Kimberley Daily Bulletin, April 16, 2013

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Anti-cull groups say provincial government should reverse decision on hazing permit.

A candidate has stepped forward to run for the BC Conservatives.

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Dustin Plourde pleaded guilty on April 15 and was sentenced for firing a shotgun at a home in Kimberley Sally MacDonald Townsman Staff

The man charged over a drive-by shooting in Kimberley on April 4 has been sentenced to six years prison.

Dustin Fagen Plourde, 28, pleaded guilty in Cranbrook Provincial Court on Monday, April 15 to unlawfully discharging a firearm, possession of a firearm contrary to an order, and possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition.

See ACCUSED, Page 5

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The weather may have been somewhat of a mixed bag at this year’s Spring Splash, held at the Kimberley Alpine Resort on April 6 and 7, 2013, but that didn’t stop crowds from turning out for the year end party. Above, the Dummy Downhill. See more on page 4 of today’s Bulletin.

Missing woman located at local golf course Ba r ry Co u lt e r

The BC Coroner’s Service has confirmed the identity of a Kimberley woman who was reported missing Sunday, April 14, and found deceased in a golf course retaining pond in Marysville the next day.

Kimberley RCMP were notified of a missing person Sunday, April 14, just before 6 p.m.

Deborah Marie Blais, 55, had gone for a walk with the family dog earlier in the afternoon at Bootleg

Gap Golf Course. Later, people on the course discovered the dog struggling in the retaining pond, rescued it and returned it to its home. When Blais did not return, family and friends began searching for her.

The RCMP and Search and Rescue were called in, and they, along with a police dog, initiated a search of the area.

According to RCMP, it became evident that Blais may have fallen into the retention pond. The RCMP Dive

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Team was requested.

The next day, Monday, April 15, the dive team located the women, deceased, in the pond. The Coroner’s Service said the pond is about three metres deep, and held a week’s worth of water for 27 holes.

Search and Rescue teams from Cranbrook, Fernie, Creston and Sparwood assisted in the search.

Victim Services is assisting the family, friends and coworkers with this tragic loss.

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You have to be hardy in Canada in April. A gathering of regional high school students opened the soccer season this weekend at Mount Baker Field. But while Friday was pleasant, Saturday brought snowy conditions to test the teams, such as Kimberley’s Selkirk Secondary and Fernie Secondary School (above). Mount Baker Secondary, Creston and Invermere were also represented.

But further soccer action should be played in more springlike conditions, as the weather appears to be turning for the better.

Weather looking up come this weekend

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As anyone who has been outside in the last two weeks knows, the weather has been unseasonably cold lately.

Warmer weather is on the way; likely things will be looking up by the weekend.

Doug Lundquist, warning preparedness meteorologist for Environment Canada, said the whole pattern is quickly moving for another change, and expects that by the weekend the region should be seeing daytime high temperatures getting closer to a normal seasonal high of around 15 degrees.

The weather took a downturn soon after

the unseasonably warm Easter weekend.

A high pressure front descended upon B.C. from Alaska and drove the temperature down into the cold snap we’ve been seeing.

Lundquist estimates that by this weekend, temperatures could reach a high of 15 on Saturday and 14 on Sunday.

“It’s the nature of weather; we have ups and downs over time,” he explained. “What happened is right after that really strong high pressure on Easter, we had a flow come more out of Alaska, so it changed from this warm ridge of high pressure bringing in warm air from the

“I wouldn’t want to talk about the prairies, because I think they’ve had it a long time, but for us here in B.C. it’s been up and down.”

Doug Lundquist Environment Canada

southwest, to flow coming off Alaska, bringing freezing air from Alaska over the Pacific and then down over B.C.” The last 30 days have been 0.7 degrees below average and the last 90 days have been 0.2 degrees above aver-

age.

“What’s happening is not outside of what could happen for this time of year (for the Kootenay region),” Lundquist said. “I wouldn’t want to talk about the prairies, because I think they’ve had it a long time, but for us here in B.C. it’s been up and down.”

He said though the weather will be looking up by the end of the week, residents should be wary.

“It’s definitely not tire-off time if you’re planning on travelling, especially if you’re travelling through the passes,” Lundquist said, adding that even a trip to Kimberley could warrant keeping the

winters on. “On the valley bottom it melts fairly quickly. You wouldn’t have to go too high and it could be an issue.”

He said the pattern is definitely closer to the end.

“It’s not entirely impossible that we may see some record lows,” he said.

On the long-range forecast, Lundquist said there is a high probability that the temperature will once again be above average – in the high teens.

“But to look beyond a week in this kind of weather pattern, the reliability of the forecast goes down,” he said.

For up-to-date forecast, go to www.weatheroffice.gc.ca.

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After months of construction, the addition to the Regional District of East Kootenay office in Cranbrook was officially opened on Friday, April 5. Local dignitaries cut the ribbon on the new board room prior to its first board meeting. Pictured, left to right: ?aq’am (St. Mary’s Band) Chief Jim Whitehead, Kootenay Columbia MP David Wilks, RDEK board chair Rob Gay, Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett, Kootenay East Regional Hospital District board chair John Kettle, New Dawn Developments’ Chad Jensen, RDEK building manager Dan McNeill, and RDEK building inspector Sanford Brown.

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Get to know your provincial candidates The Bulletin presents weekly words from the candidates in the Columbia River Revelstoke riding; BC Liberal Doug Clovechok and NDP incumbent Norm Macdonald. If you have a question you’d like to ask the candidates, email it to editor@dailybulletin. ca. This week’s question: The BC Mayors Caucus is asking for stable, predictable, long term infrastructure funding in British Columbia. What do you think is the best way to realize this goal?

Doug Clovechok, BC Liberal Since 2001 our government has participated in many federal-provincial infrastructure programs and invested hundreds of millions into community infrastructure. A good share of that money has come to Kimberley, for the Paralympic Training & Conference Centre, skate board park, highway improvements, Rails to Trails, to name a few.

Overall, the province has provided $3 billion in new funding for local governments that they weren’t getting under the NDP. In fact, the NDP reduced funding to local government by $800 million during their time in government.

We established the onestop Rural Secretariat to assist municipalities and regional districts in applying for funding programs and gave municipalities 100 per cent of all traffic fine revenues. They were getting 10 per cent under the NDP. We also doubled small community grants, which means hundreds of thousands

to small towns like Kimberley.

We established the Auditor General for Local Government to work with municipalities with the mandate of finding creative and innovative opportunities ensuring our tax dollars are being used in the most effective and efficient way as possible.

As your MLA, I will work with municipalities and our MP seeking long term and innovative mechanisms that address infrastructure issues that

begin with improved asset management plans. By receiving the necessary supports from provincial and federal governments, municipalities can either begin to develop new or enhance existing plans that will in turn help prioritize needs over wants. Models like this have been very successful in ensuring investments are made at the right time minimizing future repairs, rehabilitations and ongoing costs.

Infrastructure should not be seen as something that governments have to spend on but something they should invest in. Infrastructure is about productivity, economic performance, rising real incomes, and strengthening the social safety net for Canada’s seniors, families, and children.

