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The fate of the MacLean Annex discussed

First it was Powder Magazine, then it was the New York Times, now yet another major U.S. media outlet has focussed its lens on the little mountain town that is gaining a big reputation.

The trend continues as USA Today included Rossland in a feature photo montage, “Adventure Travel 2013: Top trips to emerging places.”

While to local residents it may seem like a familiar neighbour and popular recreational hub, Rossland is included in the article with such

exotic locales as Ladkh (India), Myanmar, Guyana, Namibia, and Phangan (Thailand).

In the most recent USA Today piece, the caption for the photo Katkov that featured the snow covered slopes of Red

Mountain Resort cited the Grey Mountain ski lift expansion and Rossland’s “Flagship Seven Summits” mountain biking trail as particular draws to the area.

Howard Katkoff, president and CEO of Red Resort, said the attention was not by accident.

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or over 100 years Rosslanders have been making the trek north to the hills of the Rossland Range to recreate and commune with the country.

It has been Rossland’s playground for generations, a veritable cornucopia of backcountry bliss, baptizing wanna-be Rosslanders and compelling them to move to the city to mine the diamonds of the magical mountains.

People have enjoyed skiing, snowshoeing, cross country skiing and hiking the terrain of the Rossland Range for years, eliciting a groundswell from the community and visitors alike to place very high value on the terrain and the chain of small day-use shelters that dot it around the Nancy Greene Pass.

And for a good chunk of that time Rosslanders have been trying to convince the provincial government to also recognize the value of the range, not just as a playground for the locals, but as a major attraction in keeping Rossland viable.

People move here because of the hills north of the city and the quality of what they find in those hills, said Les Carter, a member of the Friends of Rossland Range Society (FORRS).

And it was with that sentiment that FORRS—a registered non-profit society with a significant history of stewardship of natural and community interests—was formed several years ago to find a way to protect and preserve the area in the face of significantly increasing usage.

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UPCOMING YOUR ROSSLAND EVENTS CALENDAR

Until Aug. 24 • THE GOLDEN TICKET This is Rossland’s heritage package and includes admission to the Rossland Historical Museum and site tour, as well as The Gold Fever Follies. It includes great discounts at 11 participating Rossland merchants. The Rossland Museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday and seven days a week this month and into August. Site tours start at 10:30 a.m. with the last tour at 3:30 p.m.

(4:30 p.m. after July 1). The Follies run Tuesday to Saturday with two shows daily: 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. until Aug. 24. Tickets available at the museum (cash/ debit/credit) and Café Books West and at the Follies shows (cash only). Tickets are adults $18, senior/ students $13, children $9.

Wednesday, Aug. 14 • AT THE MUSEUM Do you know Where the Wild Things are? From 3-7 p.m. at the Rossland Museum kids of all ages are invited to this free (by donation) event to discover wildlife. In partnership with Wild Safe BC, the museum will have interactive displays on local species and wild life. This is planned to include large mammals, reptiles, birds, insects as well as invasive species of plants. Plans include a barbeque and marshmallow roast with stories.

Thursday, Sept. 5 • HISTORICAL LECTURE SERIES The first of a three lecture series which will feature local historians at the Rossland Museum. The first is on Sept. 5 at 6 p.m. More details will be added as speaking engagements are confirmed. This is timed to get people in the spirit for Golden City Days. By donation. For audience from teenagers to senior citizens.

Friday, Sept. 6 - Sunday, Sept. 8 • GOLDEN CITY DAYS Weekend festival celebrating Rossland’s gold-mining history. Parade, sports events, children’s games and inflatable fun park, pancake breakfast, local musicians and vocalists, food and craft vendors, beer garden, Fall Fair activities and displays, outhouse races, Stake Your Claim, and more. Watch for schedules of events in Rossland stores in late August.

Saturday, Sept. 7 • GOLDEN CITY DAYS PARADE Start planning your entry for Saturday, Sept. 7. Enter a decorated float, play music, wear costumes, sing, dance, or walk the streets while showcasing your business or group.

Entry forms on Facebook, Bhubble, and Rossland Chamber website.

Monday, Sept. 9 • ROSSLAND GIRL GUIDES Registration night for Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers will be held Sept. 9, 7 p.m. at the Rossland Library to meet the leaders and find out about plans for the upcoming year. There is an opening for a new leader for the Sparks program. Inquiries: contact Lori Heximer (heximer@telus.net) or Rachel Moore (rachel.tim. moore@gmail.com).

Ongoing Gold Fever Follies Performances take place from June 29 to Aug. 24.

Showings are at 3 pm and 7:30 pm, Tuesday through Saturday. This year’s new show is called A job well done, a brand new comedy by Kate Eldridge with music by Harris Anderson.

Rossland Mountain Market The market has started and runs until Sept. 26 on Thursdays from 3-6 p.m. The market is located downtown on Queen Street next to the Credit Union.

The slogan is “Make it, Bake it, Grow it!” and features fresh produce, baked treats, artisan goods and live music. If you would like to be a vender please visit: www.rosslandfood.com or email rosslandmountainmarket@gmail.com.

Rossland Library Summer Reading Program The program started and is for ages 6-8 on Tuesday and Thursday from 1-2:30 p.m. and ages 9-12 are on Tuesdays from 3-4:30 p.m. Tuesday Teen Nights are from 6:30-8 p.m. with movies, games and crafts.

Afternoon at the movies is Aug. 21 at 4 p.m. and movies and a snack are included.

Tell your community what’s happening. Send photos, stories, event listings, upcoming activities and regular group meetings to editor@rosslandnews.com or submit your listing on our website www.rosslandnews.com

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agic and mystery melded with history in the Rossland Historical Museum’s Midsummer Night’s Party July 31 evening as music, outdoor games for kids, fortune telling, a jumble sale/car boot sale and dancing as well as a barbeque took place.

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A Midsummer Night’s Party

Above: Children playing hand hold tag on the museum grounds during the event.

Left: Fiddler Gabe Mann with Sparky Steeves. In the background, Les Carter.

Below: The mysterious Zelda (right, aka, RSS 2013 graduate Maddie Taylor-Greg) and her assistant Alex Wallis.

