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City considers more four-way stops BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

The big yellow blocks on Bay Ave. will soon be gone – but not for good. The canary-coloured barriers could be migrating up to Cedar Ave. or Pine Ave. at Farewell Street early next year as part of ongoing improvements to Trail's inner city infrastructure. Pending further traffic studies, city council agreed, in theory, that four-way stops at those two junctions could enhance traffic flow through Trail's downtown core. And when either of those intersection projects launch, the yellow blocks are going with. Although not visually attractive, the concrete structures were installed at each sidewalk corner to simulate curb extensions, mark the traffic pattern change and improve safety for pedestrians. “Regarding the blocks, everybody knows they were temporary,” said Coun. Eleanor Gattafoni Robinson. “With regards to movement of traffic on Bay Ave. and how successful it was, hopefully the next set of merchants will be a little more receptive.” Although city staff recommended Cedar Ave. as the next stop for the block configuration, Trail council delayed that suggestion after coming to a consensus on Monday, that traffic along Pine Ave. was more of an immediate concern. “That's the one I have more trouble with,” said Trail Mayor Dieter Bogs, during his last gov-

ernance meeting. “People come off Victoria Street with a decent speed so I would rather see a review done there, first.” Future considerations of where to move the barriers will be up to the next council including three new faces and the new mayor Mike Martin, all of whom will be sworn in at the Riverbelle Dec. 1. However, one thing was set in stone, which is the permanent conversion of the Bay Ave. crossing into a four-way stop. Construction at that location will begin in the new year and expected to be complete by June. Current council agreed to a $425,000 pre-budget approval for city staff to work on a detailed design at the location as part of making the necessary improvements that are consistent with the downtown plan. Those upgrades include repairing disruptions to the existing underground conduit that's been in place since 1972, and streetscape enhancements such as constructing a meridian along Bay Ave. “The only way this will change now is if the newly elected council decided for some reason to reconsider the decision and not provide necessary funding in the 2015 financial plan that is required to proceed,” confirmed David Perehudoff, Trail's chief administrative officer. Additionally, the yellow paintline arcs on the Bay Ave. street corners will be made into bump outs and hold some future greenery.

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Local nurse headed to epicentre of Ebola outbreak BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff

A local nurse is on her way to the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Patrice Gordon, a Rossland resident and nurse practitioner in the Chilcotin, left for Ottawa last Thursday and is en route to the Kenema, Sierra Leone treatment centre as a member of the Emergency Response Unit with the Canadian Red Cross. She will be sharing her knowledge and expertise in medicine to treat patients in a

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place where 1,200 people have already died of the viral disease. She is worried about the trip, but not about what awaits her in Africa. Her concerns lie back at home in Rossland. “I don't have any reservations (about the trip),” she said, adding that she will be spending Christmas in Africa with no snow and 40 C temperatures. “My biggest concern is the worrying that my partner, my kids, and my family will be doing while I am gone. It is going

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to be far harder for the ones that are left behind, than it is going to be for me who is going. My worry is around my family, my partner and my dog – they are going to miss me.” The reason Gordon isn't worried about her time in West Africa? Training and education. “I am fully confident that we will have everything we need to provide the care safely and I am fully confident in my own skills,” she said before hopping a flight to Ottawa for a Red Cross briefing.

“There is a lot of unknown, because I haven't been in an environment like this before, but right now, I am not terribly anxious.” Gordon also has previous education dealing specifically with diseases in poverty. “I have done a lot of research and I have a diploma in International Medicine and Public Health and a lot of that was diseases in poverty, which included viral hemorrhagic fevers,” she said. See SAFETY, Page 3

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The Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) will be in Trail today as part of a tour around the basin, asking for residents to share their thoughts. The Trust has been visiting communities since mid-September asking residents what they believe needs the most work and where they want to see money spent, in their communities, and now it is Trail's turn to have a say. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Trust will be set up in the Trail Memorial Centre gym, ready to listen to any concerns, questions or suggestions from local residents. It is a drop-in afternoon event and anyone can come by to chat. The gym will reopen at 4 p.m. for a second drop-in session, followed by a dinner and “facilitated conversation” at 5:30 p.m. Everyone who presents a thought or an idea about where the CBT’s money should go will have their name entered in a draw for $1,000 to be donated to a non-profit or charitable organization of the winner’s choice. The ultimate goal for CBT is to create action plans based on the ideas and input they receive. Neil Muth, CBT president and CEO, says gathering community input is vital to understanding resident needs in many different areas. “Economic development and diversification, agriculture and food security, ecosystem restoration and conservation and affordable housing – these are just some of the themes that have been highlighted (at previous meetings), and we look forward to continuing our engagement process to understand what is important to communities,” he wrote in a release. CBT is currently in Phase One of a year-long plan, “Our Trust, Our Future”, and will have visited 19 communities before beginning Phase Two in the spring of 2015. In March, the Trust will begin a second round of meetings and plan to have its action plans finished by next October. The Trust will also be swinging by Rossland and Castlegar next week. In Rossland, CBT will be in town on Dec. 1 at the Miner's Hall for a drop-in session from 4 to 5:30 p.m., with dinner and conversation afterwards. On Dec. 3, CBT will be setting up in the Castlegar and District Community Complex from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 5:30 p.m. with a dinner to follow. Those who can't make it to the scheduled input sessions have plenty of other opportunities to let the CBT know what they think. The Trust is encouraging local residents to have their own conversations with friends and family by emailing ourtrustourfuture@cbt.org to request a meeting kit, or to invite a CBT rep to come discuss the future of the basin. The organization will also accept online input at ourtrustourfuture.cbt.org.

