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School changes pass final vote Hope remains for K-12 in Rossland

BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff

With a raise of the hand the fate of one of Rossland’s two schools was sealed Monday night.

The board of trustees for School District 20 (Kootenay Columbia) adopted a bylaw to close MacLean Elementary School next year, and Rossland Secondary School will begin hosting kindergarten to Grade 9 in September.

Amidst the flurry, the city will also be losing three grades of secondary schooling, with grades 10-12 heading down the mountain next year to Trail’s J.L Crowe Secondary School.

The vote—that passed six to three without any debate during the board’s regular meeting at Trail Middle School—could have been a crushing blow to Rossland, but there was a groundswell of optimism already rising that night that all grades will be kept in the Golden City for the next school year.

The community-based Neighbourhood of Learning (NOL) committee acted quickly after the board’s decision, and announced a public forum had been set for this Thursday on what options are available to keep K-12 in Rossland.

NOL coordinator Aerin Guy said the forum will give the grassroots movement a sense of cohesion, and funnel some of the ethereal ideas floating in the community into a more concrete form.

“It’s been a fast two months full of information with ideas flying around, so we need to pull people together at this point to move on to the next steps,” she said.

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City addresses pigeon problem

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

On Monday night, Trail council unanimously agreed to send the pigeons packing.

Care Pest and Wildlife Control Ltd. Of Burnaby, has been hired by the city to carry out the pigeon control program for $25,000.

“The city has been dealing with an ongoing problem of pigeons for some time,” explained David Perehudoff, chief administrative officer and financial administrator for the city.

The funding was included as a high priority in the 2013 capital budget, he said.

Warren Proulx, engineering technician for the City of Trail and administrator of See COMPANY, Page 3

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Students and teachers at Glenmerry Elementary School will be wearing pink today as part of the pink T-shirt campaign, which raises awareness to take a stand against bullying. Local elementary and high schools all have “pink” activities planned to send the message that bullies will not be tolerated.

Students join forces to stop bullying

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

The message is loud and pink.

Today, local elementary and secondary schools are banding together by wearing pink to send a message of awareness that bullying hurts and won’t be tolerated in schools.

The colour of the pink shirt is based on a campaign started in 2006, when two Nova Scotia Grade 12 students stood up for a Grade 9 boy, who was being bullied for wearing a pink polo shirt on the first day of school.

That day, the students, David Shepherd and Travis Price, went to a nearby discount store and bought 50 pink shirts to wear to school the next day.

Then the two went online to email classmates and get them on board with their anti-bullying cause that they dubbed “sea of pink.”

The following day, dozens of students outfitted in the discount tees showed up in support, as did hundreds of students

wearing their own pink clothes.

Glenmerry Elementary will be a sea of pink as grade 5, 6 and 7 students were given a pink T-shirt to wear in an assembly that will focus on “taking a stand,” and the harms of name-calling, said principal Patrick Audet.

St Michael’s Catholic Elementary School has encouraged its Grade 7 leaders to facilitate an assembly today.

“The students will demonstrate WITS (walk away, ignore, talk it out, seek help),” said principal Julia Mason. “As well, they will demonstrate the “tug of help,” which encourages bystanders to act and intervene when bullying occurs.”

For students at Rossland Secondary School (RSS), everyday is anti-bullying day, said Annie Cameron, RSS Grade 12 student.

“We acknowledge February 27 with pink T-shirts and bracelets,” she said “But we don’t go all out because we address the issue each day, so kids feel safe everyday at RSS.”

The students at J.L. Crowe in Trail are raising awareness of all forms of bullying by wearing pink, and making a personal pledge today.

“The personal “pledge to not bully,” will be available to the entire student body,” said teacher Terry Jones The students will take the pledge by tracing their hand and signing a big piece of paper in the foyer at lunch. By taking the pledge, students are raising awareness of bullying, and hoping to stop it.

However, bullying isn’t always physical, and on Tuesday, Alicia McCoid, Grade 12 student at Crowe, spoke of its quieter form.

“Its not always something you see,” she said.

“Sometimes it’s the things you hear, like hurtful rumours and gossip.”

McCoid said that sometimes it is hard to know if it bullying because the words and actions may be between friends.

“But it is always good to step in and take a stand.’

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FROM PAGE 1 the Care Pest contract, explained in a memo that the steel bird spikes that were installed along the entire length of the bridge arches by the Ministry of Transport, only solved the unsanitary feces problem on the bridge sidewalk.

“The pigeon population continues to grow,” he said.

Care Pest and Wildlife Control Ltd., submitted a proposal to the city and recommended that the best course of action would be to start trapping the birds, by enticing them with corn feed.

“Small traps will be in three locations, two at the Memorial Centre and one

at city hall,” explained Perehudoff.

Every two days the live pigeons will be transported to a larger trap at the public works yard until the holding cage is to capacity, he said.

“Care Pest will then relocate the birds to the lower mainland,” said Perehudoff.

“Everything will be done on a humane basis.”

Proulx said that once the birds are in Vancouver, they will be donated to a pigeon trainer, and be trained for racing.

Care Pest is prepared to start this contract in early March, and estimate three months to reduce or eliminate the pigeon problem, said

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“I can speak from my own experience in a downtown workplace,” said Coun.

Kevin Jolly.

“We’ve actually had to bring in extra custodial staff to clean up the mess around the exterior of the building.”

Jolly said that the birds have started roosting and are causing unsanitary and unsightly issues.

“If we neglect this issue it will become exponential in scope further down the road.”

While all councillors agreed to reduce the number of pigeons, opinions divided when the second part of the recommendation, a bylaw amendment to enforce a fine

for feeding the birds, came to discussion.

Coun. Sean Mackinlay said that the enforceability of the bylaw is impossible.

“The food scraps in open dumpsters in downtown Trail is the problem,” he said.

“It’s not coming from individuals feeding them.”

Coun. Gordon DeRosa agreed.

“I understand the concept of reducing the number of pigeons,” he said.

“But it is draconian to tell people that they can’t feed birds.”

The councilors were outvoted, and a fine can now be issued to bylaw-breakers who continue to feed the birds.

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The J.L. Crowe Secondary Outdoor Academy allows students to learn outside the classroom. Students mix academics with life-long skills in an outdoor environment. This Saturday, a fundraiser will be held at Miners’ Hall to help with the costs of the academy.

Event supports Crowe’s Outdoor Academy program

By Sheri Regnier Times Staff

Outdoor education can offer a host of opportunities outside the confines of a school’s four walls.

With this philosophy at the forefront, the J.L. Crowe Secondary’s Outdoor Education Academy is hosting a fundraiser on Saturday at the Rossland Miners’ Hall.

The “fun-raiser” will open with information about the program and local films of skiing and snowboarding.

“It looks to be a really fun evening, and we will show last year’s outdoor education academy video,” said Colin Adamson, J.L. Crowe teacher and event organizer.

The outdoor education academy offers a unique opportunity for Grade 11 students to integrate academics with life-long skills that are learned outside the classroom.

Students are literally taken away from the distractions of urban life and encouraged to

develop an increased awareness of themselves, others and the natural environment.

“The aim is to educate the students outside and in the “real world,””said Adamson.

However, organized learning that takes place outdoors can be costly. Student fees for the program are $300, which only helps cover the costs of transportation, equipment rentals, specialty instructor costs, and certification fees.

“I have organized the event to help pay for equipment, gear and courses that many of my outdoor education students cannot afford,” explained Adamson.

“This year the students will partake in three extensive overnight camping trips and culminate in a five day year-end canoe trip to Slocan Lake,” explained Adamson.

A more complete understanding of what can be accomplished as a group and how obstacles can be overcome are key lessons that students in the program will

learn, said Adamson.

The four courses offered within the outdoor education academy are: Outdoor (physical) Education 11; Social Studies 11; Biology 11; and Sustainable Resources (science) 11 and 12.

Students have opportunity to receive four certifications, which include: wilderness first aid; fire suppression; avalanche awareness and skills level one; and movingwater canoeing level one.

Saturday’s event begins at 6:30 p.m., and is an adult-only evening. Refreshments will be available.

Prize give-aways include sweatshirts; ski passes, touring backpacks and a “Night for Two” at the Rossland Prestige designer suite. The Retallack Lodge will be there to give away a “bag of things,” Adamson added.

Live music from The Charlie Jacobson Band and headliner, Scatterheart, begins at 9 p.m.

For more information, contact Adamson at (250) 231-6566 or email at cadamson@sd20.bc.ca.

