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Up to the roofs to celebrate the sun Cranbrook now a solar community ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff

The mayor, city councillors and media gathered on the rooftop of Canadian Rockies International Airport Monday to get a look at the newly operational solar water heater. The event was to celebrate Cranbrook becoming the 33rd solar community in B.C. under SolarBC. Guy Dauncey, founder of BC Sustainable Energy Association, which operates SolarBC, was at the event to talk about the benefits of solar energy.

Dauncey said the solar revolution is arriving around the world and solar communities, which now include Cranbrook, are laying foundation for a solar future.

Dauncey did note that it will take longer for that to be realized in Canada, as electricity is relatively cheap here when compared to a place like Europe.

The City of Cranbrook has been working towards a number of solar initiatives including amendments to the zoning bylaw to allow installation of solar energy devices and signing on to the B.C. Solar Hot Water Ready Regulation.

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Cranbrook is now the 33rd solar community in B.C. To mark the occasion Monday, members of Cranbrook City Council met with SolarBC representative and founder Guy Dauncey on the Canadian Rockies International Airport roof. Pictured in front of the airport’s newly functioning solar water heater are Tristen Chernove, managing director of the airport, Coun. Sharon Cross, Coun. Diana J. Scott, Mayor Wayne Stetski, Coun. Bob Whetham, Coun. Gerry Warner and Guy Dauncey, from SolarBC.

Mount Baker student wins prestigious awards ARNE PE TRYSHEN

A Mount Baker Secondary student is receiving a number of awards for photography and written work she submitted to an international contest.

Paniz Khosroshahy took three gold and a silver in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2013 at the national U.S. level. She won 24 awards at the regional level,

of which 12 were gold.

Those were then judged on the national level in the U.S. The national medalists have their work showcased at reputable galleries in New York City.

Khosroshahy said there were about 230,000 submissions and less than one per cent of those submissions take home a medal, so it’s quite an honour.

Her short story, two memoirs and photo took her to the national level.

Khosroshahy said that she didn’t spend too much time in preparation for the contest, as she had submitted material in the past.

“I just submitted my stuff, but I knew about [the contest] beforehand,” she said. “I submitted last year too, but I didn’t make it to

the international level.”

Scholastic presents the awards at Carnegie Hall in New York City in May, but Khosroshahy was in New York in October and said she won’t be able to make it back for the ceremony.

“They’re just going to send me the awards and that’s fine,” she said.

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Paniz Khosroshahy

WHAT CHOICE WILL WE MAKE? High Taxes or Low Taxes? * New Jobs or Lost Jobs? * A Strong Economy or the Worst Economy in Canada?

Access to Our Backcountry or More Road Closures & Parks? * A Strong Proven MLA or a Rookie MLA?

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It was back in the 19th century that Josh Billings, a writer and astute observer of the canine/ human relationship, wrote “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” Though this statement regarding our bond to humankind was made over 1,000 dog years ago, it is no less true today.

Brian Hare, Associate Professor at the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University and author of the book, The Genius of Dogs, (got to love that title), states: “In scientific studies it has been proven time and again that dogs prefer the company of humans over that of their own kind.” And no, gentle reader, it is not because it is from your hand that all grub flows. It is because we kind of like hanging out with you crazy hominids.

We make a darn fine team.

An unrestrained dogumentary.

Morley taunts Boulder and Taylor from the safety of the sink.

Taking comfort in companionship: A young Morley shows his trust and affection for Boulder.

However, despite the indisputable fact that we dogs are veritably overflowing with more than enough loyalty and unconditional love, humans insist on complicating the relationship by bringing other critters into the mix. Dogs may prefer the company of humans but it seems in order to do so, we must learn to co-exist with any number of other domestic and semi-domestic species.

In the case of Dog Taylor and I, we share the attentions of our humans with a cat they call Morley and a small herd of llamas. Yes, it is an eclectic pack to be sure, but all in all, a pretty functional one.

Llamas and dogs are not supposed to get along.

As a matter of fact, llamas are often introduced into herds of sheep to protect them from predators like coyotes and wolves. I have seen more than one cocky coyote, strutting across our pasture like he owns it, quickly reduced to a humbled, tail-between-his-legs, puppy, streaking for the fence with a crazed herd of llamas in hot pursuit. A terrifying sight to be sure.

Cross cultural affection: Boulder and Klyde the llama share a friendly moment between species.

“What are you doin’ Boulder”: Cat Morley watches with interest as Boulder shows off his best, “Roll on the lawn” technique.

However, our llamas seem to have made an exception regarding Dog Taylor and I. As a matter of fact, one of the llamas, a fuzzy fellow named Klyde, has proven to be downright friendly. He is an SPCA ward who spent his formative years alone and struggling to survive in the wild before he came to live with us. His tragic beginnings make him especially appreciative of the companionship he has found here. He is big, fast, playful and in his own llama-like way, affectionate. I consider him a fourlegged comrade.

The feline member of our pack, Morley, is an odd one. Perhaps you have heard the old cliché, “they fought like cats and dogs” — well, it turns out Morley is more of a lover than a fighter. The crazy kitten follows me everywhere. When I lay down to sleep, he cuddles right up to me. He treats my tail like it is his own personal cat toy. When this all gets to much and I give him a dirty look, he just jumps up into the kitchen sink and sticks his tongue out at me.

