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Recreation still the main issue for citizens and council

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

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Terry Jesudason has been ringing in kettle campaign donations outside the BC Liquor Store in East Trail for a decade. With just over one week left for the annual fundraising drive, the local Salvation Army is halfway to its $32,000 target. See story Page 2.

New CP Rail policy implemented after residents voice concerns

BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff

CP Rail has changed policy after a public meeting in Trail nearly a month ago.

The railway has put new requirements on tree clearing around tracks and crossings and Linda Worley, Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) Area B director, is happy to see progress and collaboration.

The issue arose when a Castlegar resident brought

large chunks of tree branch to a Nov. 21 meeting with CP Rail in Trail. The goal was to show CP Rail representative Mike LoVecchio how dangerous clearing trees with automated machines can be.

The branches, about five inches across with jagged edges, had been launched into residential areas near the tracks.

The main concern for meeting attendees was the safety of their families and homes.

With the municipal election now in the bag, the Montrose mayor and council are being taken to task over the outstanding matter of recreation in the region.

Danchuk assured village residents during his second term campaign that reaching a fair recreation deal between the Beaver Valley and Trail would top his list of priorities in the coming year.

Montrose residents Ian McAlpine and George Jones addressed the topic with council Monday night, reiterating their frustration over upfront costs and the lack of up-todate communication for village residents.

The double whammy Beaver Valley residents are subject to every time they want to swim, play ball or slap a puck around, is unfair to all kids and adults, said McAlpine.

“I've been hearing so much about money saved, money saved, money saved from the recreation commission,” he explained.

“We are talking about a social mecca for hockey and ball. So to prevent one person from being able to attend any recreational facility or program within this combined area is Now, any branches that exceed a certain size, if there is a residential area nearby, will be cleared by hand and chainsaw, hopefully limiting the number of tree pieces strewn across neighbourhoods in Castlegar.

“This policy change is big,” she said. “(CP) invited the contractor to a meeting to answer questions about company policies and now there is a strict policy in place and we hear that the new criteria will be

shameful. There is no reason for it and it should not have been tolerated by the residents of Montrose, Fruitvale or Area A.” He and George Jones attended the regular meeting looking for answers about the status of discussion within the Beaver Valley Recreation Commission (BV Rec) including a timeline of when a potential agreement might be reached.

“We are asking council to consider putting recreation on the agenda as a standing item so we know as a community at least in Montrose, what our representative is bringing back from those meetings.

“The residents of Beaver Valley don't deserve another surprise like we got last year and I think councils can prevent that from happening.”

Danchuk took over as the Montrose representative to the commission early last year after the community was up in arms after the decision to end the recreation agreement was made without any public involvement.

“Ninety per cent of my time is going to be spent on recreation,” Danchuk confirmed to McAlpine and Jones. “And council is feeling the same thing,” he added.

See CITIZEN, Page 4 strictly adhered to. They have put restrictions on the work.”

A policy change isn't the only item that was followed up on after the meeting.

Worley says she saw maintenance trucks taking a look at areas on the tracks. At the Trail meeting, two residents from Rivervale had voiced concerns and shown photos of the state of the tracks with rotten rail ties and corroding tracks.

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Whether it’s snowing, raining or the sun is shining, volunteers throughout Trail are committed to manning their stations during the Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle Campaign.

In fact, the colder the better for Terry Jesudason, a 10-year church member who’s been standing outside an East Trail kettle site in 90-minute stints since 2004.

“I really love winter and I like being outside, which isn’t always easy for some of the people in our congregation,” she said.

“My theory for keeping my feet warm is I put a piece of blue styrofoam under that mat I stand on,” Jesudason explained. “I have all my Arctic gear from when I lived in the north so I really don’t feel the cold. And standing outside gives me the chance to meet a lot of people as they are going by.”

After moving back to her hometown of Trail following a 35-year absence, Jesudason had the idea to commit to volunteering and give back to the community, so joining the Salvation Army was a palpable choice.

She became involved in the kettle campaign that year, and over the past decade has heard countless recollections from passersby about the benevolence of the Salvation Army.

However, there’s one facet to ringing in kettle donations that has her awestruck year after year.

been working toward the Trail branch’s $32,000 goal since the kettle campaign launched three weeks ago.

The annual drive is about halfway to its target, confirmed Major Wilf Harbin on Tuesday, noting that about $16,000 has been raised to date.

All money raised stays local and is primarily used for Christmas hampers and the Salvation Army Family Services Program, housed on Rossland Avenue.

“We had about $1,000 more this time last year,” explained Harbin. “But it really seems to depend on the weather.

The more it snows, the better it is for the kettles because people seem to be in a more festive spirit.”

Besides over 200 regular food hampers being handed up this month, an additional 300 Christmas hampers, laden with holiday goodies and new toys for children, have been organized for those in need.

“People come and see what they are getting and they have tears in their eyes,” said volunteer Linda Zol during Monday’s Christmas hamper day. “They just can’t believe it.”

The charitable campaign throughout the rest of Canada is also halfway to its national goal of raising $21 million this holiday season.

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Smiling faces and happy attitudes is not what someone would expect to see at an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone.

But that is just what nurse practitioner and Rossland native, Patrice Gordon, found when she arrived.

She has been working in the Kenema treatment centre for the last couple of weeks and still has some time left in West Africa.

After more than a few dropped calls and some spotty cell phone reception from Sierra Leone during a phone interview with the Trail Times on Dec. 11, she shared some of her experiences fighting the deadly Submitted Photo disease.

Patrice Gordon feeds a baby being treated for Ebola. Many of the children in “It is really intense,” she told the the Kenema treatment centre have lost their parents and their family memTimes. “It is hard to isolate one bers. Patients rally around the children who have lost their families, making particular story. Everyday, they just for an upbeat environment. Gordon is wearing her protective gear with her come at us so fast. Every patient has name written on her forehead to distinguish her from other care providers. got a tragedy wrapped up in them.”

One story Gordon shared was one receiving treatment. Patients support incurable illness. Health care profesof loss, but also shows those in the each other when awaiting daily blood sionals give patients lots of fluids centre coming together to support test results. and a highly nutritious substance each other.