I look forward to working on this issue with you starting May 15th. dclovechok@bcliberals. com

Norm Macdonald, NDP Municipal governments are the least funded, despite being the most heavily called upon level of government. Their coffers are comparatively small but the variety of projects and programs they are tasked with supporting is almost endless.

In recent years the provincial government has moved toward a trend of dropping support for programs and facilities they previously funded, which then forces municipal governments to pick up the slack and fill in the gaps.

This challenge, faced especially by rural municipalities, is one that I understand well from my time as a councilor and mayor in Golden.

Local governments depend mainly on property taxes and grants from more senior levels of government for their revenues. While I can’t prom-

BC Conservatives to run in Columbia River Revelstoke Third candidate enters race C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca

The race for the MLA’s seat in Columbia River Revelstoke is no longer between two men.

Earl Olsen of Fairmont Hot Springs has announced that he will be running for the BC Conservative Party.

Thus far, according to the Party’s website, they have 46 candidates running.

Olsen has owned property in Fairmont since 2006. Prior to semi-retiring in 2011, he was a partner, in a company operating large printing companies in Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta, Since

Earl Olsen, BC Conservative Party

moving to the valley he has worked as an accountant, as well as spending much of his time, volunteering as a Fireman/First Responder in the Columbia Valley.

Earl holds a designation of Certified Gener-

al Accountant and has many years of business, financial and management experience. His career encompasses private and public sector management responsibilities as well as small business ownership. When time per-

mits Earl loves to spend time outdoors, kayaking, touring on his trike and also enjoys working with wood. Earl is married to Joan and together they share three children and five grandchildren.

As a newer resident of BC, Earl is hoping that his fellow citizens recognize the need for real change and seize this opportunity to elect a government dedicated to fiscal responsibility and the betterment of its citizens. He promises to represent the interests of the riding and to always have a listening ear.

Watch the Bulletin later this week when we sit down with Earl Olsen for an interview.

Norm Macdonald ise that will change in the short term, having a local representative in government will mean easier access to much needed provincial resources.

Infrastructure funding for specific projects like the Mark Creek flume upgrades or provincial support for long term planning processes like urban

deer mitigation, interface forest fire management and city watershed protection, would be readily available.

The BC Liberals have removed services that other communities have, including the hospital, courthouse and employment centre. These closures put pressure on the municipality and the taxpayers within it.

As an MLA at the heart of an NDP government a provincial relationship with the City of Kimberley can produce immediate results and reduce the fiscal burden on the city’s taxpayers.

I look forward, like most I speak to in Kimberley, for a change in government. The NDP will make that change for the better, one practical step at a time.

Groups call for reversal of hazing decision Decision ‘political, shocking’ coalition says C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca

While the Humane Treatment of Urban Wildlife group and the BC Deer Protection Coalition have not applauded every move made by Kimberley City Council in its efforts to

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manage the urban deer population, they are very much in favour of Kimberley’s plan to attempt an experiment in deer hazing.

Representatives for both groups are responding very strongly to the denial of Kimberley’s request for a permit to do an experimental aversive conditioning trial for a period of 48 hours.

See HAZING, Page 5

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Next week’s poll: “Do you agree with the provincial government decision to deny Kimberley a permit for a trial deer hazing?”

Log on to www.dailybulletin.ca to make your vote count.

This web poll is informal. It reflects opinions of site visitors who voluntarily participate.

Results may not represent the opinions of the public as a whole. Black Press is not responsible for the statistical accuracy of opinions expressed here.

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Community snapshot - spring splash 2013 The Splash Pond, the Dummy Downhill, great music, good friends - the year end party at Kimberley Alpine Resort

Photos courtesy The Real Mackenzie Photography and Kimberley Alpine Resort

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Coalition decries hazing decision From Page 1 Calling the reasons given for denial — that hazing would not be allowed under the Permit Regulations — ­ ‘an excuse’, spokespersons for the groups are calling on the provincial government to reverse their decision before the coming election.

“This is very disappointing” said Sherry Shrieves-Adams resident of Kimberley, CoChair, Humane Treatment of Urban Wildlife and spokesperson for the BC Deer Protection Coalition. “The whole idea of hazing is to change deer behaviour by moving them out of town and making it uncomfortable to stay in town. It is a viable alternative to culling. The current government downloads the responsibility for managing deer to our community and then ties our hands when we want to try approaches that have worked elsewhere.”

The Humane Treatment of Urban Wildlife Committee has spoken to Kimberley Council many times, and to other East Kootenay Councils as well, re-

questing that they look into non-lethal methods of population control.

Shrieves-Adams also sits as a community representative on the Kimberley Urban Deer Committee.

Colleen Bailey, from Cranbrook, Chair, Humane Treatment of Urban Wildlife and spokesperson for the BCDPC, who has been in the forefront organizing against culls in many East Kootenay communities, finds it frustrating that the government continues to approve culls while denying non-lethal methods.

“The BC Liberal government rewards our Council (Cranbrook) with a kill permit when all Cranbrook has really done is kill deer,” said Bailey.

“Kimberley Council is leading other municipalities in implementing a comprehensive human/deer conflict prevention program and yet the Liberals punish Kimberley by denying the hazing permit. Ministers Thompson and Lake should take note that the urban deer killing game has become intensely political and divisive and that

there are consequences for their decision.”

“The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations denied the permit because of the Wildlife Act’s Permit Regulations,” said Liz White, Leader of Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada and a spokesperson for the BCDPC. White, from Toronto, travelled to Kimberley and spoke to Council this past winter.

“We strongly disagree.

We believe that the permit was denied for political reasons and because the Ministers failed in their due diligence to find out how hazing is actually done.

Both the Act and the Regulations allow the Liberal government to issue a permit to the City of Kimberley for the purpose of hazing deer.

Ministers Steve Thompson and Terry Lake should intervene before the election writ is dropped and issue the permit immediately.

This issue will not go away during the election.”

White says it is a shocking decision and she feels especially bad

for Mayor McRae, Council and the Urban Deer Committee, who she says have been leading the way in dealing with urban deer.

“This is a community that has done a tremendous amount of work on managing deer. I don’t know of any community in British Columbia that has done what Kimberley had done. Lots of communities have established anti-feeding bylaws, but Kimberley is actually enforcing it, and doing the education. They’ve done the ground work and the number of people feeding deer has dropped substantially. They are changing the bylaw for fence height, so people can keep deer out. They are looking at incidental feeding of deer through fruit trees and certain flowers. Signs are going up. They are implementing an incredibly comprehensive program.

“Hazing is a good program. Everybody acknowledges that with clover traps you can have a conflict with an animal but you may not get that animal. So what’s the point? Hazing

Accused gets six years From Page 1 Crown counsel Lynal Doerksen told Judge Grant Sheard that around 11 p.m. on April 4, RCMP were called to a home on Archibald Street in Kimberley after the residents heard a shot fired at the front door.

There were two women and a nine-month-old baby inside the home but they were unharmed.

Police saw bullet holes through the window in the front door. Witnesses reported seeing the shots fired from a dark blue Neon, but RCMP could not locate the vehicle.

Two hours later, at 1 a.m. on April 5, the residents of the home called to say the shooter had returned, this time firing at the kitchen window.

