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Danielle Cardozo, sous chef at the Heid Out, is pictured with Dan Clapson (left) and Chris Shaften (right) in the Heid Out kitchen on Monday, Jan. 20. Cardozo, who has made the top 50 in the CTV program MasterChef Canada — and will appear in at least the opening episodes of the program — hosted a screening event for the series’ first episode at the Cranbrook restaurant and brew pub. The kitchen accordingly served up Cardozo’s signature dish, pan-seared miso-glazed rainbow trout, served with ponzu mushrooms and citrus miso broth. Cardozo invited two friends — celebrity foodies from Calgary — to join the event (which, needless to say, was sold out). Chris Shaften was a competitor in the third season of Top Chef Canada. Dan Clapson is a food writer who co-founded eatnorth.ca, writes for the Food Network and appears on Global Television. Here’s cheering for a long TV run for Danielle Cardozo — and bon appetit, everybody!

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The B.C. government has begun a province-wide tour to collect ideas for improving conditions for disabled people, particularly by improving their job prospects.

Social Development Minister Don McRae attended the first session Monday evening in his home community of Courtenay, which

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The tour is scheduled for Cranbrook on February 18.

The ministry has also established a website for public comments, and one of the more frequent suggestions is for B.C. to increase its social assis-

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tance payment to disabled people. That now stands at $906 per month, including a rent subsidy.

McRae said in an interview that major cost items like that will have to wait until B.C.’s economy improves.

Meanwhile, efforts to increase employment are showing promise.

B.C. has increased the amount of income that can be earned without reducing disability benefits from $500 to $800 a month.

McRae said he wants to expand on a pilot project that allows people to earn more than that for part of the year, so they can take advantage of seasonal work.

McRae, who had “social innovation” added to his title when he was appointed to the ministry last year, said he was encouraged by a meeting with a Tim Hortons franchise owner from Ontario who now employs one out of four people

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Employees average less than a year in those jobs, but disabled employees stay an average of five years, which saves substantial money on training.

“It benefits the disability community, and it also helps his bottom line,” McRae said.

Input from the community meetings and website comments are to be used for a policy paper that will be presented at a public forum in June.

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School students Forests minister write for literacy optimistic with state of industry CBAL, Townsman, SD5 partner in creative writing project for Family Literacy Day Sally MacDonald Townsman Staff

Students in Cranbrook schools are busy putting pen to paper this week for the Creative Writing Project.

The challenge marks Family Literacy Day, Jan. 27, and invites students in all grades to submit a creative writing piece.

“It’s any subject and it can be any type of creative writing. It could be a cartoon, it could be a graphic story, it could be poetry, it could be a story, an essay on any subject,” said Katherine Hough, community literacy coordinator for Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL).

Students in every Cranbrook school are invited to submit a creative writing piece before the end of this week.

“We decided to do something that would challenge kids to think about literacy,” said Hough.

Each school will then submit one piece for each grade to the Creative Writing Project.

“It may be that this is the best, however one decides what that is, or it may mean that this is a child who has struggled with literacy issues and has done a great job,” said Hough.

Students who are nominated by their school will be recognized at a family event on Jan. 27, and their work will be published in the Cranbrook Daily Townsman/Kimberley Daily Bulletin over coming months.

The Jan. 27 event will be held at the Manual Training Centre at the Cranbrook Public Library, running from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Students in the Creative Writing Project will go in the draw to win book prizes, tickets to Symphony of the Kootenays’ Fiddle Fire family concert on Feb. 2, and a grand prize of an e-reader.

The project is a partnership between CBAL, the Townsman, and School District 5.

On Jan. 27, not just the nominated students but all families are invited to the event at the Manual Training Centre to take part in “15 Minutes For Literacy.”

“We will have all sorts of activities for families to engage in — we’ve got games, we’ve got mazes to run in, we’ve got a little writing booth — we’ve got all sorts of things,” said Hough.

“If they have submitted something and they weren’t nominated by their school, well, come on down anyhow. If you didn’t take part in the Creative Writing Project, doesn’t matter. We’ve got all sorts of activities for the family and we really encourage families to come down and take part.”

The event will also announce the first person named Cranbrook’s literary champion.

“It’s something that we thought would be really appropriate for family literacy day, because it is honouring somebody who has promoted literacy in our community. And it’s the very first time we are awarding it,” said Hough.

Students who are interested in submitting a creative writing piece can talk to their teacher.

Man charged after roadblock arrests Sally MacDonald Townsman Staff

are recommending charges for possession of crystal meth.

The arrests were made after police A 44-year-old man has been charged with cocaine trafficking after received a tip to be on the lookout for police nabbed him with drugs during people involved in drug trafficking at that time. A roadblock a targeted road check on was set up on the strip Wednesday, Jan. 15.

The man was among “These arrests are a and for five hours police three arrested after the testament to the waited for the suspect vehicle to approach. vehicle they were in was “The RCMP members found to contain crystal lengths officers will in both Kimberley and meth, heroin, cocaine, go to in order to Cranbrook actively seek and drug paraphernalia. apprehend and information about those He was remanded in custody during a Jan. 16 charge those involved involved in drug trafficking and act on it once bail hearing before a Judicial Justice of the Peace in the drug trade.” they gain sufficient evidence,” said Cpl. Chris and was scheduled to Newel. “These arrests are appear again Monday, a testament to the lengths officers Jan. 20.

