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Crime drops in most categories: report BY ART HARRISON Times Staff
In spite of the seemingly everpresent construction sounds coming from the downtown core lately, Greater Trail is actually proving to be a quieter place this year than it was in 2012, at least in terms of crime. Sgt. Rob Hawton, of the Trail and Greater District Detachment of the RCMP made his semi-annual report on crime statistics for the area to Trail City Council Tuesday night and, in most measures, the numbers looked positive. Hawton stated that, although there had not been a direct comparison made with other cities in the province, statistically, Trail isn’t showing some of the same criminal activity that many of the larger centres in B.C. are dealing with. “Anecdotally, by and large, the crime rate in Trail is fairly low compared to other places,” he told council. “Certainly when you look at places like the Okanagan and the Lower Mainland we’re not seeing
anything like the violent crime and gang activity that they deal with.” The report dealt with statistics in 13 different categories covering everything from murder to accidents causing property damage with the only areas showing an increase being crimes involving break and enter, theft of motor vehicles, and sexual assault. “The sex assaults, those are something that are really hard to be able to be proactive about, it’s different people, different times, for different reasons,” Hawton said. “What we’re doing is we’re very diligent at following up any complaint of sexual assault. We investigate it and we certainly pursue those when they occur.” The category of “theft of motor vehicles” showed a jump in numbers in between first half of 2012 and 2013. One was considered a straight vehicle theft and the car was recovered in Calgary, one was classified as “taking a vehicle without See FAMILIAR, Page 3
MP pans throne speech BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Wednesday’s throne speech was vague and non-committal according to the MP for BC Southern Interior. “It was a ‘good news let’s pat ourselves on the back,’ story,” said Alex Atamanenko, by phone from Ottawa. “But when you start analyzing it there is nothing in there to support working people.” The local MP made his rounds in area municipalities before the throne speech and was pleased to read a 10-year promise the Harper government made on infrastructure. “I spent time talking to the mayors in the last couple of weeks, including Trail council,” said Atamanenko. “One of the questions everyone had was, ‘Will there be money for infrastructure projects?’” The MP confirmed that the government said $70 billion will be
invested for infrastructure over the next decade, although he will be monitoring to ensure that those funds trickle down to B.C.’s rural communities. “I am hoping this is new investment money that will be released. “And that it doesn’t just go to subways in Greater Toronto or the Champlain Bridge in Montreal. We need to make sure rural communities can apply for this money.” There were a few glaring issues that stood out that Atamanenko is opposed to. The trade deal with the European Union that will in effect, double the quota for imported cheese. “We don’t know what’s in that deal,” he said. “But we do know importing more cheese will hurt our Canadian farmers. How can that be a good deal when you are taking away business from our farms?” For more on speech see Page 5
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New winery owners travelled many miles to find right place By Sheri Regnier Times Staff
All it took was a lifelong dream of owning a vineyard, a continental jump and a year of searching for the perfect property, now Ben and Tersia de Jager have claimed their paradise as new owners of the Columbia Gardens Vineyard and Winery. The de Jagers moved to Canada from South Africa seven years ago and after living in Timmins, Ont., and Flin Flon, Man., the couple decided it was time to pack up and move to the warmer climate of B.C. to pursue their passion for wine making, hospitality and entertaining. “I had been watching the sale of the vineyard on the Internet for awhile,” said Ben. “We travelled to the Vernon and Kelowna area and saw fruit farms. But I always wanted to have grapes, that was my dream. And this property was always in the back of my mind.” In July, Tersia (pronounced Tasha) was acting manager at Flin Flon’s Chamber of Commerce, and on a whim, booked airplane tickets to the West Kootenay. She called her husband, who was at home between jobs, and told him to pack because they were flying back to B.C. in a few hours. “I was getting discouraged and ready to find a house in B.C. but he wanted a vineyard,” said Tersia. “So I was at the stage to finally take a look at the property. It was literally within hours that we were on a plane from Winnipeg to here.” The mother to three children ages 12 to 25, didn’t expect to put in an offer for the Station Road property, rather the sudden tactic was to spur her husband forward to find interest in other vineyards. “At first I didn’t think this was the place for us,” she said. “But it didn’t matter what else I showed him it always came back to this place. When we finally came here it took me about 20
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The de Jager family, originally from South Africa, are settling into a new life at the Columbia Gardens Vineyard & Winery after purchasing the 49-acre property in August. (Top to bottom) Ben, Tersia, Leandri, Charlie (pet chihuahua), and Darin. Patriarch Ben learned the art of viticulture at a prestigious agriculture school in Marlow, SA. minutes to realize that this is where I want to live, I was now convinced.” That was the end of July, by August the family had purchased the 49-acre vineyard and moved 12-yearold son Darin and daughter Leandri,23, into the property’s main house. “It happened that quick, we put in an offer on a Saturday morning, within an hour it was accepted, and we moved here the beginning of August.” Since 2006, Ben had been working in Canada as an electrical and mining engineer. But his heart remained with a way of life he learned in earlier years attending the renowned Marlow Agricultural School, located near the city of Cradock, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. “We had our own vineyard at the school that we operated and maintained,” said Ben. “As students, we went to different farms and worked as labourers in the vineyard.
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But my background in actual wine making came from learning to make it myself.” The de Jagers have retained the services of Lawrence Wallace, vintner and previous owner of the winery, and will continue to produce the high quality wines the vineyard is known for. “Lawrence is still very much a part and will continue making the wine and teaching us the ropes as we go along,” added Ben. The de Jagers, with the help of family and neighbours, have harvested varietals from the nine planted acres, but plan to expand the operation. “We really want people to know that the wines will not change and are available,” explained Ben. “The wines will be the same quality and taste. If anything, the community can expect more to come.” Currently the winery produces 10,000 bottles a year, ranging from white blends, red and rose/blush categor-
ies. Aside from maintaining those vintages, de Jager has added an Osoyoos merlot to the tasting list, and is prepping an additional 12 acres for planting further grape varietals in the new year. “My first taste of Columbia Gardens wine was earlier this year and I enjoyed it. I will change nothing from that existing product line, only expand with new products and plant more land with my family.” The de Jagers have already begun renovations on the property’s second house, that will include three high end guest rooms with ensuites and an interior makeover of the wine tasting room. “I have so many ideas that I can’t sleep at night,” said Tersia. “There are so many beautiful areas to develop into venues for weddings, family pictures or conferences. We want this to be a gathering place for the community because we love people and we love entertaining.”
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Gord DeRosa has been a Trail councillor for 26 years and was honoured for his long standing service at a conference of B.C. municipalities in September. Acting Mayor Sean Mackinlay presented the award to DeRosa during council Tuesday night. Coun. DeRosa acknowledged the support of his family and said he was humbled and honoured to have the trust and faith of citizens that allows him to make decisions on their behalf.
Familiar culprits often the cause of crime FROM PAGE 1 consent” where a family member left with a family vehicle, two dirt bikes were stolen from carports and one involved a car left in downtown Trail with the car keys under the floor mat of the unlocked vehicle. One area of crime that showed a significant increase was the “break and enter” category which saw an increase from 12 in 2012 to 28 for the same period this year.. “The bottom line is between
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was sentenced to six months in jail. We got a little respite from those two.” Hawton reported that the majority of crimes that are committed in the area are perpetuated by local people and most involve young adults. “Many of these are not solved although we suspect we know who’s involved,” he said. “In a lot of cases we find that they are illicit drug driven, in most cases we find that’s behind it one way or another.”
