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To anyone intent on trying their luck stealing a snowmobile, Sgt. Dave Dubnyk warns the odds are stacked against you.

Last Wednesday, Dubnyk announced that over the winter, the RCMP will plant ‘bait sleds’ in popular sledding areas along the Trans-Canada Highway – from the Shuswap to Golden – with a focus on curbing theft.

Dubnyk said the Sicamous and Revelstoke detachments will be working alongside the RCMP’s Integrated Municipal Auto Crime Team, deploying a fleet of bait vehicles – sleds, trucks, trailers, etc. throughout the region.

“We’re going to totally mix it up,” responded Dubnyk on what will be happening where and when. “We’ve got access to a big fleet. It’s interesting, this bait program… There’s trucks, cars, trailers, sleds, motorcycles, boats, Bobcats – it’s a very big program. So we’re going to change it up. We’re going to have different times, different sleds, different combinations.”

Dubnyk explains the bait vehicles are deployed with onboard GPS and video surveillance systems. As soon as one of the vehicles is activated, police are notified and the unit is

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“The bait program in general has had tremendous success and the conviction rates on it as well have been very good,” said Dubnyk.

As part of the program, Dubnyk says he was able to secure additional resources for after-hours on the road.

“We’re going to be out there and stopping vehicles that are coming through the area, primarily in the wee-hours, pulling sleds or hauling sleds, either on trucks or on trailers,” said Dubnyk. “The message we want to get out to people is if you’re coming to the area and you’re hauling sleds, particularly in the early hours, we’re going to be stopping you and checking you.

“If you’re the rightful owner, we’ll determine that very quickly and send you on your way with well wishes.

If things aren’t jiving… then we’re going to be taking a real hard look

at the drivers and the vehicles and the sleds that they’re hauling.”

A bait sled was used in Sicamous last year.

Word got around the community and no arrests resulted. On the flip side, notes Dubnyk, there were no thefts.

“A big part of our initiative is prevention, and if I went the whole winter and didn’t catch anybody stealing sleds, but we cut the amount of thefts by 30 or 50 per cent or something, I would be completely happy with that,” said Dubnyk, adding snowmobile owners also have to take precautions to deter thieves.

This includes parking vehicles in well-lit areas with good visibility, marking sleds with an ID number, investing in anti-theft devices for both sled and tow vehicle and recording identifying information of sleds, trailers, trucks etc.

Dubnyk says he is also working with the Eagle Valley Snowmo-

December 20 & 21 - $2 Bag Sale at Sicamous United Church Thrift Shop. 10:00 am - 3 pm. Clothing & Shoes only. Shop closes 21 @ 3 pm & reopens Jan 8 @ 10 am. Thank you and have a happy holiday.

December 22nd - Sicamous United Church, 10:00 AM Come and enjoy great Christmas carols with special guests - the Black & Bluez band.

December 24th - Sicamous United Church 7:00 PM Family-friendly, safe candle-light Christmas Eve service.

December 24th - Sicamous Bible Church Candlelight Service. 7 pm. Everyone welcome Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays Active After School Kidz. Ages 5-12 - to register or for more info contact Recreation and Wellness #250-836-2477 or recreation@sicamous.ca Every 1st & 3rd Wed. - Parkinsons Support Group at First united Church. 20 - 4th Street SE, Salmon Arm at 10 am. Contact Doreen at 250-8362509.

Every Mon. & Fri. - Bridge, Seniors Activity Centre, 1 p.m.

Every Tues. Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-8329700.

A 30-year old Sicamous man is facing charges of break and enter and possession of stolen property. On Dec. 9, at 3:39 p.m., police responded to a report of a suspicious person. Investigating officers found the subject, who had broken into a local condo.

The man is being held in custody and is awaiting a court date in Salmon Arm. • On Dec. 9, at 6 p.m., police responded a report of break and enter to a residence on Hemlock, and are currently trying to determine if it is related to the above arrest.

• Dec. 10, 9:14 a.m., police received a report of an individual running around distraught at the corner of Highway 1 and 97A. Officers found a person who appeared to be suffering from a mental health disorder.

The person was transported by ambulance to hospital in Salmon Arm for further assessment.

