Kimberley Daily Bulletin, December 17, 2014

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 17, 2014

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SunMine slightly behind schedule

Project slated to go online in March, $79,000 over-budget C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

On Monday, December 15, Kimberley City Council sat for a public council meeting for the first time since their election.

Mayor Don McCormick requested an update on the SunMine project to bring new Council up to speed on the solar project.

City CAO Scott Sommerville informed Council that the proj-

ect was now projected to connect to the power grid sometime in March, rather than January as expected.

Sommerville said the delay was due to the interconnection with BC Hydro, which took a closer look and dropped the scope of the project from 2 MW to 1MW and suggested a few other options (with some added expense) to prevent the grid from being tripped.

“We expect the SunMine will be connected to the grid some time in March,” he said.

Coun. Albert Hoglund tried to take City Council down the road of writing a letter of complaint to highways contractor Mainroad, but he couldn’t convince fellow councillors to travel with him.

Hoglund suggested that the City write a letter stating displeasure to Mainroad, which has come under fire lately for what some people

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On Thursday December 11th Marysville Elementary School presented their Christmas Concert “Arf! On the Rooftop “ which was See SUNMINE, p. 3 about puppies at the SPCA looking for a home at Christmas. The concert admission was donations to the Kimberley Food Bank and the students are proud to say that they collected $275 cash and many, many boxes of food. Merry Christmas from Marysville Elementary School!

Hoglund asks Council to indicate “displeasure” with highway maintenance C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

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think is inadequate maintenance of East Kootenay highways.

However, he couldn’t get a seconder for his motion. Most Councillors said that driving to conditions was required and the contractor did all they could.

Hoglund did not agree, saying many people felt the contractor should have been out more often but, “if everyone is happy with the highways”, he couldn’t go forward.

$40,000 from Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary Kimberly Health Care Auxiliary has $40,000 gift for Starlite ICU campaign FO R TH E B U LLE T I N

The Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary continues to show its commitment to the regional hospital with a third leadership gift for the Intensive Care Unit.

In 2013, the KHCA and its members made an unprecedented gift of $20,000

through EKFH’s Starlite Campaign, lighting four stars atop the regional hospital.

That Starlite gift combined with several other donor gifts is purchasing two ceiling booms for the new ICU in Cranbrook. With the recent funding realignment between Interior Health, Kootenay East Regional Hospital District and EKFH, a resurgence and focus for additional equipment PHOTO SUBMITTED for the ICU is taking Chris Shumka, IH Health Service Director Acute-East Kootenay, EKFH Chair centre stage.

Brian Clifford, KHCA President Jacquie Perrault and AJ Brekke, IH Critical See KHCA, p. 4 Manager ER & ICU

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Cranbrook bankers gave a $6,000 cheque to both the Salvation Army and the Cranbrook Food Bank Society on Tuesday, Dec. 16.

The funds were raised through the Cranbrook Banker’s Association’s annual Food Bank Auction. Pictured above are: Sheila Maurer, CIBC; Maureen Foxworthy, RBC; Nancy Lemire, Salvation Army; Captain Kirk Green, Salvation Army; and Rajean Grainger, Scotia Bank. Missing from the photo are Mary Quinn, BMO; Doug Frioult, TD/CT; Jill Dickson, HSBC; and Gerry Oviatt, Cranbrook Food Bank Society.

Banker’s auction raises $12,000 for Food Bank, Salvation Army

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The Cranbrook Banker’s Association held it’s annual Food Bank Auction on Dec. 5.

The fundraiser lunch included a live and silent auction held at at the Heritage Inn. It is the biggest fundraiser for the food bank, and this year money also went to the Salvation Army.

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“We managed to raise $12,000 through items that were donated

by Cranbrook businesses and banks,” said Maureen Foxworthy, from RBC Cranbrook branch.

The $12,000 was split up, with $6,000 going to the Salvation Army and $6,000 going to the food bank.

“I don’t know any other community where all of us bank managers

get together and organize something like this,” Foxworthy said.

This was their 20th year and about 120 people came out to the luncheon.

“We had a live auction with 10 items and then we had about 110 silent auction items,” she said, “We buy a lot of things – we’ll go out and buy a bunch of stuff and make baskets.”

Other banks will go

out and buy coffee makers and other items.

They also raise $5 a person for the lunch itself, plus there is a day spa draw and a 50/50 draw.

“All we pay out of that is whatever the Heritage charges up for the lunch and they gave us a good deal,” she said.

The whole event takes place over an hour and fifteen minutes.

“They get their buffet lunch, run around and then we have a live auction going on while they run around and write their names on what they’d like to buy,” she said.

She said the fundraiser went great, though they didn’t exceed last year’s amount goal of $13,000, but expects next year’s fundraiser to go even better.

Cranbrook Rotary Club and Cranbrook Colombo Lodge wish to thank the following businesses, groups and individuals for their generous donations of goods, services and volunteer help in making the 33rd Annual Seniors Dinner a huge success:

Rick’s Fine Meats & Sausage The Pacemakers Kootenay Kwik Print Kootenay News Advertiser Cranbrook Daily Townsman Jim Pattison Broadcasting Heritage Inn & Convention Centre Real Canadian Superstore Selkirk Beverages Senior Citizens Club Mayor Stetski and Councillor Pallesen MLA Bill Bennett’s staff MP David Wilks staff Sam Steele Youth Ambassadors Cranbrook Firefighters Captain Kirk Green Volunteers and friends from the community The Seniors Dinner Committee would like to acknowledge with sincere thanks the financial support of the Cranbrook Rotary Club and the Cranbrook Colombo Lodge and for the many volunteer hours put in by the members, spouses and friends of Rotary Club of Cranbrook the Cranbrook Rotary Club and the Cranbrook Colombo Lodge.