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Safety precautions instill confidence FROM PAGE 3 “That takes some of the pressure away. I know more that I would have had I not done that area of study.” The Red Cross and other non-governmental organizations currently working against the spread of Ebola in West Africa have instilled a bit of extra confidence in Gordon and the work she will be doing. Mostly because of the high-level safety precautions taken while treating infected patients. “I think that the Public Health Agency in Canada, they are looking at this very scientifically and they are being really careful, as they should be,” she said. “It is important that it is taken seriously. The Red Cross has been superb about making sure that we are absolutely informed prior to going, as far as what we will be encountering and what to expect when I come back.” When Gordon does return to B.C., she wants to assure residents in the area that, by working with Interior Health and communicable disease officers, she will be taking every precaution. “There hasn’t been a case in Canada and I don’t want to be the first,” she said. “If, heaven forbid, I contracted it, I would most definitely not want it to go any further than me.” Regardless of infection, Gordon will be isolating herself for three weeks once she gets home. “I won’t be coming back straight to the heart of any community,” she said. “I won’t be going into huge groups of people and I won’t be going to my place of employ for 21 days. I am taking all precautions. I can’t even travel

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Patrice Gordon is heading to Sierra Leone to lend a hand with treating patients infected with Ebola. She will be in West Africa for four weeks dealing directly with patients. Gordon will miss her Rossland home including her Pyrenean Mastiff, Rico. within B.C. when I am home. I am going to be in one place and if I want to travel, I have to discuss it with them even if I am going to be driving in my own truck.” “Everyone should feel very safe because we are paying very close attention to these things,” she said. When Gordon gets into the thick of it on the ground in Sierra Leone, she will be administering direct patient care to people infected with Ebola. Preparation training is taking place in Madrid before she makes the final flight to West Africa. “There is no cure right now, so the treatment is

directed at symptoms,” she said. “The symptoms are vast, so there is going to be a lot of providing intravenous fluids, pain medications and treating each of the specific symptoms, whether it is gastrointestinal stuff like vomiting and diarrhea or bleeding.” While treating patients, Gordon will be sealed into a water tight suit in extremely hot weather to prevent health care workers from contracting the hemorrhagic disease. This includes a trained observer who watches the process of entering and exiting the isolation area, just to make sure no procedures are

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missed or forgotten. “You are pretty much in a roaster out there,” she said, adding that medical professionals have limited time with patients every day because it is so hot. “When you go into the isolation area where the infected patients are and decontaminate when you come out, those steps have to be so meticulous.” Prevention is a large part of the fight against Ebola in West Africa and although she won’t be involved in that aspect of treatment, Gordon says she understands how important it is and the support it providespatients and the work she does. “As you can imagine, when someone comes to the treatment centre and is admitted, you’ve got family members who are watching their loved one go into the isolation area where they can’t go and just figuring out what to do with kids who have a parent that is sick,” she said. “There are just so many facets to it aside from the direct patient care. Everyone works together and does whatever they can to help everyone else.” Being able to contribute to the treatment of the Ebola virus is something that Gordon sees as a privilege. “I know it sounds hokey, but it really is,” she laughed, adding that it feels good to know that she will be making a difference in people’s lives. “I feel so fortunate to have anything to offer to help. There are so many bad things in the world that we can’t touch and we can’t have any affect on. It feels really good to know that there is something I can do that will be helpful.”

City pursues federal money for second access road By Sheri Regnier Times Staff

After years of talk but no action locally, the City of Trail is walking down on a $2.3 million federal and provincial trail that could end with a second access road to the Trail hospital. The long awaited project is eligible for funding under the renewed Canada and B.C. government's Small Communities Fund program, which supports infrastructure improvements in municipalities with a population of less than 100,000 people. Building another entry to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) is the city's priority in light of the facility's multimillion dollar sustainability plan outlined by the district's hospital board last month. “Council is well aware of this project that's been on the books for a number of years,” David Perehudoff, the city's chief administration officer explained to council during Monday's governance meeting. “The city is currently in discussions with IHA as far as the $40 million improvement to the hospital,” he continued. “And the city has been made very aware that it's integral that this project is approved, and that the city is on board with respect to the road.” The second access road, which qualifies for the grant under the highways and major roads category, is proposed to start at the Goepel Street and Fourth Avenue intersection and work its way up the face of the bank below the hospital, and continue to climb up the hill then around the ambulance centre before connecting with the northern portion of the existing Hospital Bench Road. “Previously we've applied for this project and received considerable regional support,” Perehudoff added. “Given that the KBRH project is approved, this is the city's number one priority and would hope for that same support.”

Mayor-elect interviewed by BBC after TV host tweets about being in Trail By Liz Bevan Times Staff

On Monday evening, Trail’s mayor-elect, Mike Martin, was heard on the airwaves all the way in Europe chatting about the Silver City. Jeremy Clarkson, the host of the British Broadcasting Corporation’s hit show “Top Gear,” was in the area filming for the car-based program when his flight out of Trail Regional

Airport was delayed by weather, leaving him stranded in the city for the afternoon. The show receives 350 million viewers per week in 170 countries and when Clarkson posted on Twitter about his predicament, it lead BBC reporters to search for “Trail, B.C.,” on Google. They found contact information for the newly elected mayor and reached out to him for an interview.

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“A BBC reporter from London picked up on it from one of Clarkson’s tweets and I guess he somehow linked up to my election website,” said Martin the day after the interview. Martin could be heard on BBC Radio chatting about what makes Trail a great place to live. “We didn’t want (Clarkson) to make a negative comment about Trail,” he said, with a laugh. “We wanted to cut that off. He wasn’t

trying to slam Trail. They were just stuck here wondering what to do on a Sunday afternoon with a few hours to kill.” Martin even had a bit of notice that the grounded flight could lead to more when he heard from a family friend that Clarkson was in town. “It is incredible and really shows you the power of social media,” he said. “A friend of ours is in university in Calgary and

he phoned me around noon on Sunday and gave me a heads up. While I was trying to figure out where in Trail this guy might be, I got the email (from the BBC).” Along with the on-air interview, Martin and Trail’s communications and event coordinator, Andrea Jolly, sent the BBC plenty of information and pictures of the city at its best. The interview aired on BBC Radio at 5 p.m. on Monday night.