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Pipeline protesters fail to disrupt operations THE CANADIAN PRESS BURNABY, B.C. - An attempt by Greenpeace protesters to stop the shipment of oil from Kinder Morgan’s British Columbia storage facility didn’t quite go as planned because there weren’t any vessels scheduled to be at the facility. The protest began when two people chained themselves to the company’s front gate on a fog-shrouded Wednesday morning at the suburban Vancouver plant. “We have shut down the facility today,” said Greenpeace spokesman Mike Hudema shortly after about a dozen demonstrators took over the site on the shores of Burrard Inlet in Burnaby, B.C. “Right now I am watching two others scale the pipes used to load tar sands into the tankers that already come into this inlet, and then there are
other activists that have climbed two storage tanks.” He said the activists intended to stay until they had sent a strong message to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The protest was staged as the federal government prepared for the throne speech, which sets out its parliamentary agenda for the upcoming House of Commons session. Greenpeace opposes expansion of pipelines in British Columbia, and Kinder Morgan wants to nearly triple the capacity of its Trans Mountain pipeline. “With every extra tanker or kilometre of pipeline, we increase the risk of an accident that would be catastrophic to the coast and our communities,” Hudema said. Currently the pipeline moves about 300,000 barrels of Alberta bitumen and
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Galarnyk said the company called police when protesters chained themselves to the fence Wednesday morning. “We’ve got measures in place right now to ensure the security of our staff and our facility and the products that we handle,” he said. “We certainly don’t want anyone hurt or harmed by their actions,” he said, adding the company is also concerned about the safety of staff though he couldn’t say how many employees were on site Wednesday. “We respect the rights of protesters to advance their cause but in this cause we’re concerned about the trespass and disturbance at the Westridge Marine Terminal,” he
said. “We’re doing everything we can in terms of the police being there. They’re the experts in these types of situations and we’re working closely with them to ensure that this is resolved safely and peacefully.” Galarnyk said Kinder Morgan invited Greenpeace and other environmental groups as part of its engagement process over the pipeline expansion. He said he’s not aware that Greenpeace contacted the company before staging the protest. Activists strung up a large protest banner on one of the massive green storage tanks and on another tank they painted “Stop the Tar Sands” in meterhigh letters.
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Speeding Harley riders stopped The Abbotsford News Three Abbotsford men in their 20s had their Harley Davidsons impounded after a Langley traffic officer clocked them travelling more 130km/hr in a 60 km/hr zone on Sunday. The officer was roadside with another speeder in the 25900 block of 88 Avenue when he heard a number of loud bikes accelerating heavily and approaching from the west, said Langley RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Holly Marks. The officer was able determine their speed using the handheld laser unit. He then moved to the side of the road and motioned for the motorcyclists to stop and pull over, said Marks. The first two came to a stop without difficulty, however the third less experienced operator entered into a more than 50 metre skid before dropping his motorcycle. An ambulance was called and he was treated for minor injuries and didn’t require going to the hospital, said police. All three motorcycles were seized for seven days at the owners’ expenses. Further, the operators (aged 22, 23 and 24) were issued violation tickets in the amount of $368 each.
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School district facing layoffs By Martina Perry The Northern View
The Prince Rupert School District expects it will have to cut jobs next year to make ends meet. School District 52’s board of education has to find more than $1.4 million in cost savings to balance the coming school year’s budget following a new provincial framework agreement to give raises to school support staff. Secretary-treasurer Cam McIntyre, said an agreement for support staff wage increases in British Columbia has required school boards in every British Columbia school district to create a savings plan for the current and upcoming school year to fund the raise in pay. More than $100,000 in savings is needed this year, and almost $200,000 the following year. In terms of the 2013-2014 school year, McIntyre said there
are three things that could cover the wage hike, the first being an unrestricted surplus still available in the budget. Furthermore, the district’s director of instruction, Ken Minette, is working half-time and one of two speech pathologists budgeted for this year is away on leave. “The combination of those three things will allow the board to fund those wage increases in the first year without having to take from other aspects,” McIntyre said. But in the following school year, a steeper increase in support staff pay, as part of the agreement amongst other factors, will make balancing the budget more difficult. Ongoing changes to funding protection will mean the district will have $371,736 less in funding in the 2014-2015 school year. The biggest factor, said McIntyre, is that the board approved the current year’s
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budget by using the majority of what was left in surplus to balance the budget. McIntyre said the surplus of $857,196 will be gone by the end of the current year. Additionally, the support staff contract will once again increase, with $193,035 needed to be found. Together with the other factors, Prince Rupert’s school board will have to deal with a cost pressure of $1,421,967. “The board is going to be facing a very significant challenge overall to balance the budget over the next year,” McIntyre said, adding there are additional cost pressures expected beyond the $1.4 million. “Eighty-six per cent of our costs are wages, and in order to find $1.4 million in the budget there really is not much question that there will be some degree of staffing reductions in 2014-2015.”
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Balanced-budget law, EU trade highlight throne speech THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA Mandatory balancedbudget legislation, interprovincial booze runs, public sector bashing and lifetime prison terms for violent criminals were among a grab bag of populist measures promised Wednesday as the Conservative government released a mid-mandate policy blueprint. The Tory-blue booty was included in a speech from the throne by Gov. Gen. David Johnson that spent almost as much time congratulating the Harper government on past achievements as laying out future priorities. A new cyberbullying law, reducing wireless roaming costs, requiring television channels to be “unbundled” and a hint at the prospect of abolishing the Senate were other voter-friendly promises sprinkled through the speech. There was the promise of an imminent free trade deal
with the European Union, and a pledge to confer honorary Canadian citizenship on Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen and Nobel Peace Prize nominee who survived a Taliban attack on her school bus in October 2012. As such, the document marked the unofficial start to a federal election campaign that is still two years away. Johnson, welcoming back MPs to work after a month-long delay at the prime minister’s request, opened by noting that “the eyes and ears of Canadians turn toward this Parliament, in trust that those who stand here in their place will relentlessly advance and uphold the ideals that are inclusive, honourable, selfless, smart and caring at every turn without fail.” He wrapped up an hour later by citing John A. Macdonald, the Conservative founding father of Confederation, who
once foresaw a nation “great in thought, great in action, freat in hope and great in position.” “His vision has come to pass,” said the Governor General. Opposition parties, however, were already alleging Conservative dishonour and selfishness before Johnson even began speaking Wednesday. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are beset by a Senate expense scandal and polls consistently show his party tied or trailing the rejuvenated Liberals, and near neck-and-neck with the official Opposition New Democrats. The throne speech hammered away at what political strategists like to call “wedge” issues that will differentiate the Conservatives from their opponents at the ballot box. While a pending free trade deal with the European Union is a truly significant national event, it
Highlights from the throne speech delivered Wednesday by Gov. Gen. David Johnston: - Legislation coming to require balanced budgets during normal economic times and strict timelines for restoring balance in the event of an crisis. - Negotiations will soon be complete in a long-awaited comprehensive trade agreement with the European Union. - The overall federal operating budget will be frozen. - Government hiring will be restrained, spending systems will be reformed and public service pay and benefits will be “reasonable, responsible and in the public interest.” - Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani activist who was targeted by the Taliban over her efforts to promote education for girls, will be given honorary Canadian citizenship. - Canadians will be permitted to take beer and spirits across provincial boundaries for personal consumption. - The government will take steps to reduce cell phone roaming costs and will require TV providers to unbundle channels to allow consumers to pick and choose. - The government says it will renew efforts to address the issue of murdered and missing aboriginal women. - New tough-on-crime legislation will ensure that the worst criminals serve sentences for life and will end the practice of automatic early release for serious, repeat offenders. - The government will get tougher on drug policy and “close loopholes that allow for the feeding of addiction under the guise of treatment.”