Disrespectful perhaps, but considering the alternative of having to share my space with an evil tempered, quick-clawed, dog-hating cat, I will happily endure Morley’s sweet shenanigans.

Perhaps it is the very diversity of our pack that makes it so rich. We all bring something unique to the table and oh what a magnificent table it is. Especially the genius dog part.

Photos and word processing by Dan Mills

For he’s a jowly good fellow: Boulder demonstrates that he too finds comfort with creatures not necessarily of his own species.

Sharing a sunset: Boulder and Taylor posing in the magic light for their camera-happy human.

Ticks: is there anything I can do to keep my pets safer?

There are many different types of tick preventatives available in the marketplace. Some products are available over the counter, while others are available through your veterinarian. There are effective monthly preventatives that are applied to the skin at the back of the neck and represent a convenient method of control for these ectoparasites. Ask your veterinarian for more information.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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Gearing up for Election 2013

This is the fourth installment in the Townsman’s weekly series from the two declared Kootenay East candidates for the upcoming Provincial election — Bill Bennett of the B.C. Liberals and Norma Blissett of the B.C. NDP. The question of the week is: What is your party’s commitment to poverty reduction? What initiatives does your party have planned to address the number of children living in poverty?

It is essential that the most vulnerable in society are helped. That’s why I support the Salvation Army Homeless Shelter Project and it’s why my government has increased payments to those on income assistance, disabled British Columbians, and has reduced or eliminated the costs of income taxes, MSP payments, carbon tax and PST for the poor.

However, a strong economy and a job work best.

Working families are a lot less likely to be hungry and a strong economy produces more tax revenue for government to help people.

Mental health services and education for parents and children are also vitally important. We’ve invested in the Kootenay Child Development Centre, our regional hospital and in an eight-person mental health facility.

We’ve also increased the

Baker Park, $1 million to Aqanttanam Housing, and $6.3 million for Haven Gardens. I recently had Cranbrook included as the only Kootenay community participating in a provincial pilot project to identify the unique needs of families living in poverty. We’ve created 100,000 licensed child care spaces and our 2013 budget creates the B.C. Early Childhood Tax Benefit.

Beware an NDP so-called plan on poverty reduction that has no timelines, no targets and no substance — it is a “plan to make a plan”.

Today, there are 40 per cent fewer people on social assistance, compared to 2001, and 60 per cent fewer children living in welfare-dependent families.

B.C.’s child poverty rate is second lowest in 20 years and improving the fastest in Canada. What we are doing is working.

Bill Bennett minimum wage to $10.25/ hour, one of Canada’s highest. We have one of Canada’s lowest overall tax burdens.

800,000 people now pay no MSP and low income earners pay little or no income tax.

With a housing budget 50 per cent higher than the NDP’s, we’ve made huge investments in Cranbrook in social housing, including

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ment for execution of Doug Mahon.

But Heller said that term was never made explicit and doesn’t meet the test of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

“There’s talk of some sort of attack with a weapon,” Heller said in his closing submission.

“It’s horrific, violent and scary. But there are crimes with weapons far short of murder. . . . Never is there an explicit confirmation that’s what they had in mind.”

The trial is scheduled to continue Monday, with final arguments by the third defence lawyer, Del Sokol.

The jury is expected to start its deliberations by mid-week.

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Three Cranbrook men who were involved in the drug trade in 2009 may have been plotting an attack but the plan wasn’t to kill a rival, a defence lawyer told a jury Friday.

Jim Heller, the lawyer representing Lorne Carry, gave final submissions to the jury.

The Crown has argued Carry, along with Colin Correia and Lonnie Adams, planned to kill a rival drug dealer in

the East Kootenay city in wake of a shooting of one of their own.

Prosecutors said that plan involved Gary Shank, a lifelong criminal who became a paid police agent in 2010.

Shank was the key witness in the trial that began in early February.

There’s been no “extraordinary turnaround” by Shank, Heller told the jury.

The Crown is relying on Shank’s testimony that “heavy work” mentioned in texts was pay-

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B.C.’s New Democrats are committed to implementing a province–wide poverty reduction strategy. The Liberals have left our province with the highest level of income inequality and the second worst record on child poverty in Canada.

An NDP government will make a $210 million annual investment in a B.C. Family Bonus Program, to reduce poverty and make life better for low and moderate-income families. This will provide up to $829 for each child under the age of 18.

The NDP under Adrian Dix will also: • Increase income assistance rates by $20 per month indexed to inflation; • Double the income–assistance earnings exemption to $400 per month; • Strengthen Community Living B.C. and; • Add new front line staff to the Ministry of Children

norma blissett and Families.

In addition, access to education and skills training is key to reducing inequality and growing a sustainable economy. An NDP government will invest $40 million in skills training and $100 million in a needs-based, student grant program.

Funding has also been announced to increase spaces and lower the cost of

childcare. Families with children in licensed care will save an average of $2,000 annually. This measure will ease the cost burden for parents, particularly those struggling to return to the workforce.

Increasing rates of poverty and inequality are unacceptable. The B.C. NDP will follow through on our commitment to make change for the better – to increase equality and give all British Columbians an opportunity to build a better life for themselves and their families. The programs we have announced address inequality and are meaningful steps to halt the unacceptable spread of poverty in this province.