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Primary students from Pinewood Elementary School enjoyed the afternoon at Fort Steele on Wednesday, December 10. Left to right: Mylee Kozicky, Preston Czernicki, Ashton Simcak and Hailiea Blackmore.

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KIMBERLEY NEWS Newspaper, December 15, 1955 Heavy Snowfall Upsets Finances

The heaviest early winter snowfall since 1950 is raising cain with the city works department.

The 60-odd inches of snow that have fallen so far this year have not only kept snow removal crews busier than they`ve been for years but have also cost taxpayers a great deal more money than had been anticipated, according to City Engineer K.H. Montgomery.

“We do not figure on too much expenditure until after turn of the year,” Mr. Montgomery said, adding that from 1951 on their plans were usually fairly accurate.

He thought it likely that the amount estimated for all of 1955 for snow removal would be exceeded by as much as $2,000 when the bills are totalled up.

And it`s not the snow removal alone that piles up the cost. It`s the regular need for a heavy sanding program on slippery streets and Kimberley`s many hills.

By the time the city budget is prepared in the spring, the snow re-

moval job is a thing of the past. There`s no need then for the works department to guess at the cost but to use actual figures with estimated costs for the final two months. That was the procedure followed this year and it might have worked very well indeed in view of last year`s relatively light fall. But weatherman had other ideas about it and a lopsided works budget is the result.

Hours Set For Shopping

Store hours over the Christmas season have been decided upon by the Retail Merchants Bureau of the Kimberley Chamber of Commerce.

Stores will be open Thursday evening until 8 p.m. and again until the same hour next Tuesday, December 29.

They will remain open on Wednesday afternoon until 5:30 p.m. and on Friday, December 23, until 8 p.m. and all stores will remain closed on December 25 and 26, the official holidays for Christmas Day and Boxing Day. The Hudson`s bay Company has announced it will remain open in evening hours until 9 p.m. and there is a possibility of changes in the schedule in respect to December 23.

These, if made, will be announced in our next issue.

SunMine project delayed From Page 1 He said Teck would be helping the City to ensure that timeline was met because they wanted the SunMine connected before spring when they require power for their mine dewatering and pumping.

“The project is $79,000 over-budget,” Sommerville said. “We new going in that built in contingencies were light. We are a couple of months behind and $79,000 over-budget.”

However, it was pointed out that operational costs would be lower than projected for 2015 which would make up some of the difference.

“It is a very complex project,” said Coun. Darryl Oakley. “It was clearly known by everyone that the contingency wasn’t enough.”

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What up? The sky.

Duh! It’s us, The McKim Journalism Club, ready to report.

We have a lot of great clubs at McKim. One of these awesome clubs is The Library Club. We make bookmarks, organize books on the shelves, doodle and decorate bulletin boards to reflect different holidays. We have fun.

Intramurals is getting into the spirit of Christmas. Intramurals is a really fun lunchtime activity where kids participate in different sporting activities. This week we played Forwards and Guards. Every month there is a student of the month for each grade.

Congratulations to our grade 4 and 5 winners this month, Charlize Moritz and Hailey Kopecky. Excellent job, girls!

Since we are talking about clubs, a popular club is Outdoor Club.

Students who love the outdoors can participate in outdoor activities and learn cool skills like first aid, climbing, tying knots, etc…Mr. Ferguson welcomes students from all grades.

On Wednesday at lunch hour, Mr. Quiggley runs the Splash of Colour Club. This is an art based club where students draw and create different masterpieces.

Our Drama Club runs on Friday afternoons and perform short skits for monthly assemblies. Mr. McCue runs this amazing club.

These are only a few of the tremendous opportunities we offer here at McKim. Next week the focus is on our favorite holiday…

CHRISTMAS!!!!! Peace, out!

Ben Verigin & Joey Koran

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Kori Darago & Alycia Jensen

MP Wilks reflects on 2014 Wilks looks back on eventful year Arne Pe tryshen Townsman Staff

Last Friday, Kootenay Columbia MP David Wilks spoke to the Townsman/Bulletin about a busy and eventful year. He said he’s looking forward to being in the riding for the next few weeks for the Christ-

mas break.

Overall, Wilks said it has been a positive year.

“I’ve been able to move some of this stuff forward that’s important for the riding,” Wilks said. “I’ve been able to secure a significant amount of funding for communities around the riding – specifically to water treatment plants in Nakusp and Creston.

“There are infrastructure issues

throughout the riding that each of the communities have been able to take advantage of. Some of those funding announcements were for small amounts, some were for larger amounts, but all-inall I think everyone benefitted from some federal funding this year.”

There has also been a significant amount of legislation, with Wilks estimating 20 to 30 pieces.

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Cath Oscarson from the Kimberley Food Bank accepts a $500 donation from Noweata Schofer of FOCUS. FOCUS raises funds through weekly meat draws at the Elks Club with a generous assist from Kimberley Overwaitea.

Stan Salikin representing the Kimberley Helping Hands Food Bank is receiving a cheque for $1000 from Suzanne McAllister of the Kimberley Home Grown Music Society. Each year the proceeds from the pre Christmas coffee house are donated to the Food Bank along with non perishable food items and monetary donations received by the patrons attending the show.

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From Page 3 “There’s been a ton of legislation,” he said, noting that included Bill C-32 — amendments to the Firearms Act — that the Conservatives pledged in the 2011 campaign.

“So slowly making inroads with that and moving forward with that.”

Most recently, there was the introduction of the Universal Childcare Tax Benefit.

“Every family with children, from newborn to 17, will receive a cheque in the mail every month that will go towards how they see fit to take care of their children, on top of a daycare credit that’s available,” he said.

The government also got rid of the Canadian Wheat Board.

Wilks noted that was a good thing for Western Canadian farmers.

Wilks personally worked on prostitution bill C-36.

