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City reviewing parks and rec plan

BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff

The direction of parks and recreation in the city could be changing.

The department in charge of managing parks and the recreational facilities and programs in the city is undertaking a 10-month process to overhaul, examine and formulate a new plan for the future in the delivery of those services.

Last week city council awarded a $69,470 contract for the construction of a parks and recreation master plan to the group Professional Environment Recreation Consultants (PERC), said city director of parks and recreation, Trisha Davison.

She said the master plan will be a guiding document with a longterm plan attached to it, designed as a living document to aid decision making over the next 10 to 12 years.

“It will have solicited the community through a whole variety of ways to gauge their input and thought on recreation services, as to where they are today and what they think is working well and what is missing as far as the service

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is considered in the community as a whole,” Davison said. “We want to ensure we are meeting the needs of the community and this is one way that really hones in on community engagement.”

Davison said the master plan will look at facilities within Trail and consider changing trends in parks and recreation services across the province and country.

PERC will devise a master plan through a series of community engagement and stakeholder meetings and workshops that will happen over the next 10 months, gauging what the community wants and then laying out a plan to help guide how the recreation department delivers that service.

There will be an opportunity for people to share stories as far as what they would like to see in recreation services in the area, said Davison. Once the plan is done, PERC will host a public meeting, opening it up for comments.

Ultimately, it gets presented back to the community at the very end, said Davison.

The next step begins in the next few weeks with a community survey being mailed out to residents.

Greyhound cuts approved Changes won’t affect freight schedule

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

Proposed cuts to Greyhound Canada’s B.C. routes were approved last week.

For Kootenay residents, that means there will be three less opportunities a week to catch a ride.

“The schedule being removed on Highway #3, is the one that runs three days a week in each direction,” said Grant Odsen, regional manager for Greyhound Canada.

There will continue to be one trip each way (between Kelowna and Calgary) each day, seven days a week.

Last Wednesday, the B.C. Passenger Transportation Board

(PTB) approved reductions in services after Greyhound made its case last fall.

Odsen said that the company is currently reviewing implementation dates, but it will be at least 14 days from the date of notification on its website.

The Greyhound depot in Trail hasn’t received official word about when the schedule will change, but it has received many calls from concerned customers.

“People have called with concerns around the freight schedule changing,” said Carol Schwab, an employee at the depot.

“There is a lot of confusion around what the cuts mean,” she said. “There will be no changes to our freight schedule, this decision only affects bus passengers.”

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Mayor reacts to ski hall announcement

BY ARNE PETRYSHEN Rossland News

Recent news that Rossland’s hopes for the Canada Ski Hall of Fame and Museum have been dashed, are a disappointment for Rossland Mayor Greg Granstrom, as well as the city.

Granstrom was one of the champions for the bid, put forth as a potential replacement for the mine tour that had to be closed a few years ago, due to safety concerns.

Granstrom said he heard the news of Mont Tremblant’s winning bid, yesterday, through media and had not been contacted by the Canada Ski Hall of Fame and Museum board.

He said the Rossland proposal was well thought out for this city.

“We had to be very sure that what we presented was sustainable to Rossland,” he said, but added that hall of fame board had some conditions that were concerned the Rossland board. For instance the board would be under the supervision of the Ottawa board.

“So we put a proposal out there that we thought was sustainable and could work in Rossland,” he said. “They went with Mont Tremblant, which is interesting, because we (Rossland) also talked to Tremblant about some kind of East-West partnership. That wasn’t pursued by either side, but we did put that out there.”

The mayor said that the museum in Rossland has many historic skis from the likes of Nancy Greene-Raine and Kerrin Lee Gartner, and so a partnership could have presented opportunities to share collections.

He also noted that it’s interesting it didn’t go to Revelstoke.

“Other than Rossland for history out west, that would be the place,” he said.

“We weren’t told their final criteria.”

Another concern they had was the logistics for inductions into the hall of fame.

“That could have got really onerous for Rossland, because of the distances,” he said.

“Ottawa is more the place you would do those kind of inductions. It was really expensive, they pay for the inductees to come there, travel, food…

That was a concern too, but like I said we put a proposal together that was sustainable. Our opinion on the task force was that you can’t put in a pie in the sky proposal, we have to put in what’s sustainable to Rossland.”

Granstrom seemed to leave the possibility of the Hall of Fame Museum coming to Rossland if Mont Tremblant faltered.

“Museum’s aren’t the easiest things to run.

Our board here has a lot of experience; I think we’ve had a museum here since 1964, I believe,” he said. “So we have a very experienced board and they understand totally what it takes to make it work. Who knows what could happen.”

As for what is next for the museum, Granstrom said the Gateway Project is moving forward, with a meeting later this month where they will put out a request for proposal and present their plan for the museum upgrades.

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FROM PAGE 1 Although, Greyhound buses do not pass through Trail, its passengers are shuttled to Castlegar by the Silver City Stage Lines to make connections on routes from Kelowna to Calgary.

Due to lack of ridership, Greyhound cut the number of trip it makes through the Kootenay corridor, one of 16 route reductions approved by the PTB. “We aren’t in the habit of eliminating trips that have lots of people on it,” said Odsen to the Trail Times in an interview last October.

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whole (Kootenay) corridor hasn’t been good for quite some time.”

He attributed that a number of factors including cheaper airfares, more people driving and changes in traveling habits.

The bottom line is the simple fact that fewer people are taking the bus on those specific routes, he said.

The PTB is an independent tribunal in British Columbia.

The board’s primary responsibility is to make decisions on applications relating to the licensing of passenger directed vehicles and inter-city buses in British Columbia.

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By Timothy Schafer

Showing more Christmas spirit, the Beaver Valley Lions helped the Fruitvale Community Chest share more holiday cheer.

Presenting $1500 to Doug Hall are members Bev Thompson, Doug Brooke (Hall), Paul Terness and Helen Underwood.

The regular Wednesday night Bingo at the Fruitvale Hall is the reason for the Lions’ generosity.

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If you can’t beat ‘em in the alley, you can’t beat ‘em on the ice.

Conn Smythe, former Toronto Maple Leafs owner, once espoused those words as his credo for winning hockey games.

But the same analogy could be applied to Lower Sunningdale residents, who petitioned City Hall to have garbage collection moved from the back alley to city streets for the winter months.

Despite a petition of 39 per cent of resident names—with 83 per cent in favour of the move—a city staff report on the matter found additional costs would arise if the change was made and council voted against the move.

It was found that front street pick up would hamper numerous owners that were unable to get their garbage to the front street. This would result in the refuse collection contractor having to pick-up in both lanes and the front street.

Alpine Disposal indicated that if the city were to approve both front street and lane pick-up at the same time, the additional cost would be $2,200 per month or $8,800 for the four-month period. This cost would probably increase to $10,000 as there would be a transition period for residents to get used to the change in both December and April.

“The combination of the petition and the city poll have resulted in only 62 per cent of the owners who responded being in favour of front street pick-up. Therefore we are recommending to continue with lane pick-up through the winter season,” wrote Warren Proulx, the city’s engineering technician, in his report to council.

The refuse and garbage collection contract has a clause where the city can change the location of lane pick-up if the lanes become impassable due to snow or mud.

The city’s records indicated that 122 properties in Lower Sunningdale received their collection from the rear lane. The city wrote letters to all 122 property owners in Lower Sunningdale and asked if they supported or did not support the proposed change.

A total of 61 owners replied to the letter with 29 in support and 32 opposed to the change.

With only 61 of the 122 (50 per cent) who replied to the city’s letter city staff decided to combine the petition and its own poll to determine the results of the combination.

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Arbitrator overrules Rossland’s protest

By Timothy Schafer Times Staff

The City of Rossland’s contention with an arbitration process over a sewer system service snafu with the City of Trail has been flushed down the toilet after the province’s arbitrator overruled their protest.

The objection Rossland entered on the sewer dispute as to whether a provincial arbitrator had the right to hear the dispute has ruled against Rossland.

That means the two cities will be going to court over who pays what in the regional sewer service.

