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Employment Insurance reforms target the ski bum lifestyle Government messaging targets those who abuse the system and contribute to labour shortage, but critics say changes will further tilt the playing field towards urban centres and truly hurt seasonal industries and rural communities Aaron Orlando

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The Revelstoke Boxing Club is enjoying big membership numbers following their move to the Begbie View gym. They’ll showcase the new facility at their Saturday, April 6 club show when coach Jason Stewardson and several Revelstoke boxers will lace up against visiting fighters. Here, Stacey Sanchez and other members of the ladies’ boxercise class get a workout on the heavy bags during last Wednesday’s practice. For more, see the story on page 8.

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Earn your turns – and I don’t mean skinning up the hill.

That’s the message from Kootenay–Columbia MP David Wilks to Revelstoke ski bums on employment insurance.

The Times Review explored what changes to the employment insurance system mean for seasonal industries in Revelstoke, such as forestry and tourism, and found concerns about the changes implemented earlier this year, as well as uncertainty about what the effects will be.

Kootenay–Columbia MP David Wilks (Conservative) said the tightening of the EI rules was designed to “reflect better use of the EI system,” saying the changes are designed to help those who legitimately need EI and boot off those who abuse the system.

The changes divide EI applicants into several categories, including frequent applicants. Frequent applicants are required to take lower-paying jobs and travel further for work, amongst other new requirements.

Some applicants are required to take jobs outside their area of training or their community.

MP Wilks was clear the changes target EI abusers. “The ones that concern me, to use a good reference, would be those that come to experience Revelstoke for its true natural splendour with skiing, come specifically to ski and while they’re there get a job so that they can ski,” Wilks said. “Once the ski season is over, go on EI until the next ski season when they could potentially find a job in Revelstoke or near to Revelstoke that would hold them over until the next ski season.

“Would it be not more prudent for someone who has only worked four months to enable themselves to try and find another source of income?”

Wilks said.

Wilks said staff tracked applicants and could easily distinguish between users in industries like forestry (which is cyclical and seasonal – including the current spring break-up period) and those who abuse EI. “We’re not expecting people to move away long distances if they can’t find jobs in their specific field, especially in rural Canada,” Wilks said.

He also described silviculture workers, such as tree planters, as “motivated” and “skilled” workers who often work the off-season. “Most people in that industry always have something else to go to.”

In response to a question whether the changes will unfairly effect rural communities, Wilks said he’d been lobbied. “When I met with the ChamEmployment Insurance, page 4

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French immersion deemed unfeasible by school district Alex Cooper

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For the second time in five years, a push for early French immersion in the Revelstoke school district has died at the school board table.

At a meeting of the Revelstoke Board of Education on Wednesday, Mar. 27, the board supported a recommendation by superintendent Mike Hooker that the implementation of early French immersion was not feasible in the district.

“Our priorities remain focused on students through successful early identification and intervention programs, high levels of individualized student services, and a breadth of program choices at the secondary level,” he wrote in his report. “Our small system meets and exceeds expectations for student success. This achievement has required that we be thoughtful in our resource allocation and priority setting activities to ensure we protect the strength and quality of our programs.

“Within the context of our small total population, the implementation of an Early French Immersion program is not feasible,” Hooker concluded.

His recommendation was supported by the board. There was no vote on the matter.

“The report doesn’t support the

feasibility of early French immersion and the district is just too small,” said trustee Jeff Nicholson, who was serving as chair in the absence of Alan Chell. “However, the board is interested in all options to enhance French instruction and I think the meeting on April 4 to which all trustees have been invited could be a start to discussions of other options.”

The meeting he referred to is one organized by the Revelstoke chapter of Canadian Parents for French. The group formed earlier this month as a way to get broader support for their push for early French immersion in the district. The parents produced their own report on the feasibility of the French immersion and are holding an open house to discuss the issue at the community centre on Thursday, Apr. 4, from 7-9 p.m.

The report produced by the parents comes to a different conclusion than Hooker’s, and presents different numbers.

According to Hooker’s report, French immersion would start with a cohort of 17 kindergarten students in 2013 and those numbers, based on provincial attrition rates, would slowly dwindle until there is only about 10 students in grade seven and five by the time they reach grade 12. 16 children are committed for 2014 and only 11 for 2015.

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Vanessa Morrow (left) and Stephanie Melnyk listen in disappointment as the Revelstoke Board of Education hears superintendent Mike Hooker’s report on early French immersion.

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of the district’s declining student numbers; enrollment is expected to decline by up to six per cent in the next school year and the number of children registered to start kindergarten this fall is only 59 – much lower than the 72 expected.

The parents’ report says there are 19 committed children for kindergarten starting this fall and another 18 committed for grade one. There are 22 children committed for kindergarten in both 2014 and 2015, according to the numbers they have collected.

It also considers a far gentler attrition rate, with 16 students remaining in the program by grade 7.

The difference in numbers has been a contentious issue between the parents and the school district. Hooker has said he is only counting parents who have contacted him directly, while the parents believe some children are being missed.

The school district’s numbers are based on an annual decline in enrolment of three per cent and five per cent attrition every year from grades K-6, 10 per cent for grades 7-8, and 12 per cent for

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er’s report, saying the way parents were surveyed was not effective, that some families weren’t counted, that his numbers aren’t accurate and that the wrong projection model was used.

Hooker said he hadn’t read the parents’ report, but that he appreciated their hard work. “Our focus has been that we’re protecting quality programs and any time we’re looking at adding a program to what we’re already doing then our overall district picture has to be considered and that’s what I tried to had reflected in my report,” he said.

Several trustees said they would attend the open house on April 4 and said the district should look at ways to improve French education in Revelstoke.

“What’s quite obvious is there’s still a desire in Revelstoke to improve French language instruction,” said trustee Mauro Morrone. “Being that according to this report early immersion is not feasible, I think we have to find other ways to improve French language instruction in our district.”

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The CPF report recommends the school district pursue French immersion from kindergarten to grade seven and then have students take a test for their Diplome d’etudes en langue francaise (Diploma in French Studies, or DELF) to prove their proficiency in French upon graduating high school.

The CPF report surveyed eight small B.C. communities with early French immersion programs.

Hooker’s report uses Golden, B.C. as a comparison and notes that Golden has begun phasing out its French immersion program as it was considered no longer feasible with a cohort of 22 students.

The parents, who have been led by Stephanie Melnyk and Vanessa Morrow, walked out of the meeting visibly disappointed after the board finished its discussion. Melnyk, who has been acting as the group’s spokesperson, declined immediate comment on the board’s decision. On Thursday, she e-mailed the media a highly-critical response to Hook-

The Revelstoke School District is facing a six per cent decline in enrollment for next year, if current projections hold true. The decline would mean significant challenges in class organization and could result in a big decline in the budget.

In a report to the Board of Education, secretary-treasurer Barb Ross wrote that enrollment is projected to be as low as 954 students – 60 less than are enrolled this year.

The school district was forecasting 994 students for the upcoming school year, so the most recent projections are quite a bit lower than expected.

Superintendent Mike Hooker said the decline isn’t out of the range of what’s been experienced in the past. “Right now, it's higher than what we would have antici-

pated,” he said.

The decline is across the board.

Thirteen fewer children are registered for kindergarten than expected, and there are declines in all grades beyond that.

“It’s the same impact we deal with every year. It’s just a matter of organizing the schools,” said Hooker. “The biggest thing is organizing efficiently the three schools.”

