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Announcement on Mt Polley inquiry this week An overall policy on tailings ponds throughout province coming as well, Minister says

C AROLYN GRANT

Bill Bennett, Minister of Energy and Mines, says his government will be making two announcements this week — one on how the BC

Liberal government will handle the inquiry into the Mount Polley tailings spill, and two, how the government will deal with tailings ponds throughout the prov-

ince. Both will have independent elements, he says.

Columbia River Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald, the NDP critic for Mines and Energy says an inquiry is

definitely in order, but it should be independent of the government. In fact, Macdonald says, the government bears responsibility for the spill because they have

cut the number of people who do inspections significantly.

“Inspections at mines have fallen by 50 per cent since 2001,” Macdonald said.

“It is a massive failure on the part of government, which is responsible for public safety.

Macdonald says that there were numerous warnings that the Mount Polley tailings ponds had a problem.

“Bill Bennett has admitted he knows there was a problem with the tailings pond.

The company that originally engineered the tailings ponds indicated that they were beyond capacity and said in a letter they could no longer be responsible for them. In 2009, Mount Polley was asking for the ability to release water.”

Bennett says you can’t plan for something that has never been a problem.

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RDEK issues evacuation alert near Baynes Lake BARRY COULTER PHOTO

Johanna Olson took the stage at Rotary Park on Saturday, August 9, for the latest installment of SummerSounds 2014. Olson, accompanied by Tsepho Sawdon and Matt Bochak, presented a show of Jazz and Blues. Summersounds is hosted every Saturday by the Cranbrook and District Arts Council, in conjunction with the Cranbrook Farmers’ Market.

Hiker rescued from Lakit Mountain Woman spends night in ravine with Cranbrook Search and Rescue member C AROLYN GR ANT

A woman spent the night in a ravine on Lakit Mountain last Thursday, August 7 before being rescued by helicopter on Friday morning.

Kimberley RCMP and Cranbrook Search and Rescue, with an assist from rope experts from Golden SAR were all in on the rescue.

Kimberley RCMP Cpl. Chris Newel says that the call came in on Thursday evening.

“A woman called and said she had fallen at the top of Lakit Mountain near the lookout and sustained injuries. Kimberley RCMP officers attended along the with Cranbrook RCMP and the dog. Cranbrook Search and Rescue was called in.”

Greg Bedwell from Cranbrook Search and Rescue says that when the rescue team arrived they located the woman down in a ravine.

“We were only able to climb

down most of the way. It was getting darker and steeper so we had a member rappel down to her and spend the night.”

Bedwell says the Golden team came by helicopter the next morning and “lined everyone off the mountain”.

Newel says the woman sustained a broken wrist, cuts and scrapes and a head injury, not believed to be serious.

Bedwell says the woman was hiking alone.

“There are lots of people who hike alone but it’s definitely not advisable,” he said.

The woman did have a cell phone on her, which was how she was able to contact police.

Lakit Lookout is considered part of Cranbrook’s jurisdiction for rescue and police although Kimberley RCMP did assist on the call.

Crews light proactive burn to limit wildfire near Fisher Peak TRE VOR CR AWLEY

A interface wildfire out in the Koocanusa region has prompted precautionary evacuations on Monday afternoon.

Located near the community of Kragmont in the Baynes Lake area, the fire is being managed by members of the Jaffray and Baynes Lake Fire Departments with assistance from the Wildfire Management Branch.

A tactical evacuation of roughly 20 homes near the fire zone was carried out yesterday and the evacuees are asked to report to the Emergency Reception Centre at the Baynes Lake Community Hall.

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Coroner confirms identity of deceased male found near Nelson Submitted

KELOWNA - The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a male who was found deceased on a rock ledge overlooking Kootenay Lake near Nelson on July 23, 2014.

He is Dana Nicholas Mitchell, of Cranbrook. Mr. Mitchell went missing in the autumn of 2010

and is believed to have died at approximately that time. He would have been 22 years old at the time of his death.

In July a tourist found human remains, now confirmed to be those of Mr. Mitchell, on the rock ledge off the Rails to Trails trail near the Svoboda Road entrance in northeast Nelson.

The BC Coroners Service continues to investigate this death. Foul play has now been ruled out.

The family of Mr. Mitchell has been notified of his death. On behalf of the family, the BC Coroners Service asks that the media respect their privacy at this difficult time.

First Nations alliance launches court challenge over agreement between Ktunaxa, Province C anadian Press

VANCOUVER — A seven-member Okanagan Nation Alliance has launched legal action against the provincial government over the First Nations treaty process in connection to overlapping claims by neighbouring aboriginal bands.

Alliance Grand Chief Stewart Phillip says the lawsuit calls into question the legality of the B.C. treaty process itself, with a central issue being that First Nations

have the right to protect their own property.

At the centre of the B.C. Supreme Court legal action is an agreement signed between the province and the Ktunaxa Nation Council giving the Cranbrook, B.C., band 242 hectares of land in the West Kootenay in the first stage of a treaty.

Phillip says the province didn’t consult with their bands before signing the agreement.

He says the land signed away

includes village sites, hunting grounds and other cultural heritage sites important to members of the Okanagan alliance.

Another overlapping treaty agreement that’s caused a stir over recent weeks has occurred near Terrace, B.C., where the Gitxsan First Nation threatened evictions of the railway, foresters and fishermen in a dispute over land it claims, but was handed to two neighbouring First Nations in a treaty agreement.

B.C. teachers, employer plan more face time after renewed negotiations C anadian Press

VANCOUVER — B.C.’s unionized teachers and their employer will return to the bargaining table this week after restarting negotiations just weeks before the new school year.

Nancy Knickerbocker, with the BC Teachers’ Federation, says the two sides met all day Friday and agreed to meet again this week, although no schedule

for talks has been established.

Teresa Rezansoff, president B.C. School Trustees Association, says she’s optimistic as discussions proceed and notes trustees are working on the assumption school will be back in session in September.

The government’s chief negotiator, Peter Cameron, declined to comment.

B.C.’s finance minister has

said the provincial government will provide parents $40 a day to pay for child care or tutoring if the teachers’ strike isn’t resolved.

The disagreement between the province and its more than 40,000 teachers over pay, class size and classroom composition escalated into a full-scale strike that ended the school year two weeks ahead of schedule.

