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BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

The fracture in regional relationships was front and centre for all candidates during last month's civic election, regardless the municipality.

Now could be the time for some healing to begin.

Keeping with their promises to re-establish strong ties within the neighbourhood, a trio of new faces will sit at the regional table next week – and they're all first term mayors.

Mike Martin will represent the Silver City as director on the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) board beside Rossland's Kathy Moore and Ted Pahl from the Village of Warfield.

The three new mayors begin their appointments on the RDKB's East End Services next Thursday, “I think having the joining Montrose Mayor mayors working Joe Danchuk, Patricia together at the RDKB Cecchini, Fruitvale's mayor and incumbents Ali Grieve, level will give us Area A's director and Linda the opportunity to Worley from Area B. build relationships It's been a busy three years and a lot of back and with each other forth between the seven paras people, which ticipants as various regional will assist in services came to an end. But there remains a number of improving the issues to either resolve or lay relations between to rest. our communities” Topping the list is Trail's proposed boundary extenWARFIELD MAYOR TED PAHL sion into Area A's industrial base – mitigation hasn't begun on that complex tier of Waneta Dam taxes; another is the lack of a recreational agreement between Trail, the Beaver Valley, and Rossland; and the ongoing turbulence over sewerage expenses between Rossland, Warfield and Trail has yet to reach a conclusion.

Some matters were settled just prior to the Nov. 15 local election, such as costs to string a new sewer pipe across the Columbia River and most recently, an economic service agreement was renewed.

But all the candidates admit that relationships between East End Service stakeholders are in need of a fix.

“The expectation that I had from the community and the region was that I would establish a presence and voice in the regional district,” explained Martin.

“The only way I could do that was to be at the regional table,” he said.

“For the first time in recent past, having all mayors at table is very important because we have a similar goal in mind - to repair damaged relationships that existed, establish new relations and work together to move the region forward.”

Rossland's new mayor and RDKB appointee Kathy Moore,

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Artisan open house this weekend

By Sheri Regnier Times Staff

After 26 years, word continues to spread about the great gift ideas and keepsakes at the Artisan.

Heather Buchanan heard a glowing review of the downtown Trail shop from a neighbour, so she decided it was time for a look-see this week.

The young Fruitvale mom packed up her son Brooks and spent Tuesday afternoon picking out a gift for someone special and a one-of-a-kind present for herself.

“My friend said to come and check it out and I am so glad I did,” said Buchanan. “I'll be back because there is so much fun stuff to look at.

“But these earrings, they're so nice, I am keeping for myself,” she chuckled.

Self taught crafter Diane Sordi was working in the consignment store that afternoon, which is something she does about six times a month in four-hour stints.

She became an Artisan member 22 years ago, looking to

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“We love our little store so it is certainly valuable to all of us,” said Sordi. “And we've formed a lot of good friendships over the years. I once said, I've never seen a bunch of old women work so darn hard for so little,” she laughed. “But we just love it here.”

Sordi's 'Warm Touches' wreaths and 'Love Letters' designs are one of many unique products available Monday through Saturday in the retail space, which is located on Eldorado Street below Shoppers Drug Mart.

The co-op currently has over 100 local consignees who regularly contribute unique hand crafted goods ranging from household decor and glass art to quilts, pottery, soaps, and "A taste of the Kootenays" pure huckleberry jam and local honey.

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Diane Sordi is displaying her Warm Touches Christmas wreaths and Love Letters wall decor at the Artisan over the holiday season. The Eldorado Street store is hosting its annual open house today from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Saturday during the Silver City Nite event in downtown Trail. from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Saturday during the Silver City Nite festivities in the downtown core.

Selected items will be discounted and there will be a draw for a basket of goodies courtesy of the Artisan members.

Local potter Fran Moll is a six-year member, who upon return-

ing to her hometown of Trail in 2008, made joining the Artisan one of her first orders of business.

“When we would come back to visit, I remember saying to my husband that I was going to join the Artisan as soon as we moved back,” she said, adding that the store is always looking for new

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Over the years, the area's art scene has blossomed, bringing increased outlets for artisans to showcase their wares in craft fairs, summer markets and even online.

Moll takes it all in stride because the Trail co-op is open year round and the store is often refreshed with new and creative product lines.

However, one aspect to the business continues to surprise her.

“We still get people that come in and say, 'I've never been in your store,'” she noted.

“I ask where they live, and sometimes they say, 'Trail for all of my life.'”

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Salmo council sworn in

incrEDIBLE trail planning next growing season

By Sheri Regnier Times Staff

As the white blanket of winter covers the city, a group of incrEDIBLE growers are already planning for a greener Trail in the new year.

Besides encouraging local merchants and downtown services to grow edibles in their storefronts for a second year, the project's committee already has a special event in the works that really gets to the root of the initiative.

“One of the things we already decided to do next year is have a 'Seedy Saturday,'” said incrEDIBLE volunteer Gina Ironmonger.

“It's a big thing because when you think about this community, we have seeds here that are hundreds of years old that are acclimatized to this region. It's a good thing to retain that knowledge and that seed in this area.”

There's also been a lot of chit chat about finding a space to plant a shareable and teaching community garden on the incrEDIBLE green route next summer, which adds to the project's ultimate goal of highlighting local food security and sustainability.

“We don't have a location yet and we still need volunteers,” Ironmonger noted. “But there has been an awful lot of interest and discussion and we hope to bring in other communities.”

The army of incrEDIBLE trail volunteers who range in age from six to senior and includes everyone from police officers and chefs to support workers and number crunchers, were given a growing nod on Wednesday evening during a potluck dinner in the Local 480 hall.

CIBC Branch Manager Melissa Ganzeveld and her son Dylan, 7, were two of about 50 incrEDIBLE growers who gathered for the year end wind up, and both are already planning what to grow next season.

“The pepper plants were really popular because they kept growing

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more after the people picked them,” said Ganzeveld. “Next year we are going to make it even bigger by introducing more planters and an area inside with gardening tools and bags for people to carry home the vegetables they pick.”

Outside of Trail, the greening project received kudos on the international level after two Communities in Bloom (CiB) judges visited the area in July.

The idea was deemed 'nice for the eyes, good for the belly' at the annual CiB awards conference, and given special mention noting the abundance of vegetables that were free for the picking with surplus given to the local food banks.

Aside from sprucing up downtown Trail with edible landscapes, the project brought out the community of the city, which is a perk that Ironmonger maintains is a bonus to the incrEDIBLE plan.

More than just fresh produce, the idea had people meeting for the first time, some who'd been working on the same street for years, and it encouraged those walking by the planters to stop, have a look and maybe even stay for a chat.

There were a few hiccups when on occasion, whole plants were dug up outside a local food bank and from a string of downtown Trail businesses. But even those setbacks were met with an instant response.

“People showed up that morning with plants, to replace what was lost,” said Ironmonger. “It was really something.”

But another incrEDIBLE volunteer, Ingrid Enns, already has a suggestion for the “over zealous gardener.”

“Come and join the committee,” she said “We can use your help.”

For information or to join the incrEDIBLE trail team, contact Ironmonger at 368.6855 or email incredibletrail@gmail.com.

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By Sheri Regnier Times Staff

The local school district can breathe a collective sigh of relief this year after the Ministry of Education confirmed it will cover costs associated with the new teachers' contract.

For the Kootenay Columbia district, that means an additional $617,000 in funding for the 201415 school year, intended to cover higher wages, benefits and other

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The new Salmo mayor and council (from the left; Steve Dimock, Ken Anderson, Mayor Stephen White, Cathy Paton and Dan Danforth) was sworn in during an inauguration ceremony on Tuesday in Salmo’s Council Chambers. Once the new council was sworn in, it proceeded with two appointments for the Regional District of Central Kootenay. Mayor White will be the one representing Salmo while Councillor Paton will be the alternate.

Move aimed at improving relations FROM PAGE 1 reiterates Martin’s view and says she’s ready to take on the complex issues that have been raised at the regional level.

“For our local area, the liquid water management planning process and agreement has been a huge challenge,” she noted.

“Regional recreation, particularly the differing fees for use of the Trail Aquatic Centre has been an ongoing issue that has hurt all of our local communities,” Moore said.

“I am confident that we can find a solution that is fair to all participants. And I look forward to working cooperatively and collaboratively with the representatives of the other local governments.”

Warfield’s Mayor Pahl maintains getting involved with RDKB politics is in line with his campaign promise to work with village constituents to improve neighbourhood alli-

increases included in the new collective agreement.

“The ministry has committed that government is fully funding the settlement,” confirmed Greg Luterbach, superintendent for School District 20 (SD20). “This is coming as a grant for this year and how the money will come in subsequent years, is still to be determined.”

Luterbach explained this year's amount and more will be needed

ances.

“I think having the mayors working together at the RDKB level will give us the opportunity to build relationships with each other as people, which will assist in improving the relations between our communities.”

That’s a promising message for third term Area A Director and current EES chair, Ali Grieve, who says it doesn’t matter who sits at the regional table, what matters is how one shows up at the table.

“While we are there to share opinions, we must also listen to understand,” she explained.

“In my view the understanding piece may have been absent in some cases.”

The decision for local councils to appoint their mayors isn’t surprising, she continued.

“I sense this is about appointing a strong leader to help bring about some necessary changes which start at

each of the next three years to cover raises in both on-call and permanent teacher salaries and increases to their related wage sensitive benefit costs, as well as costs related to the changes in the extended health benefit plan.