All of these measures have been fully costed and accounted for in the B.C. NDP’s fiscal plan. Change for the better – one practical step at a time.

Solar celebration Continued from page 1 The airport heater unit has been in operation since late last year. It’s made up of a number of panels. On the outside large panes magnify and direct the sun’s heat over a series of copper pipes. Water is pumped through the pipes from the first floor of the airport, goes through the system which heats it and then flows back down and is used to heat water before it goes

through the boiler. The system turns off when it gets too cold, as it was on Monday morning, so as not to cool the water before it enters the boiler.

During the summer however, the hot water boiler is rarely used thanks to the system.

On Monday night, Dauncey gave a presentation at the College of the Rockies for the public.

For more information on SolarBC’s initiatives, go to www.solarbc.ca.

MBSS student wins awards Continued from page 1 Khosroshahy did an internship at the Townsman last year, as she was interested in working in newspapers. However, she may be headed in a different direction, with recent news of her acceptance into one of Canada’s most prestigious universities.

“I just got into McGill (Thursday),” she said, excited. “So I think that I’m going to study political science and international development studies. After I did the internship, I was thinking of studying journalism, but now I’m thinking about law, international law.”

But that doesn’t mean her interest in the written word or the captured image has weaned.

“I’m hoping to be involved in all sorts of

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magazines and other stuff going on at McGill,” she said.

To read some of Khosroshahy’s work, go to www.huffingtonpost. com/paniz-khosroshahy.

Museum speaker event postponed The museum event on Tuesday, April 23 featuring Professor Jack Lohman, jointly hosted by the Ktunaxa Nation and Cranbrook Archives Museum and Landmark Foundation, has been cancelled.

The event will now be held on Wednesday, June 19 at noon at the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel. Tickets are $20, available at the Ktunaxa Nation Government Building, the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel, and the Cranbrook and District Chamber of Commerce.

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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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The Cranbrook and District Chamber of Commerce held its annual Business Excellence Awards on Saturday, April 20, at the St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino. Kyla Cornish and D’arcy Kennedy served as Masters of Ceremonies, The Good Ol’ Goats (sponsored by Pacific Coastal) provided entertainment, lights and sound by PB Pro Audio. Around 200 people enjoyed the famous Asian feast and took in the ceremony. Photos by Barry Coulter unless otherwise noted

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The Good Ol’ Goats won the award for Newsmaker of the Year (sponsored by the Cranbrook Daily Townsman and the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group). Left to right: Julian Bueckert, Theo Moore, Angus MacDonald, Barry Coulter (Townsman), Nolan Ackert, Jeff Johnson (Jim Pattison Broadcast Group), Joelle Winkel and Angus Liedke.

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The Bumble Tree won the award for Retail Business of the Year, sponsored by The Baker Street Mall and the Tamarack Centre. Brenda Blair (left) and Cristina Borgogelli (right) presented the award to Megan Lescanec.

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Spring Honda won the awards for Customer Service Excellence and Business Person of the Year. Mary Quinn, representing the Banking Association of Cranbrook, presented the latter award to David Spring (left) and Corey Spring.

Kootenay Granite won for Most Improved Business. Keith Powell (left) of Koocanusa Publications presented the award to Rick Klassen.

Living Stones Developments won for Company of the Year (16-plus employees).

Allyson Blake (left) of St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino presented the award to Dennis Hockley.

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The Cranbrook Farmer’s Market took Tourism Excellence Award, presented by the College of the Rockies. Left to right: Jody Murdoch and Erna Jensen Shill of the Farmer’s Market Society and Douglas McLachlan of COTR.

Sweet Gestures Chocolate Shoppe won the award for Company of the Year (1-15 employees), represented by Deb Smithurst (centre left) and Michelle Shypitka (centre right). The award was presented by the Downtown Business Association, represented by Laurie Goodlad (left) of Muriel and Jane’s General Store and Janice Sommerfeld of Snap (right).

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Core Fitness won Entrepreneurial Spirit Award, presented by Community Futures. Left to right: Janice Alpine of Community Futures, Christie Kennedy and Marsha Blom of Core Fitness.

MJ’s Floral Design won Marketer of the Year Award, presented by the Kootenay Advertiser. Darcy Wiebe of the Advertiser presented to Robyn Hansen (left) and Becky McArthur of MJ’s.

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Opinion/Events Letters to the Editor

“CLC” In response to Mr. Larry Hall’s letter (Excessive Taxation – Townsman, April 17, 2013), I wish to offer my comments on a few points raised.

In setting the municipal budget and tax rates, Council’s first priority is to deliver the range of municipal services provided by the City in the most cost effective manner possible. As such, the budget process is an extensive undertaking of both Council and City staff. In terms of deciding which projects will be factored into the budget, Council goes to great lengths to balance the diverse range of services sought by residents with available resources. As local tax payers ourselves, all of Council and City staff strive to provide a well-balanced, cost effective budget for the benefit of all citizens.

The real challenge in Cranbrook is that for every $200,000 of new money needed for improvements to our city, taxes increase by one per cent. To redo sewer and waterlines, rebuild and repave one block in Cranbrook can cost $500,000. Council is in the process of approving a 4.2 per cent increase in taxes for residential property owners which represent about $28 per $100,000 of assessed value. The residents of Cranbrook were invited to provide input on this increase, and we received only two letters in response, one of which was from Mr. Hall.