“I sat on the committee for that and believe we came up with the best solution on a no-win type of scenario for us,” he said. “So I think we came up with the best that we could with that.”

Wilks said the legislation on the table is about all that will be coming forward for 2015 until the election on Oct. 19.

“The legislation that we’ve put forward is about what you’re going to see, because

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October 22 was a traumatic day for all Canadians. Wilks was in Parliament that day. we’re running out of time,” he said. “We do have some stuff in Justice Committee that we’re dealing with.”

That includes the Sexual Predators Act, as well as two government bills and three private members bills to deal with. He said that would take them until June.

“I think you’ll see most members of parliament from both sides, including myself, ramping up for the election, getting ready and moving forward to Oct. 19,” he said.

Wilks said he was also able to secure about $50 million in funding for the Trans Canada Highway.

“We were able to repave all of Revelstoke National Park and up-

grade three bridges in Glacier National Park,” he said. “That’s one of my most important endeavours within my time in the house of commons. I really would like to see a commitment for the twinning of the Trans Canada highway. It needs to be done, so let’s see what happens in this upcoming budget.”

Wilks was also present on Parliament Hill during the traumatic events of Oct. 22, when a lone gunman shot and killed a Canadian soldier on sentry duty.

The gunman was then shot and killed by the Commons Sergeant at Arms.

“That will be a day that many Canadians, including myself, won’t

forget,” he said.

Wilks will be visiting Cranbrook and Creston the week of Dec. 15.

Thursday, Dec. 18 is a constituency day, where people can arrange a meeting with MP Wilks. Then there is also an open house on Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 100 - B Cranbrook Street North.

“People can just drop in and have a chat with me,” he said.

The office will then close down for Christmas.

“Then we get back at it in January and during the month of January I’ll be focusing on the northern part of the riding, so revel stoke, Golden, Invermere, Nelson and then over to the West as well.

$40,000 from KHCA From Page 1 Upon hearing the news, members of the KHCA took no time to decide that they wanted to continue their focus on equipment critically needed for the Intensive Care Unit.

At yesterday’s KHCA Christmas luncheon President Jacquie Perrault on behalf of the KHCA members announced a second gift of $40,000 to the Starlite Campaign and the ICU redevelopment project.

In total the KHCA has dedicated $60,000 EKRH’s intensive care unit.

“Thanks to the many donations to and purchases from our Thrift Shops in Kimberley and Marysville our Auxiliary is very fortunate to be able to not only support health care in Kimberley but the regional hospital as well,” reports KHCA President Jacquie Perrault.

KHCA’s 2014 Starlite Gift will light 4 large stars and 8 smaller stars with the funds directed to the key component of the ICU equipment list – the central communications station.

EKFH Chair Brian Clifford, “The efforts of

the Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary volunteers and their interest in supporting not just their community but the regional hospital are truly outstanding. The KHCA and its volunteers are stars themselves, the ICU is going to be the benefactor of their hard work and commitment.”

If you haven’t paid a visit to the KHCA Thrift Stores before please think of it in the future.

The trinkets and treasures you find there can make a difference in the lives of others. KHCA and EKFH, although in-

dependent charitable organizations, work together for the betterment of health care bringing vital equipment and patient comforts to the needs of hospital’s and health care facilities in Cranbrook and Kimberley.

The 2014 Starlite Campaign is underway running from 28 November – 31 January 2015. To make a donation to the ICU please visit www.ekfh.ca.

KHCA Thrift stores are located at 140 Howard St, Kimberley or 617C 304th St, Marysville.

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UPCOMING

2014 FREE FAMILY SWIM Wednesday, Dec 17th, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Kimberley Rotary Club. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.

Weihnachtsgeschichten - Christmas Stories at the Kimberley Public Library. Neue und Alte Geschichten – New and Old Stories for adults and children age 5+. Thursday, December 18th at 7:00 p.m. Free! Sign up by December 15. Call 250-427-3112.

The Royal Stewart Highland Dancers annual Christmas Charity Recital at the Heritage Inn Ballroom on Thursday, Dec.18 at 7:00 pm. Admission is by donation to the Cranbrook Salvation Army.

Come out to see wonderful festive choreographies as well as traditional Highland and National dances. Contact Jane 250427-8757 or email info@rshd.ca Dec. 20: Join the Rocky Mountain Naturalists for their annual Christmas Bird Count at 8:45 am at Elizabeth Lake Information Centre parking lot. This event will last til approx. 5:00 pm so bring a lunch, water and binoculars if you have them.

SERVICE OF THE LONGEST NIGHT, Sunday, December 21, 7:00pm at Kimberley United Church, 10 Boundary St. A quiet, reflective service with candlelighting, readings, and songs.

Christmas Concert “A Glow in our Heart”, by the Children & Vera Choirs and Vera Instrumental Ensemble & Students. Cranbrook, Sunday, Dec 21, 2:30 p.m., United Church of Canada.

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hristmas is almost upon us friends, and if you are anything like me, you are just starting to turn your attention to it.

Amongst the entertainment items below you will find all kinds of gift ideas, from concert tickets to original artwork. Support the arts with your Christmas shopping this year.

Cranbrook Library Display Case The display in the Cranbrook Public Library for December is a beautiful celebration of Christmas by Kathy Simon The CDAC Gallery and Office Closed for Holidays from Tuesday December 23rd – Saturday January 3rd.

The CDAC Office and Gallery will be closed for the Holidays and Re-Open on Tuesday January 6th at Regular Hours 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Affordable Art at Key City Galley Artwork priced at $300 and under is featured through to December 20 at the Key City Theatre Gallery.

Discover just the right gift for yourself or the art lover on your list.

Artists include: Win Dinn, Laura Leeder, Jim Robertson, David Nixon, Janice Strong, Marg Skoberg, Jim Lawrence, “Yoki”, Neal Panton, Allan Kimmell, Tony & Twila Austin, Tara Mercer, Darlene Purnell, Wolfgang Kunze, Dorial Davis and more!

