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Tentative settlement reached in teachers strike

SWEETS SOUNDS CAN COME FROM MANY SOURCES

If deal approved, schools to re-open next week, says premier

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

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It was no treble, but all about that bass for a dozen kids from the Library at Sanctuary program Tuesday morning. Local musician Michael Gifford showcased his homemade bass instrument, constructed from a wash tub and unique tree branch bow.

The morning activities will continue to run until school is back in session, which could be early next week.

The schools are ready to go. Now, the teachers in School District 20 (SD20) could be ready to go.

B.C.’s striking teachers are expected to vote Thursday on a tentative settlement that was reached with the provincial government early Tuesday morning.

Premier Christy Clark said if the vote passes, schools will be up and running again as early as Monday. She thanked parents for their patience, saying a negotiated settlement was the only way to improve a relationship that has been dysfunctional for 30 years.

“We’ll have five years to talk about the things that really matter, and that’s children in classrooms,” Clark said in Vancouver Tuesday.

Negotiators on both sides have agreed to keep details under wraps, but Darrel Ganzert, SD20 board chair, says the news is good, and he can’t see either party turning down the bargaining committee’s recommendations.

“Typically, the way things work is if the bargaining committee recommends acceptance to the membership, then it’s a done deal.” he explained. “At this point, I can’t see either membership turning it down, but it could happen.”

After teachers vote to ratify the agreement Thursday, Ganzert said the next step is for the province’s 60 school district boards of education to ratify contract terms by Friday.

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ALS challenge a daily reminder for local family water over their heads and filming it.

Videos and photos were posted on Facebook or Twitter, then others were challenged to do the same within 24 hours, and asked to match or exceed their donation to the ALS cause.

The spontaneous media campaign has raised over $13 million across Canada in just a few months, but just how much awareness was raised about the people living with and dying from the incurable disease?

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge took social media by storm this summer.

But in the midst of the viral sensation, was the message behind the movement being left out in the cold?

In what began as a one-time dare to raise money and awareness about Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), people of all ages from every corner of North America, were dumping ice

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“I have to tell (people) that everyday is just one day worse. There is no getting better.”

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A local family has asked themselves that question and is now sharing their story with the Greater Trail community because at the heart of the matter lies their beloved matriarch,

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But around 2010, Joyce was beginning to lose her balance and trip, for no apparent reason.

Within months, she was diagnosed with Primary Lateral Sclerosis (PLS) which is a slower progressive form of ALS – otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

She can no longer lift her head to smile at her visitors, or open her arms up and hug her husband of 57 years.

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Family pulls together in face of disease

FROM PAGE 1 Now the mother, great grandmother, and friend to so many, spends each day confined in a specialized wheelchair or hospital bed at Talarico Place in Castlegar.

PLS is wasting away her body and although she can no longer speak, her mind is as sharp as ever.

“People ask me how my mom is doing,” said her son John Manwell. “Like I’m going to say she’s getting better. And I’m sorry I have to tell them that everyday is just one day worse. There is no getting better.”

Like ALS, PLS is a progressive degenerative disease of the motor neurons, characterized by muscle tension and spasms that lead to compromised swallowing and breathing, paralysis and eventual death.

During the first few years of her diagnosis, Bob cared for his wife, and put his engineering mind to use, inventing ways to keep Joyce communicating.

Their family pulled together and in a daunting task, applied for and accessed an Interior Health program called Choice in Supports for Independent Living (CSIL).

John likens CSIL to form-

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Joyce and Bob Manwell in happier times before Primary Lateral Sclerosis – a form of ALS – took its toll. ing a business, saying that “Joyce Manwell was the business,” and the program enabled the couple to maintain a health care team of care aides, nurses and therapists who provided complex daily care in their Glenmerry home.

“Dad made her up a board that had words so she could point to, like tilt (the wheelchair), lift, juice, things like that,” explained John.

“And because my dad was elderly and she needed full time care, CSIL allowed us to hire, train and pay people.

If we didn’t have that, she would have been in a special care wing somewhere,” he

said. “And they didn’t want to be separated.”

The Manwells world came crashing down when Bob suffered a stroke, was hospitalized, and could no longer be at home for the CSIL team that gave Joyce the hands on care she needed.

“I think mom’s diagnosis affected his health very greatly,” said John.

“He was very dedicated to my mom and stayed with her everyday for those years.”

It was just after their 57th wedding anniversary when Bob was in the hospital, that Joyce insisted on making a trip to the Trail facility to see him in person, for what

could have been the last time.

“She went to the hospital and I think they were kind of saying a little good bye,” said John. “There were a lot of tears that day, it was pretty sad.”

Since that time, Joyce has been living in the Castlegar extended care wing, and although Bob lives just down the street at Castle Wood Village, the two rarely see each other.

John said his 81-year old father’s health remains frail, and because Bob can no longer understand Joyce, he becomes frustrated, which exacerbates his condition.

Joyce also becomes frustrated because she can’t communicate with her husband, so now they only visit every two or three months.

She always wanted to live and experience everyday until recently, said daughterin-law Mary Lynn Manwell, and the support from her family is what’ s kept her going so far.

“When you see them get to a point where they don’t want to live anymore, it actually adds to the stress,” John added.

“And there’s nothing you can do.”

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He will then pitch a spade on a diamond and then draw trump.

Results: Two diamonds down three for -150 or four hearts making six for +480.

This is a real tough slam to get to. It is cold, but it is hard to bid even without a diamond weak two.

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Plan in works to make up for lost class time

FROM PAGE 1 Although the BC Public School Employers’ Association (boards of education) had no say at the bargaining table, he noted that technically school boards are the teachers’ employers and must now take a provincial vote.

“As long as the majority agrees with the terms, kids will soon be back in school,” he added.

Over the summer when picket lines were down in the district, custodians had access to SD20 facilities, confirmed Ganzert.

He said major repairs such as water line replacements and new roofing has been completed in local schools, alongside the general maintenance that includes cleaning.

“The only issue is that teachers typically end the last week of summer getting their rooms organized,” Ganzert noted. “So if the picket lines come down quickly, hopefully tomorrow, then teachers will have a couple of days to get their classrooms organized.”

That means students could be sitting in their desks early next week.

Mediator Vince Ready announced the breakthrough after five days of VANCOUVER - Significant dates in the long history of labour unrest within B.C.’s public education system: 1987: B.C.’s Social Credit government passes a law that gives teachers the right to form a union and strike. However, the B.C. Teachers’ Federation largely sees it as an attack, since the law also decentralizes bargaining to local school districts, removes compulsory membership in the federation and establishes the B.C. College of Teachers.