Overall, the province is putting up $93.6 million to fund the teachers' agreement. The share for each school district is based on provincial reports of teacher staffing, and additional district data.

the top. The mayors, and rural directors will have to demonstrate the changes they want to see,” Grieve said.

“I have a very good feeling about these appointments, and am optimistic about new opportunities to seek solutions that will work for everyone.”

Cecchini is finishing up her first year as Fruitvale’s RDKB director, and says the position has broadened her understanding about the inner workings of regional district services and the importance of cost sharing to minimize the financial impact to the village’s taxpayers.

Now elected to his second term as Montrose mayor, Danchuk said his take on an all-mayor board is that the new people want to work together.

“And get more of a cooperative spirit going to build up relationships that didn’t work well in the last term,” he added.

According to the SD20 board chair, his past experience foretells that the government might only cover Year One costs, leaving individual districts to pay the extra out of their existing budgets.

“If they refuse to fund in subsequent years it will mean layoffs and increased class sizes,” said Darrel Ganzert. “All districts will hold their breaths until the following year budget to see what the government has in mind.”

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Provincial

BC Ferries moving to online booking

By Tom Fletcher Black Press

BC Ferries plans to move ahead with a website upgrade that

will allow passengers to pay for tickets online, avoid reservation fees and pay variable fares depending on demand.

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Whereas

I am proud to have served this fine community and its people as an elected official, as Mayor and Councillor for over 27 years;

Whereas

in this time, the City of Trail has achieved provincial, national and international recognition for its efforts to overcome negative perceptions by continued positive promotions, environmental and public health enhancements, and participation in the Communities in Bloom program;

Whereas

Whereas

Whereas

And Whereas

in this time, the City of Trail has maintained a proven record for fiscal responsibility and prudence, and remains in a fiscally sound position;

in this time, the City of Trail has continued to establish itself as a sustainable community through the following ongoing and recently completed initiatives: • Airport Acquisition and Improvements; • Boundary Extension; • Integrated Library and Museum Facility Construction; • Pedestrian/Utilities Bridge Construction; • Victoria Street Corridor Improvements; • Water System Upgrades.

in this time, the City of Trail has continued to benefit from the outstanding volunteer efforts of its residents which has allowed the community to advance considerably as a result of this selfless giving and civic pride;

in this time, the City of Trail has maintained a professional and dedicated staff, second to none, who are entrusted to have successfully carried out and implemented the many initiatives established

by Council

Now Therefore as Retiring Mayor of the City of Trail, I proudly proclaim our exceptional city a “Five Star Community”.

Thanks to everyone for your support and encouragement. You are the ones that make this community a special and proud place to live and grow.

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The system will offer discounted fares for off-peak sailings and advance booking without the current reservation fees.

BC Ferries CEO Mike Corrigan said the project will cost $1015 million, but based on the experience of other systems, it will increase ridership and reduce costs.

“It’s a variable priced booking system that’s used by golf courses, hotels, airlines,” Corrigan said.

“It’s the way the world is moving. Depending how far in advance you book, what restrictions you’re willing to put on yourself, and when you want to play, stay or travel, you’re going to get a different price.”

Passengers will still have the option of showing up at the terminal and paying to board, with a posted price that will be adjusted according to

demand for that sailing.

The new booking system was proposed two years ago in a review of ferry operations by Gord Macatee, who reviewed operations when he was appointed BC Ferries Commissioner in charge of rates and service delivery.

Macatee must approve the move before it can go ahead.

BC Ferries’ pointof-sale system is 25 years old, and requires manual collection of fares.

BC Ferries projects the new system will increase vehicle and passenger traffic by three to five per cent as it is extended to more routes. By adding food, gift shop and other services to the online order system, the corporation hopes to generate an annual revenue increase of $11 million to $18 million, mostly due to increased traffic.

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Accused shooter also wounded in gunshot exchange THE CANADIAN PRESS KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia’s police watchdog says a man accused of shooting a Mountie in Kamloops, sustained a gunshot injury to his arm during an exchange of gunfire with a second officer.

The Independent Investigations Office is investigating the police-involved injury as the RCMP does its own probe into the shooting of its 40-year-old-officer.

Police have said Cpl. Jean Rene Michaud was shot at about 3 a.m. Wednesday during a traffic stop in a residential area.

A 36-year-old man known to police was arrested later that day after police had warned they were looking for a suspect, or several suspects, who were believed to be armed and dangerous.

The IIO says the injury to the suspect is belived to have happened during the early morning exchange of gunfire with police, which supports the involement of its office.

RCMP say a Mountie in a backup vehicle returned fire as Michaud went down and the suspect drove off.

The injured Mountie remains in critical but stable condition, and Supt. Brad Mueller says he was able to provide helpful information after having surgery.

Tests confirm avian flu at B.C. farms

THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - Tests results have confirmed the strain of avian influenza that has killed poultry on at least two farms in southwestern British Columbia is H5N2.

A turkey farm and a chicken farm located in the Fraser Valley were placed under quarantine earlier this week after the H5 virus was detected, but officials were still awaiting

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A source tells The Canadian Press that the virus is H5N2, which has also been involved in previous outbreaks in Canada.

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The current quarantine in B.C. has since expanded to include two additional farms, though they are considered suspect cases and chickens on those farms have not been confirmed to be infected.

The outbreak has prompted several Asian countries to impose trade bans on B.C. or Canadian poultry products.

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Governor talks pipelines THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - The Alberta premier and New Jersey’s governor say oil prices shouldn’t be the deciding factor on whether the Keystone XL pipeline goes ahead.

Jim Prentice says lower oil prices don’t change the fundamental importance of Briefs the pipeline to the integration of North American energy production.

And Gov. Chris Christie says major policy decisions should never be based on oil prices of the day, because everyone knows those numbers will fluctuate.

The price of a barrel of oil has fallen below US$70 since OPEC decided last week not to cut production.

Christie and Prentice met ahead of the governor’s speech to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce.

Christie is considered one of the Republican party’s top prospects to make a run for the White House in 2016 and is a strong backer of the Keystone project.

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Manitoba

Brothers sentenced for online cyberbullying The Canadian Press DAUPHIN, Man. — Two Manitoba brothers have been sentenced to 16 months in jail for tormenting and sexually exploiting a 14-year-old girl online.

A judge says the two brothers from Dauphin met the girl on Facebook, where they threatened her unless she sent nude photos.

She complied and the judge says the girl was then subjected to what he called “relentless attack” with further demands for more explicit pictures and sexual acts.

The judge says the brothers, who were 17 at the time, distributed the photos through social media.

He says their only motivation appeared to be to — quote — “exploit, demean and humiliate the victim.”

The brothers, who cannot be named, pleaded guilty to four charges including sexual touching, as well as possession and distribution of child pornography.

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Harper in no rush to refill Senate THE CANADIAN PRESS MARKHAM, Ont. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he’s in no hurry to fill vacancies in the Senate.

Harper said he’s not hearing much popular support for naming new members to the upper chamber, where 16 of the 105 seats remain empty - and the Conservatives still hold a healthy majority.

“I don’t think I’m getting a lot of call from Canadians to name more senators right about now,” Harper said Thursday - an apparent reference to the expense scandals and controversy that tarnished the Senate’s reputation last year.

Harper’s enthusiasm for the Senate - more specifically, reforming or abolishing it - was also fettered in April when the Supreme Court of Canada made it clear that Senate reform would require substantial provincial blessing, if not unanimity.

The prime minister hasn’t named anyone to the Senate since March 2013.

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“Take New Brunswick’s case.

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Now they have two seats vacant. If I were premier of New Brunswick I’d be demanding my two. And I think that’s what the premier of New Brunswick is doing,” Nolin said.

“Is it affecting the proper functioning of the institution? Yes, I think it is.”

From the government’s standpoint, the sole purpose of the Senate is to pass legislation - a role Harper said it’s able to carry out just fine.

“We’re able to continue to pass our legislation through the Senate, so from our standpoint the Senate of Canada is continuing to fulfil its functions.”

The chamber has been a political thorn for Harper in the last year, with three former Conservative senators suspended over questioned expenses. A fourth, Liberal, senator resigned under a cloud before he could be turfed.

One of the Harper appointees, Mike Duffy, is due to go to trial in April on 31 charges of fraud, a case that is widely expected to trigger a fresh political storm in an election year.

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resh on the heels of Black Friday, which is to consumerism what Thanksgiving is to gluttony, comes “the giving season,” a chance, perhaps, for the public to assuage their guilt over over-indulgence by contributing to a charity or two as part of their holiday giving. Nonprofits receive a big chunk of their annual revenues in December, thanks to a spike in giving by last-minute donors.

It’s easy to get wrapped up in holiday sentimentality or in the passionate pleas of a celebrity who engages us to give to another “worthy” cause. But before we give, we should think.

Robert Lupton, author of Toxic Charity, writes that although the “compassion industry” is almost universally accepted as virtuous, its outcomes are almost entirely unexamined. So let’s examine.

Could it be that, despite our best intentions, heartfelt concern, and billions of dollars, much of our charitable giving has little real impact – and even does more harm than good?

That in many cases, charity is still doing for people what it should be enabling them to do for themselves,

and perpetuating one-way giving that diminishes their dignity and increases dependency?

At a recent conference, Dan Lavin, an international development worker, recounted stories of wellintentioned aid agencies unintentionally displacing local businesses and undermining the sustainability of emerging communities.

