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Deer management

What is hazing?

A better term is ‘aversive conditioning’, Councillor says C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca

With the City of Kimberley having now applied for a 48-hour trial permit to see how hazing might work in dealing with habituated deer within City limits, the question being asked is, what exactly is hazing?

Hazing may not be quite the correct term, says Coun. Darryl Oakley, who is the Council liaison to the deer management committee.

“A better term would be ‘aversive conditioning’,” Oakley said.

Aversive conditioning has been used in the Banff townsite since 2000 to deal with the elk population. It has also been used in Jasper on elk, and in Waterton on mule deer.

Simply put, dogs, under control of their handler at all times, drive deer out of town, or the human zone, into the non-human zone away from town. When they have the deer in an area well away from town, the dogs are called off.

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Shooters of all ages from around the province gathered in Cranbrook this weekend for the B.C. Provincial Archery Championships. The Cranbrook Archery Club hosted the event, for the second year in a row, at the Cranbrook Curling Club Friday, Saturday and Sunday. See more in Tuesday’s Daily Bulletin.

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The McWhinnie Day skate jam is coming Annual celebration at the Kimberley Skate Park C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca

What began as a day to honour the late City Councillor Bob McWhinnie, at the skate park that was so close to his

heart, has now evolved into an annual family event at Kimberley’s Skate Park.

The 2013 rendition of McWhinnie Day is scheduled for Sunday, April 28 at 11 a.m.

The last two McWhinnie days have been a complete success with skaters and bikers jamming, live music and family fun. Those events have raised $1300, and with the help of local contractor donations, have allowed the

washrooms at the skate park to be almost completed.

McWhinnie Day organizer Alex Buterman says they should be operating on the big day.

McWhinnie Day is a jam, not a competition. It’s a chance for skaters to show off their skills and thrill the crowd with their tricks. All ages and abilities of riders are welcome.

By the way, if you want to practice

skating, Alex and crew have shovelled the snow out of the bowls at the Skate Park, so go for it.

In addition to the jam, there will be live music with Hardwater and Mr. James’ McKim DJ Club, a hot dog sale and a bake sale.

If you’d like to bring something along to donate to the bake sale, it would be appreciated.

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Rev. Yme Woensdregt offers a reading from Jeremiah to commence the ninth annual Crosswalk from Clocktower Square.

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Members of Cranbrook’s Christian community gathered downtown for an ecumenical celebration of Good Friday. A crowd of about 65 took turns carrying the cross from station to station: From Clocktower Square to the courthouse, thence to the War Memorial and the Rotary Park Bandstand, then CMHA – Kootenays, the Women’s Resource Centre, and finishing up at Christ Church Anglican.

Prayers and readings were offered for the city, the world, and all who live in it. Photos by Barry Coulter

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Rev. John Tellman at the Bandstand.

Joyce Aasland gives a reading at the Women’s Resource Centre.

At City Hall, members of Cranbrook United Church gave the reading.

Pastor Ron Short at the courthouse.

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Work with Wildsight to upgrade your home Get your hands dirty and join the home energy savings party For the Bulletin

This spring, two lucky homeowners, one in Kimberley and one in Cranbrook, will be the recipients of free upgrades to their homes as part of Wildsight’s Climate Solutions program. Their houses will become demonstration homes and if others lend a hand, they too, can learn how to upgrade their homes. On Earth Day weekend, April 20th and 21st, the public are invited to tour the demonstration homes and learn about simple upgrades to reduce their carbon footprint and save some bucks.

Wildsight’s Climate Solutions coordinator, Lars Sander-Green said that the selected demonstration homeowners will receive a free energy assessment to highlight money and energy draining problems.

“A certified energy adviser will assess the house, and conduct a blower door test for air leakage,” said Sander-Green. “Then they will provide a list of potential energy upgrades with projected cost savings.”

He said an experi- Simple fixes like weather-stripping can make a enced contractor will big difference. work with volunteers to make energy efficient upgrades to the home.

He said upgrades your hands dirty and “Homeowners will be expected to cover will be designed to de- build some confidence. material costs,” said liver the most energy Volunteers will have the Sander-Green, “but will savings for the lowest chance to join a fun weekend work party on end up with a set of en- cost and effort.

So come out in April April 6 & 7th in Cranergy efficiency upgrades at a very low and join the fun - this is brook of April 13 & 14th a great chance to get in Kimberley and to cost.”

Locals want a halt to ‘any-buck season’ Mule deer numbers diminishing in the wild, group says BARRY COULTER Townsman Editor

While there is a lot of public attention focused on the presence of mule deer in the streets of East Kootenay towns, resident hunters are expressing concerns over diminishing populations of mule deer in the wild.

In particular, a petition has been launched locally to put an end to the “any-buck season,” which has been running in the East Kootenay through the month of October since 2010.

As the name implies, an any-buck season allows for the harvesting of any buck, not just “four-points” or more, which is the norm throughout the length of hunting season in the fall.