The shots had penetrated one pane of the double-paned window, but not the second.

The residents of the home told the police they were unclear why their home was targeted.

Soon after the second shot was fired, police located a vehicle matching the description outside a home on Wallinger Avenue, and arrested two people who were leaving the vehicle. They found a sawn-off shotgun inside the vehicle.

Five charges were laid against Plourde, while Randy Boehner, 26, was charged with breach of probation. He pleaded guilty on Monday, April 8 and was sentenced to 70 days in jail.

The pair told police that Plourde shot at the residence because he mistakenly believed it was home to members of a drug gang.

Plourde’s defense counsel Rick Strahl told the court that Plourde had moved to Kimberley from Strathmore, Alberta, three months ago. Since then, Plourde felt he had been threatened by people in Kimberley involved in the drug trade who felt he was a threat to their business.

After drinking a large amount of vodka on April 4, Plourde decided to take action “in a crazy, no-thought manner”, Strahl described.

Both Crown and defense agreed that a six-year sentence was appropriate.

Plourde addressed Judge Sheard before the judge considered sentencing.

“I know I made a mistake. I’m not trying to minimize the seriousness of what I did. I’m thankful nobody was hurt, in particular the kids. Whatever reason I had

doesn’t make it right and I realize I have to pay for what I did. I carry a lot of weight at this point.

I’ve had time to sit and think about what I did,” said Plourde.

Plourde has a criminal record in Alberta. He was last convicted of robbery and aggravated assault in 2007.

Judge Sheard considered for about half an hour before sentencing Plourde to a global sentence of six years. He was given six years for unlawfully discharging, one year for possession of a firearm contrary to order, and three years for possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm, with the sentences to be served at the same time.

The judge also placed a lifetime ban on Plourde of possessing a firearm, crossbow or ammunition, and ordered Plourde to provide a DNA sample.

Judge Sheard also recommended Plourde serve his sentence at a facility other than Kent Institution, as Plourde believed he would be threatened there.

Because Plourde pleaded guilty, the Crown ordered a stay of proceedings on a second charge of unlawfully discharging a firearm, and a charge of breach of probation.

can target individual animals or groups of animals.

“Here is a city that has really tried to put a whole package together and the province says ‘sorry, you can’t do it’. I think it’s shocking.”

The groups have forwarded the pertinent part of the Wildlife Act, which they say provide a mechanism to allow a hazing permit, to the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operation, the Minister of Environment and Kimberley City Council, but have not heard back.

Mayor Ron McRae indicated last week that the City would be asking the government to look at their decision again.

McRae also said that hazing was only part of the overall deer management plan. Culling was still on the table as well, he said.

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Kimberley campaign office to open C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca

Kimberley residents are invited to join NDP MLA Norm Macdonald this Thursday, April 18 as he opens his campaign headquarters at 177 Wallinger Avenue, the same address as his headquarters in the last provincial campaign.

“Campaigning doesn’t have to be boring,” said Macdonald, who will be in town to celebrate the grand opening of his party’s provincial election office on Thursday afternoon. He noted food and refreshments will be served, along with a plate of food-for-thought.

Macdonald, campaigning for a third consecutive term, will be outlining his platform, discussing his party’s plans for government and how both of those align with issues that are important to people in Kimberley.

“There is a real appetite for a change in government throughout the province,” Macdonald said, “but not just change, it’s about change for the better.”

The office will be staffed by volunteers and open for the duration of the provincial campaign.

The kickoff event is scheduled to run between 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

RDEK Public Hearing Notice BylawS 2427 & 2428

Bylaw Amendment - Jim Smith Lake The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an application

by Haworth Development Consulting Ltd. for a property owned by Carmelo Daprocida to amend the Rockyview Official Community Plan and the Cranbrook Rural Zoning Bylaw. If approved, the amendments will amend the OCP and Zoning designation of the subject property to accommodate a 17 lot subdivision. The subject property is located at the end of Lakeview Drive in the Jim Smith Lake area as shown on the attached map.

Bylaw No. 2427 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Rockyview Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2255, 2010 - Amendment Bylaw No. 7, 2012 (Daprocida / Jim Smith)” will amend the designation of the South Half of the East Half of District Lot 7794, Kootenay District from RR, Rural Resource to SH, Small Holdings, MH, Medium Holdings and OSRT, Open Space, Recreation and Trails.

Bylaw No. 2428 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Cranbrook Rural Zoning Bylaw No. 1402, 2001 - Amendment Bylaw No. 28, 2012 (Daprocida / Jim Smith)” will amend the zoning designation of the South Half of the East Half of District Lot 7794, Kootenay District from RR-60, Rural Resource Zone to RR-1, Rural Residential (Estate) Zone, RR-2, Rural Residential (Small Holding) Zone and P-2, Parks and Open Space Zone.

A public hearing will be held at: Regional District of East Kootenay 19 - 24th Ave S Cranbrook, BC Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 7:00 pm The Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area C and the City of Cranbrook.

If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaws, you may prior to the hearing: • inspect the Bylaws and supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays; • mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown below; or • present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.

Submissions cannot be accepted after the public hearing.

All written submissions are public information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information, contact Tracy Van de Wiel, Planning Technician, at 250-489-0306, toll free at 1-888-478-7335, or email tvandewiel@rdek.bc.ca.

19 - 24th Avenue South, Cranbrook BC V1C 3H8 Phone: 250-489-2791 Toll Free: 1-888-478-7335 Email: info@rdek.bc.ca Website: www.rdek.bc.ca

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Don’t count B.C. Conservatives out

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s the B.C. NDP launched its election campaign last week with a package of income tax hikes, higher than those in the B.C. Liberals’ election budget of February, a third party leader confirmed his own plan to increase personal and business income tax rates.

It’s not readily apparent from his recently released “fiscal framework” document, but B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins told me his plan to phase out B.C.’s carbon tax does indeed include raising income tax rates that were lowered to make the carbon tax “revenue neutral.”

I reached Cummins in Prince George, where he was continuing his aggressive courtship of northern B.C. with an announcement that federal gas tax revenues would be redirected to a new fund for locally determined road improvements. Earlier he vowed to study the deplorable state of northern ambulance service.

Cummins has more good news for the north: that’s where a regionally phased elimination of the carbon tax would begin. It’s also the area of thinnest population, meaning the impact on the B.C. treasury would be less. This is, after all, a tax budgeted to bring in $1.2 billion in the current year.

The B.C. Conservatives continually remind people that the carbon tax falls dis-

proportionately on rural, remote and particularly northern folks who face long distances, long winters, and public transit options ranging from slim to none. This has ceased to be much of an issue for the urban B.C. majority, who are focused on bridge tolls, ferry fares and the like.

The B.C. Conservatives decry the population decline of rural B.C., with international immigration almost exclusively going to big cities, while BC VIEWS temporary foreign workers increasingly fill agricultural Tom and industrial jobs in the Fletcher Interior.

The party’s still-evolving platform echoes the NDP’s call for more skills training and increased completion rates for trade apprentices.

Cummins is in favour of the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline and the massive buildup of infrastructure needed to add liquefied natural gas to B.C.’s energy export mix. He sees that enormous industrial expansion as the path to shift population growth beyond the south of the province.