FROM PAGE 1 The forum in the RSS gymnasium (7-9 p.m.) will develop working groups and task forces around the options NOL has been researching.

Guy said the committee has been looking at the possibility of an independent school at RSS, creating a municipal school district in Rossland, or the city partnering with the school district and drawing upon a tax increase from its citizens to keep the high school grades in the city.

“There will also be an opportunity to explain what some of the options are in terms of the buildings and remaining with the school district,” she said.

As well, representatives from the City of Rossland will be there to pitch the idea of increasing taxation to help fund the shortfall the school district needs to keep 13 grades in RSS. “Very quickly council will be meeting to discuss those alternatives,” said Rossland Mayor Greg Granstrom.

“Certainly, we are waiting for some more information from the (NOL) committee and we will proceed from there.”

SD20 board chair Darrell Ganzert said the school district was not expecting a reply from the city until early April when its budget process is complete and the city will know if there is the wherewithal to talk figures with the district.

The city was looking for the final word to decide on what to do, as was NOL, said Rossland trustee Gordon Smith, but the will to continue to battle for keeping K-12 in the city did not die with the vote.

“There certainly is a lot of community energy (to keep K-12) which is typical of Rossland,” he said.

Smith, who voted against the bylaw, said the adopted bylaw means the RSS building will be saved and will give the community the opportunity to further save the remaining grades.

“The building staying open, which is the larger of the two, allows us the opportunity to explore alternatives in terms of revenue generating programs, as well as the blended learning if the board decides to do it,” he said.

Although the closure of MacLean—as well as the amalgamation of Twin Rivers and Castlegar elementary schools in Castlegar—will save the district nearly half of the $750,000 shortfall this year, the savings could be less if the money is put where the mouth is.

At one point in a public meeting last month at RSS on the school closure, one man asked people to stand up if they agreed they would take their kids out of the school district if RSS were to close, and instead home school, move away or put their kids in school in another district.

After 200 people stood up the man told the board closing RSS would take over $1 million straight out of the budget.

“It’s a huge, huge economic cost to the school district if RSS is closed. So that’s what you really need to focus on is losing that revenue,” he said at the time.

Another man suggested 90 per cent of parents would consider moving out of the district, home schooling or attend other school districts. But the notion of lost revenue through student defections wasn’t factored in for the final board decision, said Ganzert.

“We had a bunch of people stand up at a meeting, whether that will translate into a bunch of kids, we don’t know. We’ll deal with that issue when we come upon it,” he said Monday.

And the community’s will could be made clear in the next few weeks when NOL launches its community-wide survey, both in a mail out to Rossland homes and online.

“We are going to launch a survey ... that asks the community what their opinions on tax increases are and what they feel about that, and if those dollars were to be available what they would like them used for,” said Guy. The survey will take place over a period of 10 days.

The four options are for $300,000 to be paid annually for a period of three years, for $300,000 to be paid for one year, for $140,000 to be paid for a period of three years (in one lump sum or annually), and $140,000 for one year, carrying potential tax increases of $15 to $95 per year.

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Coach gets jail time for tripping player after game THE CANADIAN PRESS RICHMOND, B.C. - A Vancouver pee wee hockey coach has been sentenced to 15 days in jail for tripping a young player during what was supposed to be a postgame handshake.

Martin Tremblay stuck out his foot while shaking hands with an opposing team player, and his fit of anger was posted on the Internet, garnering two million views.

The 48-year-old pleaded guilty to one count of assault in November.

Richmond provincial court Judge Patrick Chen gave Tremblay jail time, saying he wasn’t satisfied that time served in the community was enough to denounce or deter the man for his actions.

Chen told Tremblay that he may have some anger management issues and that the man must take responsibility for what he did because society will not tolerate children being assaulted by adults.

Two players, aged 10 and 13, tumbled to the ice last June when Tremblay stuck his foot out, leaving one child with an injured wrist after Tremblay coached a UBC Hornets’ game.

After his arrest by RCMP, Tremblay was banned from coaching by the Vancouver Minor Hockey Association, lost a volunteer position with Scouts Canada and had two of his construction jobs cancelled because of his notoriety.

Man sentenced for setting teen ablaze

THE CANADIAN PRESS KELOWNA, B.C. - A man who set his sleeping friend on fire during a house party in Kelowna, B.C., has received an 18-month jail sentence.

Matthew SweetGrant was also sentenced to two years’ probation after he and

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another man sprayed shaving cream on their 18-year-old pal and set him ablaze in what the pair claimed was a prank. The victim needed treatment for second- and thirddegree burns.

Provincial court Judge Anne Wallace told Sweet-Grant that while she wanted to deter others from similar actions she handed out a lighter sentence because he pleaded guilty, showed genu-

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A Crown lawyer had asked Wallace to impose a sentence of six to eight years, and the defence had asked for “limited time” to be added to the time Sweet-Grant had already served.

Wallace dismissed both requests, saying she didn’t know what the Crown was basing its submission on because there were no similar cases that warranted such sentence.

But she said the defence’s request would not deter others.

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Smoke in a public place in Duncan and you will get a warning.

Do it again, and you will get a fine.

The city has launched a public campaign to bring awareness to a new smoking bylaw that came into force within city boundaries in midDecember.

The bylaw prohibits smoking “within substantially enclosed public place or workplace; Within three (3) meters of most public or workplace doorways, open-windows, or air-intakes; In substantially enclosed transit shelters; In common areas of apartment buildings, condominiums and dormitories; On any public and private K-12 school grounds; In motor vehicles when youth under 16 years of age are present; In any public facility, including, but not limited to parks, play-

grounds, sports fields, and Duncan City Square).

“The objectives of this bylaw are to protect infants, toddlers, children, persons with disabilities, people suffering illness, people of advanced age and others who are incapable of removing themselves from being exposed to hazardous cigarette chemicals,” a media release from the city states. “Each year in Canada, second-hand smoke causes the death of at least 800 nonsmokers, due to lung cancer and heart disease.”

Tickets will be accompanied by a minimum $100 fine.

“The city’s bylaw enforcement officers will begin an awareness campaign advising smokers of the new regulations. Tickets will only be issued if warnings are disregarded,” director of corporate services Lynn Ketch stated in the release. “It is hoped that through this awareness campaign that ticketing will not be necessary.”

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A seagull flies over False Creek at sunset in Vancouver on Monday.

Kelowna’s mayor has lashed out at the Vancouver Province newspaper, accusing it of “lazy” reporting in a four-page spread that appeared on the weekend characterizing his city as a centre of violent crime in B.C. and a place plagued by poor development planning.

“This was a slaughter. My God, it was four pages long, embellished with photographs,” said Walter Gray when asked about the article following Monday’s city council meeting.

“Clearly the article had been written before (a Province

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reporter) talked to me,” he added.

He noted the reporter who interviewed him was not the same one whose byline appeared on the story, and said his comments would be handed to an editor to use with the story.

The mayor said the article, which he described as “brutal,” ignored many of good things the city has done in terms of both policing here and development, including having more kilometres of bike path per capita than any other city in Canada.

Instead, it focused on a recent double murder that took place in West Kelowna, the

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August 2011 ganglandstyle shooting outside the Delta Grand Hotel that claimed the life of Vancouver gang leader Jonathan Bacon and what the newspaper called “the disjointed ugly patchwork of parking lots and strip malls.”

Just as council was preparing to meet Monday afternoon, the RCMP in the Lower Mainland suburb of Delta announced three men—all from the Lower Mainland and all believed to have gang connections— were arrested Friday and have been charged in the Bacon shooting, which also injured three other people, two other Lower

Mainland gang members and the niece of a Lower Mainland Hells Angel.

Gray said the arrests of people from outside the community showed the Bacon shooting was a story about crime in B.C., not crime in Kelowna, despite the fact it took place here.

As for The Province article, Gray was particularly incensed it provided no statistics to back up claims that people here are frightened of what it called “visible violent criminals.”

“I was disappointed in The Province article because it lacked any sort of proof and was void of any statistics,”

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He said the criticisms of planning here failed to take into account that 44 per cent of land in the city is in the Agricultural Land Reserve and is thus protected from development.

He added that some of the development singled out for criticism happened outside of the city before Kelowna expanded beyond the area around the Capri Hotel in the mid-1970s.

As for complaints about development on the Westside, the mayor noted much of the “big box” store development and strip malls slammed by the article are located on Westbank First Nation land and are not subject to the same development rules that exist if they were on land under municipal jurisdiction.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS W H I T E C O U R T, Alta. - Two suspects are in custody after a sheriff was shot in the hand at a courthouse in northwestern Alberta.