“So we are proceeding with the arbitration and hopefully we can get this done and over with,” councillor Rick Georgetti said last week.

By Greg Nesteroff Nelson Star

Nelson’s aquatic centre could be in line for major repairs — or even replacement — based on the outcome of structural assessments.

The Nelson and District Recreation Commission is looking at correcting problems with that part of the community complex, built in 1975 and last renovated in 2005.

“The layout of the facility is not

Rossland Mayor Greg Granstrom said he could not comment on the proceedings now before the court.

In September the two cities were not in agreement over a preferred arbitrator.

Rossland believed the jurisdiction of the dispute and resolution officer to order arbitration at all was questionable.

The delay puts the city into arrears of five years— at $109,000 per year—on a service the Trail city council contends they are over paying for.

Lois-Leah Goodwin, executive director of Intergovernmental Relations and Planning under the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, was appointed as the dispute resolution

the best, as anyone who has used it knows,” says commission chair Ramona Faust. “But it’s not cosmetic, it’s structural and mechanical issues that are prompting the evaluation.”

Last month, the commission asked for an update on the state of the building from Fairbank Architects, as well as a timeline on repairs, and a retrofit design with an option to build a new aquatic centre.

officer in August to help settle the matter of who pays for what in the delivery of regional sewer service between Trail, Rossland and Warfield.

Goodwin was required to review the matter and, under the Community Charter, direct the dispute to binding arbitration.

Trail city council had notified the province in late May it wanted to engage in the process of arbitration with the City of Rossland to determine the correct percentages of shared costs for sewage service in the Greater Trail region.

For four years the question of who pays what portion of the cost of sewer service among Trail, Rossland and Warfield has been booted around like a political

“We need an evaluation whether we continue to throw good money after bad or look at a new facility,” Faust said. “We have no heavy commitment to a new facility. It’s our hope that it’s still pragmatic to address the issues prevalent with the aquatic centre as it is now.”

The last upgrades, done in 2005 as part of construction of the community complex, have yet to be paid off. Faust said they were “substantial” but incomplete.

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Trail currently pays close to 70 per cent of the regional budget following a formula created in the late 1960s, based mostly on population and projected growth.

In early April Rossland council dismissed an eleventh-hour attempt from Trail to avoid arbitration.

Trail council had drafted a cost sharing proposal based on population, though it previously agreed with a mediator report that suggested the old formula was unfair, and a new formula should be based on 50 per cent population and 50 per cent water consumption.

The legal price for the process is expected to outweigh the cost difference quoted in the proposal-around $20,000.

Among the present issues are a failing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system, compounded by a lack of separation between the pool and rest of the building.

“That’s a critical part of operations because of all the humidity in the building,” said Nelson city councillor Deb Kozak, who also sits on the rec commission. “That particular function is not doing well, which means the building envelope is at risk.”

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School district scrambles to solve $7.5 million deficit

BY DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-City News

A looming $7.5-million deficit has School District 43 scrambling to make $5 million in cuts to supply budgets, professional development help for teachers and discretionary spending to ward off a financial crisis that could have an impact on Tri-City public school budgets for years to come.

So far, it looks like there will be no staffing cuts but next year’s budget will be severely constrained unless expenses can be trimmed from now until the end of June.

And the presidents of the Coquitlam Teachers’ Association and CUPE Local 561, which represents SD43 support staff, say they’re doubtful the short-term fixes will do the job.

At the Jan. 15 meeting, Teresa Grandinetti and Dave Ginter lambasted trustees for not doing their job and being fiscally accountable to taxpayers.

“That is your responsibility,” Ginter, who represents support workers, told

trustees, who were mostly silent when they received the news of the massive deficit.

Ginter called planned cuts “chump change” that may not stem the bleeding.

“The shortfall is the board’s responsibility,” CTA president Grandinetti said, adding, “I don’t actually believe you are going to get $5 million in savings.”

The revelation of the board’s financial situation, which had been circulating in the rumour mill for weeks, was provided by superintendent Tom Grant because the district is currently without a secretary treasurer.

(Rick Humphreys resigned effective Jan. 1 but board chair Melissa Hyndes would not confirm whether his departure was related to the financial crisis, saying he left for personal and medical reasons.)

At the Jan. 15 board of education meeting, Grant confirmed that the district had a drop in enrolment of 223 students at the same time as it budgeted $3 million more for staff

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than its provincial funding allows. Other factors in the deficit, which leaves the district in dire financial straits, he explained, including the district receiving less income from international education and poor investment revenue, and having to pay hikes in benefits and utility fees.

SD43’s current financial circumstances are a sea change from nine months ago, when trustees unanimously passed the richest budget in its history — $270.4 million — doling out extra funds for special needs students, counsellors and program expansions.

Today, trustees are still trying to figure out what happened and how it will impact next year’s district operating budget.

According to Grant, the district found out after its student head count in the fall that there were 223 fewer middle and high school students than expected and the district also got $200,000 less in provincial holdback money than was expected for a loss of $1.7 million.

Compounding the problem, according to Grant, is less money than expected from fees that foreign students pay to attend school here and reduced rental and investment income — another $1.3 million.

The district is also spending $3 million in salaries that are not funded by the Ministry of Education.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/DARRYL DYCK

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, centre, stands with Indian film director Karan Johar, left, and Indian dance choreographer Shiamak Davar in Vancouver, on Tuesday during an announcement that The Times of India Film Awards will be held in the city in April.

Bollywood coming to B.C.

THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - Vancouver will be under the spotlight this April when it hosts the Hindi film industry’s annual Times of India Film Awards.

B.C. Premier Christy Clark announced her government would spend $11 million to help pay for production and hosting the event that organizers say is the Oscars of India.

Clark says the awards cere-

mony will be watched by hundreds of millions of people around the world and getting the chance to host the event will put Vancouver on centre stage.

The province will provide $9.5 million in matching finds to the Times Group to help produce the event and another $1.5 million for activities around the event, including hosting a B.C.India business forum.

The three-day celebration will bring some of Bollywood’s biggest stars to a special concert, showcase some of the most popular Hindi movies in screenings and wrap up with the awards ceremony on April 6.

The awards are based on a global voting system involving fans who are invited to vote for their favourite stars across 14 categories.

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WestJet delays regional announcement

BY KRISTY PATTON

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WestJet has confirmed they will not be making an announcement about their new regional flights until February.

In November, WestJet said they planned on making the announcement of which communities their new regional carrier would land in on Jan. 21.

“That was a target date.

We moved it to sometime in February. No firm date set,” said Robert Palmer, WestJet

media representative, via email.

The City of Penticton has been lobbying WestJet to choose the city as one of the communities for Encore and provide service to Calgary.

Palmer had previously told the Penticton Western News that the communities that Encore will be flying out of would be announced in a news release sent out every January to announce the summer schedule. It is a release that they traditionally done twice a year

for almost 17 years.

“We certainly appreciate that there is a great deal of interest in this schedule in particular, but as with all schedule releases, we work to ensure everything is in place internally before we make them,” said Palmer. “To this end we often move the date internally as operational needs change.”

The City of Penticton has also approached Air Canada, who will be adding an extra flight to Vancouver in May, to launch a flight to Alberta.

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Boy charged in death of brother THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - A 12-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the shooting death of his older brother.

He has been charged with manslaughter and illegal possession of a prohibited weapon.

Authorities have not laid murder charges but, on the other hand, they are not describing the shooting as an accident either.

Police say the 16-year-old victim was shot in the upper body by a handgun they said could have belonged to the family.

The boy was arrested at the family home after Monday’s shoot-

ing and was questioned by investigators overnight, until 5:30 a.m.

The boy was accompanied by a parent during the interrogation.

“This is a very sad event,” police spokesman Simon Delorme said early Tuesday.

Delorme said police will not reveal the calibre of the gun, or whether it was registered, until investigators are finished meeting with potential witnesses.

He said someone called 911 around 5:30 p.m. to report the shooting in suburban Dorval, Que. Paramedics tried to treat the seriously injured teenager, who was later declared dead at the hospital.