An African wheelchair company that designed and manufactured beautifully crafted devices perfect for their geography, was struggling to grow because of the glut of foreign-donated wheelchairs – devices that didn’t even function well in the African countryside.

He told of Haitian farmers being unable to compete with the tons of donated foreign rice that poured into the country following the 2010 earthquake. He talked about the 25 years he spent convincing a small community in Ghana to build its own school – and having them finally agree – until a church from the US called to tell them they’d be building one for them.

As Lavin talked, the implications of poorly conceived international aid became clear. By throwing money at problems,

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and directing outcomes, rather than engaging locals in finding their own solutions, charity can be damaging. The underlying issues never get tackled, and local communities are impeded from becoming self-sufficient.

Timely case in point: It’s been 30 years since Band Aid launched a fundraising tsunami to attack the famine in Ethiopia – eventually raising hundreds of millions.

Now that Bob Geldof is promising to resurrect Band Aid once again, at least some aid experts criticize Band Aid as fundraising success and a development failure – one that has neglected to address the underlying issues, ultimately doing more harm than good.

What’s the solution?

Lupton offers an example of effective charity: His church converted its food pantry into a food co-op that is owned by, run by, and funded by the members who use it – the members buy the food and distribute it, and collaboratively make decisions about how the coop will run. In the process, they are not disabled by handouts, but empowered and equipped to regain their dignity and grow in self-sufficiency.

At the same conference Dan Lavin attended, Howard Weinstein talked about Solar Ear, a social enterprise that designs and manufactures hearing aids with solar-powered rechargeable batteries.

Solar Ear hires deaf workers to design and develop its products, providing much needed employment and affordable hearing solutions for the hundreds of millions in developing countries with hearing loss. These devices make it possible for people with hearing loss, living in poor countries, to get an education and break the cycle of poverty. This trend toward asset-based development is based on a belief that the poor and needy have

strengths, and have the potential to be actively involved in solving their problems – with support.

Warren Buffett is famous for saying that giving away money is easy, but doing it well is “fiendishly difficult.”

Perhaps that why many approaches to charity are usually not well thought out. The issues are huge and the solutions complex.

We live in a world of instant gratification.

Random giving remains common. Random asking is even more common.

With notable exceptions, in comparison to our efforts in business or government, there may be no other important endeavor for which we hold ourselves to so little account.

Despite calls for more thoughtful giving, for many, the spirit of generosity is still enough. But unless we change the way we think about and do charity, the world may be better off if we all just went shopping.

Joni Avram (causeeffect. ca) helps donors, businesses, and non-profit enterprises gain credibility, build influence, and grow support through effective marketing and engagement strategies.

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he experts run the increasing rate. Humans, who whole gamut from A to are limited by slow biological B, and they’re practical- evolution, couldn’t compete ly unanimous: artificial and would be superseded.” So intelligence is going to destroy be very, very careful. human civilization.

Musk and Hawking are Expert A is almost fifty years Elon Musk, polybehind popular culmath co-founder ture in their fear of PayPal, manuof rogue AI turnfacturer of Tesla ing against human electric cars, crebeings (HAL in “2001: ator of Space X, A Space Odyssey”). the first privately They are a full thirty GWYNNE funded company years behind the conto send a spacecept of a super-comcraft into orbit, puter that achieves World Affairs and much else consciousness and besides. “I think we should be instantly launches a war of very careful about Artificial extermination against mankind Intelligence (AI),” he told an (Skynet in the “Terminator” audience at the Massachusetts films).

Institute of Technology in Then there’s “The Matrix”, October. “If I were to guess “Blade Runner” and similar what our biggest existential variations on the theme. It’s threat is, it’s probably that.” taken a while for the respectMusk warned AI engineers able thinkers to catch up with to “be very careful” not to cre- all this paranoia, but they’re ate robots that could rule the there now. world. Indeed, he suggested So everybody take a tranquilthat there should be regula- izer, and let’s look at this more tory oversight “at the national calmly. Full AI, with capacities and international level” over comparable to the human brain the work of AI developers, “just or better, is at least two or three to make sure that we don’t do decades away, so we have time something very foolish.” to think about how to handle Expert B is Stephen Hawking, this technology. the world’s most famous theorSuch a society might well etical physicist and author of end up as a place in which intelthe best-selling unread book ligent machines had “human” ever, “A Short History of Time”. rights before the law, but that’s He has a brain the size of not what worries the skeptics.

Denmark, and last Monday he Their fear is that machines, told the British Broadcasting having achieved consciousness, Corporation that “the develop- will see human beings as a ment of full artificial intelli- threat (because we can turn gence could spell the end of the them off, at least at first), and human race.” that they will therefore seek to A genuinely intelligent control or even eliminate us. machine, Hawking warned, That’s the Skynet scenario, but “would take off on its own, it’s not very realistic. and re-design itself at an ever The saving grace in the

real scenario is that AI will not arrive all at once, with the flip of a switch. It will be built gradually over decades, which gives us time to introduce a kind of moral sense into the basic programming, rather like the innate morality that most human beings are born with.

(An embedded morality is an evolutionary advantage in a social species.)

Our moral sense doesn’t guarantee that we will always behave well, but it certainly helps. And if we are in charge of the design, not just blind evolution, we might even do better.

Something like Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics, which the Master laid down 72 years ago.

First Law: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Second Law: A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. Third Law: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

As Google’s director of engineering, Ray Kurzweil, has observed, however, it may be hard to write an algorithmic moral code strong enough to constrain and contain supersmart software.

We probably have a few decades to work on it, but we are going to go down this road – the whole ethos of this civilization demands it – so we had better figure out how to do that.

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

An editorial from the Waterloo Region Record Thomas Mulcair, leader of the federal New Democrats, has unveiled a bold new plan for child care that clearly distinguishes his party from the ruling Conservatives. But he may want to rethink the way in which it distinguishes itself.

The NDP plan involves spending billions of dollars in new federal funding over the next eight years to maintain or create child care spaces at the ridiculously low cost to parents of just $15 a day. Mulcair’s party plans to have 370,000 spaces subsidized by 2018, at an annual cost of $1.9 billion. By 2023, the federal share would be $5 billion to cover 60 per cent of the cost of new affordable spots created, with provinces kicking in for the rest.

Supporters maintain this investment is offset by encouraging more women with young children to join the workforce, where they pay taxes and are also less likely to use other costly programs such as social assistance for single parents.

two children, this means an immediate fee hike to $10,400 from $3,796 — nearly tripling the cost.

Mulcair’s plan may still have merit. It offers less subsidy than Quebec. And it sets up an important debate for Canadians about the best way to support families who raise young children. While Mulcair has promised to keep the Conservative government’s universal tax credit for all families with children (including those whose parents care for them at home), his plan is completely different from that of the Harper government. Nevertheless, the Quebec experience is not something to gloss over. It calls for the New Democrats to take a step back, and perhaps rethink.

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Mulcair should rethink this plan “I’ve seen this work in my home province of Quebec,” Mulcair said. “I know this is something we can get done.”

Hold on there just a moment, Mr. Mulcair.

In fact, the Quebec child care plan on which the New Democrats base their proposal is deeply flawed, and the Quebec government is now in the process of changing it.

Quebec has an even more heavily subsidized model than Mulcair proposes. For many years, it provided universal child care for $7.30 a day at an overall cost to taxpayers of $2.3-billion a year. But in recent days, Premier Philippe Couillard admitted the province can no longer afford this generous program. Meanwhile, the program itself has many problems, including long waiting lists for the coveted spaces, and a failure to show that it benefits children later in life.

Couillard says the program is “unsustainable” in its current form, and higher-income families must now pay $20 for the space. For one family with

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Wednesday night provided an opportunity to acknowledge the volunteers and downtown businesses who took part in this year’s incrEDIBLE trail program. The group held a potluck dinner at the Local 480 Hall. See story on Page 3.

Kathy Gannon

Shirley Logan (nee Siddall)

Shirley Logan (nee Siddall) of Trail, passed away with her family at her side on November 30, 2014.

She was born December 19,1945 in Trail, BC. Predeceased by husband Duane Logan and parents Bill and Dorothy Siddall.

Survived by son Bill Logan, wife Pam Ghosh, grand daughter Madeleine, daughter Denise (Logan) Mend, husband Paul Mend and grandchildren Keirsten and Logan Mend.

Siblings Robin Siddall (Marge, Jennifer Ken) Patty Siddall (Trish, Jeff ) Jay Siddall (Cathy, Jane) and all their extended families.

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Reporter does not want shooter sentenced to death

THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - She may not be ready to forgive, but Kathy Gannon says she doesn’t want the Afghan gunman who severely wounded her and murdered her photographer put to death.

Gannon, a long-time Associated Press journalist who was born in Timmins, Ont., says she wants the rogue police officer responsible for the shooting to remain in prison for the rest of his life.

Anja Niedringhaus, 48, an awardwinning photographer, died instantly in the April 4 attack near the eastern city of Khost.

“I want him to be punished, but I don’t believe in the death penalty,” Gannon said an interview with The Canadian Press.

The pair were covering the run-up to last spring’s Afghan presidential election, and were sitting in a vehicle in a fortified compound surrounded by police and soldiers who were supposed to protect them, when one officer walked up, yelled “Allahu Akbar,” and fired on them.

He dropped his AK-47 and surrendered, telling authorities that the shooting was revenge for the deaths of his family in a NATO bombing - a story he has changed three times since the shooting.