Municipalities are required by law to do five year financial plans, and to list major projects and new initiatives that city staff and Council believe are important, along

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with what tax increases would be required to deliver all of those projects. For example, in 2010 the Five Year Plan approved by the Mayor and Council of the day projected a tax increase of 8.35 per cent for 2012.

In the end we approved a rate that was about half of what had been proposed, and I expect that this trend will continue.

The larger issue is that municipal governments only get an average of eight cents of every dollar of taxes collected by all levels of government while providing many services important to our citizens on a daily basis. The Federal government gets 50 cents and the Province 42 cents. However, municipalities are responsible for 65 per cent of all infrastructure in Canada.

With regard to Mr. Hall’s comments on the request of Naomi Johnston (Townsman February 25) regarding the installation of handrails in Western Financial Place, Council and staff appreciate the concerns raised by the public toward those with mobility challenges maneuvering up and down the stairs at the facility.

Western Financial Place was built with these concerns in mind and has numerous locations that have been designated for persons with disabilities and/or mobility challenges.

As indicated to Ms. Johnston in March 2013 by Stacy Paulsen, our Facility Operations Manager, we will not be adding hand railings to the stairs at Western Financial Place as the Fire Department has significant concerns due to the staircases being too narrow to accommodate such modifications. The cost of providing hand rails throughout Western Financial Place

would be significant and remember that $200,000 of additional costs means increasing taxes by one per cent. We strongly encourage all persons that are experiencing difficulties with the stairs to utilize the designated areas for persons with disabilities or mobility challenges.

We were very pleased this year to have a number of people attend our budget meetings to better understand the challenges and appreciate the detailed discussion that takes place. I guess we could call this group Citizens Learning about Cranbrook.

In the end Council works to balance the desire to improve Cranbrook while limiting tax increases. It is our hope that by doing so it will result in what we most desire – Citizens Loving Cranbrook!

Mayor Wayne Stetski City of Cranbrook

Fraggle Rock I and everyone I know loves to see the Fraggle Rock sign on the left hand side as you are leaving Cranbrook just past the first rest stop. It is just simply great to see and is so reminiscent of my kids when they were young — what a great show!

What puzzles me is who in the world takes the sign down, and why? Please leave it alone when it shows back up and thank you to whoever puts it back up; it is very good of you to do so.

John Nesbitt Cranbrook

The Battle for Burma

ast month, as the anti-Muslim violence in Burma spread from Rakhine state in western Burma to the central Burmese city of Meiktila, Aung San Suu Kyi sat among the generals on the reviewing stand as the Burmese army marched past on Armed Forces Day. She is seen as a saint by many people — but she didn’t say anything about Meiktila, where just days before at least 40 people were killed and 12,000 made homeless.

She hasn’t condemned the far greater violence against the Muslim Rohingyas of Rakhine state during the past year either, but there she had at least the flimsy excuse that this group are portrayed by the military regime as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. The military regime even revoked their Burmese citizenship in 1982, and they have never got it back.

The claim that the Rohingyas are foreigners is a despicable lie — the first written mention of Rohingyas in Rakhine dates back to 1799 — but Aung San Suu Kyi didn’t say that. She just murmured that “We have to be very clear about what the laws of citizenship are and who are entitled to them.” Meiktila, however, was different.

The Muslims of Meiktila, who make up a third of the city’s population, are not Rohingya, and there is no question about their Burmese citizenship. There is a large military base in Meiktila, and yet for two days the army did not intervene to protect the Muslims. And once again, Aung San Suu Kyi did not condemn what was hap-

pening. What is going on here?

There is a long game being played in Burma, and we will not know its outcome until the national elections scheduled for 2015. The officer who launched a democratic transition after he became president in 2011, General Thein Sein, seems willing to return the country to civilian control after fifty years of military rule — but Gwynne he certainly intends to retain a major role for the Dyer army in Burma’s politics.

Thein Sein’s main motive for withdrawing the military from power is probably to end the country’s pariah status. As a result of the brutal and corrupt rule of the generals, Burma has long been the poorest country in the region. But there are several reasons why he would want to keep the army’s influence high.

One reason is that his fellow generals would overthrow him if he did not protect them from future prosecution for their past crimes. Another is that the army is obsessed with maintaining Burma’s unity.

Only two-thirds of the country’s 60 million people are actually ethnic Burmese, living mostly in the Irrawaddy river basin. All around the frontiers are large ethnic minorities — Shan, Karen, Mon, Kachin — most of which have fought against the centralising policies of the military dictatorship in the past.

The military don’t believe that a strictly civilian government would be tough enough to hold the country together, so they have no intention of giving up power completely. As things stand now, howev-

er, that is precisely what will happen: in last year’s by-elections, Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy won 43 out of 44 parliamentary seats at stake.

The military’s candidates would be simply wiped out in the 2015 elections.

The army has to find some way to make itself more popular politically, and the obvious way is to position itself as the defender of Burmese unity against treacherous minorities. Then it might win support from the majority population — or so it clearly believes.