Should the numbers come in as expected, it would mean the district would receive about $400,000 less from the Ministry of Education in enrollmentbased funding, which is currently $6,900 per student. However, the total funding is calculated using a number of factors, so the final budget won’t be known until next fall.

“Enrolment declines affect a lot of the formulas,” said Ross.

Districts with large declines like Revelstoke receive some money

to make up for the impact of the decline. They also receive funding for special needs students, students who speak English as a second language, aboriginal students and more.

“The drop trickles through all of the formulas,” said Ross. “And the students who are dropping off attract other revenue – English as a second language, aboriginal education, special needs – any of those can be affected as well.”

The school district will file a preliminary budget at the end of June. At the end of September, once enrollment is finalized, the final budget will be determined.

“We’ve asked our principles to keep a close eye on enrollment and we’ll do the best guess that we can before we submit our budget,” said Ross. “Obviously we’re not going to make any drastic changes before we have more solid information.”

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City wants $46,000 after RMR contractor illegally dumps raw sewage Northland doesn’t deny dumping by subcontractor, but says city is overestimating amount, duration of dumping the calculations used to determine the amount used were “very conservative.”

Raven underscored the city’s displeasure: “I approach it from the perspective that it’s actually theft,” he said. “It’s using a service that should be paid for.”

He also addressed a recent change in the amount demanded from Northlands for compensation. A staff report posted online late last week demanded over $70,000 from Northland. Raven said the city had since re-calculated the amount of missing effluent and come up with the lower figure. He denied any deal had been struck with Northland.

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The City of Revelstoke is demanding $46,456 in compensation after a Revelstoke Mountain Resort subcontractor illegally dumped raw sewage into sewer drains at the resort multiple times, avoiding disposal fees and causing a stink in the area. They say the practice went on for at least two years.

Revelstoke Mountain Resort owner Northland Properties Corporation doesn’t deny the wrongdoing, or that the illegal dumping cost the city revenue from lost liquid waste dumping fees, but they say the city is overestimating the amount dumped, and the duration of the dumping, and are seeking to pay much less than $46,000.

City public works manager Darren Komonoski said onlookers reported dumping into a sewer system near the luxury homes in the Mackenzie Landing development, which is located above the resort’s base area.

“There [have] been some witnesses that have come forward from the general public reporting that they have witnessed this type of activity from Mackenzie Landing,” he told Revelstoke City Council at their Mar. 26 meeting.

Komonoski noted city staff found “small discharges” had been slopped around a drain opening.

He added the sewer system receiving the effluent could have been damaged. “It’s not meant to receive large discharges at one time,” he said.

Furthermore, the dumping overtaxed the sewer, stinking

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A skier and snowboarder overlook the S-Games at the mid-mountain lodge last weekend. The City of Revelstoke is alleging raw sewage from the facility was illegally dumped into a sewer for about two years, cheating the city out of dumping fees and creating a stink

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up the base area of the resort.

“We had a smell from Sutton Place [Hotel],” Komonoski said. He didn’t feel any environmental damage had been

Illecillewaet River had dropped dramatically. Under a city bylaw, the resort is required to dump at city facilities and pay for the ser-

“I approach it from the perspective that it’s actually theft. It’s using a service that should be paid for.” ~Mayor David Raven done.

The city presented its case for $46,456 in compensation in a staff report discussed at the Mar. 26 council meeting.

In the report, city engineering director Mike Thomas said the city began investigating earlier this year. (See the complete report embedded at the bottom of this story.)

He noted shipments from the resort to a city waste receiving facility near the

vice.

The waste in question comes from the mid-mountain day-lodge and outhouses on the mountain.

The report said another contractor was handling the resort’s waste up until February of 2011, when the resort switched to Hard Hammer Construction, a contractor carrying out work for Northland Properties Corporation.

The amount shipped to the

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city facility dropped dramatically between February of 2011 until February of 2013, when city staff began investigating.

According to a report by Thomas, in 2009, the city received almost 1,700 cubic metres of waste from Revelstoke Mountain Resort. That dropped to just 391 cubic metres in 2012; the report argues the volume should have increased because the human traffic at the resort has increased.

Thomas calculated the lost revenues from dumping based on previous volumes.

The city is still reserving the right to take punitive measures.

A letter from Northland’s lawyer disputes the cost and amount dumped illegally, saying a fine of over $6,400 would be “excessive.”

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Opposition: Service Canada cuts affect all applicants; changes will erode rural economies, communities from page 1 ber of Commerce in Revelstoke, that was one of their many concerns, was that the EI process was being abused in Revelstoke because of the type of cyclical nature that Revelstoke has with skiing.”

He also admitted staff reductions to those who help and process EI applications in this riding. “Certainly in the riding of Kootenay–Columbia, Service Canada has seen some cutbacks,” he said. “Certainly that does pose a concern for those that live in more remote areas such as Revelstoke.”

Wilks added most people access those services online these days.

Opposition MP: Unnecessary changes will harm rural, seasonal communities BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko (NDP) attacked the EI changes, calling them unnecessary. He said they tilted the playing field away

from rural communities dependent on seasonal industry towards urban centres and places with permanent employment.

“This government is demonizing ordinary Canadians who are struggling to get by, rather than addressing the problems within industries that rely on the availability of employees yearround,” Atamanenko said. “Conservative economic policy has done nothing to generate jobs in sectors that are steady, that provide a decent livelihood and that will help people stay close to communities where they live.”

He also attacked the system of home checks, where Service Canada staff visit the homes of suspected abusers to check up on them.

“Making it harder and harder to jump through the hoops is an injustice to people who have contributed to EI. Canadians count on it to help them through hard times. Having to endure house calls is absolutely degrading,” Atamanenko said.

He cited complaints from constituents who have been shut out from EI due to staff shortages and bureaucratic challenges at Service Canada. “They’re

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getting all sorts of pushback.

“There’s no reason to change a system that appeared to be working and keeping our rural communities stable,” he continued. “We may down the line see more of a destabilization of our communities as they scramble now because they won’t have people they normally would have. And then we’ve got temporary foreign workers coming in. It just seems that there’s upheavals happening that aren’t necessary.”

Atamanenko predicted the changes will have a big, negative effect on rural Canada.

“Families will have to move to seek some work in some other part of the country,” he said. “Spending power for many people will decrease, which will have an effect on businesses … and we might see a decrease of populations in our rural communities if people move to the larger urban areas to find work.”

Silviculture association director concerned about EI changes Western Canada Silviculture Association executive director John Betts said the changes aren’t likely to have a great effect on seasonal workers such as tree planters, but he raises more general questions about the direction the changes signal for seasonal work.

“Quite a lot of the country is built on seasonal work,” he said.

“We need to take a look at what the consequences might be of stopping that kind of technically legal, technically legitimate entitlement.

If we’re going to make them ineligible for EI, we have to figure out what you’re going to replace it with. Particularly if those areas are already having difficulty recruiting and retaining workers.”

He underscored that skilled sil-

viculture workers labour under very difficult circumstances. “It takes a commitment, it takes years of experience, you have to keep yourself fit and focused,” he said.

“I think a case can be made where seasonal work in this country is ... not fully appreciated for the contribution it makes to the economy.”

Betts noted silviculture competes against the high wages of the oil and gas industry for skilled employees; new barriers to seasonal employment have consequences.

“Is it simply going to be we just start bringing in temporary foreign workers?” he asked, noting it may be an overstatement. “Is that the kind of country we want?

Would we want to see the dollars that we currently pay to our seasonal workers going to Mexico or Nigeria?