Gannon, 61, is in Toronto to be honoured by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression with its Tara Singh Hayer Memorial Award.

The gunman who shot Gannon and

her colleague was sentenced to death recently by an Afghan court.

However, the absolute black and white of the Afghan justice system and Pashtun culture puts victims, such as Gannon, in a uncomfortable place.

Formally pleading for leniency would lead authorities to ask whether Gannon and Niedringhaus’ grieving family would pardon the killer.

“If you forgive him, then he goes free,” she said. “I’m not ready to do that.

I want him in jail. I don’t want him free, and I also don’t believe in putting him to death.”

Driving into eastern Afghanistan last spring, their biggest fear was roadside bombs, which have exacted a bloody toll on security forces, both Afghan and NATO. The thought they would be subject to a so-called insider attack was never top of mind, Gannon said.

“I would not have done anything different, and if Anja was here, I’m sure she’d say the same,” said Gannon.

It was the end of the hotly contested eventually deadlocked - presidential election when Gannon and Niedringhaus’ car was sprayed with bullets.

They were shot only a few weeks after British-Swedish journalist Nils Horner was murdered in what had been regarded as the safest district of Kabul.

And it occurred within days of a deadly assault on the Afghan capital’s luxury Serena Hotel, where Sardar Ahmad, an Afghan journalist for Agence France-

Presse, was killed along with his wife and two children.

Gannon was hit with six bullets. They tore through her left arm, right hand and left shoulder, and shattered her shoulder blade.

There was blood everywhere and she said she felt the impact of what were likely the last two bullets before looking down at the blood everywhere. She said out loud: “Oh my God, this time we’re finished.”

Their driver sped away from the compound and roared down a bumpy road to Khost where Gannon was admitted to hospital, transferred to a U.S. military outpost and then to French military hospital in Kabul. Afghan doctors had stopped the bleeding and saved her life, but she was eventually flown to a private clinic in Germany, and then on to New York for more treatment.

Gannon will return to her home in Islamabad, Pakistan where she lives with her husband, an architect.

But she looks forward to the day when she can return to Afghanistan and continue reporting on a country and embattled people whom she loves and respects.

She harbours no grudges and remains durably clear-eyed about the place and the risks.

“If you look at every Afghan as a potential enemy, then you have to leave,” said Gannon, who described what happened to her as the act of “one crazy person.”

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Charity at Christmas has a long history

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or the last couple of weeks, my inbox has been cluttered with emails designed to entice me to spend, and despite repeatedly hitting ‘delete’, the pressure from retailers to shop has been relentless. Could Cyber Monday really, truly be my last opportunity to save until Boxing Day? Surely, there must be another shopping bonanza that follows Cyber Monday but comes before Boxing Day. I googled to find out, and discovered that something called Giving Tuesday follows Cyber Monday.

Giving Tuesday began in 2012 as a response to the consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. According to the Giving Tuesday website, it is a “global day dedicated to giving back”, and louise everyone can take part, “Just find a way for your family, your community, Everyday Theology your company or your organization to come together to give something more.”

There is really nothing new about practicing charity in the weeks leading up to Christmas.

The idea goes back millennia, and may have had its origins with the magi who gave gifts to the baby Jesus. The magi believed that they were in the presence of a king, despite the unassuming and humble circumstances of his family and his home. The men honored the little prince with expensive gifts.

Fast forward to the 10th century in medieval Europe. As the Duke of Bohemia, more famously known as Good King Wenceslas, was surveying his lands on the day after Christmas, he encountered an improvished peasant. Moved with pity, the duke returned to his estate, got the leftovers from his Christmas feast, and trudged through a storm to deliver food and drink to the peasant.

While the story may be more legend than fact, Wenceslas did have a reputation for generosity and almsgiving. Some historians think that Boxing Day, which was traditionally a day for charity, originated with Wenceslas.

There are two traditions from English history worth mentioning in the context of Christmas charity. They, too, are associated with Boxing Day, which today is a consumer holiday and has nothing to do with charitable giving.

In the Middle Ages during the liturgical season of Advent, the Church of England placed boxes in its churches to collect offerings for the poor. On December 26, the boxes were opened and the monies were distributed to the poor of the parishes. December 26 was also the day that the British aristocracy gave gifts, in boxes, to their servants.

In the Victorian classic, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens exposed the selfish greed of the affluent that ignored the poor at Christmas.

Through the transformation of Scrooge from a bitter, greedy miser to a warm-hearted philanthropist, Dickens imprinted on our collective imagination the role of charity in healing spiritual poverty, as well as alleviating the ills of physical poverty.

Charity at Christmas is a long established tradition. While I am unconvinced that we need a specific day dedicated to giving, Giving Tuesday can serve as a reminder that the Christmas season is not just about shopping for the best deals; it is also about recognizing and honoring the princely dignity that resides within every individual.

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Santa Claus is coming to town It would seem that even the more traditional among us think that December 1st is now a good time to start preparing for Christmas.

Remembrance Day, not to mention American Thanksgiving and Black Friday, are all done so the stores can focus our attention on the consumer fest that Christmas has become.

Of course some of us have been preparing for Christmas for a while. Cakes and puddings have been mixed, and baked or steamed, and may now be being ‘fed’. The more organized have had a good stock of presents laid in and those of us with overseas friends and relatives will soon have a posting deadline for Christmas cards.

waiting for is not Santa Claus, and it is not the hordes of very welcome guests who we will celebrate Christmas with. The ‘coming’ of Advent is the coming of Christ.

Christians often think of the past the present and the future all at the same time, and that is true of Advent. We are thinking of Christ coming as a baby 2000 years ago, Christ returning in the future to be king of all earth, and Christ coming to us now, this Christmas, as we open ourselves to Christ’s spirit.

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War of words rages on

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As proponents and opponents alike await the word from the provincial Environmental Assessment Office as to whether construction on the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort has substantially started, neither side is backing away from commenting on the issue.

Columbia River Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald, long a vocal

opponent of Jumbo, has issued a press release stating that the state of construction of the Jumbo Glacier Resort continues to tell a story of “incompetence, sloppiness and amateurishness”.

“A few weeks ago, the public discovered that the BC Liberal government had allowed the proponent of Jumbo Glacier Resort to lay the foundation of their day lodge in a Class 4 avalanche path,” said

Macdonald. “Now we have discovered that not only is the day lodge foundation situated in a dangerous location, the day lodge has been placed outside the boundaries of the area established for the resort.”

However, Tom Oberti with Pheidias Project Management Corp. the project manager for Jumbo, refutes that claim.

“The Jumbo Glacier resort project has been under attack by spe-

cial interest groups for a long time with a vast barrage of exaggerated and inaccurate claims,” Oberti said. “The report that the daylodge is in a Class 4 avalanche path is purely based on a media attack by representatives of the RK Heli-ski company based in Panorama. The daylodge is near but not on the run out of an existing avalanche track, as documented by the existing See OPPOSING, Page 11

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Opposing sides dispute reports over current development

FROM PAGE 10 forest, and as checked by the experts. Peter Schaerer, the foremost avalanche expert in Canada, has reviewed the claims by RK HeliSki and stated: “1. The daylodge is placed in an area that is outside the lateral boundary of past avalanches, and future larger avalanches will

be prevented by explosive devices.

“2. The resort village is not within reach of avalanche run outs.”

Macdonal also questions whether the daylodge is even located within the boundaries of the land tenure. He cites a report

by Cal Meiklejohn of Meiklejohn Architects for the Ktunaxa Nation

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Council, Meiklejohn stated that a review of the site plans and supporting documents indicated that the daylodge is not located within the boundaries of the Land Tenure that has been granted to Jumbo Glacier Resort.

“The report is incorrect because the Land Tenure that has been applied for is for unsurveyed land and aerial survey information, for which ground truthing was not possible because access had been removed,” said Oberti. “This is normal practice for large tenures of unsurveyed crown land. The daylodge is located in a ski area tenure that is hundreds of times larger than the footprint of the land lease. This is why the precise final boundary of the land lease is done on an as built basis.”

“This situation has now gone well beyond any reasonableness,” Macdonald

said. “After 10 years with an Environmental Assessment Certificate, all Jumbo proponents have managed is hastily poured concrete, in an avalanche path, outside of the established tenure. We have the Ktunaxa clearly stating their opposition because of the sacredness of the site.

And there is still no investor.”

Asked for comment, Minister Bill Bennett replied, “I am too busy helping to create jobs to engage in the silly nonsense of the NDP.” However, Oberti had this comment.

“The situation is beyond any reasonableness because the last efforts at intimidation are baseless and discriminatory relative to any other mountain resort in B.C. The opposition, now led again by the heli-ski company, is trying to block forever the best mountain resort project in North America, as proven to reviewers of all governments,

including NDP governments that invited the proponent group and approved the project and granted an Interim Agreement and the fundamental

land use decision. The last step appears to be the attempt to intimidate both government and investors.”

“It will be an absolute joke if the

Minister looks at this fiasco and says yes,” said Macdonald. “It will also prove that our environmental assessment process is a disgrace.”

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JUST WHAT THE DOCTORS ORDERED Out of challenge comes opportunity and at Selkirk College the Rural Pre-Medicine Program is taking on the problem of a physician shortage outside urban areas by opening the door for students who desire to follow a pathway towards a career in medicine well suited for rural Canada.

hospitals with top-notch doctors equipped with a skillset The story of the Selkirk College Rural Pre-Medicine Program that adds an extra dose of compassion.

