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Parents getting website guide Running poles for to teacher strike

2014 CCNA

By Tom Fletcher Black Press

a good cause Barriere’s Hannah Kershaw turns her horse ‘Vegas’ around the poles during a gymkhana fundraiser to benefit the children of Clearwater’s Angila Wilson.

The event was put on by the Rodeo Rednecks 4-H Club. Find more on page 8.

Mount Polley mine tailings breach

Mine dam inspections ordered across B.C.

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Independent inspections

Keith McNeill

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Teacher’s union ordered to deal with bullying, harassment Kamloops-Thompson Teachers Association

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The B.C. government has launched a new website to prepare parents for a possible continuation of the teacher strike after Labour Day. The website, bcparentinfo.ca, promises the latest bargaining updates on B.C.’s festering teacher dispute, and will act as a portal for parents registering to collect $40 a day for each child under 12 if the strike drags on.

It also offers links to online learning resources from school districts, which have proliferated in recent years.

Talks have continued under a media blackout since mediator Vince Ready met the two sides last week.

“Mr. Ready agreed to monitor the situation, and to resume exploratory talks or commence full mediation when he believes it will be productive,” the B.C. Teachers’ Federation and B.C. Public School Employers’ Association said in a brief statement.

Negotiations broke off and a full-scale strike and lockout ended the school year in June. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Kelleher met both sides earlier but declined to attempt media...continued on page 19

Barriere man loses life in road mishap

By Ragnar Haagen A Barriere man is dead after his vehicle was found down a cliff off a forest service road.

The man, said to be in his 60’s, was last seen Saturday night around midnight.

According to Alan Hobler with Kamloops Search and Rescue, the man and his brother had been driving from Chase to Barriere, along the Adams Lake forest service road.

“The passenger was quite concerned about

the driver’s driving, to the point where he insisted the driver drop him off,” says Hobler.

That was the last time he was seen alive.

Once his brother returned home, he notified police.

“We searched all the high probability areas where a vehicle could have gone off the road, and sure enough, eventually we did find a vehicle.”

Hobler says the driver was found deceased inside his vehicle at the bottom of a 150 foot

embankment alongside the road.

Early reports indicate the driver was speeding and failed to negotiate a curve in the road.

The vehicle was discovered around 1 p.m. on Monday.

A high angle rope recovery operation was used to remove the body. Teams from Shuswap and Barriere search and rescue also assisted at the scene.

Ragnar Haagen writes for Kamloops This Week.

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Thursday, August 21, 2014 North Thompson Star/Journal

Mine dam inspections ordered across B.C.

By Tom Fletcher Black Press Independent engineering inspections have been ordered for Mount Polley mine near Williams Lake and nearly 100 other mine tailings ponds with permits across the province, with reports to be complete by the end of January.

Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett announced the dual reviews Monday.

The Mount Polley investigation is to be complete by Jan. 31 and will be done concurrently with the B.C. government’s legally required probes

by B.C.’s chief inspector of mines and the environment ministry, which looks

at the longer-term effects of the Aug. 4 tailings spill.

Bennett said costs will be covered by Imperial Metals for Mount Polley, and by all operators of mines with permits to operate nearly 100 tailings facilities in B.C. “Certainly in the last 40 years there’s no evidence of a tailings dam breach in British Columbia, but rare or not, it happened, and so the public’s confidence I think is shaken,” Bennett said at a news conference in Vancouver. “That’s why we need to get these three experts involved as quickly as we’re getting them involved.”

The Mount Polley

UBC mine engineering professor Dirk Van Zyl panel includes UBC mine engineering professor Dirk Van Zyl, U.S. consulting engineer Steven Vick, whose earlier investigations included the 2005 New Orleans levee breach that followed Hurricane Katrina, and Norbert Morgenstern, an Alberta civil engineering professor who has worked on 140 mine projects.

Bennett said the

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Satellite image taken the day after Mount Polley mine tailings breach shows drained tailings dam and spill that backed into Polley Lake and down Hazeltine Creek to Quesnel Lake. panel was chosen with approval of the Williams Lake and Soda Creek Indian Bands, and their report will be made

available to the band councils at the same time as government.

Independent inspections of other mine tailings ponds

must be completed Dec. 1, a change from the March 31 deadline for inspections that are required annually.

Bennett said these inspections will each have to be reviewed by an independent geotechnical engineering firm.

Mediator joins BCTF talks

By Tom Fletcher Black Press Mediator Vince Ready has met the two sides in B.C.’s festering teacher dispute and agreed to “monitor” the situation.

The B.C. Teachers’ Federation and the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association announced Ready’s involvement in a joint statement Thursday, confirming that he met separately with negotiators Wednesday. A media blackout on the talks began last week and will continue.

“Mr. Ready agreed to monitor the situation, and to resume exploratory talks or commence full mediation when he believes it will be productive,” the statement says.

Talks broke off and a fullscale strike ended the school year in June. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Kelleher met both sides earlier but declined to attempt mediation, after finding too large a gap between the two sides.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender Education Minister Peter Fassbender and BCPSEA chief negotiator Peter Cameron have maintained that the BCTF’s benefit demands remain far beyond those of other public sector unions that have settled contracts.

Also, at issue is class size and special needs support, with BCPSEA’s latest offer rejected by the union and the

latest of a series of court actions scheduled for this fall.

Ready’s last involvement in the long-running series of teacher disputes was as an industrial inquiry commissioner in 2007.

At that time he recommended that a senior provincial official be involved in talks along with an independent mediator.

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Virk says NDP ‘wrong’ on university pay claims Caps exceeded at UFV, VIU and Capilano: Eby

By Jeff Nagel Black Press Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk says the NDP is wrong in its claims that more B.C. universities have paid senior executives more than permitted under salary caps set by the provincial government.

The NDP obtained salary cap details for three universities – Capilano University, the University of the Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island University – and said reported compensation paid to 14 executives at the schools exceeded their caps by a total of more than $1.1 million over three years.

Financial disclosures show the three universities paid their presidents between $230,000 and $245,000 in the last year – more in each case than their $225,000 caps, according to the NDP. “What is the point in having caps in the first place if they’re basically meaningless and you’re not going to enforce them?” asked NDP advanced education critic David Eby. The Public Sector Employers’ Council, which enforces the policy, has since refused to

disclose pay caps for other B.C. post-secondary institutions, prompting the Opposition to accuse Virk of covering up further violations in the wake of a recent probe of overpayments at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

But in a statement emailed by his office, Virk said in a the caps on presidents’ total compensation do not apply to other senior post-secondary executives, who are instead subject to a salary range approved by PSEC. Those ranges don’t include additional benefits and pension, which he said the NDP mistakenly counted in its calculations, adding about 20 per cent.

Virk also said total compensation for presidents can fluctuate year to year due to higher benefit and pension costs beyond the employer’s control, and due to one-time payments such as unused vacation payouts.

“The critic’s misinterpretation is intended to make it appear that these individuals are being paid outside the compensation they should be paid,” he said.

Virk said institution board chairs have given signed con-

firmations that that executive compensation was paid out in line with approved plans.

Virk previously faced calls to resign for his role before being elected MLA as a director on the board of Kwantlen, where an investigation found extra $50,000 signing bonuses under the guise of consulting fees were made to the president and vicepresident to circumvent their pay caps.

Virk has admitted he erred in agreeing to the payments in 2010-12, saying he wasn’t properly informed of the rules.

Virk told Eby in a May 27 letter that the precise caps on public sector pay aren’t made public so they don’t become a negotiating floor on salary when governing boards are in talks to hire new executives.

Eby said continued secrecy around pay caps gives the appearance of a minister unwilling to properly enforce rules that he himself has broken.

He said the situation is a mess because some schools have observed the caps, Kwantlen sought to hide extra payments and others “blatantly” spent more.

Former judge Sundhu receives federal NDP nomination KAMLOOPS – On Saturday, New Democrats met in Clearwater, 100 Mile House, and Kamloops to officially nominate Bill Sundhu as their candidate to become the next Member of Parliament for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo.

A former Provincial Court judge, Sundhu is a human rights lawyer who represented Zofia Cisowski in the wake of the death of her son, Robert Dziekanski, after he was tasered at the Vancouver Airport.