Police have released the man’s will go to in order to apprehend and companions, a 23-year-old female charge those involved in the drug and a 26-year-old male – but police trade.”

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It’s a good time to be a forests minister in B.C. Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, was in Cranbrook on Monday, Jan. 20, meeting with various industry stakeholders at the Forestry office.

Thomson took time out to speak to the Townsman about a resurgence and positive turnaround in the industry in recent months.

Thomson said he was “very, very optimistic” about the state of B.C.’s forest industry these days, and believes the industry is on a strong road to recovery.

“We’ve brought the industry through one of the most difficult downturns in the industry, with the collapse of the U.S. housing market,” Thomson said. “And now with the work that we’ve done in terms of diversifying markets in China, Japan, the U.S. market is coming back.

We’re seeing a significant strengthening in prices.

“There’s lots of optimism in the industry, lots of capital investment being signalled — even new capital investment. It’s important to recognize that even during the downturn the industry invested significant capital in the industry.

“I think coming in for next year we’ve got signal intentions of over $600 million in investment planned.”

Thomson said that as of the end of October, a new record had been set for sales to China. And the softwood lumber agreement with the United States has also provided a new level of stability. That agreement has been extended through 2015.

Thomson said the sector is still facing some particular challenges — among them the “mountain pine beetle corridor” which is undergo-

ing a difficult adjustment period as a result of declining timber sale.

Thomson said review work is underway, and an additional inventory program has been announced as some of the measures intended to help these affected areas.

Late 2013 also saw numerous new deals between industry labour — the United Steelworkers — and employers like member companies of the Interior Forest Labour Relations Board (IFLRA) and its northern counterpart, the Council on Northern Interior Forest Employment Relations (CONIFER). The

STEVE thomson measure of labour peace is an added plus, Thomson said.

“What we want to focus on is moving forward without that being one of the pieces you have to worry about,” he said. “The biggest challenge we’re hearing from the industry is the

ongoing shortage of skilled labour. We have to work with everybody in the industry — the Province, the companies, the unions, the contractor associations in making sure we have a coordinated plan to make sure we can fill those jobs.

“We know over the next number of years there’s going to be 25,000 new jobs in the industry.

Those will come from the overall recovery in the industry, but also the demographics of an aging workforce. That’s really one of the most important areas we’re going to have to work with.”

Thomson proud of work on flood damaged roads Barry Coulter

The most newsworthy work the forest ministry was engaged in in 2013 in the East Kootenay was the scramble to repair the extensive damage to local backroads after the record flooding in June.

Back in July, 2013, the Townsman reported that more than 50 sites and 30 bridges on the East Kootenay’s backcountry roads needed to be repaired, with the damage estimated at $5.5 million.

The East Kootenay Forest District, under the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, had to apply to have those costs reimbursed later under Emergency Management B.C., which provides money for unforeseen events such as the flooding that caused this massive amount of damage.

“I’m really proud of the work our staff did over here in responding to

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that situation,” Thomson said. “They prioritized the immediate needs. We know there’s still more work to do, but the feedback I’ve received — from the industry, outdoor recreation groups and everybody that utilizes that backcountry— is that they did a great job of responding to a very very difficult situation.

“My understanding is that there is still a significant program (of repairs) to come in 2014, in terms of the number of key access points — bridges and things like that.

“But the work that they did to not only prioritize, but to respond quickly, was the key. They got right at it.

“It’s a testament to the collective effort that everybody put together, and the way they worked together, to make sure we didn’t disrupt fiber flow and those kind of things, keeping companies operating and keeping access to those key areas.”

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Cranbrook discusses Invermere deer letter Arne Petryshen Townsman Staff

The District of Invermere is hoping to lobby the provincial government to help it pay costs associated with the legal challenge from the Invermere Deer Protection Society. Invermere forwarded the letter to Cranbrook city council, with its primary recipients being Premier Christy Clark and Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

On Monday, January 20, council discussed the matter.

In the letter, Invermere Mayor Gerry Taft notes that the district spent $40,000 on legal fees defending the provincial process.

The suit was to decide whether the public process designed by the province, and followed by Invermere, as well as Cranbrook and other communities was appropriate.

Taft wrote: “As we have essentially been defending a process recommended by the province and because our case has had significant interest for and direct impacts on many other communities and jurisdictions facing similar wildlife management

issues in British Columbia, we respectfully request your consideration in reimbursing the District of lnvermere for a portion of our legal fees in responding to this lawsuit.”

He was asking for a cost sharing of $20,000 between the province and the municipality.

In addition, Invermere was also asking for the province to consider cost sharing future implementations of deer management options with local governments.

Taft’s letter also noted the municipalities disappointment in hearing about possible changes to provincial legislation dealing with urban wildlife not from the province, but from LifeForce, a lobby group.

“It is alarming that they may have more influence in or connection to changes to legislation then the local governments who are directly impacted by urban deer,” Taft wrote.

The information was first sent to the Union of B.C. Municipalities the day before. Coun. Angus Davis said that this was an issue that the UBCM should be

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working for the municipalities, not the province.

“We’re paying to belong to that so that they can be the intermediary with the provincial government,” Angus said, adding that the province should have delivered the information to the municipalities involved.

Coun. Gerry Warner agreed with Davis, and also with Taft that it’s a two-way street.

“The only way that these urban deer are going to be dealt with is through a partnership between the municipalities and the province,” he said.

Warner noted that members of council will be meeting with MLA Bill Bennett to talk about the issue.