Press body rejects complaints over Ford drug-allegation coverage THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO Canada’s two largest newspapers acted responsibly and in the public interest in reporting on drug allegations against Mayor Rob Ford and his brother, Coun. Doug Ford, the Ontario Press Council ruled Wednesday. In dismissing two separate public complaints, the council found the Star and
Globe and Mail had engaged in responsible, ethical investigative reporting. The Ford brothers, the council said, were given more than ample opportunity to respond before the papers published their stories in May. “The panel concluded that the Star and the Globe both followed appropriate journalistic guidelines in their reporting on
the Fords,” George Thomson, chairman of the panel that heard the complaints, said in a statement. The mayor had no comment when asked about the press council’s decision. Dozens of readers had complained about the newspapers’ coverage of the Fords. In its story, the Star detailed how two of its reporters had viewed a cellphone video it
said showed the mayor smoking what appears to be crack cocaine. The Globe ran a separate account that alleged Coun. Ford had dealt drugs in his westend neighbourhood as a young man.
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ohn Forster, chief of CSEC (Communications S e c u r i t y Establishment Canada), was clear; everything the Agency does in the interests of national security is reviewed and approved. When asked to explain the Agency’s cyber spying activities on Brazil’s ministry of energy and mines, Forster deflected, firmly reminding the audience, “we don’t comment on operational matters of national security.” Apparently, when Forster said that ‘everything is reviewed’ he meant only that CSEC activities were reviewed by senior government bureaucrats and (as we have discovered recently) Canadian mining executives. The sad truth is Canada’s spy agency is engaged in a covert war where ‘security’ concerns trump the law and all common decency. A similar story is emerging in the United States. General Keith Alexander, head of the NSA, maintained last week that the spy agency was misunderstood. According to the General, the two biggest threats facing the United
States today are terrorism and cyber attacks. These threats are so dire and imminent, that there was no alternative to NSA’s mass collection of telephone and other electronic metadata from Americans, he said. The General maintained that, “If only the public knew the whole story”, they’d support its intrusive activities. We have heard from both the American and British intelligence services that Edward Snowden’s revelation of agency wrongdoing caused “significant and irreversible damage” to national security. Apparently terrorists have only now discovered that their telephone calls are being monitored; they’ll use this new information to change tactics and unleash a firestorm of violence. But is that really true? Clearly, it depends upon your perspective. The professional world of national ‘security’ has a strong bias towards technology and hard power. The military mindset of the modern security professional belittles the very idea of ‘soft power’ as so much wishful thinking. Regrettably, as useful as hard power may be in an all-out war,
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it is ineffective or counterproductive in almost all other situations. Why is hard power counterproductive in defeating terrorism? Well, it has to do with the complexity of the human condition. Philosophers tell us there are three parts to any action, even the actions of terrorists. There are the motivations or intentions that lay behind the action, the means employed and the consequences of the actions. In order to stop bad behaviour you need an intimate knowledge of all three aspects of action. It is the first of these three, our adversaries’ motivations, that are reinforced by aggressive cyber spying and a mindset that defines security solely in balance of power terms. The motivation to do
evil is almost always based on some perceived wrong, some moral outrage that seeks to be revenged. I remember a conversation I had with an Irishman in London in the ‘80s. At the time the IRA was exploding bombs in Kensington, a stylish shopping district in West London. The Irish businessman I was speaking too was not an IRA supporter, and clearly deplored the violence and loss of life caused by IRA terrorism. But he was equally adamant, the ‘Brits’ had violently oppressed Ireland for centuries, and if IRA terrorism helped achieve his dream of a united Ireland he was willing to turn a blind eye. It was only later, after the IRA outrages had become too violent and indiscriminate that the tide turned in the war on Irish terror. Like the IRA of old, Al Queda today is tiny thousands of individuals at best. Nevertheless they are motivated by a powerful sense of moral outrage, which we heavily discount or ignore. Millions of Al-Qaeda sympathizers are in a position to assist the authorities, but don’t because the West is perceived to be the bully and
blind to what may be legitimate grievances. The truth is you can’t fight a bad idea with bullets; you need to fight a bad idea with a better idea while occupying the moral high ground. This is where soft power comes into the equation. The good news is the West has vast soft power reserves. The bad news is the security agencies ignore or blindly stomp upon this soft power in their intrusive spying and drone retaliation strategies. Security professionals feel “significantly and irreversibly” compromised today, because high technology cyber spying is their only source of intelligence. Obviously they are receiving very little support from insiders or others in a position to know because, like the British security forces decades ago, they don’t represent a better idea, and they’re certainly not occupying the moral high ground. Robert McGarvey is an economist and co-founder of Genuine Wealth, a Canadian enterprise whose mission is to help businesses, communities and nations mature into flourishing economies and enterprises of wellbeing.
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Letters & Opinion
Canadians, not judges, should decide on assisted suicide
An editorial from the Winnipeg Free Press When Sue Rodriguez applied in 1993 for the right to an assisted suicide, her plight as a woman debilitated by Lou Gehrig’s disease was not lost on judges. Incapacitated by her condition, she wanted help to end her suffering. But British Columbia’s Appeal Court, and then the Supreme Court of Canada, felt they could not strike down the Criminal Code prohibition on assisting or counselling suicide. The blanket ban was necessary to protect the most vulnerable. Last Thursday, the B.C. Appeal Court said the wisdom of the Rodriguez case stands. In overturning the 2012 lower court decision that struck down the ban, it again grappled with the questions at the heart of the debate over a person’s right to life, or death. Those issues divide not just courts -- the Supreme Court in 1993 was split 5-4 -- but also Parliament, medical practitioners, people living with incurable conditions, and all Canadians whose opinions on assisted suicide are only superficially tapped by public opinion polls. One of these questions is how to define the charter’s protection of life. Is it simply being alive, or is it the quality of being alive? If a person’s quality of life is so degraded it causes unmitigated suffering, can the state reasonably prevent those incapable of suicide from seeking the help of a doctor to die? The 2012 case was launched by two B.C. women, both dead now. One woman, Gloria Taylor, died of Lou Gehrig’s disease in October, eight months after the lower court ruled she had a right to assisted suicide. That judge found individuals should decide whether their life was worth living, and, if incapable of suicide, should be able to be helped to die. Further,
the judge found the Supreme Court in 1993 did not give sufficient consideration to the quality of life -- the ability to enjoy experiences, make decisions, exert control -- when it ruled the need to protect the most vulnerable -- the disabled, the very young, the very old -- justified the criminal ban on assisted suicide.