“An experienced jurist and committed human rights activist, Bill would be an excellent addition to our caucus and, more importantly, an exceptional community representative,” said NDP Leader Tom Mulcair. “I’m proud to have him on our team.”

In 2011, in addition to the 103 elected New Democrats, NDP candidates in 106 ridings came second to the elected Conservatives. In Kamloops-

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Time out for lunch A touring family stopped in Barriere recently on a very hot day to make repairs to one of their vehicles at the Barriere Secondary School parking lot. While there, they enjoyed a picnic lunch under the cooling shade of a large tree.

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OPINION Editorial;

The North Thompson STAR/JOURNAL

Thursday, August 21, 2014 North Thompson Star/Journal Unit 10 - 4353 Connor Road, Box 1020, Barriere, B.C., V0E 1E0 250-672-5611

by Tom Fletcher

What we know about the mine spill T

oday I’ll attempt to cut through the speculation and fear-mongering that have swirled around the Mount Polley mine dam breach and tell you what’s really known.

As Black Press and our local publication the ‘Williams Lake Tribune’ reported before and after the incident, the mine reopened in 2005 after a fouryear shutdown and was expanding its operation, including the tailings pond.

Rising metal prices helped put 380 unionized employees plus management back to work. Most are now working on rebuilding the tailings dam and cleaning up the spill site.

Imperial Metals applied earlier this summer for an increase in water discharge, and was waiting for B.C. government approval at the time of the Aug. 4 dam breach. This was to be the second amendment to a water release permit issued when the mine started up in 1997. It has had a surplus of water due to rain and snow accumulation since it opened (under an NDP government, for those who want to turn everything into a political corruption story).

The reason water release has been allowed is that in the absence of acidproducing rock, metal contamination of water is minimized. Imperial Metals’ routine tests with rainbow trout in undiluted tailings pond water have now been confirmed by environment ministry results, and water and fish from all but the immediate spill area have been cleared for human consumption.

For an example of acid mine drainage, look up the Britannia Mine Museum, now a reclaimed national historic site with a water treatment plant built to function for hundreds of years. Before that, acid-produced toxic metal pollution drained from the abandoned mine into Howe Sound for decades.

Early tests at Mount Polley indicate that this sort of long-term water remediation may not be required. The initial pulse of suspended sediment didn’t last long enough to affect fish in most of Quesnel Lake, much less the Fraser River system. Sediment tests show elevated iron and copper, with “leachability” results to come. Containment and removal will have to be undertaken.

On May 24 of this year, Mount Polley received the first high water warning in its history. This was not a “breach,” contrary to some reports. The latest water permit application and work to raise the dam took place after that.

It’s not difficult to deduce from aerial photos what was happening as mine management found ways to extend operation, including an underground phase. The pond was filling up with pulverized rock, reducing its capacity to hold water. Most of the accumulation is still there for all to see, as is the cross-section of the dam so abruptly exposed in the wee hours of Aug. 4.

It may be months before inspectors and geotechnical engineers can determine the cause of the breach, which occurred with the water level 2.5 metres below the top of the dam, well within permit specifications. Either the design of the earthworks was not adequate, or it was not adequately followed.

TV crews have packed up and left, after sucking out the initial drama and retailing every sensational claim they could find. Tourism operators are pleading with people not to turn their backs on the region after that influx of visitors.

Professional environmentalists are now exploiting Mount Polley as part of their campaign to de-industrialize B.C. A key propaganda tool is a single picture of a salmon with skin removed from part of its dorsal region.

No such fish has been produced, and a single rainbow trout collected the day of the spill is the only confirmed aquatic casualty.

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

Let scientists/engineers do their jobs

To the editor; Much has been written about the Mount Polley tailings pond breach in the past few weeks. However, I think it is important for those who write about the breach to make sure they get the history correct.

For example, in an August 5th McLean’s Magazine article entitled “Warnings about BC tailings pond ‘ignored’” it was suggested that the community and local First Nations raised alarms about the stability of the dam but were ignored.

Yet, in an October 13th 2011 article in the Williams Lake Tribune entitled “Mine discharge application raises concern,” it was reported that Imperial Minerals had applied to safely discharge treated mine water from the tailings pond in November of 2009; treated water that would not include manmade chemicals, only elements that occur naturally in the Quesnel Lake watershed.

The Tribune article goes on to note that Imperial Minerals held six public meetings to demonstrate how safe the water discharge would be, but it

was blocked by local First Nations and community members citing “concerns.”

If the original application to discharge treated water had been approved, as recommended by the engineers and scientists, the water level in the tailings pond would have been reduced and the breach may never have happened. Moreover, it is very clear now from water testing that the water released from the pond was at or close to safe human drinking standards.

These are important facts to keep in mind and they show how important it is to get the history correct.

I don’t think we can point a finger at any one party in this unfortunate incident, but hopefully we have all learned to let the scientists and engineers do their jobs and make the best possible and most scientifically informed recommendations and decisions that safeguard us all.

Michael Taylor Received by email

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This long line of CN vehicles took up most of the parking lot at Municipal Hall in Barriere on Aug. 14, while CN Rail workers attended a company function at the Ridge.

Farm consultation a farce, industry benefits To the editor; Re: Farm changes a great leap forward (B.C. Views, Aug. 13).

Tom Fletcher’s opinions are not shared by any farmers I know.

The B.C. government’s postfacto “public consultation process” is farcical given that Bill 24, which amends the Agricultural Land Commission Act, was passed this May. An authentic public consultation process should have been multi-year and province-wide, not invitation-only meetings and a one-month-long token public feedback process which highlight yet again the magnitude of our democratic deficit.

Fletcher’s analogy to Mao

Tse-tung’s Great Leap Forward is apt, however, given B.C.’s democratic deficit and because Mao’s vision gave rise to China’s Great Famine, resulting in tens of millions of deaths. The Great Leap Forward has been defined as “a very expensive disaster.”

British Columbians will also pay a high price for the B.C. Liberal scheme to drastically change the ALR, as our food insecurity will increase and farm land will become even more polluted. The “farming” activities proposed by the B.C. Liberals will reduce the land available to grow food. Alcohol has very limited nutritional value.

The B.C. Liberals’ continued support for industrial agriculture, one of the world’s biggest causes of greenhouse gas emissions, combined with fracking, oil development and anaerobic digesters will further pollute farmland.

Manure from organic farms is worth far more as fertilizer than as fodder for anaerobic digesters; only conventional farmers would seek to use their contaminated manure to generate power.

The B.C. Liberals need to remember that we all eat, including their buddies in the petroleum and the liquor sectors.

Louise Taylor Grand Forks, B.C.

To the editor; I fail to understand why special interest groups continue to sensationalize the Mount Polley mine incident.

Yes, a dam failed and thousands of litres of water and mud knocked out a swath of trees and deposited them into Polley Lake.

However, the water was not toxic as many claim and, from my understanding, the mixture contains minimal amounts of naturally occurring minerals, metals, rock, sand, silt and mud.

Yes, the site looks horrendous.

But it’s not unlike any other naturally occurring mud slide that happens regularly all over B.C. Thankfully no one was hurt or injured, and the water tests continue to confirm that the water in the creeks and lakes is fit for human consumption and perfectly

safe for fish.

Scientists also continue to confirm that arsenic, mercury and lead levels fall well below the maximum allowable limits for drinking water.

Today, people are once again watching fish jump in the lake and can drink the water, and there is every reason to expect that in a year natural vegetation re-growth will render the incident almost undetectable.

Yes, we need to find out why this happened and do what we can to ensure that it does not happen again. But I am not going to let all the “anti-everything” alarmists out there continue to suggest that we shut down an industry so many families rely on.

Instead, let’s make it better.

Donald Leung Received by email

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To the editor; Re: “Farm changes a great leap forward” column.

Tom Fletcher is confused about the Ministry of Agriculture’s consultation, which features a public survey. He mistakenly says it shows that changes in last spring’s ALR bill “have little or nothing to do with exclusions” of farmland from the ALR. That bill, which made exclusions easier in 90 per cent of the ALR (“Zone 2”), is now law. It’s no longer a current focus, in contrast to the survey about ALR regulations, which is open till August 22. The simple reason the survey doesn’t mention the bill or ALR exclusions is that they’re another matter.