Joe Palmer and Jim Bowe, both avid hunters and outdoorsmen, and two of the organizers of the petition, say the any-buck season has led to drastic over-hunting in October, which in turn has led to a noticeable decline in mule deer numbers.

“The majority of our time is spent in the bush,” Bowe said. “And the people on the ground, in the field, are not seeing those numbers.”

“The Ministry (of Environment) says they want to increase hunter opportunity,” Palmer said. “But if the season is allowed to go on, there won’t be any hunter opportunity, because those numbers

won’t be there.”

The any-buck season runs in October in the East Kootenay. The season was introduced in 2010 for two main reasons, according to the BC Ministry of Environment: to minimize the complexity of hunting regulations and to harmonize the regulations with the rest of the province, and to increase hunter opportunity and recruitment.

The Ministry of Environment, on a ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ segment on the issue on it’s website (www.env. gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/management-issues/docs/kootenay_mule_deer_faq. pdf), acknowledged the depth of local opposition to the any-buck season, but also stated there is support as well, including from such associations as the B.C. Wildlife Federation.

The Ministry website stated that 80 per cent of hunters who harvest a buck during the any-buck season were from the Kootenays.

The petition has so far collected more than 700 signatures, including Kootenay East MLA and cabinet minister Bill Bennett’s. It is available at Mountain Man Outdoors on Baker Street in downtown Cranbrook. It is also available online at www.thepetitionsite.com/925/177/938/ stop-the-any-mule-deer-buck-seasonin-the-east-kootenay/ “People come to the East Kootenay to see wildlife,” Palmer said. “This area is the hub for wildlife in the province. But we feel the any-buck season is damaging that.”

He added that he wanted to thank all those who’ve so far signed the petition.

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learn hands-on how to complete simple energy upgrades in their own homes. No experience or tool kit is necessary.

“Most people are pretty surprised how easy it is to make a few

small changes that can make a big difference,” said Sander-Green.

Participants will also be able to take advantage of Wildsight’s $450 wood-stove exchange rebate so we can all

breathe a little easier, and a low flow toilet rebate or a $500 rebate for solar hot water from the City of Kimberley.

Wildsight is now accepting applications for demonstration houses, so if you want your old, leaky, house to be one of our demo projects or want to volunteer to help out, get in touch with Lars Sander-Green at lars@wildsight.ca or 250-427-2535 x 227. For more information on Wildsight’s Climate Solutions projects, including composting workshops, waste reduction, biomass heating, carshare, and vanpool, visit Wildsight.ca/ Climate.

This project was undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Federal Department of the Environment.

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From Page 1 “The dogs create pressure on the ungulates in the human zone and then release it when the deer are out of the human zone,” Oakley said. “These dogs are extremely well trained. It’s all they’ve ever done.”

John Zehnder of Invermere has worked on aversive conditioning in all three of the communities, and he is the dog handler who visited Kimberley and presented to the deer committee.

“He has toured Kimberley and found several areas where he believes the aversive conditioning would work, like Marysville,” Oakley said. “The deer have pathways they will take to move in and out of town. John will identify those pathways, then the dogs drive the deer out of Marysville and down into the valley, then

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Zehnder has found the border collie to be the best dog for working with deer. Zehnder’s dogs are highly trained and respond to his every command. they let them go.”

Repeatedly being driven out of town and into the same spot teaches the deer that they will be harassed in town, but are safe in the non-human zone.

“Waterton is about the size of Marysville.

John would come in

with his dogs and he’d have the deer moved out of town in about 20 minutes,” Oakley said.

“With repetition, it got to the point that the deer would start to move as soon as they saw John’s truck.”

The first applicationby the City of Kimberley

to the government is asking for a 48-hour trial permit only. Obviously, that’s not enough to condition the deer, Oakley says, but he hopes it will be enough to demonstrate to Ministry of Environment people that it is possible to move deer out of town

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with a professional handler and his dogs.

“The 48 hours is just a demo for government,” he said. “Before we apply for the big piece that will allow a full aversive conditioning program, they have to see it.”

Oakley is hopeful the Ministry will approve a more extensive hazing program, and that it can occur before fawning this spring. The aversive conditioning goes on every day for about five or six weeks.

“We do need to get them out of town before fawning. If they have their fawns out of town, they are more likely to stay out.”

Oakley also stresses that aversive conditioning is only a piece of an overall plan to control the deer population.

“The aversive conditioning deals with habituated animals, it’s not population control.

Trapping (the cull with clover traps) emulates predation, which we do not have in town.”

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B.C. returns to old sales tax Dirk Meissner Canadian Press

VICTORIA — Monday marks British Columbia’s official return to the provincial sales tax after an almost fiveyear crash-and-burn relationship with the harmonized sales tax.