The shooting happened just before noon in the town of Whitecourt, where two local men were making their first court appearance after a drug bust in the town last week.

E y e w i t n e s s Kathlene CampbellConlon, a reporter for radio station CFXW who was in court to cover the appearances, said the disturbance began with what sounded like a fight in a hallway used to transport prisoners.

“An officer that was in the court at the time hopped the

guard rail and ran behind the door,” said Campbell-Conlon.

“The door shut, you heard more fights, you heard a couple highpitched screams, then two, maybe three gunshots.”

Campbell-Conlon said the immediate reaction in court was panic.

“The entire courtroom is just pushing their way to get out, chairs are being thrown around,” she said. “We all get outside, trying to calm down.”

Once outside, Campbell-Conlon witnessed the suspects escape.

“As I walked towards the sounds of everything that’s happening, I saw a man climb into the passenger side of this sheriff’s

van.

“You could hear people: ‘There’s a prisoner in there!’ We’re yelling this. Then they backed out and they drove south out of Whitecourt.”

Whitecourt mayor Trevor Thain confirmed the prisoners escaped in the sheriff’s van. RCMP eventually nabbed the suspects south of the Whitecourt airport near a roadblock.

Thain says the suspects were among those arrested earlier in a drug bust in the community, about 180 kilometres from the provincial capital.

Six people were arrested and charged after that raid, which turned cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana, as well as an illegal firearm.

THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Canada’s labour market may be more structurally sound than many may believe, according to two new reports that paint a relatively stable picture of jobs growth and wage distribution.

Following two downward months that were backed by a 22,000-job setback in January, the Conference Board of Canada said Tuesday its forward-looking help-wanted index is pointing to a rebound

in employment this month.

That number won’t be known until next Friday when Statistics Canada publishes its labour market survey results, but the index’s jump of 10 per cent from the previous month strongly sug-

gests February could produce a sizable rebound.

“It’s a pretty big jump and it does suggest there will be a turnaround in February,” said Alan Arcand, the thinktank’s principal economist.

Job market on the rebound

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A protester known as “Anarchapanda” walks past police during a demonstration by students in Montreal, Tuesday.

Senator pleads not guilty to charges THE CANADIAN PRESS GATINEAU, Que. - A search warrant filed in court says an ongoing argument over aboriginal issues at the home of Sen. Patrick Brazeau escalated into a physical and sexual confrontation and back-to-back 911 calls to local police.

Court documents say Brazeau, 38, has formally pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and sexual assault.

His arrest on Feb. 7 arrest came a day after a Senate committee announced it had hired independent auditors to examine Brazeau’s housing expense claims and those of two other senators.

Now, the police warrant details allegations by a woman in Brazeau’s home who says he beat her, choked her, tore her pants off and pushed her down a flight of stairs, breaking the railing.

The complainant also alleges Brazeau tore up a bra and blouse she was try-

ing to pack in a suitcase, called her vulgar names in French and English and aggressively grabbed her breast.

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

Brazeau, a former national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples - which represents off-reserve natives - has been an outspoken critic of some factions of the aboriginal movement, including the Idle No More movement.

The search warrant says the complainant and Brazeau were having an ongoing disagreement over the native file that had begun the night

before.

According to the search warrant, a crying woman initially called police in Gatineau, Que., across the Ottawa River from the national capital, just after 9 a.m., on Feb. 7 but hung up.

It said she called back two minutes later to say she was being beaten.

The warrant said when police arrived at the home, Brazeau was in a room upstairs.

Brazeau was immediately kicked out of the Conservative caucus by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who had made him the youngest appointee ever to the upper chamber in

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anadians can be excused for being confused about the amount of crime in their society. Last year produced horrific scenes of people being murdered and their bodies dismembered, several executions in public places in Toronto, and the media reporting that shootings and stabbings in different cities are on the increase.

These headlines contradicted all of the articles that ‘crime is falling’ published after the release of Statistics Canada’s recent annual Juristat survey of crime. What is a person to think?

Some of the answers are to be found in the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s just-released review of the Juristat reports. Many people think that measuring crime is a straightforward exercise, but it is not.

The first question is simply, How do you count crime? Besides its survey of police-reported crime, Statistics Canada also conducts a survey of whether Canadians were a victim of crime. These results for 2009 show a huge discrepancy with the amount of

crime reported to police. In 2009, 7.4 million Canadians reported they were the victim of at least one of the eight specific crimes covered by the survey, compared with the police count of only two million total crimes.

This discrepancy mostly reflects that people say they report only 31 per cent of crimes to the police. The public is increasingly reluctant to report crime to the police, partly out of fear of retribution from criminals and partly out of frustration with falling rates of crime being solved by the police. For example, over the past four decades, the solve rate for murders has fallen from 95 per cent to 75 per cent, and is less than 50 per cent for gang-related killings. This growing reluctance to report crime to police leads to erroneous headlines that ‘crime is down’. The real headline should read “Canadians’ reporting of crime hits an all-time low”.

There are other basic questions about how to count crime. Is a crime spree one crime or several?

Statistics Canada selects only the most severe crime, but police services across

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the country increasingly are adopting the ‘all violations’ method of counting. It is also important to note that Statistics Canada excludes the 113,100 drug crimes committed in 2011 from its overall crime count, which reduces the crime total appreciably.

There is also the question of whether to measure crime in absolute terms, or as a rate relative to the population. Crime rates could fall just because the population is growing faster than crime itself, which could still be rising in absolute terms. The latter is what the public experiences and perceives as the true volume of crime.

The next question is: What is the severity of crime? Statistics Canada

has concocted a subjective Crime Severity Index that weights crime by the sentence handed down by the judge. The main problem with this measure is that more lenient sentences by judges could falsely lead to a drop in this measure of severity. This is not a hypothetical scenario: Parliament itself is increasingly legislating mandatory minimum sentences for some crimes. Additionally, if the sentence handed down is reduced by awarding credit for pre-trial custody, then the reported severity of the sentence may be reduced as well.

Finally, society must ask who commits the crime? It is well known in the justice system that a small number of repeat offenders commit much of the crime in this country, yet Statistics Canada fails to present statistics on this phenomenon. Collecting data on how many crimes were committed by persons with extensive criminal records or who were on bail or parole, or who were already subject to deportation for past crimes, would be a powerful accountability measurement for the justice system and could

inform policy reforms to reduce crime.

Recent Juristat reports increasingly ignore the long-term trend in crime, and focus more on the change from the previous year. The long-term trends are discouraging and alarming. For example, the rate of violent crime in Canada has soared from 221 to 1,231 per 100,000 people over the past 40 years. It is this upward trend that is most relevant to Canadians, not whether crime is up or down a few percentage points from the previous year.

Understanding crime is itself a tool to enhance public safety. That is why Statistics Canada, in association with the Canadian Association of Police Chiefs and other interested bodies, should review and improve its collection and reporting of crime statistics.

Scott Newark is a former Crown prosecutor and executive officer of the Canadian Police Association. He is the author of the MacdonaldLaurier Institute’s recent study Police-reported Crime Statistics in Canada: Still More Questions than Answers.

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Premier’s vision opens doors

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n Feb. 12, Premier Christy Clark’s government introduced a visionary idea that we should all seriously consider – a B.C. Prosperity Fund that would ensure the bounty from our natural gas revenues is protected for future generations.

A tremendous opportunity stands before British Columbia – the creation of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry.

Successfully attracting LNG plants to northwest B.C. can be transformational for our province.

Natural gas companies have already invested billions in natural gas development and pre-development work for LNG. Shell, Chevron, Petronas (a Malaysian energy giant), and British Gas are already on the scene. Projections by industry experts and finance officials are staggering in terms of the economic potential for B.C.. That means jobs and opportunity for our children and grandchildren – throughout B.C.. It also means a lot of new revenue to help make B.C. a better place to live.

We could put this potential revenue into day to day government operations and watch the size of government grow, much like Alberta where they squandered resource wealth on bigger government.

Or we can, as Premier Christy Clark suggests, steer new resource revenues into a Prosperity Fund that address inter-generational equity - a

fund that ensures that what we leave behind for our children and grandchildren is a stronger, better B.C..

One way we do that is to have the Prosperity Fund pay down B.C.’s debt, which would reduce interest payments, help make life more affordable for B.C. families, and enable greater investments in health care and education.

Premier Christy Clark’s visionary idea opens the door to a broader discussion about the future of resource development in B.C. – new mining opportunities, growing our forest industry, and developing clean power with the Site C hydroelectric dam – and steering more of our existing resource wealth into a future-focused Prosperity Fund.

