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It was Christmas show week in Revelstoke as the three elementary schools held their annual concerts. We made it out to Begbie View’s show on Thursday. 1. The two kindergarden classes joined together to sing and dance the Penguin Polka. 2. Santa and his reindeer have some playful fun running over grandma during the grade seven performace of Grandma Got Run Over by Three Reindeer. 3.

The grade five/six class did an eerie march through the hall before getting on stage for a humorous rendition of Santa Claus is Coming to Town. 4. The grade one/two class sang All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth, complete with props. 5. The grade three class brought out a mix of percussion instruments to perform Little Drummer Boy. Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review

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Two rushed to hospital with serious RCMP search for man after chasing stolen vehicle to 12 Mile injuries after head-on at Rogers Pass

A stolen vehicle lies stuck in the snow at the end of a logging road near the 12 Mile flats.

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The RCMP have called off the search for an adult male who fled after crashing a stolen car into the bush near 12 Mile Thursday morning.

“Basically what we’ve had is a stolen vehicle that we followed into the bush and what we believe to be an adult male and an adult female who fled the area,” said Cpl. Thomas Blakney in an interview near the scene of the crash this morning. “We’ve got one adult female in custody and we’re

still looking for an adult male.”

The incident started at around 5:20 a.m. when police picked up on suspicious behaviour in a vehicle near town. They conducted a traffic stop and the occupants fled south.

Police followed them at a distance to the end of the road that leads past the 12 Mile flats, where the suspects crashed the white, four-door sedan and fled into the woods.

“He knew and we knew it was stolen and his vehicle ended up crashing and they both fled from the vehicle in opposite direc-

tions,” said Blakney.

The car lay in stuck in the snow at the end of a logging road, where several RCMP officers were on scene.

Police could be heard on the scanner searching the area throughout the morning searching for the suspects. An RCMP helicopter and a police dog were brought in to help with the search.

The helicopter could be seen flying overhead, above the flats and the woods in the surrounding area.

Police also searched the 12 Mile flats for the man on foot.

“Based on the cold weather, based on the river, based on our tracking – we’re concerned for his well being,” said Blakney.

At around 2:45 p.m. on Dec. 18, the search for the suspect was called off.

Blakney said the car, a Hyundai Senata, was stolen from Calgary sometime late in the evening of Dec. 18. There was extensive damage done to the body of the car.

In a response to follow-up questions, Staff-Sgt. Kurt Grabinsky said they knew the identity of the suspect.

Grabinsky said he is a 22-yearold native man from Manitoba with short brown hair and brown eyes. He has a scar below his left eye and was wearing a blue jacket and blue jeans.

A 22-year-old female is in police custody, with charges pending.

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Revelstoke RCMP spokesperson Staff-Sgt. Kurt Grabinsky said three people have been sent to hospital following a head-on MVI on the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 17.

The incident happened at 7:35 a.m. on the Trans-Canada Highway three kilometres east of the Rogers Pass summit.

Grabinsky said an eastbound white Honda Civic crossed over the centre line and struck a westbound tractortrailer head-on.

The female driver and male passenger of the Honda both received serious head injuries.

The driver was attended to at the

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Revelstoke RCMP are looking for a man who robbed the Shell gas station Thursday night.

Police say that shortly before midnight on Dec. 19, a man entered the gas station and demanded money from the clerk.

The clerk handed over the money and the man took off on foot.

Staff-Sgt. Kurt Grabinsky of the Revelstoke RCMP said there were no weapons involved.

He said a police dog followed his

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tracks across the street, through the McDonald's parking lot, into Woodenhead Park and along the underpass beneath the Trans-Canada Highway, where it lost the trail.

RCMP are reviewing security footage to identify the suspect.

He is described as a white male, 19–25-years-old, wearing a blue coat, blue jeans, black boots and a black and white logo ball cap.

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scene then transported by helicopter ambulance to hospital in Kamloops.

Her sole male passenger was also treated at the scene for head injuries and sent to hospital in Revelstoke by land ambulance.

The driver of the tractor-trailer was transported to hospital in Golden as a precaution.

Grabinsky said fatigue is suspected as the cause. He said the driver of the Honda told first responders she thought she had fallen asleep at the wheel.

Staff-Sgt. Grabinsky said road conditions were not bad at the time.

"Road conditions were reasonable, well ploughed as far as we know," he said.

The B.C. government has uncorked another round of liquor law reform, with children to be allowed in pubs and restaurants allowed to serve drinks without food.

Premier Christy Clark announced the changes at a downtown Vancouver restaurant Tuesday, as the provincial cabinet works its way through a list of 70 recommendations from a recent public consultation on updating B.C. liquor laws.

As with earlier rounds of liquor reform, Tuesday's event was short on details and long on populist appeal.

Some time next year B.C. will see the changes, and will also join all other Canadian provinces in allowing pubs to offer discounted drinks for happy hour. Permitted times and a minimum drink price are still to be determined.

Children are to be allowed to accompany their parents into pubs up until an evening curfew time, also yet to be determined, but Clark said it will allow families to have lunch or dinner together at a pub. Royal Canadian Legion branches will have the same freedom to admit under-age family members.

Restaurants with "food primary" licences will still have to offer a full menu when liquor is available, Clark said, "but customers who don't want to order food shouldn't be forced to do so, and food primary businesses

that want to fully transition away from food service after a certain hour, and operate for example as a night club, will be able to apply for a special licence to do so."

NDP critic Shane Simpson said the changes effectively erase the distinction between a licensed restaurant and a pub, and are being announced for popular effect without any research to support them.

Brydon Roe, a co-owner of the Last Drop Pub in Revelstoke, has been an advocate for reform for several years.

"It's about time and they're doing the right thing," he said. "It's something that had to come along. They could only fight it for so long."

The province also intends to make its Serving it Right liquor training mandatory for all servers in B.C.'s 5,600 licensed restaurants, as well as staff at B.C. Liquor Stores and rural agency and wine stores. Licensees, managers, sales and serving staff "should also be required to recertify," according to a government news release.

Last week Clark and RichmondSteveston MLA John Yap, who led the public consultation on liquor law reform, announced that regulations would be eased for winery tasting rooms. Farm markets will also be allowed to offer samples and sales of locally made beer, wine and spirits.

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Pot and pipelines: 2013 B.C. news quiz Black Press

1. When Premier Christy Clark took the stage after her upset election win May 14, the first thing she said was: A: I'm going to Disneyland!

B: Well, that was easy!

C: Oh no, now I have to pay off the debt!

D: Socialism is dead!

2. How many proposed liquefied natural gas export proposals are there on the B.C. coast, according to the premier's latest estimate?

A: four B: six C: eight D: ten 3. After winning $25 million in the lottery, Terrace construction worker Bob Erb gave six-figure donations to: A. Local anti-poverty and other community groups B. Pay for $300,000 in dental work for locals who couldn't afford it.

C. Provide cars and trucks for people he considered needy.

D. Sensible BC marijuana legalization campaign E. All of the above 4. How has the province said it would raise money to pay for a promised new bridge to replace the Massey Tunnel?

A. Tax increases B. Toll like the Port Mann Bridge.

C. Small tolls on all Metro Vancouver bridges and major roads D. It hasn't 5. What admission to U.S. border guards did some B.C. residents find can be deemed a "crime of moral turpitude" and result in America barring your entry?

A. Atheism B. Past use of marijuana

C. Past conviction for impaired driving C. Past or present membership in the NDP 6. Which of the following wasn't proposed in B.C.'s liquor law review?

A: Licensing alcohol sales at farmers' markets B: Letting children into pubs with their parents C: Serving alcohol for slot players on BC Ferries D: Selling hard liquor in grocery stores 7. Burnaby's Tung Sheng (David) Wu was convicted and jailed for performing illegal: A. Proctology B. Taxidermy C. Electronic waste recycling D. Dentistry 8. Since his triumph in the HST referendum, former premier Bill Vander Zalm has campaigned against: A: An alleged secret global surveillance system using smart meters B: An alleged secret global climate control scheme using "chemtrails" C: An alleged secret European Union plot to control world finance through consumption taxes D: All of the above 9. What's the transportation ministry's solution to prevent the new Port Mann Bridge from dropping more ice bombs onto cars?