Introduced in 2009 as a saviour for business, but rejected in a historic peoples referendum in August 2011, the HST managed to cling to the province’s political, social and business fabric until now — taking with it former premier Gordon Campbell and possibly the current Liberal government of Premier Christy Clark as victims.

British Columbians go to the polls on May 14, with the Opposition New Democrats, who called the HST a $2 billion transfer of wealth from consumers to businesses, expected to form the next government.

Businesses are now grudgingly forced to return to the former seven per-cent PST after taking the past two-anda-half years getting used to the simplified, value-added HST, which combined the five-percent federal goods and services tax with the PST. Former B.C. finance minister Kevin Falcon once referred to the PST as a “stupid tax,’’ for its complications and exemptions, but he was one of many

Liberals quick to admit the government employed a bone-headed strategy to sell the HST to British Columbians.

Barely three months after winning its third consecutive term in May 2009, Campbell’s Liberal government announced it had accepted Ottawa’s $1.6 billion offer to move to a harmonized federal-provincial tax system.

The announcement was viewed with skepticism, especially since B.C. had consistently rejected previous federal offers to move to the an HST. The federal cash offer and the potential gold mine for business now appealed to Campbell’s Liberals who were virtually silent on the HST in the past, but now faced a massive budget deficit voters didn’t know about during the election campaign.

Almost immediately, a grassroots Fight-HST movement began, enlisting former premier Bill Vander Zalm as a spokesman, while more than 500,000 people signed up to oppose the tax, prompting a provincewide referendum on the HST under B.C.’s direct democracy laws which allow for recalls of politicians and votes on some initiatives.

Campbell resigned midterm, essentially admitting peoples concerns about his policies had stalled the progress of his government.

The tax went down to defeat in August 2011, but it’s taken until now to officially bring back the PST. B.C.’s small business minister Naomi Yamamoto said she has some concerns that not every business has properly registered to move to the PST for April 1, but for the most part, it will be business as usual.

“We will see all those permanent exemptions prior to the HST reintroduced,’’ she said. “So, people will not be paying PST on things like gym memberships and restaurant meals, bicycle purchases, haircuts. But for the majority of purchases some may make they will probably see no difference at all.’’

Yamamoto said about 25,000 businesses have yet to register to collect the PST. She said about 100,000 B.C. businesses, mostly retailers, will collect the PST. She said the Finance Ministry has undertaken to contact every eligible business about their need to sign up and how they can do it on line or through consultations.

She said the ministry has made more than 115,000 calls to businesses, written to each business twice and conducted almost 2,000 personal consultations with businesspeople.

“There’s no provision, regrettably, in the legislation for

leniency,’’ said Yamamoto. “So businesses really are obligated if they are selling a product or service that attracts the tax, they have to collect it. But it’s not the Ministry of Finance’s intent to audit all of these businesses.’’

She said the ministry wants to help speed the process in any way it can.

B.C. chamber of commerce president John Winter said he believes the majority of businesses will be signed up by April 1, but he expects in-store issues in the first few days as customers examine their receipts to see if they were charged taxes or not charged.

“My sense is it’s going to be chaotic,’’ he said. “There’s going to be a lot of cash register discussions.’’

The provincial government struck a deal with the federal government to pay back the $1.6 billion in the months after the HST was defeated in the referendum.

The money will gradually be returned over the next five years, interest free.

Falcon said at the time that getting a break on the interest would save the province $100 million.

“Obviously, in a perfect world, I wish we didn’t have to pay back anything,’’ the minister told reporters in January last year as he announced the agreement.

Great April Fools pranks of the ages Sally MacDonald Townsman Staff

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appy April Fools Day! Lucky for you, we are not going to trick with you a wacky news story that we have made up – although it’s awfully tempting to pass up on the one day of the year when we can embellish the truth.

Still, what kind of newspaper would we be if we failed to even acknowledge April Fools Day? You’d be questioning every article in today’s paper, looking for the one that stands out as a little too far-fetched.

So instead, let’s take a look at some of the best pranks people have fallen prey to over recent years, according to the World Wide Internets.

Tech companies like to get onboard with April Fools Day. Google in particular has crafted some clever pranks over the years.

In 2011, Google announced that people with Gmail accounts could now choose a “sent” time on each email they compose – including times in the past. So, for example, if you woke up at 3 a.m. realizing you had missed your sister’s birthday, you could quickly dash off an email and select the sent time as, say, 6 p.m. the previous night. It’s a genius idea, but sadly, time-travelling emails are still a figment of our imagination.

Also in 2011, Google UK “released” on April 1 a program that could translate animal-speak into English. So when your dog

starts barking inexplicably, you simply press a button on your smart phone, hold it up to the animal’s mouth, and listen as the dog explains what the problem is.

Last April Fools Day, Google Australia said it had found a solution to mapping the vast expanses of the Australian outback. It would strap wireless cameras to the heads of kangaroos which would automatically upload street view footage of the desert.

This year, Google pranked the world through YouTube, which it now owns.