The real separatists are way up on the frontiers of the country, far from the view of the majority population — but the Muslim (five per cent), Chinese (2.5 per cent) and Indian (1.5 per cent) minorities live right amongst the ethnic Burmese majority. So far only the Muslims have been targeted, but there is reason to suspect that the military were implicated even in the first outbreak of anti-Rohingya violence in Rakhine.

There is no doubt that the army is now complicit in anti-Muslim violence elsewhere in Burma. The military are clearly hoping that Aung San Suu Kyi will speak out in defence of the Muslim Burmese, and thereby lose her popular support among the highly nationalistic majority.

Knowing this, she has chosen to remain silent, presumably thinking that all this can be fixed after she wins the 2015 election. This is almost certainly a mistake.

At some point in the next two years, Aung San Suu Kyi is going to have to decide which way she wants to go.

Gwynne Dyer is an international journalist based in London.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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UPCOMING Kimberley District Heritage Society/Museum meeting April 23rd at 7 pm in the Museum/library building. Please Use REAR ENTRANCE. Members and Public Welcome!

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.

2013 FREE PUBLIC SWIM Wednesday, May 1st, 5:00-6:00 PM is sponsored by Kootenay Monument Installations.

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

Home Grown Music Society is pleased to present The Clover Point Drifters from Victoria on Friday, May 3 at Centre 64 at 8:00 pm. Tickets at Lotus Books, the Snowdrift Cafe & Centre 64 in Kimberley.

Home Grown Music Society presents the last Coffee House of this season on Saturday, May 4 at Centre 64 at 8:00 pm. Tickets at the Snowdrift Cafe & Centre 64 in Kimberley.

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.

International day of the midwife celebration at the Studio Stage Door May 5 at 700pm. Come watch the documentary ‘Birth Story’ and stay after for snacks and a Q&A with some of our area midwives. Admission by donation.

May 8th. Kimberley Garden Club Mayl Meeting program: Deer Proofing Your Yard. Selkirk High School Library 7-9 pm. New members welcome. For more info: Nola 250-427-1948.

Sat. May 11th, GoGo Grannies hosts their Annual Glitz & Glamour Event. Good food, good company and sale of gently used jewelry and accessories, silent and live auction. Heritage Inn from 11am 2pm. Tickets at Lotus Books or Jane Facey at 250-426-7540.

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

The Cranbrook Senior Floor Curling is looking for new members. Curling is Monday and Wednesday afternoons, upstairs in the Curling Rink. Info: Dave at 250-426-5387.

KIMBERLEY North Star Quilters meet 2nd and 4th Monday of each month at 7pm downstairs Centennial Hall, 100 4th Avenue. Everyone welcome. Info: Carol at 250-427-7935 or Joan at 250-427-4046.

Learn to Fish @ Kootenay Trout Hatchery! Come on out to the hatchery pond for this opportunity – great for all ages.

Call now to book a session (250) 429-3214. Open now through the end of August! Tours also available.

Tai Chi Moving Meditation every Wednesday 3-4 pm at Centre 64. Starts November 7th. Call Adele 250-427-1939.

Special Olympics BC – Kimberley/Cranbrook now has an Active Start! Active Start is for children with intellectual disabilities ages 2-6, teaching basic motor skills through fun, positive experiences.Thursdays, 10-11am at Kimberley Aquatic Centre ** Transportation available. Call Julia 427.3324 or Cyra 250.919.0757 Cranbrook Senior Centre, Branch 11 holding their meetings every third Thursday a month. 1:30pm at the hall. We always welcome new members.

Play and Learn Parenting/Literacy Program – 8 week registered program for parents with preschool children with a facilitated play and activity component for children.

Kimberley Early Learning Centre Kim 250-427-4468.

StrongStart BC - FREE family drop-in program for preschoolaged children accompanied by a parent. Kimberley Early Learning Centre. Monday 9 - 12, Tuesday 9 - 12, Thursday 9 – 12, Friday 9 - 12. Gina 250-427-5309.

Treehouse—Families with children 5 & under are invited to come play. Free drop-in program in gym of Kimberley Early Learning Centre. Transportation avail. Tuesdays, 9:00 - 12:00. Diana 250-427-0716.

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.

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LNG: Clark’s ‘invisible friend Third in a series on party platforms.

The B.C. Liberal Party deserves credit for releasing its policy book in full on the eve of the formal election campaign.

That’s about the only positive thing to be said about it.

For those who take the time to read party leader Christy Clark’s 40-page booklet, there are a few nuggets of news. For instance, a re-elected B.C. Liberal government would continue its justice reform agenda by moving traffic ticket disputes out of courtrooms, as they did with impaired driving cases.

Most of it consists of glowing descriptions of the government’s 12-year record, and attacks on the NDP of the kind that are not normally seen in a platform. This is consistent with Clark’s style since she was anointed party leader two years ago.

The main focus, as revealed in February’s throne speech, is a plan to pay off B.C.’s growing debt and perhaps even get rid of the provincial sales tax with an Alberta-style “prosperity fund” from liquefied natural gas exports.

Whether this is from imposing a new export tax on LNG or simply from a windfall of gas royalties is not clear. Clark and her energy minister contradicted each

other on that when it was announced, and the platform doesn’t shed any new light. All we have is a big logo on the side of Clark’s campagn bus declaring “DEBT FREE B.C.” As I’ve written before, there is plenty of real evidence of a huge new LNG industry in the making. As BC VIEWS for paying off the $60 billion debt that the B.C. Liberals’ Tom pre-election budget predicts Fletcher will keep growing, cartoonist Adrian Raeside summed it up best: LNG revenues are “Christy Clark’s invisible friend.”