“When someone is getting their that resembles peanut butter to keep “We have a one-month old baby in blood drawn one day and the result their immune system as healthy as there right now whose mother just comes the next day, that is a topic of it can be. died a couple of days ago and it is just discussion,” said Gordon. “Everyone Facebook messages, emails and tragic,” she said. “The others have is hoping that their blood result international recognition for the pulled together and will be negative and that patients' struggle and the work done “It is an take care of him. They person will be a recov- by care providers does just as much will come to us and say, ered Ebola survivor and for helping those at the treatment amazing upbeat 'the baby feels really is no longer susceptible. centre maintain their positive attiplace and I hot,' and then we pass They can't get it again tude and resolve. some Tylenol over the know that sounds and they are safe. It is a “Each morning when I go in, I talk fence. We tell them we wonderful thing.” to them about what I have received in surprising. It will be in there shortThere is no specific the way of emails and Facebook mescertainly ly. Everyone is pulling treatment for patients sages over night from people around surprised me.” towards the same goal.” whose blood has tested the world,” she said. “You just tell That common goal is positive for the Ebola them that everyone is pulling for Patrice Gordon what makes the treatvirus, and Gordon says them – not just Sierra Leone. It is ment centre an astonnew patients at the so important for the Sierra Leonean ishingly happy place to be. Gordon Kenema centre are actually treated nurses as well because they are there applauded the emotionally healthy for other illnesses first. working for their own people and it environment, despite being sur“They have a fever, they get so is so important to them that their rounded by sickness and loss. dried out and it is so hot here,” she work is recognized, applauded and “It is an amazingly upbeat place said of the 40 C weather. “Every not forgotten.” and I know that sounds surprising,” patient is treated for malaria, given Time Magazine has even recently she said. “It certainly surprised me. an antibiotic for any bacterial illness named those fighting Ebola as the There is a huge amount of tragedy they may have and they are given People of the Year. and loss and sadness, but it is the multi vitamins, or Tylenol and if they “The patients are the most heroic good stuff that keeps us going – the have specific issues like bleeding or Ebola fighters of all, they are the ones people that recover and go home.” diarrhea, we take care of that.” fighting it for their very lives, but the Seeing former patients leave Symptom management is the idea that internationally, people are the treatment centre, having been main course of treatment for those caring about them is so powerful,” cleared of infection, is one of the infected with Ebola. The idea is to get said Gordon. main motivators for patients still their body strong enough to fight the See RED, Page 16

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Noise issue taken up by local MP FROM PAGE 1 “I saw the maintenance inspection truck that is usually whizzing by at 20 miles per hour,” she said.

“I saw the vehicle stop on the tracks near Rivervale and he actually got out, walked along the rails making notes and then drove a bit further ahead doing the same thing.

“I am seeing some progress and some effort on the part of CP to try and address some of the problems (brought up at the meeting).”

One of the main issues at the meeting last month was the train coming from Castlegar to Trail, disturbing residents in the middle of the night blaring the whistle, anytime from midnight to 3 a.m.

MP Alex Atamanenko has taken on the issue of the noise, releasing a package about the problem and an open letter to the head of CP Rail Hunter Harrison.

Although Atamanenko still has yet to hear an answer, he says he has heard good things about the current schedule for the middle-of-the-night trains.

“Some people are saying that some of the trains are not going as late now, or in the early hours of the morning,” he said.

“I am wondering if maybe what we have done with the meeting and the letters and all that, if that has had an effect. They

would never admit that obviously, but if things are improving, that is a good thing.

“Officially, I haven’t had a response though.”

Atamanenko and Worley aren’t stopping their campaign to be heard by CP Rail, but at this point, the strategy is to wait and see.

“Let’s just wait it out,” said Atamanenko.

“Especially during the holidays, we aren’t going to get much of anything, but we will see what happens in January and February, then we will decide how to proceed.”

Worley says all she wants is a bit more recognition and understanding from CP. “I hope to see more collaboration,” she said.

“I want to see more courtesies given to the residents, whether it is through their local government to pass on to them, or if it is to the residents through the media, just to say what they are going to be doing.

“It’s just about letting us know that these changes are going to take place, not just make a unilateral decision that affects people very negatively.

“To me, that is not a good corporate neighbour.”

Anyone with complaints or concerns regarding the train noise, state of the tracks or safety can contact Worley or Atamanenko.

Trail woman struck by vehicle succumbs to injuries

By Times Staff A Trail resident who was struck by a car at an East Trail crosswalk has succumbed to her injuries and passed away Monday.

Carla Vivian Evans, 68, was one of two people struck by a vehicle in a marked crosswalk at Robertson Street on Dec. 9 around 7 p.m.

The crash is being investigated by the West Kootenay Traffic Services, which said in a press release that alcohol, distracted driving and speed were not factors.

The investigation is continuing.

According to police, the second victim remains in the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital and is recovering from internal injuries.

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Government gives green light to Site C Dam THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is pushing ahead with the controversial $8.5 billion Site C hydroelectric

dam on the Peace River in the province’s northeast.

Premier Christy Clark said Tuesday her government arrived at the decision after very

careful analysis.

“It was not an easy decision to come to.

In order for our economy to grow, we need to ensure there is power.”

Clark said the dam will bring clean, reliable and affordable power to the province.

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Particularly if it’s a first offence, she may be able to persuade the Crown prosecutor that “diversion” (sometimes called “alternative measures”) would be appropriate. The prosecutor is in a position to “divert” the case out of the criminal justice court process altogether and substitute alternative measures. This may happen if you acknowledge you’re sorry for what you did and agree to make amends – the alternative measures could mean returning or paying for the stolen property, counselling, making a gift to charity and/or spending time doing community service. If the prosecutor agrees to divert the case, there’s no court hearing, no conviction and no criminal record. But beware – even if obtained, it’s a one-time-only pass.

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conservation, Clark said that doesn’t eliminate the need for new energy.

“Is going to benefit British Columbians for generations,” she told a crowd in Victoria.

Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett said the decision to go ahead with the project is what’s best for ratepayers and what’s best for B.C. The dam would be the third on the Peace River, flooding 5,550 hectares of land over an 83-kilometre stretch of valley and it ranks as B.C.’s most expensive public project.

Bennett said he doesn’t expect First Nations to publicly endorse Site C, but he was hopeful benefit agreements could be negotiated. He said First Nations companies and people could profit greatly from the project through construction contracts and jobs.

Last fall, some First Nations in northeast B.C. issued the government an ultimatum, saying it must decide between developing the lique-

fied natural gas industry or Site C. They can’t have both, they said.

The proposed dam is located in the heart of the province’s natural gas fields, where drilling will occur and pipelines to B.C. northwest will be built.

A recent letter sent by the Treaty 8 Tribal Association in Fort St. John to Bennett and Finance Minister Mike de Jong said the First Nation is convinced Site C is not the most economic alternative and “involves unacceptable and unnecessary risks.”

The project has been undergoing public reviews and consultations with First Nations, communities and stakeholders since 2007.

The Crown Owned BC Hydro said it reached a major milestone recently when it received federal and provincial environmental certificates as long as more than 80 conditions are met before it proceeds.

Last spring’s joint review panel report weighing the pro-

ject found the dam would cause significant adverse effects on the environment and wildlife, as well as aboriginals, farmers and other users of the Peace River valley.

But the benefits are clear and the alternatives, few, the panel appointed by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Authority said in its 471-page report.

BC Hydro’s environmental impact report issued last year concluded a diverse range of wildlife species, including birds, bats, butterflies and fish destined to suffer habitat destruction from Site C, but the utility has plans to reduce and prevent harm to area wildlife and ecosystems.

The environmental impact statement also forecasts flooding more than 5,000 hectares of land, of which at least 3,800 hectares is agricultural land.

The project will also flood First Nations heritage sites and force up to 20 families - many life-long ranchers - to move.

Citizen seeks more timely information on recreation FROM PAGE 1 “We are moving ahead with getting what our costs were this year and are hopefully going to meet sometime in January. I am positive and agreement can be worked out that will be very beneficial to everybody.”