It’s also illogical for Fletcher to imply that those who wanted consultation on the previous matter would oppose the current consultation. If anything, many want more of it.

To top off confusion with bad taste, Fletcher mocks MLA Lana Popham’s photo and bizarrely ties a survey question to Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward, which cost millions of lives.

Jim Wright President, Garden City Conservation Society, Richmond, B.C.

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Child-porn charges stem from decade of allegations

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A man with ties to the North Thompson is behind bars, facing a raft of charges dating back more than a decade alleging he made and distributed child pornography.

Brett Rodney Wise is in custody at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre, facing two counts each of sexual touching of a person under 14, sexual touching of a person under 16 and making child pornography, as well as three counts of

distributing child pornography.

Court documents allege Wise, 55, sexually assaulted two girls in the Clearwater and Barriere areas between September 2003 and February 2014.

He is also alleged to have made child pornography in two locations — New Westminster and Barriere.

The charges of distributing child pornography stem from an alleged incident on April 30, 2013, in Port Coquitlam and three alleged incidents in Prince George, ranging in time between Sept. 10, 2013,

and Jan. 11 of this year.

Wise was jailed for twoand-a-half years in 1996 after a Chilliwack judge found him guilty of invitation to sexual touching of a person under 14.

When he was released from jail, Wise was placed on a peace bond. Court records list the reason as “fear of sexual offence.”

Wise was not present in Kamloops provincial court on Monday, Aug. 18, as his matter was put over to an appearance on Sept. 8 to give him time to speak with a lawyer.

Black Press After a stunning weekend at the Abbotsford International Airshow (Aug. 8-10), the public can relive some of the best, most picturesque moments and vote for their favourite photograph.

The Your Best Shot contest invited photographers from across the province to submit images. Finalists were chosen and given VIP access to this year’s airshow.

These 60 finalists were asked to submit a maximum of 10 photographs in the following categories: aircraft in flight or on runway, aircraft/static display, wildcard and airshow crowd photograph.

The People’s Choice Photo Award Contest winner will be decided by online voting, which is now up and running.

Last year more than 36,000 people cast their votes online.

Images from all of the photographers, from Vancouver to Nelson and Surrey to Vernon have been posted online, and the overall winner will receive four tickets to the upcoming Brad Paisley concert held at Abbotsford Centre on Oct. 3.

Prize certificates sponsored by London Drugs will be awarded to the best photographs of the show in the categories.

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ceptable or tolerated; • Take stops to prevent or minimize any harassment; • Develop and implement procedures for inWorksafeBC has handed the KamloopsThompson Teachers Association (KTTA) two or- cidents or complaints to be reported, “including ders dealing with bullying and harassment at its how, when and to whom a worker should report incidents of complaints. Included must be proceworkplace.

The two orders were issued in April and ob- dures for a worker to report if the employer, supertained by KTW through a freedom-of-informa- visor or person acting on behalf of the employer is the alleged bully and harasser;” tion request.

• Develop and implement procedures for dealThe 10-page report by David Torrie notes the inspection leading to the report and orders was ing with such complaints; • Inform workers of the policies and steps. prompted by a communication by a KTTA workThe order to provide training was rescinded. er.

The ruling notes the investigator met with thenAlthough it does not identify her, outgoing vice-president Susie Corbet has confirmed she KTTA president Jason Karpuk at the KTTA office on 12th Street, where Karpuk said he was lodged the complaint. aware of Corbet’s complaint. Since then, David WorkSafe told the KTTA it needs to: • Develop a policy statement with respect to Komljenovic was acclaimed president.

Komljenovic said he “inherited this matter as workplace bullying and harassment not being acpresident.”

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Neskonlith issue eviction notice for proposed Ruddock Creek mine

By Barb Brower Salmon Arm Observer There will be no second chances if the Secwepemc First Nations has their way.

Neskonlith Band Chief Judy Wilson issued an eviction notice Wednesday to Imperial Metals, owner of the proposed Ruddock Creek Mine, which is located high above the headwaters of the Adams River near Tum Tum Lake east of Avola.

Wilson does not buy into the province’s assurance that all environmental assessments are rigorous.

The eviction from land the Neskonlith claim to own under aboriginal title is a response to the recent Mt. Polley tailings pond disaster. It was a “catastrophic breach” that Wilson says could have been prevented had Imperial Metals had proper risk management practices in place and federal and provincial governments properly assessed and monitored the operation.

Imperial Metals representatives did not return calls for comment by press time.

Wilson charges that, due to prior inaction on the part of everyone involved, the flow of the breach has not yet been stopped, with toxic substances continuing to discharge into the environment.

“The result is longterm impacts on our Secwepemc lands, waters and the health of our people,” wrote Wilson in the Aug. 12 eviction notice, charging the company has significantly contributed to the cumulative impact for all Secwepemc people.

“Imperial Metals cannot be allowed to cause any further impacts in Secwepemculecw,” she writes, pointing to the importance of Adams River sockeye salmon to the

livelihoods of many Indigenous peoples in the B.C. Interior.

Wilson laments the federal government’s decision last month to forego an environmental assessment for Ruddock Creek, deferring it to the province to perform a single assessment – this despite vigorous opposition from several Shuswap bands.

“Imperial Metals has already been discharging water from their exploratory mining activities into this extremely sensitive watershed and the habitat of the Adams River sockeye salmon…” she wrote, noting First Nations’ responsibility to protect the land for future generations and the need to refuse any mining development, particularly in the sacred headwaters of the Adams River.

Wilson points out the Neskonlith band has neither given their consent to, nor signed any agreements with the province or the company and assert Secwepemc “inherent jurisdiction and aboriginal title” to bar Imperial Metals owners, employees, insurers and investors from accessing Shuswap territory.

“Our elders stated they do not want anything that poisons our water or salmon,” Wilson wrote, noting Neskonlith band members have made a declaration opposing the Ruddock Creek Mine and held water ceremonies to protect the water and salmon. “Our council stands with our elders and people – we oppose the proposed Ruddock Creek Mine by Imperial Metals and hereby evict Imperial Metals from our territory.”

In an Aug. 11 email statement, Ministry of Environment maintains it is too early to draw conclusions about the cause of the failure at the Mt. Polley mine tailings management facility and defends its

environmental assessment process.

“All of British Columbia’s environmental assessments are rigorous, thorough reviews of the potential for environmental, economic, social, heritage and health effects from a proposed project,” reads the statement.

“The proposed Ruddock Creek lead-zinc mine is in the early stages of the environmental assessment process.”

Mining Watch Canada co-ordinator Ramsay Hart notes that while a tailings pond at Ruddock Creek Mine would be significantly smaller than the one at Mt. Polley, it will be built on the same basic principles.

“We often have a hard time getting companies to admit a tailing pond failure is even a conceivable possibility, so they don’t necessarily want to include that scenario in their assessments and planning,” Hart says, noting Imperial Metals president Brian Kynoch admitted he would have denied the possibility of a breach had he been asked just two weeks prior to the incident.

“It speaks to the overconfidence industry has in the engineering of

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A view from the Ruddock Creek Mine, as taken in 2008 before Selkirk Mines sold the zinc-lead mining operation to Imperial Metals, Mitsui Mining and Smelting Company Ltd. and Itochu Corporation. tailings ponds.”

Shuswap Environmental Action Society president Jim Cooperman says no mine, regardless of who is in power, has ever, to his knowledge, had a mining application turned down.

“With the BC Liberals, their mantra has been cut red tape; that’s how they label it and that basically means cutting back on the rules that companies operate on and letting industry self-regulate,”

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Cooperman, who was given a tour in 2008 when the mine was owned by Selkirk Mines, says the main problem at Ruddock Creek is that the original plan to truck the ore away for processing

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was dropped in favour of a tailings pond at the mine site.

Chief Wilson said Wednesday that the Neskonlith don’t want a mine, regardless of who owns it.

“We’ve been at this for a long time and we are totally opposed,” she said, noting Secwepemc protests have fallen on deaf ears.

“They continued to develop it but we want the

mine to shut.”

A notice of eviction will be posted at the Ruddock Creek site and a blockade will be considered following meetings with elders and other band members next week.

In the meantime, Wilson will accompany a group to Vancouver Friday where they will hand deliver a formal eviction notice to Imperial Metals executives.