1988-1993: The province’s schools are beset by dozens of strikes under the new system, the first of which happened in Kitimat in November 1998, when teachers staged a 10-day strike. In 1993, the NDP government used legislation to end strikes in Vancouver and Surrey.

1994: The provincial government establishes provincewide collective bargaining between the teachers’ federation and the newly created B.C. Public School Employers’ Association, which bargains on behalf of the school boards and the government.

1998: The province negotiates a collective agreement directly with the teachers’ union, bypassing the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association.

The contract is imposed on school boards through legislation.

August 2001: The recently elected Liberal government passes legislation that declares K-12 education an essential service.

January 2002: The government uses legislation to impose a contract and remove hundreds of provisions related to class size and class composition from the teachers’ collective agreement, while also prohibiting them from being part of future negotiations. Teachers walk off the job for one day in protest. Christy Clark is education minister, nine years before becoming premier.

May: The B.C. Teachers’ Federation files a constitutional challenge of the legislation.

October 2005: The B.C. government imposes a collective agreement on teachers, which prompts a two-week strike that is later ruled illegal.

June 2006: With the help of labour mediator Vince Ready, teachers and their employer reach a five-year collective agreement that includes a

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talks at a Richmond hotel. The B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) and the province’s negotiators agreed to withhold details until a final document is presented to present to BCTF members and school trustees.

With a ratification vote of 40,000 union members expected to be held tomorrow, the province’s 60 school districts are attempting to return to regular classes next week after five weeks of full-scale strike action that began last June.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender said a plan is being developed to make up missed instructional days, which could involve rescheduling Christmas holidays, spring break or adding days to the end of the school year.

Every student’s education will be “kept whole,” particularly senior high school students looking ahead to post-secondary studies, he said.

The agreement includes money to settle thousands of union grievances accumulated since the province removed class size and teacher staffing levels from the teacher contract in 2002. The deal is for six years, retroactive to the expiry of the earlier agreement last spring, with raises averaging just over one per cent per year.

16 per cent wage increase and a signing bonus of $4,000 per teacher. It is the first provincewide contract that did not require some form of legislation.

April 2011: A B.C. Supreme Court judge rules the 2002 legislation removing class size and composition from bargaining is unconstitutional.

The court ruling restores the deleted provisions and gives the government one year to come up with a fix.

September: During negotiations, teachers withdraw a number of administrative tasks such as filling out report cards.

March 5, 2012: Teachers walk off the job for three days.

March 15: The government passes back-to-work legislation, which again deletes the clauses related to class size and class composition that were initially removed in 2002. The legislation allows class size and class composition to be part of future negotiations.

June 26: The teachers’ federation and the employer reach a two-year collective agreement.

The union files a court challenge of the most recent back-to-work legislation the following day.

Jan. 27, 2014: A B.C. Supreme Court judge again rules the provincial government violated teachers’ collective bargaining rights by removing clauses related to class size and class composition and by prohibiting those issues from being negotiated. The ruling also awards the union $2 million.

Feb. 4: The B.C. government files an appeal.

May 26: The teachers’ union begins rotating, one-day-a-week strikes throughout the province’s school districts June 17: Teachers stage a full-scale strike, cancelling the final two weeks of the school year.

Sept. 2: The first day of the school year is postponed.

Sept. 11: Education Minister Peter Fassbender no longer rules out back-to-work legislation - an option he previously insisted he would not use.

Sept. 16: Tentative agreement reached between teachers’ union and the government.

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Approximately 25 people spent Friday night and Saturday morning by the Victoria Street Bridge to raise awareness and cash for the Getting to Home program.

Money raised to eliminate homelessness in Greater Trail Event could expand to other communities next year

By Sheri Regnier Times Staff

The money is still coming in, but so far, the Coins for Change fundraiser has brought in almost $4,000 to end homelessness in Greater Trail.

The Victoria Street Bridge was the site where 25 people gathered Friday night in downtown Trail to sleep under the stars and raise awareness and cash for the area’s Getting to Home program.

Sheila Adcock, the event’s organizer from the city’s Career Development Services (CDS) said over one hundred community members stopped by during the event in a show of support and have committed to dropping off donations this week, including the Warfield Boy Scout troops who collected pledges and spent Friday night camping out at Haley Park.

Other than being sprinkled by a downpour during Saturday’s wee hours, Adcock said everyone who stayed the night, woke to a beautiful sunny morning.

“It was a perfect evening and not too cold,” she noted.

“But next year we will make sure that we

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ask in advance to have the sprinklers shut off,” Adcock chuckled. “Some people had a rude awakening at about 1 a.m. when they all went off and doused them.”

The success of the fundraiser already has her thinking about making Coins for Change an annual event that will reach outside the Greater Trail boundaries.

“We are really excited,” she said.

“We’ve been approached by Castlegar representatives to say they would like to make it a tri-city challenge between Trail, Castlegar and Nelson next year.”

The Getting to Home initiative began two years ago as a joint venture between CDS and the Skills Centre with a mandate to end homelessness in the region.

At the time, 28 people were on the roster in need of assistance, but by the end of June this year, the program has helped 163 individuals from Rossland through to Fruitvale find a place to call home.

Single mothers, seniors on the verge of losing housing, youth transitioning out of foster care, brain injury clients and people struggling with mental health or drug and alcohol issues have all found housing through “The Homeless are Here if You Choose to Look” project.

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Report says municipalities pay rates for employees ahead of province THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA - The Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation says a report commissioned by the British Columbia government takes aim at unlimited and unregulated wage policies within municipal governments and the heavy burdens they place on taxpayers.

The Ernst and Young report compiled as part of the province’s core review program concludes

salaries for municipal employees increased by 38 per cent from 2001 to 2012 while government and public-sector salaries rose between 19 per cent and 24 per cent during the same period.

The report, obtained by the taxpayers’ federation, concludes taxpayers who shoulder such increases could get some relief if municipalities held the line on salary hikes to its unionized and man-

agement employees.

“Compared to the provincial level of government, local government compensation is not co-ordinated (or regulated); there are no limits other than what local governments determine the sector can bear and there are less transparency requirements,” said the report, called BC Public Sector Compensation Review.

“This has resulted in a lack of alignment in compensation

between levels and also across the sector.”

Taxpayers’ federation spokesman Jordan Bateman said the provincial government has been holding its public-sector workers to tight wage settlements, noting it is currently engaged in difficult negotiations with striking teachers, while municipalities are under no restrictions.