The Dec. 9 recreation committee meeting was cancelled, he continued, adding that upcoming meetings are open and past minutes are public on the regional district website.

Additionally, Montrose council requested a service review in light of the closed meeting decision made by BV Rec’s three-members this time last year.

The service review was completed on Nov 20, said Kevin Chartres, Montrose’s chief administrative officer, noting it was initiated by Montrose for a policy to be established regarding additions, deletions and changes made to

services or programs.

“Policy has not been developed as yet and staff have been tasked to bring this to the committee at a later date early in the new year,” he said. “Any changes to services must be made by a predetermined date to allow staff to submit information for budgetary deliberations.”

The addition of new services must include a mandatory referral or presentation to council outlining the costs, feasibility, benefits, and anticipated recoveries, he added.

McAlpine asked that information be brought to Montrose council and village residents in a timely matter once discussions between the municipalities begin.

“There’s too many people wondering what is going to happen this year,” he said. “We just want to make sure things were and are proceeding.”

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Lapsed federal funds equal good fiscal management, says Treasury Board president THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Billions in federal funding left unspent each year is a sign of good financial management, says the minister who controls the government’s purse strings.

There’s no reason departments need to spend every dollar they’re allocated, Treasury Board Tony Clement said in an year-end interview with The Canadian Press.

“When money is passed

by Treasury Board, it is up to a certain amount; there is a public policy goal that has to be attained,” he said.

“And you know my opinion is, if they can achieve the public policy goal at a more accountable cost to the taxpayers, I think that’s generally a good thing.”

Last year, $7.2 billion was handed back to the treasury, with funds left unspent in most government departments.

The money was returned even as departments continue to grapple with cuts made as part of the deficitbusting exercise the government launched in 2012 after years of stimulus spending threw the books into the red.

For at least one department, those efforts are why some of their funding lapsed.

“The balance of the lapse, primarily in operating expenditures, can be attributed to the RCMP aligning its cost structure to implement savings initiatives announced in the 2012 Economic Action Plan,” the RCMP say in their 2013-2014 performance report.

At Foreign Affairs, over $25 million earmarked for programs in the developing world went unspent because of what the department describes as “project concepts not receiving project initiation authorization.”

On the veterans’ file, the lapsed funds - some $1.1 billion over the last seven years - have become a politicallysensitive issue, with veterans’ groups decrying the move as penny-pinching at the expense of benefits.

But Clement defended the cash coming back.

“Many of these programs are based on applications to the program or based on people fitting into the criteria,” he said, “I think a good case could be made that if less money is needed, it is because there is less demand for the program for whatever reason, demographic reasons or because the economy is better . . . I

don’t necessarily consider it a bad thing just as a matter definition, that if the money is not spent that that is somehow bad for public policy.”

Government policy dictates that any money not used by year-end has to be handed back over to the treasury, though departments can save two per cent of the unspent cash for use the next year.

If the government is doing its job, there should be no unspent funds, said Mathieu Ravignat, the NDP’s critic for the Treasury Board.

“If they actually identified the needs, clearly identified the needs, and earmarked the money appropriately then theoretically you would not be getting it back,” he said.

“Where the problem is (is) the financial management between the Treasury Board and the various departments.”

Lapsed funds are not a new phenomenon; in the past it was common for departments to rush to spend leftover cash by year end, a phenomenon known as March madness.

Efforts to reign in spending have done away with that practice, Clement said.

“I have successfully wrung that out of the system and

that’s why you’re seeing lapsed funding,” he said.

“To me that’s a sign of good management, not the reverse.”

But when managers are rewarded for not spending money by way of incentives a program the Conservatives put in place as part of their deficit reduction exercise that’s not a good sign, said the NDP’s Ravignat.

“Why have your department or your ministry plan to spend this money on delivering the services and then tell them, afterwards, that there is a reward for not spending it?,” he said.

Clement dismissed any suggestion that the lapsed funds are a deliberate part of the Tories’ budget-balancing strategy.

That’s not a viable way to balance the books, the minister said.

“You’ve got to look at the ongoing program budget in order to balance the budget in any meaningful way,” he said.

“Our view is that you can’t use trickery to balance the budget. That never works either. So it has to be a real and substantial balanced budget and that’s what we’re aiming for.”

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University puts dentistry exams on hold

THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX Dalhousie University has postponed exams at its dentistry school and launched an investigation after sexually violent comments were posted on a social media site about female students at the Halifax dental school.

University president Richard Florizone said Tuesday that the school has a responsibility to ensure it is free of harassment and it is looking at a range of options to deal with the allegations.

“People are deeply disappointed and concerned,” he said following a meeting with deans at the school.

“People find the language and the conversation entirely unacceptable.”

The school said the comments were reportedly shared on a Facebook page, which has since been taken down. He said a complaint was brought to his attention by a student within the past week and it was being

dealt with under the school’s harassment policy. But Florizone said he became more involved when more information became public Monday.

Florizone said the school has postponed remaining fourth-year exams in the faculty of dentistry and will reschedule them in January, citing anxiety among students that has been caused by the Facebook page.

The university said it is talking to both those who were involved in creating the page and women who were featured on it. But Florizone said it wasn’t yet clear what consequences might

be for the students who created it.

In its students’ code of conduct, penalties for violating set behavioural expectations range from a warning to a suspension or expulsion.

According to the CBC, members of the Class of DDS 2015 Gentlemen page voted on which woman they’d like to have “hate” sex with and joked about using chloroform on women.

In another post, a woman is shown in a bikini with a caption that says, “Bang until stress is relieved or unconscious (girl).”

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THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG - A new opinion poll suggests Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger’s approval rating is at an all-time low.

Only 17 per cent of respondents to the Angus Reid survey said they approve of Selinger’s Briefs performance.

That is down from 30 per cent from a similar poll in September.

Selinger has been fending off a revolt by some caucus members, including five former cabinet ministers who resigned their portfolios last month.

Angus Reid surveyed 800 Manitobans between December 4 and 13 as part of an online panel.

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Premier’s approval high THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA - A new opinion poll suggests Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall remains the most popular provincial leader in Canada.

Two-thirds of respondents to the survey said they approved of Wall’s performance.

Angus Reid surveyed 800 Saskatchewan residents as part of an online panel between Dec. 4 and 13.

The polling firm says Wall’s approval rating is statistically unchanged from similar surveys in September and June.

Wall is reluctant to take credit for the high rating, which he says is partly due to good luck.

“So much of this business is time. If you happen to be lucky and get into office at a good time, maybe that’s part of the explanation,” Wall says.

“There are so many external things, that’s all I know.”

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anadian shoppers have long suffered from higher prices on some consumer goods relative to other countries. For many Canadians, the price differences are most noticeable when they shop in the United States.

In an attempt to “remedy” the differences, the federal government has just introduced legislation, the so-called “Price Transparency Act.” It will force retailers to explain why Canadian prices are sometimes higher than American ones for the same products.

Industry Minister James Moore, who announced the proposed law, used overthe-top language from historic civil rights struggles to describe the occasional U.S.-Canada price gap. He calls differences between U.S. and Canadian retail prices “geographic price discrimination.” Moore admits other factors lead to higher Canadian prices – what he calls “legitimate costs of doing business” in Canada. But he claims the entire gap between U.S. and Canadian price tags cannot be explained by “legitimate” input costs.