Cummins is surprisingly cool to one industrial project, the proposed Site C dam on the Peace River, calling himself undecided. He also sounds skeptical about the B.C. Liberal plan to extend B.C.’s electricity grid and use that to develop further independent power.

This sounds to me like political positioning rather than economic analysis.

An anti-Site C independent candidate has significant support in Peace River North, creating a three-way struggle for a key B.C. Conservative target.

The B.C. Conservative platform also totals up the billions in long-term electricity contracts with private power producers and suggests the price for this clean energy has been set too high. This is another echo of the NDP’s vague position.

So if the B.C. Conservatives are gungho on oil and gas and think the carbon tax is a mistake, do they think there should be any effort to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions?

Cummins sidestepped that question, preferring to talk about conventional air pollution, whether it’s in the Fraser Valley or as a byproduct of a northern industrial boom.

As a long-time former Reform and Conservative MP, Cummins is acutely aware that the urban media will leap with extra vigour on any perceived gaffe of the right wing. Should a Conservative let slip that he’s skeptical about global warming, or worse, express a rustic view on social issues, all Hell would break loose.

The B.C. Conservatives have started with the most detailed, costed platform of any party. Don’t count them out.

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

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Parkinson’s Law expanded What’s Up? “W ork expands to fill the time available for its completion,” wrote Cyril Northcote Parkinson in 1955, and instantly created a whole new domain in the study of human affairs. “Parkinson’s Law” was one of the most profound insights of the past century, but he didn’t go far enough. There is a media corollary that doesn’t get nearly enough attention.

It is this: “International confrontations expand to fill the media space available.” There is a lot of media space available nowadays, and a striking shortage of truly terrifying international threats, so the few modest ones that do exist are magnified to fill the scary news quota.

That’s why you hear so much about the North Korean nuclear threat, the Iranian nuclear threat, and the international terrorist threat. Unless you live in South Korea, or Israel, or lower Manhattan, none of these “threats” will ever disturb the even tenor of your life — and even if you do live in one of those places, it is still very unlikely.

The very unlikely did happen in lower Manhattan once, twelve years ago, but it is very, very unlikely to happen there again.

Nevertheless, 9/11 is used to justify an ongoing “war on terror” that has provided long-term employment for several million people and justified well over a trillion dollars in “defence” spending over the past decade.

Which brings us to another law, the Shirky Principle: “Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the

solution.” In other words, armed forces, intelligence services and those parts of the foreign policy establishment that have prospered from “fighting terror” will instinctively preserve that threat. They hunt down and kill individual terrorists, of course, but they also keep coming up with new terrorist threats.

Moreover, fighting terrorists does not justify aircraft carriers, armoured divisions, and planes like the F-35. Those branches Gwynne of the armed forces need the threat of wars in which Dyer weapons like those might be at least marginally relevant.

Credible threats of high-intensity warfare are scarce these days, so you have to be creative. There is, for example, a remote possibility that the inexperienced young man who now leads North Korea might be paranoid enough, and the generals who supervise him stupid enough, to attack South Korean forces somewhere. That might lead to a major war in the peninsula.

The probability that this would lead to the use of nuclear weapons in the Korean peninsula is vanishingly small. The likelihood that it could lead to the use of nuclear weapons elsewhere is zero. Yet this confrontation is getting as much coverage in the Western mass media as the Berlin crisis did in 1961 — and the Asian media generally follow suit.

The same is true for the alleged Iranian nuclear threat. Iran is probably not planning to build nuclear weapons, and there is no chance that it would launch a nuclear

attack on Israel even if it did build a few.

Israel has hundreds of the things, and its response would destroy Iran. Yet the Israelis insist that it might happen anyway because Iranians are crazy — and both Western and Arab media swallow this nonsense.

Fifty years ago, during the Berlin crisis, a single misstep could have led to ten thousand nuclear weapons falling on the world’s cities. Bad things can still happen when politicians miscalculate, but the scale of the potential damage is minuscule by comparison. Yet our credulous media give these mini-crises the same coverage that they gave to the apocalyptic crises of the Cold War. Hence Dyer’s Corollary to Parkinson’s Law: International confrontations expand to fill the media space available. Little ones will be inflated to fill the hole left by the disappearance of big ones. The 24-hour news cycle will be fed, and military budgets will stay big. You just have to keep the general public permanently frightened.

That’s easy to do, because people in most countries know very little about the world beyond their immediate neighbours. They’ll believe almost anything the media tell them — and most of the media go along with the official sources because scare stories sell a lot better than headlines about the remarkably peaceful state of the world.

Humbert Wolfe’s judgement almost a century ago still applies everywhere: “You cannot hope to bribe or twist (thank God!) the British journalist But given what the man will do unbribed, there’s no occasion to.”

The real test for Trudeau begins now

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M i c h a e l D e n Ta n dt

n little more than a year, the 41-yearold eldest son of Pierre Trudeau has moved from the fringes of the Liberal party to its head, from neophyte to Great Hope in one extended leap. His pride of place is undisputed. He won overwhelmingly, on the first ballot, with 80 per cent of the vote.

Justin Trudeau now has an unprecedented opportunity to remake a major federal party in his image. The wind at his back is considerable. So are the potential pitfalls in his path.

Until recently, Trudeau was often dismissed as a pushover, with little more than good looks and a famous pedigree to his credit. Over the past six months, as polls showed his popularity surging, the punditocracy has moved incrementally from open disdain, to bet-hedging, to heralding a Liberal revival. The latter will not last – unless Trudeau proves to be as effective a leader as he is a campaigner.

Unlike Jean Chretien in 1990 and Paul Martin in 2003, or for that matter Stephane Dion and Michael Ignatieff in 2006 and 2009, respectively, Trudeau owes few debts within the party. His donor base is broad and loyal to him personally. There is no close rival who must be appeased. Retired astronaut Marc Garneau might have been that person, but he dropped out. Martha Hall Findlay and Joyce Murray each have loyal but small followings.

For Trudeau, all of that is to the good.

Now for the deadfall traps.

Because of his youth and relative inexperience — he won two hard-fought local elections in his Montreal riding of Papin-

eau, but beyond that the political resume is a blank canvas — Trudeau will be deluged with advice from the party’s veterans, many of whom still consider him a whippersnapper in short pants.

Trudeau’s popularity itself can become his worst enemy.

Unlike, say, the Conservative and New Democratic parties, the Liberals have historically been porous and undisciplined in their communications, particularly when dissing the leader from the shadows. Trudeau will need to engage his veterans, showing them the respect they will consider their due, without allowing himself to be ruled by them. Should that delicate process go awry, the anonymous backbiting will begin.

Second: Though Trudeau has not presented a detailed platform, he has made promises about how he will form policy.

He has committed to drawing in all Canadians – not just Liberals – in generating a platform for 2015.

Such openness is vital, if the party is to come back from the near-dead: Recent Liberal history is strewn with well-meaning planks — from Dion’s Green Shift to Ken Dryden’s national daycare plan to Martin’s Kelowna Accord – that failed to connect. Trudeau cannot, if he is true to his word, simply recycle these ideas. But a devoted core of Grit partisans, including key members of the caucus, still believe in them and will expect him to do just that. Solving that problem will require skill.