UPCOMING • On Aug. 14 the museum will be hosting “Do you know Where the Wild Things Are?” a partnership with WildSafe BC and the Rossland Public Library. People of all ages are invited to this free (by donation) event to discover wildlife.

The museum will have interactive displays on local species and wild life. This is planned to include large mammals, reptiles, birds, insects as well as invasive species of plants.

Plans include a barbeque and marshmallow roast with stories around the campfire to end the evening. It will be from 3-7 p.m. on the museum grounds.

• In September there is a free lecture series which will feature local historians at the museum. The first is on Sept. 5 at 6 p.m. This is timed to get people in the spirit for Golden City Days. By donation. For audience from teenagers to senior citizens.

Hit the trail with culture tour this weekend STAFF Rossland News

A cultural wonderland opens up this weekend.

The Columbia Basin Culture Tour takes place this weekend, Aug. 10-11 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.).

Self-directed and free of charge, the culture tour is a great opportunity to meet people behind the scenes at galleries and museums, visit studios not normally open, shop for original art or fine

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Before you hit the road, check out the profiles to see the special events that are happening at each location at http:// cbculturetour.com/profiles.htm.

There are two Rossland entries in the tour. Rossland artist Tricia Rasku will be opening her working studio for the Culture Tour. At Tricia’s busy studio there will be demonstrations for those of you who wish to know about weaving, spinning, felting, and the benefits of

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Joining the tour again this year is Alley Cat Glass Workshop in Rossland.

Owner Christy Holden describes her love of her craft: “A glass artist’s vision lies somewhere between the photon wave a scientist observes when light travels through glass, and the simple appreciation of shape and colour we feel for the glass we use and handle daily.”

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“If the city lost the use of the Annex, the gymnastics programs would cease to exist as it is dependent on having access to the gymnastics equipment,” read a city staff report to council at the time. “The city does not own a comparable building in which the gymnastics equipment could be moved into.

But the City of Rossland is temporarily out of the running for the building it once coveted, said councillor Jill Spearn, who advanced the motion initially.

“Council wasn’t all that interested in the Annex, but that is not to say we won’t consider it and other buildings as we proceed into a social planning session in the near future,” she said in an email. editor@rosslandnews.com

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The lower floor of the Annex is currently the Francophone School and houses approximately 50 students, children and administrators in dedicated classrooms.

The city’s recreation department shares the custodial expense, heat and lighting and telephone line expense with the Francophone school. But there is no access during weekends, Pro-D days, spring break, summer or Christmas due to custodial contract.

The recreation department places recreation programs into the Annex, including a social “gymnastics” program for toddlers and their parents.

The city also uses the Annex as backup for any program that uses the Maclean Field, if the weather turns nasty, and as backup when the Miners’ Union Hall is not available. The rec. department owns approximately $10,000 worth of gymnastics equipment permanently set up in the gym.

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The make over at the former high school is on track to make it habitable for primary students this fall, said School District 20 board of trustees’ chair Darrell Ganzert.

Some readjustments of schedules were made last month to put the project “on track,” he said.

Work is being done to the school to accommodate primary students, including washrooms (for smaller students), putting sinks in classrooms, re-purposing some rooms and sealing off some areas of the school.

The number of computer resoruce rooms will also be reduced to one.

“If you have many iPads they are much more flexible to use so chances are the school will lose a number of its computer rooms,” he said.

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The result of a June public session in Rossland to decide the fate of MacLean Elementary School and its associated Annex has narrowed the field of seven options for the two school structures.

The board of trustees for School District 20 is expected to be dealing with selling MacLean to the local French school, while the Annex will go up on the open market, two options out of the seven presented to a small gathering of Rosslanders in a public meeting in late June at MacLean.

The district still has not yet answered all questions arising out of the public meeting. The school board was required under its own bylaw to hold that public meeting to begin the process of the sale, and see what the community wished to do with the school.

The meeting marked the beginning of the formal process of deciding what to do with the MacLean Elementary School, the Annex building and its lands.

At the time the board intimated it was “prepared to receive input from Rosslanders” in the meeting, and included seven options being considered by the board, with pros and cons associated with them.

But the motion to sell the buildings has not gone to the

provincial government yet for their approval, said School District 20 board chair Darrell Ganzert.

In terms of how far the board has moved along those lines to sell is moot, said Ganzert, since the biggest concern is will the former RSS building be ready in September to accept primary students.

“We can’t tie our hands with a date right now,” he said.

Option A, to sell MacLean School to School District 93 (French school) is preferred by the board, while option B, to sell MacLean on the open market, is not.

Mark Wilson, the chair of SD20’s finance and facilities committee, said the building that currently houses the French school is on the market, unlike MacLean which is technically in the process of being sold, but won’t truly be offered for sale until students are adequately lodged in RSS. “And the French school will continue in that space for fall unless they come up with an option to purchase the whole school,” he said.

The board may eventually choose to dispose of the building and its site by passing three readings of a bylaw, with consultation around the potential disposal of the MacLean Annex building and site going on at the same time as MacLean.

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Gaming grants open for new applications TimoThy Schafer Rossland News

Nine Rossland organizations won in the last community gaming grant “sweepstakes” held by the province, and the call is out for applications in the latest round.

Organizations dedicated to public safety like volunteer fire departments, search and rescue societies and community policing groups are encouraged to apply for B.C. government community gaming grants by Aug. 31.

Last year, public safety organizations throughout B.C. shared over $7 million in community gaming grants. Public safety organizations provide diverse services in B.C. communities, while sharing a common commitment to pro-

tect people. Examples of Rossland groups supported through public safety community grants include: • Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club, $10,000 • L’Association Des Parents de L’Ecole des Sept-Sommets, parent advisory council, $800 • MacLean Elementary School PAC, $4,780 • Red Mountain Racers Society, $12,250 • Rossland and District Search and Rescue Society, public safety, $18,000 • Rossland Childcare Society, $16,900 • Rossland Gold Fever Follies Society, $10,000 • Rossland Senior Secondary PAC, $6,040 • Scouts Canada, 2nd Rossland,

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It was hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk for most of July in Greater Trail.