RDEK seeks feedback on Sustainability Strategy Tre vor Cr awley

The Regional District of East Kootenay is inviting public feedback following the draft completion of the Regional Sustainability Strategy after five months in the making.

“The Regional Sustainability Plan is a guiding document that looks into the future and provides a high level framework for the Board’s decision making on everything from planning to priority set-

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ting processes,” said Rob Gay, the RDEK board chair. “While in the past, the RDEK has used a more focused Regional Growth Strategy to guide certain decisions and planning processes, it has lacked a broad strategic plan to coordinate all aspects of the organization’s activities. This Strategy will fulfill that role.”

The document outlines a common vision of the future shared between elected officials,

the public, stakeholders and other agencies, setting out goals and actions that can be undertaken towards fulfilling that vision.

“This Strategy will be an important document for the RDEK for years to come and we are hoping the public will review it and provide us with their thoughts. With that feedback in hand, we hope to fine tune the document and complete the project in Oc-

tober,” Gay continued.

The draft Regional Sustainability Strategy can be viewed on the RDEK website at www. rdek.bc.ca where a link to a comment form is also available. For those without access to a computer, hard copies of the comment form are available at the RDEK’s Cranbrook office. The deadline for the public to submit comments on the Strategy is August 31.

At the Cranbrook Library

The long awaited English translation of David van Reybrouck’s ‘Congo: The Epic History of a People’ has finally arrived. An in-depth yet highly readable look at the most devastated and failed nation in history.

Megan McDonald returns with yet another hilarious Judy Moody & Stink story in ‘The Big Bad Blackout.’

August is now here, which means it is important for kids to know that the last day to hand in reading logs will be Saturday, August 16 at 5 pm. Closing Ceremonies for the Summer Reading Club will be on August 19 and 20 at 1 pm. Kids who have completed a reading log can sign up at the front desk under which day they would like to receive their medal and certificate.

There will also be door prizes, pizza, and cake at our Closing Ceremonies.

Again—the deadline to hand in your reading log is this Saturday.

Join us August 23 from 1 -3 pm for the Adult Summer Reading Club Ceremonies for more prizes, snacks, and fun! Books must have been read between July 1 and August 22 to win draw entries and prizes.

Registration is ongoing for the adult reading club.

On display this month are various items submitted by the Library staff, including acrylic and pen artwork, scrapbooking projects, mythical creatures, antique dolls, beadwork, woodcarvings, Jim Morrison poetry, and musical instruments.

Adult Newly Acquired: Bibliocraft – Jessica Pigza The Homing Instinct – Bernd Heinrich The Disease Delusion – Jeffrey Bland Congo: The Epic History of a People – David van Reybrouck The Living Beach – Silver Donald Cameron You Can Heal Your Heart – Louise Hay The Third Plate – Dan Barber Thinfluence – Walter Willett Blood Royal – Eric Jager The Big Fix – Brett Forrest Neanderthal Man – Steve Paabo Russians: The People Behind the Power – Gregory Feifer

Destroyer Angels – Nevada Barr DVD The Sandbaggers: Set 3&4 House I Live In Mike Selby The Safe Haven Multiple Sarcasms Code Name Johnny The Back-up Plan Walker – Johnny Walker Match Point Simple French Food – The Water Horse Richard Olney Amour Bringing It Home – Murdoch Mysteries: Tilda Shalof Season 6 Man Made Meals – SteThe Family ven Raichlen Dexter: Final Season The Iron Road – Christian Wolmar Young Adult & ChilFiction dren’s: Christmas in Cowboy Young Adult Fiction Country – Janet Dailey #16thingsIthoughtwerThe Secret Life of Violet etrue – Janet Gurtler Grant – Beatriz Williams Splintered – A.G. HowWe Are Called To Rise ard – Laura McBride Elemental – Antony The Kill Switch – James John Rollins Serafirm and Claire – A Perfect Life – Dan- Mark Lavorato ielle Steel Freaks Like Us – Susan The Art of Arranging Vaught Flowers – Lynn Branard Hysteria – Megan MiFourth of July Creek – randa Smith Henderson Rabbit Ears – Maggie The Three – Sarah Lotz De Vries Mystery Shadow on the MounFace Off – David Balda- tain – Margi Preus cci Sacrifices – Mercedes The Farm – Tom Rob Lackey Smith Romeo Redeemed – The Rich & The Dead – Stacey Jay Liv Spector Stained – C.A. Rainfield The Devil’s Workshop Threatened – Eliot – Alex Grecian Schrefer A Quiet Kill – Janet The Cellar – Natasha Brons Preston Missing You – Harlan The Hangman’s RevoCoben lution – Eoin Colfer The Truth About the Juvenile Fiction Harry Quebert Affair – The Battle for WondLa Joel Dicker – Tony DiTerlizzi I’ve Got You Under My Judy Moody & Stink: Skin – Mary Higgins The Big Bad Blackout – Clark Megan McDonald

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Injured bear cub rescued near Kimberley C AROLYN GR ANT

Two local sisters, Manuela and Stephanie Hirn, rescued an injured bear cub last Thursday and are hoping to raise funds to pay for its care.

The cub has now been flown to the Northern Lights Wildlife Society in Smithers for rehabilitation.

The Hirn sisters came across the bear between Kimberley and Marysville at about 10:30 p.m. last Thursday, August 7.

Stephanie says they don’t know exactly when the bear cub was hit although they could still smell burned rubber from a car hitting its brakes when they stopped, so they assume not long before they stopped. She says she is “very disappointed” that the car that hit the bear didn’t stop and the driver didn’t report it.

She also says there was no sign of the cub’s mother near the scene.

“As my sister Manuela and I approached this

incident on the highway, Mike Honeyman, wife Kerry Morris and their friends Ben and Pamela Dunn were already stopped, warning traffic with their hazard lights on.

“My sister and I got out of my car, walked over to see it still breathing and only bleeding slightly, and clearly in shock.

“At first Mike moved this baby to the side of the road. But there was no way I could just leave it like that.

“So I told them to “put the baby bear in my car, we are taking him to the vet”.

“All I remember is looking into my rear view mirror, and seeing two ears poke up and yes it melted my heart, as he was sitting in the back, and then they disappeared. The bear was sitting up for half the ride, and laying down for half the ride.