Taft also worried about the perception of deer hazing, the practice of using trained dogs to move deer out of town, as being a ‘magic cure.’

He said it is expensive compared to traditional trap and culls, and sometimes not feasible depending on location.

For instance, Taft noted that if the municipality is not adjacent to crown land, there is no place to lead the deer.

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Elkford gets go ahead to continue with cull N i co l e O b r e Fernie Free Press

Following an investigation and a one week suspension, the permit for Elkford’s deer cull has been reinstated. While a date has not yet been set, the District of Elkford is free to resume culling deer anytime up until March 10. “[The District] has received a warning and will now be under a much more watchful eye around observing the permit conditions,” said John Krebs, regional manager, Recreational Fisheries and Wildlife Programs, Kootenay Boundary Region of Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. “We did reinstate the permit on Thursday afternoon (January 16) last week and Elkford is now remobilizing things to get their people and their equipment organized to reinitiate the operational part of the cull.”

The District of Elkford initially began the cull at the start of January to decrease the population of 78-148 mule deer currently living within town limits. A license was issued by the B.C. Minis-

try of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources and Operations, allowing the District to kill up to 50 mule deer with the use of a clover trap and bolt gun. The 14 page permit issued outlined several guidelines and regulations, including that deer only be harvested during the night.

“We suspended the permit on January 7 due to some complaints and concerns that we had with trapping outside of permit conditions, specifically trapping during daylight hours, which is not consistent with the permit,” explained Krebs. “We did an investigation with the Conservation Officer Service once we suspended the permit with the parties and followed up with that in Elkford.”

He went on to say, “We sat down with the District and the contractor and the Conservation Officers over the whole situation and what the complaints and concerns were.

We’ve made it very clear that we expect that the operation meets the terms of the permit.”

With the permit reinstated, the District is

cautiously moving forward with the deer cull.

“We are going to work on a game plan,” commented Curtis Helgesen, chief administrative officer, District of Elkford. “There has been a few things that have changed since we first started harvesting, so we’re working on having that game plan approved by the province and Interior Health, and then completing the cull by no later than March 10.”

Feedback from the community has been mixed and the District has been dealing with concerns from outside and environmental groups as well. This is despite the fact that 70 per cent of the 433 Elkford residents who completed a survey about the urban deer issue in 2010 wanted to see a moderate decrease in the herd by 30 to 40 per cent.

“There are some people hopefully that have contacted us that are strongly against it and there are some people who have come forward that want to provide those words of encouragement to council that they support the decision,”said Helgesen. “Locally in Elkford, there are some

people that are really impacted by it and there are some people that are still for it, but we just have to keep moving forward.”

Krebs is hopeful that the District will be able to continue on with the cull without any further issues.

“We had to reexamine what their procedures were, but it was just about making sure we had confidence that the District and the contractor could follow the terms of the permit,” he said. “We’ve had that assurance and we’ll have some staff oversee things as well.

So we’ll be watching, but I think they’ve got what they need to do the job properly. Hopefully this is just a bump in the road, they’re back on track, and we’ll get that work completed in the next few weeks.

The District reported that ten deer were harvested before the cull was initially suspended on January 6 and 7. All were mule deer, two males and the rest female, with a roughly 50/50 mix of adults and juveniles.

The meat will be processed into ground meat and provided to local food banks.

Creston ponders tinkering with time Town considers switch to daylight time, will put the question to citizenry in November referendum

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Creston council is questioning whether the town should start taking part in daylight savings time.

Creston, part of the Mountain Time Zone, has never made the seasonal adjustment to its clocks. Time in Creston is therefore the same as Cranbook in the winter, and Nelson in the summer.

The town council believes it’s time to ask voters if they want to change that.

A non-binding referendum question will be added to Creston ballots in November’s municipal election.

However, Regional District of Central Kootenay directors representing the surrounding areas aren’t so sure that’s a good idea.

Area A director Garry Jackman, an opponent of daylight time, said there is no economic benefit to changing time to make daylight extend longer into the evening, and that the Town of Creston hasn’t demonstrated why there should be a vote.

Arguing that the town “hasn’t done its homework,” Jackman said that there is no evidence that Creston residents want DST, while a poll of Area B voters

showed a 77 per cent opposition to the scheme among the 400 residents who responded.

Area C director Larry Binks was concerned a time zone change in Creston could impact other communities in the area that reject daylight time, including the Creston Valley and East Shore.

“Are you going to tell the provincial government that if the vote [in Creston] is 50.1 per cent in favour of DST that the whole area should have it forced upon it?” Binks asked.

Time zone issues are in provincial jurisdic-

tion. The results of the Creston referendum will be forwarded to the BC government to determine if any response is warranted.

In 1972, a provincial referendum asked voters in the southeast and northeast corners of the province to state their preference about daylight time. The east part of the Nelson-Creston provincial riding voted no by a 50.61 to 49.39 per cent margin. Creston Valley and East Shore rejected daylight time by much wider margins.

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The Ladies Auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 24 Cranbrook, on Friday made a donation of $1,000 to the Cranbrook Food Bank. The funds were raised through the Legion’s Christmas Stocking Raffle. Left to right: Joanne Hiebert, member of the Legion executive; Jackie Jensen of the Cranbrook Food Bank; Carolyn McLean of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary.

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Students looking to attend, or who are currently attending, College of the Rockies can now apply for over $150,000 in scholarships, bursaries, and awards.