“The B.C. government has done the best job of any provincial

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WHEN IS IT UNFAIR TO SPLIT FAMILY PROPERTY EQUALLY? After your marriage ends, do you and your spouse each get half of what you own? Are you also each responsible for paying half of your debts? Not necessarily.

The Family Law Act came into play in B.C. on March 18, 2013. It empowers the court to order an unequal division of family property (and debts) if splitting them 50-50 would be “significantly unfair.” A recent case illustrates this.

Jack and Jenny (names changed) married in 1997 and had four children. They separated in 2009. In early 2013, Jenny got an order for sole custody of the kids, and Jack was ordered to pay child support of $754 a month.

Jenny applied to the court in July, 2013 to deal with the division of the money from the sale of their house.

(Jenny was also granted a divorce.)

The court looks at several things to decide if an equal split of family property would be significantly unfair, including, but not limited to the following: the length of your relationship any agreements you’ve made with each other contributions made by you to the other’s career

government across the country at managing their labour costs in the last five or six years. Municipalities did not follow suit,” Bateman said.

He said the report finds Vancouver pays the highest salaries to strategic leadership managers of any government or Crown corporation in B.C., even higher than the University of B.C. and BC Hydro.

The report concludes municipalities are overpaying the provincial government for technical expertise, Bateman said, adding it also says municipalities have a higher percentage of employees making $75,000 a year or more than in the provincial government.

The report recommends a more coordinated approach across all governments when it comes to salary structures.

“There is a need to drive greater alignment in compensation across the core public service, broader public sector and muni-

cipalities in order to meet the expectations of the ‘single taxpayer’ that tax dollars be spent consistently and effectively for comparable resources across all areas of government,” the report said.

Union of B.C. Municipalities president Rhona Martin said the union knows there are issues about compensation and they attempted to address them in a report issued last year called Strong Fiscal Futures.

The report calls for a review of the local government finance system.

“It is the property taxpayer that is paying for everything. Our point is we’re breaking the back of the property taxpayer,” she said.

Martin said the government has been silent on the suggestions in the report, despite UBCM’s lobbying efforts.

“What we had hoped would happen, was there would be a joint table, where the province and the

UBCM (would be) working together to solve the issues.”

Martin said she’s read the government report and noted there are several data limitations, so it may not be as accurate as first believed.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong said the report highlights the need for all governments to work together to save tax dollars.

“There’s only one taxpayer funding multiple levels of government and important public services, and it’s up to the provincial and local governments to ensure we’re working together to those services aren’t costing citizens more than necessary,” he said in a statement.

“Some local governments are paying more than market value for similar jobs.”

The report comes about two months before provincewide municipal elections, and Bateman said all candidates should read it and tell voters how they would better manage labour costs.

As well, the court can look at “any other factor … that may lead to significant unfairness.”

That’s what the court did here.

Early in 2010, Jack and Jenny agreed between themselves that Jack would keep about $100,000 worth of business equipment and vehicles, and Jenny would get the house instead of child support. Jenny afterwards paid the mortgage on the house with help from her family, but despite the “agreement” (and a later one where Jack “gifted” the house to her if she paid off their family loans to buy the house), the house was never transferred to her.

So in August, 2013, Jenny got a court order to sell the house. The sale resulted in net proceeds of about $70,000.

Explaining why splitting the house sale proceeds in half would be significantly unfair here, the court said: “… there are elements to this case that clearly militate against dividing up the proceeds of sale equally between the parties. …[Jack] intended [Jenny] to have the equity from the matrimonial home in lieu of child support. While that might have made sense to the parties at the time, it reflects a view that all of the [other] matrimonial property, including the equipment and vehicles worth approximately $100,000, belonged to [Jack] to dispose of as he saw fit without regard to [Jenny’s] interests... If the proceeds from the sale of the matrimonial home were divided equally …, [Jack] would be receiving a double benefit – giving [Jenny] the home in lieu of child support and then effectively clawing half of it back, while still retaining … the equipment and vehicles.”

The court decided Jenny should get all the house sale money. This would take care of Jack’s outstanding child support obligations from the time of their separation to March 1, 2014 (over $35,000). He could keep the roughly $100,000 worth of business equipment and vehicles that he got in 2010.

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National Harper could be on witness stand, says Duffy’s lawyer THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Mike Duffy’s lawyer says he isn’t going to rule out calling anyone - including Prime Minister Stephen Harper - as a witness in the suspended senator’s upcoming trial.

“We’re considering any potential witness,” Donald Bayne said Tuesday after a brief court appearance.

“At this point, it’s too early to rule anything out. But please understand, this isn’t being run as a personal or political vendetta.”

In July, the RCMP charged the former Conservative senator with 31 counts related to his Senate expense claims.

The charges include fraud, breach of trust and bribery.

Bayne says he hopes to skip a preliminary hearing and set a trial date for the senator at another court meeting next week. He and Crown attorney Jason Newbauer will talk this week about how soon Duffy’s trial can begin.

“This will be his first opportunity for a complete airing of all the evidence before an impartial tribunal and his opportunity to clear his name, to show that he’s guilty of no wrongdoing,” Bayne said.

The one big question on everyone’s mind is how much the prime minister knew about the secret $90,000 payment made by his former chief of staff Nigel Wright to cover Duffy’s contested Senate expenses.

The prime minister has said on many occasions he knew nothing about the plan to pay Duffy’s expenses.

Alberta selling fleet of government planes THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - The Alberta government’s controversial fleet of airplanes will soon be gone with the wind, Premier Jim Prentice announced Tuesday.

Prentice said the first decision of his new cabinet was to sell the four-plane fleet that had become a public relations millstone around the neck of the Progressive Conservative government.

“Effective immediately, the premier and ministers will be expected to fly commercial as the primary method of transportation,” Prentice told a legislature news conference.

He said the government is now looking to tender a contract to a charter air service.

While it’s important government members have access to remote areas, Prentice said “the ownership of a fleet of aircraft, the operation of a fleet of aircraft, is not neces-

sarily the most appropriate way.”

Other family members will still be allowed on government plane trips but under tight rules.

“They (the flights) are for government business, they are for government employees,” said Prentice. “If a spouse is required because the spouse was invited as part of official business, then the spouse will be permitted.”

The planes had become symbols of waste, excess and entitlement that brought down former PC premier Alison Redford in March.

She quit the top job as public opinion polls plummeted and ahead of a reported caucus and party revolt.

Last month, auditor general Merwan Saher reported that Redford had used the “aura of power” of the premier’s office to take the planes for personal trips for herself, her pre-teen daughter, and

her daughter’s friends.