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Pipeline gets governor’s approval THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY – The fate of TransCanada’s controversial Keystone XL pipeline was put squarely in the hands of the U.S. State Department on Tuesday after Nebraska’s governor approved a new route amid fierce opposition from environmental groups.

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama confirming that he would allow the Alberta-to-Texas oil pipeline to go through his state along a revised route that skirts an environmentally sensitive area.

Because the Keystone XL would cross an international border, it requires approval from the U.S. State Department and President Barack Obama.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Ontario’s projected deficit for 2012-13 has fallen from $14.8 billion to $11.9 billion.

Finance Minister Dwight Duncan says the nearly $3-billion drop from last spring’s budget projection is due to higher than expected revenues and lower expenses.

Corporate taxes were more than $1 billion above the budget forecast, while revenues were also up from the sales tax and the land transfer tax.

The government expects to spend $1.2 billion less than budgeted mainly because of lower interest on debt, and savings from reducing the ability of teachers to bank sick days and cash them out at retirement.

Duncan says the government will not need to use the $1-billion reserve in the budget, so will use half of that to reduce the deficit and the rest will be kept for any unforeseen events this year.

Despite the lower deficit, Duncan says the weakened global economy, especially in the U.S. and Europe, will require “continued strong action” if Ontario wants to balance its books on

schedule by 2017-18.

“Ontario continues to beat its deficit targets, a direct result of managing expenses while also protecting health care and education,” Duncan said in a speech to the Canadian Club in Toronto.

“Ontarians don’t want deep, across-the-board cuts that would hurt their valued public services.”

The lower deficit projection was Duncan’s last official announcement as finance minister.

The Liberals will pick a new leader this weekend, and Duncan has already offered to resign his Windsor-Tecumseh seat for Sandra Pupatello if the former Windsor-West MPP emerges as Ontario’s new premier.

The Opposition wasn’t impressed, however, saying Ontario’s economy has a “history of mismanagement” under the Liberal government.

“This is Minister Duncan playing clean up, his swan song,” said Progressive Conservative critic Vic Fedeli.

“When you look at the experiences of the last nine years, you would see that this is a completely mismanaged economy.”

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Canadians averaging 15 litres per year

THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Wine producers will be proposing a toast to Canadian consumers: a new study shows wine consumption in this country is growing three times faster than globally and Canada is projected to be the fifth fastest-growing wine market in the next five years.

Most of the wine consumed in Canada is imported but “Canada is now very strong on the production side and domestic wines are getting more popular,” said Vinexpo chairman Xavier de Eizaguirre.

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try, particularly here in Ontario, is helping the overall picture.

Volume-wise it’s certainly a country where consumption is going up. Our forecast is it will continue to go up in the next five years.”

De Eizaguirre said Canada’s per capita wine consumption is around 15 litres a year, compared to about 12 in the U.S. “France, Italy, Spain, the traditional markets, consume somewhere around 50 litres per capita.

England is about 25, Argentina is about 45, so there is a lot of potential” for Canada to increase its con-

sumption, he said.

Between 2007 and 2011, Canadian wine consumption increased by 14.55 per cent. Consumption hit 43.21 million cases in 2011; one case represents 12 bottles.

Analysts said that between 2012 and 2016 Canadian wine consumption will go up 14.27 per cent, eventually reaching 50.7 million cases annually,

which is three times greater than the global average.

Italy has taken over from France as Canada’s leading wine supplier.

American, Chilean and Spanish wines gained ground in the Canadian market.

The Asia-Pacific region consumes the most spirits, with 61.5 per cent of global consumption in 2011.

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nyone still fondly clinging to the hoary belief that Liberals and New Democrats are natural soul mates clearly isn’t paying attention.

The cross-border embrace between the Premiers of B.C. and Alberta – Alberta Tories are helping B.C. Liberals raise money and may even be loaning them political operatives in an effort to defeat the NDP in the upcoming provincial election – underlines afresh that Liberals have more in common with Tories than with New Democrats.

The political party that almost invariably wins in Canada is the one best exemplifying opportunity, meritocracy and freedom, while the losing party is often identified with the defence of unearned privilege.

This has long been the pattern federally and provincially. Take the long period of Liberal dominance in Ottawa in the first half of the 20th century where the Grits spoke up forcefully for moderate taxation, open immigration, religious toleration and ending ties with Britain. These were Main Street attitudes.

The Tories were often stuck defending Bay Street, the

imperial tie, sectarianism and suspicion of immigration.

Canadians were most comfortable with the Liberals, but liked to keep the Tories in reserve, as a discipline on the arrogance of a party too used to thinking of itself as the nation’s natural government. And when the Tories did take power, their behaviour wasn’t all that different from that of the Liberals, although competence wasn’t always their long suit.

Even when the Liberals were seduced by the creation of the welfare state in the ’60s, and let spending rip, the Tories followed.

That suited the electorate.

They had two parties reasonably close to the core values of society, so voters could change leaders without having to change fundamental policy direction.

Then both parties reversed course over the deficit.

That allowed first the CCF, then the NDP, to parody the other two parties as Tweedledum and Tweedledee, indistinguishable from one another.

What the social democrats didn’t get was that that was just what the electorate wanted. And as long as the NDP stood no real

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chance of taking power, the reasonably friendly rivalry between Tories and Liberals made sense.

But virtually everywhere that the CCF and later the NDP grew to have a real chance of taking power, the division between Liberals and Tories became a liability. By splitting the votes of people who agreed they wanted a society of opportunity, competitive markets, free choice, moderate taxation, limited government and social programs that help but don’t entrap, the NDP could occasionally take power.

NDP governments tend to have certain characteristics. They are close to the trade unions, for example, a movement dominated by public sector workers keen to expand public services, raise levels of

public sector pay and pensions and remove limits on public sector collective bargaining. The party also attracts many who believe sincerely in the state’s ability to achieve fairness by high levels of redistribution, financed by high taxes, big debt, or both.

There is nothing wrong with believing in any of these policies, except that Canadian voters have, with time, tended to recoil from governments that pursue them.

They do so because such policies drive out investment and growth, reduce opportunity overall and create a privileged class of public sector workers.

There are important regional variations of course. But on the whole, when New Democrats become major political players, the other two parties quickly learn there is a high price to indulging their separate identities.

Where they successfully present a united front, they almost invariably beat the NDP. Where the anti-NDP coalition is weak or only partial, the NDP often triumphs.

Which brings us back to B.C. Responding to the rise of the CCF, a formal coalition of Liberals and Tories

was created. When that construct fall apart, Social Credit stepped in, ruling for decades. When it stumbled the Liberals rose and now are stumbling in their turn. In between these long periods of dominance, the NDP briefly took power with rather disastrous economic consequences, forcing the anti-NDP coalition to reconstitute itself.

Under the last NDP government, Alberta benefited as people and investment fled B.C. This time, an anti-business NDP that obstructed every plausible means of moving Alberta’s oil through B.C. to Asia would cost Albertans as well as British Columbians.

While a week is famously a lifetime in politics and the B.C. election isn’t until May, the smart money remains on an NDP victory thanks to disillusionment with the Liberals. If the NDP remains true to economic form, watch for the rapid reinvigoration of the Liberal-Tory coalition, with trans-mountain support, in time for 2017.

Brian Lee Crowley is the Managing Director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an independent non-partisan public policy think tank in Ottawa: www. macdonaldlaurier.ca.

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Is North Korea’s leader becoming a reformer?

I

f North Korea’s new leader, ments in the national economy.

Kim Jong-Un, wanted to It’s the first time the regime end the brutal and destruc- has ever celebrated the Western tive tyranny that his father New Year (including fireworks and grandfather imposed on the in Pyongyang). It’s nineteen country, he would need sup- years since the country’s leader port from abroad. The military last spoke to the people dirand Communist Party elites ectly. He may be trying to tell who control and benefit from them and the rest of the world that system would have to be that he is starting down the brought round road of reform, or or bought off, he may be bluffand that would ing. What to do? require lots of Unfortunately, foreign aid and since he’s not a global amnesty making any politfor their crimes. ical or economic So how would he reforms at home get the foreignat the moment ers to help?