Now is the time to talk about the idea of the Prosperity Fund.

We need strong government leadership to realize this LNG opportunity. The B.C. government must be wholly committed to getting this done as we are in a worldwide race to meet Asia’s demand. While the first plant might not break ground until later this decade, the decision to proceed will be made very soon. Leadership matters and an election is coming soon.

At this critical time, the B.C. NDP are sitting on the fence – afraid to commit strongly to LNG and all the steps necessary to realize this opportunity. Fence-sitting will not build these plants and we risk these opportunities passing us by.

Slowing down the process in B.C. is just what our competitors in Australia, the US and the Middle East want.

B.C. is more than just natural resources, but our natural resources are still our ‘core business’. It allows us to dream big and to address long-term priorities like diversifying our economy and providing for future generations.

Dreaming big also means opening more doors for First Nations economic opportunities and developing our resources with the best technology and in the most environmentally responsible way possible.

We should be global leaders in how to produce LNG, and I believe we will be.

These are important legacies we can leave for future generations. Our legacy is growing the economy and leaving a better B.C. for future generations, not taking the proceeds of resource wealth to simply grow the size of government.

We have a premier who gets our core business and she has a vision how to turn that to our future advantage. The B.C. Prosperity Fund is exactly what we need to capture and protect the bounty from LNG and other natural resources. It’s a brilliant idea.

Brad Bennett is a Kelowna businessman, director on the boards of private and public companies not-for-profit organizations, and former Chair of the University of British Columbia.

An editorial from the Winnipeg Free Press Making law has been compared to making sausage. If so, it could be said the Harper government could run seminars on the similarities, given the hash it has made of Canada’s ill-advised medical marijuana legislation.

Five distinct court rulings have attacked federal marijuana laws. Four of those decisions have struck down various regulations of medical marijuana access and production. The last ruling, in 2011, found that requiring physicians to authorize medical marijuana for individuals effectively obstructed access, as few doctors felt they had the science to support prescribing marijuana.

There is lots of evidence that pot is as benign as alcohol, in wide legal use in Canada.

But rather than accepting the obvious conclusion of that

fact, the Harper government has devised yet another set of regulations to restrict the use of medical marijuana. Health Canada is getting out of the business of selling pot -- at $5 per gram, it amounted to an expensive subsidy, with fewer than 3,000 of the 22,000 authorized users buying from the government.

The new regime means the cost will soar for medical marijuana users, as pot will be grown and supplied by licensed factories and sellers. Users will be forbidden to grow their own.

The government claims an unquantified risk of fire, mould infestation and the opportunity for gangs to prey on individual growers made homegrown pot unsafe.

But the new rules will not give reluctant physicians any more comfort on the efficacies or lack thereof in medical use of marijuana. Presumably

to get around that, the federal government’s rules, which come into effect March 31, allow a variety of practitioners to write what amounts to a prescription.

The more elegant and obvious fix to the plight of the chronically ill, of course, is the legalization of pot. Many thousands of recreational users regularly attest to the relative safety of the drug, as have successive studies.

This latest twist of unnecessary regulation simply contorts the parody of efficient regulation at a time when even governments in the United States are bowing to the obvious and decriminalizing simple possession. Canada’s new laws, instead, will simply frustrate the chronically ill, who lose access to cheap, homegrown pot and force them to buy unnecessarily expensive, massproduced factory weed.

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Student uses birthday money to help stop bullying

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By Grant Granger

New Westminster News Leader

Oliver Marstaeller was on his way home from a hockey game with his father Kurt one day last fall and the topic on the radio was Amanda Todd, a teenager who committed suicide because of cyberbullying.

“That’s just not right, Dad,” Oliver said.

It got the Grade 5 student at Richard McBride elementary thinking. He’d been contemplating asking those he was inviting to his 10th birthday party in November to donate to a charity in lieu of presents, but he hadn’t made up his mind which one. He’d thought of a children’s charity, but the more the Amanda Todd case made headlines the more he couldn’t get it out of his head.

“That’s just not right at all,” Oliver kept saying.

So he came to the conclusion the right place for the donations would be the Stop A Bully campaign “I just thought how sad you would have to be to feel that way about yourself,” said Oliver, wearing a pink Stop A Bully T-shirt. “I thought it was just plain messed up.”

Although the only bullying he’s really experienced was from a former friend who called him names and threw snowballs at him, Oliver took the $270 he raised and bought 450 pink bracelets for everyone in his school. He also purchased two T-shirts for himself and his friend to wear while performing their anti-bullying rap song in front of the school on Wednesday, which is Pink Shirt Day in Canada. Pink Shirt Day is a day people are encouraged to wear pink to symbol that they will not tolerate bullying.

“I was blown away,” says Kurt of his son’s decision. “There’s the natural feeling (about his son’s generosity) because he’s a well-rounded kid. More impressive was about how it grew around him and snowballed and how it became bigger than anybody thought.”

The organization was so impressed they also included 450 washable tattoos and 500 Stop A Bully cards.

Seth MAcFarlane

‘Family Guy’ creator done with hosting Oscars

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - It looks like it’s one and done at the Oscars for Seth MacFarlane.

The “Family Guy” creator was asked on his Twitter account whether he’d consider hosting the Academy Awards again and he replied: “No way. Lotta fun to have done it, though.”

MacFarlane’s edgy comedy proved a polarizing force on Sunday’s Academy Awards, with jokes about domestic violence, women’s bodies and Jews in Hollywood that offended some viewers. The Oscars did get their biggest audience in three years, however, with particular growth among young viewers.

MacFarlane’s spokeswoman said Tuesday she had nothing to add to the tweet.

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A dancer performs with Honduran singer Angela Bendeck during competition at the Vina del Mar International Song Festival in Vina del Mar, Chile, Tuesday. Believed to be one of the largest musical events in Latin America, the annual five-day festival was inaugurated in 1960.

Blair D’Andrea

Students mourn passing of Mt. Sentinel vice principal The Nelson Star Mount Sentinel Secondary School is grieving the loss of their vice principal who died suddenly at his home last Wednesday evening.

According to the school’s website, Blair D’Andrea had been feeling ill for several days and went to the hospital Wednesday for tests, but nothing was evident. That evening he passed away suddenly at home.

Teachers at Mount Sentinel shared the sad news in first period classes Thursday morning and a notice was posted on the school website. The school brought in an external support team and provided space for students and staff to talk about their grief.

D’Andrea had been vice principal at Mount Sentinel for three and a half years.

He also taught phys-ed and coached junior girls volleyball and junior boys basketball.

Principal Glen Campbell told the Star that students spent much of their class time on Thursday paying tribute to D’Andrea, who they called “Mr. D.” They made posters and cards for his family, and created written and digital dedications to him, many of which were

posted on a memorial Facebook group called “RIP Blaire D’Andrea.” Students wore a big letter “D” on their shirts on Thursday and Friday.

Over the weekend, Mount Sentinel’s senior boys basket ball team played in the Kootenay Championships. They drew a letter “D” on their jerseys and dedicated their game to the memory of D’Andrea. They ended up winning the championships. The junior boys that D’Andrea coached play this weekend.

D’Andrea was incredibly well liked by students. Principal Campbell said D’Andrea made a lasting difference at Mount Sentinel in the short time he worked there.

“The man is gone, but his contributions and the things he’s instilled in this school community — and me — will never be forgotten,” Campbell said.

“He was always positive, look on the bright side of life kind of guy. He had a heart of gold,” Campbell continued.

“He was a cheerleader for everyone. He had a particular affinity for students who seem to get lost in the system — he would find them and pick them up.”

On the memorial Facebook group the dedications to D’Andrea continue to flood in. With more than 380 people

following the group, members post photos of D’Andrea, songs that remind them of him and their personal memories of him.

“He was an incredible mentor, motivator, friend and much more!” wrote Josh Roberts. “Where ever you are now, I know you’ll continue making people as happy as you made our community at Mount Sentinel.”

Lexi Tarasoff posted, “He was one of us, just a big ole’ kid at heart.”

Many students reminisced about D’Andrea’s habit of calling them by their last names or other nicknames.

“You were a funny man and always picked on me and called me a ‘try-hard’ in PE and in basketball,” remembered Victoria Peebles.

Annette Lisk wrote, “You have been there like a father to some, a coach to many and a friend to all. We will all miss the way you would walk through the hallways with a loud and joyful presence.”