“I hope that it is not a likely scenario, but it is a possible scenario,” Betts said, adding silviculture wages haven’t kept pace with inflation.

Chamber tourism worker on the fence Tyson Andrykew is interning with the Revelstoke Chamber of Commerce this spring. He recently graduated from Thompson Rivers University where he authored a paper on EI changes as part of his marketing and human resources studies. Andrykew grew up as part of the Three Valley Gap resort, starting work on the family business before he was a teenager.

He studied the EI changes because he was interested in its effects on the resort; they traditionally struggle to find staff.

He spoke with me in his capacity as Chamber intern, not as a representative of Three Valley Gap. When the changes were outlined in 2012, he was positive. He thought they would benefit Three

Valley by creating a more stable workforce.

Now, Andrykew is on the fence.

There could be positives, or negatives for tourism operators.

The rules divide EI claimants into several categories. ‘Frequent’ claimants face the biggest squeeze under the new rules. “At Three Valley that’s a lot of our staff,” he said. These candidates are forced to take bigger pay cuts and commute for longer – up to an hour – under the new rules. Infrequent claimants are given more leeway.

Andrykew is concerned that seasonal employees will no longer be able to access EI and will leave altogether; the ski bum who worked through the summer will no longer be able to access powder turns at will all winter and reassess life in Revelstoke. Employees living in the more economically-depressed Malakwa area may not be able to find winter employment and move on.

On the up side, it may force many seasonal workers who’ve habituated to the EI break to get serious about work. “They may be required to if they still want to live here,” Andrykew said.

What does he predict? “It’s hard to say,” Andrewkew said. “It always comes down to enforcement.”

Recent media stories about quotas and door-knocks in an effort to shake EI abusers out of the rug point to a more aggressive effort to clear the roles. There are several other enforcement changes that may or may not have the desired effect.

Andrykew suggests seasonal winter and summer businesses partner human resource efforts with each other to help retain qualified staff. For example, a heli-skiing company could connect with a forestry operation to share skilled workers and avoid staff losses due to attrition.

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City wants more time, info on Revelstoke Adventure Park Aaron Orlando

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City council notes from the Mar. 26 meeting.

The City of Revelstoke wants to slow down the regulatory process for the proposed Revelstoke Adventure Park in the Greeley area to allow city staff more time to review the proposal.

Unveiled earlier in 2013, the Revelstoke Adventure Park proposal is for a roadside outdoor park with dozens of activities including mountain biking, climbing, bungee jumping, ziplining, a driving range, camping and much more.

Following a recommendation from the city’s economic development commission, council asked the proponents to give a public presentation in Revelstoke.

Reports from city staff noted many, many potential issues and impacts on the city, both positive and negative.

Positive impacts noted in the report include economic spinoffs, “synergies” with RMR, possible boundary expansion and tourism growth.

Negative impacts included activity near the Revelstoke watershed and costs to city-provided services.

Other issues raised include road design, a railway crossing, relationship with the resort master plan, mitigation issues and more.

Coun. Chris Johnston said the environmental issues related to the park needed to be studied and understood.

Mayor David Raven noted the park is located in the Columbia– Shuswap Regional District.

Council opted to ask the province for more time to consult, and ask the proponents to give a public presentation in Revelstoke.

City reluctant to take over Glacier Challenge tournament

The city parks department is reluctant to take over the Glacier Challenge softball tournament, following a request for city help from organizer (and former mayor) Mark McKee. McKee appeared at a city meeting earlier this year, asking for assistance to sustain the tournament, which began in 1988.

In a report from parks and recreation director Laurie Donato that was approved by council, she opted for a wider look for funding help, such as via tourism infrastructure grants, or by partnership with the Revelstoke Accommodation Association.

Donato’s report estimated the tournament already costs taxpayers about “$24,000–$30,000” annually. Parks staff members create team packages, stationary, pay for mailing and postage costs, produce schedules, rent city facilities in kind, register campers and field phone calls, amongst other duties. This is in addition to extra staff time and aquatic centre facility hours during the tournament.

Coun. Gary Starling said taxpayers didn’t want to pay for the tournament. “We’ve been asked to champion this, but I’m not so sure taxpayers would be in favour of that. We’re simply looking for some other avenue to champion this thing and keep it going.” Starling said. “If this thing is going to stay viable long-term, we need to find some other avenue for it.”

Grants-in-aid top $14,000

N ew s council once again noted many city grants-in-aid funding applications weren’t in the spirit of the program.

It was designed to help organizations through unanticipated financial scrapes, but many applicants view it as an annual funding stream.

Councillors talked about better communicating with the applicant organizations, before approving $14,182 in grants; several of them were for in kind city services such as free room rentals or pool passes.

City partners with Healthy Communities Initiative The City of Revelstoke has signed up for Interior Health’s Healthy Communities Initiative (HCI).

The HCI program partners with municipalities to help make health lifestyle choices accessible and affordable.

The program aims to make healthy choices the easy choice through policy and environmental changes. The program helps communities develop action plans that aim to address issues such as the availability of parks, protection from second hand smoke, access to healthy food and opportunities for recreation.

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Credit union facing ‘double whammy’ of tax hikes Alex Cooper

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A decision by the federal government to eliminate a tax deduction for credit unions could have a negative impact on the Revelstoke Credit Union, says its Chief Executive Officer.

The news came as part of the budget released last month, and was a big surprise, said Robert Bobicki.

“The biggest thing is that it is going to affect our capital and our ability to build further capital,” she said. “Right now, with all of the margins being squeezed and the regulators looking for more capital, when we earn anything more than that $500,000, instead of being able to give that community giving or member rewards, we now in turn are going to have start paying a portion of that for yet another tax.”

The tax credit in question was created in the 1970s as a way to allow credit unions to better build capital since they don’t have the same access to capital markets that banks do.

According to the 2013 budget document, the phase-out of the tax credit over the next five years is “to improve the neutrality and fairness of the tax system.”

David Phillips, the CEO of Credit Union Central of Canada, said the tax increase will make it more difficult for

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Council gave the final approval of CBT Community Initiatives funding, which totalled $341,461 to 38 groups this year. For the complete list, see revelstoketimesreview.com.

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An Alberta paraglider needed his third and final chute to save him from plunging to death while paragliding from Revelstoke Mountain Resort on Wednesday.

The paraglider took off from Mount Mackenzie on Mar. 27, taking advantage of the warm, sunny afternoon to get airborne.

He was over the Kokanee Bowl area near the resort when turbulent winds buffeted his paraglider, putting him in serious danger.

The 26-year-old opted to unhook from the paraglider and use a parachute to safely dismount to the ground.

The backup plan went awry.

Cpl. Thomas Blakney of the Revelstoke RCMP said witnesses saw the man bail out, but his parachute didn’t deploy properly.

Last they saw him, he was spiralling out of control towards the Kokanee Bowl area as he disap-

credit unions to compete with major commercial banks. “Providing credit unions with access to a lower income tax rate is good policy for a government that seeks to encourage the growth of competitive alternatives to the large Canadian commercial banks,” he said.

The move comes as credit unions in B.C. are bracing themselves for the potential re-instatement of the corporate capital tax should the NDP win power in the upcoming provincial elections. The one per cent tax on capital would cost the RCU about $100,000, said Bobicki.

She said in 2012 the credit union gave $30,000 to its community giving program, $160,000 to member rewards, $18,800 in dividends, and put more than $300,000 into retained earnings to build capital. The tax increases could cost the RCU more than $100,000.