A. A system of scrapers and brushes along each cable to remove ice B. Aerial drones that spray the cables with de-icing solution C. A flock of seagulls trained to peck loose ice chunks D. Closing the bridge and waiting for ice to melt 10. What did Metro Vancou-

Premier Christy Clark and her son Hamish make a campaign stop at a Vancouver Island seniors home, May 2013.

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ver mayors propose in 2013 as a new way to raise money for cashstrapped TransLink?

A. $5 toll at the border on all vehicles heading south to the USA B. Regional sales tax of up to 0.5 per cent C. Adding magnets to new SkyTrain fare gates to suck loose change out of pockets D. Forcing SeaBus passengers to row to help save on fuel costs E. Installing slot machines in SkyTrain stations 11. The government is considering spending $6 million to stop the B.C. legislature dome from: A: Cracking B: Peeling C: Twisting D: Sinking 12. Which was not a 911 call received by E-Comm operators who begged cellphone users to be more careful about declaring emergencies?

13. B.C. pharmacies were ordered by their regulating body to stop doing what?

A: Offering wine tastings at the pharmacy counter B: Issuing reward points or other "kickbacks" to customers buying prescription drugs C: Refusing to sell prescribed medical marijuana D: Refusing to act as supervised injection sites 14. In 2013, the B.C. government approved: A: Enbridge's Northern Gateway oil pipeline to Kitimat B: Twinning Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain oil pipeline to Burnaby C: A pipeline to carry fuel from

tankers on the Fraser River to Vancouver airport D: A pipeline to transport glacial water from Garibaldi Park to Squamish for export 15. The poaching of what prompted Vancouver Island aboriginal groups to post a $25,000 reward?

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One that gets overlooked is Louis Pasteur, born on December 27, 1822. He was a French bacteriologist who created a process for sterilizing milk to kill pathogens that could cause disease. He also developed a preventive inoculation against rabies. This early work on immunization has saved millions of lives through the generations.

The human liver is a wonderful organ.

It is the only organ that has acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, the enzyme that breaks down alcohol. It does this job well at the rate of one standard drink per hour. Just a reminder, a standard drink is 12 oz of beer, 5 oz of wine or 1.5 oz of spirits.

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Enbridge pipeline approved, with 209 conditions Tom Fletcher Black Press

A federal environmental review panel has recommended Enbridge’s Northern Gateway heavy oil pipeline can proceed if 209 conditions on environmental protection are met.

After 18 months of submissions from experts and the public, the National Energy Board Joint Review Panel concluded the benefits of a twin pipeline from northern Alberta to a proposed tanker facility at Kitimat outweigh the risks.

Its two-volume report was released Thursday in Calgary.

“The environmental, societal and economic burdens of a large oil spill, while unlikely and not permanent, would be significant,” the panel concluded in its report. “Through our conditions we require Northern Gateway to implement appropriate and effective spill prevention measures and spill response capabilities, so that the likelihood and consequences of a large spill would be minimized.”

The panel said there would be significant effect on some populations of woodland caribou and grizzly bear, and uncertainty remains

over the effectiveness of Enbridge’s plans to minimize the disruption the pipeline would cause.

“It is our view that, after mitigation, the likelihood of significant adverse environmental effects resulting from project malfunctions or accidents is very low,” the report states.

Conditions include protection plans for whales and other marine mammals, measures to protect caribou and other land animals and development of methods to track and deal with diluted bitumen spills.

Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver reiterated his position that “no energy project will be approved unless it is safe for Canadians and safe for the environment.”

The federal cabinet must make a final decision on federal permits for the project by July 2014.

B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak said approval by the federal panel meets one of its five conditions, but doesn’t change the province’s position against the pipeline until its other four are met.

They include satisfying legal obligations to consult and accommodate aboriginal communities and

Revelstoke residents gathered to protest oil pipelines in October of 2012.

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developing “world leading” safety and spill response on land and at sea.

“Now we have Alberta’s agreement for the five conditions, the federal government is talking about the importance of weighing the environment in the balance, and even Enbridge is talking about the importance of the environment in this equation,” Polak said. We believe we’ve made prog-

ress in highlighting the very important steps that are going to need to be taken … but we need to see evidence that this work is going to be achieved.”

Janet Holder, Enbridge’s project leader for Northern Gateway, said the company will work to meet the federal panel conditions, and those laid down by the B.C. government.

Northern Gateway has reached equity partnership agreements with

Enbridge pipeline will hit wall in B.C., critics say Jeff nagel Black Press

Environmental groups and First Nations quickly condemned the National Energy Board’s recommendation to approve the Northern Gateway oil pipeline project and predicted it will never be built.

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs president Grand Chief Stewart Philip said the bat-

tle will likely move into the courtrooms as First Nations mount legal challenges to Enbridge’s project – assuming it is approved in the months ahead by the federal government.

“This is about the environmental integrity of the watersheds we all share and we are willing to go to any lengths to defend our watersheds,” he said. “We are prepared to go to the wall against this project. We have no choice.”

Wilderness Committee policy director Gwen Barlee called it a reckless, foolish, disappointing decision that will run into a wall of opposition in B.C. “It’s going to be tied up in courts for many, many, many years,” Barlee said.

“Environmental organizations will be standing with First Nations and standing with the hundreds of thousands of other British Columbians who oppose this project and don’t want to see it proceed.”

Barlee said the recommendation of approval flies in the face of a newly released federal report that flagged an insufficient capability to respond to an oil spill on the coast.

“This is a project that’s dangerous to our climate, dangerous to our coast and dangerous to our rivers and our salmon,” she said.

“We vow to stand shoulder to shoulder with First Nations, and the thousands of others who oppose this project,” said Murray Minchin of Kitimat-based Doug-

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“The Yinka Dene Alliance has clearly refused permission for Enbridge’s pipelines to cut through our lands and waters,” said Chief Martin Louie of the Nadleh Whut’en First Nation, speaking on behalf of the northern B.C.-based alliance.

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las Channel Watch, which was an intervenor in the hearings. “We are determined to keep the north coast of B.C. bitumenfree.”

The twin pipelines, carrying diluted heavy bitumen from northern Alberta to Kitimat and condensate used to dliute the heavy oil in the opposite direction, would carve across hundreds of creeks and rivers and send oil tankers out through the narrow passages of B.C.’s north coast.

Ecojustice staff lawyer Barry Robinson said the NEB ignored a huge volume of evidence indicating Northern Gateway is unsafe, unsustainable and unnecessary.

Others argued Enbrige has not proven itself competent to be trusted with B.C.’s environment, citing its 2010 spill of diluted bitumen into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan.

Most environmental campaigners said they were not surprised, citing federal government moves to weaken environmental standards and gut protections for habitat in the Fisheries Act. Ninety-six per cent of written comments to the Joint Review Panel, including the submissions of the province, opposed the Northern Gateway pipeline.

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Waste reduction project recommended to CSRD Barb Brouwer Black Press

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 region-wide 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 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.

Fees persuade most smart meter holdouts Tom Fletcher Black Press

BC Hydro’s imposition of manual meter reading fees has persuaded most holdouts to accept a wireless smart meter.

BC Hydro imposed a $35 monthly fee starting Dec. 1 for customers who refuse to part with their mechanical electricity meters, after offering the 68,000 customers who still had them the option of accepting the new meter with the radio transmission function on or off.

BC Hydro reported the results this week to the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC), which is reviewing the fees.

More than 48,000 customers chose the smart meter to avoid the meter reading fee. Another 450 chose the radio-off meter, which comes with a $100 setup fee and $20 a month starting April 1 to cover costs of collecting readings.