D’Andrea worked in Kootenay Lake School District since 1989. Before Mount Sentinel, he worked at LV Rogers secondary school, the Central Education Centre and Salmo Secondary School.

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Tire takes TCHL title

BY TIMES STAFF OK Tire made its move at the right time and nailed down top spot in the Trail Commercial Hockey League on Thursday with a 4-2 victory over Re/Max. It was a must win game for Re/Max, when the two top teams met in their penultimate match of the season, with the Tire holding a meager two point lead.

But OK shot of the gate taking a 3-0 lead in the first period thanks to a pair of goals by Shane Drake and another from Kyle Boutin which proved to be the winner at 5:21.

Despite four power plays in the second frame Re/Max could not solve the Tire’s stalwart netminder Rocky Dickson, and Troy Palmer would make it 4-0, taking a pass from Shaun Venturini and beating Re/Max goalie Chris McIsaac at 3:20 of the second.

The realtors would narrow the margin to 4-2 in the third when Gabe Gaudet netted back-to-back goals within a minute of each other, but Dickson shut the door the rest of the way to ensure the Tire the TCHL regular-season title.

Re/Max led the league for most of the season, but faltered going 1-1-3 down the stretch, while the Tire went 4-1-1 in February to overtake the perennial frontrunners.

In the other match Thursday, the Arlington finished its season on a winning note with a 7-4 beating of Allstar Maintenance, but was well out of playoff contention.

In the two final games Sunday, a preview of the opening round playoffs took shape as the Tire played fourth-place

Firebird, and Re/ Max faced third-place Allstar.

With the league title wrapped up, OK Tire came out flat, spotting Firebird a 3-0 lead before mounting a bit of a comeback only to come up short in a 4-3 Firebird victory. Travis Drake led the way for the Bird with two goals and an assist, while Craig Clare pitched in with a goal and a helper.

The Re/Max and Allstar game was a good indication of a tight, up-coming series as the Allstars Dan Devito held the hot hand, netting a goal and adding four assists in the match.

But it was Graham Proulx’s second goal of the game with 14 seconds remaining in the third period that tied the game 5-5 for Re/Max. Unfortunately for the finesse forward, he would come up short in the scoring race, as the Tire’s Shane Drake’s two-point game against Firebird proved crucial, propelling Drake to the league scoring title, with a one-point cushion over Proulx.

Drake finished the season with 25 goals and 41 assists for 66 points, while Proulx, a two-time scoring champion, led the league in goals with 42, but his 23 assists netted him just 65 points.

Shaun Venturini finished third overall in scoring with 62 points for the Tire.

Dickson finished as top goalie with 16 wins and a 3.28 GAA. The first game of the TCHL playoff goes Thursday at 7:15 p.m. at the Cominco Arena with OK Tire taking on Firebird, and Re/ Max playing Allstar at 8:30 p.m.

The first-to-fourpoints series continues on Sunday with games at 2:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

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Leafs grab series lead with OT win Neil Murdoch division series goes to Game 5 Thursday at the Beaver Valley Arena

BY BOB HALL Nelson Star

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(Above) The Rossland Royals Jess Seminoff drives to the hoop and the victory as RSS won the single-A high school Kootenay championship, while (below) the basketball was in the capable hands of Alle Atkinson in the end, as J. L. Crowe took the AA championship in Nelson on the weekend.

Hawks, Royals off to provincials

BY JIM BAILEY

Times Sports Editor

Greater Trail high school senior girls basketball teams absolutely rocked the weekend as the J. L. Crowe Hawks won the ‘AA’ Kootenay playdowns in Nelson, and the Rossland Secondary School Royals took the single-A title at the tournament in Rossland on Saturday.

The Hawks defeated host L.V. Rogers in a close 43-38 final, while the RSS Royals downed the fifthranked ‘A’ team in the province from Fernie 70-61.

Maddie Van Horn led the Hawks bucketing 12 points in the final, while team captain Alle Atkinson’s

leadership helped settle the team in the final minutes of the game to preserve the win.

“The team, made up of primarily Grade 11’s, grew a huge amount throughout the season and peaked at the right time of the year,” said coach Kyle Percy in an email.

“Senior’s Kennedy Keriaff and Karlene Sorenson both stepped up during the regional tournament leading by example with strong defence and hustle.”

The RSS Royals came back from a 30-22 half time deficit, pouring in 31 points in the third quarter alone to take the victory over a tough Fernie squad.

Annie Cameron led the Royals with 21 points, while Kaela Zimmer sank 14 points including a dramatic three-point buzzer beater at the end of the third to give the crimson-andgold tons of momentum heading into the final quarter with a 53-43 lead.

“I thought we outshot them the first half, things just weren’t dropping,” said Royals coach Rick McKinnon. “I think we got them a little tired (in the second half) and we were able to run them down.”

The Royals head to the single-A high school provincials in Prince George on Mar. 4 while Crowe is off to the double-A provincial championships in Kamloops Tuesday.

Nelson Junior Leafs veteran defenceman JJ Beitel played hero Monday night, scoring seven minutes into the first overtime period to give his team a crucial 2-1 win over the Beaver Valley Nitehawks.

“It feels pretty wicked,” Beitel told the Nelson Star after the game. “I just shot the puck and you never know what happens when you get it on net.”

The overtime victory gives Nelson the 2-1 series lead in the Neil Murdoch Division semifinal that continues Thursday night at the Beaver Valley Arena.

Monday’s game was a classic playoff tilt. From the opening whistle there were great hits, great goaltending and a steady exchange of great scoring opportunities.

The teams played it pretty even in the first 20 minutes with both sides taking turns at controlling the play. Eight minutes into the game, Matthew Naka had the best opportunity of the period when he beat Nitehawks starter Jarrod Schamerhorn, but the puck clanged off the post.

The period ended with the score tied at zeroes and the shots even at nine each.

Just over eight minutes into the second period, Leafs forward Carson Willans lost a rare battle along the boards in the Leafs zone which lead to Dallas Calvin beating Nelson starter Brett Soles to give the Hawks a 1-0 advantage.

The Leafs had the edge in play after 40 minutes and outshot Beaver Valley 22-16 in the first two periods, but trailed 1-0 on the scoreboard.

Nelson again controlled the play in the third period and at the exact midpoint of the frame they were rewarded when captain Colton Schell put one past Schamerhorn to knot the score at ones.

The Leafs pressed hard in the final 10 minutes of regulation, but Schamerhorn came up big time and again to preserve the tie and send it to OT. The teams exchanged chances in the first 10-minute extra period, with Soles making a couple of key saves.

Just over six minutes into the extra time, Leafs forward Linden Horswill did some fine work along the boards and managed to get the puck back to Beitel on the point. The shot made its way through traffic and into the back of the Nitehawks net.

“It’s pretty awesome, all the momentum is with us now,” Beitel said about the key Game 3 win. “They are sitting in their room bummed and quiet right now, and over here we’re fired up.”

The result from Tuesday night’s Game 4 match at the Nelson and District Community Complex was unavailable at press time.

KIJHL notes: The Spokane Braves’ Dylan Tapp scored with 38 seconds remaining in the first overtime period to hand the Castlegar Rebels their first loss of the playoffs. The Rebels lead the series 2-1 at press time with Game 4 going in Spokane last night.

The Golden Rockets meanwhile knocked the Kimberley Dynamiters out of the playoffs with a 5-4 overtime win, to take the Kootenay division series 4-0. On Sunday Fernie edged Columbia Valley 2-1 in their second straight overtime game to even the series at 1-1.

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BANTAM CHAMPS

Saints set more records

BURNABY -- Selkirk College set a pair of B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League records on Saturday night, as the Saints picked up their 20th win and 40th point of the season to establish new league marks in both categories, to go along with its 13-game unbeaten record set at the start of the season.

Selkirk needed a shootout to top Simon Fraser University by a 2-1 score on the road at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre in Burnaby.

The game remained scoreless through more than two periods until Saints blueliner Justin Sotkowy fired a point shot off an SFU player and past netminder Graeme Gordon 6:47 into the third.

The lead was short-lived, however, as Trevor Milner drew the Clan even with seven minutes remaining in regulation to force overtime.

Five minutes of four-on-four play solved nothing, meaning that Selkirk moved on to their first shootout of the season. Sotkowy put the Saints ahead in the second round, only to see Jono Ceci reply on SFU’s third shot. But Thomas

Hardy ended the game moments later when he beat Gordon through the legs to seal a Saints victory.