“My sister called her partner Shane to get the dog kennel and a blan-

ket ready in Wycliffe where she lives. Shane, obviously thinking us having a bear in the car is a joke, but later convinced, he transferred the baby into a dog kennel. We transferred the dog kennel to the truck and off to the vet we go.”

In the car, Manuela called the vet, then the Conservation Officer, who approved the vet to work on the bear cub.

Stephanie says that at Steeples Veterinary Clinic, the cub appeared to be in decent shape although it was limping.

“It made it through the night, and later it was decided he should be transferred to a rehab in Smithers. Steeples organized a trip to Smithers, via air to Northern Lights Wildlife Society where this baby bear will spend some time and then be released back into the wild.”

The Northern Lights Wildlife Society relies solely on donations to do its good work for ani-

mals and the Hirn sisters want to make sure that the costs related to this particular bearcub are taken care of. Their goal is to raise $2,500.

They have created a gofundme page called Baby Bear Rescue — Kimberley, which went live yesterday. You can donate through Facebook. They thank in advance anyone who can help out with a donation.

“My thanks also goes out to Mike, Kerry, Ben and Pamela who stopped to warn traffic and then later transferring the bear into my car, the other vehicle stopping to provide that extra bit of feeling of safety in case momma bear was close, my sister, Manuela for keeping an eye on him in the back of the car while I drove, her partner Shane for transferring the bear into the dog kennel, and finally the vet at Steeples for being there so fast to look at this beautiful baby.”

Submitted

A bear injured between Kimberley and Marysville is on his way to the Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter.

Meanwhile, at the NOrthern Lights Wildlife society Shelter…

Cranbrook cubs preparing for hibernation Arne Petryshen

The two little bear cubs, Jo and Fisher, that found themselves orphaned and starving back in May, are doing well up at the Northern Lights Wildlife Society shelter in Smithers, B.C. “They’re in the big group again, both of them,” said Angelika Langen, manager at the wildlife shelter. “They are right in there, playing and bouncing around. We have no concerns with them whatsoever.”

Fisher had been

quite sick back in June.

Once he stabilized they reunited him and Jo, and in the middle of July they put them back into the group. They also weighed them and they both came in at 30 pounds.

“So they’re really healthy and they are back in the group,” she said. “They are eating like mad because they are getting ready for hibernation.”

Once October comes true shelter will mimic the conditions in the wild. The food will be-

come more sparse and less nutrition. That combined with the dropping temperature will signal to the bears bodies that it is time to go into hibernation.

“Usually by the beginning of November they are all going into hibernation — the ones that we get early enough that have the right weight. The ones that we get later in the fall they are going to stay awake and we will keep feeding them. But Jo and Fisher we totally expect them to eat up right

now and go into hibernation.”

The bears have boxes in their enclosures, so the shelter provides lots of straw and branches.

“They drag it into the boxes, they are very specific on how they want it. They do it all themselves, they don’t like it when you do it for them.

Each bear has their own preferences how they want it done. Usually there is a group of them that hibernates together.

We offer enough that they could go by themselves, but they never do

that.”

She said there is always a grouping of five or six, and they’ve even had as many as 14 bears in one box. She said she’s not quite sure how they manage to fit.

“They seem to like that and we don’t interfere,” she said. “They get to choose.”

She said the one thing they do is change the food the bears receive.

“Our food becomes less nutritious, so we wouldn’t feed grapes or watermelon or pineapple anymore. We would

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go to just some stale apples and no more fish and meat and bring the protein down and offer some grains. The stuff that keeps them alive but doesn’t really taste that good.”

She says at that point the bears’ systems starts kicking in and tells them it’s time for hibernation.

At that point they start getting slow and only coming out once every couple of days. Then they are gone altogether until the spring.

“The combination of cooler temperatures and the lack of highly

nutritious food kind of kicks the system into gear,” Langen said. “If you keep feeding them, then they kind of semi-hibernate and they keep coming out to eat but then sleep most of the time. But if they are heavy enough in the fall, then what you get is really fat bears in the spring because they keep gaining weight.”

For more info or to keep tabs on the many bears currently at the Northern Lights Wildlife Society visit their Facebook page.

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No repeated warnings, Bennett says Continued from page 1 “Tailings dams at operating mines have not ever failed in British Columbia. This is the first time. It is hard to plan for something that never happened.

“I want to make it really, really clear that there have not been repeated warnings to this mine,” Bennett continued. “It’s been in the media over and over again and it’s just wrong.

We’ve provided a list of directives given to the mine. There have been five overall on the entire mine site. Someone twisted that to mean they were all for the tailings ponds. In fact since 1996, there has been one directive to the tail-

ings ponds, and that was in May of 2014 telling the mine that the water level was too high. The mine was ordered to take the water level down. That was the only time the company was warned.

“There is so much misinformation and the opposition is trying to take political shots. If John Horgan (NDP leader) and Norm Macdonald truly cared about those affected by this they would have lined up with myself and the Premier when we visited the site last week. They are simply taking cheap political advantage.”

Macdonald says it is

the BC Liberals who are politicizing the spill by controlling the investigation.

“An open public investigation is needed so we can re-establish trust in the mining industry. All I’ve heard from Bill Bennett and the Liberals are attempts to minimize what has taken place,” Macdonald said.

Bennett absolutely refutes that suggestion.

“Who would believe that? This has been as traumatic for me as anything,” Bennett said. “I will spend the rest of my career finding out why it happened and making sure it doesn’t happen again. To suggest it is

being minimized is pure political opportunism.”

An update provided by the Ministry of Environment and Energy and Mines yesterday said the following: Current situation: * The flow out of the breach has decreased dramatically, but has not completely stopped.

Imperial Metals has begun building a temporary dike to stop flow out of the pond. * Imperial Metals is also now pumping

water out of Polley Lake both down Hazeltine Creek into Quesnel Lake and back into Wight and Springer Pits, two open pits on the mine. By controlling this water release as soon as possible, it will significantly lower the potential risk of another breach. An uncontrolled release of the stored water in Polley Lake could cause additional risks to human health and a further delay in possible rescinding of the drinking

water advisory currently in place. * Until further notice, the water quality advisory remains in place for communities that get their water from Polley Lake, Hazeltine Creek, Cariboo Creek and all parts of Quesnel Lake, as well as the Quesnel River south of 6236 Cedar Creek Road. This includes the communities of Winkley Creek, Abbott Creek, Mitchell Bay and the East Arm of Quesnel Lake.