For those students currently attending the college, the deadline to apply online for awards is February 28.

Awards amounts range from $250 to $2,000. Scholarships and bursaries are available for students in a variety of program areas, for Aboriginal students, for those who achieve academic excellence as well as those who demonstrate economic need. Specific eligibility requirements for each award are available on

the college’s financial aid website.

“We have simplified the application process for scholarships and bursaries, making it even easier for our students to access these financial awards, said Lois Murray, College of the Rockies Financial Assistance and Awards Advisor. “I strongly encourage all students to take the time to fill out an application before the deadline.”

Students looking to attend the College in September have until March 31 to apply for a variety of Entrance Awards.

With awards values ranging from $500 to two-year full tuition scholarships valued at approximately $7,000, this is an

excellent opportunity for new college students to get assistance with the cost of their post-secondary education.

“Over $50,000 in Entrance Awards are available to applicants entering full-time programs at the college. Some awards are granted based on scholastic achievement while others are based on a demonstrated financial need. Anyone who is looking to attend the college this fall should definitely be applying for an Entrance Award,” Murray continues.

For a complete list of scholarships, bursaries and awards as well as specific eligibility requirements for each go to: www.cotr.bc.ca/financialaid

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COTR Financial Assistance and Awards Advisor, Lois Murray, looks to give away thousands of dollars in scholarships and awards.

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While smoking rates have steadily declined over the last decades, tobacco still kills more people every year than all illegal drugs, suicides, homicides and car accidents combined.

January 19-25 is National Non-Smoking Week and Interior Health wants to remind everyone of the importance of local action to address the leading cause of preventable death and disease in Canada.

One of the most effective ways communities can reduce the harm of cigarettes is to limit their use in public areas. Creating smoke-free environments is a great way to improve the health of your community.

Smoke-free outdoor spaces are very effective in helping children and youth grow up to be non-smokers.

Smoke-free bylaws are not

intended to punish those who are dependent on tobacco, but instead to assist smokers to quit and protect people from exposure to second-hand smoke.

“There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke,” said Trish Hill, Tobacco Reduction Coordinator at Interior Health.

“By creating smoke-free outdoor spaces, communities make smoking seem less normal, which contributes to lowering smoking rates. This is particularly important for the well-being of children and adolescents because of the message it conveys, namely that inhaling smoke into your lungs is not normal.”

Communities with smokefree parks, playgrounds, beaches and trails tend to have lower smoking rates. In Woodstock, Ontario, 38 per cent of people said the outdoor smoke-free

bylaw helped them quit, and 40 per cent said it helped them to stay a non-smoker. The bylaw did not negatively impact use of facilities, businesses, or attendance at community events.

Smoke-free parks, beaches and playgrounds also lower the risk of toxic litter, which may be ingested by children or pets; and reduces wildfire in forested areas. In the 2012 B.C. shoreline clean-up, tobacco related litter outnumbered any other by three times.

“Public support for smokefree outdoor areas is on the rise,” added Hill. “It’s not surprising since more than 85 per cent of British Columbians don’t use tobacco. In fact, more than 30 communities in B.C., from Vancouver to Kelowna to Sicamous, have enacted restrictions on smoking in parks and on beaches, joining hundreds more across North

The East Kootenay Railway Pensioners Association will be having a Social Luncheon at 12:30 pm, Tuesday Jan. 21, 2014 at Arthur’s Sports Bar & Grill( Day’s Inn ) 600 Cranbrook St.N,Cranbrook BC. All Railway Retiree’s and Spouses are welcome. RSVP by Jan. 17th, 2014. Info: Secretary Frances Allen at 250-426-2720 or Myrtle 250-426-2378,Jean 250-426-8338 Join the Bavarian Barbarians Thursdays in January 23rd & 30th, 7pm-9pm at Resker Hall, Marysville. First two practises FREE of charge. Full gear will be provided. We are Looking for skaters, referees and volunteer.

Jubilee Chapter #64, Order of the Eastern Star, regular meeting Monday, January 27, at 7:30 pm sharp, at the Masonic Hall, 4013rd Avenue South in Cranbrook.

Kimberley Wildlife & Wilderness Club Meeting is on Tuesday January 28, 7:00 pm at Selkirk Secondary School cafeteria. For more info call 250-427-5236 Have Camera Will Travel.... Join Jenny Broere & Maurice Frits travelogue “Go Dutch” - Touring the Netherlands at Centre 64 on Tuesday, Jan 28 at 7:30 pm. Admission by donation. Proceeds to Kimberley Arts Council & Expansion Project.

The Annual Scottish Tea will be held in the Kimberley United Church on Saturday, February 1st from 1 – 3 pm. It will feature Highland Dancers, Scottish Music, Scottish fare of scones, oatcakes and shortbread and a Bake Table of various goodies.

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Join the 4th Annual Slopes for Hope event in Kimberley, BC; Inviting Nordic skiers, Alpine skiers, snowboarders and all people who love to play in the snow to join the fight against cancer as we take it to the slopes Saturday, Feb. 8th, 9:00 am – 4:00pm. Transportation to Kimberley Nordic Club provided 9:45 am – 3:15 pm by Simply Kimberley. Register Now Individually or Teams up to 4 people - slopesforhope.ca.