Another 6,270 customers chose to keep their mechanical meters, and 13,110 more did not respond to BC Hydro’s letters, so they will have the

$35 fee added to their bills until they choose another option.

BC Hydro reports that 99 per cent of its customers now have the wireless meter. Most of those have been switched to automated billing, and have their daily electricity use displayed on their online account pages.

Claims of health effects from wireless meter transmissions have been rejected by health authorities, and also by the BCUC in a review of FortisBC’s wireless meter program. BCUC found that the radio frequency signal from a bank of smart meters is less than 10 per cent of the natural background level, and a tiny fraction of the exposure from a cellular phone.

Citizens for Safe Technology, one of the more active opponents of the wireless grid, was represented at the FortisBC hearings by Donald Maisch.

BCUC rejected Maisch’s claims of health hazards, noting that Maisch’s “consulting livelihood depends on public fears and concerns about radio frequency exposure.”

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Author thankful for help with book Editor, First of all, I wish to thank Alex Cooper at the Times Review for his interview with me in early November and his article that followed in the newspaper. It is much appreciated. I also am deeply grateful to Cathy English at the Revelstoke Museum for her thoughtful hospitality. The overwhelming response to my book Life is What Happens is heart warming. The title describes it simply and succinctly and I would like to add "full of good

people."

Last but not least, I add deep appreciation to my daughter Susie Green for her shrewd business sense and "fine tuning" with editing with me to prepare the book for publication. Without her I probably would have lacked the courage to move forward.

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Sincerely, Alli M. Graham Sicamous, B.C.

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The courthouse unwrapped

The wrapping came off the Revelstoke Courthouse roof last week, unveiling the new cool-mint green membrane that was placed over top the crumbling, leaking structure. The plastic covering, which was put in place to protect the roof during construction, came off last Tuesday and by Friday the scaffolding was also down and work on the roof was complete, said Mike Thomas, the city’s director of engineering. The final price tag of the much-delayed project has yet to be determined. “I can’t even give a ballpark figure at this point,” Thomas said.

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Correction

In the photo Singing in the holidays in the Dec. 11, 2013, issue of the Times Review, we wrote that the Revelstoke Community Choir was singing Christmas carols before the Santa Parade. In fact, the group singing was a combination of local churches organized by the Revelstoke Ministerial.

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Former railroader highlights many rail safety issues Editor, Re: Revelstoke mayor awaits details of rail safety disclosure rules, News, Dec. 4 The scrutiny of our rail system continues after the tragic accident in Lac-Megantic.

As reported in this publication our mayor is waiting to hear the details of new legislation that will require railways to disclose hazardous materials to the municipalities they are running through. This may be a step in the right direction. Mayor Dave Raven is correct that the details will be the important factor in whether this is effective or not.

There have in fact been many changes to operation rules since this tragedy unfolded and there are still many questions unanswered. It is interesting to note that dangerous commodities can no longer be left unattended on the main track. However, the same dangerous loads can be left unattended in a yard or off the main track. The “devil is in the details” indeed.

CP Rail would have us believe that they are operating safer than ever. The reality of the business is that they are running longer, more dangerous trains, scrimping on maintenance and repair, and forcing longer shifts and poor working conditions on workers.

All this with the threat of reduced pensions.

Meanwhile Mr. Harrison collects the highest compensation paid to any CEO in Canada.

Maclean’s magazine reported recently that Hunter Harrison was Canada’s highest paid CEO at well over $40 million. At the same time, M.r Harrison is trying to convince CP workers to take less.

Meanwhile, back in Quebec, CP Rail is now being taken to task for its involvement in the Lac-Megantic disaster. Lawsuits are pending. CP has publicly complained about the fairness of being ordered by the Quebec Government to pay some of the cleanup costs in Lac-Megantic.

In CP Rail’s opinion, you can pass off dangerous commodities to a third party and wash your hands of any responsibility. It is now up to the court system in Quebec to debate that reasoning. I suspect they may see

this differently.

The Harper government is not innocent in this either. They relaxed legislation to allow a rail carrier to operate with one-man crews and a liability insurance that was inadequate.

Recently the Harper government is trying to pass legislation that will change the “right to refuse” dangerous work. This is yet another move that will allow the railways to police themselves. This will effectively remove an important safety tool that is sometimes the last resort to preventing a mishap.

It is seldom used, however, is a tool that has been valuable to uncover shortcomings it the operations.

This is only part of the puzzle. One other important factor that needs to be addressed is crew fatigue. In my opinion this was a factor in the Lac-Megantic disaster as well as many other rail accidents across the country. A good portion a of rail accidents happen because of the human error. Crews are subjected to long hours of service, ridiculous amount of time at the away-from home-terminal, and irregular hours. It is impossible for crews to remain alert at all times under these conditions. Recently CP Rail removed a local rest clause that allowed the running trades employees to have up to 30 hours of rest. This was important for crews as they are often working irregular shift patterns and needed this to reset their sleep patterns.

There are many rail workers in our community. Just ask them how this is working.

No one will give a positive spin on this.

One engineer recently told me that on most days he feels like he is walking around with a ice pick in his forehead. At best he feels jet lagged. Is this conducive to safety?

I think not. Another rail worker told me he was held at the away from home terminal for 21 hours, then he was deadheaded home in a taxi cab. The reasoning behind that is astounding.

Sadly, this is now common practice. He told me this was putting such a stress on his family life that he was actively searching for other employment. This, is as well, a com-

mon theme. Employees now work in an atmosphere of fear. This is the reality of the situation. Again this is not conducive to safe operations.

Locally, we should be asking the hard questions about what moves through our city and what plans there are for response to a mishap. The closest hazmat response team is in Kamloops. Another shortcoming. We would, in an emergency rely totally on our local fire department and city-funded emergency co-ordinations. Thankfully they are well equipped and highly skilled.

If we are to ensure that our rail systems are safe we need to push our government to strictly enforce current legislation. Transport Canada needs to enforce these rules and when necessary levy fines to ensure enforcement. CP Rail often violates the hours of service regulations for instance. I have yet to see them fined or taken to task for this. Lack of enforcement has empowered the corporation and those that work in management to abuse this more and more. This is being well documented by the union, but no one is listening.

Transport Canada and the Harper government needs to quit the practice of letting the railway police itself.

Our local press has expressed to me that they have difficulty getting local railway workers to talk as they are all in fear of their jobs. It seems the only people who can speak for CP Rail are spin doctors. Rest assured the corporation is spending plenty on that service these days.

Our hearts and grief continue to go out to the lost souls and destroyed families in LacMegantic. I continue to ask myself: what will it take to prevent this from happening again?

Finally, my advice is to sell your CP Rail stocks and hug a railroader. In that order.

Gary Starling, Revelstoke Editor’s note: Gary Starling is a retired CP Rail employee and current elected representative on Revelstoke City Council.

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I STILL BELIEVE A Christmas Eve drama and carol sing at the Revelstoke Alliance Church.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25

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COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS DINNER A free turkey dinner for families and individuals who may wish fellowship on Christmas Day. Everyone is welcome. At the Frontier Restaurant from 1–3 p.m. If you need a ride or wish to help out, please call Ginger at 250-837-4129 or 250-837-4101.

NATHAN DOWN Singer/songwriter plays everything from hard rock to R&B and country. Live at the Last Drop at 9 p.m.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26

ATOMIC HOOLIGAN At the Traverse at 9 p.m.

NATHAN DOWN Singer/songwriter plays every-

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27

DROP-IN CURLING Come out for some curl-

ing. The club provides equipment and instruction – you just need to bring yourself. Every Friday from 7–11 p.m. at the Revelstoke Curling Club (next to the Forum).

SHRED MOVIE NIGHT with Dangersounds. At the Traverse at 9 p.m.