Interior Health will continue to evaluate water samples as they arrive and will update the communities as more information becomes available. * The state of local emergency (SOLE) remains in place, giving the CRD exceptional powers in the interest of ensuring public safety, allowing it to better enable an equitable distribution of potable water to the residents of Likely.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the City of Cranbrook is considering adopting “City of Cranbrook Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3806, 2014”.

The purpose of the proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendment is to add additional retail trade uses of a neighbourhood scale to the C-3, Neighbourhood Commercial Zone in “Cranbrook Zoning Bylaw No. 3737, 2012”. The additional new uses are as follows: • Shoe, apparel/clothing store • Food and beverage store • Gift, novelty and souvenir store • Photography studio/store • Book store • Hobby / craft store • Music store In addition to the new uses, a regulation restricting the size of the retail trade uses to a maximum of 200.0 m2 of gross floor area is being proposed.

The properties affected by the proposed amendment are identified below: • 1100 11th Street South – Lot 1, District Lot 32, Plan 7851 • 1104 11th Street South – Lot 2, District Lot 32, Plan 7851 • 301 6th Avenue South – Pcl A (KX11349), Block 315, District Lot 32, Plan 1231 • 401 14th Avenue South – Lots 13 & 14, Block 1, District Lot 32, Plan 2461 • 2104 2nd Street South – Lots 6 & 7, District Lot 22, Plan 8685 • Baker Mountain Road – Lot 1, District Lot 36, Plan 18002 • 1930 2nd Street North – Lot A, District Lot 4, Plan 9417 • 1800 Willowbrook Drive – Lot 4, District Lot 24, Plan 14459 • 2705 Echo Field Road – Lot B, District Lot 2869, Plan NEP19363 The locations can be viewed on maps at City Hall.

“City of Cranbrook Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3806, 2014” may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, up until August 18th, 2014 as posted on the bulletin board in the foyer at City Hall, or in the office of the Municipal Clerk.

The Public Hearing will commence in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 40 - 10 Avenue South at 6:00 p.m. on August 18th, 2014.

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw Amendment may submit written presentations to the City of Cranbrook prior to the date of the Hearing and they may also submit written and/or verbal presentations at the Hearing, thereby allowing all persons an opportunity to be heard on this matter.

SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. Municipal Clerk

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The White Tail Brook fire, roughly 10 kilometres east of Canal Flats, the fire continues to be active but is now 50 per cent contained and covers roughly 1,790 hectares.

White Tail Brook fire biggest in region Continued from page 1 The fire is being actioned by air and ground crews are putting in a hand guard around the affected as they work towards containment.

Wildfires continue to burn around the Cranbrook and Kimberley area, with eight new fires reported on Sunday throughout the Southeast Fire Centre.

Around Cranbrook, crews are working to limit the spread of a remote lightning-caused fire eight kilometres north of Fisher Peak with proactive burning

that began on Monday.

The fire is in very steep terrain and the burn-off is designed to steer it towards control lines at the valley bottom and contain it to areas between Tanglefoot Creek and Nacnud Creek.

No buildings or communities are under any wildfire threat.

The biggest fire of note in the region remains the White Tail Brook fire roughly 10 kilometres east of Canal Flats.

Discovered two

weeks ago, the fire continues to be active but is now 50 per cent contained and covers roughly 1,790 hectares.

Also caused by lightning, the White Tail Brook fire is being attended by 95 firefighters, 10 helicopters and 13 heavy equipment.

The Southeast Fire Centre would like to remind aircraft operators that when smoke or flame are identified in a wildland area the surrounding airspace (over a forest fire area, or over any area that is located within five nautical miles of a forest fire, at

an altitude of less than 3,000 feet above ground level) automatically becomes flight restricted under the authority of Section 601.15 of the Canadian Aviation Regulation. As per Section 601.17 of the regulation, all air traffic wishing to access the restricted air space of a wildfire incident may do so only with the permission of the regional wildlife coordination centre responsible for managing that fire. Aircraft will be granted access to restricted airspace only when and if it is safe to do so.

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Midwives Negotiations Recently the Midwives Association of British Columbia (MABC) has received media attention about actions we have taken in our negotiations with the provincial government as we seek to find a sensible agreement for British Columbia’s registered midwives. Based on feedback we have received, we are concerned community members in the Kootenays may have an inaccurate view of the impacts of this action and feel it is important to provide clarity.

What the MABC has done is withdrawn clinical education services for students immediately and issued a 90-day notice to BC’s Ministry of Health to terminate our Master Agreement with the province, effective October 7, 2014. This is in accordance with the terms of our agreement.

MABC members are not on strike.

However, if we cannot reach a sensible agreement before October, BC’s registered midwives are prepared to take further job action. At this time, what those additional actions will be have not been determined.

We want to be clear, MABC members will not fully withdraw services — assisting with births is an essential service. Women in the care of a midwife today will continue to receive care throughout their pregnancy.

Many women in communities across the Kootenays have difficulty accessing appropriate maternity and newborn care in their home communities. Unfortunately, increasing numbers of women and families must travel, sometimes hundreds of kilometres, to receive it at great personal expense. This puts unnecessary strain on expectant mothers, their families and their communities.

Studies show that investing in midwifery results in cost savings. In BC, a nominal investment today will result in savings of $60 million by 2020 and $20 million annually after that – freeing up dollars for other health care priorities MABC is seeking to improve access to maternity care and are working to urge the Ministry of Health to start delivering for BC’s women and families by reaching a sensible deal with our members that will increase access to maternity care, improve health outcomes, and reduce costs.

I encourage community members who share our concern about the lack of availability of midwifery services in their community to add your voice to the conversation and contact your local MLA. Shannon Norberg, President MABC

Farm changes a great leap forward The B.C. government’s intentions for the Agricultural Land Reserve have been clarified by a public consultation that proposes new commercial and industrial uses on farmland.

Political watchers may recall that this was the hill the NDP was prepared to die on this spring. It was going to be a farmland looting spree for rightwing property developers and all hope of “food security” would be dashed.