– that’s what he GWYNNE Well, he’d MIGHT do if he have to show had foreign help them that he – we can’t conwas willing to clude anything World Affairs reform – but he about his intencouldn’t be too tions from his obvious about it at first, or domestic policies. And his forthose elites would just get rid eign policy is hardly encourof him. He’d drop a hint here, aging either. make a gesture there, and hope North Korea doesn’t have that the foreigners would trust much by way of a foreign him and help him to change policy. The only consistent the country. thread is its obsession with Rather like the Burmese military power (it has one of generals did when they began the world’s biggest armies, to dismantle their own half- though it has about the popucentury-old dictatorship two lation of Australia), and latyears ago. terly with ballistic missiles and Unfortunately, Kim Jong-un nuclear weapons. would drop the same hints and Both of Pyongyang’s nuclemake the same gestures if his ar weapons tests, in 2006 and only wish was to sucker the 2012, were conducted when outside world into propping up Kim Jong-il was still alive and the bankrupt system in North in power, but Kim Jong-un has Korea with more big shipments not repudiated them. of free food and fuel.

Moreover, he has continued There’s no way to read his to test ballistic missiles, includmind, so how should the for- ing the launch last month of eigners respond? a rocket that his regime says This is not a theoretical could hit the United States. (It question, for he is sending out was ostensibly used to launch a those signals. Never mind the satellite, which it did, but the cosmetic stuff like being seen technology for satellite launchin public with a new wife who ers and ICBMs is almost identidresses in fashionable Western cal.) clothes. In his televised New On the other hand, here is Year’s message to the Korean a man whose only claim to people, he spoke of the need to power is heredity, in a country “remove confrontation between that does not have a formally the North and the South,” and recognised monarchy. To concalled for dramatic improve- solidate his power, he must

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persuade the military and Party elites that he is a reliable successor who will perpetuate the system that keeps them fat and happy, so his current aggressive posture in foreign policy is really no guide to his real intentions either.

In fact, at this point there is really no way of telling what he means to do. The rest of the world, and in particular the United States and North Korea’s neighbours, South Korea, China and Japan, are going to have to make their decisions blind. What can they do that would help Kim Jongun to bring the country out of its cave and start loosening the domestic tyranny, without actually making matters worse if he is not a secret reformer?

The safest course would be to encourage dialogue between North and South Korea (which has just elected a new president, Park Geun-hye, who has declared her presidency ready to initiate unconditional talks with the North).

It would also be sensible to ease back on the embargoes and other restrictions on North Korean imports for a while, since they are obviously achieving nothing in terms of stopping its weapons projects anyway.

And what if Kim-Jong-un dares not or simply does not want to respond to these gestures with more promising moves himself? Then you just give up and go back to the policy of containment that has had so little success over the years. North Korea is really a very small threat (except for its own people, of course), and it’s safe to take a little risk in the hope that the new ruler will respond.

It’s the country’s only hope.

There is not going to be a North Korean spring in the Arab style.

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

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Oprah thinks Armstrong can ‘be a real hero’ Talk show icon in Vancouver this week

she has decided to shift focus and believes her channel will soon get back on track.

THE CANADIAN PRESS “In three years it will be a EDMONTON - Oprah Winfrey force for positivity and raising believes Lance Armstrong has the consciousness in the world.” opportunity to be a hero again.

Billed as “An Evening with And she thinks people will be Oprah,” Winfrey easily switched willing to forgive him. hats between motivational speaker Winfrey said Monday that the and stand-up comic. hardest thing Armstrong has done She had the crowd of about in his life is confess in an inter- 15,000 laughing, gasping and nodview with her that he used per- ding their heads. formance-enhancing Organizers said it drugs to win his seven was Winfrey’s first big “Everybody has Tour de France titles. arena show, and a sell“If he is willing the ability within out to boot. to do the work ... he Unlike the arena’s them to rise can be a real hero,” usual hockey crowds, again.”

Winfrey said during a most people there Oprah Winfrey lecture in Edmonton, Monday night were the first stop on a women. Many came speaking tour through with girlfriends and Western Canada. some with their moms.

She said Armstrong’s fall from “Oprah’s changed a lot of grace is so huge, it means a lot people’s lives,” said 77-year old that he has finally come clean. But fan Jeanine Bussiere, who went to he also needs to realize his life is the event with her daughter. not just about a bike, races or a She said she used to watch big mistake.

Winfrey’s daytime talk show reli“Everybody has the ability with- giously before it went off the air in them to rise again. What really in 2011. matters in the world is what kind Winfrey gained world-wide of human being he chooses to fame for her nationally syndicated be.” show, which lasted 25 years. She Oprah’s exclusive interview last said it was the best job in the week with Armstrong was a ratings world and the show’s legions of boon for her specialty channel, fans were like family.

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“I have a bunch of children in The channel has been struggling Edmonton that I have raised,” she and even Winfrey admitted it told the crowd. “Now you have hasn’t been the success she had children and I’m raising your chilhoped. dren.”

The media maven compared Oprah will be speaking in her channel’s bad reviews to Calgary on Tuesday night and Armstrong’s lost respect. She said Vancouver on Thursday.

Manti Te’o

Hoax perpetrator confesses THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - The woman whose photo was used as the “face” of the Twitter account of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o’s supposed girlfriend says the man allegedly behind the hoax confessed and apologized to her.

Diane O’Meara told NBC’s “Today” show Tuesday that Ronaiah Tuiasosopo used pictures of her without her knowledge in creating a fake woman called Lennay Kekua. Te’o asserts he was tricked into an online romance with Kekua and, until last week, did not understand he was being hoaxed.

O’Meara went to high school in California with Tuiasosopo, but she says they’re not close. He called to apologize Jan. 16, the

day Deadspin.com broke the hoax story, she said.

“I don’t think there’s anything he could say to me that would fix this,” said O’Meara, a 23-yearold marketing executive in Los Angeles.

O’Meara said she had never had any contact with Te’o, and that for five years, Tuiasosopo “has literally been stalking my Facebook and stealing my photos.”

Tuiasosopo has not spoken publicly since the news broke. His family has said they may speak out this week.

Te’o did an off camera interview with ESPN last week and is scheduled to appear on appear with his parents on Katie Couric’s syndicated talk show Thursday night.

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Alex Chen

Chef aims to wow the world THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - For the past year, chef Alex Chen has spent up to 12 hours a day, six days a week, preparing to step into a cubicle akin to a boxing ring outfitted as a high-end kitchen as he aims to be crowned the top chef in the world.

The cubicle kitchen built for Chen in a Vancouver restaurant by a former fellow chef is the same size as the 10-squaremetre space he’ll be stationed in at the prestigious Bocuse d’Or cooking competition in Lyon, France, on Jan. 29 - the first day of the two-day event involving chefs from 24 countries.

Chen and his 10-member crew have been practising feverishly for their chance at glory as tunes from hiphop bands Public Enemy and Wu-Tang Clan blare in the kitchen where they’re reduced to nearly yelling at each other to get attention.

It’s all good mental prep for when they face up to 4,000 revved-up foodies cheering for their home country at an exhibition centre where the fans will don red hockey jerseys sporting Chen’s name.

“I describe it like a World Cup soccer match,” said Vincent Parkinson, a chef and spokesman for Calgary-based Bocuse d’Or Canada. “People get their faces painted, there are noise makers, air horns, the Swiss have cowbells, the

French have trumpets, the Danish have drummers. You can’t have a conversation with the person next to you sitting in the bleachers, that’s how loud it is.”

The chefs will have 5 1/2 hours to cook two dishes European turbot and French blue lobster as well as Irish beef tenderloin, with the option to include chuck steak, ox cheek and oxtail. They’ll also have to come up with three garnishes, including one that represents their home country.

Twelve chefs will be competing in side-by-side kitchens on each day, and Chen and his crew will showcase their skills between the Finland and Belgium teams, with Guatemala, Brazil and Morocco - a newcomer this year - also competing the same day.