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Renewed calls for Advanced Education minister’s removal By Tom Fletcher Black Press

Opposition MLAs have renewed their call for Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk to be removed from cabinet, after releasing emails showing Virk took part in discussions about a hidden bonus for a university executive. Virk was on the Kwantlen Polytechnic University board of governors in April 2011, when an offer was made to thenUniversity of Regina dean of business Ann Lavack for the position of vice-president academic (VPA) for Kwantlen. Emails released by the NDP Monday show Virk, then an inspector with the Langley RCMP and a volunteer Kwantlen board member, participating in discussion to get around the B.C. salary guidelines for the job. NDP leader John Horgan said Monday the emails were

provided from a “whistleblower” at Kwantlen, who found printouts in a binder. Horgan said they contradict an internal investigation by an assistant deputy minister that determined board members were not involved in decisions to pay executives more than provincial rules allowed. The Kwantlen VPA salary was capped at $170,000, less than what Lavack was making in Regina. The emails discuss adding $100,000 for moving expenses and a $20,000 “research allowance.” Virk confirmed Monday that he wrote in an April 2011 email from his RCMP account: “Given the low pay level of a VPA at Kwantlen and the difficulty in drawing candidates within the current pay scale, the research leave is one way to ‘top’ off the pay level.” Virk said he had forgotten the email exchange, and it will

be forwarded to Rob Mingay, the government official who conducted the investigation. Asked if he should remain in cabinet, with authority over post-secondary institutions, Virk said that is up to Premier Christy Clark. The government’s Public Sector Employers’ Council (PSEC) set salary ranges for Levack’s position at $125,000 to $175,000. When Levack was hired in 2011, she received the maximum salary, plus a $20,000-a-year research allowance and a $50,000 “consulting fee” before starting work that was not reported to PSEC. Kwantlen president Alan Davis also received extra payments when he was hired earlier in 2011 that were not disclosed to PSEC. Davis received a $50,000 consulting fee in addition to his $225,000 salary and $35,000 to relocate from New York state.

BC Ferries plans LNG conversion THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA - BC Ferries plans to convert its two largest vessels to liquefied natural gas in an effort to save fuel costs after sinking $126 million into marine diesel fuel last year. The company announced Tuesday that it has the BC Ferries commissioner’s approval to

upgrade the Swartz Bay-to-Tsawwassen route ships. BC Ferries says it expects to save about $9.2 million annually by switching the two Spirit Class vessels to LNG because they account for 15 per cent of the fleet’s total fuel consumption. It also has plans to build three dual-fuel vessels for the south-

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Breeding program ban defeated THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - A controversial practice by the Vancouver Aquarium has a new lease on life after a motion to ban the captive breeding of whales, dolphins and porpoises was defeated. The Vancouver Park Board voted late Monday against ending the program allowing the cetacean population to multiply naturally at the popular tourist attraction. Members of the board instead decided to hold more consultations on proposed changes to the breeding bylaw, and to form an oversight committee.

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The Nelson Star Nelson Commons is moving forward. The $26 million project of the Kootenay Country Store Cooperative, will include a larger co-op store, 54 residential units, additional commercial spaces, underground and street level parking, and a community green space in a prime location in Nelson’s downtown core. Over the next few weeks, Nelson residents can expect to see fencing go up around the old Extra Foods building, as hazardous material removal begins inside the building. Over the winter, the building itself will be demolished and the land prepared for excavation in February. Construction is slated to begin in the spring of 2015, with both commercial and residential occupancy in the summer of 2016. “This is the news we have been waiting for — we are looking forward to watching our new home rise up in the heart of Nelson,” said Marty Horswill, Nelson Commons condo owner. “As purchasers of a condo at Nelson Commons we are excited to see the beginning of a project that will create new vitality in downtown Nelson,” agreed Dave and Cheryl Elliott. “Nelson Commons will be the most significant project in the downtown core in the last 20 years”, said Kootenay Co-op President Jon Steinman. “We are very aware that we have a responsibility to our 12,000 members and to our region to develop the land responsibly from a social, environmental and economic perspective.” The project includes features like restricted resale units (to increase accessibility for home buyers entering the market), heat capture in the building, xeriscaping to reduce water use needs and many other features that reduce the store and building footprint. “We’re so excited to be offering new services to the community in our new store,” said general manager Deirdrie Lang. “From a full service deli, teaching kitchen and community room to the aisle space and parking that our members have been patiently waiting for for years”. The co-op members-owners contributed towards the new store during the co-op’s successful 2013 member loan campaign which raised $1.87 million, a North American record for a campaign of this kind.

Flu vaccine less effective against mutant strain By Jeff Nagel BC Local News

This year’s flu shot may prove less effective than usual because the dominant virus now circulating has mutated significantly in the months since the vaccine was devised. The H3N2 strain – one of three targeted in this year’s flu vaccine – is thought to have changed its genetic makeup enough to possibly thwart the antibodies that the vaccine activates. Dr. Danuta Skowronski, an epidemiologist with the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, is still recommending the vaccine, particularly for the

elderly, the chronically ill and those with compromised immune systems. “It’s not a perfect match,” she said. “But for the high risk, even an imperfectly matched vaccine is going to give cross protection. And for some people it could be life-saving.” She said the H3N2 strain tends to be particularly nasty to the elderly and may bring a deadlier flu season than usual. “We may see more hospitalizations or deaths this year,” Skowronski said. She said it’s particularly concerning that the flu has struck B.C. surprisingly early

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this season, causing outbreaks in eight seniors’ care homes. The vaccine was formulated last February because it takes six to eight months to produce in large quantities and the H3N2 virus is thought to have since mutated while circulating in the southern hemisphere. Skowronski said it’s still not too late to get the shot and some protection when flu activity peaks in the weeks ahead, including any later surge of cases of influenza B, which tends to peak in March or April. The vaccine also targets the influenza B and H1N1 viruses, but they’re considered less likely to cause illness this flu season. People who get the flu shot often mistakenly think any illness they contract can’t be flu and sometimes fail to get appropriate treatment. “It doesn’t make you invincible,” Skowronski said.