“This is a double whammy, if in fact we do have a new government,” she said, stressing that she was non-partisan. “Where it hurts is that we're strong and healthy and all of that, it's the times right now – short lived I’m really hoping – where the net incomes are lesser than normal, to then in turn give have to give a portion of that already reduced profitability to another tax is extremely frustrating.”

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peared behind a ridge. “I would imagine it would be sheer panic if your first chute didn’t open,” Blakney said.

Revelstoke RCMP commended the fast response of Revelstoke Search & Rescue, who made it to the scene by helicopter in just over an hour.

They discovered the man no worse for wear, awaiting rescue from atop a ridge.

He told searchers his main

backup parachute failed, so he went to his second backup chute, which stopped his uncontrolled fall just in time.

“Revelstoke Search and Rescue workers should be commended for the swift response, locating the male and bringing him to safety,” Blakney said in a statement. “Also, if it was not for the eyewitnesses, the paraglider may have encountered further obstacles.”

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Part eight of an ongoing column and story series exploring the Revelstoke Caribou Rearing in the Wild maternity penning plan.

The Revelstoke Rod & Gun Club has passed a resolution to support the Caribou Rearing Project that is currently being initiated in the North Columbia area of Revelstoke.

The Societies Act Constitution of our club states: “The objectives for which the Society is formed are to conserve and urge the wise use of our natural resources, which include stable soil, unpolluted water, perpetual forests, vegetation, fish, wildlife, scenic and recreational reservations; to improve and restore fish, game, and its habitat; to study local resources and cooperate with authorities in securing conservation plans and measures for betterment to the benefit of all the community; to support sound conservation; to oppose anti-conservation legislation; to promote good sportsmanship afield, and to conduct ourselves so as to be an example of good and safe sportsmanship; to respect the property rights of others; to pass on to our heirs the joys and privileges of a better outdoors.”

It is therefore part of our club’s mandate to not stand by and watch a species go extinct; the club views this project as a proactive methodology to increase the local caribou population, and has therefore bought into it.

Prior to the above resolution being passed, our club had the opportunity to hear presentations made, at different times,

by Kevin Bollefer, a forester as well as a biologist working for RCFC, Cory Legebokow of the MOE, and Rob Serrouya, a biologist specializing in caribou management. These three people are spearheading the caribou rearing project in conjunction with several other agencies and specialists. Their presentations varied in content but in general informed the club of the past history of caribou management, current management trends, and what they see as future management options, inclusive of the penning project.

Since the 1960’s a tremendous amount of money and manpower has been directed toward caribou management. And since the 1960’s, the caribou herds in the Columbias have made a significant drop in population; from an estimated 650 caribou then to about 150 at the present time. There is no one factor that accounts for this population declination; loss of habitat through construction of the dams, roadbuilding, logging, heliski companies, snowmobiling, and predation have combined to contribute to the depopulation of the caribou.

While there have been direct/ indirect attempts by government, industry, and commercial recreationists to mitigate the loss of habitat, little has been done to directly impact predation. The MOE for the past few years has been increasing the opportunity to harvest various ungulates, particularly moose, predicated on the theory that by reducing the species wolves feed on, the wolves will eventually move out of the area to find other sources of food.

It is not politically correct, in BC,

to harvest wolves in order to protect the endangered species caribou. Therefore, to this day, the caribou are declining, or at best, in some of the small herds, staying stable at low numbers.

The local initiative for caribou rearing in pens therefore was proposed. There has been success in caribou penning in the north: cows are darted in early spring from helicopters, they are ultrasound scanned to ensure pregnancy, loaded into nets, then flown to the pen where they give birth. New-born calves are fed a nutritious diet and protected from predators in a 12’ high fenced area 24 hours a day by “shepherds”. Once the calves reach the critical age and physical strength a few months later, they are better equipped to move and evade predators; and they are released from the pen with the cows. All calves are collared to monitor survival rate. In 3 years the collars drop off and are retrieved.

Ten pregnant cows will be selected for the project. Some of the key factors that led to our support are: 1. If the government will not support direct predator management, then the herds must be supplemented in order for the population to increase. Transplants of caribou in some areas have not appeared to have had success; so transplants are not a very viable option. The penning option, though there are some risks, has been demonstrated to work.

2. Previous penning projects have shown that penning, with the protection given in the early stages of the calves lives, improves survival from 25% in the wild to 75% in the pens.

3. The superior nutrition the cows and calves receive enhances their strength and growth to enable chances of survival being greater upon release.

4. If the expected results are achieved, the penning project could proceed and eventually build up the caribou to the point that the imbalance of caribou/ prey is restored to a normal level and the reduction of the predator food species, ie moose, will be halted.

5. Our club will be contributing labor, time, and material to the limit of our club resources, and all of our members can benefit from this learning experience.

6. If this penning project is not undertaken, there is substantial risk that caribou in the North Columbia will go extinct.

A side benefit of the project is the variety of clubs/organizations that will be working together to make the project successful. While there are differences and different objectives that sometimes are not compatible, this project will present an opportunity for agencies to work together and hopefully develop better working relationships for future works in the community.

The Revelstoke Caribou Rearing in the Wild project is competing for $100,000 in funding through the Shell Fuelling Change program. To be successful, RCRW needs community members to visit the RCRW page on shellfuellingchange.com, sign up and vote.

Google ‘Improving Mountain Caribou Calf Survival - Maternity Penning’ and vote before the April 30 deadline.

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Mining still active with exploration in Big Bend country CARL BR JOHNSON

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Revelstoke has a long history of mining and it continues to be an active member of the mining community to this day.

The first discovery of placer gold in the mid-1860s solidified Revelstoke’s geographic location as a prolonged source of mineral wealth.

Pronounced plas-er not pley-ser, placer gold is gold that has been picked up from the original host rock and ‘placed’ elsewhere due to natural forces – most likely thanks to the action of a river or an active glacier.

Fast forward to the 21st century and the J&L property, 35 km north of Revelstoke, has been hailed as one of the largest undeveloped precious and polymetallic deposits in B.C..

A spokesman for the B.C. mining ministry says that property is currently the focus of a major underground diamond drill exploration program.

In June of 2012, Huakan International Mining Inc., who has a 100 per cent controlling interest in the

mine, completed its Phase II drilling program which revealed that the mine also has contains traces of zinc, silver and lead.

The Phase II program effectively doubled the initial mineral tonnage estimates in the so-called ‘Main Zone’ of the mine.

In addition to several gravel pits in the Revelstoke area, there are occurrences of copper, zinc, lead, silver gold, molybdenum and industrial minerals such as garnet.

In the mid-1980s, the Goldstream Mine provided opportunity for local employment until its closing in the mid-1990s.

That mine contained primarily copper, zinc and silver and was situated approx. 90 km north of Revelstoke.

A ministry spokesman said that in 2012, mineral exploration expenditures in B.C. were up 50 per cent to well over $600 million.

The much hyped ‘B.C. Jobs Plan’ goal is to have eight new mines opened elsewhere in B.C., and nine more expanded by 2015.

Since the B.C. Jobs Plan was released, the province has approved six major expansions of existing mines in addition to the mas-

The provincial mine rescue competition is returning to Revelstoke this summer for a third consecutive year.

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sive Copper Mountain Mine, near Princeton.

It began production in June 2011 and two new mines have begun production with three more which are

now under construction.

The province’s revenue sharing agreements with First Nations, low corporate taxes, rich mineral deposits, world-class infrastructure and

an abundant source of clean and affordable energy all combine to make B.C. an attractive proposition for mining investors.