Clark finished up last week with stops in Terrace and Prince Rupert, promising an LNG windfall for local governments as well.

She repeated the platform’s attack line that the NDP are going to wreck the trillion-dollar LNG boom with a Quebec-style moratorium on “fracking” to extract gas from deep shale formations.

That’s not an outright lie, but it’s almost as speculative as Clark’s notions of a 30year windfall that could at best barely start during the next four-year term.

The NDP are not calling for a moratorium on natural gas production. They’re calling for yet another “review,” one of many vague, wobbly positions that have been adopted by both dominant parties.

An earlier premier named Glen Clark

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became famous for “freezing” things like ferry fares and car insurance rates. Now Christy Clark is “freezing” personal income tax rates for five years, and carbon tax rates too. That implies she’s planning to win this election and the next one, at a time when it is unclear whether she can even hold her own seat in Vancouver-Point Grey.

The B.C. Liberals will cut small business taxes by a point, some time in the next five years. They will also increase income tax on large businesses and personal income of more than $150,000, but that’s not mentioned in their platform, since it goes against 12 years of their policy as a government.

• A clarification of last week’s column on the B.C. Conservative platform. Leader John Cummins informs me his plan to phase out the carbon tax does not include reversing the personal and business income tax rate reductions that were legislated as the fuel tax reached its current level.

The platform asserts that total provincial revenues will continue to rise in the next four years, despite the uncompensated loss of $1 billion from the carbon tax.

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CAN’T TOUCH THIS: Conor Sinclair fends off a check from Graysen Spring during a bantam team practice for the Cranbrook Minor Lacrosse Association on Monday night. The Association has been practicing for the past few weeks and games will get started this weekend within the Southern Alberta Lacrosse Association. The Bantams have a bye week, as Kole Tait, Conor Sinclair, Kortlen Tschetters and Matt Barzilay are all off to Armstrong to try out for Team Interior, which could eventually lead to a spot on the Team B.C. roster.

EKVC brings home the medals TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor

Two U14 girls volleyball teams from the East Kootenay Volleyball Club have returned from a tournament in Edmonton with some impressive results, hauling back some gold and bronze medals.

The top tier ‘A’ team, coached by Fred Searle and Jodie Charlton, burned through the opposition to finish in first place, while the ‘B’ team lost a heartbreaker in the semifinal, but made up

for it with a bronze medal at the Alberta Volleyball Association provincial tournament this past weekend.

The coaches for the ‘B’ team weren’t able to make it out over the weekend, but they got some college-level help to make up for it.

Brian Millis, the assistant coach for the women’s College of the Rockies Avalanche volleyball team, stepped in and provided guidance for the U14 squad.

“They called me and

said, ‘We need a coach and your name came up,’” said Millis. “I didn’t have anything going on, so I went to two or three practices and came home with a lot more than I expected.”

His girls competed in a pool of 18 teams, and played eight games over the two-day tournament.

“They were definitely drained by the end of the weekend,” said Millis.

The squad played their way to a win and two losses in round

robin, which seeded them against a firstranked team in another pool for a cross-over game.

The East Kootenay girls then pulled off a dramatic upset, according to Millis.

Facing a 21-10 deficit in the second set, the girls rallied after Katie Rodgers served 10 in a row, as the team came back to win the set 2624.

The girls then cruised through the Lethbridge Volleyball Club and beat

them in straight sets in the quarter finals, setting up a semifinal date with a team from Grande Prairie.

It was a tough game, and the EKVC ended up losing in straight sets, which prevented an appearance in the final.

However, it pitted them against the St. Albert Saints for dibs on the bronze medal, and the club came through with a strong finish, winning the remaining two sets after dropping their opener.

Canada hammers Swiss 10-1 at U18 tournament C ANADIAN PRESS

SOCHI, Russia - Canada used a balanced scoring attack in a 10-1 rout of Switzerland on Monday to remain unbeaten at the IIHF under-18 world championship.

Josh Morrissey of the Prince Albert Raiders and Laurent Dauphin of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens scored two goals apiece to help Canada improve to 3-0 in preliminary-round play. Six other players scored for Canada and Spencer Martin of the Mississauga Steelheads made 20

saves for the win.

“All four lines competed very hard and we kind of wore the Swiss down as the game progressed,” said head coach Don Hay. “So I was just really happy with the total team effort.”

Canada had a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes and put the game away with six goals in the second period.

Zach Nastasiuk of the Owen Sound Attack, Sam Bennett of the Kingston Frontenacs, Morgan Klimchuk of the Regina Pats, Nick Bap-

tiste of the Sudbury Wolves, Dillon Heatherington of the Swift Current Broncos and Sam Reinhart of the Kootenay Ice had Canada’s other goals.

Canada opened the tournament last week with a 4-1 win over Slovakia and followed it up with a 3-1 victory over Germany. Canada will play undefeated Sweden on Tuesday in the preliminary-round finale for both teams.

“I think we’ve gotten better each game and that’s a real positive situation for us to be going

into the next game against the Swedes with,” Hay said.

Denis Malgin had the lone goal for Switzerland.