• Dec. 11, 12:13 p.m., a single-vehicle roll over was reported to have occurred near the Skyline Esso. Two more vehicle accidents followed in the same area. No injuries were reported Police say the incidents resulted from

Every Tues. - Sicamous Amateur Drama Club rehearsals, 7:00 p.m., Red Barn Arts Centre. 8364705.

Tues. & Thurs. - Carpet Bowling at the Seniors’ Activity Centre at 1 p.m.

Every Tues. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven.

Every Wed. Wednesday Arts for Everyone. 10 am - 3 pm. For info contact Juanita at 250-836-3019 or Gail- at 250-836-5472 Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcome Every Wed. Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.

Every Wed. - Seniors Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Esther 836-4373.

Every Wed. - T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-8364041 for info Every Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m.

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a combination of poor roads and people travelling too fast for conditions.

• Dec. 11, 12:23 p.m., a ’94 Jeep Grand Cherokee with large tire on the roof was reported stolen from a local service station.

• Dec. 12, 4:16 p.m., a semi drive was charged with passing unsafely after police responded to a report of a semi driving too fast for road conditions.

• Dec. 13, 8:58 a.m., police responded to a single-vehicle accident near Malakwa. The two occupants were transported to hospital as precaution .

• Dec. 13, 11:39 p.m., Sicamous RCMP received a request from the Revelstoke detachment to attempt to locate westbound vehicle involved in a road rage incident in which one of the drivers produced what appeared to be a .357 revolver. Police located the vehicle and conducted a high-risk traffic stop. Officers found a replica revolver and the driver was taken into custody.

• Dec. 14, 7:44 p.m., an impaired driver was reported to police. The individual was seen at a local service station acting like they were under the influence.

• Dec. 14, 8:34 p.m., a hit and run was reported to have occurred in a service station parking lot.

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Way to go! ~ Marilyn Birks, Rec. Centre **** The Eagles Jr. Hockey team fans are the best! During the Toque and Mitt toss held Dec. 6 their generosity shone through with three boxes full of Toques and Mitts. Thanks so much for your generosity this time of year. The boxes were delivered to the local Resource Centre. ~ Marilyn Birks, Rec. Centre

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Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250-836-3652 Every Thurs.-Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm3pm. All ladies welcome.

Every Thurs.- Crib and darts 7 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99. Everyone welcome.

Every 2nd Thurs. - Sicamous Lions Club meeting at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Doors open at 6:15 and meeting starts at 6:30. Anyone interested in being a volunteer for the community, please feel free to call Mary at 250-517-8107, Joan at 250-836-4876 or Pam at 250-836-4788 or just drop in to one of our meetings where you will be welcome.

Every Thurs.- Steve Nash Youth Basketball Parkview Elementary 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Oct. 17Dec.5 call 778-930-0534.

Every 1st, 3rd, 4th Thurs. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-8362695.

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Sexual health from 7 to 9 p.m., Sicamous Health Unit.

Every 3rd Thursday monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:30 in the Malakwa Hall.

Every Fri. - Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at Catholic Church. 836-3440.

Every Fri. - Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! For info call Esther 250-836-4373 or Amy 250-836-4756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpaletteclub.com Every 1st & 3rd Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Royal Canadian Legion #99 at 7:00 pm.

Saturdays - Community Yoga 9:00 am NonHeated Hatha $5 drop-in All levels Families welcome.

Last Sat. of the Month - Ladies’ Auxiliary Dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion at 6 pm.

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Sundays - Candlelit Karma 6:30 pm. Warm & Gentle. Class by donation. Funds go towards community causes.

Every 4th Sun.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 1 p.m.

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Lack of instruments, training factors in crash

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A Transportation Safety Board investigation into a helicopter crash that claimed the lives of three people near Terrace last year is citing sudden loss of visibility as well as a lack of instruments and instrument training as the cause of the crash.

The Bailey Helicopters’ Eurocopter AS350 crashed onto the back side of Sleeping Beauty Mountain – 11 nautical miles west of Terrace – around 8:40 a.m. June 1, 2012. Its three male occupants, company assistant chief pilot Peter Bryant, 44, of Terrace, relief pilot Blake Erickson, 48, of Sicamous, and company aircraft maintenance engineer Arnold Jolobois, 44, of Banff were confirmed dead hours later.

Bryant was scheduled to go on leave the

next day, and the men were on a final training and familiarization flight before his leave, reads the report, released Dec. 3. Jolobois was on-board to assist with the plan to conduct hover-exit training.