As I attempted to explain at the time, the changes have little or nothing to do with ALR exclusions. Now a discussion paper poses a series of questions, some of which illustrate the need to bring farmland regulations up to date.

The first one deals with restrictions on retail sales, a case study in arbitrary state control. There is a strict maximum floor space. A minimum one half of retail sales must be produced on that farm. Food packing, preparation and processing are similarly restricted.

This requires multiple duplicate operations of questionable viability. It brings to mind Mao Tse Tung’s Great Leap Forward, where farmers all had little iron smelting furnaces out back to make tools. But I digress.

“Amongst other things,” the discussion paper says, “lessening the restrictions on

on-farm processing could allow the establishment of abbatoirs (large, small or mobile) on farms, to serve surrounding cattle, game or poultry farms.” Then there’s cheese, fruit juice and even medical marijuana products.

And did you know that wineries and cideries are allowed on farmland but breweries, distilleries and meaderies aren’t? (Mead is made from honey, and doesn’t have to be drunk BC Views from a bronze mug while wearing a horned helmet.)

Tom Now that we’ve discovFletcher ered that breweries don’t have to be giant urban industrial plants producing mediocre lager that all tastes the same, possibilities abound.

On-farm wine and cider sales have similarly quaint retail space and product origin restrictions. The government proposes to allow sales of products not made on site, as long as they’re made in B.C. This could make more local retail beverage co-ops viable. Or it could spawn a wave of unregulated rural liquor stores that create chaos on country roads. You decide.

On a more serious note, there are a couple of questions about changes to the newly created “zone two,” the Interior, Kootenay and North regions. One repeats the government’s intention to open up

non-farm use rules to allow certain oil and gas service functions on farmland. This is to reflect the reality already on the ground in the Northeast. What other non-farm activities it may entail is not yet known, as the consultation and regional meetings continue until Aug. 22.

There are proposals to bypass the Agricultural Land Commission for certain kinds of farmland subdivision in zone two.

These are where the subdivided parcels are a quarter section (160 acres) or bigger, or where they are divided by a road or waterway.

And finally there are proposed exemptions from ALC scrutiny of leases, to allow “intergenerational transfer,” so retiring farmers don’t have to plead for state permission to remain on their own property.

Another exemption would “encourage the use of otherwise unfarmed land by existing or new farmers.”

NDP agriculture critic Lana Popham, who circulated a photo of herself with a samurai sword in a theatrical “Kill Bill 24” campaign, continues to insist that these changes open up 90 per cent of ALR land for “development.”

It’s a hypocritical as well as a misleading statement, since a portion of her own Saanich farm property is rented to a successful craft gin distillery.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Breaking Barriers: Lemonade and Accolades

My name is Raux, and I have a disability. This is the ninth in a weekly series about living with a disability in a community like Cranbrook.

Not often enough do we hear about silver lining experiences or acknowledge a job well done to strangers for simply doing their jobs…

I was recently admitted to the hospital for several days. What could have easily been a negative experience, especially since my status was critical, ended up being a very positive and rewarding experience.

My wheelchair is how I get around and being separated from it can be very stressful and overwhelming, a close second is relinquishing control of the few things I retain absolute control over. From the ER to the ICU I felt the nurses were amazing, I felt that they heard me when I expressed

my concerns—I felt safe, they were all kind, considerate and lovely people.

I also want to thank my doctors for everything they did to restore me back to health. At first I was annoyed that I could be so sick when I am healthier now than ever. Why now? was the question I asked myself… A close friend gave me a much needed change of perspective: because I was so healthy now was I able to recover quickly—now was really the best time, if ever there were one. I was admitted on a Wednesday and returned to work the following Wednesday. I was grateful to return to my regular routine after my week long forced vacation—and the worst diet ever. It was an out-of-body surreal experience, if I hadn’t been through it I would have thought it was a bizarre dream.

I am very thankful to everyone that participated in my recovery: doctors, nurses,

family, friends, co-workers and care aids. I have surrounded myself with wonderful, loving, positive people whom I am honoured to share in conversations, memories & hopes and dreams.

I would have expected to feel afraid for my future and the plans I’ve made, but I did not dwell on these thoughts. My future is in my hands, no-one and no-thing would be making choices for me; I have things to do and places to be. …This experience has restored my trust in the medical system, my own doctor went above and beyond and the hospital staff all left an impression as they worked together with what seemed to be an effortless symmetry—again thank you. Finally, as it turns out, you are never too old to be read a bedtime story, thanks Dad. Sincerely, Raux

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New Middle East strategic realities

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fter half a century of stasis, there are big new strategic realities in the Middle East, but people are having trouble getting their heads around them. Take the United States, for example. Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State in President Obama’s first administration, is still lamenting her former boss’s failure to send more military help to the “moderate” rebels in Syria.

“The failure to do that left a big vacuum, which the jihadists have now filled,” Clinton told Atlantic magazine recently.

She’s actually claiming that early and lavish military aid to the right people would have overthrown Syria’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad, while freezing the al-Qaeda/ISIS jihadis out. If only.

Clinton travels a lot, but she never really leaves the Washington bubble. There are intelligence officials there who would gladly explain to her that almost all the desirable weaponry sent to the “moderates” in Syria ends up in the hands of the jihadis, who either buy it or just take it, but she wouldn’t listen. It falls outside the “consensus”.

Yet that really is how ISIS acquires most of its heavy weapons. The most striking case of that was in early June, when the Iraqi army, having spent $41.6 billion in the past three years on training its troops and equipping them with American heavy weapons, ran away from Mosul and northern Iraq and handed a good quarter of them over to ISIS. In fact, that’s the weaponry that is now enabling ISIS to conquer further territory in eastern Syria and in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Which, in turn, is why Barack Obama has now authorised air strikes in Iraq to stop ISIS troops from overrunning Irbil, the Kurdish capital.

By now, he has also presumably abandoned his proposal of last June to spend $500 million to train and equip “appropriately vetted” Syrian opposition fighters.

(They were then supposedly going to overthrow Assad with one hand while crushing the jihadis with the other.)

But Obama has not yet dropped the other shoe. A LOT of people have not dropped their other shoes yet. They all know that the whole strategic environment has changed. They realise that may require new policies and even new allies. ChangGwynne ing horses in midstream is always a tricky business, so Dyer the realignments are only slowly getting underway, but you can see where they are going to go.