But if cooking wasn’t on the list, then chilling poolside probably was because July was two degrees warmer than average, and the hottest on record since 2007. Continued high pressure brought dry and very warm conditions, with 18 of the 31 days reaching temperatures exceeding 30 degrees, according to Ron Lakeman, forecaster for the Southeast Fire Centre. Canada Day kicked off the month with sun-filled celebrations in Trail, but the following day, (July 2) brought the hottest day with a temperature of 38.3 C. Although that is a new high for July 2, the monthly temperature on record remains 39.9, which was set on July 30, 2003. The heat wave let up only four days when much-needed rain doused one of the driest months on record.

An upper trough and its band of thundershowers on July 17, accounted for 70 per cent of the total rainfall (14 mm), explained Lakeman.

The overall rainfall was 18 mm, 35 per cent less 51 mm, the regular measurement recorded in July.

Pot down, heroin, meth on rise Marijuana possession cases still account for 60 per cent of drug violation reports to police in B.C., but the number of cases declined 10 per cent in 2012, according to new figures from Statistics Canada.

There were 25,432 police-reported incidents of drug offences in B.C. last year, a 7.4 per cent decline from 2011. Marijuana trafficking cases declined more than 20 per cent to 1,006 incidents, and importation and exportation of marijuana declined by 40 per cent. Marijuana growing cases declined 4.6 per cent, following a 28.6 per cent drop in 2011. Heroin possession cases jumped 30 per cent to 500, and heroin trafficking cases rose 37 per cent to 224 in 2012.

There were 653 reported cases of possession of methamphetamine (crystal meth), a 20 per cent increase over 2011, and 110 per cent more than 2009. The decline in B.C. marijuana cases comes as licensed medical marijuana production increases across North America. Colorado and Washington state voted to legalize sale to adults last year.

In July, Elections BC gave approval in principle for a petition drive aimed at decriminalizing marijuana possession in B.C. Marijuana activist Dana Larsen has formed a group called Sensible B.C., aimed at forcing a change to B.C. law that would prevent police resources from being used against simple possession.

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In 2012 the province increased the annual base budget for gaming grants by $15 million to $135 million per year into the future.

Gaming grants benefited over 5,000 local organizations across the province representing virtually every community.

Eligibility for community gaming grants includes agricultural fairs, local festivals and celebrations, heritage associations and museums, arts and culture, sports, environmental organizations, human and social services, public safety, parent advisory councils and district parent advisory councils.

Get smart FortisBC moves ahead with new smart meter plan for Rossland and Kootenay region STaff Rossland News

FortisBC has decided to move ahead with the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project, after receiving approval from the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) on July 23.

As part of the BCUC decision approving the AMI project, the commission directed FortisBC to submit an application providing an option for customers to receive an advanced meter with the wireless radio transmissions turned off if they pay the incremental cost of opting-out.

FortisBC has agreed to file an application by the Nov. 1, 2013 deadline providing details about the radio-off option, including fees charged to customers related to the incremental costs.

The process of exchanging the approximately 130,000 electricity meters throughout B.C.’s Southern Interior will start next year and is expected to be finished by the end of 2015.

The project affects only FortisBC’s electricity customers, and does not include changing gas meters anywhere in the province.

Advanced meters are similar in appearance to traditional meters, but are able to wirelessly transmit meter readings and other operational information such as power outages.

There will be fewer bill estimates, since electricity use information is available for any date.

Customers will know how much electricity they have used at any point during the billing period.

Customers will have more detailed electricity use information that will help them better understand their bill and manage electricity use.

For more information about advanced meters, customers can visit FortisBC’s AMI page at fortisbc.com/ami, or call our contact centre at 1-866-436-7874.

Project summary • FortisBC’s AMI project involves replacing about 130,000 electricity meters with new advanced meters across the FortisBC electricity service territory in B.C.’s Southern Interior.

• In order for these meters to communicate with FortisBC, a software infrastructure will be installed along with a communications network. During 2013, FortisBC plans to focus on building and testing the software components of the AMI project, which will continue into 2014. In late 2013, installation of the communications network is to begin. Advanced meters will be installed in 2014 and 2015.

• Advanced meters are comparable to traditional meters in size and shape.

• The main difference is their ability to communicate with FortisBC and provide near real-time electricity use information to customers.

• The information collected from advanced meters is similar to the information collected today by meter readers. However, advanced metering allows for more frequent updates of this information. The meters can also report in near real-time how much electricity a household is using, meaning customers can get a better sense of their electricity use.

• The actual switching of meters for FortisBC electricity customers will involve a brief service outage to allow FortisBC crews to safely remove the old meter and replace it with the new advanced meter.

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Performance audit begins on city policy TimoThy Schafer Rossland News

They came, they saw and they took a name.

On June 18 the Auditor General for Local Government (AGLG) held a “kick-off meeting” with City of Rossland chief administrative officer Cecile Arnott and members of city council.

This meeting was held to confirm the audit protocol, explain the audit process, answer any questions, share the initial lines of enquiry and confirm a key contact for the City of Rossland in order to complete the process.

The engagement protocol with local governments for performance audits requires that one key contact person is appointed from the city to liaise with the AGLG’s contact person for the performance audit, senior audit manager, Glenn Lewis.

Council appointed Arnott as the key contact person to liaise with the auditor general as outlined in the engagement protocol under the Auditor General for Local Government Act.

Council will also have opportunities throughout the performance audit to provide feedback and input.

The AGLG is expected to produce a draft Proposed Final Performance Audit report for council’s initial review and comments. This draft will include the AGLG’s findings, conclusions and recommendations.

Any changes proposed by Rossland will need to be supported by appropriate evidence. After considering comments from the Audit Council, the AGLG will finalize the Proposed Final Performance Audit Report.

The Proposed Final Performance Audit Report may be provided to the local government in advance of publication by the AGLG. The AGLG will provide the local government with the Final Performance Audit Report and then publish the report.

The audit comes after the City of Rossland’s tendering, contracting and project reporting practices were brought to light earlier this year.

The AGLG will wade into the tangle created when the city’s former building

IN BRIEF Teck testing prompts traffic disruption For those heading down the hill later this week there will be several traffic disruptions.