He said Redford’s staff even booked phantom passengers on the planes so that Redford could fly solo.

Government MLAs also used the planes to fly to political events under the guise of official government business.

Saher said the bottom line showed that the fleet cost $3.9 million more than comparable alternatives in 2012.

Alberta’s Air Transportation Service has 13 pilots and support staff operating three Beechcraft King Air planes and a 30-seat Dash 8.

Operating costs have been pegged at about $9.5 million a year.

The move affects 27 union jobs, and Prentice says while he’s not sure what will happen to these employees, they will be treated as “humanely” as possible.

Redford is now out of politics altogether.

Nunavut

Crews finally extinguish ‘dumpcano’ Smouldering fire burning since May

THE CANADIAN PRESS IQALUIT, Nunavut - A long-smouldering dump fire in Iqaluit, dubbed the “dumpcano,” is finally out.

The smoky blaze had been burning on the south side of the Nunavut capital since May. The city had initially planned to let the fire burn itself out because fighting the hot and unstable pile was too dangerous.

When the fire began, the mound was about the length of a football field and as high as 17 metres on one side. Although no flames could be seen, the fire deep within the garbage created heat up to 2,000 C. But letting the fire take care of itself would have taken about three years. And fumes had forced schools to close for days and prompted health warnings.

Instead, experts were brought in and crews started fighting the fire 17 days ago.

Deputy fire chief

George Seigler said the blaze was officially declared out Tuesday morning, almost two weeks ahead of schedule.

“We’ve reached the end of pile. We’ve done this literally bucket by bucket and quenching it,” he said.

“We’re down to dirt.”

Mike Noblett with Global Forensics Inc. out of Red Deer, Alta., acted as site manager during the fire fight.

He described how

excavators first dug out a pond near the burning pile and hoses stretching to a nearby creek filled it with water. Machines next removed sections of the hot garbage and dunked them several times into a pond of water.

The cooled garbage was then dumped into a flatter and shorter pile. Noblett said workers will spend the next week reshaping it into a new pile, making sure it’s sloped at an

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angle that will hopefully keep wind from pushing inside.

“Although we’ve got this fire out, there is a natural heating process because of the breakdown of the material.

But if we keep the wind

out of there, it keeps that temperature down and it won’t overheat again.”

Seigler said workers will monitor and take daily temperature readings of the stack until spring.

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The pros and cons of the Scottish referendum

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f the Scots vote “yes” to independence on Thursday, as one opinion poll now suggests they will, three things are likely to happen in the following week.

First, David Cameron may cease to be the leader of the Conservative Party and the prime minister of the United Kingdom. He would be removed by his own Conservative members of parliament, who would hold him responsible for allowing the break-up of a very successful union that has lasted 307 years.

Secondly, the British pound would start to fall against other currencies, not because Scottish independence would necessarily be an economic disaster for the rest of the United Kingdom, but because the markets hate uncertainly.

To prevent a serious decline of the pound, the British government would have to act on its pre-referendum warnings that a post-independence Scottish government could not have any say in managing the currency. Nobody can stop the Scots from using the pound if they want (and the “Yes” campaigners say they will), but they would be using it the same way that Panama and Liberia use the US dollar. No control over

interest rates or anything else.

And thirdly, Spain would block automatic membership in the European Union for an independent Scotland (perhaps with support from some other EU members). Maybe Scotland could become a member eventually, but at least it would have to join the end of the queue for membership and go through years of convoluted negotiations.

And it would have to accept the euro as its currency.

The Spanish government has already said it would insist on this, because the Spanish province of Catalonia is holding its own (unauthorized) referendum on independence in November. Madrid has veto power, and it is determined to show that breaking up an existing EU country is not easy or painless.

On the other hand, it would not be like South Sudan or East Timor: there would be no bloodshed and no refugees. Some businesses, particularly banks, would move their head offices from Scotland to England, but in five or ten years the Scots would stop blaming England for all their problems and start blaming their own politicians. And the English would simply have forgot-

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ten Scotland.

The right question in this situation, therefore, is not “What will happen if...?” Nothing very extreme would happen, although Scotland is unlikely to enjoy the economic and cultural boom that First Minister Alex Salmond, who called the referendum on independence, frequently predicts. The better question is “How did it end up like this?”

How did a country that has shared a monarch with England since the early 1600s, and freely joined a union with the rest of the “United Kingdom” in 1707 (although there was a lot of political jiggery-pokery involved, as was normal at that time), end up on the brink of leaving the Union in 2014?

Scotland shared in Britain’s wars, and Scottish emigrants settled in all

of Britain’s colonies. The Scots had their industrial revolution almost as early as England and far ahead of the rest of Europe. They played a large part in managing the British empire, and profited immensely from it.

Post-industrial Scotland has its deprived inner-city areas, just as England does, but the two countries have pretty much the same standard of living.

Scotland always kept its own legal and educational systems, and for the past 16 years it has had its own elected parliament and government, with powers comparable to those of a US, Indian or Australian state. So what’s wrong with this picture?

The real grievance that fuels Scotland’s independence movement is the fact that Britain keeps electing governments that are either explicitly Conservative or (like Tony Blair’s three terms in office) conservative in all but name. They take Britain into stupid foreign wars, and they impose austerity on ordinary British people while looking after the rich.

Scots see themselves as being more socially conscious and more egalitarian, and there is some truth in that view. (Only one of Scotland’s 59 members of

the British Parliament is a Conservative.) So the “Yes” campaign argues that the only way to avoid perpetual rule by Margaret Thatcher clones in London is to break away and build a separate Scottish state.

That argument is getting a lot of traction in Scotland at the moment, and voting intentions have swung from 61 per cent for No and 39 per cent for Yes in early August to a knife-edge (49 per cent No, 51 per cent Yes) in one of this week’s polls.

The other recent polls still show a small advantage for the Noes, but it could go either way.

If it goes Yes, then the change is forever, and everybody will just have to live with it. But since Scotland’s current dissatisfaction with the Union is mainly about the political colour of recent British governments, a No to independence might also be permanent.

A couple of genuinely left-wing British governments and a strong economic recovery (which is actually happening), and the whole thing might blow over.

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

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B.C. is currently on tar- payers can lose focus on the get to balance the 2014/15 overall debt, especially if the budget,” declared Mike de government’s operating budget Jong, B.C.’s finance minis- is in surplus. For instance, ter while unveiling the govern- this year the B.C. government ment’s latest financial update. expects an operating surplus of Understandably, many British $266 million (now $82 million Columbians will take de Jong’s higher than February’s budget). comments at face value.