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Vets needing PTSD benefits face dizzying paperwork, says auditor THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Many of Canada’s battle-scarred veterans wait up to eight months to find out if they are eligible for long-term, mentalhealth disability benefits and the department responsible for their care has no idea if its treatment programs are effective, the auditor general said Tuesday. For a handful of those ex-soldiers, the cumbersome application process is only the beginning of a battle for care that can rage for years. Michael Ferguson’s fall report takes Veterans Affairs Canada - and to a lesser extent, National Defence - to task for saddling psychologically battered veterans with a dizzying array of paperwork and for making them wait an unnecessarily long time for help. “The department doesn’t really seem to have spent time looking at the process from the point of view of the veteran,” Ferguson said. “And we think the department needs to put themselves in the shoes of the veterans who are trying to access these services, in order so they can understand the experience of trying to navigate through that whole process just to get an answer.” The Harper government has tried in the last few days to get ahead of the scathing report by announcing an additional $200 million in funding over the next five years, much of which is to expand the depart-

ment’s system of operational stress injury clinics, where soldiers can get a formal diagnosis. The auditor’s report did add that Veterans Affairs is doing a good job facilitating access to short-term rehabilitation services, something a spokeswoman for Veteran Affairs Minister Julian Fantino focused on, almost to exclusion of all else. “Minister Fantino recommended that the auditor general review the mental health supports in order to help improve our programs and services; we thank the auditor general for making constructive recommendations and we appreciate his finding that access to mental health support is timely,” said Ashlee Smith in an email. Ferguson, at a news conference following the tabling of his report, made a point of distinguishing between access to short- and long-term services. “When you look at the longer-term program and that is the program where most of the veterans with mental needs are trying to access services; in that case this is where we said: You know what? This taking too long,” the auditor said. Ferguson added: “They really need to improve.” The NDP were quick to describe the government’s response as “cynical,” and it was left to Defence Minister Rob Nicholson to answer questions about the report because Fantino was

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OTTAWA - Highlights from auditor general Michael Ferguson’s fall 2014 report, released Tuesday: - Veterans Affairs is not providing veterans with timely access to mental health services; the disability benefits program has a complex and time-consuming application process and some vets are forced to wait as long as eight months to find out if they can receive benefits. - Many veterans must endure long delays in obtaining medical and service records from National Defence and long wait times for mental health assessments. - The Nutrition North program, which subsidizes the high cost of healthy food in northern communities, does not properly distribute subsidies or ensure savings are properly passed on to consumers. - Nutrition North, which was intended to foster healthy eating, also subsidizes foods of dubious health value, such as ice cream, bacon and processed cheese spread. - It’s impossible to fully assess the effectiveness of $13.9 billion in loans Canada and Ontario provided to Chrysler and GM’s Canadian subsidiaries in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis due to a lack of comprehensive reporting to Parliament. - Library and Archives Canada doesn’t know which departmental records should either be disposed of or archived, and has a backlog of 98,000 boxes of material waiting to be archived - some of it dating back to 1890 - with no plan for how to deal with it. - Canada’s national sex offender registry may not include some Canadians convicted of crimes abroad because the RCMP doesn’t have access to Foreign Affairs information on convicts released from prisons in other countries. - Canada’s reverse-osmosis water purifiers, long a marquee element of the Canadian military’s disaster relief efforts, produced only 65 per cent of projected output in the wake of last year’s Typhoon Haiyan disaster in the Philippines, and only 73 per cent of that was ever distributed. - The military’s Integrated Relocation Program, which compensates members when their work requires them to move, requires better oversight and review. in Italy at ceremonies commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Second World War Italian campaign. Nicholson defended Fantino’s absence, saying the trip is another way for the government to say “thank you” to those who’ve served. He cited a list of improvements the government has made to military mental health care, but acknow-

ledged more needs to be done. “All of those recommendations are accepted and we look forward to making sure these matters gets expedited,” he said. But the NDP’s Malcolm Allen said the Conservatives cannot continue to stand up in the Commons and say they support the troops when Ferguson’s report systematically demonstrates that in

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their “greatest hour of need, when they really need the supports” the department hasn’t been there. Liberal veterans critic Frank Valeriote says the government has failed to uphold the country’s social

obligation to veterans. Wait times for Veterans Affairs referrals at clinics across the country can reach up to three months, a delay that Ferguson says can “jeopardize” the stabilization and recovery of already fragile individuals. The auditor wouldn’t go as far as to say lives were being put at risk, nor would he link the delays to last year’s cluster of suicides among serving members. The audit also catalogued additional delays veterans face in getting supporting medical records from National Defence. It takes about four months for a veteran to assemble all the necessary paperwork and another four months for the department to make up its mind, the auditor says. During the course of the audit, Veterans Affairs officials pushed back at against Ferguson’s staff, saying the delays do not prevent ex-soldiers from getting mental-health care and a majority of the applications are completed within a mandated time frame. The audit also found

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that almost a quarter of the 15,385 veterans who applied for longterm mental health benefits between 2006 and 2014 were denied. Only a portion of those individuals - 1,295 - went on to challenge the decisions before the independent veterans appeals board in a process that took between six months and three years. The audit, which looked at records between April 2006 and August 2014, lays out in stark terms what veterans have been complaining about for years and goes a long way towards explaining their increasing public frustration with the Conservative government, which counts them among its core constituency of voters. For several years the government has trumpeted how it is removing red tape in the application process, but Ferguson’s review found the system is still too “complex and time-consuming” - unnecessarily so, in fact, because some of the information on injuries and circumstances should already be contained in service records.