Stephen Wolff was outstanding in goal for Selkirk, stopping 37 of 38 shots fired his way and turning aside shootout attempts from Milner and Colton Graf. Gordon was also solid but ultimately picked up his fourth loss in as many starts against the Saints this season.

Selkirk will wrap up the regular season with a home-and-home series against Eastern Washington on Mar. 1-2 and open the playoffs at home on Mar. 8 against a yet-to-bedetermined opponent.

Saints notes: Selkirk also confirmed a commitment from Greater Trail native Garrett Kucher.

The 20 year old is in his final year of junior hockey eligibility with the KIJHL’s Osoyoos Coyotes. He has 21 goals and 52 points in 41 regular season games as the Coyotes’ captain, and was named their Most Inspirational Player this season.

Kucher plans to enroll in Selkirk’s Business Administration program.

RETIREES CURLING

Nice Ice for curlers

BY TIMES CONTRIBUTOR Last week’s draw of Men’s Retiree curling was the first games on the Trail Curling Club ice after the senior provincials.

The ice and rocks made for the best curling in years and the teams that got the feel of the ice first tended to win.

The Handley team took advantage of that fact and jumped out to a commanding lead. The Rakuson team struggled with where to put the broom and never got on track, as Handley went on to a convincing 10-3 win.

With a steal of four in the sixth end, the Pasquali team, skipped

by Mel Johnson, set the stage for a win over the Hall foursome. The Hall team was down by two starting the eighth end without hammer. Tom Hall attempted a delicate raise takeout with his last shot

but came up inches short of pushing the Johnson rock back enough to score two. Without throwing his last rock, the Pasquali/Johnson team took the game 7-6.

The McKerracher team faced the Horan foursome in a high scoring affair. Unfortunately for the McKerracher team, the Horan side had the majority of the multi-point ends. With the score 9-5 for the Horan side, McKerracher shook hands and headed to the lounge.

In a tight game, the big break came for the Jorgensen team in the third end, when they scored four against the Tyson foursome. The Tyson team fought back, but fell short as Jorgensen hung on to win the game 7-6.

All the talk in the lounge after the game was on how good the ice was, and how much the rocks curled. Kudos to the Ice Maker.

We are the

CHAMPIONS

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The Greater Trail Bantam House Team, the “Warriors”, brought home the banner during the playoffs on the weekend. The exciting tournament saw the Warriors win 3-2 with a last second goal in the semifinal , then followed that up with 3-2 overtime win against the Great Trail bantam Smokies.

Hockey Trail Commercial Hockey League

SCOREBOARD

Final Regular Season Standings

TEAM GP OK Tire 33 Re/Max 33 Allstar 33 Firebird 34 Arlington 33

W 18 18 14 12 9

L 8 10 14 19 20

T 7 5 5 3 4

PT 43 41 33 27 22

Top 20 Scoring PLAYER TEAM GP G 1 S Drake OK Tire 31 25 2 G Proulx Re/Max 31 42 3 Venturini OK Tire 31 35 4 Maniago Allstar 31 29 5 C Clare Firebird 32 22 6 Gaudet Re/Max 31 16 7 Robinson Arlington 31 14 8 G Aiken Firebird 32 10 9 A Jenner Allstar 31 18 10 E Hill Firebird 32 15 11 T Palmer OK Tire 31 16 12 Vecchio Re/Max 31 11 13 J Proulx Allstar 31 9 14 Hutchinson Allstar 31 18 15 Stopanski Allstar 14 15 16 D DiVito Allstar 31 12 17 T Drake Firebird 32 12 18 P Barclay ReMax 31 16 19 Williams OK Tire 31 13 20 Stanton Re/Max 31 7 23

Kooznetsoff Fbird C.McIsaac ReMax T Wiley Allstar EVolpatti Arl

GF GA 153 118 156 134 165 152 130 153 118 164 A 41 23 27 18 23 28 24 27 16 19 17 22 24 14 17 19 19 14 17 30

Pt 66 65 62 47 45 44 38 37 34 34 33 33 33 32 32 31 31 30 30

GOALIES PLAYER GP W L T SO GA R.Dickson OKTire 29 16 6 7 0 3.28

Curling

What goes around, comes around, right?

Nitehawks

Nelson Leafs

Game 5

Thurs. Feb. 28 @ 7:00 Sat. Mar. 2 @ 7:30

In the Beaver Valley Arena Advance tickets @ Kootenay Savings, Fruitvale

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KINGSTON, Ont. - Final round-robin standing-s and weekend playoff results from the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women’s curling championship: Province (Skip) W L x-Manitoba (J.Jones) 11 0 x-Ontario (Homan) 10 1 x-B.C. (Scott) 8 3 x-Canada (Nedohin) 7 4 Saskatchewan (Shumay) 6 5 New Brunswick (Crawford) 6 5 Nova Scotia (Arsenault) 5 6 P.E.I. (Birt) 5 6 Quebec (Ross) 3 8 NWT/Yukon (Galusha) 2 9 N.L. (S.Devereaux) 2 9 Alberta (K.Moore) 1 10 x - clinched playoff berth.

PLAYOFFS Sunday’s results Semifinal Manitoba (J.Jones) 8 Canada (Nedohin) 5

Beaver Valley

game 7 (if necessary)

10 14 12 7

Upcoming Playoff Games Thursday at the Cominco Arena Firebird vs OK Tire 7:15 p.m.

Allstar vs Re/Max 8:30 p.m.

Sunday Allstar vs Re/Max 2:15 p.m.

Firebird vs OK Tire 3:30 p.m.

Game 5 of Playoff Action!

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Third Place B.C. (Scott) 10 Canada (Nedohin) 8 Championship Ontario (Homan) 9 Manitoba (J.Jones) 6 Saturday’s results Page Playoffs Three vs. Four Canada (Nedohin) 8 B.C. (Scott) 4 One vs. Two Ontario (Homan) 8 Manitoba (J.Jones) 5 Past winners of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian women’s curling championship: 2013 - Ontario (Rachel Homan) 2012 - Alberta (Heather Nedohin) 2011 - Saskatchewan (Amber Holland) 2010 - Team Canada (Jennifer Jones) 2009 - Team Canada (Jennifer Jones) 2008 - Manitoba (Jennifer Jones) 2007 - Team Canada (Kelly Scott) 2006 - British Columbia (Kelly Scott) 2005 - Manitoba (Jennifer Jones) 2004 - Team Canada (Colleen Jones) 2003 - Team Canada (Colleen Jones) 2002 - Team Canada (Colleen Jones) 2001 - Nova Scotia (Colleen Jones) 2000 - British Columbia (Kelley Law) 1999 - Nova Scotia (Colleen Jones) 1998 - Alberta (Cathy Borst) 1997 - Saskatchewan (Sandra Schmirler) 1996 - Ontario (Marilyn Bodogh) 1995 - Manitoba (Connie Laliberte) 1994 - Team Canada (Sandra Peterson) 1993 - Saskatchewan (Sandra Peterson) 1992 - Manitoba (Connie Laliberte) 1991 - British Columbia (Julie Sutton) 1990 - Ontario (Alison Goring)

NHL

Kings deal Gagne to Flyers THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Kings have traded struggling left wing Simon Gagne to the Philadelphia Flyers for a conditional draft pick.

The defending Stanley Cup champions and the Flyers announced the deal Tuesday.

Gagne hasn’t scored a goal in 11 games this season, his second with Los Angeles. The seven-time 20-goal scorer has been a healthy scratch recently.

Gagne missed several months with his latest concussion last season for the Kings, but returned in the Stanley Cup finals and contributed to the Kings’ first championship.

Gagne spent his first 10 NHL seasons with Philadelphia, scoring a career-high 47 goals during the 2005-06 season. The Flyers traded him to Tampa Bay in 2010, and the Kings signed him a year later.

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Seek agencies for help with grandchildren Mailbox

Marcy Sugar & Kathy Mitchell

are as good as they can be. But, Annie, we don’t want to handle the 13-year-old anymore. All of the counseling, the discipline, the problems, it’s too much. My stomach is in knots trying to decide what to do. I am so tired of kids who think they know everything but are dumber than dirt, and all of the drama they command.

My friends tell me to turn her over to foster care, but no one else is going to worry enough about her. My husband has had two heart surgeries in the past year, and my blood pressure is way too high, even though I take medication. Should I put her in foster care? --

relatives.

I know my husband is hurt. I have told him to call his son and just ask. Is this OK? -- Concerned Stepmom Dear Concerned: Yes. Is your husband contributing to the cost of the wedding?