The United States, Sri Lanka and Japan will be among the contenders the next day, when the winner will be announced.

Getting ready for the championship has consumed Chen’s life since he beat five chefs in a national contest in Toronto in April 2010, putting him on a track to fulfil his dream of representing Canada at the Bocuse d’Or, which has been held every two years since 1987 and was named after Lyonnais chef Paul Bocuse.

“It’s all about conditioning yourself, not only your body, where you can withstand all the pressure and competition,

but also your mind,” Chen said of the thousands of hours he has spent preparing for the big day. “Throughout this journey you’ll go through a lot of ups and downs. It’s an emotional roller coaster.”

During 2012, fundraisers held by Moxie’s Grill and Bar - Chen’s sponsor - in Calgary, Toronto and Vancouver helped Chen secure money for the equipment and supplies he’ll be taking to France, including the $15,000 platter designed for him and on which his fish creation will be presented.

Chen, 35, was lured back to Canada in December 2011 from Los Angeles, where he worked as executive chef at the highprofile Beverly Hills Hote.

Taking the plunge to compete in the intense Bocuse d’Or meant uprooting his family when the youngest of his two children was just two months old.

“Most people don’t understand why I would give up on a pretty good job. I looked at my wife and said, ‘You know I’ve always wanted to do the Bocuse d’Or.”’ With a push from his wife, Liz Ow, to go for the once-in-alifetime opportunity and coaching from Canadian chef Robert Sulatycky, whose fourth-place finish in the Lyon competition in 1999 still hasn’t been surpassed by any other chef in North America, Chen was ready for the challenge.

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Freeskiers from around the Kootenays and western Canada descended on Granite Mountain at Red Saturday for the Canadian Open Junior Freeskiing championships. Rossland skiers performed brilliantly placing in the top three in almost every category.

Rossland freeskiers on fire at Red

BY TIMES STAFF Rossland freeskiers owned the podium on Saturday following the North Face Canadian Open Junior Freesking Championships at Red Moutnain Resort.

Rossland’s Sally Steeves won her fourth title, winning the Female 15-18 category for the second year in a row, following two consecutive 13-15 age group titles.

Trailing after her first run, Steeves put together the best run of the day on her second descent on Granite Mountain to give her the gold with a combined score of 57.90, outscoring Camilla Loughlin of Vancouver with 56.43 and Thea Tuzycki from Calgary.

Simon Hillis of Rossland also nabbed

gold in the Male 7-11 category with two excellent runs of 34.43 and 29.57 for a 64.00 total. Sandy Phillips of Kamloops and and Ladd Costain placed second and third respectively.

In the Female 7-11 event, Rossland’s Erin Flood won bronze.

After posting the best time of 30.00 points in her first run Erin couldn’t duplicate it in her second go round, but still came away with a podium finish.

Mackenzie Flood came up just short of repeating her gold medal performance of last year, but would get silver with a 59.00, narrowly beaten out by Nelson’s Haley Cooke who scored 61.56.

Hadley Michaels of Mercer Island took bronze.

Rossland skier Xander Sterpin laid down the best run of the day on his first go with a score of 34.07, but lost to Trace Cooke whose combined 67.93 narrowly beat Sterpin’s 67.54 in the Male 15-18.

In Male 12-14 Loki Wickman-Rathe of Nelson took first place, while Cooper Bathgate of Whistler came second, and Seth Amundsen of Fernie third.

Freeskiing competition uses a system where judges base their score on creativity in selecting natural terrain features and aggressive lines.

The point system is based on five categories where judges give credit based on line choice, control, fluidity, technique and aggression.

TRAIL COMMERCIAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Tire’s pumped, realtors sluggish

BY TIMES STAFF OK Tire is pumped as it makes a run for the top spot in Trail Commercial Hockey League.

The Tire won a pair of games last week to gain some traction on league-leading Re/Max, as the realtors came out flat, falling 5-2 to Allstar Maintenance Sunday.

After an 8-5 victory over Allstar Thursday, the Tire kept rolling as it defeated Firebird 4-3 Sunday to climb within three points of Re/ Max, with an all-important two games in hand.

Troy Palmer took a sweet pass from Mike Fudge and popped what proved to be the winner with 4:06 to go in the

third period. The goal made the score 4-2, but Firebird’s normally taciturn defenceman Mike Boisvert blasted one by Tire goalie Rocky Dickson with just 2:27 to play to cut the lead to one.

Despite a too-many-men penalty to the Tire with just 1:17 to play, Dickson shut the door and Firebird was unable to obtain the equalizer.

Fudge started the scoring when he converted a set up from Jeff Sidey and Palmer at 6:41 of the first.

The electrifying Shaun Venturini then gave the Tire a 2-0 lead, before Eric Hill and Travis Drake replied early in the second to tie it at 2-2.

Sidey would give the Tire a

3-2 lead on a nice feed from Palmer who would ice it in the third.

Palmer and Sidy each collected a goal and two assists, while Boisvert and Hill counted three points a piece for Firebird.

In the Allstar victory over Re/Max, Ryan Jenner scored the winning goal at 11:21 of the second period, taking a pass from Mark Hutchinson and beating Chris McIsaac in the Re/Max goal.

Allstar jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals from Jim Maniago and Jenner, before Re/Max got on the board when a Graham Proulx blast narrowed the lead to one.

But Jenner’s next goal iced it

for the Allstars and a pair of goals from Hutchinson made the score 5-1 before the end of the second frame. A late third-period goal by Dallas Stanton completed the scoring.

In other TCHL action Thursday the Arlington crawled out of the cellar with a 3-0 shutout of Firebird.

Jeremy Robinson had a goal and two assists, while Eric Volpatti was brilliant between the pipes, stymieing the Firebird time and again for the shutout.

TCHL continues Thursday with Firebird facing Re/Max at 7:15 p.m. and Arlington taking on the Tire at 8:30 p.m.

Greater Trail arenas will be hives of activity as the Greater Trail Minor Hockey Association’s Pee Wee Tier 2 and 3 teams get set to host their tournament on the weekend.

Seven teams take to the ice for the Tier 2 event with Greater Trail welcoming Nelson, Spokane, Kelowna, Westside, Penticton and Port Moody to this year’s event. Games will take place mainly at the Cominco Arena in Trail, however three games are also scheduled for the Rossland Arena.

The Tier 2 Pee Wees play in the Okanagan Mainline Amateur Hockey Association where they faced off against Kelowna, Penticton, and Westside this season. The Tier 2 Smokies placed third in the tightly-contested division just four points back of Westside and two behind Kelowna.

“I think they can compete with any team,” said GTMHA president Mark Ballarin, whose son plays on the team. “They have a good chance going to the semifinals and finals, as long as they decide to play.”

GTMHA Tier 2 Pee Wees open the tournament at 12:45 p.m. Friday against Nelson, and again at 7:30 p.m. versus Port Moody.

The Tier 3 Pee Wee division holds all its games at the Beaver Valley Arena with teams from Grand Forks, Spokane, Creston, Kelowna, and Cranbrook joining the fray in Fruitvale.

The Pee Wee Tier 3 Smoke Eaters kick off the weekend Friday at 3 p.m. against Grand Forks.

Each team will play three games in the round robin with the seeded teams vying for top spot in the playoffs on Sunday.

See schedule on Page 10.

BCIHL

Saints rebound

BY TIMES STAFF After setting the BC Intercollegiate Hockey League winning streak, the Selkirk College Saints hockey team faltered Friday, before bouncing back on Sunday.

The Saints absorbed their first loss of the season, a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Trinity Western, but rebounded smartly on Sunday en route to a 5-3 victory over Eastern Washington University.

With just 28 seconds remaining in the middle frame, league-leading scorer Jordan Wood tipped in a Lucas Hildebrand point shot to make it 4-2, on what would prove to be the winner for the Saints.

Wood and Jake Flynn traded third period goals and netminder Stephen Wolff came up big with a breakaway save off

EWU forward Ryan Pajimola to help preserve the two-goal lead.