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he B.C. economy has been doing pretty well in the last couple of months; especially if we look at what has been happening to jobs. While Statistics Canada’s labour force survey for October was expected to show a marginal increase in jobs after a pretty strong September, that forecast was much too pessimistic. There were 35,400 more jobs in B.C. in October 2014 over the same month in 2013 and 4,600 more than in September this year. Job growth was concentrated in the private sector, and most of the new positions were full time. From September to October, full-time positions grew by 6,600, meaning that the number of part-time jobs actually declined. There were 9,400 fewer unemployed people looking for work in B.C. last month than a year earlier, even though a larger share of population was in the labour force and actually working. In Canada as a whole, there were 43,000 more

jobs in October than in September. An increase of only 5,000 had been anticipated. Year over year, jobs grew by 181,000. The national unemployment rate is now the lowest it has been in the last five years. Unlike in B.C., more of the new jobs across the country were part time rather than full time. National job growth was concentrated in the private sector and self-employment. The public sector and the natural resources sector did not do well. The benefits of the improving labour market were not only spread unevenly across the different industry sectors, they were also very unbalanced across age groups. Fully 100 per cent of the net new jobs went to those in their prime working years, 25 to 54 years old, leaving us with the ongoing and serious problem of youth unemployment. The under 25 unemployment rate at 12.6 per cent remains stubbornly high, about double the rate for older adults. Stephen Poloz, Governor of the Bank of

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Canada, has suggested that the stereotypical unemployed adult living in the basement of his parents’ house should work for free to fill out his resume. That idea has since been shot down because, while in the past volunteering or taking unpaid internships was more likely to be a foot in the door to paid work, now, unfortunately, too many have been taking advantage of this free labour, replacing one volunteer or intern with another rather than creating a paid position. Further, many unemployed young people cannot afford to work for free and may not have a family that has a house with a basement that they can

stay in. Canada shares the intractable problem of youth unemployment with many other countries. One seemingly obvious solution of having our educational system better prepare students – usually in trades and technology – for the realities of today’s economy often faces serious opposition, including the predictable response that education should not be focused on the crass prospects of earning a living but should provide wisdom and culture. Unfortunately, wisdom and culture by themselves do not a meal make and most of us do need to earn a living. The educational system also needs to focus on the structure of work. In the 20th century most people earned their living working for governments and large organizations. The latest labour force data show that this pattern is changing. Public sector jobs are declining. Self-employment is growing, as is the private sector. And, in Canada, 98 per cent of all businesses

that hire anybody at all are defined as small, with fewer than 100 employees. This percentage does not take into account all those who work on their own behalf without any hired help. Does our educational system prepare people for this new reality? Does it even tell them it exists? Or does it consider that it is getting students job ready by teaching them how to prepare the kind of resume aimed at organizations large enough to have specialized human resource departments? Rather than working for free or trying to find the kinds of jobs that are disappearing, unemployed people should be asking themselves what good or service they can supply that someone is willing and able to pay for. Ideally, the educational system will have encouraged them to ask that question and helped them to answer it. Troy Media BC’s Business columnist Roslyn Kunin is a consulting economist and speaker

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Anti-pipeline senior ready to go to jail THE CANADIAN PRESS BURNABY, B.C. An 84-year-old retired librarian says she’s willing to violate a court injunction and go to jail as she and other anti-pipeline protesters take a stand against fossil fuels by interfering with survey work in Burnaby, B.C. Barbara Grant joined activists near Burnaby Mountain on Tuesday to demonstrate against Kinder Morgan’s proposed plan to nearly triple its pipeline capacity to transport Alberta oil to British Columbia. Grant said she has the support of her three children and three grandchildren, some of whom have joined the protest as crews drilled two bore holes into Burnaby Mountain before a decision on the project by the National Energy Board. “They believe, as I do, that this pipeline must be stopped,” Grant said of her family’s views on the Trans Mountain pipeline project, noting crews were working on public land. “I believe that this pipeline is a very, very bad idea,” she said. “It goes against practical-

ly everything I believe in. And I feel that the National Energy Board process by which the Kinder Morgan cause is being advanced is totally undemocratic.” Grant said protesters had gathered about a 10-minute walk from the site where crews were doing survey work and that she may cross a no-go line on the mountain later Tuesday. She said the risk of being arrested would be worth it to make a point against the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. “That is a possibility I have to face,” she said. “For one thing, there’s the extremely important issue of fossil fuels and climate change,” she said. When it comes to the transportation of oil, B.C. is taking all the environmental risks, she added, raising concerns about increased tanker traffic and the threat of an oil spill. “The financial benefit is all for Kinder Morgan and those who have money invested in the oilsands. But there’s very, very little benefit to B.C.,” Grant said. “B.C. is

just being used as an area through which the oil has to be piped in order to send it to Asia.” The National Energy Board announced Tuesday that it will launch a tour early next year in an effort to strengthen pipeline safety. Peter Watson, the federal regulatory agency’s chairman, said board members and staff will visit every province and the North to hear Canadians’ views on how it can improve its pipeline safety program and they will issue a report by early 2016. The Trans Mountain expansion proposal has triggered protests from several groups, including Burnaby Residents Opposed to Kinder Morgan Expansion, or BROKE, though Grant said she’s not part of any group. Some First Nations have also expressed anger over Kinder Morgan’s $5.4-billion

Richard Tem Dick Chow was born in Trail, BC on May 14, 1940 and passed away in Vancouver, BC on November 10, 2014.

Lovingly survived by his wife of 45 years, Ying; children Cindy, Jennifer, Gerry and Bryan; and two sisters, May and Jeanie.

A Visitation will be held at 6:00 pm on Thursday, November 27, 2014 at Ocean View Funeral Home, 4000 Imperial Street, Burnaby, BC with Funeral Services the next day at 11:30 am.