GRANDOLA Indie/folk/punk, live at the Last Drop at 9 p.m.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28

REVELSTOKE COFFEE HOUSE FUNDRAISER EXTRAVAGANZA Revelstoke’s

de facto event celebrating local talent and live acoustic music, the Revelstoke Coffee House, is holding its annual fundraising event. The featured performers are Birchbark and the Sumner Brothers. Many pleasant surprises await. Come one, come all! At the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15.

SKII TOUR DJS At the Traverse at 9 p.m.

SHANE PHILIP One-man-band will get you dancing as he mixes drums, guitar, dijiridoo and electronic beats. Live at the Last Drop. 9 p.m.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29

OKANAGAN CUP NORDIC RACE The Rev-

elstoke Nordic Ski Club hosts the first Okanagan Cup race of the winter, which also serve as the qualifiers for the B.C. Winter Games. Come out to Mt. Macpherson to cheer on local racers, starting at 10 a.m.

RELATIVE JAZZ Live at the Last Drop at 7 p.m.

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REVELSTOKE GRIZZLIES vs. Kamloops Storm at the Revelstoke Forum. 7 p.m.

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The second annual Revelstoke Coffee House Fundraiser takes place this Saturday, Dec. 28, at the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre.

The feature acts are Birchbark and the Sumner Brothers. Birchbark consists of Sue Kyle and Alan Bates (pictured at bottom, photo by Amy Burton) on guitar and vocals, Jean Brighouse on bass and Dick Owings on fiddle. This Shuswap quarter has been playing festivals, concerts, dances, coffee houses and campfires throughout B.C. for more than 20 years. They’ve gained a following for their mix of Celtic jigs, western swing, contemporary folk and original compositions. The Sumner Brothers (picture at top, photo contributed) have gained a following across the country for their gritty alt-country music that has drawn comparisons to Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash. The rest of the lineup will be filled up by a lineup of acts from Revelstoke and the Shuswap – the teenage trio of Hailey Christie-Hoyle, Daniel Blackie and Mack Mallett; Emmy Rose Sorenson, the Tappalachian String Band, Willy Gaw & the Gypsies, Doris Folkens, Tashi Townley & Logan Davis, and Liz Stevens. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $15. ~ Alex Cooper

DROP-IN CURLING Come out for some curl-

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 4

REVELSTOKE GRIZZLIES vs. Sicamous

Eagles at the Revelstoke Forum. 7 p.m.

BCDC Legendary cover band covers legendary hard rockers ACDC. Live at the Last Drop at 9 p.m.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 5

WINDBORN Ambient alternative acoustic

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MONDAY, JANUARY 6

WINDBORN Ambient alternative acoustic music, live at the Last Drop at 9 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8

COHOUSING PRESENTATION A presentation by Marc Paradis and Maria-Lynn Johnson of Covivenza on shared living communities. At the community centre at 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 9

REVELSTOKE WINTER MARKET Stock up

goods and crafts. At the community centre from 12–5 p.m.

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER SERIES Dr. Alan Gow will speak about health aging at the seniors centre at 3 p.m. Knowledge is Power is a series of free public education forums and events that focus on a variety of mental health and addiction topics.

MEDITATION EASIER THAN YOU THINK Yoga master Balakhilya Das will give a talk on how to fit meditation into our daily lives. At Okanagan College from 7–9 p.m.

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Jamming with the Selkirk Ramblers The Selkirk Ramblers are, from left: Bob Melnyk, Melanie Melnyk, Donna Hannah, Trevor Hollenberg, Lawrence Davis, Laura Stovel and Carol Silano.

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Back in the 1980s, when Donna Hannah’s mother was living at Mt. Cartier Court, she used to come up and play music for her.

She would bring up her guitar and accordion and use the piano at the residence and play songs that her own parents used to play for her as a kid.

When her mother passed away, the staff at Mt. Cartier Court asked her to come back. “They said it was so much easier with the patients after we played here,” Hannah told me before one of her weekly performances at Mt. Cartier with the Selkirk Ramblers.

Encouraged, Hannah kept coming up. Slowly, she started to grow a band. First, it was her friend Len Best who pushed her to start a jam session. They both liked country and western, so they started play-

ing together – Hannah on piano and Best on guitar.

More people started showing up at her home for Sunday afternoon jam sessions and soon enough they had a full-fledged band going that would play weekly gigs at Mt. Cartier Court to entertain the residents there.

Players have come and gone but the Selkirk Ramblers have kept going.

For Hannah, the journey started as a kid growing up in Albert Canyon. She started playing music on the school piano and not long after her father gave her and her sister a guitar for Christmas.

“She didn’t like it too much so I got to use it most of the time,” she said.

The family moved to Revelstoke and there she started taking lessons with the music teacher in town. He pushed her to buy a new guitar.

“He said my talent was far better than what that guitar could do,” she said.

Hannah pointed over to her guitar. “That’s the same guitar right there. It’s 65 years old. It’s my pride and joy.”

She would play by herself or whoever was around, including the occasional all-night jam sessions with her neighbour.

The Selkirk Ramblers began in the ‘90s, first with Best, and then with more people joining up.

Hannah has an open door policy for her jam sessions. “If anyone arrives at my door and asks to join, we let them in,” she said. She told the story of one nervous kid who joined in one day, played for hours, but never returned.

Some people, like Best and Reg Lehman have gotten sick and can’t play anymore. Others like Neil Purchase, have moved away, so they can’t play as much.

I took in part of their performance at Mt. Cartier earlier this month. There were seven members there playing a mix of jaunty old-time country songs.

There was Bob and Melanie Melnyk – the former on bass and the latter on percussion. They joined up last year. There was Laura Stovel, who only recently joined the band on fiddle.

Lawrence Davis was playing guitar and singing. “Somebody said I should go to a jam session at your place about four or five years ago,” he said. “Next thing you know, I’m always there.”

Carol Silano joined about two years ago. “I just heard they were having some fun and thought I’d join in and find out,” she said. “I used to play with Donna and Len years ago.”

The songbook includes country songs, hymnal tunes and pop songs. The set I saw opened

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with Side by Side, a traditional song that Gus Kahn and Harry M. Woods wrote in 1927. They played Chattanooga Shone Shine Boy, a pop song performed by the likes of Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra.

They played Crazy Arms, a 1950s honky tonk number. The large song book also includes the likes of Amazing Grace and a tune by Elvis Presley.

Why does Hannah, who’s in her ‘80s, keep doing it? “I like music to start with,” she said. “I like it because it helps the patients, or people, that are here. It helps the people in Moberley as well. It’s a light they can look forward to.”

The Selkirk Ramblers play every Friday at Mt. Cartier Court and every Monday at Moberley Manor. They also play at special occasions when asked. If you want to join in, just knock on Hannah’s door on a Sunday afternoon.

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The ‘U.S. Entity’ – an organization representing the interests of regional stakeholders and tribal sovereigns in the U.S. Columbia Basin – released its ‘regional recommendations’ to the U.S. State Department on Dec. 13.

The recommendations spell out U.S. stakeholder positions on the upcoming Columbia River Treaty review process.

The recommendation states ways the stakeholders would potentially like to see the treaty change after 2024, a key date in the 1964 Columbia River Treaty (see sidebar on page 10 for explanation.)

The U.S. Entity recommendation was the result of a consultation and lobby process, and the recommended positions weren’t a foregone conclusion.

The U.S. Entity calls for a “modernized framework” for the CRT. It elevates ‘ecosystem-based function’ as a key new recommendation, to be considered alongside the original main purposes of the treaty, which were flood control and water management for the purpose of hydroelectric generation.

“It is important to achieve a modernized framework for the treaty that balances power production, flood risk management, and ecosystembased function as the primary purposes, while also recognizing and implementing all authorized purposes,” the U.S. recommendation states.