The proclamation of the “Islamic State” in eastern Syria and northernwestern Iraq has huge implications for every country in the Middle East, but for most of the great powers — Russia, the United States, China, India, Britain, France and Germany — it is almost the ONLY thing they still care about in the region. They all have Muslim minorities of their own, and they all want the Islamic State stopped, or at the very least isolated, contained and quarantined.

That means that both the Syrian and Iraqi governments must survive, and they will probably get enough outside help to do so (although it will take time for the US and the major European powers to switch sides and openly back Assad). The army of the Iraqi Kurds might hold its own against the Islamic State if it had better weapons, so it will get them (although Baghdad will not welcome a more powerful Kurdish army).

Containing the Islamic State to the north will be a simpler task, because Iran and Turkey are very big, well organised states whose populations are relatively

invulnerable to the ISIS brand of Sunni fundamentalism. But to the south of the Islamic State is Saudi Arabia, and that is a country that faces some tough decisions.

The Wahhabi strand of Sunni Islam which is Saudi Arabia’s official religion is very close to the beliefs of the jihadis who now rule the Islamic State to their north.

Much of their financial support and even their weapons have come from Saudi Arabia. But the rulers of that kingdom would be extremely unwise to assume that the jihadis regard Saudi Arabia’s current political arrangements as legitimate, or that gratitude would restrain them.

Nor will the long-standing US alliance with Saudi Arabia endure if Saudi ties to the jihadis are not broken. Riyadh will have to decide, and it will be aware that its oil is no longer so vital to the United States that it can have it both ways.

The Iranian-US rapprochement will continue, and the issue of Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons ambitions will be settled amicably despite Israel’s protests. Indeed, Israel may come under irresistible US pressure to stop whacking the Palestinians or the Lebanese Shias every couple of years, stop the settlement programme, and get on with the two-state deal. Washington would very much like Israel to stop alienating the people it needs as allies.

Further afield, General Sisi’s new regime in Egypt can count on strong American support, and may even be encouraged

by Washington to intervene militarily in Libya and shut down the Islamist militias there. Tunisia will be the only remaining flower of the “Arab Spring”, although there has also been a certain amount of progress in Morocco. But in the heartland of the Arab world, war will flourish and democracy will not.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles on world affairs are published in 45 countries.

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Inaugural Mark Mahovlic Trophy awarded Canada wins opener at Ivan Hlinka C ANADIAN PRESS

PIESTANY, Slovakia — Mathew Barzal scored the winning goal as Canada opened its defence of its U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup title with a 5-1 win over Switzerland Monday.

Canada has won the summer hockey tournament six years in a row, and 18 of the past 23 times since it began in 1991.

The Canadians took a step toward adding another title by spreading the scoring out and getting a solid performance in goal from Zachary Sawchenko.

Dylan Strome, Lawson Crouse, Mitchell Vande Sompel and Mitchell Stephens had the other goals for Canada, while Sawchenko made 20 saves.

“We’ve jelled together quite a bit lately, and it’s really easy for me to play in front of this group,’’ Sawchenko said.

Canada coach Jody Hull said the team is coming together despite having just three practices and one exhibition game before Monday’s contest.

Dominik Schmid had the lone goal for Switzerland. Tim Guggisberg gave up all five Canada goals on 27 shots, while Joren Van Pottelberghe stopped all nine shots he faced in relief.

Canada started quickly with Strome scoring at 7:27 of the first period. Barzal, who played with Canada’s bronze-winning team at the U18 world championships earlier this year, made it 2-0 under three minutes later.

Crouse and Vande Sompel scored in the first half of the second period to give Canada a 4-0 lead halfway though the game.

Stephens got Canada back on track with a goal at 2:21 of the third period, and the Canadians shut Switzerland down for the victory.

Both teams struggled on the power play, with Canada going 0-for-6 and Switzerland going 0-for-5.

Kootenay Ice athletic therapist Cory Cameron is in Slovakia as a part of the Canadian contingent.

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Cole Tupper (left) was the winner of the inaugural Mark Mahovlic Trophy, presented to the Junior Low Gross champion at the Cranbrook Golf Club’s Club Championship, held Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 9 and 10. The trophy is named in honour of the late Mark Mahovlic, whose “home away from home” was at the Cranbrook Golf Club. The presentation was made by Club Pro Paul Whittingham (right) and Edwin MacDonald (centre), who read out a statement of gratitude from the Mahovlic family. Other winners at the Club Championship included Ladies Low Gross Champion; Jamie Curiston, Men’s Low Gross Champion; MaryAnn Bennett, Ladies Low Net Champion; and Danny Spring, Men’s Low Net Champion.

North Korea presents mighty obstacle for Canadian women’s U20 ambitions BILL BEACON Canadian Press

Dereniwsky family claims Kimberley Golf Club titles PHOTOS COURTESY KIMBERLEY GOLF CLUB

Kevin Dereniwsky (left) and Julia Dereniwsky (right) were crowned Kimberley Golf Club Champions Sunday, Aug. 10. In addition to the father-daughter Dereniwsky championship duo, the club awarded titles to: Sandy Beaudin (Senior Ladies Champion), Carol McCrady (Senior Ladies Net Champion), Nancy Fraser (Traditional Ladies Champion), Debbie Maclean (Ladies Net Champion), Zach Singer (Traditional Men’s Champion), Wayne Bell (Men’s Net Champion), Bob Payne (Senior Men’s Champion), Jim Hughes (Senior Men’s Net Champion), Russell duToit (Junior Boys Champion), Isaac Janzen (Junior Net Champion) and Kira Dereniwsky (Junior Girls Champion).

MONTREAL — Canada’s hopes of reaching the quarter-finals at the women’s under-20 World Cup likely depend on a win against the toughest team in their group — North Korea.

Canada (1-1-0) plays North Korea (2-0-0) in their final group stage match tonight at Olympic Stadium. The Canadians enter the game in a precarious position after losing their opener 1-0 to Ghana and then needing a dramatic, second half comeback to top Finland 3-2.

After playing before crowds of 14,834 and 16,503 at cosy BMO Field in Toronto, Canada will

move indoors onto artificial turf in the cavernous, 55,000-seat Big O to face one of the top teams in women’s soccer at the junior level.