In overturning the 2012 lower court decision that struck down the ban, it again grappled with the questions at the heart of the debate over a person’s right to life, or death. The Appeal Court upheld the Supreme Court’s Rodriguez decision. Further, in its 2-1 ruling, it rejected that the charter protected a person’s right to quality of life. Sec. 7 protected life itself, whether for the profoundly disabled, terminally ill or able-bodied. In dissenting, B.C.’s chief justice said protection should extend to quality of life -- the “potential of human experiences.” And he agreed with the 2012 finding that Canada’s ban on assisted dying hastens the death of some whose only option is to commit suicide before their disease makes life intolerable. The complexity of this issue tries the wisdom of the most learned of jurists. Although it upheld the ban, the B.C. court clearly felt it was unfair to some. With the Taylor case headed to the Supreme Court, it urged the court to look at constitutional exemptions for those who are suffering, yet prevented from a physician’s help in dying. (Gloria Taylor
had been given an immediate constitutional exemption, which was never used.) The concept of a constitutional pass was raised in the Rodriguez case by then-B.C. chief justice Allan McEachern as a means to protect those few whose rights were unfairly trampled by the ban. It was later supported by dissenting Supreme Court judges -- including Beverley McLaughlin, now the chief justice -- when they wrestled with the Rodriguez case. The Supreme Court, however, might not hear an appeal in this instance, effectively upholding the law. That would leave Parliament as the only avenue to legalize assisted suicide. The reluctance to impose a judicial solution was expressed by Allan McEachern in 1993: “I must admit to having profound misgivings about almost every aspect of this case. I can only hope that Parliament in its wisdom will make it unnecessary for further cases of this kind to be decided by judges.” Ms. Rodriguez took her life with the help of an anonymous physician. Winnipegger Susan Griffiths was forced to fly to Switzerland to end her suffering in dignity. Toronto’s former medical officer of health, Don Low, last month used his dying breath to plead for changing the law that forces people to suffer needlessly. Quebec has proposed a bill that would allow assisted suicide, directing its Crown attorneys not to prosecute the cases. The Harper government has said it is not going to change the law, nor begin a national discussion that could consider how other countries have proceeded. This is unfortunate. The tortured history of judicial decisions on assisted suicide shows Canadians, not judges, should decide.
Jobs paradox leaves unemployed in the cold An editorial from the Hamilton Spectator How’s this for a paradox. Manufacturing companies that fled Canada for low-wage countries such as China and India are, in many cases, willing to return now that wages in those countries are increasing. (Higher shipping costs and the buy local trend are fac-
tors, too.) Alas, there’s a rub. While manufacturers are lining up to return to Canada, we have a labour shortage. Some experts estimate we could be short 360,000 manufacturing workers by 2020. But wait a minute. We have a national unemployment rate of nearly 7 per cent. In our area it’s between 6 and 8
per cent. And youth unemployment is nearly double the adult rate. Why do we have a stubborn unemployment problem and a labour shortage at the same time? The answer is that federal and provincial education and employment strategies aren’t matching current and future unemployed workers
with employers who desperately need them. Recently announced immigration policy changes are intended to match immigrants with prospective employers, which is good. But what about the hundreds of thousands of nonimmigrant Canadians who are still jobless? Something doesn’t add up here.
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Couple grateful for neighbours after baby delivered in driveway By Wanda Chow
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A Burnaby couple wants to recognize their next-door neighbours for helping bring their baby girl into the world last month—in their driveway. Alicia Deaust, 34, called the NewsLeader with her story as a public thank you. Her husband Travis had taken a bottle of wine and a gift card to the neighbours, Anthony Malig and Tammy Brumwell, but it just simply didn’t seem enough. It all started on the morning of Sept. 24, two days before Alicia’s due date. She’d sat down to breakfast and started feeling lower back pain and then the first contractions. Their first child, daughter Kennedi, had come after a 17-hour labour, so they figured they had plenty of time. Travis took Kennedi to daycare and by the time he returned, “I was already in the washroom basically in full labour and he was like, ‘Oh my god, what’s going on?’” He started grabbing things they needed and pulled the car around, recruiting another neighbour, Doug Hilton, to help carry out Alicia, whose water had already broken by then. “By the time we got out to the car I was pulling my husband down to the ground, I was like, ‘I need to push!’ And Doug is just looking at me like, ‘Oh my god.’ My husband is calling our midwife saying meet us at the hospital and I’m saying, ‘no, call 911, I’m having this baby here!’” That’s when Anthony and Tammy appeared, drawn by the commotion. Turns out, Anthony, 39, is an emergency room nurse and Tammy, 42, is a social worker, both at Vancouver General Hospital. Anthony directed Travis to get wet towels and linens and took over the situation, sitting behind Alicia, bracing and coaching her along while giving instructions to Tammy in front. About five minutes and three pushes later, baby McKinley entered the world. It was only around two hours since Alicia had sat down to what she’d thought would be an ordinary breakfast. Burnaby firefighters arrived within a few minutes and clamped the umbilical cord, allowing Travis to cut it, and an ambulance came minutes after that, taking the family to Royal Columbian Hospital to get
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checked out. “Six hours later we were home again,” Alicia said of the whirlwind experience. “I certainly never thought I would be that person. You always hear about people maybe having babies in cars and things and I always think, ‘well how did they not know they were in labour, why didn’t they go to a hospital sooner?’” she said with a laugh. “Now I know you could just be sitting having toast and thinking, ‘oh yeah, this is OK, we’ll get going soon.’’” McKinley’s birth also served to bring the neighbourhood together in some ways, said Alicia. She was kind of pre-occupied at the time, but Travis tells her neighbours were coming over, some with their children, to see the newborn, while a lady across the street was shouting, “Good job, Alicia!” “I’m actually thankful it ended up on the driveway or I would’ve been doing it myself,” said Travis. “When we look back and it’s all done, we’re so thankful for the community.” Alicia agreed, and now feels their neighbours are a kind of extended family. “You say ‘hi’ in passing, but when you really need them, they might even deliver your baby for you.” On Friday, Anthony and Tammy met baby McKinley for the second time. “She wasn’t going to wait,” recalled Anthony with a laugh. When they first heard the commotion they wondered if it was to do with the baby, since they knew Alicia was pregnant. “I could hear them running through the script and I’m, ‘forget the script, go to the last page, just send the ambulance,’” he said. Being part of the experience was “amazing,” said Tammy, who added that being a hospital social worker, “I deal with the other spectrum of life, with death, so this is a very big honour.” Anthony recalled earlier that morning it had been raining but the sun suddenly came out—just when McKinley did. After her frantic entry into the world, she’s been pretty mellow ever since, Alicia said. “She’s a relaxed baby for all the commotion that she caused. She sleeps wonderfully, she only cries when she wants to feed, she’s really good.”
TB Vets donation buys new equipment
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TB Vets Charitable Foundation donated $13,700 to purchase a Glidescope to assist with adult and pediatric intubations in the KBRH Intensive Care Unit. Lisa Pasin, Director of Development KBRH Health Foundation, Greg Rollins, Respiratory Services Manager and Dr. Tara Gill, ICU Physician (left to right) accept this donation. The TB Vets Charitable Foundation is dedicated to helping people with respiratory distress lead healthy and productive lives. TB Vets was able to provide these funds to KBRH because of donations made to the TB Vets Key Tag Campaign and other fundraising initiatives.