Over the weekend, YouTube announced that it would be shutting down, as it was actually just an elaborate eight-year talent contest to find the world’s best home video. The winner will be announced in 10 years, they said. It’s a little far-fetched, but the world’s best home video is surely to be found on YouTube – if only you could sit through all the baby’s-first-bath and doghas-a-bone videos to find it.

In the world of newspapers, The Guardian newspaper out of the U.K. announced in 2009 that it would cease being a print newspaper. That part is not very farfetched. What raised a red flag was the subsequent announcement that The Guardian would produce the news solely in 140-character Twitter posts. That prank is one to make us journalists shudder.

A particularly classic April Fools prank was produced by fast-food chain Taco Bell back in 1996. It announced that it had purchased the U.S. Independence artifact the

Liberty Bell, and was consequently renaming it the Taco Liberty Bell.

When it comes to personal pranks, my favourite is the story of a young woman who got married about a week before April Fools Day with an officiant. A couple of days after the ceremony, the woman filed her marriage certificate at city hall to have the marriage officially registered.

Then on April Fools Day, as the couple were preparing to leave for their honeymoon, she receives a call from city hall – it shows up on call display as the appropriate number. A clerk tells the woman that her marriage is not legal and travelling under her married name would constitute fraud.

The frazzled couple rush to city hall, where clerks know nothing about it and reassure that their marriage is legitimate.

Turns out the woman’s brother had gone to the effort of buying a device that changes the source phone number on an outgoing call, as well as a voice alteration device – all to prank his unsuspecting sister as she was about to leave on her honeymoon.

It’s enough to make me thank my lucky stars I don’t have a brother!

Whatever mischief you have played or been subject to today, we hope that everybody enjoys a good laugh this April Fools Day. Sally MacDonald is a reporter at the Cranbrook Daily Townsman.

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UPCOMING Wed April 3rd GoGo Grannies Travelogue. Very exciting Gorilla trek in Rwanda. Join Allister and Denise Pedersen as they take us on a photo journey of this gorilla trek, many other animals and exotic bird watching. Entry is by donation. 7:00pm, College of the Rockies Lecture Theatre. Info: Norma at 250-426-6111.

2013 FREE PUBLIC SWIM - SHUT DOWN - No swims April 3 & 17.

The GoGo Grannies of Kimberley are having a fund raising African Dinner on April 6 at 6 pm at the Old Bauernhaus. There will be an Silent Auction, Door Prizes and Great Food also a No Host Bar. Contact Ruth at 250-427-2706.

SOCIAL - DANCE held monthly at the Cranbrook Seniors HALL on 2nd St. South, APRIL 6th with music provided by the GREAT CANADIAN BARN DANCE of HILL SPRING, ALBERTA. Come out from 7-11 with friends and family for a night of Great Dance and fun! Call 250. 489. 2720. alcohol-free premise Ladies Double Dart Tourney April 6th 2013, Cranbrook Legion.

Registration 9:30, Start 10:00. More info Rob Martin 250-489-1273.

Don Johnson Memorial Dart Tourney, Eagles Nest - Cranbrook Eagles Hall, April 6th 2013. Registration- 9:30 am. Start- 10:00 am.

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Mountain View District - Girl Guides of Canada will be selling our Spring Cookies on Saturday, April 6 at Wal-Mart, Safeway, Save-On Foods and Tamarck Centre, from 10am to 4pm.

The Rocky Mtn Fly-Fishers invite you to our meeting April 9, 7:00 pm in the Superstore Community Room. Guest speaker: H. Lamson (Fish Biologist). Limited seating: 250-489-3013 or 778517-3996 to reserve.

April 10th. Kimberley Garden Club April Meeting program: Growing and Using Edible Herbs and Flowers. Selkirk High School Library 7-9 pm. New members welcome. Info: Nola 250-427-1948.

Home Grown Music Society presents the 30th Anniversary Celebration Coffee House on April 13 at Centre 64 at 7:30 pm.

Tickets at the Snowdrift Cafe in Kimberley.

“Walking the Camino de Santiago” Lorna and Suzanne invite you on a photographic journey of our 800 km pilgrimage from St Jean-Pied-de-Port in France across Spain to Santiago de Compostela. Sunday, April 14 at 7:30 pm. Kimberley United Church, 10 Boundary St. (corner of Boundary & Wallinger) Admission by donation. Proceeds to Kimberley United Church.

Cranbrook Community Theatre wishes to transport you into spring with their upcoming production, Enchanted April.

Directed by Terry Miller, Enchanted April runs for ten nights, April 12 & 13, 17-20 and 24-27, 2013 at the Studio/Stage Door, 11-11th Ave S, Cranbrook. Tickets available at Lotus Books.

East Kootenay Historical Association Meeting, Sunday Apr. 14, Heritage Inn, 12 noon. Guest speaker: Angus Davis. Phone Marilyn 250-426-3070 or Skip 250-426-3679.