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Thursday, April 11

KOOTENANNY LOCALS NIGHT A

NORTH AMERICAN JUNIOR FREESKIING CHAMPIONSHIPS

open jam for musicians from throughout the Kootenays to come strut their stuff. Part of the StokeFM Frostbite music series. At the Big Eddy Pub at 9 p.m.

The top junior freeskiers and snowboarders from across Canada and the United States come to Revelstoke Mountain Resort. See page 10 for details.

Fri, Apr. 12 – Fri, May 3

Wednesday, April 3

ORIGINS An open show for members of the Revelstoke Visual Arts Society to showcase their interpretation of the word origin, in its broadest sense.

Opens at the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre on Friday, Apr. 12, at 6 p.m.

INCREDIBLE EDIBLE FILM FEST PRESENTS PERMACULTURE, THE GROWING EDGE The Revel-

Friday, April 12

BROWN BAG HISTORY on Revelstoke in 1963. Enjoy a talk on Revelstoke’s history by Cathy English, the curator of the Revelstoke Museum & Archives. 12:15 p.m. $5.

stoke local food initiative presents a film on permaculture. At the community centre from 7-9 p.m.

Thursday, April 4

FARM & CRAFT MARKET Find

crafts, produce, baked goods, and more at the winter market. At the community centre from 2-5 p.m.

WILLHORSE Southern rock with a northern edge from this Golden, B.C, quartet. Part of the StokeFM Frostbite music series. Live at the Big Eddy Pub at 9 p.m.

SIDNEY YORK This female trio plays bubbly, clap-and-whistle-along pop to sweet and sexy vocal harmonies. Live at the Last Drop. 9 p.m.

Fri, Apr. 4 – Sat, Apr. 5

FREE BYRD A tribute to legendary southern rock back Lynyrd Skynyrd. The rare show where your request for Free Bird will likely be granted. Live at the Last Drop. 9 p.m.

If all-female indie pop is your thing, you’ll want to check out Sidney York at the Last Drop on Thursday, April 4, at 9 p.m. The band consists of three former band geeks, opera singer Brandi Sidoryk (“Sid”), oboist Sheryl Reinhardt, and bassoonist Krista Wodelet. They describe their music as “bubbly, clap-and-whistle-along pop to sweet and sexy vocal harmonies.”

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Saturday, April 6

VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE RIDE

Dust of your old sled and bring it out for a group ride to the Boulder Mountain Cabin. Meet at the Boulder Mountain parking lot at 9 a.m. The ride is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. There will be a group photo and judging for the best vintage snowmobiles at the cabin at noon, a poker derby from 12-2 p.m., a group photo at Waldy World at 2:30 p.m., and trophies and wiener roast at the parking lot at 5:30 p.m.

LIVE BOXING The Revelstoke Boxing Club presents a bout between local coach Jason Stewardson and Ken

Huber, the provincial senior men’s title holder. There will also be bouts featuring many local boxers. At Mount Begbie Elementary at 6 p.m. $10.

SOCIETY SHRED FEST FILM FESTIVAL Come show off your

snowboarding edit from this winter.

Films will be judged on quality of riding, quality of filming and editing, and creativity. The films will be shown at the River City Pub starting at 8 p.m.

SAMPOLOGY W/DJ BIG E This Australian turntablist produces a unique audio-visual DJ experience. At the Traverse. 9 p.m.

Sunday, April 7

SWING MONKEYS Big band jazz

live at the Last Drop. 7-10 p.m. Followed by singer-songwriter JP Maurice.

Monday, April 8

BC CHILD CARE PLAN INFO SESSION The Revelstoke Early Childcare Development Committee hosts a presentation on the $10/day child care plan for B.C. At the Revelstoke School District office at 501 11th Street at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 9

THE PERNELL REICHERT BAND

Alt-folk, alt-country, finger picking, slide playing and foot stomping. Live at

YUK YUK’S ON TOUR Featuring comedians Rob Balsdon, the host of the Afternoon Drive Show on SunFM radio; Sam Easton, from CTV and the Comedy Network; and Sean Lecomber, who’s been featured on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. At the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20, available through the Revelstoke Arts Council website and at Talisman Fibre & Trading.

THE UNSEEN STRANGERS Good ol’ fashioned bluegrass. Live at the Last Drop. 9 p.m.

Saturday, April 13

CHILDREN’S CLOTHING & TOY EXCHANGE Bring clean clothes and

toys in good condition to exchange with others. At Begbie View Elementary.

9-11:30 a.m.

ROBERT POST In Mackenzie’s Restaurant.

DEVON COYOTE The Interior’s most rocking one-man band returns to the Last Drop. Starts at 9 p.m.

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Revelstoke Boxing Club comp showcases new venue Coach Jason Stewardson’s first match in 13 years vs. Kamloopsian Ken Huber; Connor Null seeks to consolidate B.C. standing, local boxers compete in club show April 6.

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The Revelstoke Boxing Club will show off its new facility at Mount Begbie School and a growing pool of local boxing talent at its club show this Saturday, April 6.

Coach Jason Stewardson is leading several young boxer into the ring, and lacing up the gloves after a 13-year hiatus from competition. “We were trying to put together a boxing card for the young guys. One of the young fighters asked if I’d fight and I couldn’t think of why I wouldn’t fight,” said the 37-year-old coach.

He’ll be up against Kamloopsian Ken Huber, the current B.C. provincial champion. “He’s a body puncher,” Stewardson said. “He likes to fight as opposed to box … which I enjoy. It’ll be a good bout because we’re going to be exchanging a lot of combinations.”

The main card, however, is not the big story. The Revelstoke Boxing Club is enjoying a wave of popular success, including its recent relocation to the new facility.

It’s Wednesday night and just under 30 young men are skipping rope, punching bags, tossing medicine balls, running laps, shadow boxing and generally hanging out with their friends in a fairly relaxed environment.

Inside the ring, four older boxers spar aggressively for the last half of the practice, trading blows that could be mistaken for a real match. They’re getting ready for the real thing on Saturday.

Coach Jason Stewardson said it was actually a bit of a slow night.

“It’s a great cross-fit workout,” he said. “These kids here come out to get physically fit. Young boys just like to release some energy on the heavy bags. Some of them, they just get addicted to it. There’s an endorphin rush that comes with punching a heavy bag.”

He thanked the Revelstoke School Board for use of the facility. “Most boxing clubs don’t have the ability to have this amount of kids in it,” he said. “It’s great.”

Stewardson said his coaching style balanced the needs of the boys and young men. They need structure, but not too much. Let them relax, but not goof off.

18-year-old Revelstoke boxer Connor Null will compete against a Prince George opponent on Saturday night.

“It’s probably going to be one of my hardest fights, but I’m comfortable with my chin,” Null said. He’s got the opportunity to be crowned champion in B.C. “I’m just going to try to change it up. I’m going to go in there comfortable with what I’ve learned and stick with the game plan.”

Coach Stewardson said it will be a challenge for Null. “He’s got his work cut out for him, but we’re confident that he’s going to come out on top.”

Also competing is Connor Makarewicz “He’s a hard-hitting loop and hook style fighter,” Stewardson said.

“He reminds me a bit of Mike Tyson.”

Darrian Cameron, 13, will fight in the 120-pound category. Other Revelstoke boxers will also lace up.

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Top: Revelstoke Boxing Club members pose for a group shot after practice. Midle. Coach Jason Stewardson gives advice to Connor Null (left) and Connor Makarewicz during a sparring session. Bottom: A young boxer gets some advice from one of the older boys.