Teck Trail’s Groundwater Assessment and Remediation Program will be conducting testing further testing below the surface in the city’s downtown from Aug. 9-11.

Road closuresoccur across the city, including the Fortis parking lot at the east end of Farwell Street, Farwell Street outside Kootenay Savings Insurance, the alleyway behind the Riverbelle Restaurant (between Eldorado and Spokane Street), on Eldorado in front of the CIBC (between Bay and Cedar avenues) and on Pine Avenue just south of Farwell.

The program began in 2001 by the Trail-based company after groundwater under the Trail site was found to contain material from past activity.

Community change through collaboration A late fall symposium is offering the chance for people to reach out and connect with other Kootenayites.

People are invited to connect at the 2013 Columbia Basin Symposium, to be held Oct. 18-20 in Creston. The event will focus on “Community Change Through Collaborative Action” and is hosted by Columbia Basin Trust (CBT).

“Many of the complex issues facing our communities require collaboration across a broad range of organizations and agencies,” said Greg Deck, CBT board chair.

“The Symposium is an opportunity for Basin residents to network, learn ways to enhance collaborative efforts and mobilize the forces that will create a difference in our region.”

The keynote speaker will be Paul Born, president and co-founder of Tamarack: An Institute for Community Engagement, which helps people collaborate, and achieve collective impact on complex community issues.

He is the author of the bestselling Community Conversations: Mobilizing the Ideas, Skills and Passion of Community Organizations, Governments, Business and People.

Along with other presenters, the event will also feature Ray Bollman of the Rural Development Institute of Brandon University.

Ray is the former chief of the Rural Research Group of Statistics Canada and a focus of his research interests is the socio-economic aspects of rural populations.

The symposium will also be an opportunity to learn more about the work CBT is doing in the region and to provide input into its current planning initiatives.

In addition, an evening of cultural entertainment featuring local and Basin talent will be open to the public on Saturday evening.

Watch CBT’s website for details to come.

Symposium registration will open in early September and space is limited. The symposium is free of charge.

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inspector Jason Ward’s own company was able to bill the city $185,000 for arena renovations, unbeknownst to council.

In the coming audit the provincial office is expected to make recommendations to council on the best means to provide adequate oversight of contract services and project management and to reduce the possibility of fraud in the future. The province has contracted with KPMG and Grant Thornton to assist in the conduct of the performance audits.

By requesting the inquiry and sharing the results, council will be providing full disclosure to the citizens of Rossland and will be able adopt recommendations and best practices to improve governance in the future, said the AGLG’s office in a letter to council.

Individual audit reports for the City of Rossland can now be found on the city’s website at http://www.rossland. ca/auditor-general-local-governmentsaglg-audit-information. editor@rosslandnews.com

Kidney Walk draws in people from across region TimoThy Schafer Rossland News

On Sunday, Aug. 25 Trail will be hosting The Kidney Foundation’s annual Kidney Walk beginning at 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Gyro Park.

The Kidney Walk raises funds for critical programs and services for British Columbians affected by kidney disease. The Kidney Walk also helps raise awareness about the seriousness of this disease and highlights the importance of organ donation.

The local event features live entertainment, prizes, fundraising barbeques, silent auctions and much more. But most importantly, walkers, runners and paddlers alike come out and show their support for kidney patients and their families.

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While on a visit to Arizona, a man suffered a heart attack, was admitted to hospital, and was evacuated by air back to Canada the following day. His wife went with him and a drive-away company was hired to bring their RV back home. The total out-of-pocket cost was $47,868 of which their provincial medical plan paid only $400. Visit the MSP website for details on what they will cover for out of province care— you may be shocked. Not only are out of country emergencies costly but MSP limits coverage once you leave BC whether it is a trip within Canada or abroad. It’s not just your health that you should insure while travelling. Trip cancellation insurance will reimburse you for nonrefundable pre-paid travel arrangements and baggage insurance will cover the cost of clothes, toiletries, and other necessities you may have lost. Of course, as with all policies, there are conditions and exclusions. It is important to review these conditions and exclusions with an Insurance Broker. When shopping for a Travel Medical product the bottom line should not be the price, the bottom line should be - you are covered. To get more information contact RHC Insurance Brokers at any one of our 8 locations.

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The City of Rossland had a reciprocal agreement with School District 20 which allowed access to the MacLean Elementary School Annex.

The city’s recreation department shares the custodial expense, heat and lighting and telephone line expense with the Francophone school. But there is no access during weekends, Pro-D days, spring break, summer or Christmas due to custodial contract.

The recreation department places recreation programs into the Annex, including a social “gymnastics” program for toddlers and their parents. The city also uses the Annex as backup for any program that use the Maclean Field.

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Should the city pursue the purchase of the MacLean Annex?

Last week

The city has been found to be in a deficit position after drawing down cash reserves to pay for the Columbia Avenue/Washington Street project last year.

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Did the city do a good job of managing the taxpayers of Rossland’s money in 2012?

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he ceremonies have become common at the B.C. legislature.

Government officials and aboriginal leaders gather to celebrate resource sharing agreements that allow economic development in areas that need employment but are hampered by a century of uncertainty and dispute over treaties, or lack thereof.

This approach emerged a decade ago with forest agreements. The B.C. Liberal government bought back timber cutting licences from big forest firms and made them available for community forests and aboriginal communities who claimed the areas as their traditional territories.

Recently the approach was extended to mining revenues and water licence fees paid by private power developers.

These are substantial steps forward for the only province in Canada in treaty limbo. A 2010 sharing deal

worth more than $30 million in royalties for the Mount Milligan copper-gold mine north of Prince George helped the McLeod Lake Indian Band recover from the pine beetle and forestry slump that devastated its business base.

After many years of struggle, Mount Milligan expects to go into production this year. Another agreement with Kamloops-area communities shared revenues from an expanded Afton mine.

Perhaps the most ambitious agreement was concluded in March of this year when the government signed a deal with the Tahltan Nation for mining and hydroelectric development in remote northwestern B.C. The deal clears the way for a major extension of the BC Hydro grid to power the Tahltan village of Iskut and also the Red Chris metal mine, opening up the region to other mining and hydro potential as well.