Family Fishing Derby Monday February 10, 2014. On Family Day weekend come out for fishing, children’s games, and great prizes! Benefits local children battling cancer. Contact familyfishingderby@gmail.com

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The Tobacco Reduction Team partners with local governments, agencies, Aboriginal communities and individuals to promote healthy, smokefree environments. This is done through presentations to councils, advising and commenting on bylaw language, providing ‘lessons learned’ from other communities and encouraging local governments to include smoke-free space in their visioning and planning.

To find out about the smoke-free bylaws in your area, check your community’s website. If you would like to know more about smoke-free living or want help strengthening your local smoke-free bylaws, the Interior Health Tobacco Reduction Team is eager to help and can be reached through www.interiorhealth. ca/AboutUs/ContactUs.

The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation invites anyone expecting bone and joint surgery to make contact with local volunteers for peer support. The free Ortho Connect program helps to ease the fear, stress and anxiety that go along with surgery and help patients prepare. It is ideal for those coping with arthritis, osteoporosis & injury. 1-800-461-3639 ext 4, and ask for Lauralee.

Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon -1:00 Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication & leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911.toastmastersclubs.org.

Help Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cranbrook: One way you can help is by donating to our “Blue Bin” located outside to the left of Wal- Mart. This bin is there for any clothing items or soft items.

(250)489-3111 or email us at @bigbrothersbigsisters.ca Literacy Champion - pick up nominations for Cranbrook’s first Literacy Champion at Cranbrook Library, CBAL office (19A – 9th Ave S) or online [ http://www.cbal.org ]www.cbal.org.

Nominations close Jan 15th and our champion announced on Family Literacy Day Jan 27th. FMI: Anna 250-581-2112 or wccranbrook@gmail.com To January 31st: Artists Marissa Phillips and the students of Mount Baker Secondary display a joint art exhibition exploring the Ktunaxa tradition of story-telling through media and performance. Open Tue-Fri 11am–5pm & Saturdays 10am– 2pm. Cranbrook and District Arts Council, 104 135 10th Ave S, CBK. info: 250-426-4223 SPECIAL GOSPEL SERVICES: Each Sunday from January 12th to February 23rd, 2014, from 3:00 - 4:00 PM Mountain Time.

Location: Girl Guides of Canada Hall, 1421 - 2nd St S Cranbrook BC. Phone contact: (250) 426-4791.

The Cranbrook Skating Club is celebrating their 60th Anniversary with an Ice Show on March 1st, 2014 at Western Financial Place.

We are looking to research the Club’s history and also locate previous skaters, coaches and judges. Contact Debbie Mandryk @ 250-489-2318 or debbiemandryk@msn.com.

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Old man take a look at your facts Neil Young’s anti-oilsands concert tour was the perfect distillation of the American enviro-assault on its dependent northern neighbour that’s been going on for a decade or more.

After touring Fort McMurray in his electric car with actor-turned-protester Daryl Hannah, the 68-year-old Young covered all the big propaganda hits and added his own fantasy facts.

It looks like a war zone up there! Hiroshima! If it keeps going it will be like the Moon!

There’s no reclamation! Tar sands oil is all going to China, and that’s why their air is so bad!

All of those statements are false.

And then Young dropped his own nuclear bomb, claiming cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan are 30 per cent higher than, well, somewhere else. Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation has cited a discredited study by former community doctor John O’Connor to press the same claim.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta reviewed O’Connor’s claims in 2009. It concluded that “Dr. O’Connor made a number of inaccurate or untruthful claims” about cancer patients, and then refused to provide patient information after his claims made international news.

Retired professor David Schindler toured with Young and continued to push

the health scare, referring darkly to newer research showing increased mercury and PAH (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon) contamination.

When you peel back the propaganda and journalistic hype, these studies mainly reveal that such toxins are on the rise, but are found in much higher concentrations around large cities where fuel is consumed. The cancer claims BC VIEWS were then debunked by a Royal Society of Canada exTom pert panel in 2010.

Fletcher This cancer scare is the most damaging and dishonest part of the selective attack on Alberta. The oil industry, politicians and most of the media seem unwilling to examine it critically.

Climate scientist-turned-politician Andrew Weaver was at Young’s Toronto news conference. He says there were no questions for him, Adam or Young’s other validator, David Suzuki, who previously worked with Schindler on a slanted oilsands documentary for the CBC. Weaver calculates that Young’s claim about greenhouse gas emissions is substantially correct, if you include emissions from the finished fuels. Weaver refused any comment on the cancer claims.

Young included the obligatory sneering comparison between Stephen Harper and George W. Bush, which is another sign he’s lived in California too long. He seemed

unaware that the NDP’s Thomas Mulcair and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau support continued oilsands development.

As for moonscapes, Young could have driven his famous electric Lincoln from his Redwood City mansion on a hill to nearby Bakersfield, to view the greasy expanses of closely packed pumpjacks reaching to the horizon, still expanding due to hydraulic fracturing.

Young could have visited North Dakota, where the second shale oil train explosion luckily didn’t kill anyone. It seems there will be no remake of Young’s classic Kent State lament dedicated to 47 Dead in Old Quebec. That’s American oil, so no protests.

Chief Adam was frank in an interview on CTV about using the “Honour the Treaties” tour to strengthen his legal position.

Young’s concert tour put $75,000 in his fund to pay lawyers. Oil isn’t the only thing being extracted here.

By the end of the tour Sunday, Young and Adam conceded they weren’t trying to shut the Athabasca oilsands down, just start a dialogue.