Selkirk fell behind 1-0 in the first, but in the second period Cody Fidgett scored on an early manadvantage and minutes later, Beau Taylor pounced on a rebound to give the visitors their first lead of the night.

Pajimola tied the game briefly on another Eagles power-play, but Scott Swiston took a long lead pass from Ben Starbuck and fired a snap shot home from the top of the circle to re-take the lead, and Wood capped it with his tip in.

“We started slowly today, which has become a running theme over the last number of games,” says Saints head coach Jeff Dubois.

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Sports GTMHA Pee Wee Tier 2 and 3 Tournament

BCHL

Deal reached in Cowichan Capitals sale

By Don Bodger

Cowichan News Leader

Tournament Schedule

Pee Wee Tier 2 All games at Cominco Arena unless otherwise posted Friday Games 1. 12:45 Trail vs Nelson 2. 3 p.m.

Spokane vs Kelowna 3. 5:15 Westside vs Penticton 4. 7:30 Pt Moody vs Trail Saturday Games 5 8 a.m.

Nelson vs Penticton 6. 8 a.m.

Westside vs Pt Moody -

at Rossland 7. 10:15 a.m. Trail vs Spokane 8 12:30 p.m. Kelowna vs Westside 9. 2:45 p.m. Penticton vs Port Moody 10. 2:45 p.m. Spokane vs Nelson at Rossland 11 5 p.m.

Kelowna vs Trail Sunday Games 12 7:15 a.m.

6th vs 7th at Rossland Arena 13 7:30 a.m.

2nd vs 3rd

14 9:45 a.m.

4th vs 5th 15 noon Final 1st vs Winner of 13

Pee Wee Tier 3 Schedule All games at the Beaver Valley Arena Friday Games 1. 3 p.m.

Trail vs Grand Forks 2. 5:15 p.m. Spokane vs Creston 3. 7;30 p.m. Kelowna vs Cranbrook Saturday Games 4. 8:15 a.m. Creston vs Trail 5. 10:30 a.m. Cranbrook vs Spokane 6. 12:45 p.m. Grand Forks vs Kelowna 7. 3 p.m.

Trail vs Cranbrook 8. 5:15 p.m. Kelowna vs Creston 9. 7:30 p.m. Spokane vs Grand Forks Sunday Games 10. 8 a.m.

1st vs 4th 11. 10:15 a.m. 2nd vs 3rd 12. 12:30 p.m. 5th vs 6th 13. 2:45 p.m. Final

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The Greater Trail Minor Hockey Tier 2 and 3 Pee Wees host their annual tournament this weekend welcoming 13 teams from across western Canada and Washington state.

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The Cowichan Valley Capitals will have a new owner at season’s end.

Caps’ majority owner Stew Gordon revealed Tuesday he reached an agreement Monday afternoon to sell the team. The buyer is “not local,’’ he said.

The rumour mill had been working overtime around Cowichan Arena about the status of the B.C. Hockey League club.

“It was put out there a little bit and a person approached me right away,’’ said Gordon.

“It’s not 100 per cent signed up. It’s all hand shake and that kind of stuff.’’

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FROM PAGE 9 “But we also put in one of our best periods in the second to take control of the game, and we limited Eastern’s chances for the most part in the third.

“It was good to get back on a winning note right away, especially with a weekend off coming up. I think the sense of urgency kicked in after the first that we didn’t want to lose back-to-back games going into a break and from there they guys responded the right way.”

Selkirk is now off until Feb. 1 when the team travels to Kamloops to face Thompson Rivers University.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks goaltending controversy has taken another turn.

Cory Schneider has been given the starting nod for Vancouver’s home game against Calgary today after a forgettable performance in the Canucks’ season opener.

Schneider was given the hook after letting in five goals on just 14 shots in a 7-3 loss against Anaheim on Saturday. Roberto Luongo stepped in to finish the Anaheim game, then stopped 30 shots in a 3-2 shootout loss to Edmonton on Sunday.

Despite Luongo’s solid goaltending, Schneider is being given another chance to cement himself as the starting goalie and live up to the three-year, US$12 million contract he was rewarded with last summer.

When asked what he hoped to achieve against the Flames, Schneider’s wishes were simple.

“Just a bounce back game,”

he said after Tuesday’s practice at Rogers Arena. “A much better performance and hopefully a win for our team because we need to get one here.

“It wasn’t not the way I wanted to start but hopefully it gets better.

I don’t think it can get much worse, so I’ll just hit the reset button and almost start the season over again.”

Meanwhile, a story in the Vancouver Sun quoted Canucks general manager Mike Gillis as saying there is a “potential deal in place with one team” for Luongo’s services.

Luongo said Thursday that Gillis has not yet approached him about a possible trade.

“It’s just the status quo from my side,” he said. “Like I’ve said, until Mike comes to me, I’ve got nothing to report.”

Head coach Alain Vigneault tried to shrug off the latest speculation and said - not for the first time that he was fortunate to have two high-quality goalies to choose from.

Another Wing flies away THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT - Tomas Holmstrom has made

his retirement official after 15 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings.

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“We did great with the Islanders,’’ said Gordon. “Once again, I didn’t pay enough attention to it.’’

The Caps are struggling on the ice this season with the worst record in the BCHL and Gordon hopes someone else can invest more time in the team.

“It’s time to move on,’’ he said.

BCHL notes: Trail resident and former Trail Smoke Eater coach Jim Ingram led the Capitals into the playoffs in his first year as head coach in 2011-12, where they lost in seven games in the first round.

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Gordon earlier quashed one rumour about former National Hockey League player Cliff Ronning buying the team, calling it “untrue.’’

Gordon first bought shares in the Caps three years ago. He became the majority owner of the club in March of 2011.

Gordon cited time constraints as one of the main reasons he decided to sell the team, with his time stretched between the Gordon ‘N’ Gordon Interiors business he runs in Victoria and family matters.

He was also the longtime owner of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League’s Kerry Park Islanders before selling the club in December of 2012

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Holmstrom’s announcement Tuesday was no surprise, but the Red Wings held a news conference before their home opener to give the Swedish winger a chance to reflect on a career that included four Stanley Cups and over 1,000 regular-season games.

Holmstrom, who turns 40 on Wednesday, says he had the greatest job in the world. Last season, Holmstrom had 11 goals and 13 assists in 74 games - the 24 points were his lowest total since 1997-98, his second season.

The gritty forward was known for his hard-nosed play in front of the net.

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Adjustment depends entirely on attitude Mailbox

Marcy Sugar & Kathy Mitchell

ing like a dead man walking and not fall into a pit of despair once I board the plane “home”? -- Pining for Rome Dear Rome: Please recognize how fortunate you are to have had the opportunity to spend time in Europe and the fact that you’ve enjoyed it so much. You will miss your Italian friends and Italian pasta, but try not to over-romanticize the experience.

Accept it for the shortterm fun it was, and know that you can certainly return whenever you can afford to do so.

How well you adjust depends entirely on your attitude. Be determined to make it as

it. How can people take me seriously after talking to my parents?

My father says being an artist is special and interesting, and he becomes unhappy if I ask him to describe me differently.

I’ve gotten so fed up that I dread visiting their home, especially when they have guests.

What do I do? -- Not an Artist Dear Artist: So your parents think being an artist is ever so much more glamorous than other professions, and they prefer to fantasize about your job. Your attempts to force them to change will only make all of you miserable. Who cares what their friends think? As long as you conduct yourself appropriately and correct any misimpressions, no one will mistake you for a 9-year-old with fingerpaints. We know it’s annoying, but please try to ignore this.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Dreading Christmas,”

whose husband’s two siblings take turns hosting Christmas Eve dinners in their homes, but they won’t let her reciprocate because she doesn’t want to have it in her house.

I have two sisters who love hosting Thanksgiving dinner

and alternate each year. They have lovely china and beautiful homes. I have always lived in a small house, but we have a beautiful yard and garden. We reciprocate by hosting a barbecue on Labor Day weekend.

Maybe “Dreading

Christmas” could do something like this. -Oregon Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net.

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Dear Annie: I have a problem with my parents’ decorating habits.