The Act, if it becomes law,

will allow the governmentappointed Commissioner of Competition to force retailers to disclose “evidence,” which might “expose discriminatory pricing practices.”

Step back for a moment and consider the legislative absurdity. What counts as “legitimate pricing?” How many twisted investigations will this Act produce?

Suppose a retailer’s margin on Widget X is 10 per cent in the United States and 12 per cent in Canada. Any number of factors could explain the difference.

For example, perhaps the middleman, between the wholesaler and the retailer, is subject to higher property taxes in one Canadian city vis-a-vis a competitor south of the border.

To think a government is remotely capable of collecting and properly collating this type of comparative information assumes a degree of specific knowledge that governments do not possess. Why? Because millions of business decisions are made daily and are impossible to track.

All of this, however, ignores one significant reason why some prices

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in Canada are higher than those in the United States: government policy.

For example, as economist Ross McKitrick found recently, for large industrial users, electricity rates in Chicago in 2012 were 6.12 cents per kilowatt hour. Rates in Toronto were about double that figure.

Much of Ontario’s rising electricity rates are due to ill-advised and expensive government-mandated feed-in tariffs for wind power and other expensive types of power. That matters to manufacturers in the GTA when they face American competitors, and has an obvious effect on prices.

Or consider dairy and poultry products. Former Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay estimates that

Canadian consumers pay one and a half to three times more for milk, cheese, and other dairy and poultry products than they should because of federal “supply management” policy.

Supply management, which Americans do not face, restricts the supply of milk, cheese, eggs, chickens and the like, by limiting domestic production.

Imports of these products are also discouraged with tariffs that range from 202 per cent (skim milk) to 298 per cent (butter).

Findlay estimates the average family pays $200 more than they should, annually.

Maybe that doesn’t matter to some, but as economist Chris Sarlo has noted, wealthier households spend between 5 and 10 per cent of their income every year on food; low-income households spend almost one quarter of their income on groceries. So $1,000 in extra food costs over five years means a lot to poorer Canadian families. And government policy is to blame.

One last example: airline fares. Prices are kept high in Canada by a lack of competition, thanks to federal government policy that prevents full cabotage.

Cabotage is where foreign airlines can pick up and drop off passengers in the same country.

Where it exists (Europe), increased competition and lower prices result from heightened price competition, something the European Union has repeatedly noted.

The United States and Canada do not allow for full competition, but Americans benefit from a bigger market given their much larger population.

Thus, a continental market in airline travel would serve passengers if an American airliner could compete head-to-head with Canadian airlines on our domestic routes. But the federal government, by policy, won’t allow it. The result: higher airline fares in Canada.

Electricity prices in Ontario. Dairy and poultry products. Airline fares.

In each case, governments keep costs high for Canadian consumers.

It’s a safe bet that politicians will not be called before the Commissioner of Competition to explain their price-fixing schemes.

Mark Milke is a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute.

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The Christina Lake Stewardship Society (CLSS) held its annual review on Dec. 4 at the Christina Lake Community Hall.

More than 80 people from around the Boundary and beyond heard from a myriad of different speakers on the health status and future plans for the area.

Introducing the speakers and acting as facilitator was Grace McGregor, RDKB Area C (Christina Lake) director.

Speakers included Brenda LaCroix, CLSS stewardship coordinator and project manager; Jolene Raggett, environmental impact biologist for the Ministry of the Environment from Nelson; and Dave Webster, conservation officer for Grand Forks. Also speaking was Graham Watt, project coordinator for the Kettle River Watershed Plan, who launched the official

start of the recently completed plan.

The Christina Lake watershed plan was first adopted in 2005 and the group has met every year since, said LaCroix.

“Everything we talked about (today) runs around the watershed plan and what actions we first put in when we put the plan in,” she said.

“This annual review helps us review everything we’ve done, even stuff we haven’t been able to do to date, and where we’re going.”

In her speech, LaCroix talked about the plan and the highlights from the recent year for the stewardship society such as fisheries enumeration, water quality sampling, youth programs and aquatic invasive species monitoring and educational program.

Heather Ling, senior stewardship assistant, talked about the different invasive species and their effect on various ecosystems.

“I talked about the different invasive species in Christina Lake including the fish species and the plant spe-

cies,” she said. “I also talked about our education program which happened at the boat launch at Texas Creek

and through our interactive gallery.”

Ling said the students at the boat launch saw 286 water-

craft owners this year.

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Income inequality not a problem in Canada

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anada has long been known as a country that promotes the values of equity and fairness within our society. That helps to explain why the issue of economic inequality resonates with the media and among many of our political leaders.

With a federal election expected sometime in 2015, inequality is sure to get

more attention in the months ahead.

Globally, concerns over inequality are also on the rise. A recent article in “The Economist” magazine noted that 56 per cent of citizens in the advanced countries believe inequality is a problem. On most indicators, income inequality has indeed increased within most industrial countries, although it has dimin-

ished at the global level owing to a long stretch of relatively strong economic growth in China and many other emerging markets.

Much of the public and media discussion of economic inequality relies heavily on statistics and anecdotes drawn from the United States. This is problematic in the Canadian context, because the picture here differs in important ways from

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that south of the border.

Consider, first, the distribution of income among individuals and households. As documented in French economist Thomas Piketty’s influential book, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” the most affluent Americans have enjoyed stupendous increases in absolute income while also significantly boosting their share of the national economic pie in recent decades.

Focusing on the oftcited “top 1 per cent” of individual tax-filers, in the U.S., this small group accounted for almost one-fifth of total income in 2012, up from 17 per cent in 2009 and less than 15 per cent a dozen years ago.

What about the richest 1 per cent of tax-filers in Canada?

According to Statistics Canada, they received slightly more than 10 per cent of total income in 2012, down from the historical peak of 12 per cent recorded in 2006. That is, the most privileged 1 per cent of the population took only half as big a slice of the income pie in Canada as in the United States.

That’s a substantial difference. Moreover, while the American top 1 per cent has seen its share of overall income rise, in Canada the opposite appears to be the case, at least over the past several years.

How to explain this pattern? Adjusted for population size, there are simply far more wealthy people and high income-earners in the United States.

Tellingly, it takes a much bigger annual income – in excess of $100,000 more – to enter the ranks of the 1 per cent in the U.S. versus Canada. This reflects enduring differences between the two countries in size of market, the scale of economic and business activity (California’s economy is larger than Canada’s), the presence of relatively more

large corporations in the U.S., and America’s unique role as the leading global centre for entertainment, professional sports, finance, technological innovation, top-tier universities, and cutting-edge scientific, medical and business research.

An argument can also be made that social mores undergo a subtle shift when one crosses the 49th parallel. Public opinion surveys suggest that Americans are more accepting of private wealth and outsized incomes, and attach a higher value to material success than their humbler neighbours to the north.