Thanks to uncritical media coverage, there will no doubt be discussions at dinner tables and in classrooms all over the world about the terrible Alberta tar sands and the cancer they don’t actually cause.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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MELBOURNE, Australia - Eugenie Bouchard is the first Canadian to reach a Grand Slam semifinal in 30 years after a stunning upset of Ana Ivanovic at the Australian Open.

Bouchard, the 30th seed, overcame Ivanovic 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 on Monday, making the Montreal native just the second Canadian to ever compete in a Grand Slam singles semi.

The last Canadian to go to the semis at a major was Toronto’s Carling Bassett at the 1984 U.S. Open.

Bouchard’s final-four spot is the first for a Canadian in Melbourne.

The 19-year-old did it in just under two and a half hours.

“We had a tough match, she was playing well at times,” said Bouchard. “When she did there was not much I could do. I kept fighting, played aggressive and stepped it up in the second and third sets.

“The most important thing is to enjoy it out there and that’s what I’ve been doing. I tried to stay calm and go for my short, that’s when I play my best.”

Bouchard will play next against China’s Li Na, the fourth seed, after the former French Open champion defeated Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 6-2.

NEW YORK - The NHL suspended Vancouver Canucks coach John Tortorella without pay for 15 days and six games on Monday for his conduct after a brawl between his team and the Calgary Flames.

Tortorella went to Calgary’s locker room at intermission following the first period Saturday night, which began with a handful of fights and four game misconducts per team.

“Mr. Tortorella’s actions in attempting to enter the Calgary Flames locker room after the first period were both dangerous and an embarrassment to the league,” NHL senior executive vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell said in announcing the suspension.

“Coaches in the NHL bear the responsibility of providing leadership, even when emotions run high, and Mr. Tortorella failed in his responsibility to the game.”

Tortorella blamed Flames coach Bob Hartley for starting his fourth line, saying he couldn’t put star players Daniel and Henrik Sedin at risk just to deflate the situation. Hartley was fined US$25,000 by the NHL. “We are holding Mr. Hartley responsible for

the actions of Flames’ right wing Kevin Westgarth, who took the game’s opening face-off and attempted to instigate a premeditated fight with an unwilling opponent - the Canucks’ Kevin Bieksa,” Campbell said.

This is the second career suspension for

Tortorella, who missed Game 6 of the 2009 Eastern Conference quarter-finals as coach of the New York Rangers for throwing a water bottle into the stands in Washington.

Tortorella’s suspension begins Tuesday night with Vancouver’s game at the Edmonton

Oilers and runs through Feb. 2. He is not allowed to have any interaction with the Canucks before, during or after games during that time.

“We respect the decision made by the National Hockey League today to suspend John Tortorella for 15 days from Sunday, with no

contact with the team for six games,” said Canucks president and general manager Mike Gillis in a statement.

“We would also like to acknowledge our organization’s full support for John and we look forward to having him back behind the bench soon.”

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Swim club cleans up at Kelowna meet Six Tritons athletes qualify for provincial championships

TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor

The Cranbrook Tritons Swim Club returned from a meet in Kelowna this past weekend with some impressive results, including qualifying six swimmers for provincial championships.

The club had nine swimmers at the Kelowna Aquajets Snowfest swim meet, with 95 per cent of the swims being best times for the athletes, with the top eight places collecting points for the club.

Tyler Carter, Madeline Hill, Sydney Kenke, Rhys Marlatt, Chloe Mayes, Sydney McDonald, Matthew Meuleman, Jayden White and Cam Wilson all participated in various events under the leadership of coach Dave Chisholm.

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While McDonald didn’t finish in the topeight of her swims, she was the most improved swimmer on the team, shaving a total of 43 seconds off her swim times.

Hill, Kenke, Mayes, White and Wilson qualified for AA provincials in Chilliwack, while Marlatt is headed to AAA provincials in Kamloops.

Marlatt had a stellar meet, with eight firstplace finishes, while breaking meet records in the 50m Fly, 50m Freestyle and 100m Freestyle.

Before the meet, White had already qualified for the AA provincial championship, however, due to her example and leadership, Hll, Kenke, Mays and Wilson have also qualified for provincials.

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Your ability to draw out others emerges. You know the right move to make. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your efforts make a difference, yet an associate could have a negative attitude. Fortunately, this person does not rule the world. A friend might share his or her thoughts. Listen carefully, as he or she will be coming from an intuitive level. Tonight: Get some exercise.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You will find a situation provocative. You might feel as if a boss is making assumptions that may not be grounded. Know that you don’t have to respond to this person’s projections.

Be willing to blaze a new trail, and you’ll feel better about your choices. Tonight: Up late.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Opt to be with a close friend or associate. Get to the bottom of a problem that might be bothering you. You will know whether the information you are given is correct. How you feel could change dramatically. Tonight: Go along with someone else’s suggestion.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You’ll want to have a friendly chat with a difficult roommate, close friend or loved one. You could find that this person tends to disengage when you start to talk. As a result, you might wonder whether this discussion should be postponed. Tonight: Hang out with a friend.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You will jump into a situation without hesitation. Sometimes it is best to allow others to find out what works; they need to go through a similar process to what you did. A partner could be very distracted, which will make it difficult to communicate. Tonight: Relax.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You are energized. A child or

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loved one adores you wild, creative imagination. This person would be delighted to see this facet of your personality emerge. Keep it light. Be aware of the costs of pursuing what appears to be a fun plan.