ONGOING Bibles for Missions Thirft Store welcomes spring! Come celebrate with us - bright colors, outdoor items, clothing - weekly colored tag sale, or ‘fill a bag’ with bonus bargains. 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook. Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. 778-520-1981.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24; Friday Meat Draw: 4:30- 6:30, Saturday Meat Draw: 3:30-5:30.

The Compassionate Friends meet 2nd Tuesday each month at 4:00pm at the East Kootenay Child Care Resource and Referral Boardroom (in the Baker Street Mall parking lot) Info: call Laura @ 250 489-1000/Diane @ 250 489-0154 Do you have the desire to stop eating compulsively?

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (a 12-Step Program) meets Tuesdays from 7-8 pm at Cranbrook United Church, 2-12 S. S., downstairs. Contact: cranbrookoa@hotmail.com.

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The Cranbrook Kimberley Hospice Society seeks volunteers to help us provide services to persons at the end of life and their families. Training is provided. Call 250-417-2019, Toll Free 1-855-417-2019 if interested.

Cranbrook Quilters’ Guild hold their meetings on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays each month at 7:15 pm upstairs in Seniors Hall, 125-17th Ave. S. All skill levels welcome. FMI Betty 250-489-1498 or June 250-426-8817.

Mark Creek Lions “Meet and Greet” the 1st and 3rd Wednesday, from 6:00-6:30 pm. Dinner to follow at Western Lodge. FMI: 250-427-5612 or 427-7496.

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Greenhouse gas leaks from trust

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he Pacific Carbon Trust orchestrated a months-long campaign of calls and letters to discredit a report from B.C.’s Auditor General on its first two big carbon offset projects, before it could be released.

Just as the audit report was about to be made public, the trust, a Crown corporation created at taxpayer expense, participated in the leaking of selected critical letters to media outlets.

Then the Speaker of the B.C. legislature, Bill Barisoff, made a final, clumsy effort to delay the release of the report.

As soon as it was out, Environment Minister Terry Lake tried to discredit it, by blustering about all the highly paid experts who swore up and down that a forest reserve near Kootenay Lake, and a gas flaring reduction project near Fort Nelson, were bona fide carbon offsets worth $6 million of taxpayers’ money.

The audit states in plain language, with charts and timelines, that the $6 million was basically given away for nothing. I look forward to further audits on this carbon offset scheme, assuming it survives after the May election, because these two projects aren’t the only boondoggles.

The Pacific Carbon Trust was set up in 2008 as part of former premier Gordon Campbell’s climate change program. To

make the B.C. government’s operations “carbon neutral,” the government and all of its agencies were required to pay the trust $25 per tonne for their carbon dioxide emissions from fuel use.

In 2011 alone, B.C. universities paid $4.46 million to the trust. B.C.’s 60 school districts paid a total of $5.36 million the same year, and the province’s six health authorities paid $5.79 million. The money is supposed to go to BC VIEWS projects that capture carbon, thus “offsetting” the Tom heating of schools, the fuel Fletcher burned by ambulances and so forth.

The 55,000-hectare forest reserve is known as Darkwoods. The audit shows that the Nature Conservancy of Canada decided in 2006 to buy it, using $25 million of federal taxpayers’ money. The deal closed in 2008, the same year the Pacific Carbon Trust was formed.

From 2008 to 2010, the trust bought 450,000 tonnes of carbon offset, based on independent evaluations that all rested on the assumption that Darkwoods would be clear-cut logged.

Since the forest was already owned by Canada’s leading conservancy, this assumption makes no sense. Was the conservancy going to log it, or flip it to someone who would, after accepting $25 million in tax money to acquire it? Legally, it could not.

(I would add that the assumption that logging releases all of the carbon in a forest is also false. Lumber actually sequesters carbon for longer than trees, which eventually die and rot.)

The audit found a similar case against EnCana’s flare reduction program, which the company used on many wells before the trust started offering money. EnCana was saving money as well as reducing emissions without collecting offsets.

Therefore, the audit concluded, neither of these projects was a credible offset because the emissions savings would have occurred anyway.

Here’s the next Pacific Carbon Trust project that should be audited. In a complicated transaction, the trust bought offsets from something called the Great Bear Carbon Credit Limited Partnership. Yes, this is the world-famous forest on B.C.’s North Coast that was subject to a preservation deal hammered out between the Coastal First Nations, the B.C. government and three U.S.-backed environmental groups.

That was in 2006. The offset purchases were in 2009 and 2010, years after detailed preservation areas were mapped and codified in law.

Again, the trust paid for forest that was already preserved.

Tom Fletcher is a columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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PITTSBURGH - Sidney Crosby has a broken jaw and is out indefinitely after being hit in the mouth with a puck during a win against the New York Islanders on Saturday.

The Pittsburgh Penguins said on the team website Sunday that Crosby had surgery Saturday night, and there will be an update on his status later in the week.