There is a second important CanadaU.S. difference that also bears directly on the issue of inequality: the extent economic mobility across generations. Academic research confirms that a young Canadian born into a family of modest means – i.e., one in the bottom 20 per cent or 40 per cent of all households, ranked by income – is more likely to complete post-secondary education, and to move into a higher income category as an adult,

E-cigarettes top tobacco among teens THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Electronic cigarettes have surpassed traditional smoking in popularity among teens, the government’s annual drug use survey finds.

Even as tobacco smoking by teens dropped to new lows, use of e-cigarettes reached levels that surprised researchers. The findings marked the survey’s first attempt to measure the use of e-cigarettes by people that young.

Nearly 9 per cent of eighthgraders said they’d used an e-cigarette in the previous month, while just 4 per cent reported smoking a traditional cigarette, said the report being released Tuesday by the National Institutes of Health.

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than a similarly placed person in America. In other words, Canada outperforms the U.S. on intergenerational economic mobility.

Canada has managed to fashion a society where, compared to America, the circumstances of an individual’s birth seem to carry less weight in determining his/her subsequent place on the economic ladder as an adult. A better public school system and universal health coverage for the population are likely among the factors that account for Canada’s higher rating on intergenerational mobility. These are advantages we should acknowledge and seek to retain.

But at the same time, we should be wary of importing, willy-nilly, the prevailing American discourse on economic inequality. Canada’s experience is sufficiently different to matter, and the trends pointing to greater inequality in the United States are not fully mirrored on our side of the border.

Jock Finlayson is Executive Vice President of the Business Council of British Columbia.

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inching down, to 7 per cent of 10th-graders and 14 per cent of 12th-graders.

“I worry that the tremendous progress that we’ve made over the last almost two decades in smoking could be reversed on us by the introduction of e-cigarettes,” said University of Michigan professor Lloyd Johnston, who leads the annual Monitoring the Future survey of more than 41,000 students.

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Rossland native Geoffrey Richards (above) pushes through the turn at the Haywood NorAms on Saturday, as Black Jack hosted close to 300 nordic skiers including Brian McKeever (top-right), as sunny skies and crisp conditions made for a good track but also tricky waxing.

By Jim Bailey

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The Black Jack ski club pulled off another successful Haywood NorAm and Kootenay Cup event despite a conspicuous lack of snow and a change of venue to the higher-elevation biathlon course.

“It was very good,” said Black Jack Nordic ski coach David Wood. “It was a huge effort by the organizing committee to, let’s say, resurrect the courses.”

An army of volunteers prepared the Biathlon site for competition, buffeting the track with additional snow, until sunny skies and cooler weather did the rest.

“We shovelled and shovelled and shovelled, it was melting, but the temperatures dropped enough on Friday night and the courses actually ended up being quite good.”

Organizers were forced to move this year’s event from the Black Jack ski club to the Biathlon course due the recent Pineapple Express that brought warm weather and rain to the region in the weeks leading up to the NorAm. However,

come Friday it was sunshine and blue sky, and Black Jack skier David Palmer said the track was in surprisingly good shape.

“It’s probably in the best condition of any track we’ve raced so far this season,” said Palmer alluding to tough race conditions at the NorAm in Bozeman, Mont. the previous week.

The two-day NorAm event brought close to 300 of North America’s best skiers to the Golden City, with Black Jack skiers looking for good results on their home track.

Black Jack’s Julien Locke was the top Canadian in the sprint qualifier last week in Bozeman, but race organizers had to forego the sprint portion of this weekend’s race, turning it into a three-loop 11-K event.

“The only thing that limited us was the melting snow,” said Wood. “We couldn’t hold the sprint because we lost that part of the course, so that was the only limitation.”

While it didn’t play into Locke’s specialty, for Palmer and Colin Ferrie the

change was welcome.

“Distance is more my race,” said Palmer.

“So it was fine for me.”

Palmer was the top Black Jack skier in Saturday’s race coming in 17th in the open men’s 11k, while Ferrie was right behind him in 18th. U.S. skier Kris Freeman finished first in both events winning the 11-k classic in 26 minutes 45.9 seconds, almost 50 seconds ahead of fellow American Welly Ramsey, and third-place Michael Somppi of the Lappe Nordic club in Canmore.

On Sunday, Freeman clocked a time of 31:56.5 in the 15-K race beating out Mathew Philip Gelson by 29.7 seconds, and Ben Lustgarten both of Sun Valley, while Somppi came fourth. Ferrie had a great race finishing 10th overall and second among Canadian U23 skiers, while Palmer came in 13th and third among U23.

“For Palmer and Colin and Julien their focus is on making the U23 championship, so right now they are right in the mix,” said Wood.

Up to five skiers will make the Canadian U23 team and the 20-year-old Palmer real-

izes that, while the competition is fierce, the team has been training since May to prepare for the Jr. And U23 qualification races in Duntroon, Ont. Jan. 8-11, and is ready to make the jump. The Revelstoke native qualified for the Canadian National Jr. Team in January, 2013, and traveled to the Czech Republic to compete at the FIS Nordic World Junior championship.

Black Jack Skiers head to Vernon for the next Haywood NorAm race this Friday and Saturday.

The World Nordic Jr. and U23 championship will be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan Feb. 2-9.

Black Jack results: Geoffrey Richards finished 30th in the 11-K and the 15k, while Locke had a 36th and 29th place finish and Daniel Merlo finished in 18th in the 11k Jr. Mens. In Junior girls, Sage Robine finished eighth in the 7.5k classic, and ninth in the 3.75-k classic, while Remi Drolet raced to first place finishes in the Juvenile Boys 7.5 and 3.75 races. Michaela McLean came second in the 3.75 classic and fifth in the 7.5 in Juvenile Girls.

Boston Bruins Cunningham nets first NHL goal

By Times Staff Warfield native Craig Cunningham scored his first NHL goal as a Boston Bruin on Saturday in a 3-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators.

The 24-year-old former Vancouver Giant skated in his fifth match for the Bruins, playing his best game on Saturday and logging his NHL career game-high 15:36 of ice

time.

Cunningham scored a shorthanded goal breaking in and beating Sens goalie Robin Lehner five hole, as he tallied three shots through the game playing on a line with his good friend and teammate from his Vancouver Giant’s days, Milan Lucic.

“It was exciting,” said Cunningham in a press conference.

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“Obviously, I was disappointed it wasn’t in a win but it was exciting to get the first goal and it’s nice to have a guy like that around who cares for you and is happy for you.”

Cunningham looked good playing on a line with Lucic and Chris Kelly, arguably the Bruins best line on the night, finishing with a plus-one.

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Claude Julien was succinct in his praise of Cunningham after the game saying his performance against Ottawa was “very good” and that he “skated well, you know, he competes hard. All things that we know about him.”

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The Bruins’ David Krejci is out with injury and Simon Gagne is away for personal reasons, making room for the former Beaver Valley Nitehawk.

Cunningham also is expected to play Tuesday night

against the Nashville Predators.

So far the Providence captain’s energy, physical play, and improving offensive game has earned him a regular role on the third or fourth lines.

If Cunningham can maintain an offensive presence and continue his sound defensive play, he may make it difficult for the Bruins

to send him back to Providence.