Despite this “surplus,” the In reality, B.C.’s province continues CHARLES government debt to borrow and rack will grow again this up another $2 bilyear. So how can lion in debt. de Jong make his How do we SEAN “balanced budget” square this seemclaim? ingly counterintuiBecause he’s tive result? talking about the It boils down to Fraser Institute government’s the capital budget, operating budget - the differ- which is in deficit. After all, ence between the revenue the the change in government net government collects and the debt (gross debt minus finanmoney it spends on programs cial assets) depends on both such as health and education the operating budget and the plus interest payments on past capital budget. debt - while ignoring the capital Over the period from budget.

2009/10 to 2012/13, both the Of course, de Jong’s focus operating and capital budgets on the operating budget makes were in deficit. Now, the operatpolitical sense but provincial ing budget is in surplus but the financial reporting uses a cap- capital budget remains in defiital budgeting approach. When cit while overall government the government borrows to debt continues to grow. Since pay for capital spending (roads, 2008/09, B.C.’s net debt has schools, hospitals), it typically grown to $40.8 billion (17.4 per records only the annual inter- cent of GDP) from $26.2 billion est payments and amortiza- (or 12.8 per cent of GDP). tion expense in the operating This rate of debt accumulabudget. tion can’t go on forever.

Capital budgeting allows the A recent study published government to spread the cost by the Fraser Institute sheds of capital spending over many light on B.C.’s growing governyears. That makes economic ment debt. The study focuses sense. But it also means tax- on the period from 2005 to

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Government finances become unsustainable if high debt saddles future operating budgets with increased interest payments and amortization expenses, prompting major spending cuts, tax hikes, and/ or more borrowing. Worst case scenario: the debt spirals upward until financial markets are unwilling to lend to the government.

B.C. isn’t there yet. But there are risks to the government’s ability to maintain a sustainable fiscal policy.

To ensure finances are sustainable, the government is going to have to reduce debtfinanced capital spending and restrain the growth of program spending in the future.

Spending restraint is especially critical if interest payments on the debt rise.

British Columbians must look beyond the headlines to understand what’s happening to their government’s finances.

Further investigation suggests things are not as rosy as minister de Jong lets on.

Charles Lammam is associate director of tax and fiscal policy and Sean Speer is associate director of government budgets and fiscal policy at the Fraser Institute.

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OBITUARIES AULIN, KATHERINE LAVINIA BETH – Katherine passed away peacefully at home and entered into the presence of her Saviour in her sleep on Sunday, September 14, 2014 at the age of 35.

She leaves behind her dear parents Ian and Susan Aulin of Fruitvale, her brother Adam (Carol) of Fruitvale and her brother Richard (Crystal) and their children Stephen, Titus, Chloe and Jonathan of Vernon.

Katherine has been so brave and courageous through her many health challenges and in her pain would hardly complain. She has touched the hearts of many people and brought happiness and smiles with her everywhere she went. A special thank you to the doctors and staff at the KBRH Renal Unit for their compassion and support.

A Funeral Service will be held at the Beaver Valley Baptist Church (515 11th Street Montrose) on Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 10:30am. Interment at Fruitvale Memorial Cemetery to follow.

Jordan Wren of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements.

As an expression of sympathy, donations in Katherine’s name may be made to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Health Foundation (Renal Unit) at 1200 Hospital Bench, Trail, BC, V1R 4M1 or online at www.kbrhhealthfoundation. ca You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www. myalternatives.ca “A friend loveth at all times” Proverbs 17:17a *** MALITO (NEE MAURO), LUISA – of Trail passed away peacefully on September 15, 2014 at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital. She was born on March 12, 1931 in Grimaldi, Cosenza, Italy.

Luisa immigrated to Canada on May 31, 1956 and married Arnaldo Malito in 1959.

She is predeceased by her husband Arnaldo, her parents Giuseppe and Teresa Mauro, her brother Angelo Mauro, and her sisters Sylvia Vercillo and Idealma Nigro.

Luisa is survived by her daughter Maria (Darrell) St. Denis, her sons John (Judy) Malito and Joe Malito, her grandchildren Dustin (Kristina), Kyle (Sarah), Travis, Kayla (Jeff), Alyssa, two greatgrandchildren Jack and Sofia, her sisters Maria Ciardullo and Annetta Rose as well as many nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church on Friday, September 19, 2014 at 10:30 am with Father Bart van Roijen, Celebrant. Entombment will take place at the Trail Mausoleum. Bill Clark of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements.

As an expression of sympathy, donations in Luisa’s name may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society c/o 908 Rossland Avenue, Trail, BC, V1R 3N6.

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McAdams, Wickenheiser among those to be inducted THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Musician Jeff Healey, actors Rachel McAdams and Ryan Reynolds, and Olympic hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser are among the latest inductees to Canada’s Walk of Fame.

Americana innovators the Band will also get a star, as will Louise Arbour,

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Canada’s Walk of Fame celebrates Canadians who have achieved excellence in a variety of areas, ranging from music and film to sports, science, innovation and literature.

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The inductees will be celebrated at a red carpet and awards show at Toronto’s Sony Centre for the Performing Arts on Oct. 18, which will be recorded and televised on Global and Slice on Dec. 19 at 8 p.m.

It was announced Monday that alternative R&B singer the Weeknd would receive the Allan Slaight Award at the event.

The annual award recognizes “young, inspirational Canadians who have achieved international success” and comes with a $100,000 honorarium.

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UN picks actor to speak on climate change THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Leonardo DiCaprio as a United Nations Messenger of Peace to help promote global action on climate change.

Ban told a news conference Tuesday that the American actor “is not just one of the world’s leading

actors” but he has “a longstanding commitment to environmental causes.”

DiCaprio established a foundation in 1998 with a mission to promote the Earth’s last wild places and build a more harmonious relationship between humanity and the natural world.

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said DiCaprio will address next Tuesday’s climate summit, where he expects some 120 world leaders.

DiCaprio said he was honoured by the role and that he feels “a moral obligation to speak out at this key moment in human history” about the threat of climate change.

The 39-year-old “Wolf of

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Wallenda will start the walk at one of the two Marina Towers buildings, then travel

Wall Street” star founded an environmental foundation in 1998.

He joins 11 other prominent world figures who advocate on behalf of the U.N. as Messengers of Peace, including Stevie Wonder, Michael Douglas, George Clooney, Brazilian author Paulo Coelho and conductor Daniel Barenboim. more than two city blocks across the river on an uphill 15-degree angle to the Leo Burnett Building.