Chilliwack woman named Mom of the Year By Jennifer Feinberg Chilliwack Progress
It’s been “kind of crazy” since Susi Vander Wyk of Chilliwack was named Walmart Canada’s Mom of the Year. The top prize ultimately means “hope” for the families of SMA Canada, she says. Vander Wyk didn’t even have an acceptance speech ready when they announced the name of her charity as 2013 grand prize winner of $100,000. It was a shock. “All the blood drained from my body,” Vander Wyk says in a phone interview. “Somehow I stood up, hugged each of my children, my husband and my niece and got up there. ‘They handed me flowers and trophy and I gave a speech that I had just made up on the spot.” She literally had nothing written out should she win. “They had told each of us beforehand to plan an acceptance speech in case we won, but I didn’t do it,” she remembers. The gala saw kind words delivered by people like the Walmart Canada CEO.
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“We are honoured to announce Susi Vander Wyk as Walmart Canada’s 2013 Mom of the Year, and we celebrate her and every mom here tonight for their outstanding job of being a mom,” announced Walmart Canada president and CEO Shelley Broaders. Vander Wyk, who has taken the humble approach all along, thought for sure the stiff competition meant she didn’t have a chance of winning. That’s why she didn’t bother to prepare a speech. “All this time it could have been any of us,” she says. “There were so many amazing, inspiring women among the finalists.” A lot of the experience was a little surreal for the Chilliwack mom. The busy mom was treated to a makeover and experienced a magazine photo shoot in the wake of the gala Sunday night where she also got to stroll down a red carpet. There was a flurry of fuss with a makeup artist, nail specialist and hair stylist. “The style for the photo shoot was fine. Just jeans and a shirt. But they flew in the
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lifestyles Pumpkins are more than just Jack-o-Lanterns
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Timothy MacHattie, son of Lorraine and Robb MacHattie of Trail, married Chrissy Johnson, daughter of Margaret and Ray Johnson of Vancouver on July 27, 2013. It was an outdoor wedding at Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver. They honeymooned on Bowen Island and are residing in Vancouver.
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ntrepreneurs succeeding with their business enterprise are taken by surprise when their business implodes and fails. Really, you ask? Surprisingly enough, more often than you would think. When I hear things like, “My business is going so well I don’t need to take a look at what’s happening. Have you seen my sales!?!” I am pleased and astonished – pleased, because I pull for all entrepreneurs ... astonished, by such short sightedness. History is no guarantee for the future. Just because things are going well today, doesn’t mean it will continue. Conversely, a struggling business doesn’t have to be destined for failure. Didn’t I just say the future is not necessarily a reflection of
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the past? I also hear, “What can I do to fix my business?” So, how to move forward? “Failing to plan is planning to fail” is a truism in business. Ironically “truism” is defined as knowledge that is so commonplace it is often ignored or even perceived as meaningless. Well, is it? Industry Canada’s 2009 statistics indicate that 96 percent of small businesses survive a year, 85 percent survive for three years and 70 percent survive for five years.
In other words, if the life of entrepreneurship is what you choose, shouldn’t you do things to increase the odds of success? Whether you operate a new venture, an established enterprise or a fledgling business, my suggestion is to have a business plan, and if by chance you don’t have one, develop one today. A business plan is the invaluable roadmap for launching, managing and growing your business. And like all goals in life – even the daily “to-do” list – by writing things down, your commitment is clear and therefore the odds of completion are increased. So put pen to paper as you develop your business plan. Putting a business plan together requires research, and honesty. Google, talk and question everything. Identify
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strengths and weaknesses of the business, and yourself. Define opportunities and threats within the marketplace and the economy in general. Given the research, the business plan defines three key strategies: the marketing plan (product, price, promotion, unique selling proposition, competition); the operations plan (people, production, equipment, facilities); and, the finance plan (three to five year projection). Its actual complexity is not what it might appear when the process is taken step by step. Lots of on-line tools are available and there is the option of working with a local professional, especially on the numbers front. If you do retain someone’s services, be open-minded but remember this is your venture so maintain ownership of your vision. The completion of the business plan is only the beginning. It has to be put into action, evaluated, and adjusted; then, once again, implemented, measured and changed. In actual fact, the term business plan is a bit of a misnomer. What in fact you develop is business planning – an ongoing iterative process – that maps your business venture, or is that your adventure? Ron Clarke has his MBA and is a business owner in Trail, providing accounting and tax services. Email him at ron. clarke@JBSbiz.ca. To read previous Tax Tips & Pits columns visit www.JBSbiz.net.
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The Beaver Valley Nitehawks forward Ryan Edwards flies around a Creston Valley ThunderCat defender, as the Hawks bounced back from a 4-2 first-period deficit to win 6-4 Tuesday in Creston.
Hawks silence ThunderCats BY JIM BAILEY
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It wasn’t pretty, but the Beaver Valley Nitehawks managed a come-from-behind road win in Creston against the ThunderCats on Tuesday. The Hawks stormed back from a 4-2 first-period deficit to beat the Cats 6-4 in Kootenay International Hockey League action to keep them in striking distance of the Neil Murdoch division leading Nelson Leafs, their opponent on Friday. “It was a slow start, but the guys kept on working and things finally started to go their way,” said Nitehawk assistant coach Jeremy Cominotto. Michael Bell scored the game-winning goal, his sixth of the season, with just over five minutes to go in the third period, converting a pass from Taylor Stafford, who would net his second of the night and the insurance marker 17 seconds later. The Hawks and ThunderCats erupted for six goals in a sixminute span in the first period, with the Cats’ Brandon Formosa opening the scoring on the power play beating Hawk starter Josh Round at 12:39. However Dallas Calvin finished a nice passing play
from Mitch Foyle and Archie McKinnon to tie it 49 seconds later. Colby Livingstone would reply for the Cats, but versatile defenceman Fraser Stang tied it at 2-2 on a Foyle and Calvin set up. But 15 seconds later Connor Kidd netted his third of the season, chasing Round from the net in favour of AP Carson Schamerhorn, who was rudely welcomed by Livingstone as he sniped his second of the period a minute later to make it 4-2. However, Schamerhorn, the Kootenay Major Midget Ice goalie, closed the door after that and stopped 23 of 24 shots to record his first win as a Nitehawk. With an injury to starting goalie Brett Clark and Schamerhorn on temporary duty, the Hawks were looking to bring in another goalie. As a result, Grayson Sharpe, an Okotoks native who played three games with the Calgary Canucks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, will join the team this weekend. In three games with the Canucks, the six-foot-one 17-year-old goaltender posted a 3.44 Goals against average and a .907 save percentage. “He’s suppose to be a pretty good goalie,” said Cominotto.