Tonight: Act as if there were no tomorrow.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You could feel tense, as others seem to demand that rules be loosened up some. You might feel somewhat vulnerable and choose to withdraw within. You can’t control others, nor should you try. A psychic thought will come your way. Tonight: Early to bed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You will be focused on a key matter revolving around a friend or a significant meeting.

How you handle it and the end results could color your thinking about the whole situation.

Emphasize what you want, and speak your mind. Tonight: Where the gang is.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You might want to get to know someone in power better. You

both have very different approaches that are effective. A family matter or a domestic issue could trigger unexpected happenings. Go with the flow.

Tonight: Burn the candle at both ends.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You might feel more in harmony with someone at distance than you do with many other people. You can’t deny what exists between you. You are intuitive with this person, as is he or she with you. An unexpected call makes you smile. Tonight: Catch up on a friend’s news.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You succeed best when you work closely with someone else.

You know what is workable and what needs to happen. Though you tend to come up with ideas from out of left field, this person sees value in them. Tonight: Visit with a favorite person over dinner.

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by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Dear Annie: I am in a loveless marriage. My husband and I barely speak to each other. I mostly stay in my room because it’s easier than dealing with my life when I’m not by myself.

Do people really hold hands and kiss goodnight? This has never happened to me.

I have panic attacks, and this is a problem.

But I know I am capable of love if given the chance. Unfortunately, there are no more chances for me, because my husband just doesn’t care. What can I do? -- Lonely Lady Dear Lonely: Your marriage sounds terrible. Are there children? Are you financially dependent on your husband? Are you unwilling to consider divorce? Why did you marry this man? Yes, couples hold hands and kiss goodnight and care deeply for each other. Please get some counseling, with or without your husband, and see what you can do to make your life better.

Dear Annie: You have printed many letters from older people who are upset because they are estranged from their grandchildren or because they are not allowed to visit as often as they would like. Here are a few questions these folks might consider: 1. Do you treat your adult children like adults? Or do you mar visits with unsolicited advice and criticism disguised as concern?

Typical topics that should be off-limits include child discipline and housekeeping.

2. Do you constantly make jokes at your children’s expense or revisit sensitive issues from their youth and then, when they object, claim they have no sense of humor?

3. Do you expect to be treated like royalty while visiting, rather than pitching in like family members should? This is especially frustrating when babies and young children are involved and parents could use an extra hand. Bring a dish to share or help prepare dinner and clean up after. Change the kid’s dirty diaper. Get your duff off of the sofa.

4. Do you consistently undermine your children’s authority in front of their own children?

5. Do you find yourself complaining to peers about your children’s reluctance to invite you over or to take your advice about parenting? If so, trust me, it means the time before, during and after your visits is stressful to your child and his or her partner. And the grandchildren will eventually pick up on this. You are grandparents. That doesn’t make you infallible. Take responsibility for your end of things. -- Rolled Up the Welcome Mat Dear Rolled: You make some good points, although we remember a time when grandparents received more respect, when a parent’s advice was cherished and no one would dream of asking Grandma to clean up the house. But on the other extreme, we’ve heard from children whose parents were physically and emotionally abusive and still expect to have full access to the grandchildren. The healthiest relationships lie somewhere in between.

Dear Annie: “Vermont Reader” was upset that people use the handicapped stalls to change their child’s diaper. Some stalls serve double duty, as there is no other accommodation for diaper changing and the handicapped stalls are the only areas large enough.

Bathroom visits tend to be short, regardless of the reason. A person needing to wait for another to finish is not handicapped-specific. It happens to everyone. Sometimes we need to show a bit of latitude. -- Seen It Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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NEWS ‘Hello World!’

Comet-chasing spacecraft wakes from hibernation Fr ank Jordans Associated Press

BERLIN — Waking up after almost three years of hibernation, a comet-chasing spacecraft sent its first signal back to Earth on Monday, prompting cheers from scientists who hope to use it to land the first space lander onto a comet.

The European Space Agency received the all-clear message from its Rosetta spacecraft at 11:18 a.m.

MST — a message that had to travel some 800 million kilometres.

In keeping with the agency’s effort to turn the tense wait for a signal into a social media event, the probe triggered a series of “Hello World!’’ tweets in different languages.

Dormant systems on the unmanned spacecraft were switched back on in preparation for the final stage of its decade-long mission to rendezvous with the comet named 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Systems had been powered down

in 2011 to conserve energy, leaving scientists in the dark about the probe’s fate until now.

Because of the time it took Rosetta to wake up, and the long distance between the spacecraft and Earth, the earliest possible hour for a signal to arrive was 6:30 p.m.

Scientists will now take control of Rosetta again, a procedure slowed by the 45 minutes it takes a signal to travel to or from the spacecraft, he said.

The wake-up call is one of the final milestones for Rosetta before it makes its rendezvous with comet 67P in the summer. The probe will then fly a series of complicated manoeuvrs to observe the comet — a lump of rock and ice about four kilometres in diameter — before dropping a lander called Philae onto its icy surface in November.

The lander will dig up samples and analyze them with its instruments.

Although the spacecraft was

launched almost a decade ago, the instruments aboard Rosetta and the Philae lander are still considered cutting edge, said Joel Parker of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. The institute developed a specialized camera called ALICE that can detect different chemicals in the comet.

Rosetta is named after a block of stone that allowed archeologists to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Scientists hope the mission will help them understand the composition of comets and thereby discover more about the origins and evolution of our solar system.