The U.S. recommendation notes many ecosystem programs have been added in the basin on an ad hoc basis since it was ratified in 1964, but more needs to be done, and some of these initiatives need to be incorporated into the framework.

The U.S. recommendation seeks to revise the formula on which U.S. payments to Canada are based, calling the current system an “imbalance.”

“When the treaty was ratified, the United States and Canada structured Canada’s share of these benefits as one-half of the downstream power benefits with the Canadian Treaty projects as compared to without those projects,” it states. “An equitable sharing of these benefits should instead be based on the more realistic measure of the power value of coordinated operations as compared to non-coordinated operations.”

In other words, the U.S. Entity says the U.S. is paying “significantly” too much, and the payments

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The organization representing regional interests in the U.S. Columbia Basin has sent their ‘regional recommendations’ on the Columbia River Treaty review to the U.S. State Department. Amongst a spectrum of positions, the U.S. Entity seeks to elevate ‘ecosystem-based function’ as primary purpose alongside flood control and power generation “far exceeds the value of coordinated power operations under the treaty.”

The U.S. Entity calls for a spectrum of considerations regarding the future of flood control mechanisms.

In 2024, the existing flood control regulations under the treaty shift to a “called-upon” system.

The entity calls for resiliency in flood control: “As the nation and region develop a better understanding of the potential implications of climate change, future flood risk management procedures need to be resilient to provide for public safety.”

The U.S. recommendations note the existing water flow agreement is a complex system of trade-offs, but say it needs “flexibility” to help meet regional needs for irrigation, municipal and industrial use, in-stream flows, navigation and recreation.

Flexibility is needed to adapt to future changes, the U.S. Entity states.

“As the nation and region develop a better understanding of the potential implications of climate change, future flood risk management procedures need to be resilient to provide for public safety.”

The U.S. Entity summarizes their position: “This recommendation seeks to formalize, provide certainty, and build on the many ecosystem actions already undertaken through annual or seasonal mutual agreements between the countries, while also providing a new increase in U.S. power benefits based on the actual value of coordinated operations with Canada, preserving an acceptable level of flood risk to the people of the Basin, and continuing to recognize and implement the other authorized purposes in the Basin.”

In the Arrow Lakes region, reservoir levels are a key concern for residents, and are likely to be affected by changes to the treaty.

As an ‘ecosystem-based function,’ the U.S. Entity is calling for specific measures to modernize the system.

They want to incorporate a “dryyear” strategy into reservoir management.

They also want to gain long-term assurance of ecosystem-based functions rather than negotiating those functions on an annual basis.

They want adaptability built into the treaty in order to address future reservoir condition changes, such as ones caused by climate change.

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Positions emerge ahead of 2014 Columbia River Treaty deadline U.S. stakeholders seek to elevate ecosystem function to new pillar of treaty, while regional consultation in Canadian Columbia Basin stresses need for inclusion of impacted residents AARON ORLANDO

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As stakeholder groups on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border have revealed their positions on the Columbia River Treaty in the past weeks, it’s becoming apparent the international boundary line isn’t necessarily the defining divide between stakeholder positions.

(See stories on page 9, 10 and 11) In the past weeks, two major stakeholders in the CRT process issued their recommendations.

The first is the U.S. Entity, which represents many diverse stakeholders south of the border. The second is the Columbia River Treaty Local Governments’ Committee, who formed their recommendations to government after hosting a series of community input gathering sessions in the Canadian Columbia Basin region. The open houses were facilitated by the Columbia Basin Trust.

BASIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT GROUP DEFINES POSITION AFTER RESIDENT CONSULTATION The Columbia River Treaty Local Governments’ Committee (CRTLGC) released their recommendations to government on Dec. 11, asking for a bigger voice for Basin residents, reduced impacts from Treaty dams, better ecosystem function and more equitable sharing of benefits flowing from the 1964 treaty.

In an interview with the Revelstoke Times Review, committee chairperson Deb Kozak said that residents want to have continued input into the Columbia River Treaty process.

“We are asking for more consultation and working with the Basin [residents when] changes are planned,” she said. “We have asked for advisory status during those discussions.”

Kozak said Basin local governments want to be involved in international discussions to provide guidance and get feedback.

The CRTLGC is asking for an assessment of impacts and benefits of the current and future treaty.

Kozak said their meetings across

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Revelstoke residents provide input at a Columbia River Treaty information session in November of 2011. Sessions like these across the basin led to the formulation of the Columbia River Treaty Local Governments’ Committtee recommendations released on Dec. 11.

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the Basin in 2012 and 2013 attracted about 2,300 people to events, including in Revelstoke, which isn’t part of the Association of Kootenay–Boundary Local Governments, but was included in the process.

In terms of the content of the treaty, the CRTLGC divides their recommendations on treaty issues and negotiations into eight points: — The CRTLGC wants impacts on the Basin reduced, not increased.

— The CRTLGC wants equitable benefit sharing that considers issues beyond flood control and power generation. They want benefits that the U.S. receives to be accounted for, such as tourism, recreation, navigation, ecosystems and agriculture. They note these issues were not accounted for in the original Columbia River Treaty deal in 1964. In our interview, Kozak said flood control alone is a massive benefit to the U.S. “The United States feels they are paying too much, whereas if we take a look at the numbers up here and the analysis we’ve done, one major flood would cost billions of dollars down there if there was no coordinated response to flood control.”

— The CRTLGC wants “ecosystem function” to be a “first-order value” that is incorporated in the treaty on the same level as flood control and power production. Kozak said that environmental concerns were barely on the radar in the 1960s when the

CRT was negotiated, and the treaty needs to be updated to reflect contemporary values. “These are industrial working reservoirs,” she said. “It’s all about power production and flood control and it has huge impacts to this day.”

— The CRTLGC wants carefullycoordinated flood control planning when the existing flood control agreement expires in 2024.

– The U.S. Libby Dam must be brought into the treaty fully to ensure it’s operated in a similar way as other Treaty dams, in order to ensure Canadian interests are incorporated into its operational decisions. This recommendation focuses on the negative impacts of the portion of the dam’s reservoir located in Canada.

— That Columbia Basin Trustowned dams are not negatively impacted.

— That existing Canadian rights to use water for domestic uses be maintained.

— The CRTLGC wants climate change considerations incorporated into treaty negotiations.

— Salmon. The committee supports technical and financial feasibility of returning salmon to the Canadian portion of the Columbia River.

The CRTLGC review also identified a host of domestic issues expressed by residents, and urged the provincial government and BC Hydro to work with local government and

residents on them.

In other words, residents’ and local governments’ interface on treaty issues is usually with the provincial government or BC Hydro, not any entities south of the border. Residents said there was lots of room for improvement on how this relationship works and, through the CRTLGC, expressed them in seven different points: — Mitigate and compensate. Basin residents want the provincial government to continue and increase efforts to mitigate for current or future treatyrelated impacts.

— The CRTCLG recommends ongoing study, enforcement and compensation on community economic development issues, saying more needs to be done to compensate for economic opportunities lost by the treaty dams.

— The committee recommends engaging residents on issues like reservoir management.

— In two separate recommendations, the committee pushes for a water management process for the Kootenay River and a wildlife restoration program for the Koocanusa Reservoir.

— The committee said the Columbia and Duncan Water Use Plans that were developed in the mid-2000s have not been adequately implemented, and that the provincial government and BC Hydro can “build trust and

goodwill with Basin communities” by doing a better job implementing the plans. The committee said difficulty accessing information about implementing the plans and “lack of ongoing involvement” are issues.

— The limited budget for the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program was a concern, but the committee felt it needed more information before making recommendations.

Kozak, who is an elected councillor with the City of Nelson, said the local government committee was determined to get basin residents’ views on the table leading up to potential negotiations.

“Even though we had no voice the first time around in the ‘60s, we decided this time it’s really, really important that we not be left out of these discussions because things could go really sideways if you do not have information directly from the source that is being impacted,” she said.