Raised in the village of Salmo in the southern interior is the story of why community colleges are vital to Canada’s of British Columbia—population 1,100—Lund describes education system. Its genesis arrived through a need to fill herself as a typical “Kootenay kid.” Benefitting from the a critical gap with creative solutions and tangible outcomes, values of a tight-knit community and taking advantage a model that is now playing out in the classrooms of the of all the outdoor recreation advantages of mountain life, Castlegar Campus.

Lund has fond memories of growing up off the beaten path.

The three-year Rural Pre-Medicine Program launched Graduating with a small high school class in 1981, in September with its first cohort of 17 eager students.

Lund headed off to the University of Victoria to pursue an With passionate mentors and dedicated instructors, the undergraduate degree in chemistry. program aims to build a foundation of experience and “I wanted to figure out why things work the way they knowledge students will need to prepare for entrance do,” Lund says of her passion for science. into medical school.

“I thought to get down to a smaller and “If you come from a rural area, you If you want to smaller level would help explain what was are among those most likely to go back populate the rural happening on an atomic scale. The reason to a rural area,” says Rural Pre-Medicine behind what you see… the reason ice floats.

Program Coordinator Elizabeth Lund. areas with physicians, All those questions you have when you are “If you want to populate the rural areas you need to provide a kid and you are curious; this was one way with physicians, you need to provide the the proper education to answer those questions.” proper education to students who live After earning her BSc, Lund continued in rural areas and have a strong desire to to students who live in on to a PhD in Chemistry in the 1990s when get into medical school.” rural areas and have women at that level were in the distinct The curriculum in the Rural Prea strong desire to get minority. Her education included postMedicine Program weaves together doctoral fellowships with a pharmaceutical courses tailored to rural medicine with into medical school. company in Vancouver and at the University courses recommended for the Medical ELIZABETH LUND, of British Columbia.

College Admissions Test (MCAT). Extra RURAL PRE-MEDICINE PROGRAM COORDINATOR, SELKIRK COLLEGE Just as Lund’s career in science was training in skills such as mediation hitting its stride, she took a sudden break. and conflict resolution, leadership, In grad school she began to explore Buddhism and while communication and interprofessional skills, small business working in Vancouver, Lund met two senior monks at a tiny training and MCAT preparation supports students’ futures forest monastery in Birken, north of Whistler. as physicians and their medical school applications.

“I heard people talking about loving-kindness and “People understand that this is something that can meditation, I wanted to learn more about it in order to form one piece of a really long term solution to a big survive the rigours of grad school,” Lund explains. “It fit really problem,” says Lund. “This is not a problem for doctors well and gave me a means of answering questions beyond or the government, really this is a problem in our society the physical world.” across Canada where there is a big difference between In 1996, Lund travelled to Thailand to become ordained rural and urban.” and spent 10 years in the remote northern area of the country as a Therevadin Buddhist Nun. Returning to Canada A Deep Understanding of Rural Life in 2006 to help care for her elderly mother in Salmo, Lund Lund’s background is perfectly suited for spearheading the began teaching at Selkirk College. effort to help populate small town medical clinics and rural

Finding Solutions to the Rural Doctor Crisis

Helping Solve the Problem of a Growing Need The mounting challenges with health care in rural Canada have gained traction in the media over the last few years.

With shrinking government budgets, an aging population and societal shifts forming the basis of these struggles, more attention has been focussed on the gap between urban and rural.

Three years ago, Lund and her colleagues in the Selkirk College School of University Arts & Sciences were looking for ways to bolster second year sciences at the Castlegar Campus. A story on CBC radio about the doctor shortage in rural British Columbia triggered the idea for a program that would help address the need with homegrown solutions.

Lund was charged with putting together the proposal and soliciting support. For almost two years Lund put her skills in research and passion for education to the test as she approached senior levels of government, the Doctors of BC, local physicians, the University of British Columbia and anybody else that would listen.

“There was a lot of pounding the pavement… I had to become a salesperson,” she says. “That’s the last thing I thought I would ever do, but I was selling something that I totally believe in. It ceases to be selling and becomes talking to people to let them know what we want to do.”

The First Cohort a Brilliant Example of What is Possible On a sunny late-September afternoon in Castlegar, Selkirk College administration joined representatives from the Doctors of BC, the Ministry of Health and health care professionals from around the Kootenay region for a special reception to welcome the first Rural Pre-Medicine cohort to the program. With a class made up of diverse backgrounds that range from recent high school grads to single mothers who have been away from post-secondary for more than a decade, there was a buzz in the air.

“I have a vision of some of the graduates of this program not only making it into medical school, but also being really grounded and solid people,” said Trail Regional Hospital physician Dr. Blair Stanley, chair of the program’s advisory committee. “Not only because of their rural roots, but because of some of the learnings they will have had in this unique program. They will bring that groundedness and can bring that awareness into their clinical setting when they are looking after patients. I think that will be a magical connection that they will have with patients and the work they do.”

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Alicia Pongracz (left) and Jaeger Nickson (top right) are students in the first Rural Pre-Medicine Program cohort that is diligently building skills on the Castlegar Campus. With a diverse background and intimate understanding of the challenges faced by students in smaller communities, Rural Pre-Medicine Program Coordinator Elizabeth Lund (bottom right) is the motivating presence behind Selkirk College’s push to bolster the numbers of rural doctors.

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A visit to a Friday afternoon chemistry lab is further proof that the cohort model and small classroom environment is already paying dividends. Three months into their education journey at Selkirk College, students work together with a spirit more often found with the cohesiveness of a sports team rather than the individualistic competitive pursuit of entrance into medical school.

“You can see already that the students in this program are going do something and they are going to do something great… It’s already a success,” says Lund. “I’m really proud of these students and very excited about the opportunities for them in the future. Whether they end up choosing medicine or another health field or something else completely different in science, this is where it starts.”

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Trail resident Al Holm was inducted along with his ‘65 Michigan Tech Huskies hockey team into the university’s Sports Hall of Fame last month. Holm (top-middle) captained the Huskies to the ‘65 NCAA national championship, backstopped by NHL Hall of Fame goalie Tony Esposito far right.

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It took 50 years, but Rossland native Al Holm and his Michigan Tech Huskies’ 1964-65 NCAA Div. 1 championship hockey team have found their rightful place in the Michigan Tech University (MTU) Sports Hall of Fame.

The team was inducted last month at a gala at the MTU Hall of Fame in Houghton, Mich. and each player awarded with a commemorative team plaque, a copy of the ‘65 NCAA plaque, and a replica of their original Huskies hockey jersey from the championship team.

“It was quite an honour, because it’s 50 years since we won the NCAA, and I was captain of the team so it was a special moment for me,” said Holm who travelled to the event with his son Brent. “It was awesome playing there, but also to get an education out of it too.”

In his senior year, Holm led the Michigan Tech Huskies to the NCAA final four, beating Brown 4-0 in the semi-final and Boston College 8-2 in the final to capture Michigan Tech’s second national championship in four years.

Holm was born and raised in Rossland, playing his minor hockey in the Golden City, and was captain of the first Rossland-Trail Junior team to win a provincial championship, the year prior to his leaving for UMT. Despite some professional offers, Holm refused to sign anything that would jeopardize his amateur status, and following in the skates of Nelson’s John Kosiancic, he eventually secured a scholarship to play hockey and study mathematics at UMT. “They didn’t scout,” said Holm. “It mainly went through word of mouth.

A local fellow told (UMT coach) John MacInnes about me, and MacInnes took a flyer on me, so that’s how I got down there.”

Holm was there for the first championship, but played on the Freshman squad with a young Pat Quinn. At the time, first year players were ineligible to play for the varsity team.

In the Huskies ‘65 run to the NCAA championship, Holm netted a pair of hat tricks to lift the Huskies over the Minnesota University Gophers in a two-game series, and advance to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) final against Dennis Hextall and first-place North Dakota, their biggest obstacle.

NDU led the WCHA standings by a half-game on the 24-5-2 Huskies.

Holm was one of only two seniors on the Huskies, so the young MTU squad was decided underdogs. But for all their youth, led by the line of Holm, Gary Milroy, and Wayne Weller, the Huskies would triumph over the

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An excerpt from Houghton’s Daily Mining Gazette records Holm’s winning effort: “Holm looked Lech (NDU goalie) right in the eye, gave him a fancy head and shoulder fake, Lech went down like a sack of North Dakota potatoes, and Al flipped an easy score into the upper right corner of the net to give the Huskies a lead they never gave up.”

MTU travelled to Providence for the 18th NCAA championship, beating Brown 4-0 with goalie Rick Best recording the first shutout in the history of the championship. Despite the shutout, coach MacInnes went with Tony Esposito in goal in the final against Boston College, a controversial move among the Eastern sports writers but one that would pay off.

“MacInnes that year, he alternated goalies, Rick Best and Esposito, so we started Best against Brown . . .

The eastern sports writers were asking who was going to start the next night, and of course it’s going to be Esposito, and they said, ‘how can MacInnes do this?’,” explained Holm.

“We went Tony, and the next night we won 8-2.”

Holm returned to Trail after graduation, and worked at Cominco as a data processor for over 30 years until his retirement. He lives in Glenmerry with his wife Eileen and have two children, Michelle and Brent.

Michigan Tech would make it back to the title for three straight years, winning its third championship in 1975, but would lose to Herb Brooks and the Minnesota Gophers in ‘74 and ‘76.