If so, he should have been allotted a small guest list of his own. If he is not contributing, he should offer to pay for the cost of adding his friends to the event.

Dear Annie: “Frustrated” said she felt taken advantage of by a friend who relies on her for transportation. You suggested setting time limits.

As a woman who is disabled and unable to drive, time gets away from me when I’m out. I need to have the visual stimulation every now and then.

“Frustrated’s” friend may be in a similar situation. And the intellectual stimulus of being with her friend may help her mood tremendously, since being stuck at home

can make a person depressed.

Please ask “Frustrated” to have patience for her friend.

-- Louisville, Ken. Dear Louisville: Many readers assumed this friend was disabled, but the writer made no mention of it.

If there is a disability preventing someone from driving, of course it would require additional patience and time to be accommodating. But if the friend simply doesn’t have a license, she needs to be more considerate of those who make the

effort to transport her.

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.

Today’s PUZZLES

By Dave Green

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Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.

Solution for previous SuDoKu 3 7 9 2 5 6 1 4 8 1 2 5 4 7 8 9 6 3 4 6 8 9 3 1 2 5 7 2 9 6 7 8 5 3 1 4 8 3 1 6 4 2 7 9 5 7 5 4 3 1 9 6 8 2 5 8 7 1 9 3 4 2 6 9 4 2 8 6 7 5 3 1 6 1 3 5 2 4 8 7 9 Difficulty Level

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Annie’s

Helpless, Tired Granny Dear Helpless: You sound like a caring, loving grandmother, but you are obviously overwhelmed by this difficult situation. You are not alone. Please contact the AARP Foundation GrandCare Support Locator at giclocalsupport.org for a list of available agencies and organizations in your area that help grandparents raising grandchildren. Some of them offer respite care, and it sounds like you could use that kind of assistance.

Dear Annie: My husband’s son is getting married in July. We have not been asked whether we would like to invite any of our close friends to the wedding. I know my husband would like to have his good friends see his son get married. Would it be proper to ask whether we could invite a few to the wedding? My husband’s ex-wife and her husband are inviting all of their friends and

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Dear Annie: My daughter is a drug addict who is in and out of jail. Over the past 14 years, we have taken custody of her four children. Two of the kids are great.

However, the other two are the problem.

The oldest girl just turned 18 and moved out. This kid made our lives miserable. She saw counselors multiple times and began cutting herself, and we finally had to have her committed to a hospital. We did whatever we thought would work, but nothing did. She quit school and now lives with any friend who will take her in.

Now, one of the other girls is 13 and doing the same thing.

It’s as if they lose their minds once they hit middle school. Her grades are down, she is getting into trouble at school, she cuts classes and has briefly run away twice.

The other two kids are very involved with school and church and

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) In a way, you feel quite selfless today. This is why you’ll find it gratifying to help someone who is less fortunate than you. (Look for this opportunity, because that’s what it is: an opportunity.)

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A casual friend might become much closer to you today. In fact, a platonic friend might heat up into something quite cozy. You’ll enjoy the company of others.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You might develop a crush on your boss today or someone in a position of authority. Alternatively, others will look at you with admiration because you appear kind and sympathetic.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Because your appreciation of beauty is heightened, give yourself a chance to enjoy beautiful places. Visit art gal-

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leries, museums, beautiful boutiques, parks and gorgeous architectural buildings.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Someone might extend a kindness to you today, or in turn, you might be generous to someone. Basically, people feel sympathetic to each other today.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is a lovely day to enjoy warm feelings with partners and close friends. You feel sympathetic because you know what it’s like to walk a mile in someone else’s wedges.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You can help a co-worker or a customer today. If you get a chance to do this, you’ll find it rewarding.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Romance is the stuff of movies and pixie dust today. You might fall in love or develop a crush on someone. You certainly will enjoy creative activities.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is a lovely day to redecorate at home and entertain at home as well. You want to enjoy the beauty of your surroundings and also to be surrounded by loving friends.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You can make money writing and talking today because you have a natural grace of speech today. Even gentle conversation with others will

please you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Be careful with finances because something might look better than it really is.

If spending money, don’t go overboard on elegant luxury.

(But how tempting!)

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) It’s easy to have a rapport with others today because you feel genuinely warm and friendly. But more than that,

you also feel mutually sympathetic with someone.

YOU BORN TODAY You’re vital. You have a natural, inborn joie de vivre. You’re a positive thinker with a vibrant personality. You love to be stimulated by ideas, events and other people, and often experience more of life than the average person. In year ahead, something you’ve been involved with for about nine years will diminish or end in order to make room for some-

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Birthdate of: Mario Andretti, race-car driver; Don Francks, actor; Karolina Kurkova, model/actress.

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MLS# K216882 K217644

MLS# K214846 K216882

Christina Lake$595,000 $1,250,000 Rossland

Rossland $399,000 $595,000

$379,900 Rossland $399,000

Rossland $345,000 $379,900

Genelle $339,000 Rossland $345,000

Montrose $324,000 Genelle $339,000

Rossland $297,000 Montrose $324,000

Rob Burrus Marie Claude250-231-4420 250-512-1153

Marie Claude 250-512-1153

Marie Claude 250-512-1153

Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490 Marie Claude 250-512-1153

Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

RobLeclerc-Zanet Burrus 250-231-4420 Patty 250-231-4490

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Rossland $297,000 Trail $259,900

Trail $259,900 Fruitvale $254,900

Trail $249,900

Warfield $227,000 Trail $229,900

Fruitvale $199,000 Warfield $227,000

Trail $179,000 Rossland $199,000

Trail $178,900 Fruitvale $199,000

Rob Burrus 250-231-4420 Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490 Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

Fred Behrens Rhonda van Tent250-368-1268 250-231-7575

Rob Behrens Burrus 250-231-4420 Fred 250-368-1268

Rob Burrus Marie Claude250-231-4420 250-512-1153

Fred 250-368-1268 Rob Behrens Burrus 250-231-4420

TING NEW LIS

MLS# K218271 K218058

Fruitvale $159,900 Warfield $199,900

Fred Behrens Rhonda van Tent250-368-1268 250-231-7575

ICE NEW PR

MLS# K216327 K217395 MLS#

Trail $149,900 Trail $179,000

Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575 Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

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MLS# K215860 K216938

MLS# K216938 K218240

Trail $178,900 Salmo $134,000

Trail $129,900 Salmo $134,000

Warfield $78,500 Trail $129,900

Warfield $78,500 Warfield $62,900

Rossland $199,000 Warfield $62,900

Fred Behrens 250-368-1268 Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

Fred Behrens Rhonda van Tent250-368-1268 250-231-7575

Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

Fred 250-368-1268 Rob Behrens Burrus 250-231-4420

Marie Claude250-231-4420 250-512-1153 Rob Burrus

1252 Bay Avenue, Trail (250) 368-5222 1993 Columbia Ave Rossland, BC (250) 362-5200

www.coldwellbankertrail.com

Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

Jack McConnachie 250-368-5222

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Trail Times Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Houses For Sale

Classifieds

Houses For Sale

Houses For Sale

All Pro Realty Ltd. Ave, Trail Trail 1148 Bay Ave,

250.368.5000 250.368.5000

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Warfield $74,900

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Rossland Rossland to to Salmo Salmo $17,500 $17,500 -- 179,500 179,500

MLS#K215808 MLS#K215808

Park Siding $139,000

MLS#K217946 MLS#K217946

MLS#K201085 MLS#K201085

East East Trail Trail $159,000 $159,000

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East East Trail Trail $169,000 $169,000

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MLS#K218300 MLS#K218300

Montrose $185,000

MLS#K216789 MLS#K216789

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Salmo Salmo $239,500 $239,500

MLS#K218280 MLS#K218280

Fruitvale Fruitvale $479,000 $479,000

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MLS#K210554 MLS#K210554

Montrose Montrose $319,900 $319,900

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Fruitvale Fruitvale $207,000 $207,000

MLS#K217808 MLS#K217808

Annable $159,900

Sunningdale Sunningdale $339,000 $339,000

Fruitvale Fruitvale $234,900 $234,900

Wayne DeWitt ext 25 Mario Berno ext 27 Dawn Rosin ext 24

Tom Tom Gawryletz Gawryletz ext ext 26 26 Keith Keith DeWitt DeWitt ext ext 30 30

Thea Thea Stayanovich Stayanovich ext ext 28 28 Joy Joy DeMelo DeMelo ext ext 29 29 Denise Denise Marchi Marchi ext ext 21 21

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Rossland

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Route 380 26 papers Galloway Rd, Green Rd, Mill Rd