The spotlight will be like nothing he’s ever experienced, even in a lifetime spent in the glare.

Perhaps most important, Trudeau’s

popularity itself can become his worst enemy. There is a risk of him peaking too early, with an election two years away, and of his success itself becoming an excuse for avoiding the intellectual overhaul the party desperately needs.

If that were to happen, the “movement” he has launched will be primed for a hard fall. For as long as Justin Trudeau personally is the alpha and the omega of the new Liberalism – which he is for the time being, without question – the entire edifice is little more than a cult of personality, vulnerable to any missteps or mistakes he may make. And he will certainly make some. Only solid pillars of popular, needs-based policy can provide him with a lasting base.

In the House, he will need to be steady, sensible and workmanlike – a far cry from his demeanor little more than a year ago, in the famous “piece of s—” incident. The spotlight will be like nothing he’s ever experienced, even in a lifetime spent in the glare. The Conservatives and the NDP both can be expected to turn every twitch and fumble to their advantage.

So, a triumph? For Trudeau it is, absolutely. But the ebullience may be shortlived. For he’s just now, finally, stepping into the ring. In the years ahead there will be moments when he wonders, as he did in round one of the famous punch-up with Senator Patrick Brazeau, whether he’s made a terrible mistake.

How he recovers from those moments will tell the tale.

Michael Den Tandt is a columnist with Postmedia News

KIMBERLEY AND CRANBROOK COMMUNITY CALENDAR

UPCOMING David & Patricia Stock present their 2012 travelogue “Lost Kingdoms of Nepal, Burma and Cambodia” Tuesday April 16 at 7 pm, College of the Rockies Lecture Theatre. Admission by donation, proceeds to Canadian Friends of Nepal support group.

Federal Superannuates meeting, Heritage Inn, April 16. Lunch: 12 noon. Guest speakers Don & Jeanie Davidson of the Cranbrook Hospice Society. FMI Skip Fennessy, 250-426-3679.

2013 FREE FAMILY SWIM Wednesday, April 17th, 6:00-7:00 PM. Children 18 years & under must be accompanied by an adult.

Jubilee Chapter #64, OES, will be meeting at 7:30 PM, Monday, April 22, 2013. All members are invited to attend and meet the new slate of officers.

The Cranbrook Early Years Fair. Monday, April 22 from 9 am to noon at Gordon Terrace Elementary–facepainting, balloon fun with PT the Clown, storytime, play space for kids 0-5 years old, info about programs for families for parents. Theresa at 250-9196499 or cranbrookecd@gmail.com Whoa! Did y’all hear? Kimberley Gymnastics is having a Family Fundraiser BARN Dance! Grab your Cowboy Hat n’ Boots & Come On Down for a Kickin’ Good Ole Time! Music, Dancing, Drinks n’ Grub! Yer in fer Good Old fashioned Family Fun! Saturday, April 27, 2013 at the Kimberley Elks Club, 6:00 to 10:00 pm Have Camera Will Travel.... Join Kaity Brown for her travelogue presentation “Exploring Ancient Temples and Ashrams in India” at Centre 64 on Tuesday, April 30 at 7:30 pm. Admission by donation.

Proceeds to Kimberley Arts Council & Expansion Project.

Cranbrook Legion, Neil Diamond Tribute Show featuring Joey Purpura. May 2nd 2013, 8 pm. Tickets in the Club room. Info: 250426-4512.

Scotiabank MS Walk - Sunday May 5. Register at www.mswalks.ca, call 1-800-268-7582 or contact Cyndie at 250-426-0020. Enjoy a great day in The Fight Against MS. Volunteers are also welcomed.

Cranbrook Kimberley Hospice Society holds its third “Evening to Remember” fundraiser 7:00 pm, May 5, 2013 at Idlewild Park.

Further information at www.ckhospice.com or call 250-417-2019 or toll free 1-855-417-2019.

ONGOING Cranbrook’s Bibles for Missions Thrift Store thanks you for your support. 824 Kootenay St. N. Open 10-5, Tues-Sat. A great place to save or volunteer.

Canadian Cancer Society- if you have spare time and would like to volunteer, interested applicants can call 250-4268916, drop by our office at #19-9th Avenue S, Cranbrook or go to www.fightwithus.ca and register as a volunteer.

ICBL-Duplicate Bridge–Senior Center in Cranbrook. Mon & Wed 7pm, Thurs & Fri 1pm at Scout Hall, Marysville. Info: Maggie 250-417-2868.

Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon - 1:00 Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication & leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911.toastmastersclubs.org.

Breast Cancer Support Group in Kimberley. Info about meetings; Daniela 250-427-2562 or Lori 250-427-4568.

Tai Chi Moving Meditation, Wednesdays from 3-4pm at Centre 64, Kimberley. Call Adele 250-427-1939.

Kindergarten boosters are available for children between the ages of 4 and 6 years at the Cranbrook Health Unit. For an appointment call 250 420-2207.

Contact the Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary Thrift Shops at 250-427-2503 (Brenda) or 250-427-1754 Gayle) for volunteer opportunities: cashiers, sorters, after hours cleaners.

CRANBROOK QUILTERS’ GUILD hold their meetings every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:15pm upstairs in the Seniors’ Hall, 125-17th Ave. S. Everyone welcome. Info: Betty at 250-489-1498 or June 250-426-8817.

Community Acupuncture. By donation – Each Tuesday 4-6 pm, Roots to Health Naturopathic Clinic, Kimberley Health Centre – Lower Level, 260 4th Ave. 778-481-5008. Please visit: www.rootsto-health.com for more info.

Cranbrook Branch of the Stroke Recovery Association of BC. Meetings are from 10:00am-1:00pm the 2nd and 4th Wed. in the lower level of the Senior Citizen’s Hall, 125-17th St. S. Bring bag lunch. Tootie Gripich, 426-3994.

The GoGo Grannies meet the last Monday of each month at 7:00 at The College of the Rockies. Join us as we raise awareness & funds for Grandmothers raising their Grandchildren in countries devastated by Aids. Norma at 250-426-6111 for info.

ESL: CBAL hosts Conversation Cafe Tues 7-9pm, morning class Wed 10am-12noon & Evening class Wed 7pm-9pm.

All sessions held at CBAL office 19 9th Ave S. Childcare upon request. All programs are FREE. FMI: Bruce 250-9192766 or khough@cbal.org 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.

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BOSTON - The NHL says Monday night’s game between the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins at TD Garden has been postponed in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings.

No makeup date has been scheduled.

The league says it “wishes to express its sympathy to all affected by the tragic events that took place in Boston earlier this afternoon.”

Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the marathon on Monday, killing two people, injuring 23 others, and sending authorities rushing to aid wounded spectators. A senior U.S. intelligence official said two other explosive devices were found nearby.

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Jackie Robinson’s ballboy in 1947 to throw out 1st pitch MIAMI - The ceremonial first pitch at Monday’s Marlins-Nationals game will be thrown out by Norman Berman, who was the ballboy for the Brooklyn Dodgers the year Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s colour barrier.