To get that deal, the province put up $20 million last year to buy back Shell Canada’s coalbed gas leases in the Klappan region, headwaters of the Nass, Skeena and Stikine Rivers. Those

leases had become a target of international protest.

Even after these expensive concessions, it would be an error to conclude that all is well between the Tahltan and the province. Stikine MLA Doug Donaldson questioned Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad on this point during the recent legislature session.

The Tahltan Central Council was pleased about shared decision-making on resource projects, until they found out that B.C. had handed the environmental assessment of a new open-pit coal mine over to the federal government. The proposed mine is in the Klappan, known around the world as the Sacred Headwaters.

Rustad said shared decision-making deals such as the Tahltan agreement do not cover activities of the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office. Whether the review of that coal mine is federal, provincial or combined, it requires extensive consultation with affected parties.

That’s great, but all that goodwill could evaporate quickly if a coal mine ends up getting a permit despite Tahltan objections.

Rustad’s Nechako Lakes constituency is also a focal point for oil and gas pipeline proposals. Donaldson highlighted another problem. Last year the government signed a reconciliation agreement with the Gitanyow First Nation near Terrace, one of many communities struggling to get through the B.C. treaty negotiation process.

That agreement included a joint land-use plan. Then the Environmental Assessment Office asked the Gitanyow for its input on proposed gas pipelines through its territory, to feed the government’s liquefied natural gas plans.

Again, the joint land-use plan has no provision for pipelines.

The Gitanyow hereditary chiefs wrote to the B.C. government in July, threatening to go to court over the pipeline proposal and questioning the value of their hard-won reconciliation agreement.

Resource revenue sharing agreements and shared landuse plans are well-intentioned and represent real progress.

But these situations show how fragile they are.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com.

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Focusing sustainability in Rossland TimoThy Schafer Rossland News

The city has made progress on improving its economic, social and environmental sustainability in the last four years.

But there is more work left to be done. Towards that end the Rossland Sustainability Commission would like input.

Through the efforts of individuals, local community groups, the City of Rossland and the Sustainability Commission, the community is moving towards a collective vision of a sustainable Rossland.

The commission would like the opinion of Rosslanders on what needs to be tackled next.

To provide input electronically, please go to http://thotstr.ca/ rosslandsc/eWx. You will be prompted to answer the following three questions.

1. What are the most important environmental, economic and social issues Rossland must address in the next two years to be more sustainable.

2. Currently, which initiatives or projects are contributing most to Rossland’s environmental, economic and social sustainability?

3. Is there anything else you’d like to share with us regarding social, economic and environmental sustainability in Rossland?

All responses will be confidential. They will be sorted and categorized and then people will receive a second email asking to review the categorized ideas and explain which ideas are top priority for action.

The information gathered will be used by the Sustainability Commission and city council to determine the next areas of focus for sustain-

ability activities and projects.

The results will also be shared with the community and local community groups.

If people prefer to participate in a face-to-face discussion, the commission will be conducting two public sessions at the end of January.

Annual report on the city The Community Charter requires that, by June 30 in each year, a municipality must prepare an annual report and make that report available for public inspection.

Rossland’s annual report is now online (http://www.rossland.ca/sites/default/files/ corporate-services_annualreports_2011-annualreport_2012-06-21.pdf) and is available for public inspection.

The 98-page report includes financial information on the city, as well as statistical pieces. editor@rosslandnews.com

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Anyone who has sent a critically-ill loved one out of the region for treatment, knows firsthand the heartbreak and stress it can bring to a family.

The Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) foundation has launched its new project, the “Critical Care Campaign,” with a goal to provide a higher quality of sustainable care to critically-ill patients in hopes of reducing the need for transport outside the region.

The $500,000 campaign is expected to span two years, with a goal to expand and upgrade equipment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Emergency Room (ER), and for the High Acuity Response Team (HART) at KBRH. “KBRH plays a critical role in the network of acute care services and is the receiving hospital for patients requiring a higher level of care,” explained Lisa Pasin, KBRH foundation director.

“The upgraded equipment purchased through the Critical Care Campaign will be used to deliver complex care to our sickest, most critically-ill patients,” she said. “And we will be supporting our sickest patients and their families by providing a higher level of complex care right here in our communities.”

For Ben Olsen, a one-year member of HART, upgraded equipment means providing top-ofthe-line care for patients and improved support to doctors and nurses spread thin in rural communities.

HART, an Interior Health program, works both inhospital and in partnership with BC Ambulance Services to attend to acute patients in rural and remote health sites. The team of RNs and respiratory therapists look to stabilize patients, and avoid hospital transfer, or act as inter-facility transporters to a higher level of care.

The Critical Care Campaign swung into gear at the KBRH Golf Classic in July, when $29,000 in donations were received.

For more information and to donate, call the foundation at 364-3424 or email info@kbrhhealthfoundation.ca. Formerly called the Trail Regional Hospital Foundation, the KBRH foundation is in its 25th year of raising money to advance health care in the Kootenay Boundary.

IN BRIEF Lending a helping hand The city is seeking applications for volunteer positions on the Rossland Sustainability Commission.

The duties of the Sustainability Commission are: • To assist council to implement the Visions to Action Strategic Sustainability Plan • To make recommendations regarding strategic Focus Areas to council • To monitor the overall progress of the Visions to Action Strategic Sustainability Plan and report to council.

The commission is currently focusing on economic development, lifelong learning/education and sustainable use of energy.

Further information about this volunteer opportunity can be obtained by contacting Tracey Butler at (250)362-2321 or visit www. rossland.ca.

Please submit your interest in writing or email by Aug. 31 to the deputy CAO/corporate officer at traceybutler@rossland.ca.

Sharpening the job skills A skills training plan is being launched to help Rossland businesses and others across the Kootenays ensure they have enough skilled workers to full current and future jobs.

The Kootenay Regional Workforce Table has completed a skills training plan that focuses on aligning existing training programs to local jobs. The plan was pulled together by employers, labour, First Nations, training service providers, economic development organizations, educators and others and identified key opportunities in the region and the training needed to address them.