“We’re excited to see him play and see what he can do. Ultimately, we’d like to do what we did a couple years ago and be able to rotate back and forth. For a long season and a long playoff run, it’s way more beneficial.” The teams would settle down in the second with the only goal coming off the stick of Stafford at 3:30. Calvin notched his second goal of the game at 10:40 of the third period to tie it, before Bell would seal it with the winner. Calvin had a fourpoint night, and has four goals and four assists since returning to the Hawks lineup last Friday, while Stafford scored twice and added an assist. McKinnon was also impressive on the back end and up front on the power play. The Nitehawk captain added two assists and has four points in four games since coming off an injury last week. “Archie just makes simple plays, he’s always moving his feet, and has a work ethic that is pretty hard to beat. That’s why he’s our captain. He’s got the work ethic and he leads by example, not just by word of mouth, and guys respect him for it.” See TOUGH, Page 12
BY TIMES STAFF After a dismal opening campaign The Trail Smoke Eaters’ Bill Birks where the Smokies won just 11 era has come to an end after the games in 2011-12, Birks second board of directors voted to relieve season was a marked improvement the head coach and GM of winning 26 matches and his duties Wednesday. just missing a playoff berth, Birks joined the Smoke resulting in a one year conEaters organization as an tract extension. assistant coach under Jim Birks’ record as the Ingram in the summer of Smoke Eater bench boss in 2010, and was named head just over two years is 41-79coach in May of 2011. 2-9. “With the slow start Assistant coaches Barry to the season, the board Zanier and Craig Clare will felt it was time to make take over as interim head a change,” said Smoke coaches. The club will now BILL BIRKS Eaters president Tom begin the search for a fullGawryletz in a release. time head coach. The Smoke Eaters current five“We thank Bill for everything he game losing streak turned a prom- has done during his three and a half ising .500 start into an unimpres- years with our club and wish him sive 4-9-1-1 record, and last place in the best in the future,” Gawryletz the BCHL’s Interior division. added.
Vipers’ third period eruption smothers Smoke Eaters BY JIM BAILEY
Times Sports Editor
Tuesday night’s game between the Trail Smoke Eaters and Vernon Vipers at Kal Tire Place in Vernon was a tale of two teams going in opposite directions, and, as a result, proved the undoing of Smokie coach Bill Birks. The Smokies put in a good effort in the first two periods, but a stunning five-goal outburst in the third period, including three in just 88 seconds, sealed the 6-3 win and fourth victory in a row for the Vipers, while the Smokies suffered their fifth loss in as many games. After Jake Kauppila tied the game at 1-1 on a wrap-around just past the midway mark of the first period, the Smoke Eaters jumped out into a 2-1 lead when Tyson Witala scored with 43 seconds left in the second period off a pass from Travis Stephens. But as assistant coach Barry Zanier said prior to Tuesday’s game, let-downs for whatever reason have killed the Smoke Eaters this season, and the scenario repeated itself in the third period. “It’s so important to grab points off teams in our division,” said Zanier. “This year we can’t get a big gap between us and the top four in the playoffs. The boys know that nobody’s going to do it for them. They’ve got to dig down and just
come ready to go every shift.” Trail’s third-period letdown proved monumental as the snakes scored three times and grabbed a 4-2 lead just five minutes and 21 seconds in. The top line of Mason Blacklock, Colton Sparrow, and Demico Hannoun did most of the damage combining for 10 points on the night. Defenceman Riley Guenther started the comeback when he scored on a wrister from the right point, 2:19 into the third for the 2-2 equalizer. Sparrow, sporting a full cage after losing a tooth and a half on a Joel Webb clearing shot in the mouth late in the first period, made it 3-2 three minutes later on a pretty give-and-go with Hannoun. Just 20 seconds later, Blacklock scored another highlight reel goal, his first of two on the night, on a feed from Hannoun. Michael McNicholas made it 5-2 a minute and eight seconds later, and Blacklock finished the scoring on the powerplay on a beautiful bang-bang play with Hannoun and Sparrow at 8:39. Jake Lucchini netted the third Smokie goal with two seconds remaining on a slap shot from the hash marks. The 4-9-1-1 Smoke Eaters play the 7-3-0-2 Coquitlam Express on Friday at the Cominco Arena at 7:30 p.m.
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Interior Division GP W L T OL GF GA Pt WKelowna 13 9 3 0 1 49 36 19 Penticton 12 9 3 0 0 44 22 18 Vernon 14 7 4 1 2 48 46 17 Sal Arm 13 7 5 0 1 51 41 15 Merritt 14 7 7 0 0 42 34 14 Trail 15 4 9 1 1 35 64 10 Island Division GP W L T OL GF GA Pt Powell R 12 10 1 0 1 51 28 21 Victoria 12 6 5 1 0 33 30 13 Cowichan 14 6 7 0 1 37 44 13 Nanaimo 11 5 6 0 0 33 33 10 Alberni 14 1 10 2 1 30 63 5 Mainland Division GP W L T OL GF GA Pt Langley 13 9 3 0 1 43 36 19 Coquitlam 12 7 3 0 2 55 37 16 Pr. George 14 7 6 0 1 34 32 15 Surrey 13 5 8 0 0 41 54 10 Chilliwack 10 1 7 1 1 19 45 4 Note: A team losing in overtime receives one point which is in the OL column. Tuesday’s result Vernon 6 Trail 3 Friday’s games Nanaimo at Alberni Valley, 7 p.m. West Kelowna at Penticton, 7 p.m. Prince George at Surrey, 7 p.m. Cowichan Valley at Victoria, 7:15 p.m. Coquitlam at Trail, 7:30 p.m. Salmon Arm at Merritt, 7:30 p.m. Vernon at Powell River, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 Vernon at Nanaimo, 7 p.m. Coquitlam at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m. Prince George at Surrey, 7 p.m. Chilliwack at Cowichan Valley, 7 p.m. Penticton at Langley, 7:15 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20 Trail at Merritt, 4 p.m. Cowichan Valley at Powell River, 1:30 p.m. Vernon at Alberni Valley, 2 p.m. Prince George at Langley, 2 p.m. Chilliwack at Victoria, 2 p.m. Salmon Arm at West Kelowna, 2:30 p.m. KIJHL Kootenay Conference Eddie Mountain Division
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GP W L T OL Pt Kimberley 10 7 2 1 0 15 Col. Valley 13 5 4 3 1 14 Creston 11 6 5 0 0 12 Fernie 10 5 4 0 1 11 Golden 12 3 8 0 1 7 Neil Murdoch Division GP W L T OL Pt Nelson 10 8 0 1 1 18 B.V. 10 8 2 0 0 16 Castlegar 13 6 4 0 3 15 Grand Forks 12 6 5 1 0 13 Spokane 12 2 9 0 1 5 Okanagan/Shushwap Conference Doug Birks Division GP W L T OL Pt Kamloops 11 8 3 0 0 16 Chase 10 5 4 0 1 11 100 Mile 12 5 6 0 1 11 Sicamous 11 4 5 0 2 10 Revelstoke 11 2 7 0 2 6 Okanagan Division GP W L T OL Pt Osoyoos 12 8 4 0 0 16 Kelowna 11 7 3 0 1 15 N. Okanagan 11 7 3 0 1 15 Summerland 12 5 7 0 0 10 Princeton 12 3 8 0 1 7 Friday’s Games Beaver Valley at Nelson 7 p.m. Castlegar at North Okanagan 7:30 p.m. Spokane at Osoyoos, 7:35 p.m. Saturday’s Games Nelson at Grand Forks, 7 p.m. Castlegar at Kelowna 7 p.m. Spokane at Princeton 7 p.m. Sunday’s Game Kimberley at Beaver Valley 1 p.m. Leading Scorers GP G N. Josephs Kel 10 11 J. Purvis GF 12 9 R. Edwards BV 10 9 B. Formosa CTC 11 10 J. Vlanich Nel 10 7 T. Wellman Nel 10 15 C. Gross GF 12 6 J. Collins CTC 11 5 D. Hascarl Rev 11 9 J. Bowles Kel 11 8 T. Maclise Osoy 10 7 A. Azevedo Osoy 12 7 B. Balson Kam 10 9 C. Chmelka Osoy 10 7 T. Stafford BV 10 7
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he Trail Smoke Eaters, like all clubs in the BCHL, have a host of off-ice staff and volunteers. Without their help, the team simply couldn’t hit the ice each winter. One young man in particular spends more time at the rink, and does more of the “little things” that help the Smokies operation run smoothly, than just about anyone else I’ve