The 84-year-old Berman lives in nearby West Palm Beach. He has been a Marlins fan since their first game in 1993, and he was the Dodgers’ 19-yearold ballboy in 1947.

Berman saw up close the challenges Robinson overcame as depicted in the new movie “42,” with opponents relentlessly taunting and heckling the Dodgers rookie.

Berman’s only season as ballboy was in 1947, and he watched Robinson and the Dodgers reach the World Series. Berman said Robinson befriended him, played catch with him and gave tips on how to make a double-play pivot.

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Kesler scores twice to lead Canucks 5-2 over Predators NASHVILLE - Ryan Kesler scored two goals and Roberto Luongo made 36 saves to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Monday.

Derek Roy, Jason Garrison, and Alex Burrows also scored for Vancouver, which has won five of its past six.

Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, and Jannik Hansen each had a pair of assists.

Nick Spaling and Bobby Butler scored for the Predators, who have lost a franchise-high seven consecutive games. They have won just once in their past 11 games.

Monday’s loss eliminated the Predators from post-season contention. Nashville had qualified for the playoffs in seven of the past eight seasons.

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Peyton Manning kicks off 2013 quest for Super Bowl ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Peyton Manning returned to Broncos headquarters Monday, starting voluntary workouts with his group of receivers, which now includes Wes Welker, formerly the top target for Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.

The 37-year-old quarterback was working with his receivers a week ago at Duke, where the quarterback’s former college coach, David Cutcliffe, ran a mini-camp of sorts with Manning, his brother, Eli, and an assortment of Broncos and Giants receivers.

After taking two months away from football about a month more than he’d hoped for - Manning said it’s hard to gauge the way his arm feels this time this year compared to last. He conceded he wasn’t sure if he’d ever get back to where he was before the neck surgeries that cost him the 2011 season.

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FIRED UP FOR CHARITY: The 3rd annual McDonald’s Wildfire Basketball game took place on April 11th at the Mount Baker gym, with the high school team facing local firefigthers in a charity game for the B.C. Professional Fire Figthers Burn Fund. A great time was had by all and the Mount Baker Girls won 53-51 over the Cranbrook Fire Fighters. The event raised $1,041 dollars for the BCPFF Burn Fund through a BBQ and by donation at the door. Cranbrook Fire Fighters would like to thank McDonald’s, Mount Baker Wild Girls basketball team, Al Nutini, PT the clown, Mount Baker Cheerleaders, Sparky 1 and 2, the Sam Steele Sweethearts and everyone who came out for the game.

NHL HOCKEY

Oilers fire GM Steve Tambellini DEAN BENNE T T Canadian Press

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers fired general manager Steve Tambellini Monday, saying the window of opportunity is short with their young guns and that Tambellini wasn’t getting it done.

Tambellini, in his fifth season as GM, was replaced by former Oiler coach and vice-president Craig MacTavish.

“I’m an impatient guy,” MacTavish told a news conference at Rexall Place, sitting beside Kevin Lowe, the Oilers president of hockey operations.

“We’re at the stage in

terms of the cycle of our hockey club right now that we have to do some bold things. We have to expose ourselves to some semblance of risk to try and move the team forward in a rapid fashion,” said MacTavish.

“We’ve got primary pieces here but we’ve got to add some depth to help these young players.”

MacTavish was the Oilers coach from 2001 to 2008, then left hockey to acquire an MBA at Queen’s University. He returned to the Oilers last summer as the senior vice-president of hockey operations.

With Lowe and Mac-

Tavish at the podium was former Oilers assistant GM Scott Howson.

Howson was recently fired in February as GM of the Columbus Blue Jackets and now takes over MacTavish’s old role as senior vice-president of hockey operations.

Tambellini was not at the news conference.

The announcement came after the Oilers were expected to compete for a playoff spot in the lockout-shortened 2013 NHL season, but instead are all but mathematically eliminated from the post-season.

Heading into NHL action Monday night, the Oilers were 12th in

the Western Conference standings with a 16-187 record, eight points behind eighth-place Detroit.

“I for one really had hoped that we’d be a little more advanced than we are now,” said Lowe.

“And because careers are short and opportunities for achievement don’t come along very often, we feel strongly that it is important that we make some changes right now.”

Lowe said a decision on Tambellini was in the works for awhile, but said the team’s current five-game losing streak, including a list-

less 4-1 loss Saturday to the Calgary Flames, didn’t help.

“Losing five in a row, how we lost, where we are - all those things go into the decision,” said Lowe.

“If we’re going to do something, then why wait.”

It has been seven miserable years for the Oilers since they pushed the Carolina Hurricanes to a seventh and deciding game in the 2006 Stanley Cup finals.

The team hasn’t made the post-season since and three previous seasons have seen the Oilers at or near the bottom of the NHL.

Reyes won’t need surgery on his sprained ankle C ANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO - Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Jose Reyes won’t need surgery on his sprained left ankle but is still expected to miss three months, general manager Alex Anthopoulos said.

Reyes visited a specialist in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday who confirmed the diagnosis of a severely sprained ankle. Reyes was injured when he slid awk-

wardly into second base in Friday’s game at Kansas City.

Anthopoulos said Reyes will be in a cast for two weeks and then in a walking boot for an additional two weeks, meaning he won’t be ready to begin rehab activity for at least a month.

Reyes was placed on the 15day disabled list Saturday. The Blue Jays called up shortstop Munenori Kawasaki from tri-

ple-A Buffalo to replace him on the roster.

Reyes was acquired from the Miami Marlins in a 12-player trade last November. The fourtime all-star is batting .395 with one homer and five RBIs this season.

Also Monday, Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista was not in the starting lineup for the opener of a four-game series against the visiting Chicago White Sox.

Bautista is fighting a cold and is resting a sore back. Anthopoulos said the veteran right-fielder will likely return to the lineup Tuesday night.

The Blue Jays are in the middle of a 20-day stretch without an off day.

Bautista missed a few games earlier this month with an ankle injury. He has three homers and six RBIs in nine games this year.

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King improves to 3-0 at world senior curling event C anadian Press

The bowling team that will represent B.C. at the national championships includes a Cranbrook resident, Dave Gourley, who is making a foray back into the sport. Left to right: Darren Ried, Mike Elder, Larry Richet, Kim Chadwick (coach), Matt Eisenhauer, Dave Gourley.

Local bowler qualifies for nationals

After a three-year hiatus from the sport, Dave Gourley is off to the Canadian championships Tre vor Cr awley Sports Editor

Though he’s taken a three-year break from the sport of bowling, Dave Gourley is back.

The Cranbrook bowler has made an immediate impact, bowling his way into the national 5-pin championships in the team event, after his crew won the event at the provincial level in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.

Gourley made it through zones in Vernon, and competed in the singles category at provincials as well, narrowly coming in second place.

“Our men’s team—it was pretty well ranked number one,” said Gourley. “We were favoured to win. I guess, over the years, a lot of the older guys who have bowled, said our team that we had was probably the best team on paper that they’d ever seen come out of the province.”

The team will head to St. Johns, Newfoundland, to represent B.C. and compete in nationals at the end of May. “From what I’ve heard at nationals, our team and the Alberta team are favoured to win—they got a pretty

good men’s team out of Alberta,” Gourley added.