The weather the day of the flight was cloudy and rainy, with low visibility and mountain peaks obscured by clouds, reads the report, which notes the company was authorized by Transport Canada to fly in reduced-visibility.

Neither pilot held an instrument rating nor received any recent instrument flight training, and the helicopter was not equipped for flight in instrument meteorological conditions, which is when pilots fly using instruments instead of visual references due to lack of visibility.

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Research suggests that pilots without instrument flight training who lose sight of the ground will lose control of their aircraft within three minutes. minutes into the flight the helicopter suddenly entered overcast conditions, causing the pilots to “lose visual reference to the ground and become disoriented and lose control,” reads the report. The plane went into a downward spiral and collided with the snow-covered terrain.

“Research suggests that pilots without instrument flight training who lose sight of the ground will lose control of their aircraft

within three minutes.”

The report notes the changes Bailey Helicopters, based in Fort St. John, has made since the incident, including suspending its authorization for reduced-visibility flights.

It has also enhanced training for its pilots, including controlled flight into terrain avoidance and inadvertent meteorological condition training, put in place tools to enhance pilot decision-making as well as implemented a flight data monitoring program.

Two pilots were given awards for their work following the crash.

The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (JRCC) in Victoria issued the award to White River Helicopters, singling out Kief Khanlarian and Andy Ramsay, who first

Waste reduction project recommended to CSRD

By Barb Brouwer Eagle Valley News

On his last day as manager of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District’s Environment and Engineering Services, Gary Holt asked directors to buy into a new funding model for regional waste reduction projects.

Holte, who retired Dec. 6, suggested the municipalities of Salmon Arm, Sicamous, Revelstoke and Golden agree to contribute 10 per cent of the cost of waste reduction projects from their community works funds, while electoral areas pick up 90 per cent.

Holte explained that CSRD’s solid waste function is a regional program supported through a combination of tipping fees and taxation.

He pointed out that several waste reduction projects have been previously paid for through the “All Electoral Area Community Works Fund” and that waste reduction does not include contributions from the regional district’s four member municipalities.

“Every time we have a project, we have to check with member municipalities to kick in some of their gas tax funds,” said Holte.

The need for a different policy became evident at the Nov. 13 EAD (electoral area directors) meeting, when staff asked rural directors to approve $80,000 from the “All Electoral Areas Community Works Fund.”

Instead of coughing up the whole amount, rural directors asked

staff to contact the member municipalities for support through their community works funds.

As a result, Holte said staff had drafted a policy that creates a consistent approach to fund regional projects and ensures that both the EAD and member municipalities have a fair mechanism in place to fund future regionwide waste reduction projects.

The 10 per cent contribution from the member municipalities will be shared based on the total assessed value of land and improvements in each municipality.

Holte provided directors with a table that showed the financial impacts of a project costing $100,000, with the 10 per cent from community works

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funds being cheaper.

For example, he said under the community works fund agreement, Salmon Arm’s share would be $4.916 as compared to $25,464 in the taxation option.

Likewise the difference for Sicamous would be $1,289 from community works funds or $6,661 through taxation.

Area D director René Talbot asked how staff had come up with a figure of 10 per cent.

Area E director Rhona Martin pointed out the formula is the same for noxious weed control.

Directors were 100 per cent in agreement that the mayors of the four municipalities in question would take the recommendation to their own councils for consideration.

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found the wreckage.

The JRCC’s award program acknowledges the contribution of volunteers and the general public who go above and beyond to assist in an emergency air or marine situation.

The awards, given out a couple of times a year, are issued based on advice from the coordinators who run the cases.

“While all we can provide is a piece of paper, we hope they find pride in the sincere words from all of our co-ordinators here who greatly appreciated their assistance during the prosecution of this tragic accident,” said Major James Pierotti of the JRCC when the awards were given.

The 2012 crash was the second helicopter accident in two years in which lives were lost in the region.

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Ottawa doing a disservice to needed citizens

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or our economy to grow, for employers to find employees and for the entrepreneurial spirit to flourish, Canada needs immi-

grants.

A key element for immigrants to be successful in this country is proficiency in English (at least in B.C.). For many years, that English as a second language training has been provided by public community colleges in B.C. – they have the class space, the instructors and established curriculum.