seen in my nearly five seasons of watching, covering, and working for this team. Matthew Eckersley, better known as “Patches” for the embroidery-laden coat he sports on most away trips, typically starts his work day at 7 or 8 in the morning, washing jerseys, socks and under-gear, folding towels, and helping trainer Kim Penner prepare the dressing room either for afternoon practice or a home game. Before the pre-game warmup, you might notice Patches stacking pucks along the bench dasher, placing water bottles along the boards, shuttling a shopping cart full of towels for the visiting team to use or even taking food and drinks to the Cominco Arena VIP booth. During the
FROM PAGE 11 Beaver Valley will face two more difficult tests when they travel to Nelson to face the Leafs Friday, and return home for a 1 p.m. Sunday match up against Eddie Mountain division leading Kimberley Dynamiters at 7-2-1-0. The Hawks lost to the Leafs 5-2 last Friday and look to turn the tables this week. “The guys battled,” said Cominotto. “You know we found ourselves in a hole, down 2-0 but we were able to battle back and get back in the game. A couple bad breaks and a couple bad bounces we found ourselves in
another hole, but it wasn’t due to lack of effort by any means.” The Nitehawks will have to find a way to solve the Leafs who have yet to suffer a loss in regulation this season and lead the KIJHL with 18 points. “We’re happy with our lineup obviously, but the ultimate goal is to get to the Cyclone Taylor and win a championship, so whenever we get an opportunity to make our lineup better we’re going to,” added Cominotto. This weekend is a potential preview of playoff action and an indication of how close the Nitehawks are to contending.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES - Adrian Gonzalez homered twice and Zack Greinke gave the Los Angeles Dodgers the clutch performance they needed in a 6-4 victory over the Cardinals on Wednesday that trimmed St. Louis’ lead to 3-2 in the NL championship series. Desperate to avoid elimination, the Dodgers brought in some Hollywood star power for pregame introductions. Will Ferrell announced their lineup and lent a comic spin to each player’s name, capping it by introducing Greinke as “today’s winning pitcher.” Ferrell knew what he was talking about. Greinke got into a bases-loaded jam in the first inning but escaped with no damage. From there, he pitched seven strong innings and even delivered an RBI single. The Cardinals also led last year’s NLCS 3-1 before losing three straight games to the eventual World Series champion San Francisco Giants. Carl Crawford and A.J. Ellis also went deep for the Dodgers, who rediscovered their power stroke just in time to save their season. They held in the ninth, when St. Louis scored twice off closer Kenley Jansen before he struck out pinch-hitter Adron Chambers with two on to end it. The best-of-seven series shifts back to St. Louis for Game 6 on Friday night.
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simply can’t wait for hockey season, and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen him without a grin from ear to ear whenever we’ve crossed paths at the rink. On the road, Patches is about as easy a room-mate as you’ll find, too. He’s always eager to help, and always eager to bring back some kind of memento for his mother from his travels across BC. He even made a plaque at the end of last season with game pucks from each of the 16 BCHL teams. But for all his hard work, Patches, and the other people who live, breathe, and sleep Smoke Eaters hockey each and every day, will never seek credit. He’s as humble a young man as I’ve ever encountered, and I’m proud to call him a friend.
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game, he’ll usually set up behind one goal and act as goal judge, generally sporting one of his many game-worn junior hockey jerseys in the process. But as hard as the ardent Colorado Avalanche fan works, his efforts are usually out-matched by his generosity. I can’t count the number of times our players have boarded the bus for an away game only to find a snack or two on their seats, and Patches generally will get each player a little something before they go home for the holiday break too. He, like all of us who are lucky enough to be a part of this team, lives for the Smoke Eaters brand. A cursory scan of Facebook postings over the course of this past summer would reveal that Patches
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Now I want to go to say thanks for all we shared. I have had a great life. I never married, but my life has been full with a wonderful career, loyal friends, loving family, travel and entertaining. My years of fantasizing about my ex-boyfriend were over long ago. We may never see each other again, and I don’t want my life to end with this bitter feeling. So, should I drop him a note and say, “I’d love to see you and your wife at the reunion”? What do you say? -- A Very Ex College Girl Dear Ex: Since he attends every reunion, you don’t need to send
with a quality haircut when I have to move around them or wait for them to finish. When other customers witness this delay, they grow impatient and want to leave. This occurs more often than you might think. What is an effective approach for letting my customers know that taking calls or texting is off limits once they sit in my chair? I don’t want to alienate anyone, but I’d be blamed if they got a poor haircut. -- Concerned Cutter in N.Y. Dear Concerned: It is perfectly proper to post a sign in your shop saying that cellphone use is prohibited while in the chair. You also can ask each customer as they sit down to turn off their cellphone. They wouldn’t want to lose an ear. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Juliana,” who was criticized by the people behind her for standing at a concert. When
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him a note in advance, giving him the impression that his presence is the main reason you would be there. He may already think this. Don’t reinforce it. More importantly, are you certain you can behave in a friendly, neutral manner? Neither your track record nor your letter is convincing. If you attend, we suggest you practice what you plan to say in advance so you don’t end up ad-libbing something you regret. Socialize with others as much as possible. If that doesn’t work, you can always send him a note with your annual Christmas card, telling him what you want him to know. Dear Annie: I own a small barbershop. Some of my customers’ cellphone etiquette is quite frustrating. When they pick up their phone, it can interfere with my ability to cut their hair. If they continue to talk or text, it’s even more annoying. I can’t provide them
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Dear Annie: I’m 76 years old, and my 55th college reunion is coming up soon. I’m not sure I should attend. At every reunion, “he” is always there. We had a beautiful senior year and were very much in love. I expected a ring for graduation, but it never happened. After graduation, we moved apart and met up during the summer, sharing fall weekends attending football games with friends. After the last game, I felt a change. He never called or wrote. Through a mutual friend, I heard that he got back together with an ex-girlfriend and married. We had the right love, but the timing was bad. I receive a Christmas card and note from him every year. At every reunion, I want to be friendly and neutral, but I end up with my composure gone. I act like a spoiled teen, and he gets a chip on his shoulder.