The North Koreans, led by striker Ri Un Sim, downed Ghana 3-0 on Saturday after edging Finland 2-1 in their opener.

North Korea leads the group with six points and a plus-4 goal differential, while Canada has three points and an even differential and Ghana has three and is minus-2.

Finland has no points and is minus-2, but still has a chance to get into the tie-breaking mix if Canada loses and it wins big against Ghana in

Moncton, N.B. tonight.

Canada looked doomed when it fell behind by two goals in the first half against Finland.

But Janine Beckie scored in the 48th minute, followed two minutes later by the equalizer from Valerie Sanderson, who slotted home a feed from Nichell Prince. Prince got the game-winner that kept Canada in contention.

North Korea’s Ri won the golden shoe as top scorer at the 2012 under-17 tournament in Azerbaijan and has a shot at doing the same in the U20. Her two goals is one short of tournament leaders Claire Lavogez of France and Theresa Panfil of

Germany.

Canada’s goal going into the U20 was to at least reach the semifinals. The team hopes to build off the enthusiasm for the women’s game created by Canada’s bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in London.

The event will help develop players ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, which Canada will play host to in 2015.

Before the Group A match between Canada and North Korea, Group B leader Germany faces winless Brazil at the Big O. If Canada finishes second in its group, it may face the Germans in the quarter-finals.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You will be determined to have your way, and you might start acting like a bull in a china shop.

Worry less, and good feelings will be the natural outcome.

Trust that someone else will see the same path you do, once his or her defenses are down. Tonight: Do only what you want.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Pressure seems to build with someone you need to answer to. You might feel as if demands keep coming in from left and right. You could be overwhelmed by a situation and all the calls, texts and knocks on the door. Be easygoing and respon-

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) Look past the obvious. Detach if you become triggered. You might be looking at a situation from a limited perspective.

Reach out to someone at a distance, and a conversation about a trip will be likely. You need a change of scenery. Tonight: Enjoy the moment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Venus enters your sign this morning. This stellar change only adds to your desirability and your need to enjoy the good life. Though you are unlikely to toss your plans to the wayside, you certainly might have a more easygoing attitude. Tonight: Go along with a friend’s suggestion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Others will seek you, but you might need some alone time.

Decide not to worry so much. If you are single, use caution in the next few weeks; you are likely to attract emotionally unavailable people during this period. Tonight: The only answer is “yes.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Venus -- your ruling planet --

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moves into a position where you will be able to pull white rabbits out of a black hat. Settle in and give some thought as to what you would like to manifest in the next few weeks. Your popularity is likely to soar. Tonight: As you like it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You might decide to unleash your intense intellect and resourcefulness. Others might be taken aback by the quality or depth of a conversation. You do not need to explain to anyone what you want at this moment.

Tonight: Add some vitality to your personal life.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) If you feel that an agreement or situation is off, pull back some.

Honor your feelings, and you will be OK. Family matters might be on the back burner, which also might add an element of confusion. A friend will show you his or her caring. Tonight: Head home early.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You could feel as though a personal matter is out of whack.

Know what you expect to get

from a situation. A loved one will support you in your feelings; however, a friend might not be on the up-and-up. Be more observant. Tonight: Take some much-needed personal time.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Others are likely to come through for you once you let them know that you need some help or support. You could feel as if you are in a no-win situation, but with some different perspectives and feedback, you will realize that there is a solution.

Tonight: Hang with friends.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You are bound and determined to show your competency. You could take someone’s harsh comments personally, but that would be a mistake. Stay centered and focused. You know what you want -- head in that direction. Tonight: Could go till the wee hours.

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These same well-meaning family members are now actively pushing me to accept a teaching position in a nearby small town. I went to the interview to please them, but the entire time, I was wishing I were somewhere else. I have told only my immediate family that I’m going to turn down the job if offered.

So what do I tell these other relatives about my job decision? How do I keep them off my back? I’m already suffering health issues due to anxiety, and I don’t know how much more I can take. I’m tempted to move out of the area, but I love living in my town. Any help would be much appreciated. -- Ready To Run Away Dear Ready: You have to develop a stronger spine. Your career choices belong to you, and although some folks may be disappointed, that’s their problem. Their disapproval should not determine your future. Practice saying, “I’m sorry you are unhappy with my choice.” You don’t have to talk about the reasons, nor do you need to create excuses. But you have to be able to withstand the fallout, which will be temporary in any case. This, too, shall pass.

Dear Annie: Last year, my son married a girl we adore. He and his new wife live in the same town. But ever since the wedding, he barely speaks to us. It’s as if he started his new life and forgot about his old one.

He’ll respond when I call or text, but he never initiates contact. He treats his siblings the same way, which makes me sad. The only way we see him is when I invite them over for dinner. We got along fine when he lived at home, so I don’t understand how he has seemingly forgotten us. I don’t know how to address this with him without coming across as rude. -- Lonely Mom Dear Mom: You are making this an emotional crisis, and it doesn’t have to be. Your son still loves and cares about you. Let us explain: When your son lived at home, you saw him every day, and contact didn’t require any effort from him. Now that he lives away, it doesn’t occur to him to call or text, because he never had to think about it before. He is conditioned to let someone else do the work.

Here’s how you fix it: Let him know you miss him and would love it if he’d remember to call or text once or twice a week. But understand that you’ll still have to do most of the work. Then make friends with his wife.

Call her. Text her. Ask her to go shopping with you or meet you for lunch. But also be sure to give them their space. While they are both part of your family, they are first and foremost a unit unto themselves.

Dear Annie: I read with interest the letter from “My Heart Is Breaking,” whose fatherin-law wanted to have a second memorial service for his late wife, even though they already had one when she died two years ago.

My mother passed away two years ago and was cremated. We only recently put her ashes where she wished, because we wanted the whole family to be there, and many of them lived far away or had other commitments.

We had a wonderful time remembering the good times. It’s never too late to commemorate your parents. Mine are always in my heart. -- A Grateful Daughter 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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Epileptic B.C. girl makes dramatic recovery, family pushes for pot oil research Susan McIver Penticton Herald

PENTICTON, B.C. — The two-year-old Summerland, B.C., girl whose family is feeding her illegal cannabis oil has had a dramatic improvement in her seizure disorder.