The Gallery is open Monday to Friday from 10:00 am to 4:00

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It’s a beautiful view from the top of North Star Mountain. Now imagine enjoying that view while listening to a live symphony performance. You can this summer at Symphony on the Mountain. Tickets are available now and would make a nice Christmas present. pm and during Key City Theatre performances.

Visit our website at www.keycitytheatre.com or call 250-426-7006

Nov. 25 to Dec. 20 Christmas Gift Show Now in the gallery at Centre 64 Kimberley, a beautiful collection of artworks from local and regional artists. Ceramic, felted wood, fibre art, handpainted glassware, jewelry, leather, original paintings, art prints, photography and more.

Symphony on the Mountain On July 4, the Symphony of the Kootenays will perform an outdoor concert at the top of North Star Mountain in Kimberley. Symphony on the Mountain tickets are $5.00 off for Christmas: $35 for concert, $70 for the gala and Youth $20. They are available now at Centre 64 in Kimberley and Lotus Books in Cranbrook. Or see http://www.symphonyonthemountain. com/tickets.html

Thur December 18 Highland Dance The Royal Stewart Highland Dancers present their annual

Christmas Charity Recital at the Heritage Inn Ballroom on Thursday, December 18 at 7:00 pm. Admission is by donation to the Cranbrook Salvation Army. Come out to see wonderful festive choreographies as well as traditional Highland and National dances. Contact Jane 250-427-8757 or email info@rshd.ca

Sun. December 21 A Glow in our Hearts Christmas Concert Join the Children and Vera Choirs at the Cranbrook United Church for this special concert at 2:30 p.m.

Sun. December 28 Turkey Run-Off Bring the family to Lois Creek trails in Kimberley for the annual Turkey Run-Off brought to you by the Kootenay Orienteering Club. See kootenayorienteering.com for more details.

December 31 A MADD New Year’s Eve MADD Kimberley Cranbrook is pleased to present an alcohol free New Year’s Eve Dinner and Dance. 6 p.m. to midnight, Centennial Hall Kimberley. Tickets are

available at Bear’s Eatery in Kimberley and Bridge Interiors in Cranbrook or call 1-800-665-6233.

Adults $15, youth $10.

New Year’s Eve at the Kimberley Elks Club

New Year’s Eve will be celebrated at the Kimberley Elks Club this year with refreshments, appies and live music. Don Cherry for Prime Minister will be playing their final show. Tickets available at the Elks Hall.

Sunrise Rotary Film Series Tickets for Whiplash, the next movie in Sunrise Rotary’s Film Series are selling quickly.

Another great idea for a Christmas gift! Whiplash is scheduled to play Thursday, January 8th 7:00 pm at the Columbia Theatre sponsored by CIAO Tours.

Tickets are on sale at Lotus Books, $10.00 or ($12.00 at the door if tickets left). Intense, inspiring, and well-acted, Whiplash is a brilliant sophomore effort from director Damien Chazelle and a riveting vehicle for stars J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller. We are also selling our Silver and Gold Passes for the Film Festival which will be held in March of 2015. The Silver

($45) and Gold ($90) passes are on sale at Lotus Books for the Sunrise Rotary Rockies Film Festival scheduled for Thursday, March 5th, at the Key City with an Opening Reception and continuing on March 6th and 7th at the Columbia Theatre. Great for stocking stuffers for family and friends!

Don’t miss out!

Sat. January 3 Banff Film Fest Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Saturday, Jan 3, 2015 - 7:30 p.m., Key City Theatre - Tickets $27. Sponsored by Wildsight

Sat. January 17, Sun. January 18 Gell it Up at Centre 64 Creston artist Win Dinn will get you hooked, whether you’re a mixed media artist, quilter, fabric artists, or just love to play with colour. For material list and more information call the Kimberley Arts Council or kimberleyarts.com

Jan. 6 to 31 Artageous Centre 64

In memory of Lou Wanak, this open exhibit features entries from regional artists that reflect ‘Lou Lou’s’ outrageous design sensibilities.

Help stop our wait list from growing!! Apply to be a Kimberley or Cranbrook Big Brother or Sister, “one hour a week or more”. 250489-3111.

‘Military Ames’ social/camaraderie/support group meetings are held in the Kimberley Public Library reading room the first and third Tuesday’s of the month. All veterans welcome. For more information contact Cindy 250 919 3137 Dance/Practice: every Saturday. Practice from 7 to 8 PM, dancing until 11 PM. Dance With Me Cranbrook Studio, 206-14 A 13th Street, South, behind Safeway.

Volunteers are needed to assist staff with childminding while parents attend programs at the Kimberley Early Learning Center.

Come play!! Weekly or monthly for 2 hours. Diana 250427-0716 Funtastic Singers Drop-In Singing group; free to attend-just for fun! No experience necessary! CDAC Office&Gallery 135 10th Ave S, Tuesdays; 6.45-8.15pm 250-426-4223 / cdac@shaw.ca / www. cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com Support literacy and special projects at the Kimberley Public Library-visit the Friends of the Library Used Bookstore-an ongoing fundraiser- on Main Street Marysville, Wed-Sat 10:30-3:30. Operated totally by volunteers.

ICBL-Duplicate Bridge–Senior Center in Cranbrook. Mon & Wed 7pm, Thurs & Fri 1pm at Scout Hall, Marysville. Info: Maggie 250417-2868.

Volunteers always needed for the Marysville Thrift shop! Please contact Marilyn @ 427-4153 or Jean @ 427-7072.

Bibles For Missions Thrift Store, 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook serving our community to benefit others - at home and abroad. We turn your donations into helping dollars! Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm.

Phone 778-520-1981.