Route 311 6 papers 9th Ave & Southridge Dr Route 312 15 papers 10th & 9th Ave

Route 403 12 papers Cook Ave, Irwin Ave, St Paul & Thompson Ave Route 406 15 papers Cooke Ave & Kootenay Ave Route 414 18 papers Thompson Ave,Victoria Ave Route 416 10 papers 3rd Ave, 6th Ave, Elmore St, Paul S Route 420 17 papers 1st, 3rd Kootenay Ave, Leroi Ave Route 421 9 papers Davis & Spokane St

Route 422 8 papers 3rd Ave, Jubliee St, Queen St & St. Paul St. Route 424 9 papers Ironcolt Ave, Mcleod Ave, Plewman Way Route 434 7 papers 2nd Ave, 3rd Ave,Turner Ave

Route 369 22 papers Birch Ave, Johnson Rd, Redwood Dr

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Route 314 12 papers 4th, 5th, & 6th Ave

Route 375 8 papers Green Rd & Lodden Rd

Route 321 10 papers Columbia & Hunter’s Place

Route 378 28 papers Columbia Gardens Rd, Martin St, Mollar Rd, Old Salmo Rd,Trest Dr

Genelle

Route 382 13 papers Debruin Rd & Staats Rd Route 381 Coughlin Rd

9 papers

Route 302 8 papers 12th Ave, 15th Ave Route 303 15 papers 12th Ave, 2nd St, Grandview Pl

Montrose Route 341 27 papers 10th Ave, 8th Ave, 9th Ave Route 342 11 papers 3rd St & 7th Ave Route 348 21 papers 12th Ave, Christie Rd

Route 370 22 papers 2nd St, Hwy 3B, Hillcrest, Mountain St

Blueberry Route 308 6 papers 100 St to 104 St

Call Today!

250-364-1413 ext 206

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Trail Times

Regional

Fernie

Teen rolls up brand new car

What you see ...

By Nicole Lieberman

Geri Coe snapped this photo of a Cassin’s Finch sneaking a snack from her Warfield birdfeeder. If you have a photo you would like to share with our readers email it to editor@ trailtimes.ca

The Local Experts™

S i x t e e n - y e a r- o l d Leah Teeple got more than just a cup of coffee when she stopped at Tim Hortons in Fernie during her lunch break from school last Thursday.

The Grade 11 student ordered her usual double double and walked back to Fernie Secondary School,

1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818 www.kootenayhomes.com www.century21.ca Saturday Mar 2 10am-12pm

3397 Laurel Crescent, Trail

9043 Highway 6, Salmo

$154,900

$185,900

$167,888

PSSST! HAVE YOU HEARD? Downtown Trail is heating up! Invest in this 1250 sf building with established retail on main and spacious residential suite up. Call for revenue details and be part of the buzz!

4 bdrm 2 bath family home in Sunny Salmo! On .46 flat acre, fully fenced, powered and insulated 12x16 shop, treed & private, large mudroom, master suite, generous open kitchen with breakfast nook for 2. Only one minute to shopping & all amenities the beautiful Village of Salmo has to offer.

Solid 3 bdrm home with mountain views.

Features include bright & functional kitchen, large covered sundeck, easy maintenance yard. See it today!

Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665

Call Terry 250-231-1101

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

2304 – 11th Avenue, Castlegar

$229,000

Call Richard (250) 368-7897

695 Highway 22, Rossland

$565,000

VIEWS out EVERY WINDOW! This 3 bedroom/2 bath home features an open plan kitchen/living/dining area with hardwood and heated tile floors.

Beautiful renovated bathroom, parking for 4 vehicles and a new sundeck.

This 5500 sq.ft. 5 bed / 4 bath home with full southern exposure is situated on a 20 acre fenced parcel just 5 miles south of Rossland. Ideal site for a B&B with spacious living areas, generously sized bedrooms, custom built kitchen, large workshop in the basement and tons of storage.

Call Mary A (250) 521-0525

Call Mary A (250) 521-0525

OPEN HOUSE

#101-1800 Kirkup Avenue, Rossland

2119 Daniel Street, Trail

$69,000

Views that captivate. This home is definitely worth putting money into.

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

Local Home Team

We Sell Great Homes! $319,000

ICE NEW PR

$149,000 Great price for a Glenmerry townhouse, in good condition. Quick possession Don’t waste time on mundane tasks such possible. Easy care living with small as yard care, shoveling and maintenance. yard, the backyard is fenced and has a This building has had many upgrades small patio. These townhouses have a and this unit has been beautifully charm about them and offer 3 bdrms, renovated with an open, modern kitchen, 11/2 baths. Basement ready to finish how upgraded bathroom, tile, carpets, and fresh paint. Just move in and play! you would like. Call your REALTOR® for a Call your REALTOR® now to view. showing today.

Ron & Darlene Your

1970 Monte Christo Street, Rossland

SOLD 683 Binns Street, Trail

Ron 368-1162 Darlene 231-0527

ICE NEW PR

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

OPEN HOUSE

Saturday Mar 2 10am-12pm

$59,900

Great house. Solidly built and ready to renovate. Why rent? Be inspired.

3727 Woodland Drive, Trail

$255,000

Very well kept, bright and sunny 4bdrm home with corner fireplace, large rec room, and workshop area. New roofing in spring 2012, underground sprinkling, central air and perfect location.

Call your REALTOR® to view.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Spring is Just Around The Corner!

#A-1003 Creekside Terrace, Rossland

$269,900

2063 Washington Street, Rossland

$250,000

Spectacular 4 bdrm 3 bath townhome located at Red Mountain, open floor plan gas fireplace, granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, hardwood floors, steam shower, decks and patios to take advantage of the amazing views!

Your chance to own a well established boutique book store in the heart of downtown Rossland. This amazing price of $45k includes assets and good will.

Inventory sold separately

Fantastic opportunity- 29 subdividable acres for your dream home, hobby farm or to hold as an investment. Treed with large level building sites and plenty of privacy. Electricity and telephone available at property line. Call your REALTOR® today to view this opportunity.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

Call Art (250) 368-8818

$370,000

$45,000

Looking for that perfect home? I can help!

Lot 2, Highway 3B, Ross Spur

Immaculate 1/2 duplex with gorgeous kitchen, great flooring throughout, gas fireplace and spacious rooms.

Full sized garage with automatic door opener. Includes appliances and window coverings. This is ready to move in and enjoy. It is a pleasure to show, call your REALTOR® today.

Mark Wilson ext 30 Cell: 250-231-5591

mark.wilson@century21.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME. NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO! Deanne Lockhart ext 41

Mary Amantea

deannelockhart@shaw.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

mamantea@telus.net www.kootenayhomes.com

Cell: 250-231-0153

Cell: 250-231-5591

$355,000

Plenty of living space here for the whole family! 4 bdrms, 3 baths, open concept, walk out basement, laminate floors, double carport, deck, large rooms, and great view! At this price it will be gone soon so don’t hesitate!

Call your REALTOR® now!

Call me today for a free market evaluation

7740 Crema Drive, Trail

Mark Wilson

2320 McBride Street, Trail

ICE NEW PR

NEW LISTING

Saturday Mar 2 1-3pm

owner of a brand new Toyota Rav 4, valued at around $32,000.

Leah will get the chance to get behind the wheel of her prize when it arrives in four to six weeks, but she will have to wait a little longer until she can take it out for a spin on her own.

“I get my ‘N’ in June so then I can drive it all by myself,” she said.

KOOTENAY HOMES INC. OPEN HOUSE

956 Spokane Street, Trail

where she rolled up the rim of her coffee cup to discover she had won a car.

“The whole school knew before I really realized what I had won,” commented Leah. “I was excited but it hadn’t really sunk in yet, I was just in shock.”

Through Tim Hortons’ Rrroll Up the Rim to Win contest, Leah is now the proud

Fernie Free Press

Geri Coe photo

ext 30

mark.wilson@century21.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Cell: 250-521-0525

ext 26

Darlene Abenante ext 23

Cell: 250.231.0527

darlene@hometeam.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Christine Albo

Cell: 250-512-7653

ext 39

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

Art Forrest

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

Mary Martin

Cell: 250-231-0264

ext 28

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

Terry Alton

Cell: 250-231-1101

ext 48

terryalton@shaw.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Tonnie Stewart

Cell: 250-365-9665

ext 33

tonniestewart@shaw.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Ron Allibone

Cell: 250-368-1162

ext 45

ron@hometeam.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Richard Daoust

Cell: 250-368-7897

ext 24

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