He will then make a second tightrope walk from one Marina Tower building to the other.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Apple had more than 4 million advance orders of its new, larger iPhones in the first 24 hours, exceeding its initial supply, the company said Monday.

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Apple’s website had intermittent outages last Friday because of heavy traffic as orders began online. The company said the 4 million orders set a new

24-hour record, beating the 2 million orders in 2012. That was for the iPhone 5, the previous time Apple increased the iPhone’s screen size.

Last year, Apple sold 9 million iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c phones in the first three days.

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Clockwise from top: The Trail Kiwanis Club once again cooked up a hearty pancake breakfast for about 300 Terry Fox Run participants at Gyro Park on Sunday. Led out of the starting gate by Steps dancers, young and experienced walkers, runners, and bikers enjoyed the perfect day and 5 km route through Sunningdale that raised over $12,000 for cancer research. The Trail Smoke Eaters and B.V. Nitehawks also supported the cause, warming up with Luana Martin and Steps Company dancers, after a Smokies tug-o-war with young participants, while the Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue finally broke their winless streak in the tug-o-war, outpulling the Teck Fire Department.

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Hockey players hit with fallout from Rec debacle

BY JIM BAILEY

Times Sports Editor

Politics is making life difficult for local sports.

As the Trail Commercial Hockey League gets set to drop the puck on a new season, the league and its players are feeling the brunt of the recreation agreement impasse between Rossland and Trail.

The venerable league has been in operation since 1956, but this is the first year that Rossland players will be required to pay almost twice the $250 registration fee that Trail players pay to lace them up for the season.

“If you are under 18, a senior, or handicapped they (City of Rossland) will pay the Rec fee, but if you’re an adult (from Rossland) it costs you an extra $242 to play,” said TCHL president Grant Tyson.

“A lot of our guys, especially the younger ones, just can’t afford this.”

Rossland withdrew from the Rec agree-

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ment in 2009, but it is only since Jan. 1 when the last agreement with Warfield, Beaver Valley, Montrose, and Area ‘A’ expired that it became necessary to actually enforce fees for rentals and use.

Since then, the Villages of Montrose, Warfield, and Beaver Valley have either reached a new agreement or initiated a reimbursement program for their residents, however, the City of Rossland remains without an accord with Greater Trail Recreation and its facilities, and will only reimburse organizations with athletes under 18, seniors, and handicapped individuals according to its rec policy.

Rossland adults looking to play a little hockey or other sport will have to pay.

Recreation director Tricia Davison says the measure has been there since 2009, but with the escalating cost of running facilities as a result of communities not pitching in, the burden is on the City of Trail to recoup some of those costs.

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“Many people in the rental world think it’s new, when in actual fact, they should have been charged all this time,” says Davison.

Because the TCHL plays all its games in the Cominco Arena, the City of Trail requires all non-resident users to purchase a Sports Pass, and all teams are required to submit a roster with proof that all players have abided by the regulation and paid the extra fee.

“We cross reference, whether you have sports passes or TRP cards and as long as everybody has it, you get the ice for X rental fee,” says Davison. “If there is a discrepancy, and/or if we get into this headache of people just simply not submitting them, then basically part of your contract this year will say you’re now going to pay a different rate to rent the ice, which will actually double your rental rate.”

For the TCHL, the extra cost could mean losing the equivalent of a full team

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as 15 players will likely pull out, leaving the league with just four teams, said Tyson.

“Re/Max, we have six guys, and they are already saying they can’t afford to pay that much, so that will make our team fold, and there’s not enough guys in the draft to fill all those slots with what we lost.”

The ramifications of this will ultimately extend to other adult sports, from beerleague hockey to pickleball.

Enforcing the extra fees will create a lot of disgruntled athletes, affecting the TCHL as well as many other leagues and associations in Greater Trail.

“It’s suppose to be a sports town, but we can’t even get our hockey league going,” said Tyson. “It’s going to be a huge issue for everybody.”

Tyson addressed Rossland council on behalf of the TCHL but says a decision to change its policy or make an exception is unlikely.

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Sports Former Smokie signs deal with Detroit

The Young Stars Tournament

DETROIT - The Detroit Red Wings agreed to terms with defenceman Danny DeKeyser on Tuesday on a two-year deal, with an average cap hit just under $2.2 million.

The 24-year-old DeKeyser is coming off a fine rookie season in which he had four goals and 19 assists in

65 games. The former Trail Smoke Eater averaged 21:38 of ice time, second to only Niklas Kronwall on the team.

DeKeyser made his NHL debut in 2012-13, appearing in 11 games in the regular season and two in the playoffs.

McIlroy wins Vardon Trophy

Photo Mark Brett Penticton Western News

Kellen Jones (above) and brother Connor played in the Young Stars Tournament in Penticton for the Edmonton Oilers on the weekend, winning twice over Vancouver and Calgary before falling in this game against the Winnipeg Jets, 5-4, in a shoot out on Monday.

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a pool or whatever for their group to play . . . If people aren’t willing to pay for it and are going to choose to not participate or pay what they rightfully should to have venues available for their use, then I guess that will drive how frequently they are open and available for rent over time. ” With no reimbursement pending from the City of Rossland and more red tape required from Trail, organized sport in Trail may becoming more expensive and trouble than its worth for Rossland athletes.

“With the Aquatic Centre stuff, it’s ridiculous,” said Tyson. “I mean a guy has to come in and buy a sports pass from Fruitvale and the Village will reimburse you, and the Village of Montrose is the same, but Rossland won’t play.”

FROM PAGE 12 A rec agreement between the Silver and Golden Cities would be ideal, but until then Davison says the issue of paying for the facilities remains at the forefront.

“If the money isn’t there to keep the facilities open, to the degree people expect them to be, it will be very cut and dry when the decisions come, and ice rental and how we go about managing facilities will completely change.”

Davison goes onto say, that with an impending shortfall in this year’s budget due to the collapse of the recreation agreement, she is already concerned about next year and the City’s ability to keep the facilities operating at full capacity.

“They should be upset about over the fact that they shouldn’t have to absorb additional fees to have ice or

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. Rory McIlroy is the Vardon Trophy winner and the PGA of America’s player of the year for the second time.

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Husband cannot be forced into being decent Mailbox

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with the fuse box and then said I had to call an electrician. He said he was going back to camp.

But he didn’t. I called him after he left -- and long after he should have returned to the campsite -- but he still wasn’t there. He said he had just reached the town limits. When I asked where he had been all this time, he made up some flimsy excuse. What can I do?

-- No Lights Dear No Lights: You can ask yourself why you are still with a man who neglects you, physically assaults you, has multiple affairs and can’t even bother to keep his home in good

getting a kickback, but it doesn’t make her any less high maintenance.