The federal government, more specifically Citizenship and Immigration Canada, has decided to dissolve the entire domestic ESL system in British Columbia.

Last year, 9,000 immigrants and new Canadians received domestic ESL training, often for free or at a subsidized rate, through $17 million in “flowthrough” money from Citizenship and Immigration Canada to the B.C. Ministry of Advanced Education, which allocated it to schools. But in three-and-a half months, funding for domestic ESL will end, and Citizenship and Immigration Canada will pick up the ball and organize and run domestic ESL programs itself.

The problem is, nobody in B.C. knows how or where this will happen. Even the Minister of Advanced Education, who assures this newspaper that domestic ESL will continue, admits it’s unclear how it will be delivered.

Perhaps retooling domestic ESL makes sense in Ottawa. Why continue indefinitely with a system saddled with classrooms and experience when it can be built from scratch?

Not that Citizenship and Immigration Canada has told anybody its plan, if it has a plan. The clock is ticking, but the federal ministry says “no final decisions have yet been made” for delivering ESL, and that the change is about offering consistent services for immigrants across Canada.

Perhaps the feds will come to their senses before April and find some face-saving way to funnel domestic ESL cash to B.C. –Victoria News

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Premier Christy Clark reflects on 2013

By Tom Fletcher News Columnist

After a whirlwind year that started with a comefrom-behind election win, Premier Christy Clark sat down with me for the traditional year-end interview in her Victoria office.

Here are excerpts from that discussion: TF: Premier, you surprised a few people this year. What surprised you the most about 2013?

PCC: I guess it was the disconnect between the pollsters and the pundits, and the public. I did have a sense all the time that the citizens were thinking something different in the run-up to the election campaign. I wondered, am I missing something here, or are they missing something? And I guess it turned out that it wasn’t me that was missing something.

TF: The liquefied natural gas export project is going to use a lot of natural gas,

especially in the early years.

Will B.C.’s greenhouse gas reduction targets [20 per cent reduction by 2020, 80 per cent by 2050] have to be changed?

PCC: I don’t have a clear answer on that yet. We are working with the companies on exactly how we are going to structure their environmental commitments and costs, and their electricity costs versus using gas, the total royalty tax regime.

We’re looking at that as one package.

However that turns out, though, this opportunity to export natural gas to Asia is the single biggest opportunity we have ever had as a province to reduce greenhouse gas emissions around the world. In shipping this to China, we are going to help them wean themselves off some of the dirtiest coal anybody’s burning anywhere in the world.

TF: If B.C. is going to get credit for displacing coal use in Asia, shouldn’t B.C.’s

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PCC: I know that the academics and pundits are going to get all mired in competing sets of numbers and studies. For me, we have a chance to do good for the world, and we’re going to take it.

TF: On oil pipelines, your agreement in November with Alberta Premier Alison Redford involves B.C. supporting her effort for a national energy strategy. What do you see it doing in the future?

PCC: The big idea that she’s trying to pursue with that is a strategy that will connect us east to west in energy. Energy grids are much better connected north to south than they are east to west. So she’s trying to pursue a pan-Canadian strategy for the exchange of energy, whether that’s hydroelectricity or natural gas or whatever it is.

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We haven’t been intimately involved with it until recently, so we’ll see where it goes.

TF: There’s a perception out there, fuelled by the opposition, that you campaigned against oil pipelines and now you’re turning the tanker around, as it were, to be in support of them. What do you say to that?

PCC: It’s typical of the other guys to reinterpret and misquote. That’s what they do. They’re in opposition.

What I said was, we have five conditions that must be met in order for heavy oil to be considered to go ahead in British Columbia. That has not changed.

The five conditions remain in place. As of today, none of them have been met. The only thing that is different today, from before the election, is that now I no longer stand alone in supporting the five conditions.

I have one other premier supporting me, and that’s Alison Redford.

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Christmas at the library: Santa gets ready to read a storybook to the eager waiting ears of children during the Christmas at the Library program at the Sicamous branch on Friday, Dec. 6. Attendees also enjoyed a puppet show, treats and music by Bob Evans.