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Magic at the library Jenny Jim from Little Fort, spins her horse ‘Fly’ in a quick turn during the pole bending event at a fundraiser put on by the Rodeo Rednecks 4-H Club, and held at Noble Quarter Horse Ranch in Sunshine Valley.

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Although final figures were not available as of presstime, it appears a significant amount of money was raised through the gymkhana and a silent auction that was held at the same time.

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water children were left motherless following a domestic dispute in May. The fundraising event was held at the Noble Quarter Horse Ranch in Sunshine Valley.

It was organized by the Rodeo Rednecks 4-H Club.

Results of the gymkhana were: junior high point, Mackenzie Ross; junior runner up, Hannah Kershaw; senior high point, Tarryn Munson; senior runnerup, Jenny Jim; Jack Benny high point, Judy Lestander; Jack Benny runner up, Suzie Reid; sportsmanship, Jelisa Ralco, Chelsey Fischer and Suzie Reid.

By Elli Kohnert North Thompson Star/Journal On Thursday , August 7, 18 youngsters between the ages of two to 12 years participated in a BC Summer Reading Club session at the Barriere Library.

Facilitator, Taylor Rae, a Thompson Rivers University student, had all the youngsters listening attentively while she read a book to them about magic and magicians called ‘The Magic Hat’. The story was as an introduction to the day’s craft activity which involved the making of magic hats.

During the hour long session, each child was able to utilize their own approach to the project, with all of them heartily enjoying themselves judging by the laughter and enthusiasm as they created their hats.

The BC. Summer Reading Program encourages kids to read so they can maintain or improve their reading skills during the summer months. Each library in British Columbia creates its own reading club using an approved base line starting point.

The Aug. 28 Summer Reading session at the Barriere Library will feature Uncle Chris the Clown to help wind up the summer season with a party. There will be a whole lot of fun for everyone, and librarian Linda Kelly says there will be awards for those children who completed their reading goals during the summer.

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Taylor Rae, a Thompson Rivers University student, is the facilitator this year for the Summer Reading Program in all TNRD libraries, including Barriere.

(Below) Children at the Aug. 7, Summer Reading Session in the Barriere Library had a great time making magic hats out of paper plates.

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District takes in almost $12,000 for business fees The District of Barriere collects almost $12,000 in Business License fees. That shows up as a line item in the budget.

I was asked where in the budget does it show what this money is used for? Here in Barriere the revenue from business licenses goes into general revenue and can be used for any District expenses like the wages of the person collecting the fees.

Does this point to the District having created some sort of self feeding revenue source that provides no benefit to those that are paying?

One would hope not, as our business community already pays a considerable portion of the taxes collected, they hardly need another cost of doing business.

Do business license fees give a direct benefit to the business community, or is it another tax grab under a different heading?

Given that there is no defined use of the funds this is impossible to answer.

A related question is why does the District collect the money?

There is a common misconception that business licenses drive health and fire inspections. If this were true, does it mean communities without a business license collection system have no fire and health inspections?

I seriously doubt that is the case.

In some communities the business license and membership in the local Chamber of Commerce are combined. The local Chamber of Commerce and the town then offer such things as annual advertising on the town website, and the Chamber newsletter is included in the town’s utility billings.

I called a few of the communities that do this and they say that it not only reduces cost to the town, since it is the Chamber that does the administration, but it has helped to bolster the sense of inclusion throughout the businesses in their area. The businesses can see that their money is being used to advertise their services.

Also, the fees collected provides the funding for the Chamber to act as their advocate when local government decisions are being made that will have an effect on how they operate.

In these cases it is very easy for businesses to see the value for the money spent.

I personally am not against the theory of having business licenses. I am against any order of government collecting a specific fee that does not provide a direct and well defined benefit back to those that are paying the fee.

All of us that live in small rural towns know that the needs of our communities are radically different than cities.

We recognize that in some cases the way to a solution is based on a custom tailored solu-

ayor M e h t s A . sees it.. with District of Barriere Mayor

Bill Humphreys tion not something found in a design manual.

Creating our own local government was considered to be the best way to control our own destiny and preserve the community and lifestyle that residents wanted.

More than a few residents ask what the District now gives them that they didn’t have before. In addition to that, what does having our own local government cost?

As stated in the District financial report the salary of Barriere’s senior administrator is just over $90,000. The District of Barriere staff salaries and wages were just over $500,000 at the end of 2013.

Even though Barriere still has one of the lowest property tax rates in the province, it may seem to some we are on the road to asking for more and more funding to hire staff and provide services without checking that we are on the right track to serve the needs of our community.

The administration of a community is not an easy or inexpensive task. The work must get done, but hiring more staff or paying high wages needs to be carefully considered as it may not accomplish what is needed.

It is the role of council to properly review staff recommendations on spending and to put in place checks and balances to ensure that the public’s wishes are served and the best value is gained.

The 2014 911 Golf Tournament was great fun. The total raised was possibly even greater than last year which means that local groups will benefit even more. Many thanks to Cpl. Underhill and his team of volunteers for putting the event on.

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Egg measurer part of area history Betty Uppenborn demonstrates a process used long ago to grade egg sizes by placing the egg in the holes in this measuring tool. Betty says she used it for some time on their old family farm, as did those before her. Her best guess is that it is about 60 to 80 years old.

Unveiling ceremony of 100 plaques marks those interned 1914-1920 North Thompson Star/Journal This year marks the 100th anniversary of Canada’s first national internment operations of 1914-1920 and the War Measures Act. Thousands of men, women and children were branded as “enemy aliens,” and interned in 24 camps established across Canada. Ukrainians, among other European nationalities, were those who were interned.

On Friday, Aug. 22, the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation (UCCLF) will be unveiling 100 plaques in commemoration of these events. All 100 plaques are scheduled to be unveiled at 11 a.m. (local time) in Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, German, and Hungarian churches

and cultural centres, as well as in local and regional museums and other public venues, creating a “wave” of unveilings, moving from east to west, from coast to coast.

MP Cathy McLeod advises that she will be joining the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in unveiling the plaque in Kamloops. The plaque will be unveiled at the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church (109 Tranquille Road, Kamloops) at 11 a.m., and the unveiling is open to the public.

This initiative, the CTO (“One Hundred”) project, enjoys the financial support of the UCCLF and of the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund.

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SPORTS Larry Colborne (l), captain of the Lacarya team, and Chinook Cove captain Brad Baker hold the Big Woody trophy.

The two captains were instrumental in bringing back the tournament between the two golf clubs.

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Lacarya Golf brings home the Big Woody

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The tournament called the Big Woody, which involves a two-day competition between Barriere’s Chinook Cove Golf Course and Lacarya Golf Course in Blackpool has resumed after a four-year hiatus.

This year’s tournament started at Chinook Cove on Saturday, Aug. 9 and concluded at Lacarya on Aug. 10.

A total of 24 men and eight ladies from both clubs took part.

The Chinook Cove golfers put up a valiant fight, right down to the wire.

It was alPaul Douglas swings as he takes part in the Big Woody tournament at Lacarya Golf Course Aug. 10.

most a draw; however Lacarya came through with the win and brought the trophy home until next year.

The tournament was great fun, sportsmanship and camaraderie, followed by dinner and pictures.

“Thank you, Chinook Cover golfers for a great day and congratulations to Lacarya golfers” said Heinz and Linda Fitz of Lacarya Golf Course. “Now all we have to do is find the perfect spot to display the coveted trophy.”

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Great golf for ladies on Aug.14

By Leslie Stirling “Raindrops keep falling on my head”...but not on Tuesday nights when we ladies go golfing. Mother Nature has been extremely kind to us this year. I don’t think we have been rained out once. (Bob says I am going to have to stop with the song references. It is driving him crazy - my singing, not the songs) Ilke Marais had a fantastic game to score a 43 and win the low gross for Flight 1. Susan Newberry picked up the low net with a score of 32.5 to win the Thompson Valley Awards prize.

Carl’s Market Garden sponsored Flight 2 winners Sandy LeBourdais (low gross score of 45) and Betty Baillie (low net score of 31). Ron Wallace Trucking sponsored Flight 3 and the low gross prize went to Gloria McLean with a score of 59. Angie Smith won second low gross with a score of 60.