They insist on putting up artwork that I did when I was a child. The dining room, living room and bedrooms all have pictures that I drew or painted from the time I was 6 until I was 17. I have repeatedly asked that they remove them, but they say they can’t bear to take them down. Mind you, they have no such pictures from my sister’s childhood. In fact, they don’t even display pictures their grandchildren have drawn.

I know it’s their house, but I’m a 35-year-old man, and I don’t want people to see this stuff and think I still do such childish collages. It also feels creepy. It’s like my parents aren’t allowing me to grow up.

My father insists on telling people I am an artist. At one time, I wanted to be, but now I am a high school teacher and proud of

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Dear Annie: I’ve been studying abroad in Rome for the past three months. I head back to America in a few weeks. I can honestly say I haven’t missed being home.

I’ve absolutely loved my stay in Europe. I feel safe and happy.

The one thing I’m dreading is reverse culture shock. I’m afraid I’ll resent my smalltown college or that I’ll become depressed when I get home. All of my friends will have left for their own studyabroad adventures.

No one will be able to speak the Italian I’ve learned and help me maintain my fluency.

The foods and pastimes that I’ve become fond of are nonexistent in America.

My European friends say I should just enjoy the little time I have left abroad and keep positive thoughts when I’m back in America, but I don’t expect my reimmersion process to be that easy. How can I learn to stop liv-

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You’ll enjoy meeting unusual people today. In fact, all group situations, whether small classes or large conferences, will be stimulating and might inspire you to set new goals.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Parents, bosses or someone in authority will surprise you today by saying or doing something unusual. No doubt this will be entertaining, but it also might make you nervous.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Unexpected travel opportunities might fall in your lap today. However, travel plans can change or be delayed.

Others will explore opportunities in publishing and higher education.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You might be excited to get the support from others that you least expected. Someone could give you a gift or do you

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a favor. Just say, “Yes!” LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Your interactions with others, especially partners and close friends, will be interesting today. For starters, people are doing surprising things.

(Or someone might introduce you to a real character.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Explore technology and computer-related subjects at work, because you can learn a lot today. Some of you might start to figure out how to be self-employed. Yes! LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a playful, flirtatious day! Sports events will hold surprises for some.

Unexpected invitations will delight others. (Be mindful of children in your care today.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You might buy something modern or high-tech today, because something unusual will make your home routine a little different. Perhaps unex-

pected company will drop by?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Your mind is bubbling with new ideas today. In fact, your high energy will attract new and unusual people to you.

(You can use all of this to your advantage.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Be open to different jobs or new ways to boost your income, because they exist today. You might even find

cash. However, keep an eye on your possessions so that they don’t walk away.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You feel restless and ready for adventure! Because your mind is stimulated, your enthusiasm for life will attract interesting people who are full of bright ideas to you. Make the most of this.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Hidden discoveries can ben-

efit you today. Obviously, this is an excellent day for research and coming up with secrets for long-sought-after solutions.

YOU BORN TODAY People are drawn to you, mostly because they admire you. (And you like their admiration.)

Sometimes you appear withdrawn or aloof, but this is just a defense to maintain your privacy. You need courage to break down these walls and simply be who you are. In the year ahead, you will build or

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FOUND: a pair of downhill skis on Jan.6, 2013, Fruitvale area.

Call to claim: Pat @250-3677609 evenings.

LOST: 3 Keys + FOB on leather tab with ‘H’ @ Trail Memorial Arena on Friday, Jan.11th.

Please call 250-364-2435.

FOUND: Ladies watch outside L’Bears, in Trail on Wed. Jan.16. Claim by identifying @ Trail Times.

LOST: Italian Passport and Permanent Resident Card, in December in Trail. Call 250364-1961

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In Memoriam

In Loving Memory of

Serafina Naccarato

January 23,2011

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BRAN2 BDR WALKOUT BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: 1 yr old, 5 appliances, galley maple kitchen, laminate throughout, $900/ mo. +utilities. Jan. 15 or Feb. 1, ns/np, references required. D NEW RIVERVIEW HOUSE: Granite, timber, cedar, WINTER SPECIAL $299,000. , 2 BDR HOUSE WITH GARAGE: 75x110’ lot, zoned commercial, 2 blocks from downtown Kaslo, $199,000. Call 250-353-2595.

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GRANDVIEW HOUSING STRATA DUPLEX: 105-4200 Grandview Dr, Castlegar. To view contact Elmer Verigin

Real Estate SOUTH CASTLEGAR, $159,000: Cozy, renovated, 2bdr house, large lot, f/s, w/d, woodstove/electric, carport, deck, 24hrs to view. *MORTGAGES - GOOD OR BAD CREDIT: Purchases/Renances, 100% Financing, Debt consolidations, Construction, renos, Private Funds. Rates as low as 2.20% oac. Call Krista, 2652SQ.FT. EXECUTIVE HOME: Overlooking the Columbia River on a quiet street in Castlegar. Priced to sell at $349,000.

BRAND NEW RIVERVIEW HOUSE: Granite, timber, cedar, WINTER SPECIAL $299,000. , ESTATE SALE: Cozy 4 bdr, 2 bath, Panabode home on approximately 1 acre in Kaslo, excellent condition, very clean and sound, 2 sunrooms, 2 pellet stoves, main oor laundry, paved driveway, walk out basement, $219,000.

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Her many friends and I will miss her so much. I will miss our special friendship, her wonderful attitude, compassionate nature, sense of humour and many phone calls.

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Memories are a treasure I’ll always cherish.

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1 BDR NEWLY RENOVATED: Riverfront, basement suite, downtown Castlegar, f/s, w/d, dw, ns/np, $700/mo. +utilities (or furnished & serviced, $1600/mo.), available Mar. 1. Stacey

1 BDR WITH DEN: Lots of light in quiet house, laundry/utilities included, South-end, Castlegar, $650/mo.

1BDR BASEMENT APARTMENT, CASTLEGAR: Ns/np, available Feb. 1, $550/ mo. utilities included.

1BDR COMFORTABLE SHOREACRES COTTAGE: Suitable for 1 person, ns/np, available immediately, $550/mo. +utilities.

2 BDR GROUND FLOOR, TRAIL: Updated, quiet, $650/mo. +utilities, Seniors Discount, close to downtown.

2 BDR WALKOUT BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: 1 yr old, 5 appliances, galley maple kitchen, laminate throughout, $900/ mo. +utilities. Jan. 15 or Feb. 1, ns/np, references required.

For Sale By Owner 2-3 BDR HOUSE,YMIR: F/s, w/d, dw, wood/electric heat, hi-speed/satTV, Feb.1, $800/mo.+utilities.

2BDR BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: W/d, np, references, $650/mo. +utilities.

2ND AVE, TRAIL: 1bdr suite, ns, quiet working adult, laundry, garage, utilities included, available now, $750/mo.

3 BDR HOUSE: On 2nd, Trail, close to Gyro, available Jan. 1st, ns, $800/mo.+negotiable.

3 BDR ROSSLAND HOME: All appliances, replace, enclosed garage, $950/mo.

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BACHELOR SUITE IN BALFOUR: All utilities included $600/mo.

BEAUTIFUL 4BDR, THRUMS: Acreage, 2.5 baths, ns/np, references required, mature/ responsible, Jan. 1, $1500/mo. +utilities.

CASTLEGAR 1 BDR +DEN BASEMENT SUITE: Walk-out, on bus route, ns/np, $675/ mo. inclusive.

CASTLEGAR AREA 2 BDR MOBILE: Ns/np, $800/mo. +utilities.

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FOR RENT ON THE EDGE OF KASLO: Small cozy log cabin. Quiet, peaceful, setting suitable for quiet, ns/np, suited for single, responsible person, $600/mo. +utilities.

FURNISHED 2 BDR HOME, SOUTH CASTLEGAR: Now available, $850/mo. +utilities.

KASLO, BRIGHT 3BDR 1.5 BATH: F/s, w/d hookups, close to hospital/school, covered deck, internet/cable included, $850/mo.