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MAIL BAG On Friday Nov. 29 I left Revelstoke westbound at about 7:30 a.m. The road surface heading west varied from water to slush to snow, depending on elevation. As I approached the Malakwa bridge, there was a semi-truck travelling behind me at a normal distance. I was travelling at about 85 km/h. I was about four seconds from the bridge when I saw that at the west end of the bridge, an eastbound mini-van was doing 360-degree spins and about to move onto the bridge. I could not stop with the truck behind me and I could not veer off into the ditch to avoid the minivan because of guardrail and the river bank. So I drove onto the bridge.

The van was wildly out of control, travelling east in the westbound lane with the vehicle on an angle as it moved forward. Very fortunately for me, I was able to drive around him in the opposite lane and I missed him by inches – all while on the bridge.

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me also moved into the westbound lane. By the time the truck passed the van, the van was almost under control – although still in the wrong lane on the bridge.

That time, nobody was hurt and no vehicles were damaged.

I speculate that the highway’s design was a major factor in this near-accident.

Eastbound traffic merges to one lane after leaving the Malakwa passing lanes (maybe or maybe not slowing down for the slower speed on the one-lane highway) and then immediately rounds a bend to encounter a narrow bridge. When there is oncoming traffic, including a big semi-truck, many peo-

ple would touch their brakes before crossing the narrow bridge, which was made even narrower with slush from snow plows. Then depending on road surface conditions, whether the vehicle had snow tires, how fast he was going, and how hard the brakes were applied, it’s easy to see how a vehicle could lose control.

I speculate that with a highway and bridge designed to modern standards, the van would not have lost control. My near-miss need not have happened.

I have been following your ministry’s plans to upgrade the Trans-Canada Highway from Kamloops

to the Alberta border.

I attended the public consultation session in Revelstoke on Feb. 26. I will be sending in comments regarding your “Rural highway safety and speed limits” consultative processes.

I do have a grasp of the constraints you are under.

I urge your ministry to move forward quickly with the upgrades to the Trans-Canada Highway. This highway is not an abstract whose worth can be rated against the worth of other government priorities. Upgrading the Trans-Canada Highway near Revelstoke is worth our lives.

Jackie Morris, Revelstoke, B.C.

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Malakwa bridge upgrade needed ASAP An open letter to Todd Stone, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure.

I am writing to express my anger regarding the condition of the Trans-Canada Highway between Revelstoke and Sicamous. I request that the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure move ahead quickly with implementing the planned highway upgrades and the replacement of the 60-year-old, narrow bridges on that route.

Last night and today the Trans-Canada Highway was closed between Revelstoke and Sicamous due to a multi-vehicle incident on the Malakwa Bridge, immediately east of the twinned highway at Malakwa. I’m sure you receive reports of these major incidents. But you do not hear about the near-misses, of which there are many. I hope that by describing my near-miss, I can add to your list of reasons to move forward quickly with the highway upgrades.

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Loyalty point ban hits B.C. pharmacies

By Jeff Nagel Black Press

B.C. pharmacies are now banned from handing out loyalty reward points to customers for prescription drug purchases.

The measure – effective Dec. 2 – is already drawing outrage from shoppers and has sparked a legal challenge from Canada Safeway and Thrifty Foods, both arms of the Sobeys group that offer popular loyalty card points.

The College of Pharmacists of B.C. first proposed a ban in 2012 but shelved it amid strong public opposition.

However, the college’s board re-examined the issue after the provincial election and unanimously approved the ban Sept. 20, arguing loyalty points are

a powerful lure that can alter some shoppers’ buying habits and potentially harm their health.

The bylaw prohibits various gifts, rebates, refunds and other incentives, not just loyalty points.

The college says such incentives are inappropriate “kickbacks” to customers.

“After careful consideration, the college still firmly believes that paying patients for prescriptions is unprofessional, unethical and unsafe,” it states on its website.

The college argues some patients may go without their medicine until they can fill a prescription on a loyalty point bonus day.

It also believes patients with third-party insurance who don’t

pay out of pocket may keep refilling a prescription after they no longer need it just to collect more points.

The college calls that a drain on limited health care dollars and says drugs not used by the intended patient may be abused by others or diverted to the illegal drug trade.

It says paying customers a kickback undermines pharmacists’ integrity and the credibility of the profession.

“Patients do not expect to receive payments for other health services they receive, and drug therapy should not be the exception to that rule.”

The college hopes a points ban will result in patients choosing a pharmacy or pharmacist on their own merits, not inducements.