Kozak said the path forward for treaty negotiations is not clearly defined at this point. The provincial government has issued a draft position on the treaty, but not their final position.

Negotiations could occur within the framework of the existing treaty, or entities could exercise their option to withdraw.

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Columbia salmon reintroduction emerges as CRT review issue After lobby organized

by U.S. Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, U.S. Entity supports reintroduction of salmon passage to Canada concept as part of Columbia River Treaty review. B.C. Basin local governments also support study, elevating salmon reintroduction to a prominent issue in the CRT review process.

Prominent in the U.S. Entity position’s ecosystem-based recommendations is a recommended joint U.S.-Canada program to investigate and possibly implement “restored fish passage and [the] reintroduction of anadromous fish on the main stem of the Columbia River to Canadian spawning grounds.”

It required significant organization and lobbying to get salmon passage res-

toration onto the U.S. Entity’s regional recommendations, explained Paul Lumley, Executive Director of the U.S.based Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. (The Canadian and American entities have very similar names and do cooperate with each other, but are not to be confused with each other.)

In an interview with the Times Review from his Portland, Oregon,

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Paul Lumley is the executive director of the U.S.based Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, the organization that led the effort to get restoration of fish passage to Canada on the U.S. Entity’s Columbia River Treaty review recommendations.

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This image from 1908 shows a hunting party from the Comaplix area near Galena Bay with the bounty from their salmon-shooting expedition on the Comaplix River. Salmon once migrated up the Columbia River past Revelstoke, but the annual passage was stopped in the late 1930s with the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State.

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If all goes according to Bill Green’s plan, the first reintroduced Columbia River salmon will cross the U.S.-Canada border in 2016, 78 years after the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam blocked their passage in 1938.

The plan doesn’t stop there. His organization’s goal? “Let’s restore the salmon in 100 years, by 2040,” Green tells me in an interview from his office at the Cranbrook-based Canadian Columbia River Intertribal Fisheries Commission, where he serves as director, overseeing six staff.

Created in the early 1990s in partnership with the Ktunaxa, Shuswap and Okanagan First Nations, the CCRIFC has toiled (amongst other work) on the salmon restoration concept since then. Their efforts are often technical, bureaucratic or otherwise behind the scenes.

Green explains, for example, that the CCRIFC was involved in the environmental assessment process for the Revelstoke Dam Unit 5 process, working to guarantee minimum water flows once the new generator was installed.

“I think it’s fair to say as a result of our efforts we now have the minimum flow there,” Green said. The minimum flows are beneficial to fish in that ecosystem.

They also intervened in the Waneta and Brilliant

expansions to advocate for designs that would facilitate future salmon passage.

The CCRIFC’s efforts haven’t been in the public eye often – other than an occasional news story.

They don’t even have a website, but they did launch an awareness campaign this year, including work at the Columbia Basin Watershed Network’s Think Like a Watershed Symposium in the East Kootenay this summer. An awareness team visited high schools in Revelstoke and Nakusp where they presented the salmon reintroduction concept to students, telling them they’d be the ones to bring the salmon back.

But mostly, the CCRIFC studies, involves itself in regulatory processes related to the Columbia River system, liases with partners in the U.S., and develops plans for salmon reintroduction.

Their profile seems destined to be raised in the coming years.

On Dec. 13, the ‘U.S. Entity’ – the American body representing U.S. stakeholders in the Columbia River Treaty review – released its ‘regional recommendations,’ sending them to the federal U.S. State Department for review. (See story on page 9.)

Key to the American recommendations is an increased emphasis on “ecosystem-based function” in the U.S. Entity position. They are seeking to add a spectrum of ecosystem considerations into the treaty, saying they were omitted in the 1964 agreement, and have been provided for on an ad hoc basis since then.

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Canadian local governments support CRT salmon study Fish passage, from page 11 head office, the Yakama tribe-affiliated executive director explained getting the salmon restoration on the U.S. Entity agenda was “a real journey.”

The U.S. Columbia River InterTribal Fish Commission’s mission is to ensure a unified voice in the overall management of fishery resource, and to protect U.S. tribes’ treaty rights through exercising the sovereign powers of the tribes.

Since they were formed in the late 1970s, the CRITFC has achieved legal wins, treaty partnerships, scientific studies, advocacy campaigns, conservation initiatives and gained regulatory and enforcement authority over fisheries.

Lumley said restoration of salmon runs into Canada could happen in our lifetimes.

“We are probably talking at least a decade, probably a couple of decades before we can see significant numbers of fish coming back to Canada,” he said.

“I am confident it can be done; we just have to have the will to say that we’re going to make it happen. I have a great deal of confidence from where I’m at

because I know and I’m on the right side of history [by] making sure these fish come back to Canada.”

The technology and science behind fish passage is improving. Both the U.S. and Canadian tribal commissions are co-hosting an April conference in Portland, Oregon, that will focus on restoring historical fish passage on the Columbia River.

Part of that Future of Our Salmon 2014 conference will be technical presentations demonstrating recent advances in fish passage technology.

Out of the conference, organizers intend to develop a unified strategy to restore fish passage “that allows Columbia River Basin fish to return to their entire historic range,” according to the event brochure.

Can it be done? And who’s going to pay for it?

The naysayers focus on two points: it’s technically too difficult and just too expensive.

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Bill Green is the director of the Cranbrook-based Canadian Columbia River Intertribal Fisheries Commission, an organization working towards restoring salmon migration into the Canadian Columbia River. Recent political developments related to the Columbia River Treaty has positioned the organization much closer to its goal.

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done,” Lumley explains. “People out there who are saying the loudest that it can’t be done are those that might be on the hook for paying to make sure it gets done. I believe totally that if we can put a man on the moon, we can get salmon past Grand Coulee, past all these other dams. We can’t conclude it’s impossible until we study it, and it really hasn’t been thoroughly studied. Anybody that concludes before we even study it that it can’t be done [has] got an ulterior motive, in my opinion.”

On the main stem of the Columbia River, salmon are currently blocked by the Chief Joseph Dam, which was built downstream from the Grand Coulee. Both Green and Lumley explain the two U.S. dams are significant hurdles that need funding to be overcome.

After that, the next physical barriers are the Brilliant Dam, the Hugh Keenleyside and the Waneta Dam. The Columbia Power Corporation owns the generating stations and is legally bound to provide fish passage if salmon make it that far, explained Green. The requirement was built into environmental assessment agreements when these facilities added on new power generators in recent decades and years.

“Once we get them upstream of Grand Coulee, then we’ve got access into Arrow Lakes and that means all the way up to Revelstoke with respect to Sockeye and Chinook, into the Slocan system upstream of Brilliant and at least upstream into Waneta and possibly into the Salmo River. It’s a huge step,” Green said.

From the activists’ perspective, the technical and funding challenge lays in the two American dams.

Lumley approaches it from the position of shared responsibility, and that’s expressed in the U.S. Entity position, which calls for “shared costs” for a joint program to investigate and implement restored fish passage.

In other words, Canada should help pay for the studies and fish passage work on the American dams.

“I don’t know that Canada’s actually concluded that [fish passage] should not be a part of the Columbia River Treaty process,” Lumley said. “What I have heard from them in writing is they don’t want to pay for it. Especially at Grand Coulee with something ... on the United States side and Canada should not be on the hook for paying the bill – it’s a U.S. responsibility. Now, I have a different opinion on that.”

What about Revelstoke Dam and Mica Dam? “It is going to be technologically sophisticated,” said Canadian Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission director Bill Green.

Technologically, Green points to the Deschutes Passage in Oregon and the Lewis River project in Southwestern Washington State as recent examples of technical fixes that enable fish restoration progress. He notes they both allow for passage past very large dams.

Currently, many dams on the U.S. Columbia River have fish passage, and Green said they have developed successfully.

More study is needed, and environmental approval is required.