The Trail Smoke Eaters allowed two goals in the opening two minutes, dropping a close 3-1 decision to the BCHL’s top team, the Penticton Vees, Wednesday at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

“We got two quick goals against, I think on the first two shots of the game, but after that we competed well,” said Smoke Eater coach Nick Deschenes. “We just lacked a little bit in the execution department.”

Penticton affiliate player Jordy Bellerive scored the winning goal and his first goal as a Vee, when he gathered a drop pass from Mitch Newsome and beat Smoke Eater goalie Adam Todd with a wicked wrist shot blocker side to give the Vees a 2-0 lead at 1:47 of the first.

Before the ice had dried, Jack Ramsey scored just 20 seconds into the match after he capitalized on a Trail turnover. Ramsey’s shot quickly went in and out of the net and was initially waved off by the referee. The play continued and at the other end of the ice, Trail’s Charlie Zuccarini whistled a shot off the cross-bar on a breakaway. Eventually the play was whistled dead and the four officials convened at center ice and ruled that Ramsey’s shot did indeed go in.

The Smoke Eaters regrouped following the second goal, taking the play to the Vees for the remainder of the period, but missed opportunities foiled the Smokies offensively.

“The game could have gone either way, but I really felt we had an opportunity to win that game had we executed. The effort was there, and it (the game) was there to be had.”

The Vees however would come out hard in the second outshooting the Smokies 13-7, but Todd, the game’s third star, kept the period scoreless with a number of good saves.

Dakota Conroy finally broke through in the third

as he walked out of the corner and beat Todd up high at 5:46 to put the Vees up 3-0.

Griffyn Martin, however, spoiled Hunter Miska’s shutout bid midway through the third. Right off the face-off, Martin leaned into a slap shot that found its way through traffic and over Miska’s arm at 12:40.

The 24-4-0-1 Vees outshot Trail 30-23 and went 0-for-2 on the power play while the Smokies were 0-for-3.

New acquisitions Steve Penner and Cooper Leitch played in the game after a long day of travel on the road from Prince George.

“They were definitely a physical presence out there, both of them had probably three or four big hits each, so that’s kind of what we need as a group.”

Penner and Leitch came to Trail in a trade for Viktor Dombrovskiy earlier this week, and should make an immediate impact especially against physical teams like Vernon with former Smokie and Trail native Riley Brandt banging it up this Saturday at the Cominco Arena.

“Vernon is going to be a huge test, but we haven’t shown up against them yet, but it’s at home so there should be no reason for us to take them lightly,” said Deschenes.

The Smoke Eaters have had success against Powell River Kings and will look to make it 3-0 on Sunday. The Smokies will have to neutralize top-10 scorers Jared Lukosevicius with 38 points and Kurt Keats, 37 points, and, more than that, finish their own opportunities.

“We’ve got to continually step it up a notch,” said Deschenes. “We have to command success, and demand it from our group.

The opportunities are there and, like the Island trip, were just coming up short by such a small margin.”

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By Times Staff Old rivalries will renew this weekend as five teams battle it out at the Nelson Curling Centre for one berth in the Men’s Provincial Curling Playdowns.

Two Trail teams are entered, however, with familiar names like Deane Horning, Don Freschi and Elkford’s, Ken McHargue noticably absent, the door is open for a new team to walk through to the BCs. Rob Ferguson will skip one Trail rink with third Brian LeMoel, second Joey Ferguson, and lead Marcus Partridge rounding out the foursome, while former Horning second Rob Norbert will skip the team comprised of third James McKenzie, second Hugh Bennett, and lead Kevin Nesbitt.

Kimberley curler Tom Buchy’s foursome advanced to the provin-

cial last year and will look to do the same with Dave Stephenson as third, Dave Toffolo second, and Darren Will as third.

Castlegar curler Myron Nichol will also be in the mix with Bill VanYzerloo, Garry Beaudry, and Barry Marsh on board, while skip Josh Firman’s Creston rink rounds out the field. Firman’s rink is back with Jim MacAulay as third, Doug Bothamley second and Vern Ronmark lead.

The opening draw goes at 5 p.m. with Nichol taking on Ferguson on sheet 1 and Norbert facing Firman on sheet 4 at the Nelson Curling Centre.

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The four decades preceding that date produced six Stanley Cups ( in 12 trips to the finals). The four decades after the signing of Big Jean produced 18 Cups (in 21 finals tries).

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When Beliveau arrived in Montreal teams were allowed a full two minutes on the power play. Not long afterwards the NHL, because of how prolific the Canadiens’ extra-man attack had become with Beliveau at the controls, changed the rule to the current model in

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When Beliveau arrived in Montreal nobody translated the team name to “Canadians,” they were considered simply a French-Canadien franchcise. Led by Big Jean, a working-class Quebecer, the team embraced, and was embraced by, the entire country.

From the first time he spoke about it and after, during the, “Quiet Revolution,” and the separatist movement and the Parti Quebecois and the Bloc, he, and therefore the team and much of the province, identified as Canadian, albeit proud Quebecers too. It may not be too much to say Beliveau’s attitude swayed just enough voters in the too-close-to-call referendum in 1995 to save the nation as we know it.

There has not been, and won’t be again, another athlete/citizen who was such a paragon. Despite awesome success in his chosen sport (it is very possible, like Gordie Howe, that Beliveau could have been a major baseball star, like his sports idol, Ted Williams) he was in all aspects sans pareill.

Even while he was playing at as high a level as anyone has ever played, Beliveau became better known for his integrity and humility than for just his hockey. He was twice offered the opportunity to become Canada’s Governer General, and twice refused the offer even though Canadians from coast-to-coast would have welcomed being represented by what most saw as, “the best of us.”

He had personal loyalties and family responsibilities which superseded anything the glamour of highly visible public service could offer. Not that he shunned public service - he is renowned for supporting charities of all kinds and promoting causes of goodwill. “He couldn’t say no,” one of his oldest acquaintances offered yesterday.

He is considered Hockey’s Captain, still, because of the force of his character, integrity and grace. For years Ted Lindsay, one of the fiercest of competitors, would stand even at the mention of Beliveau’s name, such was the respect he had for the Habs captain as a player and a man.

Just two more things.

Beliveau would advise young players, almost as the first lesson he gave about being in the NHL, to develop a legible signature and never leave home without a sharpie - in case they encountered a fan who did not have a pen.

With that commitment to the primacy of the supporters goes the fact that tens of thousands of hockey fans received hand-written responses to their letters to Big Jean, who replied as often as his schedule allowed him the time.

The other is, I have been assured by several who played with and against Beliveau that, along with his grace and skill, Big Jean was one of the toughest guys ever to play the game. Early on, he set Montreal records for penalties while being tested as a young phenom.

Later, such as John Ferguson said he was simply there to make sure Big Jean did not spend fighting majors in the penalty box, as there was no opponent with which that would be a fair deal for Montreal. Rough and tumble Johnny (Pie) Mackenzie ranked him at least top four all time tough - along with Gordie Howe, Larry Cahan and Ferguson.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t play violently or scrap. It was, as in all things, that Jean Beliveau had better, more civil, things to do with his valuable time.

Things like winning better than anybody ever has or will, and promoting the good, about hockey and life.

He will be missed.

If you have children interested in anything, Jean Beliveau’s style and approach make him the one role model for them that I unreservedly recommend.

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Bullies are putting friend’s well-being at stake Mailbox

Marcy Sugar & Kathy Mitchell

First understand that harassing someone for her religious beliefs (or lack thereof) is bullying and should be reported to the school authorities. It is very difficult when a student doesn’t conform to the dominant attitudes of the school, and it takes a great deal of courage to stand your ground. She is fortunate to have you on her side. Is there a sympathetic teacher or coach she can talk to?

If the bullying continues, her parents should speak to the school board and even the local police. We assume her parents are aware of the bullying. If not, please tell them immediately.

Your friend’s well-being

they should attempt to socialize outside their group, but their behavior hasn’t changed. One of the offended females is questioning why she and her spouse should even attend these gatherings.

Do you have any suggestions as to how to handle this situation? -- On the Outside Looking In Dear Outside: Are the parents around?

Mom or Dad should make it clear that this rude, exclusive behavior is inappropriate for family gatherings and will not be tolerated.

If there is no authority figure whom these women will listen to, your best option is to ignore them. It would be a shame for these family gatherings to disintegrate because a few people are terminal adolescents. Don’t treat them as if they are the cool kids in high school.

Talk to the other family members. Have the interesting and amusing conversations they

will be jealous to have missed.

Dear Annie: You’ve printed several letters about what to do with old photographs. Every photo has a meaning to someone. And all those photos are history to a family. As a hobby, I scan all family photos

and put them into a separate folder on my computer. I then edit them and burn them to a CD. If the family has five members, I burn five CDs. The best part is, I do a family movie with music and burn that to a DVD so the family can

watch it on TV. I also tell everyone to put the CDs and DVDs in a safe so they are protected from water or fire damage. -- Mesa, Ariz.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of Ann Landers.

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Dear Annie: Our extended family is relatively small, and we all live nearby. We gather for annual holiday dinners.

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However, we, the three excluded women, feel this behavior is rude. It makes us feel isolated and offended. After one such holiday, a comment was made to a clique member that

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Dear Annie: I am a middle school student, and one of my friends is depressed. She and her family are atheists, and they have been repeatedly harassed about it to the point that her worst fear is dying and going to hell.