Sometimes golf confuses me. I did not have a particularly good game but I had a few good shots. I was rewarded for those few shots with a long drive in 2 (Ar-

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Carol Hindle, on the other hand, had more than a few good shots.

She had a long putt on Hole 2 (Barriere Timber Mart), a KP on Hole 4 (Campbell & Company), a KP on Hole 6 (EBL Ventures). She also used the least number of putts (Interior Savings Credit Union) and picked up the deuce pot.

Two regulars, Rose Seymour and Carol Willox brought three sisters and their mom out for the afternoon and we all enjoyed meeting them.

They also managed to pick up some of the prizes. Angie Smith won the Barriere Massage prize for a long drive in 2 and the AG Food prize for long drive. Dorothy Horvath took home the Interior Savings Credit Union prize for most putts.

Sunny LeBourdais

had a KP on Hole 4 (Bondar Forest Planning) and a KP in 2 on Hole 7 (Knights Inn). Trudy Forsythe had a long drive in 2 on Hole 5 (Country Store Antiques) and a long putt on Hole 9 (Station House Restaurant).

Marla Muldoon had a long drive on Hole 8 (Rainer Custom Cutting) and scored a birdie to win that pot.

Susan Mitchell won the Barriere A&W prize for closest to the golfer.

Joan Streadwick had a long drive on Hole 5 to win the Estylo Hair Design. Darlene Nickull won the Ramona Pottery glass for a long putt on Hole 5. Betty Baillie had a KP on Hole 6 (Stamer Logging). Evelyn Lucas had a long putt on Hole 8 (Still Waters Registered Massage Therapist).

By the time you have read this we will have held our annual Cancer Fundraiser. I am sure that I had an excellent time and hope everyone else did as well. Aug. 26th we are back to regular golf. We only have a few weeks of golf left so if you haven’t had a chance to join us you should do so soon.

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Rec Society ready for winter

By Barb Smith The August meeting of the North Thompson Recreation Society was held at Smith’s under the fir trees so as to be in the shade, but the risk of getting “dive bombed” by green fir cones or attacked by grasshoppers was great!

A new yoga instructor will be starting in the fall, and Judy Davis has contacted all those who took part in this popular program last season.

For information about the yoga sessions please call Judy at 250-672-5275.

A successful swim lesson program has wound up with 89 children taking part in the Feller and Kershaw pools. Sincere thanks to those families, to Tammy McDonald for facilitating, Brittany Stamer for her excellent teaching skills and her assistant Hannah Feller.

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coaches to take these children out on the trails and teach the basics so that they are safe and have fun.

Parents, there are courses offered in our region this fall, both in classroom and on the snow.

The North Thompson Recreation Society is willing to financially support the cost of the trainings. In past years we have found that even two or three days at the trails and a fun night is manageable for families.

The season can start in December (if enough snow has arrived) and can continue until spring break.

Dates and information about the coaching workshops are available from Tammy McDonald at 250-672-0121.

Snowshoe trails have been wonderfully expanded at the Barriere Forks Trails, this is due to the fact that a BC Forest Service Fire Suppression crew had a training program there in June.

There are now new trails along the river, and the ski trails have had low tree branches cut. The area is 16km up the Barriere Lakes Road with lots of parking.

We have some adult skis to rent and snowshoes also. The plan worked well last year with our ski trailer setting up at the No Host Bazaar in November.

The Grade 8 students will continue to have both ski and snowshoe experiences at the trails in the winter months, and this is a volunteer program facilitated by Recreation Society members.

The Forks Trails are a great place to walk, and even with the gates locked the ski trail gate has a wide enough passage for horses.

Come and enjoy some outdoor recreation; cross country skiing is an activity that can be enjoyed by all ages and is a great family and affordable sport. Parents and interested adults, please think about teaching youngsters to enjoy this winter fun!

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Royalty named at Fall Fair since 1950

By Jill Hayward

other communities as they help to promote their area and parThe North Thompson Fall ticipate in the candidate training Fair & Rodeo Association’s Am- process.

A number of bursaries are bassador Program has a rich history that dates back all the way available to the candidates who to 1950. This program has the take part in the program, and honour of being the third oldest these are awarded at the annual Royalty Pageant in the Province NTFFRA Ambassador Coronaof British Columbia and is the tion held in late August.

The committee is sensitive only Royalty Pageant still being to the financial burdens that for hosted by a fall fair association.

Originally called ‘The Queen some may be a reality; therefore, Pageant’, the Association the cost to both the candidates changed the name in 2012 to the and their families is kept mini‘NTFFRA Ambassador Pro- mal. Fund raising, community gram’ in an effort to better re- service, and the many wonderflect the purposes of the program ful candidate sponsors who step now being offered. At that time, forward each year are the biggest the Program Committee made part of the program’s success.

This program starts at the bea number of improvements to the curriculum, bringing it up to ginning of each year with a call modern day standards without for candidates, being presented in the schools by a recruitment losing its valued traditions.

The NTFFRA Ambassador committee, and is also advertised Program is geared towards build- through valley media outlets. ing self-confidence, personal Registration forms are completawareness and self-motivation, ed, and once all the candidates all the while having “a whole lot have been signed up the program of fun”. The committee stresses is underway for the calendar that this is not a “beauty con- year.

The program participates in a test”, or a “most popular girl contest”, rather a search for the number of events throughout the newest Youth Ambassadors to year, and hosts the following for proudly represent the North the current candidates: • NTFFRA Ambassador Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association and the entire North Apron Auction & Banner Night - Feb/March Thompson Valley.

• NTFFRA Ambassador The Program is open to any young lady enrolled in grades ProgramSpeech & Talent Show 9 through 11, who is a resident May/June • NTFFRA Ambassador Proof the North Thompson Valley.

Home schooled young ladies are gram Coronation Ceremony Late August also welcome to participate.

The North Thompson Fall Each year the new candidates are provided with training in the Fair and Rodeo Association apareas of public speaking, self-de- preciates and thanks all of the fence, equine awareness, hair and committee members and canskin care, modelling, dancing, didates who have participated resume writing, proper etiquette, in this program since the first North Thompson Valley infor- crowning was held in 1950.

To all of the young ladies who mation and history, and the history of the NTFFRA. In some have worn the North Thompson years other training is provided Fall Fair & Rodeo royalty crowns since that time the association when available.

Candidates also have an op- says, “Thank you for being such portunity to travel as a group to sparkling ambassadors of our

NTFFRA files:

Sylvia Sheaves (front) was crowned Queen at the first North Thompson Fall Fair held in Louis Creek in 1950.

Association and of the North Thompson Valley, we have greatly enjoyed working with each and every one of you, and we remember you fondly each year.”

This coming Friday, Aug. 22, is the Ambassador Coronation where the young ladies who will be representing the North Thompson Valley for the 2014/2015 year will be crowned.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. at the Lions Hall in Barriere, and the presentation starts at 7 p.m.

Come on out and show your support for our youth and our future.

If you would like more information on the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association’s Ambassador Program go to: www.fallfair-rodeo.com, or email: ntfallfair@gmail.com NTFFRA files:

The 1955 North Thompson Fall Fair Queen was Carol Bigham.

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Thoughts about neutral density filters for photography Making Pictures with

John E n ma n A neutral density (ND) filter is a clear, colourless, filter that reduces the intensity of all wavelengths, or colours of light, equally.

It is usually a colorless (gray) filter that reduces the amount of light entering the lens.

A photographer can select exposure combinations that would otherwise produce overexposed pictures.

Using a ND filter allows a photographer to achieve a very shallow depth of field, or motion blur.

I’ll begin by saying quality ND filters have always been expensive.

During the days of film, the exposure you made was the exposure you got. And when one used colour film one didn’t get a second chance if there was a colour shift, usually a purple cast, with less expensive filters.

Some cheap filters weren’t all that sharp either.

I thought about that when during a workshop the leader loaned me a couple of Lee filters (over a hundred dollars each) to try on long exposures of the waterfall we were photographing. He indicated if I were to order through him I could get a discount.

I’d already spent a bundle on costs including travel and lodging, and owned ND filters that worked well, so I passed on the

deal and came home thinking about maybe a future purchase.

My memory of ND filter problems were from the time of film. Film has a permanence that data files created in our modern digital camera don’t have.

Colour balance in film means colour correction filters.