“Not every guy can just step in and start scoring goals right away,” Cunningham said. “For me, I got to earn my stripes in the bottom six playing with energy, getting in on the forecheck and being hard.

Hopefully I’ll get comfortable enough where the offensive side of the game will come.”

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Crouse can make big impact at World Juniors Scoreboard

THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Lawson Crouse looks around the ice and knows he’s in unfamiliar territory.

The youngest player in Canada’s world junior camp hasn’t skated alongside many of these teammates before because he’s only 17.

But on an older team that will feature more than a dozen 19-yearolds, Crouse is part of the youth contingent

that must factor in for Canada to live up to expectations as the favourite on home ice.

Aside from projected No. 1 pick Connor McDavid, Crouse is the only other 2015 NHL draft-eligible player at camp but isn’t intimidated by that.

“It’s a different experience for myself, but I think I’m making the most of it right now,” Crouse said.

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Crouse, who is six foot four and 211 pounds, brings a strong two-way game that could land him a solid spot on the 22-man roster. While this Canadian lineup is long on pure skill and speed, Crouse prides himself on his defensive game.

“I’ve figured out that it’s not always about offence, but you have to manage both sides of the game,” the Mount Brydges, Ont., native said Tuesday. “I’m obviously not going to be the guy that puts up 100 points. I’m going to do what I can and contribute all over the ice.”

Last spring Crouse led Canada’s under-18

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summer team to gold at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup by scoring a team-high six goals. Crouse also scored the game-winner to help Canada win bronze at the U-18 world championships in April.

If he makes the world junior team, Crouse understands he’ll have a reduced role as a bottom-six winger.

“I feel like I’d have to be an energy guy, take advantage of the shifts I get if I make the team and always be positive on the bench and in the room,” he said.

But Crouse isn’t an insignificant piece of Canada’s team, especially considering Bo Horvat won’t be coming from the Vancouver Canucks and it’s unlikely Curtis Lazar will be joining from the Ottawa Senators.

Crouse impressed coach Benoit Groulx during the recent Super Series against

Russia in Kingston, and he continues to stand out in camp.

“He’s a big body, knows how to play,” Groulx said. “He’s physically strong for 17 years old, skates well, plays with poise, and we like what he brings to the table.”

Through the first two days of camp at Meridian Centre in St. Catharines, Crouse has skated on a line with Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Frederik Gauthier and Vancouver Canucks prospect Jake Virtanen.

So far, Crouse doesn’t look like he’s a step - or a year or two behind anyone.

“He’s playing up with us and he fits right in with the guys,” Virtanen said.

“He’s really mature for his age. Just on the ice, he has a big presence on the ice and he’s a bigger guy. He can throw the body around and he can shoot the puck. He pretty much has it all.”

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G W L T OL Pt Nanaimo 34 23 10 0 1 47 Powell R 31 14 10 0 7 35 Victoria 29 14 10 0 5 33 Alberni 30 15 12 1 2 33 Cowichan 33 10 22 0 1 21 Mainland Division

G W L T OL Pt Chilliwack 33 22 9 1 1 46 Langley 34 18 11 1 4 41 P. G. 33 17 13 0 3 37 Coquitlam 33 11 17 1 4 27 Surrey 31 4 24 0 3 11 Friday’s games W.Kelowna at Penticton, 7 p.m.

Cowichan at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.

Trail at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

Powell River at Langley, 7 p.m.

P.G. at Surrey, 7:11 p.m.

Vernon at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 20 Penticton at WKelowna, 7 p.m.

P.G. at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

Powell River at Vernon, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Langley, 7 p.m.

Nanaimo at Cowichan 7 p.m.

Salmon Arm at Trail, 7:30 p.m.

NFL

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct y-New Eng 11 3 0 .786 Buffalo 8 6 0 .571

Miami N.Y. Jets

7 7 0 0.5 3 11 0 .214 South

W L T Pct y-Indianapolis 10 4 0 .714 Houston 7 7 0 0.5 Tennessee 2 12 0 .143 Jacksonville 2 12 0 .143 North

W L T Pct Cincinnati 9 4 1 .679 Pittsburgh 9 5 0 .643 Baltimore 9 5 0 .643 Cleveland 7 7 0 .5 West

W L T Pct y-Denver 11 3 0 .786 Kansas City 8 6 0 .571 San Diego 8 6 0 .571 Oakland 2 12 0 .143 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct Dallas 10 4 0 .714 Philadelphia 9 5 0 .643 N.Y. Giants 5 9 0 .357 Washington 3 11 0 .214 South

W L T Pct New Orleans 6 8 0 .429 Carolina 5 8 1 .393 Atlanta 5 9 0 .357 Tampa Bay 2 12 0 .143 North

W L T Pct Detroit 10 4 0 .714 Green Bay 10 4 0 .714 Minnesota 6 8 0 .429 Chicago 5 9 0 .357 West

W L T Pct x-Arizona 11 3 0 .786 Seattle 10 4 0 .714 San Francisco 7 7 0 0.5 St. Louis 6 8 0 .429

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Don’t punish daughter for active social life Mailbox

Marcy Sugar & Kathy Mitchell

basis, and she doesn’t seem to care.

I talk to the kids regularly by phone, and they both seem to enjoy telling me about their lives and events. Their mother and I are not on speaking terms. She can be irrational and is unwilling to help me.

If my daughter thinks my side of the family is not worth her time, then she shouldn’t expect to be treated the same as her brother. My parents also have been generous to my children, and they agree. They are my parents’ only grandchildren. Am I wrong to give them different amounts? -- Dad Dear Dad: Please

we haven’t spoken in 20 years. Family members are always concerned at weddings and funerals that there will be a “scene” if both of us are invited. I feel these events are not the time or place for family squabbles.

However, at our grandmother’s funeral, I simply ignored my sister. But she insisted that she wanted a hug from me. I simply and politely told her “no.”

She stormed out, crying all the way.

I have nothing to do with this woman.

I don’t make scenes at family gatherings and couldn’t care less if she’s there or not.

So why is it that the majority of my family sees ME as the bad guy?

-- Couldn’t Care Less in Idaho Dear Idaho: Because your sister enjoys giving the impression that she wants to reconcile, making you seem heartless. If you don’t care, then this shouldn’t matter to

you. But we will say that after 20 years, you might want to see whether a reconciliation is possible. People can change, and being estranged from a sibling can take a toll.

Dear Annie: This is for “Taking Care of Everything in Iowa,”

the sister who is caring for her parents without help from her siblings, who tell her to get a full-time job. She already has a full-time job. My family just went through this. Dad and his wife had 24/7 caregivers, costing nearly $4,000 a month. If they

want her to find fulltime work elsewhere, are they willing to pay for 24/7 caregivers? I doubt it.

“Taking Care” has my utmost respect. -Just a Guy Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar.

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don’t. Your daughter is a teenager, and like many teens, she has an active social life that is more important to her than either parent.

She isn’t trying to marginalize you or cut you off, and if you punish her this way, it will create lifelong resentment for what is a temporary problem.

Consider making some changes to the visitation schedule so that her weekends are freer. Or perhaps, to make up for fewer weekends, you can have more of her vacation time. Look into activities in your area (rock concerts, etc.) that might appeal to her.