I’m really scared for my friend. When we found out she was thinking about suicide the first time, we got her to go to the school counselor, who, instead of telling her that she was depressed and needed psychological help, told her she had made mistakes and needed to be more careful. This only decreased her already low selfesteem. Now she thinks she’s a coward. My friend is also painfully lonely and convinced that everyone hates her.

I do not trust the school to help, and neither does she. Everyone says she’s just being dramatic. I have no idea what I am supposed to do. -- Powerless Dear Powerless:

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake However, watch how other people are reacting!

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Parents must be patient and tolerant with kids today because the Full Moon can cause hissy fits and meltdowns. Romance might be a bit rocky as well. (Oh dear.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Today you will feel pulled between the demands of home and family versus the demands of your career and external world. With this Full Moon, you cannot ignore home and family.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Be careful, because this is an accident-prone day. Keep your wits about you, and be mindful at all times. Think before you speak or do anything.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Something to do with how things are shared or divided might be a problem today. The Full Moon

For Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) The Full Moon today can create an accident-prone situation, so do be careful.

Slow down and take it easy.

Pay attention to everything you say and do.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Squabbles about possessions, money or cash flow might come to a head today.

Just be cool, because you need to keep a level head in financial discussions.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20)

Today, the only Full Moon in your sign all year is taking place. This is why disputes with close friends, partners and spouses likely will arise. Patience is your ally.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Be patient with those at work today, because the Full Moon can cause people to lose it. You don’t have to succumb to these vibes.

energy does not lend well to compromise and reconciliation. Wait a day or two.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Today the only Full Moon opposite your sign all year is taking place. Naturally, this will create heated discussions with you and others.

Stay chill.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Challenges with co-workers, especially females, are

likely today because of the Full Moon. Just be aware that this tension is shortlived -- gone in 48 hours.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Don’t be too demanding with children today, or even with romantic partners.

Today’s Full Moon creates stress in all relationships but especially playful ones.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20)

Despite the demands

of home and family, you cannot ignore your career today. The Full Moon will make it difficult for you to make these choices, because it feels like a tug-of-war.

YOU BORN TODAY You are resilient and pragmatic.

You know how to make the best out of any situation.

You are kind and caring.

Go slowly this year. There is something important to learn. The first half of this year will seem slow, but

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Our hardworking carriers thank you!

If you have the time, be a good neighbour and shovel someone else’s walk too!

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soon your efforts of the past six years will start to show results! Get out into nature this year.

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career opportunity Accounting Technician Reference Number 1410 Reporting to the Controller and part of the Finance team, the Accounting Technician is responsible for providing a range of accounting and financial services for Columbia Power. This includes accounts payable, banking, administering corporate credit card systems and employee travel claims, cash flow analysis, and routine preparation of monthly working papers, journal entries and account reconciliations.

The ideal candidate will be a secondary school graduate with post-secondary education in accounting; experience in finance and administration; knowledge of Great Plains Dynamics and MS Office spreadsheet applications; able to demonstrate a high degree of confidentiality: and, the ability to work independently and in a dynamic team environment.

Qualified applicants interested in joining a dynamic team are encouraged to visit the Careers section of columbiapower.org for the detailed job description.

Closing date for this position is December 10, 2014.

Please refer to Job #1410 when submitting your application.

Kidney disease strikes families, not only individuals.

GLACIER HONDA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY GLACIER HONDA IS LOOKING FOR A FULL TIME BOOKKEEPER TO JOIN THEIR TEAM

Job opening: January 2015 Responsibilities include performing all accounting functions for the dealership: - Cash Control, Payroll, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, GST, PST and other source deduction remittances.

- Preparing monthly financial statements.

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- Preparing Year End documents.

Job requirements: - Prior experience in accounting.

- Knowledge of automotive accounting systems, PBS and Quickbooks preferred.

- Knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Salary is negotiable based on experience. Benefits package offered.

Please send resume and cover letter to: glacierhonda@telus.net Attn: Ron Cutler or drop off at 1602 Columbia Ave Castlegar BC V1N 1H9

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West Trail Route 149 7 papers Binns St, McAnally St, Kitchener Ave

Warfield Route 195 12 papers Blake Crt,Whitman Way

Sunningdale Route 211 26 papers Hazelwood Dr, Olivia Cres, Viola Cres.

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Enjoy a very supportive environment, great quality of life and reasonable cost of living in the West Kootenays. You will have an excellent benefit package along with a competitive salary.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Implements, through a project management framework, numerous district wide software systems including the conversion of our student information system 2. Provides level one MyEducationBC support to all users in the district 3. Provides software support for a variety of other district wide software implementations 4. Trains users on the functionality of a variety of software systems 5. Creates documentation, work flows, job aids, etc. to help support users in the use of a variety of software systems 6. Creates custom reports using available tools to help support data driven decisions throughout the district 7. Logs and tracks issues; routes issues to appropriate team member 8. Creates and manages user accounts in a variety of systems 9. Installs, configures and troubleshoots current business and education software 10. Performs other related duties If you are up for the challenge and interested in applying for the position please refer to the Careers section of our website (www.sd20.bc.ca/ careers.html) for how to apply. Applications are due by noon on Monday December 15, 2014. It is understood that applicants agree to confidential reference checks of all previous employers. We appreciate your interest but regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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77 Walnut Ave $

Fruitvale

319,000

250.231.4420

Rob

EAST TRAIL, Second Ave., near Safeway. 33x100 lot.

Ideal location for small business. City property tax break for 10 years. 250-368-5749

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149,000

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219,000 Trail

120 Mountain Side Dr, Fruitvale

Location, Location, Location!

This home is located close to hospital, shopping, schools and Gyro Park.

The perfect place to enjoy your golden years. Over 2400sq ft of carefree living in Mountain Side Life Lease Villas.

98,000 Fruitvale

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Attention horse people! This 4 bedroom home is all set up for horses! 3 separate fenced areas/ pasture, large 30’x 52’shop with attached hayshed/barn

250.231.9484 Nathan

Nathan 1032 Airport Rd, Salmo

$179,500

SOLD

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New Price

$299,900

2363 Caughlin Rd, Fruitvale

$

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Rhonda 1201 Columbia Avenue, Trail

138,500

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Fruitvale

Information Systems – Enterprise Systems Support School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia) is a looking for an Information Systems – Enterprise Systems Support specialist to join our team.

This challenging fulltime district position will provide support for a variety of the district’s enterprise software systems including overseeing the conversion and implementation of a new student information system being used across the province - MyEducationBC (Follett’s Aspen).

1252 Bay Avenue, Trail 250.368.5222 1993 Columbia Ave, Rossland 250.362.5200

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250.231.9484

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“It’s YOUR move. You want it handled with care”

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299,900 Rossland

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Rossland

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Marie-Claude

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The Corporation of the City of Rossland City Council Procedure Bylaw

NOTICE OF INTENT This is a notice to the residents of the City of Rossland of Council’s intention to enact a new Procedure Bylaw pursuant to section 124 of the Community Charter.

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The purpose of the Procedure Bylaw is to: a) establish rules of procedures for council meetings; b) establish rules of procedures for committee meetings; c) provide for the taking of minutes of council and committee meetings; d) provide for advance public notice of council and committee meetings; e) identify places for the posting of public notices,

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and other matters relating to the conduct of council business.

Discussions on the drafting of the new Procedure Bylaw will take place at the Regular Meeting of Council on Monday, December 8, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers. Comments from citizens concerning the content of the draft bylaw are welcome.

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PARKSIDE APARTMENTS. Large 1bdrm., insuite laundry, AC, secure quiet building. Call Richard 250-368-7897 SUNNINGDALE, spacious, bright 1bd, perfect for couple/ senior, n/p,n/s. 778-515-1512 250-368-5695 TRAIL, 2 Bedroom condo, $725./mo. incl. electricity; elevator, F/S, laundry room, free parking, NS/ NP. 250-3643978 TRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, perfect for seniors/ professionals.

Cozy, clean, quiet, comfortable. Must See. Best kept secret downtown Trail. 250368-1312 WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 2-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888 W.TRAIL, 2Bdrm. in 4-plex., enclosed parking. $580./mo.

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NOTICE OF DISPOSITION RE: Property owned by the late Jack Crutch of site #8, 916 Airport Road, Salmo, BC V0G 1Z0.

Take notice that pursuant to section 37 (3) of the Regulation to the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act, the landlord of the Manufactured Home Park at 916 Airport Road intends to dispose of a 1976 Canadiana Manufactured Home 14 X 70 feet and its contents, located in the Riverside Mobile Estates, Salmo, BC 30 days after the publication date of this notice. Unless: -You establish a legal right to possession of the Property, or -You make an application to the Supreme Court to establish such a right.

After the expiration of the 30 day period, the Property will be disposed of with no further notice to you.

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New Year’s Resolution: Hot rides and buys for 2015 Here are what I consider to be five important cars for 2015.

This sixth generation Explorer marks the 25th anniversary of the iconic SUV, with over 350,000 sold in Canada so far.

Mazda MX-5 2015 Jeep Renegade Over the last few years Mazda has been introducing There is no question that the merger of Fiat and vehicles with its new Skyactiv technology but there is Chrysler has helped to introduce many new vehicles. one car that will signify the culmination of all the things The small car segment is a perfect example; the Fiat Mazda does well, the next generation MX-5 (Miata).