Crosby, the NHL’s leading scorer, was struck in the face during the first period of the Penguins’ 2-0 win. Slow-motion replays showed multiple teeth flying out of his mouth after the puck struck him during his first shift. The team said Crosby had “major dental work” and will have more done later in the week.

Crosby has 56 points (15 goals, 41 assists) and holds a 10-point lead in the scoring race. He has not missed a game yet this season after being limited to 22 regular-season games over the prior two calendar years because of concussion-like symptoms and neck issues after absorbing big hits in consecutive games Jan. 1 and Jan. 5, 2011.

Midway through his comeback season, Crosby said he was feeling so good he “doesn’t even think about” the risk of concussion or head or neck injury anymore after two years in which it dominated his life. Teammates expressed similar sentiments.

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Jacobs defeats Finland, stays unbeaten at men’s curling worlds VICTORIA - Brad Jacobs and his Canadian rink got points for messy housekeeping Sunday at the world men’s curling championships.

The Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., skip remained unbeaten after two draws as he came back to beat Finland’s Aku Kauste 8-6.

Jacobs overcame an early 4-1 deficit by putting up plenty of junk instead of deploying his usual clean, takeout-based game.

“It wasn’t a typical game for us,” said Jacobs, who is competing at the worlds for the first time. “We like to try to build a lead and peel, as everyone knows.

“We did that in the first game (a win over China), but this game was totally the opposite. But it’s nice to have a game like that, too, where you have to come back to win.”

He and his rink of third Ryan Fry, second E.J. Harnden and lead Ryan Harnden forced Kauste to make several misses as his rink fell to 0-2.

Canada maintained a share of first place with Sweden (2-0). In the only other game on the morning draw, Norway’s Thomas Ulsrud edged Sven Michel of Switzerland 8-7.

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Murray rallies past Ferrer for Sony Open title KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. - Andy Murray has erased a championship point and rallied past David Ferrer 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1) in the final of the Sony Open.

One point from defeat in the last set, Murray skipped a forehand off the far baseline to stay in the match Sunday. He then dominated the tiebreaker, while Ferrer appeared to cramp and collapsed to the court after one rally.

CBS cut away from the final when it went to the tiebreaker to join the start of the NCAA tournament game between Michigan and Florida. The network later showed a replay of match point.

Murray also won the title in 2009. His path to this year’s championship was made easier because Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal skipped the tournament and Novak Djokovic lost in the fourth round.

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Kootenay Ice forward Brock Montgomery gets in the face of Edmonton Oil Kings goaltender Laurent Brossoit during WHL action at Rexall Place in Edmonton on Friday night. The Ice are out of the WHL playoffs following a 4-1 loss, which gave the Oil Kings a 4-1 series victory.

Oil Kings put Kootenay on ice Edmonton wins playoff series against Kootenay on Friday night with a 4-1 victory at Rexall Place TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor

For the second straight year, the Oil Kings were just too tough to handle.

Drawing the Eastern Conference’s top team again this WHL post-season, the Kootenay Ice fell in five games after losing 4-1 to their hosts in Rexall Place on Friday night in Edmonton.

Edmonton advances into the second round, where they will face the Medicine Hat Tigers—a team that swept the Memorial Cup hosts in the Saskatoon Blades in four games.

Despite the score, it was a close contest till the final period, as Edmonton only led by one goal with less than five minutes remaining in the game.

The Oil Kings led by one goal after the first period, but the Ice put on the pressure in the middle frame and managed to tie it up.

“It looked like we were a little tentative and we needed to not feel our way through the game,” said Ice head

coach Ryan McGill. “We just needed to get more effort.”

The Ice turned it up in the middle frame, but the Oil Kings pulled ahead just after the halfway mark. Edmonton scored an insurance goal with 3:08 remaining in the game and also notched an empty netter for a 4-1 final.

Kootenay went on the powerplay early, after Sam Reinhart got mixed up with Keegan Lowe, dragging Travis Ewanyk into it, who drew the extra minor.

The Ice’s power play was dangerous the whole night, but didn’t find the back of the net, as Edmonton maintained their 100 per cent penalty kill all series.

“We were more effective, we moved the puck better, we gave them a different look,” said McGill. “We had one breakaway on the powerplay late in the third period, so not much more we can do, other than score.”

Luke Bertolucci struck first in the latter half of the period, walk-

ing out from the sideboards and roofing a shot on the short side of Ice goaltender Mackenzie Skapski.

The game opened up in the second period, as Kootenay began playing with a sense of urgency and desperation. The team was rewarded nearly three minutes in, when Jakub Prochazka redirected a cross-ice pass from Jaedon Descheneau past Oil Kings goaltender Laurent Brossoit.

Kootenay poured on the pressure, as Collin Shirley had a chance right in front of the net, while Sam Reinhart had a quality scoring opportunity in the slot, but Brossoit came up huge for the Edmonton squad.