Offer to let her bring a friend for a weekend once in awhile. Explain that you miss her and so do her grandparents, and ask how to make this work. She will appreciate your flexibility, and in the long run, it will do your relationship good.

Dear Annie: I have an estranged sister, and

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Dear Annie: I have two teenage children from a previous marriage. For the past 12 years, they have lived with their mother 90 miles away, and I have visitation every other weekend and alternate holidays, etc. I have always exercised visitation faithfully and have a good relationship with both of them.

This year, my daughter has rarely come for weekend visits. She is socially active and has things to do with her friends on weekends and says she’d rather be with them. My son comes regularly.

For the past few years, I’ve given my kids money for Christmas and birthdays so they can buy whatever they want. I always give them the same amount.

Now I think I should give my daughter less because she is essentially cutting me (and her grandparents) out of her life. I have told her how much we miss seeing her on a regular

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Disputes about shared property or inheritances might arise today. Or you might have a beef with your bank. Whatever the case, find out what’s happening.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Tread carefully in discussions with female friends today. Of course, Taurus people rarely really lose their temper, because if they do, it’s devastation.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Practice patience at work today with your colleagues, because people are impatient and snarling with each other. In fact, some people are just looking for a fight.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Parents will have to be tolerant with their kids today, because everyone feels impatient. Remember: “Criticism does much, but encouragement does more.”

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LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Do what you can to keep the peace at home today, because family harmony is important for everyone’s happiness, as well as their health. Be patient with female family members.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You have a lot of mental energy today, which you can put to good use. On the other hand, it’s easy to be quarrelsome or to be upset with others. Stay chill.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Disputes about earnings, cash flow or possessions, or perhaps something you own, might happen today.

In the end, anger serves no purpose except to make everyone miserable.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Today the Moon is in your sign, but it is at odds with fiery Mars. This can trigger strong, volatile emotions in others! Be patient.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Although it’s pretty easy to get your way because the Sun is in your sign now, don’t push your luck today. Just take the high road and make things easy for yourself.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) A discussion with a friend might break into an argument today. If you sense this coming, just walk the other way. Let this blow over; by

the weekend, things are fine.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Definitely avoid harsh words with people in authority today, because this could happen easily.

Don’t say something that you will later regret. Where is the wisdom in that?

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DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift.

Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator.

Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. Wanted Private Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Chad: 250-499-0251. Local.

Classifieds Shared Accommodation

Houses For Sale

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

WHERE DO YOU TURN

TO LEARN WHAT’S ON SALE?

Apt/Condo for Rent 1/2 MONTH FREE RENT

WANETA MANOR Suites Avail Now

Please call

250-368-8423

1st Trail Real Estate

Houses For Sale

WARFIELD, shared house, very quiet. Reasonable. Ph. 250-364-0904

1201 Columbia Avenue, Trail

3354 Laurel Crescent, Trail

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

This is one of the nicest townhouses in Glenmerry.

A must to view.

$169,500

$198,500

MLS#2401023

WWW.COLDWELLBANKERTRAIL.COM

MLS#2402056

YOUR NEWSPAPER:

The link to your community

Transportation

Cars - Domestic 1995 Volkswagen Golf, 4 door hatchback, 4 cyl, 4 sp auto, 270km, cruise control, PS, AC, color black, snow tires, excellent condition, $2,700.

1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 6cyl, auto, 260km, excellent condition, options, $4,600.

250-442-0122 / 250-493-1807.

15 - 500 16th Avenue, Genelle

#

4750 Highway 3, Salmo

$225,500

Country roads take me home to this 1 1/2 storey mountain side chalet. Located on .83 of an acre MLS#2400334

$49,900

Located in Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park just steps away from the Columbia River. Perfect starter or retirement home.

MLS#2401489

189,900 Fruitvale

$

219,000 Trail

$

Warfield

$

Fruitvale

$

149,000

250.231.7575 Rhonda

Rhonda

250.231.7575

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

Dawn Rosin realtor® 250.231.1765

dawnrosin@shaw.ca www.westkootenayhomes.com

Houses For Sale

Rentals

Wednesday, December 17, 2014 Trail Times

Wishing You Peace at the Holidays

Rhonda

138,500

250.231.7575 Nathan

250.231.9484

Bella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250-364-1822 Ermalinda Estates, Glenmerry, spacious 1-2bdrms. Adults only. Secure building w/elevator. N/S, N/P. Ongoing improvements. Ph.250-364-1922

GLENMERRY, 2bdrm apt, F/S, Laundry, No Smoking, No Pets. Available immediately.

250-364-2786 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 WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 2-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888 W.TRAIL 2-BDRM..

N/S, N/P. F/S. Laundry.

250-367-7919

As the Holiday Season is upon us, we find ourselves reflecting on the past year and on those who have helped us shape our business.

We value our relationship with you and look forward to working with you in the year to come.

299,900 Rossland

$

49,900 Fruitvale

$

219,500 Fruitvale

$

250.231.9484

Rossland

Marie-Claude

$

250.512.1153 Marie-Claude

279,900

250.512.1153

Build youmr e!

Dream Ho00 $20, 0 Reduction!

From all of us at Re/Max All Pro Realty.

We wish you a Happy Holiday Season and a New Year filled with Peace and Prosperity.

$

Rossland

250.512.1153 Rob

Marie-Claude

$725.

All Pro Realty Ltd.

W.TRAIL, 2Bdrm. in 4-plex., enclosed parking. $580./mo.

250-551-1106 W.TRAIL 2-bdrm. main floor. f/s,w/d,d/w, air conditioning. $700./mo. plus utilities. Avail.

Jan. 1st. 250-368-1015

1148 Bay Ave, Trail

399,000

250.231.4420

s

Bring Offer

250.368.5000

www.facebook.com/allprorealtyltdtrailbc www.allprorealty.ca

Homes for Rent TRAIL, 2bdrm., full basement, off street parking, nice view.

F/S, W/D, N/S, N/P. $850.

250-365-5003

194,000

250.231.9484 Nathan

House & Acreage

Francesco Estates, Glenmerry,spacious 1-3bdrms. Adults only (45+). Secure building w/elevator. N/S, N/P. Ongoing improvements. Ph. 250-3686761

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

250-368-5908

$

Nathan

E.TRAIL, 1&2bdrm. apts. F/S, Coin-op laundry available.

250-368-3239

Glenmerry 1bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. N/S. $600./mo.