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Litke is watching her pre-teen son Jackson work the bags. It’s her first time to one of the practices. Jackson’s friends convinced him to take up boxing a few weeks ago. “They just had nothing but good things to say about it,” Litke said. The program promotes fitness and has the right combination of structure and flexibility. Jackson has swimming practice before boxing, so the coaches take his fatigue into

account. She also said the sport was very affordable compared to many in town.

Before the boys arrive, the ladies’ boxercise practice is underway. Six women go through the drills, working the bags and performing exercises and stretches.

Boxer Stacy Sanchez said she joined for fitness and enjoys the structured, coached environment.

It’s not intimidating, she said.

Most women don’t ever get in the ring, but it is an option for those who want to. The ladies’ class started in the fall, and Sanchez said her fitness has improved.

She also said the $40 monthly fee is affordable considering coached practices are available several times a week.

The doors open at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 6. Fights at 7 p.m. $10 general admission.

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100 classic snowmobiles expected for vintage ride CARL BR JOHNSON

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Get your classic snowmobiles ready for action because the Revelstoke Snowmobile Club will be holding its second Annual Vintage Snowmobile Event this Saturday, Apr. 6.

This event will give anyone with a snowmobile a reason to showoff, with particular emphasis on the age of your machine and how long you’ve managed to keep it running.

The event was started by Dusty Dancer, an Albertan member of the club, who wanted to, “celebrate the past days of snowmobiling.”

“Creating this event has been on my brain for years now,” said Dancer. “We’re expecting about a hundred people to show this year.

Last year was the first official start of this event and had about 25 sleds show up and I wanted to do it because it’s [Revelstoke] such a great place to snowmobile.”

Dancer said there will be a lot planned for the Saturday affair which will start at a not-so-firm 9 a.m.

In keeping with his intended casual nature of the gathering, he said that anyone is welcome to come – not just those with old snowmobiles or club members.

Dancer promises a host of fun things to do for everyone who shows up.

“We’ll have a riders meeting at the base of Boulder Mountain at the parking lot near the H&J Ready Mix cement works,” he said.

“At around 10 a.m. we’ll head up the mountain on our sleds to the Boulder cabin and allow ourselves two hours to get there. At noon there will be a photo and judging

Herb Shaede is preparing these two Skiroule snowmobiles for Vintage Snowmobile - an event happening on April 6. Thanks to the Revelstoke Snowmobiling Club.

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session, after that, at about two, we’ll head farther up the mountain and take some more pictures.”

Dancer is acutely aware that there will be sleds in attendance that will be of a certain age and a tongue-in-cheek trophy for endurance will be handed out for the most resilient of machines.

“We’ll head back down the mountain after a while where we’ll hand out trophies for best sled and

for who went the farthest without breaking down,” he said.

Herb Shaede, one of the more senior members of the club and a past president, has been spending his time in advance of the event fixing up a pair of 1971 Skiroule snowmobiles.

“They’re basically functional now,” said Shaede. “I just have to give them a bit of a tune-up and pretty them up a bit and we’ll ride

them for the event.”

Sheade said events like this are special because they bring together like-minded folk who have these machines who want to compare experiences and secure bragging rights.

“It’s just like having old cars or old motorbikes – people wanna get together in the spirit of harmony to show off what they have,” he said.

Snowmobiling for Shaede is an

important part of his life and represents an opportunity to not only experience the wide-open freedom to ride but also to participate in social events like the Vintage Snowmobile Event.

“I do it so that I can get out into the wild blue yonder, meet new people and have lots of fun – it’s all part of the recreation,” he said. “I’m just a snowmobile aficionado.”

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PUBLIC WORKS

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE PART IN THE SUMMER LEISURE GUIDE?

USE OF ALLEYS

Submissions deadline for the Summer Leisure Guide is soon approaching!

If you would like to submit and ad, program, or event into our summer publication be sure to have it in by April 22nd.

All you artists out there…we are still looking for a front cover art piece!

For more information please contact Meghan MacIsaac: rcc@revelstoke.ca or call 250-837-9351

ADULT MIXED SLOW-PITCH 2013 REGISTRATION Register your team at the Revelstoke Community Centre.

Deadline to register - April 25th, 2013 COST: $295.00 per team Payable at time of registration. Tuesday & Wednesday options.

League play will commence May 7th (weather and fields permitting) For more information: Contact the Community Centre @ 250-837-9351

The City of Revelstoke would like to remind residents that alleys are the property of the City of Revelstoke. Residents that have been using the alleys for storage of personal items such as firewood, composters, vehicles, garbage, etc., are hereby notified that effective immediately all personal items need to be removed as per Section 17 of Bylaw #1400 “Removal of Chattel or Obstructions” – Any chattel or obstruction unlawfully occupying any portion of a highway or public place may be removed, detained or impounded by any person authorized to do so by the Sup’t. of Public Works or a Peace Officer.

The City of Revelstoke thanks residents in advance for their cooperation and should you have any questions please do not hesitate to call Public Works at 250-837-2001.

WATER VALVE TESTING The City of Revelstoke Utilities Department wishes to advise City of Revelstoke residents that beginning on Wednesday March 27, 2013 we will be water valve testing and hydrant flushing through out the city. This will be taking place from Wednesday March 27 – ongoing through out the summer. During this time you may experience water outages for up to one hour and dirty water. Water services will be restored by the end of each day and to clear your lines of dirty water please let your water run.

If you have any questions in regards to the above taking place please call the City of Revelstoke Public Works Department at 250-837-2001.

The City of Revelstoke thanks you for your patience and understanding during this time.

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Jake Teuton soars into Junior Freeskiing Championships ALEX COOPER

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Perhaps the most surprising thing about Jake Teuton’s emergence as one of the best skiers in Revelstoke is the fact he started off as a snowboarder. Until he moved to Revelstoke six years ago, Teuton rode a single plank in boarder cross and slopestyle competitions out of Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

“Being up here, there wasn’t that big of a snowboarding crew when I was younger, and the mountain is better to ski. That’s what made me do the switch,” he told me. “I had done snowboarding for a while at that point. Back in Steamboat I was training every day. I just got bored of it and wanted to try something new.”

Teuton, 17, will be the lone local at the International Freeskiing and Snowboarding Association’s North American Junior Championship at Revelstoke Mountain Resort this week.

He’s had a pretty good competition season this year. It started with a crash at Red Mountain, but that was followed up by a first place finish at Whitewater, 25th at Fernie (where he was first after qualifying but crashed in the finals), third at Lake Louise, and fifth at Wrangle the Chute at Kicking Horse.

He goes into the championships ranked 23rd overall in the Junior Events Tour of America standings and is aiming for a top three finish.

“It’s how it seems to go – either top three or I fall,” he said. “I don’t want to be fifth at all.”

Teuton grew up in Steamboat Spring, a ski town in Colorado. He

started skiing at the age of two, but wound up taking up snowboarding. It wasn’t until moving to Revelstoke that he returned to skiing, at first splitting time between the two and then switching fully to skiing.

“I remember my dad brought me a brand new snowboard setup from Society and I didn’t touch it once. I just skied all the time,” he said.

He joined the Revelstoke Freestyle Club, coached by Trent Kappler; and the Revelstoke Mountain Freeriders, coached by Izzy Lynch.

The first gave him experience in mogul skiing, which he said has helped him in the world of freeride competitions.