Green envisions “trap and truck” testing within a few years, bringing the salmon from below Chief Joseph to above Grand Coulee, then releasing radio-tagged fish to see what they do from there.

Green worked on a sockeye restoration project with the Okanagan First Nation in the late 1990s, when numbers were down to a just a couple thousand spawners a year. Now the total return is approaching half a million in peak years.

“That is a testament to the power of salmon when you give them an opportunity to do wonderful things,” Green said. “Dams aren’t impassable.”

Canadian local governments support salmon study in CRT

On Dec. 11, the B.C. Columbia River Treaty Local Governments’ Committee released their CRT process recommendations, which were compiled after consultation with Columbia Basin residents.

They supported the study of fish passage restoration: “First Nations and other Basin residents are passionate about returning salmon to the Columbia River in Canada. We strongly support agencies and First Nations/Tribes on both sides of the border exploring the technical and financial feasibility of returning salmon to their historic ranges in the Canadian portion of the Columbia River.”

However, the committee didn’t want cash to flow across the border on the issue: “The committee believes each country should take responsibility for restoration activities in their jurisdiction.”

The local government committee chairperson Deb Kozak said they’d like to see feasibility work continue. “Our request is that the government continue these studies.” Kozak said.

The provincial government released their draft recommendations on the Columbia River Treaty review in mid-October. They argue that since the migration ended in 1938, decades before the Columbia River Treaty, salmon passage is not a treaty issue.

“British Columbia’s perspective is that restoration of fish passage and habitat, if feasible, should be the responsibility of each country regarding their respective infrastructure,” states the Government of B.C. in their draft recommendations.

However, in response to questions from the Times Review, a B.C. government spokesperson issued this statement in early October: “Having said that, we are currently conducting public consultations with Basin residents because it’s essential that we shape the future of the Treaty with input from all those who are involved.”

The final B.C. recommendations are expected sometime in the new year.

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Dominic Unterberger has only vague recollections of his first time skiing. It was on the handle-bar at the old Powder Springs Resort.

“I just remember the french fries. That’s what motivated me to ski,” he said. “We’d do two runs and come in for french fries. I think I was two.”

Last year, Unterberger became the first member of the Revelstoke Ski Club in decades to qualify for the BC Ski Team, joining a half-dozen other top young skiers from around the province. It was a milestone for Unterberger, and the ski club, and marked the culmination of childhood growing up on skis and swerving them in and out of gates.

I met up with Unterberger for coffee in early November just before he took off to Sun Peaks, B.C., where he was scheduled to start an intensive winter of training and racing, including his first NorAm Cup races, which are one step below the World Cup. Unterberger grew up the son of ski guide and started skiing as soon as he could, first on the handle tow, then graduating to the chairlift at the Powder Springs.

He joined the Nancy Greene program and would ski around with a group of friends that developed together as skiers.

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I think that was really beneficial for my development when I was younger, to have that freedom to ski when I was young.”

Skiing was a fun social activity for him and his friends, but slowly they started moving up the racing ranks. The training became more structured and the results started coming. At his first K1 race weekend (U14), he came away with first, second and third place finishes. “After that I really got motivated,” he said.

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“There’s no opinions. You put in the work and you try to ski as fast as you can,” he said. “There’s a clear winner on the day.”

Unterberger had to surmount a few hurdles to make the BC Ski Team. Namely, two broken legs in less than a year.

The first was at the K2 (U16) nationals at Silver Star in March 2009. It wasn’t during a race.

Instead, it was while fooling around with friends on a cat track.

They got tangled up, his ski got stuck in the snow and his leg twisted. “I was done after that.”

He was in a cast until July and then spent the summer rehabbing. By the following winter he was back on skis, but then in January, while skiing down Separate Reality at Revelstoke Mountain Resort, he got in the backseat off a mogul and the same leg snapped. There was no pain, but he knew it was broken.

“At no point did I think it was the end of my career. I was kind of bummed and pretty upset it happened to me.”

The upside was that he was out of a cast by the spring and had a whole summer to work out and rehabilitate his leg. “If anything, breaking my leg sparked me to do a lot more dry land training,” he said. “I started road biking a lot more, got a mountain bike.”

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well and during the winter of 2012 the subject was broached with him about making the BC Ski Team. He was on the cusp of qualifying – the coach liked his skiing, but he didn’t have the results he needed. That summer he was invited to train with the team, including going to Chile with them. On top of working on his skiing, he also worked on his mental toughness.

“Ski racing is a lot of mental toughness and there’s a lot of mental barriers you have to overcome,” he said. “Just to be able to send yourself down the hill as fast as you can and just pushing a new line in the course. For me, a lot of that stuff was new. They were concepts the coaches were trying to work with me a lot.”

At the end of the Chile camp he was given the news – he made the team. “I didn’t expect that at all,” he said. “Admittedly I didn’t have the best summer performance wise, but I put in all the work. I had good days, but consistency wasn’t there.”

After a month off in October, Unterberger was back on snow in November at Nakiska in Alberta.

He started to believe in himself and his skills more. His focus was not results, but on developing his skiing. On a trip to Europe he felt he skied well, but didn’t get the

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The Revelstoke Adaptive Sports program is set for an official launch, with a day of events scheduled at Revelstoke Mountain Resort on Saturday, January 4.

“Essentially we offer alpine ski and snowboard lessons and Nordic lessons to people with physical and mental disabilities,” said Ron Glave, who is the president of the Revelstoke Adaptive Sports.

The program was started in 2012 through a partnership between the Revelstoke Rotary Club and the Live It! Love It! Foundation and other volunteers.

Earlier this year, Glave took the lead in getting things going.

“My motivation is I want to make sure our bounty of adventure sports is available to everyone, regardless of your limitations,” he said.

With that in mind, Revelstoke

Adaptive Sports offers a variety of winter sports programs in connection with Revelstoke Mountain Resort and the Revelstoke Nordic Ski Club.

Last winter, several volunteers took a weekend course to become certified adaptive skiing instructors. They are now able to offer lessons to people with developmental and cognitive disabilities like autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and more; and physically disabled skiers, including paraplegics, people with a missing leg, and the blind.

“We can work with physical disabilities, single track, three track, sit ski,” said Glave.

Revelstoke Adaptive Sports had some equipment donated by other adaptive sports programs and they currently have several sit-skis available and other equipment for people to use.

The aim is to provide lessons to disabled people so they can then progress on their own.

“If we were to run a lesson

today, I would meet and greet the guest, assess their needs, what their attentions are,” said Glave. “All our lessons are geared towards skill development. Part one is sharing that outdoor experience but the underlying intent is to share a skill they can develop and go along that line.”

On Saturday, Jan. 4, the volunteers will be at the base of Revelstoke Mountain Resort to provide a demonstration of the program. They will be offering the opportunity for people to try out the equipment at the Turtle Creek beginner area. At lunch time, they will shift the demonstration to the mid-mountain area and there are also events planned for in town.

Right now the focus is on winter sports but the goal is to also provide summer sports opportunities like four-wheel mountain biking, kayaking, or paragliding.

You can learn more at the Revelstoke Adaptive Sports Facebook page or on their website.

Unterberger aiming for national development team from previous page results he hoped for. But when he came back, something clicked for him. He was skiing well and beating his teammates – showing that he wasn’t last on the team, despite being the last to make it.

At the final race of the year in Panorama, he finished fifth – his best result yet. “At the last race of the year, I thought that’s how I should ski, that’s how I can ski,” he said.

The off-season was a busy one for Unterberger. First there was the matter of graduating from high school. Then there were trips to Mount Hood, Oregon, and Whistler, for training on glaciers. There was a dry land training camp in Fernie and another trip to Chile.

“I was trying to improve some physical training,” he said about his summer regimen. “I was trying to get a little more power and a little more explosiveness.”

Unterberger’s favourite event is the giant slalom, though he

says he’s a more natural slalom skier. He considers slalom more challenging because there’s less room for error. In GS, there’s a little more leeway for mistakes.