Cranbrook Community Tennis Assoc. welcome all citizens to play or learn to play. Call Neil 250-489-8107, Cathy 250-464-1903.

East Kootenay Women Executives & Entrepreneurs (EKWEE) meet the first Monday of every month at the Heritage Inn, Dining Room Annex, 7:00PM. Join us for of the menu dinner 5:30-7:00. Pay your own tab. Networking, share accomplishments, education. Bev Campbell 778-481-4883 Mark Creek Lions meet 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at the Kimbrook.

Meet & Greet from 6:00-6:30pm, supper 6:30-7:00, meeting 7:008:00pm. Contact 250-427-5612 or 250-427-7496. New members welcome – men and ladies!

Help Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cranbrook: One way you can help is by donating to our “Blue Bin” located outside to the left of Wal- Mart.

This bin is there for any clothing items or soft items. (250)489-3111 or email us at @bigbrothersbigsisters.ca Masonic Lodges of B.C. and Yukon will supply transportation to cancer patients who have arrived at Kelowna or Vancouver. This free service will be at the destination point. Example: from airport to clinic and clinic to airport on return, also around the destination city.

Info may be received from your doctor, Canadian Cancer Society, or by phoning Ron at 250-426-8159.

Seniors Autobiographical Writing for those aged 60 or wiser at the Kimberley Library. No writing experience necessary. It’s free.

Tuesdays 10:00 - Noon. Register: Kim Roberts CBAL Coordinator 250-427-4468 or kroberts@cbal.org The Cellar Thrift Store Open Mon. to Sat., noon to 4:30 p.m. Our revenues support local programs and outreach programs of Cranbrook United Church. Baker Lane Entry at 2 – 12th Ave. S. Cranbrook, B. C. Donations of new or gently used items welcome.

CRANBROOK QUILTERS’ GUILD hold their meetings every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:15pm upstairs in the Seniors’ Hall, 12517th Ave. S. Everyone welcome. Info: Donna at 250-426-7136.

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Climate change: The impossible deal

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or “shall”, substitute “may”. For example, change “countries signing this climate change treaty SHALL state how much they are going to cut their greenhouse emissions” to “countries signing this climate change treaty MAY state how much they are going to cut their emissions if they feel like it, but if they don’t, hey, no problem.”

It’s like the old Irish joke. A lost traveller comes up to a local resident and asks how to get to Dublin. “Well, sir,” replies the local, “if that’s where you want to get to, I wouldn’t start from here.”

If you ask anybody involved in the climate change negotiations how to get to a global deal, you’ll probably get the same answer. “If that’s where you want to go, sir, you shouldn’t start from here.” But here is where we have to start from, like it or not. Which is what makes the negotiations so difficult.

The last preliminary meeting on a global treaty to stop runaway climate change has just wound up in Lima, Peru, two days late. The final two days were spent watering down various parts of the text so that no country would just walk away. That’s where SHALL was changed to MAY, not once but many times. So quite a lot of the substance has been lost even before the final negotiations begin in Paris next December.

It was bound to happen. That’s what diplomacy is for: devising some way of making the problem a little less bad even when a comprehensive deal that really solves the problem is impossible. But why is the comprehensive deal impossible?

Because of the history.

There is a fair deal that well-informed people in every country would accept, and everybody involved in the climate negotiations knows what it is. Most parts of this deal were on the table at the last big cli-

mate summit in Copenhagen in 2009, but its political implications were so big that many governments simply ran away. The deal collapsed, and we lost five years.

Here’s the only deal that would be fair to everybody. The “old rich” countries — those that became industrialised countries a hundred years ago or more — would make big cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions starting now: say, 40 percent cuts in the next ten years, or 4 percent a year.

That’s a lot, but it is achievable, because the demand for energy in most rich countries is already in decline, and Gwynne much of the energy that they do produce is wasted.

Dyer Getting the first forty percent is not all that hard, and cuts of that scale up front would give us much more time to work on the remaining emissions.

This is not the part of the deal that drives the governments of the developed countries into headlong flight. It’s the other part, in which the developing countries (the other six-sevenths of the world’s population) only have to cap their emissions for the next decade, not actually cut them.

You can legitimately ask the developing countries to cap their emissions, but you can’t insist that they stay poor. Even the biggest developing countries like China, India, Brazil and Indonesia are still comparatively poor, and to give their people a developed-world living standard they will have to go on increasing their energy production for decades.

If they can’t do that by building more fossil-fuel plants (because they have capped their emissions), then they will have to do it by building more “clean” energy sources: wind, solar, nuclear, anything except coal, oil or gas.

Those “clean” energy sources are gen-

erally more expensive than the fossil fuels they used to depend on, so who covers the extra expense? Answer: the developed countries.

This is the deal killer. You cannot get the developing countries to cap their greenhouse gas emissions unless they get subsidies from the rich countries to help them build “clean” energy sources instead. And the developed countries regard this demand for subsidies ($100 billion a year was the figure on the table at Copenhagen five years ago) as outrageous.

It is not really outrageous at all. In view of the history of greenhouse gas emissions, it is quite fair. But almost nobody in the developed countries knows that history.

It’s quite simple. The developed countries are rich because they started burning fossil fuels between one and two hundred years ago and industrialised early. The developing countries only started burning fossil fuels in a big way thirty or forty years ago, and are still climbing out of poverty.

So 80 percent of the greenhouse gases of human origin in the atmosphere were put there by the rich countries.

The rich countries caused this climate crisis; the developing countries only inherited it. So the responsibility for dealing with it — and paying for it — rests mostly with those who caused it.

Until public opinion in the developed world understands that this deal is fair, no government in the rich world will dare to sign up for it. It would be political suicide.

And until that deal is signed, no major developing country will agree to cap its emissions.