The Kootenay skills training plan is available on the College of the Rockies website: http://www.cotr.bc.ca/docs/ KootenayRegionalSkillsTrainingPlan.pdf As part of the work, the regional workforce table conducted a review and analysis of regional labour market demand and supply, local training opportunities and potential gaps in regional training.

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“It doesn’t feel comfortable, as part of your recreational experience, to wonder if you are going to lose it. So there has always been this pressure to do something,” Carter said.

For over 10 years FORRS has tried several avenues to find protection for the Rossland Range without success, but a new chute has opened that could see the range achieve the status this November that people have longed for.

FORRS now seeks non-exclusive recreational site designation for a series of trails and public use shelters in higher elevations of the Rossland Range between the Red Mountain controlled Recreation Area and Big Red Cats commercial recreational tenure.

Under the Forest and Range Practices Act, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Operations (MFLNRO) could create the designation for FORRS that does not exclude others using it, but does provide a “layer of information” and regulations, acknowledging the provFind, browse, share and favourite Flyers, coupons deals and money WKH EHVW Á\HUV ZLWK RXU QHZ Á\HU saving tips all in one place!

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The proposal does not From Red Mountain Resort to near Nancy Green Pass, the area’s easterly boundary is Highway 3B. In the Nancy Greene Pass area, it extends north and east of Highway 3B to include slopes of Mount Crowe to the west of Big Red Cats’ tenure.

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include specific plans for new shelters, or suggest that new shelters are contemplated.

The province would likely impose certain conditions considered necessary or desirable for public safety and to protect the natural environment. There are 21 rules to regulate the day-use shelters (huts), in construction and usage. As well, firewood used in the shelters is to be windthrow or dead-and-down timber only.

Within the zone if a cabin is a problem, the community would deal with it, said Carter.

“One of the reasons for the recreation site is to impose some order on this instead of just going

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totally haywire,” he said. “This is the platform ... to do the job right.”

FORRS has a co-operative relationship with the Kootenay Columbia Trails Society (KCTS), which manages the provincially-designated trails within the area. KCTS supports the proposal, and expects to assist in implementing it, including maintenance on the huts.

The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary board of directors has also advised the MFLNRO that the application is supported by regional government, including the City of Rossland.

Not only does the city support the application it is engaged with FORRS in the planning process surrounding the application.

In 2010, the electoral Area B Advisory Planning Commission and the RDKB planning and development committee confirmed support of the application.

The proposal does not include specific plans for any trails. The application noted that most of the trail use envisioned is winter use (backcountry skiing and snowshoeing) which generally do not require established trails.

The key element in the new application, said Carter, is acknowledging the province’s policy that designation as a recreation site would not inhibit the activities of logging. The recreation site is intended to have minimal impact on forestry, and to be managed in cooperation with the forest tenure holder. In addition, any mining activities in the range are subject to provincial oversight and regulation.

The area of the proposed facility includes sufficient land to allow the diverse users of the range to co-exist, said Carter, particularly as they relate to protecting the largely sub-alpine forest zone and its ecosystems from over-use by recreationalists.

The current proposal was developed through a lengthy process of consultation with users, stakeholders, local government and the community, culminating in a public workshop May 20, 2010.

It builds on a very long history of community

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Rocky is a two year old short hair black and white cat that came to the Trail SPCA as a roughed up stray.

He spent some time recovering in the kitty clinic as we suspect he had a head on collision with a motor vehicle. Rocky is improving every day but will always have some neurological damage.

Due to the damage, he will always need to remain an indoor cat and should have his bed set up low to the ground as he is not much of a jumper. Rocky is talkative, humorous and loves attention. He will nudge you and cuddle you for hours on end and never leave your side. If you are looking for a cuddle bug to come into your life, warm your heart, and be your best friend to the end, come down to the Trail SPCA and meet with Rocky today!

BOOTS AND SALUTES and provincial agency concern for multiple-value planning and management in the Rossland Range, said Carter, beginning with the efforts of local residents such as Nancy Greene’s father to have the core of the range made into a park.

Those concerns have also been reflected over time in the creation of the Nancy Greene Recreation Area (now deleted), the recreational objectives in the MFLNRO’s Nancy Greene Highlands Forest Management Plan, and MFLNRO’s current recreational designation of some of the range high country.

In processing the application over the next few months the province will serve notice to stakeholders and interested parties, likely inviting consultation with First Nations. Carter said an answer could be received from the province as early as November.

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The recreation site designation would preserve the ski huts locally built years ago by Booty Griffiths, for the community to ski up to and enjoy the backcountry.

At one time the Ministry of Forests was going to tear the original cabin down but the community protested.

The province relented and said the community could keep the cabin as long as it was for public use and the name “Booty’s Cabin” was dropped.

So, to get even, Booty and his friends went out and built more cabins, said Carter.

“Those became, just like the Rossland Range, an attractive feature for the public and everyone goes there and skis,” he said.

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The proposed recreation area has a long history of recreation use, which has been primarily non-motorized. The area is easily accessible from a maintained public highway, and popular with all age groups.

Presently, users of the area have come to a general understanding that nonmotorized activities take place on the west side of Highway 3B and motorized uses take place on the east side of the highway.

The area also has long history of timber harvest and mineral exploration. ATCO Wood Products of Fruitvale holds the timber license in the range.

Some of the proposed area is within the City of Rossland Watershed Zone. This area is primarily within the boundaries of the City of Rossland. However, a small portion of the headwaters is in regional district electoral Area B. Permitted uses in the Rural Resource 3 designation may include forestry, natural resource management, conservation and related land uses, campground and passive recreation.

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Rossland’s Ben Gresley Jones will be among an international field of golfers teeing off in the 109th Canadian Men’s A m a t e u r Championship beginning Tuesday in Victoria.

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Golfers will tackle both the Royal Colwood and the Gorge Vale courses in Victoria for the first two rounds with the final two rounds played at the Royal Colwood.

The winner of the Canadian Men’s A m a t e u r Championship will earn exemptions into both the 2014 RBC Canadian Open at Royal Montreal Golf Club, as well as the 2013 U.S. Amateur Championship at The Country Club in B r o o k l i n e , Massachusetts from Aug. 12-18.

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“I think what’s happening is that this expansion that we started planning three or four years ago to raise awareness of the resort is coming to fruition,” Katkoff said.