“Arizona” said Mary had used this type of emotional blackmail in the past.

As to your second question, we don’t deliberately use the name “Mary” to indicate anything negative.

We use the pretend names the readers give us or create our own to disguise the identities of the people involved. Mary is a popular and common name, so it pops up a lot, and because most people write us when they have a problem, it would stand to reason that many nasty things involve “Mary.” But we think you’re a peach, so we’ll try not to use it too often.

Dear Annie: Thank you for publishing information about gluten and celiac disease.

You wrote that gluten stimulates an immune response in celiac disease patients and then went on to mention

long-term damage and implications.

It could help to heighten awareness among waitstaff and hosts if they knew the specific immediate immune responses gluten provokes in people with celiac disease. For example, my daughter

suffers severe abdominal pain and unrelenting diarrhea within a day or two of ingesting gluten.

No one would knowingly provoke anaphylactic shock in a person with a nut allergy by “inadvertently” serving them peanuts, so

people might be more careful about gluten if they knew the physical symptoms it causes. -Gluten-Free Mom Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column.

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repair. We would consider this an abusive relationship. You cannot force your husband to be a decent man.

You can, however, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org) at 1-800-799-SAFE and also get counseling for yourself. Ask your doctor to refer you.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Arizona,” whose friend “Mary” had cut off their friendship after 30 years because Arizona didn’t use her mortgage lender. In your response, you said Mary is high maintenance, emotionally demanding, etc.

When I read the letter, I judged her to be getting a kickback from the mortgage lender.

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Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married more than 40 years. He rarely calls me by my name and never uses terms of endearment. He just talks at me. I’ve put up with his emotional neglect and his forcing me to have sex when I didn’t want to. He’s had so many affairs, I have lost count. He has refused to do any repairs to our home except for the cheapest kind. He also built a garage as big as our house, and it’s so filled with junk that there is barely enough room for the cars. He also piles junk in the house.

This man is a scoutmaster, and everyone thinks he is a saint. He was on a nearby campout, and when I came home last night and turned on the kitchen lights, sparks shot out everywhere and all the electricity went off. I called my husband and told him he had to come fix it. He came home and played

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Remember that this is the perfect year for a vacation.

Romance, the arts, sports events and playful activities with children are all wonderfully enhanced for months to come.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Continue to make every effort to improve your home and where you live. Enjoy improved relations with family members as well.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Your optimism will continue to grow this year.

Because enthusiasm is contagious, people will be attracted to you. Enjoy your positive frame of mind!

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Look for ways to boost your income, because it is possible in the coming year.

You might get a better job or see ways to make money on the side.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Remember that lucky Jupiter is in your sign for the next year, and this has not happened since 200203. It’s a fortunate time for you, so make the most of it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is a good time to buy wardrobe items. The Sun and Venus are in your sign.

Not only do you look good, but you feel good about yourself.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This year is certainly more popular for you. It’s a good time to enjoy friendships and to join classes, groups and associations.

Please note: Your relationships with others will benefit you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Do remember that you can boost your public reputation in a positive way this year. Some of you will get your name up in lights!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Travel opportunities and chances to explore new avenues in publishing, the media, medicine and the law are wonderful in the coming year. Make plans to take advantage of this.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You can benefit from the wealth and resources of others this year. Some of you will receive an inheri-

tance or money back from the government, or gifts and goodies from others.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Your closest relationships will improve in a wonderful way this year. This lovely influence applies to marriages and professional partnerships as well as friendships.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) It’s important to note

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Glenmerry 2bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. N/S. $750./mo.

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Manfred Schwindt & the Beauregards announce the departure of our beloved Rocky on Sept. 10, 2014 at the age of 15.

He could express his thoughts in a look.

His quiet gentleness made him a friend to everyone he met.

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NOTICE OF 2014 TAX SALE The following properties will be sold at the Annual Tax Sale at 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 29, 2014 in the Montrose Village Office, 565 11th Avenue, Montrose, B.C. unless the Delinquent Tax plus interest is paid in full prior to the time of the Tax Sale.

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Rentals Homes for Rent Shavers Bench! 4 Bedroom, full basement, F/S, N/S, N/P. $900/month. 250-364-1551 SUNNINGDALE, 2-BDRM. 1142 Marianna Crescent. $700./mo. +utilities, n/s, n/p.

Avail. Nov.1st 250-551-2582 TRAIL, 2bdrm., full basement, garage, nice view. F/S, W/D, N/S, N/P. $850. 250-365-5003 TRAIL, 3bdrm. f/s, w/d, basement, fenced yard, quiet area.

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SNOW REMOVAL BIDS Bids are invited for snow removal at Waneta Village Complex for the winters of 2014-2015.

Snow is to be removed from Crema Drive and Wright Way as well as 59 driveways and 59 sidewalks.

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REgional Cranbrook

Wilderness wanderers rescued but origin unknown camps,” Diana said, but nobody knew anything about the animals.

Dean brought the dog and cat home, and the SPCA was called. But no one had reported any missing pets.

At the moment, Diana and Dean Magdalin are trying to locate the owners of the dog and the cat, but Diana says she and Dean are willing to adopt them if the owners aren’t located. “If something happened to separate them from their owner, we’d love to get them back together. If not, we’d like to keep them.”

They have given the dog — a female Bernese Mountain Dog — the name Brandi, and the cat is called Luna. They were fairly lethargic at first, but each day they have a little more energy.

The two animals also get along with the dogs and cats the Magdalins already have, and are very well behaved.

“They are very well trained,” Diana said.

“Whoever owned them took very good care of them. You can tell both the cat and the dog were very well loved.”

Brandi and Luna are also very good friends, it seems. “They really know each other, and get along very well,” Diana said.

By Barry Coulter

Cranbrook Townsman

Two animal companions are safe and sound after an extended period in the bush, but where they came from and who they belong to is still a mystery.

A dog and a cat — unlikely companions in the wild — were found and rescued by a pair of hunters recently. They are currently convalescing at the home of one of the hunters in the Cranbrook area.

“They may not have been starving but they were pretty hungry,” said Diana Magdalin, whose husband Dean was one of the hunters who came across the dog and cat.

“Their ribs weren’t sticking when we got them, but they were very hungry. Very stressed and very tired. They had been in their own for a few days, at least.”

Diana said that on Sept. 2, Dean and an old friend were out hunting. They were driving down a dirt road in the Ha Ha Creek area when they thought they saw a bear.