In the developing world, everybody who counts politically understands the history of greenhouse gas emissions very well. One does sometimes wonder if the rich world’s apparent ignorance of this history is a little bit self-serving.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist based in London

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With a 5-2 win over the Kamloops Blazers, the Kootenay Ice continued to push up the WHL’s Eastern Conference standings Tuesday night.

The win pushed the Ice beyond the .500mark for the first time since September, as they head into the holiday break 18-17-0-0 on the strength of a threegame winning streak.

“The most important thing was to get the win,” said Kootenay Ice head coach Ryan McGill Tuesday night. “It’s a tough game to play in. I told a lot of guys, ‘You’ve got to be intense and you’ve got to focus.’

“I thought we were way better in the third period than the first two periods when it mattered the most. That’s the sign of a good team.”

Defenceman Tyler King has been steady all season long for the Ice and Tuesday night was no exception. The 19-year-old product of Pilot Butte, Sask., took care of business at both ends of the rink, capped off with the game-winning goal 8:02 into the third period.

“Descheneau made a great play down low and I just crept in the backdoor a little bit,” King said following Tuesday’s win. “He was able to get it to me and I just got enough of it to get it into the net.”

The tally was King’s fourth of the campaign

and his second in as many games. The veteran blueliner has 15 points in 31 games this season, good enough for second amongst Ice defencemen.

“I’ve just been trying to work as hard as I can to create plays,” King added. “All the guys have been really good.

It’s easy to make plays on a team like this when you have skill up front.

It’s nice.”

King has been with the Ice for a little less than a year after being acquired from the Spokane Chiefs Dec. 31, 2013, in exchange for forward Hudson Elynuik.

In 195 career WHL games between the Chiefs and Ice, King has produced 13 goals and 57 points. His career high came last season when he registered 20 points in 69 games between the two clubs.

The veteran defenceman is on pace to register 31 points this season, which would set a new career high.

King’s goal Tuesday night gave the Ice a 3-2 lead over the Blazers. A mere 57 seconds later, a former Blazer drove the dagger into the visitors, as 20-year-old Tim Bozon put a rebound past goaltender Connor Ingram for a 4-2 Kootenay advantage.

“That goal was just a nice play. Alfaro got at the rebound, I got the second rebound and put it in the net,” Bozon said.

“It’s always nice to score against your old squad.

“I had a lot of chances I couldn’t bury [tonight]. I was on the ice a lot tonight, so maybe I missed, a little bit, some fresh legs to produce a little bit more offense.”

Bozon hasn’t had much difficulty producing offense since returning to the Ice from the AHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs. The native of Valbonne, France, has been a force with 13 goals and 27 points through 20 games heading into the holiday break.

The Montreal Canadiens prospect wasn’t the only player to score against his former club Tuesday night.

Collin Shirley gave the Blazers the lead with two goals in the first 11 minutes of the second period. After being drafted 17th overall by the Ice in the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft, the 18-year-old native of Saskatoon was dealt to Kamloops in the trade that brought French winger Tim Bozon to Cranbrook.

With his 18th goal of the campaign, Ice alternate captain Jaedon Descheneau pulled his club even before time expired in the second period.

Descheneau was dangerous all night long, drawing a penalty shot in the first period.

Crossing the blue line and skating wide, the St. Louis Blues prospect cut back towards Ingram, going outside-in to fool the Blazers puck-stopper. Unfortunately for Descheneau, he wasn’t able to fool the iron and the game remained

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Kootenay Ice forward Jaedon Descheneau draws a penalty shot during first-period action Tuesday night. The St. Louis Blues prospect was unable to capitalize, but cashed in at even strength in the second period as the Ice defeated the Kamloops Blazers 5-2. scoreless.

After Bozon’s insurance tally, forward Ryan Chynoweth registered his second in as many nights to further pad the host’s advantage and that was all the Ice needed.

Kootenay’s leading scorer from the blue line, Rinat Valiev, opened the festivities with 4:23 to play in the first period after his long wrist shot eluded Ingram.

Wyatt Hoflin, starting his 23rd consecutive game, made 30 saves for his 18th victory of the season. At the other end of the rink, Ingram made 22 stops.

“It definitely feels really good [to be the go-to guy],” Hoflin said Tuesday. “It’s a change for me and I’ve adapted pretty well. There’s been some games where I’d like to have been a little bit better.

“I’ve handled it good

Canada vaccinates ahead of World Junior Championship Stephen Whyno Canadian Press

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Members of Canada’s world junior team have received booster shots to vaccinate against the mumps.

The virus has hit at least 14 players in the NHL this season, including Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Ryan Suter of the Minnesota Wild, Corey Perry of the Anaheim Ducks and Derick Brassard of the New York Rangers.

“I think we got to be careful,” head coach Benoit Groulx said.

“It’s better to be precautionary than having a problem after. It’s more precautionary than anything else.”

Groulx said he was also getting the shot Monday.

The mumps outbreak caught the NHL off guard as it spread to several teams.

Those infected with mumps can have a fever, headaches, muscle aches, fatigue and loss of appetite, followed by the swelling

so far, I just have to make sure I continue that in the second half in the season.”

Hoflin is within two games of the Kootenay Ice franchise record for consecutive appearances by a goaltender. Former Ice goaltender Todd Mathews holds the record with 25 consecutive appearances (Jan. 21 to March 14. 2009).

Hoflin and the Ice head into a 10-day holiday break holding down

third game…Ice D Dylan Overdyk (concussion) missed his 12th game…

Ice D Tanner Faith (upper body) missed his fifth game…Ice F Matt Alfaro skated in his 100th WHL game…The Blazers went without LW Jesse Zaharichuk, D Brady Gaudet (upper body), D Michael Fora (World Juniors), LW Jermaine Loewen (upper body) and D Connor Clouston...