“Mentally it’s a little bit easier,” he said. “You can survive little mistakes better.”

The day after I interviewed Unterberger, he took off to Sun Peaks to join the rest of his teammates for their first training sessions of the winter. Afterwards, it was off to Colorado for the first NorAm Cup races of the winter.

Starting at the back of the pack and with challenging course conditions, his first few races didn’t go so well and he didn’t qualify for a single second run.

On Dec. 2, he had his first finish – a 20th place in the giant slalom at a junior race in Loveland, Colorado. On Dec. 18, racing in Vail, Colorado, he achieved his goal by placing in the top-30 at a NorAm slalom race – finishing 23rd.

“Yesterday I just wanted to finish and get a result!” he wrote

in an e-mail. “I skied solid but not nearly as fast I have been training, making a big mistake first run and skiing a safe second run. If anything yesterday was a confirmation of just how fast I, and the rest of my team can ski.

I am pumped to get that result under my belt but even more excited for the day when I lay two fast runs down!”

His ultimate goal this year is to qualify for the national development team. “Realistically there’s a lot of factors involved other than my skiing,” he said.

“It’s a goal at the back of my mind. It’s possible, but you have to think about the process.”

He said it would take some top 10 finishes on the NorAm Cup circuit to make it.

Long term, Unterberger wants to make his living skiing, whether it’s racing, coaching or guiding like his father. “Who knows? I definitely see it in my future no matter what form it’s in.”

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Teenager Kellen Viznaugh took the victory in the first of four Headlamp Heroes Nordic ski races of the winter.

There were three course options in the classic race – the 1.5-kilometre Titan loop, one lap of the 3.75-kilometre Mickey Olson Loop, or two laps of the Mickey Olson Loop.

34 racers of all ages and abilities, along with a number of volunteers, came out to take part in the race, which is modeled on the twoonie bike races that take place during the summer.

It was a friendly but competitive atmosphere as the racers donned headlamps as they burst their way out of the start gate outside the Nordic lodge and then made their way into the darkness beyond.

Viznaugh completed the 7.5-kilometre course in a time of 23:49, beating Revelstoke Nordic Ski Club coach Matt Smider by a little more than two minutes. Rory Luxmoore finished third in a time of 26:19.

Alana Brittin won the shorter, 3.75-kilometre junior race in a time of 13:07, beating out her teammates Simon Blackie and Elizabeth Elliot, who finished second and third respectively.

In the kids race, Hannah Vickers was the first to make it around the Titan Loop in a time of 6:14.

The next race in the series is a skate sprint on Jan. 15.

On Feb. 5 there is a skate pursuit race and on Mar. 5 the series wraps up with a mixed relay. Registration for each race starts at 6 p.m. and the races start at 7 p.m.

The race also served to make sure all the timing equipment was in order for the upcoming Okanagan Cup race that is taking place here on Sunday, Dec. 29. That race also serves as a qualifier for the B.C. Winter Games.

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You don’t like to pitch a fit, but if you want to be heard, that’s what you’re going to have to do. Make your stance known, Capricorn. Only then will you get the action you seek.

Attention, Aquarius.

Someone close to you has something to say, and they need you to listen. A home improvement project turns out better than expected.

It’s a tall order, Pisces, but it’s not impossible.

Gather your supplies and the troops and get crackin’. A report receives glowing reviews just in time.

CLUES ACROSSYou don’t like to pitch 1. Lawyer disqualification a fit, but if you want 7. Filled in harbor to be heard, that’s 13. Die what you’re going to have to do. Make 14. Expected your stance known, 16. As in 17. Squares puzzle Capricorn. Only then December 22– will you get the action 19. Of I January 19 you seek.

20. Small depressions 22. Cambridgeshire Cathedral 23. Layout and furnishings Attention, Aquarius.

25. Sandhill crane genus Someone close to you 26. Challenges has something to say, 28. A widow’s self-immolation and they need you to 29. Earth System Modellisten. (abbr.)

A home 30. Sound unit improvement project 31. A teasing remark turns out better than 33. Surrounded by January 20– expected.

34. Distinctive Februaryelegance 18 36. Imperturbable 38. Gulf of, in the Aegean It’s a tall order, Pisces, 40. Ice mountains but it’s not impossible.

41. Rubs out Gather your supplies 43. German writer Weber and the troops and get 44. Tub 45. Digital audiotape crackin’. A report receives glowing 47. UC Berkeley reviews just in time.

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You know has something what needs to to besay, done, and they you to so do it. need The sooner listen.

A home you finish, the sooner improvement you can moveproject on to turns out better something youthan really expected. want to do.

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Clarify, Cancer. weather, a beach are a go-getter, but Make certain you vacation beckons you, sometimes you go are understood ontoo Aries.

Start planning far. that this in mind all Keep accounts this week as you an excursion towork a warm week.

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You may have been Clarify, Cancer.

Clam up, Libra, and bouncing around Make certain youit. you will regret aimlessly some are understood on your Prepare to for present time, Libra.

Butthenow is all accounts this idea and watch week.

Leave nothing the week getto-do all of sparks fly. to The tolist chance.

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Your done if you don’t. a worthy project efforts won’t go that unnoticed. makes good use of your

July 22 22 October

July 23– 23– October August 22 21 November

Give an issue in Pragmatic Gemini.

A loved one has a your relationship the You’re always meltdown, and you’re consideration it merits, looking to get left to pick upthings the Gemini.

Though it might done well in the pieces.

You can do it, shortest timelike possible, not seem itwill now, Virgo, and you do but sometimes just taking time now will it well.

A new do lifts won’t Patience spiritswork. in more ways ultimately strengthen August 23– 22– November isyour key.one. than relationship.

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7. March Clemens21– hero way.

January22 19 19 July 22 October 8. April ___-Jima 9. Rendered hog fat 10. Ocean ebbs Stop dragging your Bickering rarely solvesand Obligations to work 11. Spielberg blockbuster Taurus. You know anything, so put family leave youa stop short 12. Grade reducing feet, what needs to be done, to madnesstime, the first onthe personal Leo. 13. Shirk so do it. The sooner chance get, Leo. Thoughyou your schedule 15. Treats with contempt you finish, the sooner You will get nothing is hectic, make time 18. Single Lens Reflyou ex (abbr.) can move on to done if you don’t. to unwind and you 21. Integer something you really will be glad for having October 24.April Photographers January23– 20– 20– July 23– want to do. done so.

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Clam up, Libra, and you will regret it.

Prepare to present your idea and watch the sparks fly. The to-do list nears completion with an addition.

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A change in attitude picks up the pace, and the team finishes well ahead of schedule.

Bravo, Scorpio. Your efforts won’t go unnoticed.

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You’re always looking to get things done well in the shortest time possible, but sometimes just won’t work. Patience is key.

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A loved one has a meltdown, and you’re left to pick up the pieces. You can do it, Virgo, and you will do it well. A new do lifts spirits in more ways than one.

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Ralph It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing on December 6, of our long time friend and companion Ralph.

Ralph was born in May of 1996 and has been our companion since December of 1996 when we rescued him from the City Pound.

Ralph spent his summers serving as a hood ornament on our Lincoln as well as a window decoration on the ATV van in the fall and winter. He was very adept at barking at the bears, playing with the bear cubs while their mother ravaged our fruit trees.

Ralph was predeceased by his sister Shadow (Faith and Tom Jones), and his long time companion Ladybug (Phylis and Ross Lang). Our thanks go out to Julia, Sue and the staff of the Revelstoke Vet Clinic. Also to Mike Vegh and our neighbors on Red Devil Hill who always displayed and gave so much kindness to Ralph during his many years, but especially in the recent years.

Au revoir notre ami Mai les angles en paradis soyez tu ca Paradis Ouvere le barriers pour votre entrie Au revour notre chien Au revour Mary Lou and Ron Holoday

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