LARGE 1 BDR UPPER DUPLEX, HERITAGE APARTMENT, NELSON: Near downtown, ns, w/d, hardwood oors, clawfoot tub, covered deck, full sunlight, $900/mo.+utilities, available now, references required.

LOVELY NELSON APARTMENTS AVAILABLE! Some rent controlled, including water & hydro, references required.

NELSON, 3BDR, 2BATH HOME: Airy, close to all amenities, absolutely ns/np, reference required, $1250/mo. +utilities.

ROBSON 3BDR HOUSE: Very clean, big yard, near school, church, bus stop, f/s, ns/np, references, $1150/mo. 250-365-2920(msg).

ROSEMONT BACHELOR SUITE: Available Feb. 1, ns/np, $650/mo., includes utilities, cable & internet.

SLOCAN MOTEL APARTMENTS, $500-$750, fully-furnished, large kitchen units, manager onsite.

SMALL 2 BDR HOME, DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR: Ns/np, w/d, f/s, $825/mo. +utilities, SOUTH CASTLEGAR: Furnished 1bdr +ofce home, available immediately, $800/ mo. +utilities.

THRUMS: 3 bdr apartment, $850/mo. +utilities.

Homes For Rent UPPER KASLO, COZY 1 BDR CABIN: Furnished, beautiful view, ns/np, responsible single adult, reference.

S. CASTLEGAR 2BDR BASEMENT SUITE: Newly renovated, ns, pets on approval, laundry, references, $725/mo. utilities +internet included.

1BDR BASEMENT SUITE, OOTISCHENIA: Quiet single, No pets or smoking, w/d, $600/ mo. including utilities, D.D.-$300.

1 BDR APT: Balfour, fully-furnished/equipped, lake & mtn view, sun deck, ns/np, $695/ mo. inclusive.

1 BDR SUITE, DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR: Ns/np, references required, $625/mo. utilities included.

1BDR APARTMENT, DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR: Heat/hydro included, ns, references, $675/mo.

1BDR BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: Private entrance, backyard, available Feb. 1, shared laundry, ns/np, references.

2 BDR BASEMENT SUITE: Very large & clean, gorgeous lake view, 15 mins from Castlegar, ns/np, $750/mo. includes electric. Travis, 2 BDR MOBILE HOME, 6-MILE, NELSON: Available immediately, ns/np, references, $950/ mo., includes utilities.

2-3 BDR DUPLEX, SALMO: Available immediately, np, f/s, w/d hookups, $700/ mo. +utilities.

2BDR APARTMENT, CASTLEGAR: Bright, spacious, f/s, laundry, close to amenities, ns np, $725/mo. +utilities.

2BDR HOUSE ON 5 ACRES: 5 minutes south of Kaslo. Looking for responsible, clea tenant(s), $650/mo. +utilities. 250-354-1698 3 BDR HOUSE, NELSON: Newly refurbishe perfect for family, close to schools, $1500/ mo. Contact Colleen or Nick, 250-229-2333 or 250-229-4771.

3 BDR MAIN FLOOR HOUSE, CASTLEGAR Nice, updated, 5 appliances, double garage $950/mo. +utilities. 250-365-5896.

3BDR HOUSE, NEWLY RENOVATED: With large yard, Slocan City, available Jan. 1, $90 mo. +utilities. 250-365-7574.

3BDR MOBILE: In Sunny Bridgeview Cresc Ootischenia, close to all amenities/college, $750/mo. +utilities. 250-365-3733.

3BDR, 2BATH, ROSSLAND: Spacious Heritage home, hardwood oors, large priva yard, available Feb. 1. 250-368-1066.

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COZY TRAILER: In quiet nature setting, 15 minutes west of Nelson, in friendly commun $390/mo. includes heat & electric. Sorry, no dogs. 250-359-8280.

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FRUITVALE, 2BDR: Remodeled, w/d, $595/ mo. 250-367-9676.

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LARGE 4BDR HOUSE ON ACREAGE, SLOCAN VALLEY: Bright, hardwood oors, woodstove, large kitchen, garden, private/qu $990/mo. 250-355-0035.

LOWER KASLO: Nice, clean 1bdr suite in heritage four-plex, close to beach, 2 decks,

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REGIONAL CRESTON

Costs come with carbon credits

BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Creston Valley Advance

Creston town council got a reminder at its Jan. 15 regular meeting that signing on to a provincial carbon neutral commitment comes with a cost.

In response to pressure in recent years for local governments to reduce carbon emissions, three adjoining regional districts — Central Kootenay, East Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary — along with Columbia Basin Trust and some First Nations, formed their own consulting organization.

The result, Carbon Neutral Kootenays, provides advice on how to reduce carbon footprints and how to mitigate target shortfalls with carbon credit purchases.

“Creston signed on to the voluntary climate action charter several years ago, committing, among other things, to be carbon neutral in its operations by 2012,” CNK’s Trish Dehnel told council.

She outlined steps the town has taken toward achieving that goal, but said that it will be as much as 300 tons of carbon emissions over neutrality when the analysis is finally complete.

“To meet this commitment, Creston must take responsibility for its remaining emissions by purchasing offsets,” she said.

The cost will be under $7,500, possibly much less, Dehnel said, and CNK recommends that the credits be purchased from the Darkwoods project, the forest on the southwest side of Kootenay Lake that was recently bought by the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

Jumbo not an issue, says new CBT chair

BY GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star

The new chair of the Columbia Basin Trust wears a Jumbosized hat — but insists it shouldn’t be a problem.

Greg Deck says his appointment as mayor of Jumbo Glacier Resort, which officially becomes a mountain resort municipality next month, elicited “some groans” when he informed his fellow Trust directors.

“Probably some unparliamentary language came out,” he said in an interview.

“They quite reasonably asked ‘Why are you doing this?’“ Deck answers that question like this: he was mayor of Radium Hot Springs, another municipality focused on tourism, from its incorporation in 1990 until 2008. That experience — as well as the fact his community was on record as a supporter of the proposed Jumbo resort — led the province to approach him. “[They asked] ‘Would you be willing to put those areas of expertise to work to make sure this is as successful as possible?’

I can’t imagine anybody, proponent or foe, wants to see it done badly. That’s the worst of all possible worlds.”

Deck said it was

hard to say no, but he knew it would challenge his position with the Trust, on whose board he’s served since its inception in 1995.

He was vice-chair until this month, when he took over from retiring chair Garry Merkel.

Deck said before the Jumbo appointment became public, he explained the situation to the board, and left the room to let them discuss it. He returned to find he had convinced them he could do both.

“It was pretty much unanimous, as I understand it. [They said] ‘The things that make you valuable for the province to appoint you to that other job are also the things that make you valuable for us here.’“ Even so, he expects them to watch closely to ensure no damage is done to the Trust — just as he promises to be extra diligent about avoiding conflicts. “I’m going to be even more careful about making sure the two are kept separate because of the controversy that surrounds this municipality,” he says.

(The creation of the Jumbo municipality in the Purcell Mountains has been criticized because it has no citizens and isn’t likely to for some time.)

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Columbia Basin Trust chair Greg Deck (seen here with vice-chair Laurie Page) is also the incoming mayor of Jumbo Glacier Resort. But he doesn’t think wearing both hats should pose a problem.

Deck adds there is no room at the Trust board for people who aren’t regional thinkers anyway, and some Radium residents feel that as mayor he didn’t do enough to get them their slice of the pie, ”but that’s not how we work.”

Deck made his first appearance as Columbia Basin Trust chair before the Regional District of Central Kootenay board last week, where Nelson city councillor Donna Macdonald raised the issue of his position with Jumbo.

Deck said he had no

problem addressing it, and was relieved that while it wasn’t ignored, neither was it dwelled upon. “We were able to still get our message out about the Trust without people having a hard time listening.”

CONSULTATION IN TRUST’S GENES Deck also says he’s fine with the idea of a broad consultation on the future of the Trust and its joint venture partner Columbia Power Corporation as suggested by former Nelson-Creston MLA Corky Evans and former Trust chair Josh Smienk.

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