Where as, with digital I mostly leave my camera on auto white balance, and fix any shift when I open my RAW files in Photoshop.

A photographer could somewhat help a soft image when shooting black and white film by increasing the contrast, but with colour it was permanent.

Nowadays, we have a number of software possibilities that can almost (well, almost) fix a notquite-in-focus image.

With all that in mind, I thought that unless I was making very large prints. those cheap ND filters might be usable.

So I ordered several very inexpensive, no-name ND filters thinking the $60.00 or so I spent might be foolish, but I’d have some fun and discard them if they didn’t work.

I bought them, put them away and forgot about them.

Then this past week as I sat looking at the overcast sky after a much-needed shower in the parched hills around my home, I decided to give those filters a try. I grabbed

John Enman Photo

Inexpensive neutral density filters are great if one is willing to shoot in RAW and make post-production corrections. my camera, tripod, and the bag of filters, talked my wife into coming, and drove to a local waterfall.

The Chase Creek falls weren’t the raging torrent of spring or early summer.

This year’s long, hot, dry spell has had an effect and capturing an exciting waterfall wasn’t possible.

I tried a couple of different angles, scrambling around the rocks and down to a now sandy shore, and then a group of young people came to splash in the cold water so I moved downstream in the creek.

I was getting bored anyway and didn’t mind giving up my spot to those kids and their blanket.

Returning home, I loaded my RAW files in the computer, easily corrected the white balance, added contrast and sharpened the image in Photoshop.

My conclusion is those inexpensive

ND filters are great if one is willing to shoot in RAW and make post-production corrections. I think an out-of-thecamera JPG would be disappointing.

I expect there will be opinions by experienced photographers who read this.

However, the images look pretty good on my calibrated 30-inch Mac display screen.

I haven’t made any prints, but I expect 8x10’s might be just fine, and if just sharing images on-line I think inexpensive ND filters will be fine.

These are my thoughts for this week. Contact me at www.enmanscamera. com or emcam@telus. net. Stop by Enman’s Camera at 423 Tranquille Road in Kamloops. And if you want an experienced photographer please call me at 250-3713069. I also sell an interesting selection of used photographic equipment.

Are Canada’s proposed nutrition label changes sweet enough?

By Simone Jennings, RD Community Nutrition Program with Interior Health Most people I talk to say they usually read food nutrition labels, but often find the information confusing.

Current labels typically require a keen attention to detail and a bit of time to navigate the information.

Comparing products can be a challenge because serving sizes vary.

Most people say they look at sugar on the label but do not know how much is too much. “What does 24 grams of sugar really mean?”

Well, Health Canada is ready to change things up.

They are in the process of revising the way information is shown on nutrition labels for packaged food.

The aim is to make them easier to read and more relevant to peoples lives.

For example, one of the recommendations is that serving sizes be consistent for similar foods, and better reflect the amount a person typically eats.

Of the numerous proposed changes,

Simone Jennings, RD I think the recommendations for sugar are worth paying attention to. One proposed change is to list the amount of added sugars on the Nutrition Facts Table.

This is in addition to listing the total quantity of sugar.

Currently, only total sugar is listed, which includes naturally occurring sugar and added sugar.

Providing the amount of added sugars will help people make healthier choices. Typically foods that are higher in added sugars are more processed and less healthy.

As well, all added sugars will be grouped together on the ingredients list, so it will be easier to see the all the different forms of sugar in a product.

Emphasizing added sugar is important as excess consumption is linked to childhood obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic dis-

eases.

However, Health Canada is not recommending a maximum limit for added sugars specifically. Instead they suggest a target of 100 grams for maximum total sugar consumption (natural sourced sugars plus added sugars). They believe sugar is sugar, whether it’s from an apple or a cookie.

Many experts say this doesn’t go far enough and a maximum intake should be set for added sugar as it is the main culprit for health problems.

Personally, I agree that consumers need to see a maximum target for added sugars, so I gave my feedback through Health Canada’s online consultation.

If you want to participate in the consultation you can give feedback by answering a series of questions online.

Visit the Nutrition Labelling Consultation page on the Health Canada website. Here you will also see a summary of all the proposed changes (I only touched on a few). http://www.hc-sc. g c . c a / f n - a n / l ab e l etiquet/consultation/ index-eng.php

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Creamy Chicken Quinoa and Broccoli Casserole Ingredients 2 cups reduced sodium chicken broth 1 cup milk (I used 2%) 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning ½ cup flour 2 cups water, divided 1 cup uncooked quinoa, rinsed ¼ cup cooked, crumbled bacon (optional... sort of) 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts 2 teaspoons seasoning (like Emeril’s Essence or any basic blend you like) ¼ cup shredded Gruyere cheese (any kind will work) 3 cups fresh broccoli florets

Instructions: Sauce: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and generously grease a 9x13 baking dish (seriously, be generous because it really really sticks to the sides). Bring the chicken broth and ½ cup milk to a low boil in a saucepan. Whisk the other ½ cup milk with the poultry seasoning and flour; add the mixture to the boiling liquid and whisk until a smooth creamy sauce forms. Assembly: In a large bowl, mix the sauce from step one, one cup water, quinoa, and bacon and stir to combine. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Slice the chicken breasts into thin strips and lay the chicken breasts strips over the top of the quinoa mixture. Sprinkle with the seasoning. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes. Broccoli: While the casserole is in the oven, place the broccoli in boiling water for 1 minute until it turns bright green and then

run under cold water. Set aside. Bake: Remove the casserole from the oven, check the mixture by stirring it around in the pan, and if needed, bake for an additional 10-15 minutes to get the right consistency. When the quinoa and chicken are cooked and the sauce is thickened, add the broccoli and a little bit of water (up to one cup) until the consistency is creamy and smooth and you can stir it up easily in the pan.

Top with the cheese and bake for 5 minutes, or just long enough to melt the cheese.

Barriere Celebrates 100th Anniversary

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Most of the bigger plaques are sold (still a commemorate Anniversafew To though so if youBarriere’s or your100th business wants ry in 2014, a legacy piece is planned for the south in...HURRY!!) but there is still a decent side wall of the Bandshell. selection the green,Celebration $100 plaques avail100th of Anniversary organizer Tasha Buchanan tells about steadily the project, able, but they ARE selling so“From don’t Barriere Town Road, one will see a nine foot, wait too long. aluminum tree in the shape of the District of Barriere’s logo, which, upon closer inspection, Remember, your plaque includes engraving. will be comprised of over 100 pieces of alumiWhy be original?

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Leave your mark for day, June 9, at 9 a.m. “sharp”, individuals, entire families, organizations, area businesses, nongenerations to see. profit groups, associations and/or anyone who

feels connected to the community, can purchase a plaque - a piece of the ‘puzzle’ so-to-speak – that will be forever affixed as a showpiece in the center of Barriere to commemorate its’ first 100 years and counting.

Buchanan says there are 126 plaques available for purchase in various shapes and locations, and that they have been color coded on the diagram to indicate the price point of each piece (the actual aluminum plaques will not be colored). The purchase price of a plaque includes personalized engraving. Whether a simple family name occupies the plaque, the names of multiple family members scattered throughout the plaque, a family crest, a ranch brand, a business logo, a business name and establishment date, commuAries, sometimes How you know Speak up, Aries, A business relationship nity and group name or agency with ordo without curyou just need others the problem willto be putpresidents or chair how blossoms with an rerent/past members, a will memoasolved. different spin act to requests rial ofona loved one, recognition of your aACitizen of A little miracle addition. larger-thanthings get your iflifeyou never drum the for Year the opportunities at hometo makes an and the year of title… personality drops way.

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July 29 - Aug 16: Quilt Show. Wed.-Sat. 10am-4pm North Thompson Museum Aug. 22 NTFF&R Ambassador Coronation Aug. 22 Ambassador Coronation that it is at the Barriere Lions Hall, door open at 6:30 p.m., start time 7 p.m.

Tickets available at the Employment Centre and Armour Mountain Office Services.

Aug. 23 - Barriere Legion Golf Tourney Chinook Cove, sign up at the bar or call 250-672-0261 to donate.

Aug. 24: Kamloops Kidney Walk at Riverside Park 11am Aug. 30, 31 & Sept. 1: North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo, at the Fall Fair grounds www.fallfair-rodeo.com Sept. 13 - Barriere’s 6th annual Thunder Alley Stomp’n Toy Run. 11am AG Foods, games to follow everyone welcome.