Kootenay Ice Scoring Summary TueSday, dec. 16

KamloopS BlazerS 2 aT KooTenay Ice 5

First Period 1. KTN - R. Valiev, (5) (V. Loschiavo, J. Martin), 15:37 Second Period 2. KAM - C. Shirley, (12) (L. McVeigh), 4:35 3. KAM - C. Shirley, (13) (unassisted), 11:31 (PP) 4. KTN - J. Descheneau, (18) (Z. Zborosky, T. King), 15:05 Third Period 5. KTN - T. King, (4) (J. Descheneau, L. Cable), 8:02 6. KTN - T. Bozon, (13) (R. Valiev, M. Alfaro), 8:55 7. KTN - R. Chynoweth, (2) (A. Vetterl, J. Martin), 13:22 Shots 1 2 3 T Kamloops Blazers 13 8 11 32 Kootenay Ice 5 10 12 27 Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% KAM - Connor Ingram 22/27 60:00 0.815 KTN - Wyatt Hoflin 30/32 60:00 0.938 Power plays Kamloops Blazers 1/1 (100.0%) Kootenay Ice 0/1 (00.0%) Penalty shots Kamloops Blazers 0/0 Kootenay Ice 0/1 - J. Descheneau (1st, 14:20) Three Stars: 1) T. King (KTN); 2) R. Valiev (KTN); 3) C. Shirley (KAM) Attendance: 2,176

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of salivary glands, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The mumps virus is spread through saliva or mucus, usually from coughing, sneezing or talking, according to the CDC.

seventh place in the WHL’s Eastern Conference and fourth place in the Central Division after leap-frogging the Edmonton Oil Kings (1514-3-2) Tuesday night.

The Ice return to action Saturday, Dec. 27 when they host the Calgary Hitmen (19-11-1-2) at Western Financial Place.

Notes: The Kootenay Ice were without captain Sam Reinhart (World Juniors) for the

Dec. 27 vs. Calgary Dec. 28 at Calgary Dec. 30 at Medicine Hat Jan. 2 at Red Deer Jan. 3 at Edmonton Jan. 9 vs. Red Deer Jan. 10 vs. Saskatoon Jan. 14 at Moose Jaw Jan. 16 at Prince Albert Jan. 17 at Saskatoon Jan. 20 vs. Vancouver Jan. 22 at Edmonton Jan. 24 vs. Swift Current Jan. 25 vs. Prince George Jan. 28 at Lethbridge Jan. 30 vs. Regina

Scoring Statistics

Player GP J. Descheneau 33 Luke Philp 34 Tim Bozon 20 Sam Reinhart 15 Rinat Valiev 23 Levi Cable 32 Zak Zborosky 35 Tyler King 31 Matt Alfaro 35 Austin Vetterl 35 Jon Martin 20 Troy Murray 35 Ryan Chynoweth 35 Tanner Faith 19 Cale Fleury 34 Vince Loschiavo 29 Bryan Allbee 32 River Beattie 29 Dylan Overdyk 22 Wyatt Hoflin 33 Austin Wellsby 25

G 18 13 13 8 5 11 10 4 5 3 3 2 2 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 0

Goaltending Statistics Player Wyatt Hoflin Keelan Williams

A 23 22 14 19 20 10 11 11 8 10 8 7 6 5 6 2 2 2 3 2 0

PTS 41 35 27 27 25 21 21 15 13 13 11 9 8 6 6 5 5 4 3 2 0

W L OTL SO GAA 18 14 0 2 3.34 0 3 0 0 5.37

PIM 34 10 6 2 31 4 8 21 14 30 29 14 28 29 4 4 8 19 9 2 2 SP 0.897 0.850

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Brainstorm with a close associate for ideas. Tonight: Follow the music.

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Reach out to someone at a distance to clear your mind for a while. You will get a fresh perspective as a result. Tonight: Go caroling or share some eggnog.

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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 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 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 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 full-time 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, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www. creators.com.

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Taliban attack Pakistani school, killing 141 people, mostly children Associated Press

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 141 people, mostly children, before Pakistani officials declared a military operation to clear the school over.

The overwhelming majority of the victims were students at the school, which instructs grades 1-10. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the assault and rushed to Peshawar to show his support for the victims.

As darkness fell on the area, officials said they had cleared the school of militants.

A Pakistani military spokesman, Asim Bajwa, said 141 people died in the attack - 132 children and nine staff members. He declared the operation over and said the area had been cleared. An additional 121 students and three staff members were wounded.

He said seven attackers, all wearing explosives vests, all died in the assault. It was not immediately clear if the militants were all killed by the soldiers or whether they blew themselves up, he said. Bajwa described an assault that seemed designed purely to terrorize the children rather than take anyone hostage to further the militant group’s aims.

“Their sole purpose, it seems, was to kill those innocent kids.

That’s what they did,” he said.

The horrific attack, claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban, a Pakistani militant group trying to overthrow the government, sent dozens of wounded flooding into local hospitals as terrified parents searched for their children.

“My son was in uniform in the morning. He is in a casket now,” wailed one parent, Tahir Ali, as he came to the hospital to collect the body of his 14-year-old son Abdullah. “My son was my dream. My dream has been killed.”

The attack began in the morning when the gunmen entered the school and started shooting at random.

Army commandos quickly arrived at the

A girl injured in Tuesday’s attack is rushed to hospital scene and started exchanging fire with the gunmen.

Students wearing green school uniforms could be seen fleeing the area on Pakistani television.

Outside the school, two loud booms of unknown origin were heard coming from the scene in the early afternoon, as Pakistani troops battled with the attackers. Armored personnel carriers were deployed around the school grounds, and a Pakistani military helicopter circled overhead.

Pakistani television showed soldiers surrounding the area and pushing people back.

Ambulances streamed from the area to local hospitals.

The prime minister vowed that the country would not be cowed by the violence and that the military would continue with an aggressive operation launched in June to rout militants from the North Waziristan tribal area.