The game remained

knotted for nine minutes, but the Oil Kings pulled ahead when Curtis Lazar used his speed to get behind the Ice defence, and roofed a backhander over Skapski’s glove after getting a feed from Dylan Wruck.

Kootenay had a glorious chance to draw even on an odd man rush shortly after, but Jordyn Boyd’s shot went just wide of a gaping net. Reinhart also had a partial breakaway, but couldn’t settle the puck to get a decent shot on net.

“I thought we played real good in the second period,” said McGill. “I thought we generated lots of scoring chances, and we just didn’t bury our chances, but that has to come through second and third efforts.”

More Kootenay pressure came in the third period, but the momentum halted when Ice defenceman Jagger Dirk was whistled for a hit from behind on Mitch Moroz. The Ice rearguard was slapped with a five-minute major and a game misconduct for the play.

A man short for five minutes, the Ice penalty kill went to work, and came up huge, denying Edmonton on every single opportunity during their powerplay.

“It was real big, because we generated offence off it, and we generated offence after it,” said McGill, “but once again, we didn’t bury our opportunities when we got our powerplay.”

Brossoit bailed out his team with the save of the game late in the contest, when he kicked out a pad to stop a shot from Luke Philp, who came in all alone when the Ice had the man-advantage.

However, the Oil Kings added the insurance marker with three minutes remaining after Stephane Legault picked up a rebound on Skapski and stuffed it in.

Lazar notched the empty netter a minute later to crush any hope for the Ice. Skapski ended the game with 32 saves, while Brossoit turned away 24 shots for the Oil Kings.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Once more, you are energized and ready to go. Others respond to your efforts. Opportunities pop up left and right; know that you are fortunate. Trust yourself to know which way to turn. A call comes in from out of left field that makes you smile.

Tonight: Hang out.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Go with the moment, but be sure to include a friend or loved one in your plans. You might be in the throes of anger and trying to suppress your feelings. Know that they will come through anyway. The other party happily will work through this rift with you. Tonight: Togetherness.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Defer to a partner or an associate who seems to have a lot to share. This person might want to have an open discussion with you. Relate to him or her directly, especially if you feel angry or frustrated. Clearing the air will energize you. Tonight: Go for what you want.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You might want to approach a personal matter differently.

You’ll open up to a positive change, mainly because your sixth sense pushes you in that direction. You are in a period where you make the right choices. Tonight: Back away from a controlling authority figure.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You might want to rethink a personal issue. What you might have believed was happening likely will be true, and it will result in a wonderful opportunity that comes forward. You could be delighted as a result. Friends are a source of good news. Tonight: Ever playful.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Tension builds around a family member, real estate or a matter relating to your home. You can only push so much. You are making a judgment that is increasing the pressure. Understand that you cannot control others, nor should you even try to. Tonight: Make it easy.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Be aware of your limits. By hon-

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oring boundaries, everyone will get along much better. News from a distance encourages you to try something different or open up to new possibility. You might need to pull back some in order to get the big picture.

Tonight: At a favorite spot.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You have a tendency to go overboard. Hold back, as you might not be interested in what comes down your path in the long run.

What is behind your sudden desire to go wild? You might gain more self-control when you find that answer. Tonight: Run some errands on the way home.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You beam and draw many people toward you. When you see your options more clearly, the way you handle a personal matter could change radically. A person who seems to bring you luck will suddenly appear. Be happy for the ease at present.

Tonight: Head home early.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You could feel off-kilter right now. Assume a low profile -- at least for a little while. Observe

what is happening on the home front. You might wish for a change of pace and/or a more peaceful atmosphere. Just go with the moment. Tonight: Nap, then decide.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Zero in on your priorities. Someone you interact with could find you to be very touchy or difficult to deal with. This person lets you know what he or she feels in no uncertain terms. Do you really want a fight? Let go of the issue. Tonight: Try to make it an early night.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) A boss could anger you. You might not feel free to really express what you are thinking.

Follow your intuition, and give the situation some time. Get feedback from a trusted friend or an adviser. Timing can make all the difference. Tonight: Burn the candle at both ends.

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by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Dear Annie: I am an elementary school teacher. This year I have two 7-year-old students with major behavior issues. Both of them have threatened to bring a gun to school and shoot me and their classmates. As shocking as it is to hear this from such young children, the response from the people in charge is worse.

I reported these threats multiple times, and nothing has been done. No one has even spoken to the boys about their behavior. I was told the kids are young and most likely don’t have access to guns. Yet these kids have older siblings who can obtain guns for them.

In light of current events, I take these threats seriously. I’ve spoken to the principal, vice-principal, school social workers and the boys’ parents. They all tell me I need to “focus on the positive things the kids do.”

Am I crazy, or are they? What should I do?

Quitting my job is not an option. -- Worried Teacher Dear Teacher: While it is not uncommon for young children to make such threats, they normally do not follow through. However, there is a slim possibility that one of these boys will bring a weapon to school and attempt to use it, especially if he hears news reports about other school shootings.