Steak Dinner & Dance at the Barriere Legion $20 or $10 for the Dance. Call Paul 250-819-3205 or Al 250-672-2150 Sept. 14: Barriere Terry Fox Run at the Barriere Bandshell.

Registration at 10 am & the run at 11am. 5 km or 10km run, walk, rollerblade, ride a bike – everyone welcome!

Anyone interested in purchasing a T-shirt call Kathy Cooper @ 250-672-5758 or Kris Luison @ 250-672-5929.

Sept. 15 - Barriere Secondary PAC AGM 5:30pm at the high school. PARENTS NEEDED TO CONTINUE. Date subject to

change due to job action.

Sept 20 - Barriere Curling Rink Flea Market & Craft Sale 9-1pm. Donations welcome or to book a table call 250672-9391 Army Cadets - 2941 RCACC Cadet Corp. - ages 12-18. New Recruits Welcome. Hethar McIntosh 250-587-0027.

Adult Day Program: Mon. & Wed. 9-2. Lunch, crafts & music at the Seniors Ctr. Sherry Jardine 672-5121 After School Program: Mon.-Fri. 3-6pm @ Ridge (NTVIC room). For info call 250-672-0033.

Baha’i Night: Fri., 7:30pm, @ Marge Mitchell’s 672-5615.

Barriere & District Heritage Society: 3rd Wed. of mth, 1pm at NTVIC in the winter, at Museum in the summer.

Barriere Farmer’s Market. Every Thursday. Sam’s Pizza & Rib House Hwy 5. 10am-2pm (May - Nov.) Riding Club: Apr-Oct: 3rd Thurs. 7pm at NTVIC. www. barrieredistrictridingclub.com. Darcey 250-318-9975.

Cancer Support: 672-9263, 672-0017 or 672-1890 Choir: Thurs. @ Christian Life Assembly, Annesty Rd. Youth 7-18 3:30pm; Adults 19+ 6:30pm. Leah 250-957-8440.

Curling Club: Oct.-Mar. Curling, league & bonspiels.

Drop In Art. Fridays 11:30am-2:30pm at NTVIC end of Sep to Mar (except holidays). Nominal fee.

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Last Thursday’s Farmer’s Market in Barriere was held under rainy skies, but that didn’t stop the shoppers from coming out for baking, fresh vegetables, meat, jams, wood crafted products and more. Pictured is Val Stamer with an armful of fresh asparagus while vendor Bernie Kershaw on. at the Pentecostal Church Community Soup Day: Christian Life Assembly on Annesty Barriere A-A: Every Tues.looks 7:30pm

818 Amnesty Rd. 250-672-9643 or 250-672-9934 Barriere Elementary PAC: 1st Wed. of mth, 6:30pm, call 672-9916 or Leesa Genier at 320-3629.

Barriere Fire Dept.: Firehall, Thurs., 7pm Barriere Food Bank: Every 2nd Wed. beginning July 2 672-0029 Genealogy: Every 1st & 3rd Friday of the mth at the Library, 6-7pm, except Jul/Aug. 250-672-9330.

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Photography Club. Shelley Lampreau 250-672-5728.

Community Quilters: 2nd & 4th Thurs. of mth, 2pm at the Barriere Food Bank. Judy 250-672-5275 or Fran 250-6722012.

Barriere Search & Rescue: 2nd Tues. of mth, 7pm. Training on 4th Tues. of mth, 7pm.

BSS PAC & Booster Club: 1st Tues., 5:30pm. 250-672-9943.

Survivors of Brain Injuries: John 250-372-1799.

Bethany Baptist Church Prayer: Every Tues., 7pm.

Carpet Bowling: Mon, Wed & Fri., 9:30am-12 @ Little Fort Hall.

Community Kitchen: Call Dede 554-3134.

Rd. 3rd Mon., 11:30 am.

Crib: Mon. & Fri. 1-4pm @ Little Fort Hall.

Family & Caregivers Group: 1st Mon. of the mth, 10am @ Ridge, kitchen. Info call 778-220-5930.

Gambler’s Anonymous: 250-374-9165 or 250-374-9866.

Heffley Creek Acoustic Coffee House: 3rd Fri. every mth 7pm. Call 578-0056.

Literacy Tutoring: Learn to read FREE. Jill Hayward 3198023.

Little Fort Recreation: 1st Thurs. each mth 7pm LNT Catholic Women’s League: 2nd Sat. each mth, 9am at St. George’s. Call 250-672-9330 for info.

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Except Jul & Aug. 250-578-7565 for info.

McLure Fire Dept.: 2nd & 4th Tues., 7pm, Firehall Men’s Floor Hockey: Tues., 8-10pm at Barriere Sec. NT Fish & Game: 4th Mon. each mth 7pm NTVIC. 672-1070 NT Valley Hospice: 3rd Tues, 11am, Little Fort Hall. 6725660.

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District of Barriere RIDGE CUSTODIAN REQUIRED Part time Opportunity 4936 Barriere Town Rd.

The District of Barriere takes over the responsibilities for maintenance on the Ridge building as of September 1st.

As a result, a part time custodian will be required to carry out a variety of cleaning tasks in and around the building.

Applications from either a potential part time employee ($20/hr rate) or an independent contractor (include rate expected) available approximately 15 hrs./week over 5 days, will be considered. Shifts must generally be scheduled after regular business hours. A criminal record check will be required. For a more detailed job description please visit the District website or contact Colleen Hannigan, CAO (250-672-9751 or channigan@barriere.ca).

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Police say they are receiving reports of a variation to the “Cheque Overpayment Fraud” which targets potential host families for international students.

The fraudster has been known to contact the host family to host their son or daughter. The fraudster then sends the victim a cheque for too much money and asks that the victim send the difference in balance to their son or daughter to pay for their air travel to the host’s community.

Some tips to avoid overpayment scams: • Know who you are dealing with; • Never accept a cheque for more than your asking price; • Never agree to wire back funds to a buyer; • Resist pressure to “act now.” If the buyer’s offer is good now, it should be good when the cheque clears; • Consider a visit to the bank branch to determine if the cheque is legitimate; RCMP have also noticed another wave of the “Emergency or Grandparent Scam” which typi-

cally targets the elderly.

The fraud artist will often call from a private phone number and claim to be a grandchild, a niece or a nephew and ask for the victim to wire money to them.

The fraud artist will usually state that they are in jail or have been in a crash and require the money for legal fees or their release. Often victims don’t verify the information until after the money has been sent.

Additionally, police in Kelowna have also received reports of a man in his 40’s going door to door asking for $30-$40 cash to pay for a tow truck. Typically, the suspect male claims to be a neighbour, that he has broken his key trying to get into his vehicle and is short an amount of money to pay for a tow truck. The man promises to return the cash however never returns.

If you suspect you are being scammed or have been the victim of a scam contact your local Detachment of the RCMP immediately.

For more information on frauds or to report, please go to: www.antifraudcentre.ca *Information provided by Kelowna RCMP

Despite best efforts of police elderly citizens do not believe they are victims of this scam North Thompson Star/Journal In October 2013 the Burnaby RCMP Economic Crime Unit learned about a large scale scam that had defrauded numerous elderly people in the Lower Mainland including Burnaby, Surrey and Langley.

Despite the best efforts of police, the victims do not believe they are victims.

We have done our best to convince them that this is a scheme and that they will continue to lose significant amounts of money, explained Burnaby RCMP Operations Officer Superintendent Stephan Drolet.

Sadly, this story is not unique. This is why we are encouraging the public to share this story with their families, friends and acquaintances.

It’s up to all of us to ensure our loved ones, especially those that are vulnerable, are protected against these financial vultures.Police believe the fraud started back in 1999, when a man thought he was awarded contracts to do work on a pipeline for the Nigerian National Petro-

leum Corporation. He was instructed by the suspects to pay fees in order to get paid for the contracts. The man passed away seven years ago, but his wife, an 88-year-old woman, continued the payments in the belief that the contracts she thought were worth $58 million, would be awarded.

Police said the woman believes she is communicating with legitimate Nigerian officials including Professor Charles Soludo, an actual former Executive of the Central Bank of Nigeria and Chuckwudi Oputa, a former Nigerian Minister of Justice.