Denise Eaglesham Stewart Denise passed away peacefully at Columbia View Lodge on November 19, 2014 at the age of 90. Denise was the only child to Mary Louise and Robert Stewart. Born in Kenora, Ontario in the mid ‘20s Denise travelled the tracks with her father who worked with CP Rail until they landed in the Kootenays in the late ‘30s. Denise completed her high school education in Nelson. She found schooling again in the secretarial field and landed a job with CM&S at the time; now known better as Teck. She enjoyed a quiet, simple life. Denise had a real soft spot for animals and during her life made a home to many stray cats. Denise is survived by her first cousin Joy Sales and extended family of Ontario and leaves behind dear friends Keith and Gale Smyth and family of Trail. At her request there will be no funeral service. Cremation has taken place. Jordan Wren of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements. As an expression of sympathy, donations may be made in Denise’s name to the Trail SPCA at 7700 3B Hwy, Trail, BC, V1R 4X2 or online at www.spca.bc.ca

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Arena adds safety and gives the entrance a finished look. The access to downtown is no more complicated than it ever was. There is additional parking put in on Cedar Avenue in front of the Trail Times building in case Dave missed this. Is parking only a problem when you can not park at the

front door of the business? Since the mall went in about thirty five years ago parking has rarely been an issue downtown. My pet peeve is why everything is geared for the car. With proper planning a section of the downtown core could be an open air plaza. Check out

Kimberley’s Plaza and see how nice it is not to fight traffic. The neat thing with Trail’s compact core the open air market could move about, giving all businesses a chance to try this out. With the Victoria Street upgrades, the walking bridge and the new library complex I think Trail is on the

Slippery sidewalks a hazard downtown As a life-long resident (and business owner) in Trail, there are times that I feel a letter to our local paper is an absolute necessity. This is one of those times. On a daily basis there are things that I will do and things that I won’t do depending on the time of year. When I wasn’t watching, we slid (slid being the optimum word here) into winter and winter in Trail can be beautiful with one glaring exception. The streets are dangerous to the average walker and downright life threatening if that walker happens to be a senior. I am betting that you would like me to get to the point of this letter so here it is - I have

a challenge to our new–old city council. I would like all of them to go for a walk on our streets around 5–6 p.m. and then do a report on what they find. I did this very thing on Saturday night. Two of my very close friends and I decided to attend the Metis Christmas dinner that night and since all three of us were already downtown, we decided to walk. Big mistake – huge mistake. We are all in the senior-ish range and it took us more than 20 minutes to walk from the corner of Cedar Avenue to the United Church annex. Do not even ask me how long it took us to mince back to our starting point after the

An editorial from the Hamilton Spectator It is unacceptable that railway companies are permitted to keep their emergency response plans from the public. Railroads are ubiquitous across Canada. Tracks cut through communities, hug residential areas, cross busy streets. Those tracks carry dangerous goods every day, providing the paths for rail cars filled with cargo that has the potential to lead to emergencies. Rail cars carry substances such as crude oil, methanol, radioactive materials and sulphuric acid. Yes, tanker cars are clearly marked with a fourdigit number identifying the substances inside. But there is no forewarning of what is coming through. As well, dangerous goods are increasingly moved by rail. In 2009, for example, only 144 carloads of crude oil were shipped on trains in Canada; by last

year, that had risen to almost 128,000 carloads. Late last year, Transport Canada issued new rules that require railroads to provide municipal emergency responders with historical data on dangerous goods with the goal of improving emergency planning. But officials receiving this information are forbidden from releasing it to the public. That requirement for secrecy on the part of local officials is problematic — why are residents kept so out of the loop about the goods that are passing through their communities, perhaps behind their houses? Of greater concern, though, is that the data is historical; local officials do not have access to real-time information about the materials contained in rail cars passing through municipalities over the course of this day. That, in our view, is a big problem if something goes wrong, as it did with such disas-

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dinner was over. That may be a totally different letter. Before you give me the old line about it being up to the individual business owners to take care of their own part of the sidewalks, I already know that and have a big bag of ice melt dedicated to be thrown at my patch of sidewalk. With all the attention being given to the revitalization of the downtown core, the first thing we must do is make it safe for the people who actually still walk downtown. To finish this letter may I add that I not only work downtown but I live downtown as well. Linda Grandbois Trail

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NCAA All-Academic Team in each of his first two seasons. The Bobcats went to the NCAA Frozen Four championship game two years ago but lost to Yale in the final. St. Denis said the transition to playing in Quinnipiac was made much easier with Montrose natives Connor and Kellen Jones already playing in Hamden with the Bobcats when he committed. Over two seasons his production continues to improve. He almost doubled his freshman point total, 15, with 28 points in his sophomore year. However, with the graduation of the Jones’ twins, St. Denis will look to play even a bigger offensive role for the Bobcats in his third year. “Confidence is a huge thing, and coming in as a junior I knew I had to step up my game, and we lost a couple of key big players from last year. So I took it upon myself to work hard and train hard . . . and it’s gone real well so far, and I’m enjoying my junior year.” In 203 BCHL games, 149 of them with the Smoke Eaters, St. Denis notched 99 goals and 127 assists for 226 points. The Bobcats are currently tops in the ECAC with an

8-3-1 record overall and rank 14th in the nation. NCAA bites: Michigan Tech, with former Smoke Eater Brent Baltus, fell to number six after topping the national polls last week. The Huskies, at 10-2-0, dropped a pair of one-goal games to Minnesota State on the weekend, making way for 8-1-1 Boston University to rise to the top following wins over Maine, 3-2, and Connecticut, 5-2. In Women’s Div. 1 hockey, defenceman Daniella Matteucci is having one of her most productive years scoring a goal and adding four assists with the University of Clarkson Knights which are ranked number 6 in the nation with a 10-4-1 record. The Knights are looking to repeat as NCAA champions this season. Meanwhile in Div. III hockey, St. Norberts Green Knights are ranked number 1 in the USCHO polls, with former Smoke Eaters Cullen Bradshaw second on the team in scoring with three goals and five assists in seven games, and Erik Cooper with a goal and five points. See more on NCAA hockey at uscho.com.