Not bad for a guy getting back into the sport after stepping away from the lanes a few years ago. Gourley has bowled his entire life and made a name for himself as a national-level competitor, but he decided he needed a break.

“I’ve bowled on TSN and CBC, made lots of money with the bowling and stuff like that,” said Gourley. “…I stopped about three and a half years ago; I just got tired of it and wanted to do things with my kids and lost

Sidney Crosby skates before practice, no timetable for return Associated Press

PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby skated before the team’s practice Monday.

Crosby wore a protective mask while skating with injured teammates James Neal and Paul Martin.

Coach Dan Bylsma said there is no timetable for Crosby’s return, but called it a positive step for the NHL’s leading scorer.

“I would say a foot in the water,” Bylsma said.

“I didn’t go out there and see how hard he did go, but I know he was just out for basically a skate. He got out there for a little bit of exercise and to get on the ice.”

Crosby, whose 56 points are four ahead of Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos and Martin St. Louis, has not played since being struck in the face by a puck on March 30. The Penguins have gone 4-2 without him and remain atop the Eastern Conference standings with two weeks left in the regular season.

Neal hasn’t played since being diagnosed with a concussion following a hit from New York Rangers defenceman Michael Del Zotto on April 5. Bylsma called Neal “symptom-free” but added that the winger will not be rushed back.

“It’s definitely good to see guys on the ice and skating,” Bylsma

said. “I think it bodes well for their situation.”

Centre Evgeni Malkin, who missed Saturday’s 3-1 win over Florida with an upper body injury, could play Wednesday against Montreal.

The reigning NHL MVP is dealing with a lingering shoulder issue that can make it difficult for him to take a full shot without pain.

He could have played against the Panthers if the game was more significant and he thinks he will be ready to play against the Canadiens.

“I feel good,” Malkin said. “We have a couple days off and skate today and I have little bit of injury, but we still have time until the next game.”

interest, and then my girlfriend this past year talked me into getting back to the competitive side.”

Gourley joins five other bowlers that will face other teams from each province and territory across the country.

Five members of the team compete during a match, while the sixth is used as a spare if someone struggles.

The lead bowls against his lead coun-

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terpart on the other team, second bowls against the second, and so on and so forth down the line. The winner of the individual match ups within the two teams earns a point, while an overall team victory results in three points.

From the round robin, like hockey, the first place team faces the last place team, second place plays the second last team.

FREDERICTON Canada’s Cathy King remains unbeaten at the world senior curling championships.

King’s rink from St. Albert, Alta., cruised to an 11-3 win over Japan’s Mikiko Tsuchiya on Monday to improve to 3-0 and atop the round-robin pool.

“There’s always room for improvement,” said third Carolyn Morris. “Anytime you miss a shot, there’s room for improvement.

“But I like our cohesiveness. We’re very much a team that sticks together through missed shots and made shots. We have each other’s backs.”

Canada stole four in the fifth end en route to the victory.

The world senior event is being held in conjunction with the world mixed doubles championship.

Morris is the Canadian team’s most experienced player but this marks the first time that she’s played in the event representing her native country. Morris

played for Scotland four times, winning gold in 2005 and silver in 2003 when her family was living there for business reasons.

Curling success runs in Morris’s family.

Her son, Sean, is a former world junior champion representing Canada in 1994. Sean’s wife, Cori, won an Olympic silver medal in 2010 playing lead for Cheryl Bernard’s Canadian team.

Morris’s daughter, Kim, won the Scottish women’s title in 2006 and played in the world championship event in Grande Prairie, Alta.

And Kim Morris’s husband, Tom Brewster, won silver medals at the 2011 and 2012 world men’s competitions.

The Canadian team returns to the ice Tuesday to face New Zealand’s Liz Matthews (11).

Rob Armitage of Red Deer, Alta., improved to 4-0 in the men’s tournament with a 6-4 win over Australia’s Hugh Millikin (41).

Bill Bennett OUR CHOICE FOR THE EAST KOOTENAY Victoria is a long way from the East Kootenay, both in distance and in culture.

Sometimes it seems that the things we value in rural BC aren’t priorities in the Lower Mainland.

That’s why we need an MLA who is strong, passionate and knows how to get things done.

Bill hikes, hunts, fishes, quads, snowmobiles, skis and golfs. Bill Bennett understands outdoor issues and shares our values here in the East Kootenay and he’s proven he’ll stand up for them.

That’s why his constituents have nicknamed him “Kootenay Bill” For a strong voice in Victoria, on May 14th GO WITH BIll.

He’s One of Us Authorized by Bill Brock, Financial Agent for the Bill Bennett Campaign, 250-426-3404

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) You beam in any situation -even if there is a disruption. The unexpected is likely to affect your work, an older relative or a commitment. Know that nothing is written in stone; changes could occur often. Remain confident.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Sometimes the less said, the better. In the future, you might want to keep more information to yourself. In light of new information, re-evaluate a recent decision you’ve made. Listen to news as a cynic. You could gain a powerful insight as a result.

Tonight: Not to be found.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Put your ear to the ground, and listen to the inner workings of a situation. Your perspective will transform as a result. You might be worried about a personal matter, or an unexpected development could shake you up.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You might want to reconsider a suggestion involving a loved one. A child could cause a problem, depending on how rigid you are right now. If you are single, be careful around someone you meet today -- the unexpected could occur. Tonight: Make time for a special person.

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Pull back and get focused. Tonight: Visit with a co-worker or a friend.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Allow your creativity to flow.

Sometimes you take yourself far too seriously. Lighten up, and understand that you can’t go wrong if follow your intuition. Use care with your finances. You never know what will happen next.

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Calmly explain to your family why you are walking out (or not attending), and make no apologies. We commend you for recognizing this dysfunction and not transmitting it to your children. But please consider letting the children see some of the relatives oneon-one, under your supervision. Kids are extremely tolerant of aberrant behavior in family members and can understand “this is how Grandma is” without emulating her.

Dear Annie: “Michael” and I are a young gay couple pondering marriage. Gay marriage is not performed in our state, and we realize it would not be recognized here. It’s the principle of the thing.

A courthouse venue seems the most feasible, and I am wondering whom to invite.

Michael’s parents and siblings would most certainly be there, but I don’t know what to do about my side. I have no siblings, and my parents are divorced. Mom is fully supportive, but my father doesn’t know I’m gay.

I would prefer not telling him in order to avoid a conflict.

My father would probably never find out that Michael and I are married if I don’t tell him myself. But if he did learn about it, he’d be upset. Then again, he’d also be upset to learn that I’m getting married. Should I tell him? Also, because my guest list is limited, should I invite best friends? -- A Ring on It Dear Ring: We think you should tell your father, not only because keeping secrets can erode relationships, but also because you should not be hiding who you are. If you are mature enough to marry, it’s time to handle the fallout from your father. As for your guest list, invite those people you want to have as witnesses to your union, provided you can afford to do so.

Dear Annie: This is a response to “Feeling the Void in Indiana.” It was pretty brazen of him to claim to speak for all men when he said we feel incomplete without sex.