“The fight will continue. No one should have any doubt about it,” Sharif said.

Bajwa said that 1,099 students and staff were registered at the school.

It is part of a network of schools run by the Pakistani military around the country. The student body is made up of both children of military personnel as well as civilians. A government official, Javed Khan, said most of the students appeared to be civilians rather than children of army staff. But analysts said the militants likely targeted the school because of its military connections.

“It’s a kind of a message that we can also kill your children,” said Pakistani analyst Zahid Hussain.

One of the wounded students, Abdullah Jamal, said that he was with a group of 8th, 9th and 10th graders who were getting first-aid instructions and training with a team of Pakistani army medics when the violence began for real.

When the shooting started, Jamal, who was shot in the leg, said nobody knew what was going on in the first few seconds.

“Then I saw children falling down who were crying and screaming. I also fell down. I learned later that I have got a bullet,” he said, speak-

ing from his hospital bed.

Another student, Amir Mateen, said they locked the door from the inside when they heard the shooting but gunmen blasted through the door anyway and opened fire.

In a phone call to reporters, Taliban spokesman Mohammed Khurasani claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the suicide bombers carried it out to avenge the killings of Taliban members at the hands of Pakistani authorities.

Peshawar has been the target of frequent militant attacks in the past but has seen a relative lull recently.

The Pakistani military launched the military operation in the nearby North Waziristan tribal area in June, vowing that it would go after all militant groups that had been operating in the region. With the launch of the operation, security officials and civilians feared retribution by militants but until Tuesday, a widespread backlash had failed to materialize.

Tuesday’s attack calls into question whether

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the militants have been crippled by the military or will be able to regroup. This appeared to be the worst attack in Pakistan since a 2007 suicide bombing in the port city of Karachi killed 150 people.

The violence also underscored the vulnerability of Pakistani schools, which was dramatically exposed in the attack two years ago on Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl shot in the head by a Taliban gunman outside her school in the Swat Valley for daring to speak up about girls’ rights. She survived, becoming a Nobel Prize laureate and global advocate for girls’ education but out of security concerns has never returned to Pakistan.

Militants have also blown up schools in the northwest.

“I am heartbroken by this senseless and cold blooded act of terror in Peshawar that is unfolding before us,” said Malala in a statement.

Associated Press writers Asif Shahzad and Rebecca Santana in Islamabad, and Danica Kirka in London contributed to this report.

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Province green lights Site C dam Dirk Meissner 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.

While the province is the leader in North American in energy 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

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Site C dam project design has been changed to eliminate a separate bridge across the Peace River, and confine construction camp to one side of the river.

Two temporary dams would have to be built to divert the river and allow construction of the main dam. jobs.

Last fall, some First Nations in northeast B.C. issued the government an ultimatum, saying it must decide between developing the liquefied 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 association also sent along a consultants report it commissioned that said there would be no need for new electricity resources in B.C. until 2027 if other resources methods were used.

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

World only 7th warmest on record in November, but globe on track to smash heat record Se th Borenstein Associated Press

WASHINGTON - U.S. meteorologists say last month was only the globe’s seventh warmest November on record. That’s the first time since July that a month hasn’t broken the record for heat. Still, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate monitoring chief Deke Arndt says after 11 months, 2014 is likely to break the annual heat record set in 2010. It was the

hottest September to November on record.

If December is at least 0.76 degrees (0.42C) warmer than the 20th century average, then 2014 will set the global record. Since 2000, December has averaged 0.95 degrees (0.53C) warmer than that standard.

Arndt said the world’s oceans set a new monthly heat record in November, the seventh time in a row, making it more likely that 2014 will set the heat record.

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 project 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 ap-

pointed by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Authority said in its 471-page report.

The panel gave no clear yes or no answer, but said B.C. will need new energy and new capacity at some point.

The dam on the Peace River would provide a large amount of inexpensive power, low in greenhouse gas emissions, it said.

BC Hydro’s environmental impact report issued last year concluded a diverse range of wildlife species, including birds, bats, butterflies and fish destined to suf-

fer habitat destruction from Site C, but the utility has plans to reduce and prevent harm to area wildlife and ecosystems.

Among Hydro’s measures to reduce the potential loss from its proposed project are special protective crossings for amphibians, slower turning turbines that allow fish escapes and fish-free wetlands to permit safer breeding for dragonflies.

Hydro identified in its environmental impact statement what it called 22 valued components that are expected

to undergo some level of change due to the project. They include agriculture, transportation, outdoor recreation and tourism, air quality, noise and vibration, heritage resources and human health.

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.

Curiosity rover detects spikes of methane in Mars atmosphere not necessarily biology-based Marcia Dunn Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA’s Mars rover, Curiosity, has detected spikes of methane in the planet’s atmosphere. That suggests something is producing or venting the scientifically tantalizing gas, but no one knows what.

Most of Earth’s atmospheric methane comes from animal and plant life, and the environment itself. So the Martian methane raises the question of past or present microbial life. Or the gas elevations could come from geological sources, comet im-

pacts or something else entirely.

The latest study, released Tuesday by the journal Science, indicates there’s less than half the expected amount of methane in the atmosphere around Curiosity’s location in Gale Crater.

But over a full Martian year, the rover measured fairly frequent occurrences of elevated methane levels - tenfold

increases.

“This temporary increase in methane - sharply up and then back down - tells us there must be some relatively localized source,” the University of Michigan’s Sushil Atreya, part of the Curiosity team, said in a statement.

“There are many possible sources, biological or non-biological, such as interaction of water and rock.”

In addition, Curiosity detected other organic molecules when it drilled into a rock. Scientists said it’s believed to be the first confirmation of organic carbon in a Martian rock. The identity of the organic material is unknown.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Christopher Webster led the international study of methane.