Swiss netminder Nicola Aeberhard was pulled after the second period and replaced by Ludovic Waeber. Aeberhard stopped 15 of 23 shots while Waeber stopped 10 of the 12 shots he faced.

Quarter-final play is set to begin Thursday and the medal games are scheduled for Sunday.

The tournament is

being played on two 2014 Olympic rinks.

Canada is in Group B with Slovakia, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden at the 7,000-seat Shayba Arena. The defending champion Americans and host Russia are in Group A with Latvia, Finland and the Czech Republic at the 12,000seat Bolshoy Ice Dome.

The United States is looking for a fifth straight gold medal at the event.

Canada won gold in 2003 and 2008 but then was out of the medals until winning bronze last year.

EDMONTON - A debate could be brewing over the fate of a statue of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky that stands outside Edmonton’s Northlands Coliseum.

The city has struck a deal with the Katz Group, owner of the Edmonton Oilers of the NHL, to build a new arena in the downtown area.

A clause in the master agreement says if there are no objections, the statue of the former Oiler would be moved to the new arena.

But Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel isn’t so sure.

He says he thinks the statue belongs on the land where it sits and shouldn’t be moved.

He also notes the deal isn’t yet written in stone, so the clause pertaining to the statue might not stay in the master agreement.

“We have to be respectful of where it is and respectful of the environment where it sits now,” said Mandel.

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Nick Markakis singles home game-winner in 9th to lift Orioles over Blue Jays 2-1

BALTIMORE - Nick Markakis singled home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Baltimore Orioles a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.

Toronto reliever Aaron Loup (1-2) began the ninth by hitting Chris Davis with a pitch. After a sacrifice bunt, Steve Pearce popped out and Nolan Reimould received an intentional walk before Alexi Casilla reached on a throwing error by shortstop Munenori Kawasaki that loaded the bases.

Markakis then sliced an 0-2 pitch to the opposite field near the left-field line.

Jim Johnson (1-1) worked a perfect ninth for the Orioles, now 5-2 on a nine-game homestand that ends Wednesday.

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QMJHL’s Armada releases Devils’ prospect Matteau after deserting team

BOISBRIAND, Que. - The Blainville-Boisbriand Armada released New Jersey Devils prospect Stefan Matteau on Monday for deserting the team following a playoff game.

General manager Joel Bouchard said the club had to uphold its rules and values even when it is in the midst of a playoff series. The Armada trail the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 2-0 in a best-of-seven Quebec Major Junior Hockey League semifinal series.

The move was surprising because Matteau’s father, former NHL forward Stephane Matteau, is an assistant coach with the Armada and will remain in his job.

Reportedly unhappy with his ice time, 19-yearold Stefan Matteau did not get on the team bus after a loss in Baie-Comeau, Que., on Sunday, but rode back home on a fan bus instead.

“We demand two things from all our players - to play with effort in the team system and to be a good, respectful teammate,” said Bouchard, who added it was not the first time Matteau has been in trouble.

“We’ve told him several times that his behaviour was unacceptable in our organization and we often had to call him on the carpet this season.”

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You are direct and know what to do. A problem might not be resolved despite your focus and direction, as others could be confused. You know what is workable and achievable. News from a distance could be disconcerting, but you will gain some insight. Tonight: Play it easy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You could be busy attempting to turn a situation around. Your style of communication is direct, and it will take you down a new path if you are willing to take the risk. You seem to be lucky, no matter which way you turn.

Make and return calls. Tonight: You choose.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Basics do count. You need to move forward and touch base with a person who can be unpredictable at times. Realize what is happening with a boss or an authority figure. Could this person also have issues with his or her own rules and regulations? Tonight: In the limelight.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Honor who you are and make an additional effort, should you hit a difficult or trying time. Something unpredictable could occur when you least expect it. You might be caught in an either/or position and left with no choice but to push a friend away. Tonight: Take a deep breath.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You understand much more than you realize about a situation and those involved. Your resourcefulness comes out, but you’ll need to focus in order to find an answer. Others test your patience and your ability to follow through on what counts.

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Listen to an idea that several key people like. Tonight: Reach out for more information.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You might want to see a problem from a different viewpoint.

Brainstorm with someone who has wild ideas. You could gain a new perspective by hearing different takes on a situation. Opportunities head your way when you remain receptive. Tonight: Not to be found.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You might want to think in terms of the group. The unexpected occurs when dealing with a child, a new passion or an unfinished project. You could get feedback about the fact that you are reading the tea leaves incorrectly. Revise your thinking.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You have been known to say exactly what you think. Information that comes forward might not make any sense. Remain upbeat in your search for answers.

Let go of previous judgments.

Push comes to shove regarding a major change. Tonight: Catch up on others’ news.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Work with someone directly, and ask for more feedback. Your ability to move past an immediate problem with this person’s help will shock many people. A child or family member clearly wishes you only the best and supports you in your choices.

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by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Dear Annie: Did you know that an estimated 16 million youth participate in volunteer activities in the U.S. every year, and that by volunteering, these young people will perform better in school? These amazing kids do everything from collecting stuffed animals for children who are victims of tragedy to creating sustainable gardens in urban communities. All of these remarkable youth have a common goal: to raise awareness and solve the problems facing the world today.