“Then they thought it might be a wolf,” Diana said. She said her friend said that if the animal was a wolf, then why wasn’t it eating that cat that was running with it.

It was in fact a dog and a cat, loping down the road together.

The two hunters pulled up. Diana said the cat came right over and got in the truck, but the dog took some persuading.

“They drove around to all the nearby

Mike Turner photo

Diana and Dean Magdalin, with Brandi.

Luna the Cat is pictured in inset. A dog and cat are back to their normal selves after a period of wandering through the woods.

Nelson

Open fire ban Pastor proposes homeless campground remains in effect

BC Local News Despite the relatively cool weather of last week, open fires remain banned in the Kootenays.

“Open fires remain prohibited within the Southeast Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety,” noted Fanny Bernard, fire information officer at the Southeast Fire Centre.

The prohibited activities include burning of any waste, slash or other materials; stubble or grass fires of any size over any area; and the use of fireworks, sky lanterns or burning barrels.

“This prohibition does not ban campfires that are a half-metre high by a half-metre wide or smaller, and it does not apply to cooking stoves that use gas, propane or briquettes.” Bernard said.

Anyone who lights a campfire must maintain a fireguard by removing flammable debris from around the campfire area. They must also have a hand tool or at least eight litres of water available nearby.

The Southeast Fire Centre covers the area extending from the U.S.A. border in the south to Mica Dam in the north and from the Okanagan Highlands and Monashee Mountains in the west to the B.C.-Alberta border in the east.

By Greg Nesteroff Nelson Star

A Nelson pastor is seeking $5,000 from the City of Nelson to formally study his idea of establishing a homeless camp in the area.

Jim Reimer of Kootenay Christian Fellowship told council Monday he already has tentative commitments of $5,000 from three rural areas of the Regional District of Central Kootenay and is seeking an equal amount from the city.

He has spoken to consultants who estimated such a study would cost $8,000 to $20,000.

Council referred the request to staff for a recommendation, although a couple of councillors signaled

their willingness to fund the feasibility study from the city’s housing reserve fund.

Reimer proposed the idea over the summer on the heels of the dismantling of the Railtown homeless camp and the release of the Nelson Committee on Homelessness’s annual report which found shelter and soup kitchen visits on the rise.

“The homelessness issue certainly isn’t going away,” Reimer said. “A secure outdoor space would solve a whole host of problems.”

Reimer said such a campground could be a “safe haven” for homeless people, giving them a place to sleep, eat, use washroom facilities,

receive messages, and meet with service providers.

However, he said at the moment, it’s illegal to sleep outdoors on public property. “I was shocked at that,” Reimer said.

“Homeless people have nowhere to go legally.”

He stressed his idea is to address the local homeless population, not the transient one.

“The pressing need is to look after those who are homeless who live in our community. The other group is another issue that needs to be addressed differently.”

Reimer said there are homeless people living in Nelson who are close to friends, family, and other support networks and it is “neither practical nor

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moral” to expect them to leave.

He added that in the absence of a camp, history has shown they will appear on their own, but minus the sanitation and security he envisions.

According to Reimer’s outline, the

feasibility study would profile the homeless camping population, look at the risks presented by such a camp and how other places have handled similar issues, as well as the infrastructure, management, and budget required.

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1850 Daniel Street, Trail 55 Hazelwood Drive, Trail

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Brand new spacious home at an affordable price. This 3 bdrm home has enclosed parking for up to 4 cars and the inside finishes include granite top kitchen counters and hardwood floors. Call your REALTOR® for more information or a personal tour.

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4 bdrm 3 bath, A/C, U/G sprinklers, gorgeous landscaping, double garage, shop, huge rec room, spacious master with 4 pc ensuite, gas f/p. Roof in 2006, level entrance, main floor laundry. Wow. This is a fabulous home!

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Mary Martin

250-231-0264 115 Pine Avenue, Fruitvale

109 Viola Crescent, Trail

A snug little house with newer flooring and paint on main and new carpet and drywall in the basement.

Excellent location.

This 3 bdrm 2 bath home offers great outdoor living with a lovely deck out front and a large covered deck at the back. Both bathrooms have been recently renovated, among other upgrades. At this price it will go quick!

Beautiful 4 bdrm quality constructed home. Finished to perfection including concrete decks, custom kitchen and modern finishing details, hardwood and slate flooring and double garage. You won’t believe the amazing shop! This home is a must see! Call now!

This 4 bdrm home has gleaming wood floors, master suite featuring spacious bdrm, huge walk-in closet and full deluxe ensuite. Keep cool in summer with a/c (heat pump). Main floor laundry and underground sprinkling. Do not miss viewing this very special home.

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1604 Wilmes Lane, Trail 1643 McQuarrie Street, Trail

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$459,000

$269,900

mary.martin@century21.ca 1428 Columbia Avenue, Trail

$212,500

Well maintained and updated, this 4 bdrm home has open floor plan, updated kitchen and flooring. Huge garage, large deck and river views complete the package. Come take a look today.

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Richard Daoust

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250-521-0525

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Bill Craig

250-231-2710

bill.craig@century21.ca 2459 2nd Ave, Rossland

$299,000

Nicely renovated 3bdrm home with walkout basement, large landscaped lot, 13x41 garage, huge private deck, and 2 fireplaces.

Tons of storage and a workshop area complete this package.

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Deanne Lockhart

1834 4th Avenue, Rossland

$119,900

250-231-0153

Erie - Ross Spur Road, Fruitvale

This is a 3 bdrm home features wood floors, wood burning stove, bright open porch and a garden shed. This home needs some maintenance and TLC. If you are handy, this could be a great opportunity.

6.5 acres. Good building sites. Southern exposure. Drilled Well. Treed. Great price. Call today to view.

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$117,000

Art Forrest

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Christine Albo

8327 Highway 3B, Trail 1211 Primrose Street, Trail

2069 6th Avenue, Trail

WOW- super clean and modern 3 bdrm/2 bath corner unit townhouse with central air-Fully fenced back yard that is completely landscaped-covered patio for entertainment and relaxation -carport and paved driveway - many new updates.

SUPER 2 bdrm updated home in Shavers Bench on a fenced private flat lot (50’ x 100’). Fully landscaped with large patio. Newer insulated double garage with alley access. This very well cared for home needs to be seen. Call for your viewing today!

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$189,000

$157,900

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Stunning package! This home features Brazilian Cherry hardwood floors, a great floor plan, and amazing mountain views. The home is well maintained and filled with light. The yard is completely private and features an in ground swimming pool!

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Dave Thoss

250-231-4522

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Dan Powell

Christina Lake 250-442-6413

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