250-368-5908

98,000 Fruitvale

$

Trail

Wayne DeWitt ext 25 Mario Berno ext 27 Fred Behrens ext 31

Tom Gawryletz ext 26 Keith DeWitt ext 30

Thea Stayanovich ext 28 Joy DeMelo ext 29 Denise Marchi ext 21

Fruitvale Rob

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250.231.4420 Rob

319,000

250.231.4420

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Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

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Jack McConnachie 250-368-5222

Trail Times Wednesday, December 17, 2014

KELOWNA

2153 Springfield Road (250) 860-2600

VERNON

200-3107 - 48th Ave. (250) 542-3000

PENTICTON

ANDRES CAR AUDIO WEST KELOWNA 1881 Harvey Avenue (250) 860-1975

ANDRES WIRELESS

101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd. (250) 493-3800

VERNON

WEST KELOWNA

KAMLOOPS

101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd. 200-3107 - 48th Ave. (250) 493-3800 (250) 542-3000

#200 - 2180 Elk Rd. (250) 707-2600

KELOWNA

2153 Springfield Road (250) 860-2600

Villiage Green Mall (250) 542-1496

PENTICTON

ANDRES WIRELESS Cherry Lane Mall (250) 493-4566

KELOWNA

#200 - 2180 Elk Rd. (250) 707-2600

2153 Springfield Road (250) 860-2600

WEST KELOWNA #200 - 2180 Elk Rd. (250) 707-2600

745 Notre Dame Drive (250) 851-8700

VERNON

200-3107 - 48th Ave. (250) 542-3000

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745 Notre Dame Drive (250) 851-8700

WE WILL NOT BE BEAT!

CASTLEGAR

Aberdeen Mall (250) 377-8880

CRANBROOK

215 - 450 Lansdowne Mall (250) 377-8007

200-1965 Columbia Ave. 101 Kootenay St. North (250) 365-6455 (250) 426-8927

TELUS KIOSK

NELSON

Chahko Mika Mall (250) 352-7258

300 St. Paul Str. (250) 377-3773

KELOWNA

2153 Springfield Road (250) 860-2600

154 Victoria Str (250) 314-9944

WEST KELOWNA #200 - 2180 Elk Rd. (250) 707-2600

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Wednesday, December 17, 2014 Trail Times

Red Cross seeking volunteers

Submitted photo

Nurse practioner and Rossland resident Patrice Gordon receives help getting suited up before heading into the Kenema Ebola treatment centre to care for patients.

The Local Experts™

“They are recruiting health care providers and various levels of support people including psychosocial support, water sanitation people, infection control people and they are looking outside of the Red Cross now.”

Gordon would stay longer if she could, and would recommend the lifesaving mission to anyone with interest, especially since the Red Cross is denying requests for current care workers to stay longer than their

FROM PAGE 3 Gordon encourages anyone who wants to lend a hand to join up and fight the disease.

“It is hard, hot work, but I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else on the planet,” she said.

“As far as personnel, there are new people coming in everyday.

It is really funny how fast you go from being the new guy to the old hand. I do know that there is active recruiting going through the Red Cross for more help.

KOOTENAY HOMES INC.

assigned four weeks.

“I think this is an incredibly meaningful mission,” she said.

“There are some very seasoned Red Crossians here that consistently say that this mission has been one that has touched them more than any they have been on before. Some people have requested extensions, but they aren’t granted because it really is intense work.”

To donate time or money to the Ebola cause, visit www.redcross.ca.

WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME. NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!

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

Mark Wilson

ICE NEW PR

250-231-5591

mark.wilson@century21.ca

4206 Ross Spur Road, Ross Spur

817 Whitetail Drive, Rossland 966 Upper China Creek Road, Genelle

1274 Paquette Drive, Trail

This 4 bed/1 bath home offers privacy and 2 acres! Many upgrades! (wiring, plumbing, heating, roof, fencing, landscaping). Call your REALTOR® now to view.

Seller motivated! Ultimate executive rancher!

Like new 3 bed/3 bath home with open floor plan custom kitchen, fireplace, 3-car garage and much more!! Call your REALTOR® today! The seller says get it SOLD!

Custom-built, high-end timber frame home at Redstone. Features high ceilings, timber frame accents, huge windows, and amazing views. The kitchen is gorgeous, the decks are amazing and the bathrooms are deluxe! Call your REALTOR® for your personal viewing.

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

Call Richard (250) 368-7897

$254,000

$529,000

$1,200,000

$1,100,000

2705 Columbia-Kootenay Road, Rossland

$670,000

PRIVATE RETREAT! This spectacular home is located 25 acres of healthy treed property with Beaver Creek running through. The home has over 4200 square feet of finished space, with high ceilings, hardwood floors, deluxe kitchen and views galore! You have to see it to believe it!

Overlooking Happy Valley, this extensively updated home has so much character and charm. Spectacular views, bright kitchen, private sundeck and fireplace. All this on 1.13 acres.

Price includes a separate 2 acre parcel too. Call now!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Fruitvale Family Homes

STING NEW LI

Terry Alton

250-231-1101

terryalton@shaw.ca

Tonnie Stewart

250-365-9665

tonniestewart@shaw.ca

Jodi Beamish 250-231-2331

jodi.beamish@century21.ca

Mary Martin

250-231-0264

3621 Rosewood Drive, Trail

#305 - 1510 Nickleplate Road, Rossland

Immaculate 4 bdrm, 2 bath family home with a large rec room, 2 fireplaces, fish pond, tons of perennials, underground sprinklers, outside deck and a very private back yard. Ideal starter or family home with plenty of room to grow.

Bright south facing 1 bdrm condo with new flooring, amazing southern views and great sun exposure.

The building has shared laundry, fitness room, games room and sauna.

Call your REALTOR® today!

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

$285,000

NEW

$99,000

PRICE

1912 Hummingbird Dr., Fruitvale

1463 Bay Ave, Downtown Trail

$354,900

For Lease

NEW

Built in 2008 - this 4 bdrm/3 bath home still feels brand new. Vaulted ceilings and lots of sunlight throughout-open floor plan with lovely hardwood floors. Double garage and fenced yard. Move in and enjoy.

82 Walnut Avenue, Fruitvale

$237,500

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-bathroom-flooring - great flat fenced lots - Call your REALTOR® today.

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

mary.martin@century21.ca

Richard Daoust

250-368-7897

richard.daoust@century21.ca

Mary Amantea

250-521-0525

PRICE

mamantea@telus.net

Bill Craig

250-231-2710

bill.craig@century21.ca

Deanne Lockhart

1669 Moran Frontage Road, Thrums 204 Hudu Creek, Fruitvale Rural

$339,000

$225,000

5 bdrm on 7.91 acres with large shop.

Needs some effort but would be well worth it.

Excellent family home with double garage! 4 bdrms and 3 fireplaces!

Mechanically sound with air conditioner, underground sprinklers, central vac and 5 year old roof shingles. See it today!

Call Terry 250-231-1101

Call Terry 250-231-1101

250-231-0153

deannelockhart@shaw.ca

Art Forrest

250-368-8818 c21art@telus.net

628 Forrest Drive, Warfield

$219,000

28 - 150 Tamarac Ave, Fruitvale

#

$69,000

Upgraded unit in sought after Mobile Home Park. Vaulted ceiling, open plan, skylights, 2 bdrm 2 bath, extremely affordable living here. Call today for list of upgrades!

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

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

www.kootenayhomes.com

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. Sellers will pay $1500 upon completion for new kitchen flooring and will have a new gas furnace installed before completion.

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

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Christine Albo 250-512-7653

christine.albo@century21.ca

Dave Thoss

250-231-4522

dave.thoss@century21.ca

Dan Powell

Christina Lake 250-442-6413

powelldanielk@gmail.com