Comets are regarded as flying time capsules because they are essentially unchanged for the last 4.6 billion years. Scientists have speculated that comets may be responsible for the water found on some planets. And like asteroids, comets also pose a theoretical threat to life on Earth.

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A scientist of European space agency ESA stands at an airworthy copy of space probe Rosetta in the agency’s control centre in Darmstadt, Germany, on Monday.

“Jell-O and cheese” effect could really Man dies at Suncor shake up Vancouver during earthquake oilsands site in Alta Vivian Luk Canadian Press

VANCOUVER — New research is shaking up the entire notion of what could happen to the Vancouver area during an earthquake, indicating bridges and tall buildings would rattle and sway a whole lot more than previously thought.

Two studies published Monday in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America show that seismic waves are amplified as they pass through the Georgia Basin, the deposit of softer sedimentary rock that lies partly beneath Vancouver.

If a quake occurred within 100 kilometres of the city, such amplification could make the ground quake three to four times more than it would if the basin were not there.

The authors say people driving in vehicles would notice the shaking and suggest it could damage even well-constructed buildings.

“The shaking in (Metro) Vancouver would be greater because of the presence of the Georgia Basin, especially when the earthquake occurred to the south or southwest,’’ says lead author Sheri Molnar, who’s in the University of British Columbia Civil Engineering department.

She says the waves would spread outward

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A new study has found that earthquakes could feel stronger in Vancouver due to the shape of the Georgia Basin. from the earthquake and would have to cross the deep southeast portion of the basin before hitting Vancouver. That would tend to cause the greatest increase in motion.

The Georgia Basin is shaped like an elongated bowl and lies beneath the Georgia Strait, between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. It is one in a series of basins along the Pacific coast of North America.

She compares the Georgia Basin to gelatin surrounded by a hard block of cheese.

“We’re bringing the earthquake up through the cheese, and then it’s suddenly hitting the Jell-O mould and starting to slosh around and bounce around within that Jell-O.’’

British Columbia sits on what’s known as the Cascadia subduction zone, where earthquakes tend to occur either within the Juan de Fuca plate or the overriding North America plate. Big subduction earthquakes, like the one that struck Japan in 2011, also occur in the Juan de Fuca plate.

Molnar’s studies examined the potential impact of deep earthqukes, with a magnitude of 6.8, that occur 40 to 50 kilometres beneath the surface, as well as shallow earthquakes of the same magnitude.

Molnar and her colleagues used computers to look at the impact on tall buildings or long structures.

Using three-dimensional simulations of different scenarios, the team found

that both deep and shallow earthquakes led to greater shaking if the seismic energy moved through the Georgia Basin.

Up until now, construction of buildings was based on the knowledge that softer ground would create stronger tremors during an earthquake.

But Natural Resources Canada researcher John Cassidy says soft materials beneath the surface — such as a basin — could also control the amount of rippling felt above.

“Essentially what the basin is doing is producing stronger shaking and producing longer-duration shaking,’’ said Cassidy, who supervised Molnar’s study.

Cassidy says the model showed that the area beneath the Georgia Strait shook the most.

When earthquake waves hit the southeast part of the Georgia Basin before reaching Metro Vancouver, southwestern areas such as Delta, Ladner and Richmond experienced tremors three or four times what they would be if the Georgia Basin were not there.

However, if the waves hit the northwestern or northeastern part of the basin, they took a different path and either did not affect the Vancouver area or did not cause a significant increase in motion.

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FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — RCMP say the death of a man found in a dumping area at the Suncor oilsands site in northern Alberta is not suspicious.

Officers found the 40-year-old man from Fort McMurray after responding to a call about a missing person.

Police say he was buried in sand as the result of a workplace accident.

Suncor spokeswoman Sneh Seetal says a search began Sunday morning when the man didn’t show up for a meeting and wasn’t answering his radio.

She says he was found in a sand dump at the mine site’s extraction area.

Occupational health and safety officials are involved in the police investigation.

The man’s name is not being released.

Severe weather in 2013 behind record $3.2B in payouts John Cot ter Canadian Press

Ice, floods and thunderstorms made 2013 the worst year ever for severe weather insurance losses in Canada.

The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the December ice storms in southern Ontario and Atlantic Canada caused more than $200 million in insured losses, pushing total severe-weather payouts to policyholders last year to $3.2 billion.

“In 2013, the terrible effects of the new weather extremes hit Canadians hard,’’ CEO Don Forgeron said Monday in a release.

“From the Alberta floods last summer to the ice storms in Ontario and Atlantic Canada over the holidays, frankly, bad weather hit insurers hard, too.’’

The insurance bureau said the largest disaster was flooding that soaked southern Alberta after torrential rains in June. That caused more than $1.74 billion in insured damage.

Record rains and flash floods in Toronto the following month caused

an estimated $940 million in damage payouts.

Severe thunderstorms in parts of Ontario and Quebec in June and July resulted in about $250 million in insurance payouts.

Some insurance companies are raising rates because of the increase in weather-related claims.

It will take time for the full financial sting of the disasters to ripple through the industry and to policyholders. Deadlines to file claims vary by province.

In Alberta, policyholders have up to two years to file a business or home insurance claim.

Many of the claims for damage caused by the June rains and floods in the province have been filed by businesses, which will take time to process, said Heather Mack, an insurance bureau spokeswoman in Edmonton.

The record payout in 2013 follows four previous years in which severe-weather insurance losses hit or exceeded $1 billion. In 2006, insured damage from extreme weather was less than $200 million.