500 and its variations has been a plus The MX-5 will come in 2015 as a 2016 for Chrysler’s bottom line. Built in Europe model and all eyes are on Mazda to see on the Fiat 500L platform, this smaller what it can deliver. The bodywork is more Jeep Renegade replaces the Compass dramatic and having seen it in person, and Patriot models. Powered by either the dimensions look fanatic but the new a 160hp, 1.4L turbocharged 4-cylinder front grille might take a while to adapt too. or a larger 184hp, 2.4L 4-cylinder, Jeep The two-seat cockpit is roomier, thanks to claims that this compact crossover is a wider body and longer wheelbase but still a capable vehicle because of two the overall length is 105mm shorter and

by Zack Spencer available all-wheel-drive (AWD) systems.

20mm lower.

The standard models will be available with front-wheelThe 2.0L Skyactiv direct injection 4-cylinder will power drive (FWD), with either a 6-speed manual or 9-speed this lightweight car and power will go to the rear automatic transmission. wheels though a 6-speed manual transmission. Engine Styling is all-American; the signature Jeep grille is maroutput has not been announced, neither has the price, ried perfectly into the boxy design, as too are other Jeep but expect the car to be competitive with the 2015 styling cues. The interior is has a rugged, yet upscale model on price. design that features all of Jeep’s latest technology, Ford Explorer including the award winning Uconnect infotainment The sixth generation Ford Explorer will arrive in 2015 system. Pricing has not been announced but expect it as a 2016 model, now with new 2.3L EcoBoost engine shortly as it is due at dealerships very soon. available on the base and XLT trim. This replaces the older 2.0L Ecoboost and provides a 270hp, a 13 per cent bump over the last version. The 290hp 3.5L V6 is carried over but the Sport trim and new Platinum trim will be fitted with the 365hp Ecoboost V6. Ford claims that styling is the number one purchase consideration so the shape was retained but new grille and LED headlamps help refresh the look.

Honda HR-V Coming in 2015 is another SUV, smaller than the CR-V, helping to define the new subcompact SUV market.

This little runabout is built off the excellent Honda Fit platform and will include many of the features that make that car a standout. The first is the interior of the HR-V. It will also feature Honda’s Magic Seats that flip

and fold for amazing versatility. The same 1.8L 4-clinder engine with 138hp will power this vehicle, either with FWD or AWD, through a continuously variable transmission or 6-cpeed manual. Pricing will be introduced closer to the introduction this coming spring. Built in Mexico, the HR-V will give Honda the same leg up that the original CR-V did for the small SUV segment.

Chevrolet Volt It might surprise many people that the best selling electric car in Canada is the Chevrolet Volt, not the sexy Tesla Model S. There are many reasons for this, mainly the fact that the Volt provides all-electric transportation for 65 kms but with the aid of a small 4-cylinder generator to extend the range over 300 kms. This car has all of the upside of an electric car with none of the range limiting restrictions. In 2015, Chevrolet will introduce the second generation of Chevrolet Volt, one that hopes to improve on the usability of the car in terms of comfort and electric driving range. General Motors will showcase the next generation car in January at the Detroit Auto Show and the company’s CEO has stated that the new car “will store more energy in its battery pack with fewer cells, yet go further on a charge.”

General Motors claims that 80 per cent of current Volt owners commute entirely on electric power, so any improvement to range will help increase this number.

The Volt isn’t a huge volume seller for General Motors but this new model will help the company to showcase what it can do technologically. General Motors has the capability to produce some the most advanced cars on the road.

Question of the Week Alexandra Straub writes this week about the unusual new colours featured on cars at the LA Auto Show. Do you favour one colour when you buy a car. If so, what and why?

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Safety Tip: On average, there are almost double the crashes resulting in injury or fatality in B.C. due to driving too fast for conditions in December. In poor conditions, slow down, increase your following distance and give yourself plenty of time to get to your destination.

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Eye catching hues on shiny new wheels

By Alexandra Straub

When it comes to picking a shade to best represent your vehicular product, sometimes silver or a black just won’t do.

There were some standout hues on vehicles displayed at the recent LA Auto Show,

goodness knows which, if any of them, will make it your local showrooms.

Here are a few vehicles that not only had flair, but the paintwork to match.

2015 Ford Edge If the name “Electric Spice” doesn’t grab your attention,

then the actual colour itself will. You could label it as bright gold. But not a gaudy gold. Yes, it’s bright, and probably will repulse some crossover shoppers, but it doesn’t look half bad on the 2015 Ford Edge.

2015 Chevrolet Spark

Lime and Electric Blue are just some colours you will find on Chevrolet’s pint-sized cars.

While they might not attract your gaze because of their size, they can certainly catch your eye because of their electrifying tones.

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Event thanks incredible volunteers Sheri Regnier photo

The incrEDIBLE trail's gathering on Wednesday evening welcomed some of the community's tiniest hands that helped grow the landscaping initiative throughout the city this summer. Zoe Clarke (left) enjoyed a slice of the night's celebratory cake and Melissa and Dylan Granzeveld proudly accepted an incrEDIBLE thank you from project's committee. See story Page 3.

The Local Experts™

KOOTENAY HOMES INC.

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1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818 www.kootenayhomes.com www.century21.ca

STING NEW LI

Mark Wilson

250-231-5591

mark.wilson@century21.ca

430 Wellington Avenue, Warfield

$199,000

628 Forrest Drive, Warfield

$229,000

ON the water! This beautiful property is on Trail Creek. Owner built and owned, this home is warm and cozy. 3 bdrms, gleaming hardwood floors, and curved doorways. Basement has large workshop area. There is good parking with carport and garage. Call or text for your personal viewing.

The work has been done. Upgrades include extensive electrical and plumbing, and roofing. The kitchen is gorgeous. There are 3 bdrm on main and 1 down and the location is terrific.

Call your REALTOR® for your appt to view, you will be glad you did.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

GREAT HOME FAMILY

Terry Alton 1823 Kootenay Ave, Rossland

250-231-1101 640 Shelley Street, Warfield

1463 Bay Ave, Downtown Trail

Here’s your chance to get into the Real Estate market. Affordable home situated on a large 60x100 lot with fruit trees and garden. 2 bdrms and a full walk-out basement. Plenty of parking for all the toys. Bright and sunny

Well maintained 3 bdrm family home with lots of upgrades! Bright sun room, amazing views, new flooring, paint, trim, railing, electrical and windows. Call your realtor today to view!

Updated and very clean space in downtown core. Security system, air conditioned, and great access to bring in large items. In an area of long standing businesses with good foot traffic.

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

Call Art (250) 368-8818

$180,000

$214,000

For Lease

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250-231-2331

jodi.beamish@century21.ca

$237,500

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Tonnie Stewart

Jodi Beamish

82 Walnut Avenue, Fruitvale

Very solid 3 plus bdrms/2 bthrm home in a Great location heat pump - central vacuum - great private street close to schools, shopping and village center - many renovations have been done - kitchen-bathroomflooring - great flat fenced lots - Call your REALTOR® today.

terryalton@shaw.ca

Mary Martin

250-231-0264

mary.martin@century21.ca

439 Rossland Avenue, Trail

$68,000

Small and compact this home offers the perfect place for a single or couple at a very affordable price. Many upgrades include a newer kitchen, upgraded bathroom, some wiring and plumbing, air conditioning and more! Call now before it’s gone!

55 Hazelwood Drive, Trail

31 Hillside Drive, Trail

Sunningdale market for excellent price.

Very clean, great fenced yard, detached garage, 3 bdrm 1 bath.

Quick possession available.

3 bdrm 1 bath Rancher with detached garage backs onto green space.

Add your own personal touches to make this yours.

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

Call Terry 250-231-1101

Call Terry 250-231-1101

$185,000

$169,000

Richard Daoust

250-368-7897

richard.daoust@century21.ca

Mary Amantea

250-521-0525

STING NEW LI

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Bill Craig

250-231-2710

bill.craig@century21.ca #203 880 Wordsworth Avenue, Warfield

$88,900

2 bedroom low maintenance condo beautifully updated and ready to move in.

Lovely laminate floors, renovated bathroom, new modern kitchen. Exercise facility, and newer laundry on main floor of complex.

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

Deanne Lockhart

804 Redstone Drive, Rossland

$399,000

250-231-0153

This near new home is built in a contemporary style with 3 bdrms ,2 baths and an open floor plan. The exterior is tastefully finished with low maintenance in mind and has 8 years left on the 10 year new home warranty.

deannelockhart@shaw.ca

Art Forrest

Call Richard (250) 368-7897

250-368-8818 c21art@telus.net

Christine Albo 250-512-7653

3346 Laurel Crescent, Trail

$192,800

83 Perdue Street, Trail

$159,000

This immaculate gem offers 3 bdrms, 2 full baths, beautifully decorated with modern spacious kitchen and bathrooms, wood floors, high ceilings, large living room and updated windows and doors. Move right in and enjoy Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

For additional information and photos on all of our listings, please visit

www.kootenayhomes.com

This townhouse is in the prime location, with greenspace and river behind it.

Private, fenced back-yard with large patio. There are 3 bdrms and 1.5 baths.

Open floor plan with newer patio doors. Central air-conditioning, u/g sprinkling and carport. Call your REALTOR® today.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

christine.albo@century21.ca

Dave Thoss

250-231-4522

dave.thoss@century21.ca

Dan Powell

Christina Lake 250-442-6413

powelldanielk@gmail.com