Many of these fraud rings use the names of real-life people to lend credibility to their stories, explained Cpl. Danielle O’Brien of Burnaby’s economic crime unit.

The same names are used repeatedly by different fraud groups.

Since losing most of her money to the scam, the senior reached out to her friends and associates to help her pay the fees. She believes one day, she will share the proceeds with them.

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Similar scams were rampant in the early 2000s. Victims believed they would receive millions of dollars if they continued to pay fees to the suspects posing as legitimate officials.

The pipeline scams have slowly dwindled as the victims either ran out of money or they discovered it was a fraud. Unfortunately, for these current elderly victims, the fraud continues and their family members remain extremely concerned and so do the police.

There is no shame in falling victim to a scam,said Supt. Drolet. These people are extremely sophisticated and by their very nature, they prey on the vulnerable. We want this fraud to stop. We don’t want anyone else losing any more money.

Six victims have recently been identified by the Burnaby RCMP. The police are requesting that if you have fallen victim to this scam or continue to pay into it please contact your local RCMP Detachment or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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Terry Fox T-shirts in time for the Run This new 2014 Terry Fox T-shirt is being modelled by Corbin Cooper.

The front of the shirt is an imprint of Terry running and includes the full text from Page 1 of Terry’s private journal to the right.

The back of the shirt displays an image of the jug of water Terry collected from the Atlantic Ocean on that first day, which he intended to pour into the Pacific upon the completion of his Marathon of Hope. The slogan under the water jug reads, “The Pacific Gets Closer Every Day.” It signifies the tireless work the participants, the donors, the volunteers and the researchers do to complete the journey.

The Barriere Terry Fox Run will be on Sunday, September 14th at the Barriere Bandshell. Registration begins at 10 am with the run starting at 11 am. 5 km or 10 km run, walk, rollerblade, ride a bike – everyone welcome!

Anyone interested in purchasing a T-shirt call Kathy Cooper @ 250-672-5758 or Kris Luison @ 250-672-5929.

What Grace are you holding on to?

Have you ever thought about when you learned to say grace? Was it in church or at school or at camp? For some of you, maybe the first time you learned to say grace was at meal time.

As a child, I grew up always praying before we ate, and my dad was the one who usually said grace. He not only thanked God for the food but always gave thanks for the gift of salvation that comes through Jesus Christ.

In this article, I want to mention four different types of grace.

Some of them you may receive early in life while others may come to you when you are older.

1. Saying Grace This is where you first hear the word grace when you sit down to eat. We have been conditioned to say grace before we eat. But we don’t always say grace before the meal. Here is a story I heard once.

A Christian man didn’t want to preach to his friends but wanted to show by his life. When he went out to eat with his friends, they all started eating right away. So he waited until after the meal and then said, “Why don’t we stop now and give God thanks for our food?”

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By Pastor Victor Koop Chuck Colson shares this story...

A friend and I went out for breakfast and we each ordered omelettes. We started talking and then decided to pray for our food.

When we finished, the waitress was standing there holding our omelettes. She said, “Were you guys praying? Hey! That’s neat; I have not seen anyone pray in here before. Are you guys preachers?”

We said no. Then she said, “I’m a Christian - at least I once was. I accepted Jesus as my Saviour when I was a teenager but then I moved to another state and lost interest.”

Colson said, “I don’t think you lost it - you just put it aside for a while.” “It’s funny,” she said, “when you were praying I got excited again.” We encouraged her to return to the Lord. Later on they met her again, and she said, “I made contact with another Christian and am planning to go to a Bible Study to-

morrow, and I’m going to find a church. I’ve come back.” Colson said, “Until that night, I felt awkward at times praying over meals in restaurants... never again.”

2. Saving Grace Ephesians 2:8, 9 says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, so no one should boast.”

It reminds us that we cannot save ourselves. You can’t save your children, but you can pray for them. It is an individual choice.

3. Living Grace Let’s think about how we respond to others – how we talk to our friends and neighbors.

Are you gracious when dealing or talking with others? Colossians 4:6 says, “Let your conversation be always full of grace, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”

4. Dying Grace When we come to that point in our life when we have to die, we all hope that we will handle it well. What is your attitude toward death?

Are you holding on to the fact that you can say grace? Will that get you into heaven? Once you have experienced saving grace, then I believe God will give you

grace to die – which I call dying grace. Psalm 23:4 says, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me. Your rod and Your staff they comfort me.”

Here is a story – A couple had lost a child and they were grieving. One day, walking through the fields, the two noticed a shepherd leading his flock of sheep. The sheep seemed frightened to jump across a brook, so the shepherd took a lamb in his arms, and he crossed it, placing the lamb about 50 yards on the other side. At once the lamb began bleating for its mother. She heard the call and bolted toward the stream and leaped over it. The other sheep followed and soon the entire flock was on the other side.

“Now I understand,” said the wife, watching from a distance.

“The Lord has taken my lamb that I myself may meet her on the other side.”

Remember, saying grace will not get you into heaven. But if you trust Jesus as your Saviour than you will experience saving grace and you will have dying grace when it is your turn to leave this world.

Quilt Show winner a tie Visitors to the North Thompson Museum over the past few weeks have been able to enjoy the Annual Barriere Quilt Show that has been on display.

The public was encouraged to vote for their choice of ‘best quilt’, and at the recent closing of the show the winner of ‘best quilt’ was announced.

Much to everyone’s surprise it was a tie. The two winners are both from this area. Above is winner Trudy Vietch shown with her work, and below is the work of Andrea Belanger.

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tion, after finding too large a gap between the two sides.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender and BCPSEA chief negotiator Peter Cameron have maintained that the BCTF’s benefit demands remain far beyond those of other public sector unions that have settled contracts.

Also at issue is class size and special needs support, with BCPSEA’s latest offer rejected by the union and the latest of a series of court actions scheduled for this fall.

Ready’s last involvement in the long-running series of teacher disputes was as an industrial inquiry commissioner in 2007. At that time he recommended that a senior provincial official be involved in talks along with an independent mediator.

Are you free a few hours a week?

Would you like to meet other members of the community who have similar interests? Would you like to improve the lifestyle of your community?

Try volunteering with one of the numerous organizations that make the Lower North Thompson Valley a nice place to live.

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Canadian Country Music Artists Born in 1947 in Drummondville, Quebec, she grew up in the musical universe of her parents, both musicians.

Her father was Marcel Martel, a popular Quebec country music singer from the 1940s.

Renée’s own musical journey has swung between the modern and the traditional, between the world of pop music and her country heritage. Her current discography includes more than 25 albums and her musical heritage has lived on.

Hank Snow: Hank Snow, the Singing Ranger, was born 100 years ago in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia. Snow began his career at CHNS Radio in Halifax in 1933, and toured the Maritimes

and Western Canada playing at county fairs and local radio stations. In 1936, he recorded under RCA Victor’s Bluebird label in Montréal and signed what would become the longest continuous contract in the history of the recording industry – lasting 47 years.

In 1950, Ernest Tubb invited him to join theGrand Ole Opry, where he continued to perform for four and a half decades. Hank Snow recorded over 100 albums, was elected to eight music and song-writing halls of fame, and was voted Canada’s top country performer 10 times.

Shania Twain: Shania Twain is a true Canadian superstar. She was born in

Windsor, Ontario and raised in Timmins, and rose to fame in the early 1990s with her debut album Shania Twain in 1993. Her 1997 album, Come On Over, became the bestselling album of all time by a female musician, and the best-selling country album of all time. She has sold over 75 million albums worldwide, won five Grammy Awards, 27 BMI Songwriter Awards, 26 Canadian Country Music Awards and 12 JUNO Awards, among many others. She has also received a star on Hollywood Boulevard and was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame as well as the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

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A major force in raising the profile and popularity of Canadian country music, Tommy Hunter – Canada’s Country Gentleman – has been inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and is a recipient of the Order of Ontario and the Order of Canada. k.d. lang: In a career that has spanned nearly 30 years, with over a dozen albums and millions of records sold worldwide, k.d. lang has won both JUNO and Grammy awards for her work. She has received a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award and is an Officer of the Order of Canada. The Canadian Country Music Association has named k.d. lang both Female Vocalist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year.

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