“You need to know how to bash into moguls pretty solidly and still come out alright,” he said. “Learning how to suck it up and do quick movements on your skis is something really important moguls teaches you.”

If you see Teuton at the resort, it’s likely he’s going big. His 201112 season edit shows him smoothly doing 360s in pillow fields, navigating big alpine lines and throwing big back flips on backcountry booters.

There’s footage of him dropping a 60-foot cliff, and airing over the traverse out to Greeley Bowl. All of that has got him the attention of sponsors – Salomon for skis, boots and binding; Smith Optics, Planks Clothing and Strafe Outerwear. It’s also gotten him some heli-skiing time.

His competition highlight was a third place finish at Wrangle the Chute in 2012 – an event that pitted him against adults. He says his best experience on skis was the

Above: Jake Teuton out and about. Below: Teuton about to hit a big air in Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s North Photo above: Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review; Below: Contributed Bowl.

first week of December this winter, when he enjoyed endless deep powder days.

Teuton told me he tries to keep a light-headed mentality when going into anything. He said that and confidence were key to his skiing.

“Once you start stressing about it, that’s when bad things happen,” he said. “If you’re not confident you’re not going to land anything.”

Teuton is set to compete in the qualifiers on Friday, April 5, and, if he makes it, the finals on Saturday, April 6. Both days are scheduled for North Bowl, and he said he’s got a few lines planned out.

“I definitely have a home advantage there. I’ve done North Bowl so many times.”

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The Junior Events Tour of the Americas, or JETA for short, is a series of junior freeride competitions put on by the International Freeskiers and Snowboarders Association (IFSA).

The tour consists of 31 events held across Canada and the United States. It is not to be confused with the Junior Freeride Tour (JFT), which is a separate tour run as a qualifier for the Freeride World Tour.

“The JFT has given kids the opportunity to compete however their competitions are getting

harder to get into because they’re in such high demand,” said Catherine Iwanchuk, the athletes coordinator for JETA. “The IFSA and JETA have come together in order to give the kids more opportunities both regionally, nationally and at the championship level.”

Revelstoke is playing host to the IFSA North American Junior Championships this week from April 3-7. About 200 skiers and snowboarders from the ages of 12-18 are expected to descend on the resort for the event.

The competition kicks off on Wednesday, Apr. 3, with the qualifiers for the snowboarders and the girl skiers on Separate Reality.

On April 4, the boys aged 12-14 will have their qualifiers on Separate Reality. April 5 will see the 15-18-year-old boys qualify in North Bowl.

The finals for all groups is set for Saturday, Apr. 6 in North Bowl.

Iwanchuk said the competition will run regardless of conditions, though some features might get closed off for safety reasons.

“I think a lot of them are going to really exciting to watch,” said Iwanchuk. “I was surprised watching the competitions how big the kids go and, frankly, a little nervous because they have to pull it off, which is a little scary and nerve wracking.”

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The nation’s top cross-country skiers were blessed with warm and sunny conditions for the 2013 Ski Nationals held at Whistler Olympic Park from the March 23–30. Seven skiers represented Revelstoke Nordic at the championship; including our newly crowned Para-Nordic Women Sit Skiing National Champion, Emily Suchy.

Also representing Revelstoke were Brittany Evans, Megan Evans, Bronte Viznaugh, Tayla Koerber, Daniel Blackie and Gordon Mason.

Conditions were surprisingly similar for all seven days of the event. Temperatures would hover

just below zero overnight and rise to double digits in the sunshine come early afternoon. Sunscreen, shades, shorts and T-shirts were commonplace at Whistler Olympic Park. Event organizers did an excellent job ensuring the course held up in the warm conditions.

Revelstoke Nordic placed 22nd out of 63 teams in the overall aggregate standings, thanks to the following strong performances: Emily Suchy – first in the paranordic sit ski five kilometre race and 700m sprint, and second in the 2.5 kilometre and 7.5 kilometre races.

Brittany Evans – Eighth in the junior women five kilometre free technique, 15th in the sprint, and ninth in the 20 kilometre mass

start free.

Megan Evans – Sixth in the junior girls 7.5 kilometre mass start free technique and 10th in the five kilometre classic.

Tayla Koerber – 19th in the juvenile girls 7.5 kilometre mass start free.

As well, the Evans sisters finished eighth in the open women team sprint relay.

The skiers are now enjoying a much-deserved rest after a highly successful ski season. All athletes would like to thank their families, coaches and local businesses that have supported them throughout this season. Keep an eye for roller skiers whizzing around town in the coming months.

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A labour dispute between Canadian Pacific Rail and its running trades employees’ union Teamsters Canada over the cancellation of local agreements has been settled in favour of the union.

“It’s going to mean some more normalcy for the members,” said Les Daley, the union chairman for the local engineers, when asked about the decision.

CP Rail announced it was cancelling local rules in September, but the Teamsters appealed the decision. On Friday, March 22,

the Canada Industrial Relations Board filed a cease and desist order against CP Rail with the federal court of Canada, ordering the company to reinstate local agreements.

Running trades employees include locomotive engineers, conductors, trainmen and yardmen.

CP Rail said it would abide by the board’s decision. On Tuesday, Mar. 26, CP Rail issued a notice to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference that local agreements will be phased back in, with most being in place by Monday, April 1.

Daley said the loss of local

rules was upsetting to the local members and made it difficult for workers to know when they would be called in.

“Revelstoke has always been recognized as one of the harder places to work,” he said. “Because of the hardships out here, we negotiated in the past additional rest we could take at home above the collective agreement, a fatigue management thing, but of course that disappeared along with our local rules. That was one of the things that was upsetting to our local members.”

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It was a bleak scene as the Friends of Mt. Revelstoke & Glacier met for likely the last time at the Powder Springs on Tuesday night.

Seven members sat and listened as what remained of the board - president Travis Hunt, treasurer MarieHelene Ostiguy, and director David Rooney - delivered an update on the Friends’ situation.

“The Friends is basically insolvent and its essentially dissolved,” said Hunt. “There’s no money, there isn’t quorum of the board. It’s basically non-functioning, non-operational.”

In December, the shocking news broke that the Friends was $215,000 in debt and the board recommended to its members that the organization dissolve. Three months later, they let the members know the debt was in fact even higher - about $250,000 and most of that would never be paid

office in downtown Revelstoke was vacated and everything has been consolidated in a storage space at Okanagan College. They have been selling off inventory to local businesses and a big sale is being planned for some time in April, like the weekend of the 27-28. So far about $20,000 has been paid to the CRA, however the Friends’ bank account has been frozen and any more money raised by selling inventory will go directly to the CRA until it is paid off.

Some suggestions were made such as running the store in Rogers Pass for the summer earn money to pay off the debt, or trading back merchandise in exchange for retiring part of the debt. Both were deemed unfeasible the organization can’t pay employees to run the store and the CRA has to be paid off before anyone else can collect on their debts.

Why go through all this effort to pay down the debt when only the government will benefit? someone

back. In fact, the remaining directors weren’t even sure they could pay off the $35,000 owing to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) from unpaid payroll taxes, let alone the $20,000 owing to the Revelstoke Credit Union, and the thousands more owed to dozens of other creditors.

“There’s certain entities that need to be paid as priority over others.

Unfortunately that’s the case. The number one debt priority is Revenue Canada,” Hunt said. “Unfortunately whatever’s left will probably go to that debt and it may not cover all of it and so the credit union won’t be paid and it’s unlikely that any local businesses, contractors and other creditors will be paid. That’s a difficult situation for them and that’s the reality right now.”

