back side of Mount Mackenzie. Hundreds of people hiked out to watch Kye Petersen and Angel Collinson come out on top.

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Sicamous Eagles. The off-season saw the team almost move to 100 Mile House, only for the Revelstoke Grizzlies Society to step in and block the move, and Lew Hendrickson to assume control of the team. This season the team sits in third place in its division going into the Christmas break.

2012 saw competitive mountain biking take off in Revelstoke, with more races than ever, it seems. The downhill race series was started to complement the cross-country series. Theresa McGeragle and Stu Dickson won the former; Melanie Bernier and Dominic Unterberger the latter. There was also the annual Stoke to Get Spanked Race, won by John Connor and Bernie; the inaugural Martha Creek Meltdown, a nine-kilometre downhill race down Sale Mountain, won by Marty Schaeffer; and the Mount Revelstoke Steamer, that saw Dave Gondar set a new record for the 26-kilometre hill climb.

Other highlights: - The Aquaducks brought home 18 medals from the provincial swim championships in Nanaimo.

- The Revelstoke Boxing Club was name the club of the year by Boxing BC. - The RSS track team had its best results in decades at the provincial championships in Burnaby.

- The Revelstoke Ski Club continued to grow and Dominic Unterberger became the first Revelstoke skier in a while to make the BC Ski Team.

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Joan Elaine (nee Stacey) Graham passed away at the Vernon Jubilee Hospital on Saturday, December 15th, 2012 at the age of 79 years. A Celebration of Life was held at the Fellowship Baptist Church on Thursday afternoon, December 20th with Pastor Rick Eby officiating.

Burial of the cremated remains will take place at a future date at The Mount Evergreen Cemetery in Trenton, Ontario. Family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the “Make A Wish Foundation”, Enderby Evangelical Chapel, Fellowship Baptist Church, Revelstoke or the PSP organization, www.psp.org in memory of Joan.

Joan was born on January 14, 1933 to Arthur and Retta Stacey in Trenton, Ontario. Loving wife of Nelson Beverly Graham; most gracious mother of Carol-Lyn (Allan) Thompson, Susan Turgeon and Cindy (Allen) Denter. Precious in the hearts of her six grandchildren: Brent (Becky) Thompson, Krista Thompson (J.P. Cormier), Christopher Proctor, Carrie (Cameron) Davies, Naomi Denter (Herb Marcolli) and Allison Denter. Gamma Gamma felt so blessed by her great grandchildren Tristyn, Liam, Aija and Ryder Davies and Logan Marcolli – a great joy in her life.

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Ebba Margaret Stocks (nee Hansen) passed away peacefully December 17, 2012, at the age of 104 years in Queen Victoria Hospital in Revelstoke.

Born October 25, 1908, Ebba lived her entire life in Revelstoke except for a few months when, as a young woman, she worked in Vancouver. She returned to Revelstoke and worked as secretary at an Insurance Company.

In Revelstoke she met the love of her life George Stocks who had established a photography business. They were married on Valentines day in 1944 and two years later built a new studio and store on Mackenzie Avenue which provided both business space and an upper floor apartment. Ebba successfully managed the gift shop associated with the photography studio. Throughout her life, Ebba was very industrious and outgoing and, throughout their 51 years together, was devoted to George. Ebba was involved in many organizations in Revelstoke, and was a long term member of the United Church where she was active with the Senior’s Group. Following George’s passing, she maintained her own apartment in Nim’s Manor until the age of 102, at which time her reduced mobility led to her move to hospital while waiting for residence in Mount Cartier Court. She moved to the Cottages in May 2012.

Ebba was predeceased by her husband George in 1995 and by her parents Alfred and Helma Hansen, her brother Elmer Hansen and her sister Jean (John) Davidson. She is survived by her nephews, Fred (Sheila) Rayer of Calgary, John (Carol) Rayer of Vancouver; cousins Elizabeth (Hector) Odiar of Kelowna and Fay Versteig of Calgary; great niece Susan Gramlich of Calgary and great nephew James (Anka) Rayer of Aldergrove and their families, as well as many other relatives throughout Canada, Denmark and Holland. Ebba was much loved by all that knew her and will be remembered by her many friends and those who looked after her in her last years.

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A funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM, Friday January 4th, 2013 at the Revelstoke United Church. Interment will follow in the family plot at Mountain View Cemetery, Revelstoke. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the CNIB, the Revelstoke United Church Memorial Fund or to the charity of one’s choice, in memory of Ebba.

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