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Red Mountain, Whitewater, and Washington State ski racers got a jump on the ski season and were out in force on Saturday, as the Legacy Training Centre opened earlier this month thanks to the new snow-making system. The T-bar run will be open to the public Friday and Saturday for night-skiing.

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By Times Staff With plenty of snow coming in the forecast, resident skiers can get an early taste of powder as Red Mountain opens its T-bar slope to the public this Friday and Saturday evenings only, in advance of its December opening date. The T-bar will transport shredders up the slope for night skiing from 6-9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday with costs $5 for juniors and seniors, $10 adults, and $25 for family of four. Thanks to the $1.5 million invest-

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The Beaver Valley Skating Club (BVSC) is getting prepped for a new season as it takes to the ice Friday for it’s annual lap-a-thon and simulated competition at the Beaver Valley Arena. The lap-a-thon is a fundraiser to help the team with expenses and the simulated competition will prepare figure skaters for the up-coming East Kootenay Invitational in Cranbrook next weekend. Coach Liz Iannone says she wants to make the simulated competition as close to the real thing as they can possibly get, and has recruited three judges/evaluators in Jan Westbury, Linda Walker, and Myrna Reichmuth.

“We’ll even have a podium on the ice, and award (skaters) chocolate medals at the end of the competition.” The simulation will see beginner and novice figure skaters perform the various elements with the evaluators offering constructive advice on how to improve each skate. The scenario has also proven a good way to get rid of the pre-skate jitters, and to make sure skaters are familiar with protocol and ready when it comes time to compete. Rossland will host the West Kootenay Invitational Jan. 9-11, and the Kootenay championship will be held in Fernie Jan. 30 to Feb. 1. This year the club boasts

65 skaters ranging in age from as young as three to adults. Skaters start with pre-Can Skate lessons, moving through the Can Skate program into the Rising Star and Star programs. The numbers are a healthy boost from last year, and keeps the BVSC’s three coaches and 12 program assistants busy but engaged, and enjoying every minute. “It’s awesome,” says Iannone. “It’s a lot of work, but it’s great to see so many kids out.” The lap-a-thon goes Friday at the Beaver Valley Arena starting at 4 p.m. with the simulated competition going at 5 p.m. The public is invited to come out and support the BVSC.

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The Smokettes women’s hockey team rallied behind its member Carol Enns, after she was injured in an accident in June 2013, and raised over $4,400 thanks to sponsors and raffles during their February tournament.

Trail hockey team and community come together for Enns SUBMITTED On a beautiful summer day in June 2013, Carol Enns experienced devastating injuries in a motor vehicle accident involving a drunk driver north of Colville, WA. Enns was a long-time member of the Smokette’s

women’s hockey team, and living the physically active life that so many of us enjoy in the Kootenays. In February, the Smokette’s held their annual Rossland Round-Up Charitable Hockey tournament. To support our teammate, the Smokette’s

focused on Carol as our main recipient of charitable funds from the tournament. On Oct. 30, the team presented Carol with a cheque for $4426.00. The Smokette’s would like to thank their direct sponsors: Teck Metals, Nelson and District Credit

Union, and Kootenay Savings Credit Union, along with all the local businesses in Rossland and Trail that provided donations for door prizes and raffles, and helped the Smokette’s make a difference in our community again this year. w

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Panda packs bags for Boston, Giants court Lester THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO From his three-homer game in the 2012 World Series to that lasting image of his arms in the air celebrating another Giants championship last month, Pablo Sandoval made quite a mark in San Francisco. Now, fans are stunned that he’s really leaving. Right after he said he’d love to retire in a Giants uniform, no less. Kung Fu Panda is moving about as far away as he could go, to the American League and an East Coast team hoping to duplicate San Francisco’s recent run of success. Sandoval and the Boston Red Sox have agreed to a multiyear contract, and the

switch-hitting third baseman informed the Giants on Monday he will be taking his services elsewhere. “Got the call. He is going to the Red Sox,” Giants assistant general manager Bobby Evans said. Sandoval, the 2012 World Series MVP, had pondered an offer from the Giants worth about $95 million over five years, Evans said. San Francisco might have taken it up closer to $100 million. That’s comparable to what Sandoval is expected to receive from the Red Sox. The slugger is expected to be formally introduced Tuesday in Boston. What’s next for Evans and Giants general manager Brian

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Sabean is unclear, given there’s hardly a pandasized pool of available third basemen. The Giants are likely to show interest in free agent third baseman Chase Headley. They also are expected to enter the race for Cuban outfielder Yasmany Tomas. In addition, a person with knowledge of the arrangements says free agent left-hander Jon Lester has plans to meet with the San Francisco Giants next week. San Francisco has need for a front-line starting pitcher and was expected to get busy in the free agent market after losing

slugging third baseman Pablo Sandoval to the Boston Red Sox. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday because there was no authorization to publicly disclose the meeting. Lester was dealt by the Red Sox to the Oakland Athletics at the trade deadline in July and helped the A’s reach the playoffs for the third straight year before a 9-8, 12-inning loss to Kansas City in the one-game wild card. General manager Billy Beane said after the season he didn’t think his club would have made it that far without Lester. Right-hander Matt

Cain is recovering from elbow surgery and righty Ryan Vogelsong is a free agent. Sabean said when the season ended that Sandoval was the No. 1 priority before anything else got done to build the 2015 roster. Losing Sandoval stings, and will for a while - even if he was ready for a change and new challenge after seven major league seasons with the Giants. The burly switchhitter was beloved in the Bay Area, where fans sported panda hats in his honour - including a quartet of oversized heads during the franchise’s latest championship run.