Since the meeting in December, what’s left of the Friends has been busy gathering and selling off its inventory. The store at the Rogers Pass Centre was emptied out, the

asked.

“Because I have to pay that out of my own pocket otherwise,” replied Hunt. The directors do have insurance, but they’re not sure they’ll be covered, he said. “It’s easy to sit here and not have the stress of that hanging over your head. I’m telling you that’s a big stress. It’s not just that. If we had inventory we could sell and pay all the debts off and pay people in town - which is what we want to do but it’s just not the reality.”

After the meeting, several longtime members called the situation “disappointing.”

“It’s disillusioning,” said former president Glen O’Reilly. “You look at these organizations and demographics change, recreational habits change. These organizations tend to have a lifespan. This could have kept on going in another form if it didn’t have this hurdle that it ran into.”

He joined the organization before moving to Revelstoke and used to

take part in the hikes the Friends would put on when he visited the area as a tourist.

“We were an active outdoors club,” said Bill Shuttleworth, who joined the Friends’ board in its second year of operation back in the late-1980s, and later served as presidents.

He and Jeff Nicholson, who also served as president of the Friends, spoke of the outdoor activities that were organized, such as canoe trip down the Goldstream River. They talked of the growth of the Friends’ store at Rogers Pass, from a desk to an alcove to dedicated space; and of the books the Friends published.

Shuttleworth said they used to sell lots of books via mail order.

“Watching it grow. That was really great,” said Shuttleworth. “It’s very sad. It’s very disappointing. What can you do? It’s a great disappointment to me. I’ve been involved with it for 25 years almost.”

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Four years ago, he met a terrific lady, Lisa and she loved to ski and do all the outdoor activities that he loved and together they have skied many slopes and done lots of travelling. Together they took courses in First Aid and several ski training courses always trying to be prepared for whatever Mother Nature offered them on the slopes.

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He will be deeply missed by his parents, Jan and Gary Westbury of Rossland, his sister, Stacey (Aaron) Wilson of Surrey, his girlfriend, Lisa Pettenuzzo of Revelstoke, grandparents Alice Westbury of Trail and Bill and Ruth Cridland of Moose Jaw, Sask. and many aunts, uncles, cousins, and numerous friends. He was predeceased by his Grandpa Ernie Westbury, his Uncle Bill Jeffrey, his pal, Paul Derosa and his Aunt Adele Bennett.

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Jason was a good athlete – started skating and skiing at age 3. He played Minor hockey in Rossland until age 12 but switched to skiing and has done so ever since.

For the summer, he played baseball starting in Trail Little League and continued through the leagues until age 19. He always had a bat or a ball and glove ready to be out there training. He was thrilled to get to play for 2 years on the Trail Allstars for Andy Bilesky and played in the Canadian Little League Championships that Trail hosted in 1987 as the starting shortstop. He played shortstop all the later years and always tried to emulate his favorite Blue Jay, Tony Fernadez. He played with the J.L. Crowe Hawks under Lou DeRosa and had some great memories of those years playing with the Trail boys who always called him “Whistle.�

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Jason was born on Sept.18, 1974 in Trail, B.C. and attended school in Rossland with K-8 at MacLean Elementary and 9-12 at RSS graduating in 1992. He attended Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington his first year of college and then to Selkirk College in Castlegar. He then decided to take time off to travel.

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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our dear Jason Chad Westbury of Revelstoke, B.C. on Sunday, March 24, 2013 at age 38. Jason was killed in an avalanche in Roger’s Pass while skiing.

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Revelstoke – the independent shop owner nexus Editor’s note: Journalism student Carl BR Johnson is interning at the Revelstoke Times Review for part of March and April. Amongst many other assignments, we asked the Calgarian to look for things about Revelstoke that stick out to an outsider like him, then write about them. This week, he looks at the prevalence of independent businesses in town.

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Special to the Revelstoke Times Review

One thing I’ve noticed while living in Revelstoke is that this little town – err, city – appears to have an unusually high number of mom-and-pop shops compared to other similarlysized townships.

True, there are a few big-box names here like McDonald’s, A&W and Subway, but they are few and far between for a town this size.

The town centre especially has an overwhelming number of little shops that have become an enduring part of small-town life here.

Being from Calgary, you either go big or go home.

Add to that, the increasing number

of American brand name stores that have found a home in my city and it’s starting to feel like Wall Street has a permanent stranglehold on our wallets.

So what makes Revelstoke such a magnet for independent and free-spirited folk to come and leave their mark here?

One place I found particularly charming was The Nomad Food Co..

I spoke with its owner Guy Seymour recently, and we took a journey into the creation of his “baby” and small-business life to try and find out why Revelstoke is such a mom-andpop nexus.

Seymour, 46, a Sydney, Australia, native, said he has travelled the world and, “saw a lot of fast food alternatives” but he thinks he’s found his niche with The Nomad.

“This is a total mom-and-pop operation,” said Seymour. “It’s been such a blast working here on my own.”

He chose to simply serve mainly burgers and fries at his little-shopthat-could because, “we couldn’t go wrong with that.”

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Seymour used to work for Revelstoke’s Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH) Heli-skiing as a chef and he said that there is a lot of talent here from all over the world because of that organization.

“I think we have the CMH [Heli-skiing] to thank for the amount of independence in this city,” he said. “They bring in a lot of talent to this city and some, like me, wanted to branch out on their own so we could experience the freedom of our own shop environment.”

Seymour said there’s “a romance in setting up your own shop” but that romance will die quickly if you aren’t prepared to work hard.

La Baguette is another independent that has found its home in Revelstoke and has managed to blossom in more ways than one thanks to this town’s ‘independent-first’ mentality.

Olivier Dutil St.-Pierre, 32, a Quebec City native and co-owner of La Baguette, manages three locations for his French restaurant – one in the city centre and two more on the ski hill.

He and business partner Sonia Ratte started as a catering company and later added the coffee

shop to their business. They have successfully integrated those business models for three years now.

Dutil St.-Pierre is right up front about his views concerning big box restaurants and independent shops by saying, “every small-town should have more independent shops than big name corporations.

“The independent shops create the culture in any small town.

The big corporations don’t give a small town its character.”

At first glance, he appears to have found more success than most with his three locations here but he is quick to justify his business’ intentions and expressed his loyalty for the ‘Stoke.

“Yes, we have three locations but we are still a mom-and-pop shop. And with us, the money we make stays in Revelstoke – unlike the big name fast food franchises where that some of that money goes out of our town,” he said.

Both Seymour and Dutil St.Pierre agreed that the big name restaurants along the Trans-Canada are useful in grabbing the motorists’ attention and surmised that many might become weary of the same kind of food and will want to come into town – to the

independent dealers – out of curiosity. Something that works just fine for them.

John Guenther, Revelstoke planning director, made it clear that on the whole, city council shies away from big box retailers.

“There is a provision in our city planning that doesn’t support big box retailers,” he said.

“Typically in resort communities like Revelstoke, the space on either side of the main highway is reserved for the big names like McDonald’s and the Subways and so on. When you start to get deeper into the town or in what you would be consider the city centre, then you’ll start to see more of the independent momand-pop shops,” he said.

Personally, I have found that free-thinking independence quite refreshing.

If we all conform to cookiecutter models for anything we do, the diversity of the human race becomes that much more diminished and quite frankly, boring as hell.

If Revelstoke city council stays the course then we can look forward to an enriching town in which to experience the independent, free-spirited human condition at its best.

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