I’ll admit that is true for a lot of men, but certainly not all. I’m a healthy 30-year-old man with all the normal biological urges. I also haven’t been in a romantic relationship in years and am completely sexually inactive -- and I feel fine about it. That’s because I put my energy into other things like working out and enjoying outdoor activities. And I have a few friends who are as OK without sex as I am. Sex is not the be-all and end-all of human existence.

As a last note, any man who cheats on his wife or girlfriend is a cad, whatever feeble excuses he comes up with. -- Abstinent and OK with It Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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Outside the snow is falling and beginning to accumulate.

This despite the fact that in less than two weeks it will be May. The flakes are fat and being driven sideways by what would be, if the sun were out, a spring breeze.

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Humans are silly: Boulder wonders if his human knows how goofy he looks with his skis behind him like that.

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To a young dog like myself, winter is a season full of opportunity and possibility. For a white-faced senior like Taylor, however, it is the season of discomfort and restriction. The cold, the ice, and the snow make aging joints ache and keep her inside. Our human recognizes this and limits the length and strenuousness of our walks when Taylor comes along, which is almost always.

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An unrestrained dogumentary.

Dog Taylor joins me at the window but only looks out for a moment, then she steps away and moves stiffly to her dog bed. She circles three times trying to find that comfortable sweet spot her old bones crave, then flops down with an unintended groan.

The air, methinks, disappointment.

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Boulder watches the flakes fall and cover up what had been spring.

White as snow: Taylor patiently wades through the depths of winter.

A few weeks ago, however, our alpha human decided it was time to head up into the mountains on a backcountry ski trip. This would entail breaking trail in deep snow for quite some distance, a physical ordeal now beyond Taylor’s abilities.

Our man went to great lengths to hide from Dog Taylor that we were going on an adventure without her. In an attempt to spare her the anguish of being left behind, he smuggled his pack and skis into the truck the night before, when she wasn’t looking. He even had his boots and coat set out by the seldomused basement door so she wouldn’t see him at the closet and wonder where he was going. It was — as are many human attempts at fooling their dogs — an effort in futility.

Tough sledding: Boulder struggles to make his way through the deep stuff.

Taylor, with wisdom acquired over years of human observation, has become an astute reader of two-legger body language. That combined with the fact that guilt has a scent and our alpha human positively reeked of it, had made her very aware that something was up. She was disappointed but at the same time relieved. She decided not to make a fuss, so as not to cause the human even more angst. She was afraid that if he felt any worse the guilty smell would never come out of the furniture.

So it was that we boys headed out into the wilds, he plodding on skis and skins, I romping on ahead, unfettered by such modern contrivance. It turned out to be a brilliant but exhausting day.

We returned to the truck after having travelled over 10 kilometres through a winter wilderness all dressed in its formal white attire. The snow had been deep and sticky, the trail steep and long. I had plodded for kilometres covered in a weighty vest of icy dingle-balls and then raced after my man as he flew back down the mountain on his skis. I was — no pun intended — dog tired.

The next day my muscles were stiff and sore.

When I dropped down on to my bed an unintentional groan rose up from deep in my chest.

Taylor, who was laying beside me, turned her white face my way and lightly thumped her tail on the floor. Her way of saying, “Winter is hard Boulder … but don’t worry. Spring is coming.”

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Bombs explode at Boston Marathon finish line Associated Press

BOSTON — Two bombs exploded in the packed streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people and injuring more than 80 in a terrifying scene of shattered glass, billowing smoke, bloodstained pavement and severed limbs, authorities said.

A senior U.S. intelligence official said two other explosive devices were found near the end of the 26.2-mile course.

At the White House, President Barack Obama vowed that those responsible will “feel the full weight of justice.’’

There was no word on the motive or who may have launched the attack, and police said no suspect was in custody. Authorities in Washington said there was no immediate claim of responsibility.

“They just started bringing people in with no limbs,’’ said runner Tim Davey, of Rich-

mond, Va. He said he and his wife, Lisa, tried to keep their children’s eyes shielded from the gruesome scene inside a medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners, but “they saw a lot.’’

“They just kept filling up with more and more casualties,’’ Lisa Davey said. “Most everybody was conscious. They were very dazed.’’

The twin blasts at the race took place almost simultaneously and about 100 yards apart, tearing limbs off numerous people, knocking spectators and at least one runner off their feet, shattering windows and sending smoke rising over the street.

Some 23,000 runners took part in the race, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious marathons. One of Boston’s biggest annual events, the race winds up near Copley Square, not far from the landmark Prudential Center and the Boston Public

Library. It is held on Patriots Day, which commemorates the first battles of the American Revolution, at Concord and Lexington in 1775.

Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis asked people to stay indoors or go back to their hotel rooms and avoid crowds as bomb squads methodically checked parcels and bags left along the race route. He said investigators didn’t know whether the bombs were planted in mailboxes or trash cans.

He said authorities had received “no specific intelligence that anything was going to happen’’ at the race.

The Federal Aviation Administration barred low-flying aircraft from within 3.5 miles of the site.

“We still don’t know who did this or why,’’ Obama said, adding, “Make no mistake: We will get to the bottom of this.’’

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Police in Boston react after an explosion rocks the area near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 15. around the same time, a fire broke out at the John F. Kennedy Library. The police commissioner said it may have been caused by an incendiary device but didn’t appear to be related to the bombings.

About four hours into the race and two hours after the men’s winner crossed the line, there was a loud explosion on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the photo bridge that marks the finish line. Another explosion could be heard a few seconds later.

By that point, more than 17,000 of the runners had finished the

race, but thousands of others were farther back along the course.

The Boston Police Department said two people were killed. Hospitals reported at least 82 injured, at least eight of them critically.A senior U.S. intelligence official said the two other explosive devices found nearby were being dismantled. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the findings publicly.

A woman who was a few feet from the second bomb, Brighid Wall, 35, of Duxbury, said that when it exploded, run-

ners and spectators froze, unsure of what to do. Her husband threw their children to the ground, lay on top of them and another man lay on top of them and said, “Don’t get up, don’t get up.’’

After a minute or so without another explosion, Wall said, she and her family headed to a Starbucks and out the back door through an alley. Around them, the windows off the bars and restaurants were blown out.

She said she saw six to eight people bleeding profusely, including one man who was kneeling, dazed, with blood com-

ing down his head. Another person was on the ground covered in blood and not moving.

Competitors and race volunteers were crying as they fled the chaos. Authorities went onto the course to carry away the injured while race stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site.

Runners who had not finished the race were diverted straight down Commonwealth Avenue and into a family meeting area, according to an emergency plan that had been in place.

Conservatives take on Trudeau brand in first volley of attack ads Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Newly elected Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he’s not surprised the Conservatives have reached into his past in a bid to sabotage his political future.

Less than a day after

he was chosen to lead his party, the Conservatives unveiled a suite of attack ads criticizing his judgment and experience.

They include comments he made about Quebec in 1999 as well as footage of a charity

event in which he danced and pretended to strip-tease onstage.

Trudeau called the ads awkward and a source of bemusement.

He says because he’s had a microphone in his face since he was a child, there’s likely plen-

ty in his history his political opponents will try and use against him.

And he says he hopes the use of the footage from the Canadian Liver Foundation fundraiser will end up generating more positive attention for the charity.