Kyla Williams’ family says in the past five months the oil given to the girl has greatly reduced the hundreds of seizures she was suffering from daily.

“We were astonished and so thankful when Kyla no longer had any seizures or only a very few each day. Her overall condition continues to improve both physically and mentally. Kyla is alert, increasingly socially interactive and loves sucking her thumb,’’ Kyla’s mother, Courtney Williams said.

The girl’s grandmother, Elaine Nuessler, said numerous drugs were tried to stop the seizures. Doctors told the family that they were down to the last possible medication and Kyla may seizure for the rest of her short life.

“The seizures themselves and the medications prescribed by the doctors were causing a progressive deterioration,’’ Nuessler said. Kyla had lost motor skills, couldn’t suck her thumb and was becoming less responsive to the world around her.

They began using the illegal oil when a family member saw a feature on television about how cannabis helped children with epilepsy.

Now the family is urging the government to legalize such derivatives so more research can be done on the medical and health benefits.

Under the marijuana for medical purposes regulations, which came into effect April 1, licensed producers can only sell dried marijuana. It’s illegal to sell derivative products such as oils or foods made from marijuana.

The family has run into problems because of the lack of information on characteristics of the many strains of marijuana and the limited quantities available, Nuessler said.

Kyla’s grandfather, Chris Nuessler is a retired RCMP officer, who said he had to do a “180 on marijuana after seeing the benefits.’’

“It’s critical that people educate themselves about medical marijuana and join in the struggle to have derivatives legalized,’’ he said.

“Careful studies are needed to determine the exact composition and concentration of each compound in the various strains and their effectiveness in treatment,’’ Chris said.

Health officials to start salmon testing after B.C. mine spill C anadian Press

LIKELY, B.C. — First Nations health officials are preparing to test salmon near the site of a mine tailings spill in British Columbia’s Interior to determine whether the fish are safe to eat.

The tailings dam at the Mount Polley Mine failed last Monday, releasing millions of cubic metres of water and silt into surrounding lakes, creeks and rivers.

The First Nations Health Authority says it is developing a sampling program to address con-

cerns over whether the fish are safe to eat.

Testing results have so far found the water is within health guidelines and that the spill isn’t likely to affect aquatic life.

But leaders in two nearby First Nations say their members don’t think the salmon is safe to eat and aren’t fishing.

Chief Bev Sellars of the Soda Creek Indian Band says she doesn’t believe the company and the government know what the full impact will be on the environment and salmon.

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The last Night Market of the Cranbrook Farmer’s Market 2014 season is this week, Wednesday, August 13, 5 – 8:30 pm in Rotary Park, downtown Cranbrook Farmer’s Market vendors offer a wide variety of locally made, baked and grown products, hot food, cool drinks and more!

Farmers market coupon program expanding around province To m F l e tc h e r Black Press

The B.C. government has expanded its program to offer coupons worth $15 a week for farm market produce to pregnant women, seniors and low-income families who take a nutrition course.

Health Minister Terry Lake announced on the weekend that an additional $750,000 has been added to the program for its third year of province-wide operation, in addition to $4 million provided in 2012 and 2013.

The program runs July

through October, as harvest comes off local farms. It is administered by the B.C. Association of Farmers’ Markets.

Participants take a free nutrition and skills program that includes cooking, canning and preserving, and are issued weekly coupons that can be used like cash at participating farm markets to buy locally grown fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, dairy products, nuts and herbs.

The program is expanded this year to include additional farm markets in Maple Ridge,

White Rock, Clearwater, Salmon Arm, Lytton, Fort St. John, Terrace, Whistler, Nanaimo, Qualicum Beach, Port Alberni and Victoria. A total of 49 markets around the province take part, teamed with local social service agencies that offer the courses.

Lake said the program helps people make a transition to a healthier diet that lessen their risk for chronic diseases, while increasing the customer base for local farmers who sell directly to the public.

The nutrition coupon pro-

gram began as a pilot in 2007, funded by the social services ministry. Its goal for this year is to support 10,000 people.

Other participating farm markets and community service agencies are in Abbotsford, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Langley, Mission, New Westminster, Port Coquitlam, Surrey, 100 Mile House, Armstrong, Cranbrook, Kamloops, Kelowna, Penticton, Nelson, Revelstoke, Vernon, Hazelton, Houston, Prince George, Quesnel, Smithers, Courtenay, Duncan and Salt Spring Island.

Hunting pressure not causing evolution of smaller bighorn sheep Bob Weber Canadian Press

EDMONTON — A new study indicates trophy hunters aren’t causing Alberta’s bighorn sheep to evolve into something smaller and less impressive.

Previous studies have found that the average horn size of a six-year-old bighorn has decreased by about three centimetres over the last 30 years.

Scientists have suggested that’s because hunting pressure is causing a kind of reverse natural selection — as hunters continually take out the biggest males in a herd, smaller animals have more chances to reproduce and pass along their DNA. But new research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has concluded that inheritance isn’t a big deal when it comes to size.

“Body mass is only weakly inherited,’’ said Lochran Traill, a biologist at Imperial College in London.

“Thereby, any evolutionary response of the targeted trait to hunting is negligible.’’

Traill and his colleagues used a combination of field data and mathematical modelling to tease out how different factors influence the overall state of the iconic alpine ungulate, Alberta’s provincial animal.

It turns out shrinking horn sizes from the bighorn hunt aren’t due to any unseen biological effect. Animals with big horns are rarer simply because hunters shoot lots of them.

“Any shift in the distribution of body mass among males is demographic,’’ Traill said. “Changes are largely driven by the removal of larger animals “There are simply fewer

males.’’

That means that the number of big males with fully curled horns could easily rebound if they weren’t targeted as much.

“Any decreased frequency of hunting will simply mean that fewer large males are being shot, and thus the likelihood of large males being found in the population may increase,’’ said Traill.

He pointed out that letting big males breed is also good for the overall health of a herd.

“It will always be better to let males in their prime breed,’’

said Traill, who added it remains “prudent practice’’ to target older males “past their mating prime.’’

Alberta Environment is examining its hunting regulations around bighorns to try to determine if adjustments need to be made to improve stocks.

“We are in the process of completing a new management plan for bighorn sheep,’’ said spokeswoman Carrie Sancartier.

“Once that is completed there is expected to be a public discussion that will include harvest.’’

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