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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Today the only Full Moon in your sign all year is taking place. Naturally, this provokes conflict with partners and close friends. You might want to bite your tongue. Hmm? TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Today’s Full Moon might create some tension with co-workers bosses, customers and people you interact with while you’re working. Patience is your only ally. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Disputes with others, especially in group situations, might take place today. Your relations with females will be particularly challenging. It’s the Full Moon! CANCER (June 21 to July 22) The Moon is your ruler, which means you feel every Full Moon. Today, however, the Full Moon makes you feel torn between the
demands of home and family versus the demands of your job and external world. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is an accident-prone day for you, because of the tension of the Full Moon. An accident doesn’t have to happen; however, emotional upsets and distractions could be hazardous. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Double-check financial matters today, especially with banks, because with a Full Moon, something tends to come to a head. (“I have no money!”) LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) The only Full Moon directly opposite your sign that occurs all year is taking place today. This is why you might feel tension with others. This is also why you want to hide. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Be patient with co-workers, customers and also with
people who might be dealing with health-related issues for you. Today’s Full Moon can be exasperating. Chill out. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Parents need to be patient with children today because they, too, feel the increased emotionality of the Full Moon. Likewise, romantic partners must be patient with each other.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Do whatever you can to smooth over family troubles today, which are no doubt provoked by the Full Moon tension today. Be tolerant and listen to others. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You have a strong need to communicate to others today; nevertheless, you feel blocked. After the Full Moon peaks today, it will be easier
for you to speak. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Money concerns are likely today because of the Full Moon, which might aggravate certain situations. Wait until tomorrow to see how the dust settles. YOU BORN TODAY You are a natural leader and often play an important role in the lives of those around you. You have many interests that you pursue, some
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of which you will excel at and perfect. You are funloving and always attracted to where the action is. You have a fine mind. This year it’s possible for you to study or learn something valuable. Look for opportunities to do this. Birthdate of: Pierre Trudeau, politician; Freida Pinto, actress; Esperanza Spalding, musician. (c) 2013 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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The Corporation of the Village of Salmo 2014 Tax Exemption Bylaw Pursuant to Section 224 of the Community Charter, SBC Chapter 26, the Council of the Village of Salmo is hereby authorized to exempt certain properties from property taxation. The following properties shall be exempted from property taxation for the 2014 Property Tax Year: The properties listed in this section shall be exempt from property taxes in the year 2014 under the authority of section 224(2) (i) of the Community Charter. Lot 1, Plan 11031, District Lot 206, Kootenay Land District, PID #012-846-571, held by the Salmo Valley Curling and Rink Association, and recorded in the Assessment Roll under the name “Village of Salmo”. Lot B, Plan EPP9579, District Lot 206 and 206A, Kootenay Land District, PID #028-449-266, held by the Salmo Valley Youth and Community Centre Society and recorded in the Assessment Roll under the name “Village of Salmo.” The properties listed in this section shall be exempt from property taxes in the year 2014 under the authority of section 224(2)(f ) of the Community Charter. Lot 24 and Lot 25, Block 22, Plan 622A, DL206A, Kootenay Land District, PID 016-702-875 and 016730-615, registered in the name of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson. Lot 1 and Lot 2, Block 23, Plan 622A, DL206A, Kootenay Land District, PID 016-721-152 and 016-721-161, registered in the name of the Salmo Community Memorial Church Association. Lot 1 and Lot 2, Block 2, Plan 2599, DL206A, Kootenay Land District, PID 015-199-568 and 015-199-576, registered in the name of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. Lot 3, Plan 15447, DL206, Kootenay Land District, PID 009-820-213, registered in the name of the Valley View Baptist Church. Lot 1, Plan 8548, DL206A, Kootenay Land District, PID 012-246-832, registered in the name of the Victory Church of Salmo. The properties listed in this section shall be exempt from property taxes in the year 2014 under the authority of section 224(2)(a) of the Community Charter. Lot 2, Plan NEP 71801, DL 206 and DL 206A, Kootenay Land District, PID 025-478-401, registered in the name of the Salmo & Area Supportive Housing Society. Parcel D(Being a Consolidation of Lots 1-3, See LB472515) Block 5, Plan 622, DL 206A, Kootenay Lake District, PID #028-625-315, registered in the name of the Salmo Square Society. Kandy Schroder, Interim Chief Administrative Officer
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East Kootenay elk populations levelling off By Greg Amos
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With just under a week remaining in the bull elk hunting season in the East Kootenay, populations of the elegant ungulate appear to have reached the desired levels after five years of efforts — which has meant a limited season thus far for hunters. “We closed the youth and senior season between Canal Flats and Invermere,” said Tara Szkorupa, a wildlife biologist with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources in Cranbrook. “All the general open seasons for antler-less elk were closed this year, except for the early bow seasons,” she added, in order to meet the Kootenay Elk Management Plan objectives. That called for a 20 to 40 per cent
reduction in South Trench elk populations, which have been reduced by 35 per cent over the last five years. That means a lower elk harvest is now needed to preserve the population at its current level. “With the snow in the mountains, animals will start to move around now,” said Szkorupa, who classifies elk as “probably the biggest draw” for hunters in the region. “They’re still rutting right now,” she added. “The hunting season started off pretty slowly this year, but things are definitely picking up now with the cooler weather.” The open season on six-point and larger elk bulls is now underway in the region, and will last until Oct. 20. There’s also limited entry hunting on elk cows and calves. (The
“The hunting season started off pretty slowly this year, but things are definitely picking up now with the cooler weather.” Tara Szkorupa
open season normally includes five to 10 days in early to midSeptember.) A January 2013 population survey estimated there are 7,509 elk in the South Trench area, which runs from Canal Flats to the U.S. border. That number is down from a 2008 population of 11,580. “We’re now within our objective for the population reduction, but we don’t want to keep going lower,” said Szkorupa. “We’ve
really pulled back on the cow and calf hunting, which has the most impact on the population, compared to bull hunting.” “ B e t w e e n Invermere and Canal Flats, we did a small survey around Finley Creek and Dutch Creek, and we had quite low calf ratios in that area,” she said, noting a winter ratio of 25 or more calves per 100 cows indicates indicates an elk population has the ability to increase. “(The ratio) was in the teens, and that’s an indicator of a declining population.” “There are a lot of other factors that we don’t control, like predation, road and rail mortality and unregulated hunting,” she added. “There are a few factors that may continue to influence the population.” Elk hunting sea-
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sons were expanded in 2010 in part to help reduce crop damage in the South Trench area. Even though the elk population had dropped in the preceding years, crop damage persisted, leading the ministry to look at site-specific solutions for the hardest-hit agricultural areas. “There’s a lot of different objectives with elk,” explained Szkorupa. “A lot of them aren’t migratory anymore; they’re on the farmers’ fields yearround, which can cause higher levels of damage. “That was one of the factors when we were trying to determine a target population size.” “There’s also general grasslands health, and trying to ensure we don’t have too many elk really reducing the health of the grasslands
through overgrazing, which will negatively impact elk over the long term,” she said. Population counts take place in the winter, as elk normally ascend the slopes of the adjacent Purcell and Rocky Mountains
in the summer. “They’re pretty much all concentrated at that time; a few of the bulls are higher up, and we miss a few of them, but we’re capturing most of the population,” said Szkorupa.
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