Some patients on Canada Safeway’s Facebook page said they may switch to closer pharmacies as a result of the ban on issuing Air Miles points for prescriptions at Safeway.

Victoria senior Randy McEwen said he doubts anyone would delay filling prescriptions for the sake of a bonus.

“Most Canadians are smart enough to make rational decisions,” said McEwen, who uses prescription points to fly his children in from Edmonton.

“This ban discriminates against the elderly and the chronically ill. Why would you let me collect points on gas or banking but not on prescription drugs?”

Canada Safeway and Thrifty Foods were slated to be in court

Tuesday seeking an injunction.

They argue the incentives ban mainly targets larger chains and unfairly props up smaller independent pharmacies.

“There is no evidence that incentives pose a risk to patient care or safety, or that they undermine the ethical conduct of pharmacists,” said the Sobeys petition in B.C. Supreme Court.

Exempted from the ban are free or discounted parking or delivery services, and payment by credit or debit cards that generate loyalty benefits.

Similar reforms have been enacted in Ontario and Quebec. B.C. has banned point awards on Pharmacare-covered prescriptions since 2011.

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Interior B.C. communities ripe with film opportunities

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Columbia Shuswap Regional District directors are counting on mojo to bring film companies to the area.

The regional district’s “lucky charm” in this case would be Mojo Films Inc., the company contracted to location scouting, data base management, communications and film production management.

Mojo Films partner Mary Jo Beirnes updated CSRD directors at

the Dec. 6 board meeting, noting she and partner Mike Jamont have been scouting for and updating the regional district’s database of potential filming locations – information that is linked to the B.C. Film Commission data base. Beirnes explained that changes in the film industry may provide opportunity to the regional district.

While much of B.C.’s film industry has grown in the Lower Mainland, which has studios and other filmmaking infrastructure,

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a growing number of movies and TV shows are set in medieval times or other-worldly locations.

“They need remote places with no power lines, buildings or air traffic and they must travel away from big cities to find these remote place,” Beirnes said. “Big-budget films like Tomorrowland, that recently filmed near Grindrod are increasingly willing to travel out of Vancouver to get the rural look they need…”

Beirnes said there is

also an opportunity to tap into lower-budget films such as documentaries, travel films and web-based productions.

“There is appetite within the B.C. government to push film production out into regions like ours as they want to see the economic spin off have a positive effect on their home ridings, and not just for the benefit of the Lower Mainland,” she said. “ Beirnes told directors that as well as continuing to find scouting

locations and increasing the data base, Mojo Films Inc. plans to hold a “locations expo” in Vancouver in connection with other regional film offices to show film industry execs what is available in the regional district.

Mojo also plans to hold familiarization or fan tours in the region to show scouts and managers what the regional district has to offer the film industry.

“They go to what they know,” she said.

“We want them to know us.”

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breaker at 25 seconds on the clock, giving Sicamous a 2-1 lead at the buzzer.

Princeton potted their second goal early in the second, adding the winning marker minutes later. The Eagles had about the same number of opportunities as the Posse to score in the second and third frames, but were unable to ripple the mesh.

The Eagles have three more games before month’s end, the next one being tonight (Dec. 18) in Chase versus the Heat. On Dec. 20, the Eagles host the Storm, and on the 21st they’re on the road to 100 Mile House to take on the Wranglers.

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After Sunday’s contest versus the Kamloops Storm, one might be forgiven for thinking the Sicamous Eagles are more focused on the coming Christmas holiday than on their game.

The Eagles were in Kamloops, where they were shut out by the Storm with a 4-0 tally. Kamloops kept Sicamous netminder Chris Turner busy behind the crease with 61 shots on net, twice the number of attempts by Sicamous.

In the Eagles’ defence, the Storm is currently the KIJHL’s top team to beat with 57 points. Sicamous is at

26 in the same division.

The prior day’s game also ended with a loss for Sicamous, though the game could easily have gone either way.

On Saturday, Dec. 14, the Eagles played host to the Princeton Posse, who went home with a 3-2 win despite a strong effort by the home team.

Sicamous’ Colin Blake was first to light up the board with a power-play conversion halfway through the first frame. He was assisted by Devin Gerun and Jayce Davis. The Posse responded with their first marker at 5:55, but Eagle Haydon Orton – assisted by Nathan Grieve and Davis –squeezed in a tie-

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