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Canucks make trade with Islanders THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have acquired defenceman Andrey Pedan from the New York Islanders in exchange for centre Alexandre Mallet and a third round pick in 2016. Pedan, a six-foot-four, 210-pound Moscow native, has played six games with the American Hockey League’s Bridgeport Sound Tigers this season, recording three assists and 51 penalty minutes.

He played for Russia at the 2011 at the world junior championship, earning two points and recording 25 penalty minutes in six games. The 21-year-old was originally selected by the New York Islanders in the third round, 63rd overall, of the 2011 NHL draft. Mallet, a 6-2, 200-pound Montreal native, has four goals, seven assists and 20 penalty minutes for the ECHL’s Kalamazoo Wings this season.

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Not all people are close to children, relatives Mailbox

Marcy Sugar & Kathy Mitchell

marry and live in the same house? Is this something that can be worked through? -- Wishing for More Involvement Dear Wishing: You need to discuss this directly with Darrin. Tell him you find his lack of interest in your family upsetting and want to know why he doesn’t care to get to know them better. Your children (not to mention your siblings) are important to you, and should the relationship progress, you want to be certain he will not alienate your family. Keep in mind, however, that not all people are close to the children and relatives of their

Now Dear Know: Several readers weighed in on this. Read on: From Florence, Ky.: As a child, most of my friends and family said “liberry” instead of “library.” During my senior year in college, I was walking with a good friend and said, “Do you want to go into the liberry?” She slammed her books onto the concrete sidewalk and said, “It’s LIBRARY! It has an ‘a’ and an ‘r.’ Say it!” I smiled and said it correctly. She had never raised her voice before. I laugh every time I think of the word and say it correctly now. Simi Valley, Calif.: There are people who were taught to read by memorization and don’t understand that letters have specific sounds. Phonics helps. New York: As a speech language pathologist, I address these issues all the time. It may not be a reflection of education and

intelligence, but rather a learning disability. Boston: My husband has always mispronounced words. He once saw a speech therapist, but it didn’t help. I often wonder whether he has a slight form of dyslexia. No matter. We’ve been married

for 50 years, and he’s a great person. Pittsburgh, Pa.: In parts of southwestern Pennsylvania, we say “pitcher” for “picture.” We also “redd” up a room, which dates back to an Elizabethan English term related to the word “ready,”

referring to removing stones from a field. I have traveled through many American small towns and love hearing the accents and word usages that are unique to specific regions. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar.

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significant others. This doesn’t have to be a deal-breaker. What counts is that he not interfere with the level of attachment that you want. Dear Annie: “Need Some Guidance” said her friend is educated and intelligent, but mispronounces some words. You are right that it is difficult to correct a grownup’s pronunciation, but I believe it is still worthwhile. After all, the objective is to help a friend be seen by others in the best possible light. Many years ago, I was in the habit of using the word “irregardless.” My employer helped educate me. She casually said, “You know, you have such a good command of the English language, it surprises me when you say ‘irregardless.’” She then enlightened me about it not being a proper word, and I will always be grateful she did. -- Know Better

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Dear Annie: My boyfriend, “Darrin,” and I have been seeing each other for five years. I love him and feel loved by him. He is affectionate and a great listener. I have grown children who are free to pop in and out of my house whenever they please. We also have many extended family gettogethers throughout the year. Darrin will ask me about my kids and siblings and seem interested when I talk about them. But he doesn’t seem eager to make them part of his life. He says he doesn’t like big groups, so he rarely goes with me to family get-togethers. He also doesn’t like to come over when my kids are here and makes no effort to get to know them. When I invite him, he makes up excuses for why he can’t come. My kids think Darrin is distant and doesn’t care about them. Will he be like this if we

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You will enjoy talking to a female friend or acquaintance today. In fact, you might make travel plans with this person or learn something new and different about another culture. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Personal details about your private life might be made public today, especially in the eyes of someone in authority. Fear not, because you look good! In fact, someone might reward you. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is a lovely day to schmooze with partners and close friends. Enjoy the company of others, because your interactions will benefit you. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A female colleague at

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work might help you today, or at least make you feel better in some way. You might get the equipment you need or more support for what you want to do. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Because the Moon is opposite your sign today, you have to compromise with others and be cooperative. This is no biggie. You are a master at this if you choose to be. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) People will compliment you at work today, and quite possibly give you something or help you in a specific way. In addition, a female might help you at home. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a lovely, playful day. Enjoy sports events, social occasions, the arts, romantic outings and playful times with children. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) A conversation with a

female family member could be significant today. Whatever happens will benefit you and please you in some way. You might make your home look more attractive. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Enjoy talking to others today, especially siblings, relatives and neighbors. Look for ways to make money from your words, because this is possible.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) If shopping today, you will like to buy goodies for yourself and loved ones. However, you might see a way to promote your earnings or make a little money on the side. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Things will go your way today, because Lady Luck is with you. Why not ask the universe for a favor?

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You will enjoy cocooning at home today and being among familiar surroundings. Do whatever you can to pamper yourself so that you feel happy and cozy at home. YOU BORN TODAY You love children, and you value and respect family. Personally, you are fast-moving and quickthinking. You can exert

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NAME/ADDRESS OF LANDLORD: Angela Darlene Schulze, Executor of the Estate of Ernst Erich August Schulze 3175 Hwy 3B East, Fruitvale, British Columbia TAKE NOTICE that the Landlord will dispose of the above described Manufactured Home unless the person(s) being notified takes possession of the property, establishes a right to possession of it or makes an application to the Court to establish such a right within 30 days from the date this Notice is served on the above named Tenant or his successors and assigns. DATED at the City of Castlegar, this Province of British Columbia this 3rd day of November, 2014.

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