He said the opening of the ski hill last year saw a 29 per cent increase in booking over the previous year and bookings for the coming year are already 55 per cent above that.

Although the resort has increased its focus on marketing, Katkoff said the attention isn’t necessarily solely a result

of that effort.

“We were certainly pitching to people last year resulting in quite a few visits by people checking it out,” he said. “But we were completely surprised by the New York Times article and this USA Today just floored us.”

The expansion puts Red in the top 20 resorts in North America in terms of size and is the biggest expansion in North America in four decades, Katkoff stated. The Grey expansion is planned to include four

groomed runs, a “beer and brats” station at the base of the new runs and a new cable cat groomer has been purchased to keep it maintained.

Last year Rossland and Nelson won Powder Magazine’s, “Snow Town Throwdown,” an American Idol-style, vote-in popularity contest.

Shortly after that the major U.S. daily, the New York Times, ranked Rossland in the number eight position in its feature travel article, “46 places to go in 2013.”

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A group of swimmers from the Trail Winter Swim Club Competitive (GTSC) and Triathlon Divisions showed their versatility on Aug. 4 by winning the overall team Sprint Cyswog Triathlon in Nelson in a time of 1:03:43, beating the second place team by over 15 minutes and finishing four minutes ahead of the first place individual competitor.

12-year-old Eden Kormendy (Fruitvale, left), just back from Montreal after competing in the age group Canadian National Championships swim meet, put the team in first place out of the water in a swim time of 7:55 for the 500 metre swim course.

Adrian Hamilton (Rossland, right), one of the triathletes who swims with the club, extended the lead on the 20 kilometre bike course by finishing in a blazing time of 35:12.

Jackson Konkin (Trail, middle) then ran the victory home by completing the hilly five km. run course in 20:37.

Other adult members of the Trail Winter Swim Club competed in the Olympic distance event with Kelly Geisheimer winning the women’s 30-39 category in a time of 2:17:39 and Mike Konkin, placing fifth in the men’s 40-49 group with a time of 2:19:59.

To join the Trail Winter Swim Club email trailwsc@gmail.com.

The grass will be greener on the other side after a new water supply pump goes in at the Rossland-Trail Country Club Birchbank Course.

The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary board of directors approved a budget of $20,000 to purchase and replace the aging supply pump at the Murphy Creek pumping station near the course.

The money will be coming from the Electoral Area ‘B’ Gas Tax apportionment for the Rossland-Trail Country Club (Birchbank) for the installation of the new pump, entering into the Community Works Fund third party funding and reporting agreement. The cash was approved at the June 25 regular board meeting, with the hope it would also reduce electricity costs by up to 45 per cent, around $500 per year.

The pumping station pulls water from Murphy Creek adjacent to the south end of the Birchbank course, moving water up 30 metres and over 1,350 m. to fill a holding pond on the number three fairway.

The original pump was purchased by Cominco in 1962, then bought for the gold course one year later.

Even though the pump has served tirelessly for over 50 years, leaks had begun appearing as it aged.

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With the release of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) 2012 annual financial statements, inquiring minds may want to know, just how much do our elected officials pull in each year?

The 13 member RDKB board directors and their alternates were paid a combined $347,000 in remuneration and expenses in 2012, up from $300,000 in 2011.

That may sound like a bundle, but pales in comparison to the $803,000 that 20 directors from the neighbouring Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) hauled in.

Although the RDCK encompasses a larger area and is populated by over 50,000 people compared to 30,000 in the RDKB, those statistics do not rule how much each elected official is paid.

“Remuneration for each regional district’s board of directors is independent of each other,” explained Grant Roeland, RDKB director of finance.

“How each person is compensated is a decision made by the boards themselves and written into bylaw.”

The RDKB bylaw stipulates that each director has a stipend of $551 per month of office: $367 remuneration and a $184 expense allowance.

Directors are also compensated for attending board meetings and chairing various committees.

Additionally, they are reimbursed for expenses while on

the road for regional district business including mileage up to $40 per month (50 cents a kilometre) and travel time allowance of up to $73 per month.

The nine municipal directors receive between $13,000 and $15,000 per year in remuneration, with Barry Noll, director from Greenwood, at the bottom end with $1.081; $933 plus $148 in expenses.

However that number is a bit misleading because Noll was a newly elected official, taking over the regional district chair from Albert Kettle for one month in 2012.

“In the early winter when I first became director, holy smokes there was so many meetings that varied from one to five hours. As far as money, there is no amount to compensate for the amount of time and effort spent because the job is about public service and representing your constituents,” said Noll.

“Right now, we are only doing one to two meetings a month but I am busy learning and coming up to speed on past issues that I wasn’t involved in.”

On a higher scale, and one with more power, is the chair of the board, a position with a 2013 base stipend of $1,911 per month. Directors are paid a stipend for their service and then receive payment for committee meetings they attend, said chair Larry Gray.

Gray explained that directors are expected to be on duty for questions from the public or media and there are no standards nor expectations for the

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number of hours dedicated to RDKB work.

Gray received a remuneration of $36,000, compared to RDCK chair, John Kettle, who pulled in $69,000.

Gray said each director has responsibilities to attend official functions and general community sessions such as meetings about the Columbia River Treaty and flood control, with no special compensation.

“In May this year, I documented all the time I spent on RDKB business as board chair,” he said.

“It worked out to 120 hours which would be a three-quarter time job on a 40 hour work week.”

The five Area directors (Areas A through E) receive the most remuneration, with RDKB Area C director Grace McGregor the highest at $33,000. This is almost in point with the 11 RDCK rural directors, who pulled in almost $32,000 each in 2012.

Rural directors receive a larger stipend than municipal directors because they have more responsibility to plan and hold advisory committee meetings and are required to respond to issues that arise, being the sole elected representative for the area.

On the staff side, the financial statement showed of the just over 150 RDKB employees, 27 people made $75,000 or more, accounting for $2.8 million paid from $7.2 million total remuneration. The previous year, 28 people made over $75,000, totalling $2.7 million out of $6.8 million paid out to all employees combined.

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Despite a dump of the wet stuff in the last few days the open campfire ban is still in place for the Kootenay region around Rossland.