To celebrate their ingenuity, idealism and passion, please remind your readers that the 25th Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) will take place April 26-28, 2013. Last year, young people around the world came together and participated in nearly 4,500 projects. Additionally, thousands of community partners in more than 106 countries brought together millions of young people to strengthen their communities through the power of youth service. For more information, your readers can visit www.GYSD. org. Sincerely -- Steven A. Culbertson President and CEO Youth Service America Dear Steven Culbertson: Thanks so much for letting us once again mention Global Youth Service Day. Young people all over the world do such fantastic and helpful volunteer work, not only on this day, but every day of the year.

Global Youth Service Day provides more opportunities for everyone to get involved. We hope all of our readers, young and old, teachers and students, will check out your website.

Dear Annie: My husband is 75 and seems fit and able. The problem is, he likes to fix the doors to our pool cage in the open position. The first time he did it, I went ballistic, pointing out the liability: There are children in this neighborhood who could wander in and easily drown in our pool. I said I would leave if he did it again.

Yesterday, he did it again. So, I’m thinking he wants me to leave.

What recourse do I have when my husband seems mentally fit but begins to exhibit such terrible behaviors? I’m fairly sure he would pass a mental competency test, if I could get him to take one. Is this abuse? Should I find a lawyer?

How do I do that? -- Sarasota, Fla. Dear Sarasota: This doesn’t sound like abuse, but we agree that your husband may not be as mentally competent as he outwardly appears.

Does your local police department or neighborhood association issue fines for leaving pool gates open? If so, report your husband and ask them to give him a citation. You also could purchase a new lock to which only you have the key. Then talk to your husband and ask what’s going on. If he wants you to leave, you can find a lawyer through your state or county bar association. But also, please suggest he get a complete checkup.

Dear Annie: “Disgusted” was annoyed with charities that send little gifts to guilt him into sending money. Here are my suggestions: Always check a charity’s privacy policy before you donate. Some of the best charities sell their mailing lists. Do NOT give your name and address if you don’t know their privacy policy. If you want to donate, send a money order. They still get the donation, you still get a tax receipt, and you maintain your privacy.

Check with Charity Navigator (charitynavigator.org) to find out how much of a charity’s money goes toward its purpose as compared to administrative costs.

If the charity includes a stamped envelope, fold up every piece of paper they sent, cram it in there and put the following message near your name: “Delete this address from your mailing list. Do not sell, trade, share or otherwise distribute this address with any other mailing list.”

We spent a lot of time and effort cleaning up my mother-in-law’s mail. For every worthwhile charity she donated to, there were about a dozen scummy ones. Good charities are out there, but be cautious. -- Mom’s Mail Clerk 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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TORONTO, Ontario â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Two terror suspects who were arrested for allegedly plotting to attack a Via passenger train received â&#x20AC;&#x153;direction and guidanceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; from al-Qaida elements in Iran, the RCMP said Monday.

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imminent threat to the general public, rail employees, train passengers or infrastructure,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; RCMP Assistant Commissioner James Malizia said at a news conference.

Dubbed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Project Smooth,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; the investigation was part of a cross-border operation involving Canadian law enforcement agencies, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Police said the suspects were conspiring to derail a passenger train but refused to elaborate beyond saying the plot had the â&#x20AC;&#x153;direction and guidanceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; from al-Qaida elements in Iran. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now I can tell you that there is no information to indicate that these attacks were state-sponsored,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Malizia said.

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The two men are charged with conspiring to carry out an attack against, and conspiring to murder, persons unknown for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a terrorist group.

Authorities declined to provide further details about the two suspects, but a spokeswoman for the University of Sherbrooke told The Canadian Press that Esseghaier studied there in 2008-2009.

More recently, he has been doing doctoral research at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, a spokeswoman at the training university confirmed.

A Linked In page says a man with Esseghaierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name and academic background helped author a number of biology research papers, including on HIV and cancer detection. The page carries a photo of a black flag inscribed with the Islamic declaration of faith.

The arrests come only four months after two young Canadians were found among militants killed in a terrorist siege at a gas plant in Algeria. The siege killed at least 38 hostages and 29 militants, including Ali Medlej and Xristos Katsiroubas, two high

school friends from London, Ont. Authorities said Monday the latest arrests were not related to the Algerian attack or last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Boston Marathon bombings.

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said the arrests show that terrorism continues to be a real threat to Canada. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The success of Operation SMOOTH is due to the fact that Canada works very closely with international partners to combat terrorism,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said in the House of Commons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canada will not tolerate terrorist activity and we will not be used as a safe haven for terrorists or those who support terrorist activity.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson congratulated the RCMP on the arrests, saying they were the result of extensive cross-border co-operation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dedicated professionals on both sides of the border brought these arrests to fruition, and I thank them for their service and hard work,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jacobson said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all need to remain vigilant in confronting threats and keeping North America safe and secure.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The two suspects are expected to appear in court Tuesday.

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CALGARY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A new campaign aimed at raising awareness of the issue of sexual consent is targeting the perpetrator.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Be THAT Guyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; campaign focuses its attention on men with poster messages such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not sex... when sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passed outâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not sex....when

sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wasted.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Danielle Aubry, the executive director of Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse, says the messages need to be blunt in order to hold offenders accountable.

She says 85 per cent of sexual assaults are committed by someone who is known to the victim.

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