The bigger problem is the “major behavior issues.” We realize you are fearful, but an alarmed approach is not productive. Are these boys receiving any kind of ongoing counseling or assistance? Perhaps if you approach this as a way to help the children develop better coping skills, the school will address it more directly and effectively.

Dear Annie: Please let your readers know of an easy way to support our troops. When buying a new cellphone, donate your old one to the nonprofit Cell Phones for Soldiers through cellphonesforsoldiers.com.

Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded in 2004 by Robbie and Brittany Bergquist of Norwell, Mass., when they were 12 and 13 years old. The organization converts proceeds from used cellphones into prepaid phone cards for our troops overseas. They have donated more than 181 million minutes to our troops, many of whom could not otherwise afford to call home. Please support those individuals who support our country.

-- Bay St. Louis Dear Bay St. Louis: Thank you for mentioning this very worthwhile organization. We hope our readers will keep it in mind when getting a new cellphone.

Dear Annie: I was perplexed by the recent letter from “Mr. Manners” about bits of food that a diner drops on the plate. He expressed disgust that people pick up the bits with their fingertips, and you concurred that it was proper etiquette to use one’s knife to retrieve the droppings. I can display more grace picking up such bits with my fingertips than anyone can with forks and knives. And what about the centuries-old practice of sopping one’s bread in leftover juices?

However, my real question is: In the grand scheme of things, what difference does it make if a person picks up food bits with the fingers? -- Durant, Okla.

Dear Durant: You may have misunderstood the original letter. When eating peas and other small, hard-to-capture foods, it is best to get them onto one’s fork by using a knife or a piece of bread, rather than pushing them with one’s fingers. It’s unappetizing to watch someone use their fingers. And yes, you can sop bread in leftover juices, as long as you don’t make a slurpy mess of it.

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Obituaries Obituary HILL, Robert Robert “Bob” Hill passed away on Friday, March 22, 2013 while in Grande Prairie.

Bob is lovingly remembered by his family; partner, Lori Hemming; daughter, Dianna Bonder; 2 granddaughters and sister, Lynda Hill.

Bob was a hotel manager and owner in numerous places in Alberta and BC including Calgary, Bowden, Red Deer, Banff, Edmonton and Kimberly.

A Celebration of Life will be held at the Best Western Regency Room, 121 Edmonton Trail SE, Airdrie, AB on Thursday, April 4, 2013 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

Flowers are graciously declined. If you would like, donations may be made to any of the Rotary Clubs.

Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca

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Ten Reasons to Advertise on a Newspaper Website 1. Frequency: The online newspaper Web site user accesses the Internet almost twice as much as the general user.

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extends to the advertiser. Fifty-nine percent of Web users agree that online advertising is more believable from a trusted Web site. Online, newspaper Web sites are the dominant local media site in most markets.

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Newspapers also publish a plethora of niche sites (youth, women, movie fans, seniors, are illustrative) for virtually any demographic advertisers could possibly hope to reach.

4. Purchasing power: Sixty-two percent of newspaper

Web site users purchase online compared with 49 percent of general users. Thirty-nine percent of online newspaper users have incomes higher than $75,000; 65 percent own their homes. Fifty percent of online newspaper users have spent more than $500 online in the last six months, and 63 percent of online newspaper users prefer to find out about new products through the Internet.

5. Content: After e-mail, the most preferred Web

content is news, sports, financial information, entertainment news, and shopping – in that order. Sixtytwo percent of Internet users visit online newspapers for local news, compared with 39 percent for the local TV station Web site and 23 percent for the local radio station site. Not even Yahoo! or AOL’s Digital City can top this.

6. Retailers prefer newspaper sites: Sixty-five percent of retailers report that newspaper sites are efficient in assisting them in meeting marketing needs compared with other sites.

7. High profile: Research.net reports that, among top executives (CEO, CIO, CFO or owner/partner), Internet advertising ranked above over all other media measured for: “Where I prefer to find our about new products,” “Where I prefer to receive information about companies,” and “Where modern, up-to-date brands advertise.” At the same time, these early adopters of technology also skew younger than the traditional newspaper audience.

Forty percent of online newspaper users are aged 18-35.

8. Reinforcement: Seventy-six percent of online newspaper users also read the newspaper in the past seven days, and repetition increases awareness. The Internet Advertising Bureau found that, by increasing the number of online banners from one to two per week, branding results on three key metrics increased 42 percent making online a great, inexpensive way to increase the branding lift of traditional campaigns.

9. Quality: Seventy-five percent of advertisers generally said newspaper Web sites’ advertising was as good or better than other Internet sites.

10. Mix: A variety of recent studies have demonstrated the power of online, when included in a mix with traditional media, to elaborate the brand message.

Newspaper print and online products combined have the highest penetration and most desirable audience of any other local medium.

SOURCE: Newspaper Association of America

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