“At this point there are no restrictions on campfires but we’re maintaining the open fire ban for the region,” said Jordan Turner, fire information office for the Southeast Fire Centre stationed near Castlegar.

A lightning storm Thursday caused nine new wildfires in the region, all of them small in nature and well away from Rossland.

In the Slocan Valley, the Perry Ridge fire is 64.5 hectares in size and is considered 20 per cent contained. Nine millimetres of rain fell near the fire on Thursday night and Friday morning, helping the 79 fire fighters on site along with 30 support staff and three helicopters. Campfires have to be kept to a half metre by half metre and campers are

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“The fire danger rating for our region is mainly high, with a few pockets of extreme danger around Grand Forks and Nelson,” said Turner.

Although the unsettled weather is expected to continue for the next few days an outright campfire ban might be on the way.

Columbia not affected by spill

Reports that a stream of the 35,000 litres of jet fuel spilled into Lemon Creek by an overturned tanker truck made its way down Kootenay River and possibly into the Columbia River, are being dispelled by BC Ministry of Environment (MOE). According to the MOE the likelihood that the Columbia River was contaminated is minimal although the water is being monitored.

“There has been no evidence that jet fuel has reached the Columbia River,” said David Karn, media relations for MOE.

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Anyone who has ever dealt with a chronic illness, or supported someone who lives with one, knows that it can be overwhelming.

It can sometimes seem that the constant interaction with the healthcare system can be a full-time position in itself; doctor visits, hospital visits, tests, and more tests, sometimes travelling to specialists and larger hospitals in the Okanagan or Lower Mainland.

For some it can all be too much to cope with at a time when they are least able to cope.

Now, a new healthcare project is being initiated in the Trail/ Castlegar area that hopes to demonstrate that people with life-limiting chronic illness can benefit by being supported and informed by a home-visiting healthcare professional.

The Trail/Castlegar Augmented Response (TCARE) project is a University of British Columbia research project, jointly funded by the Peter Wall Foundation and the Vancouver Foundation.

Brenda Hooper, a retired community health nurse who has worked extensively in the Trail/ Castlegar area in the palliative care field, has been brought on board as the local coordinator for the new program.

“This is for the people who are struggling, when things start to get worse and they’re having to go to the doctor a lot,” Hooper said.

“They’re often in between first diagnosis and the end stages when they might require end-of-life care.”

TCARE is a totally voluntary project, providing in-home support on a weekly basis to individuals from Trail in the south up to the Playmor Junction and including the Fruitvale area out to Ross Spur.

“I make one-hour visits and try to not overstay my welcome,” said Hooper. “I’m there to not just work with the person with a condition, but also with their caregivers.

Ideally I’ll be working with a pair but some don’t have any kind of

caregiver. I’m there to hear their concerns, maybe help grease the wheels of dealing with the healthcare system.”

Participants could be dealing with a range of chronic illnesses, including cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure, HIV, and other serious debilitating issues.

Hooper helps obtain information for those who feel they might be missing key pieces of information regarding their condition and treatment and she helps sift through the complicated information they receive from their physicians and other healthcare specialists.

A secondary aspect of the project is to offer an after-hours number for participants to call with any questions or concerns they may have regarding their condition.

“It will either be myself or a local nurse practitioner, who is working with us, available to take the calls, not a receptionist or call centre,” said Hooper.

“One of the advantages of this program is that people will see the same face and the people they call are familiar to them,” she added.

“If they have something they might think of as a little thing that they might not want to take to the doctor, they can call.”

One of the goals of the project is to demonstrate that, by providing home and phone-based support, it is possible to help people manage their own care more effectively and reduce costs for the system at the same time.

“Save emergency visits and save needless suffering,” Hooper said.

“Sometimes people wait for the healthcare system to tell them it’s time and the healthcare system waits for the people to ask,” she added. “This is about taking it upstream to people before they crash down.”

There are still a number of spaces open in the TCARE research project and anyone interested in participating or finding out more can contact Brenda Hooper at 250512-7721, or by email at brenda. hooper@ubc.ca.

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Whoever the dog-lover was who coined the phrase: ‘man’s best friend,’ was pretty close to the mark. The only revision would be ‘man, woman and kids’ best friend.’ Yes, we all love our dogs and there are a million reasons why.

The West Kootenay Kennel Club has been celebrating purebred dogs for the past four decades and is holding an event in Castlegar Friday through Sunday, Aug. 16-18 at the Castlegar Community Church field. It’s up the hill near Kinnaird Park. “This year we will be hosting our 39th Annual All Breed Dog Show and Obedience and Rally Obedience trials,” says club planner Donna Konkin. “Over the years the dog show has been held in various locations throughout the area.”

It’s fascinating to see this wide variety of dogs, especially when they’re put to the test in their various trials. The public is welcome to come out and enjoy the spectacle. These competitors don’t see any difference between themselves and world champions and neither would a casual observer.

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Regional marketing organizations Kootenay Rockies Tourism and Invest Kootenay have entered into a partnership to work together on regional marketing initiatives aimed at tourism and business investment.

The two organizations aim to connect tourism and investment, since investment interest is often sparked by a tourism visit to the region, said Garry Jackman, chair of Invest Kootenay and RDCK Area A director.

“Those of us who have operated businesses in the area, in particular tourism-based businesses, recognize that many of our new residents were at one time visitors to the region, whether on business or holidays,” he said.

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There are now 10 partners offering the program through the B.C. Acceleration Network. More than 100 B.C. companies have taken part in the program, creating 303 jobs since the BC Venture Acceleration Program was launched last year.

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KAST in Rossland and the Kootenay Rockies Innovation Council (KRIC) in Cranbrook are both joining a provincewide network of partners offering the structured venture growth program to local technological entrepreneurs.

“As the catalyst for advancing technological development to revitalize and diversify the West KootenayBoundary region, we are confident the Venture Acceleration Program will help local tech startups and entrepreneurs seize opportunities in the knowledge economy,” said Kelvin Saldern, executive director of KAST. The Venture Acceleration Program is a structured venture growth program that helps early-stage entrepreneurs in B.C. grow their companies.

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