Kimberley Daily Bulletin, December 29, 2014

MONDAY DECEMBER 29, 2014

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Two lucky Kimberley students, Nova Warshawsky and Jasmine Raymond, were chosen as Fire Chiefs for the Day in December. They toured the Kimberley Fire Department and had a pizza lunch with the team.

Ski by torchlight on New Year’s Eve A look back 2014

Hit the Nordic Trails for a candlelight ski and great view of the fireworks FOR THE BULLETIN

For the last six years, the Kimberley Nordic Racers has been organizing a New Year’s Eve Torchlight Ski Event at the Kimberley Nordic Trails. This event has grown every year, and has become a tradition for

family and friends to gather as they ski the beautiful trails of the Kimberley Nordic Centre with 3 kms lit with torches and candles. Last year over 500 people attended the event and it certainly proved to be a crowd pleaser. Skiers enjoyed the amenities that the lodge has to offer by enjoying snacks and hot beverages after their ski. As well the Nordic Trails offer a fantastic view of the firework display that takes place at the Ski Hill.

This year’s Candlelight Ski is being sponsored by five local

businesses. Corporate sponsors include Kimberley Tourism, Kimberley Logging Company, Kootenay Savings, Kootenay Mountain Works and Resorts of the Canadian Rockies. The Nordic Racers wish to thank these sponsors for their support. Their support keeps this event affordable for our Community and allows entrance by voluntary donations.

The Candlelight Ski takes place between 7:00- 10:00 pm on Wednesday, December 31 at the Kimberley Nordic Centre. All ages are welcome and

encouraged to participate. Admission is by donation with proceeds supporting the Kimberley Nordic Racers. The Nordic racers are a group of teenaged skiers that train all year long, and compete in regional, provincial and national races.

If you have not experienced the New Year’s Eve Candlelight Ski be sure to take in this memorable community event this year. For more information please contact Kim Miller at 09coreykim@telus.net or Frank Ackermann at frankackermann@me.com.

Year in Review Part I C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

JANUARY 2014 The year began with the receiver-manager in charge of the Shadow Mountain Golf Ltd. confirming that the property had sold to a buyers group out of Edmonton.

The company — Denille Industries Ltd - Auburn — is the largest privately owned manufacturer of executive class well site trailers for the oil and gas industry. The real estate portion of the Shadow Mountain property was sold to a separate entity.

Kimberley property values held relatively steady in 2014 as BC Assessment released their yearly property values report.

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Canada faces Cold War in Europe, hot war in Iraq in 2015 M u rr ay Bre ws ter Canadian Press

OTTAWA — It could very well be that 2014 is remembered as the year when Canada traded one shadow war for possibly two others.

The flag was barely folded and put away in Kabul, marking a formal end to more than 12 years of counter-insurgency war against the ghostly Taliban, before CF-18s were dispatched to begin pounding extremist targets in Iraq.

The summer offensive by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the al-Qaida splinter group that brought its brutal caliphate to the gates of Baghdad, coincided with the under-cutting of Ukraine.

The so-called “little green men” — Russian troops stripped of identifiable badges fighting in Crimea and eastern Ukraine while Vladimir Putin’s government de-

nied their presence — competed for the world’s attention alongside blackmasked, knife-wielding Islamic State warriors, many of them brutal, bloodthirsty mercenaries who encouraged Muslim faithful to rise up and slaughter westerners in their own backyards.

Both of them struck from the shadows with inscrutable motives and a fury that sowed a mixture of horror, indignation and confusion.

It was brought home for Canadians in a brutal, bloody manner with the Oct. 22 attack on Parliament and the murders of two Canadian soldiers.

The would-be jihadists had tenuous links to ISIL, but the group was quick to claim them as their own — and the Harper government was equally ready to make the link.

In a year-end interview with The Canadian Press, NATO’s supreme commander suggested

the world has become a less stable, potentially more dangerous place, especially considering Russia is a nuclear power.

Some have suggested the world is on the verge of a new Cold War. The Islamic State, with its lurid Internet beheadings and tales of medieval-mindset massacres, represents a different, potential long-term threat, one that is the West is struggling to wrap its head around.

“Until we address the root causes of the Islamic State, its going to be hard to win this battle with the Islamic State,” said U.S. Gen. Phillip Breedlove, whose remarks carry the faint echo of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s oft-maligned position.

“We put great pressure on this kind of issue in Afghanistan and you saw it moved to the Maghreb (northern Africa) and the eastern part of Africa.

This is an adaptive long-

term problem until we get to the root causes and address those issues.”

It is the standoff with a now economically battered Russia that mostly preoccupies the 59-yearold career U.S. Air Force commander.

“If we can clearly no longer count on Russia as a partner, and we face an issue there that is unresolvable, this is existential because of the types of weapons Russia holds,” Breedlove said in a telephone interview from Brussels.

His comments are relatively tame when held up against those from government and academic circles in Poland and the Baltic states, where there is a collective belief that Putin’s long-term goal is to destroy the credibility of NATO by demonstrating it will not use force, regardless of the provocation.

The sentiment is reinforced by Russian parlia-

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is absolutely not in the best interests of anybody, least of which is Canada.”

Eastern Europe may be the focus of Breedlove’s attention, but Canada’s participation in the coalition air campaign against ISIL fills Vance’s schedule. That will continue in the new year as the Harper government decides whether to extend the six month CF-18 combat mission, due to expire in April.

U.S. commanders have warned the campaign to defeat the extremist threat, using Iraqi ground forces and Syrian resistance fighters, could take up to three years.

The next campaign phase, likely to involve training of Iraqi forces, will unfold in the new year.

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Canada’s operations commander, Lt.-Gen. Jonathan Vance, said the reality of 21st century conflict is that much happens outside the military sphere.

The challenge, especially with Russia, is make to sure that the economic perils of low oil and sanctions don’t create massive instability and lead to an even more dangerous brinkmanship, he said.

“What we’ve seen in the response by Canada and its NATO allies is a measured response to what Russia is doing,” Vance said.

“It’s safe to say it’s rarely useful to further destabilize a situation. Our doctrine, our approach, has generally been to recover a situation. Wider and worse destabilization

mentarians such as Vyacheslav Nikonov, who was ominously quoted by The Financial Times last October as suggesting the crisis over Ukraine “is the most dangerous moment in relations between the Russia and the West since the Cuban missile crisis,” the 1962 showdown between Washington and Moscow that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Defence analyst George Petrolekas, a retired colonel, mused recently that the Saudi Arabian-induced tanking of world oil prices has done more to check Russian ambitions than anything the West, particularly NATO, has come up with since the Ukrainian crisis began to unfold last winter.

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Travis Howard Losier, 25 years of age, appeared in Cranbrook Provincial Court on the outstanding warrants as well as new Cranbrook charges of Possession of a Weapon for Dangerous Purpose and Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking.

Losier has been remanded in custody and is scheduled to make his next court appearance January 12, 2014.

Police would like to thank the community for their cooperation with this investigation.

Police are also seeking assistance in regards to an incident that occurred on December 14, 2014. On that date, a residence in the Southview area sustained gunshots to the exterior of the residence and to a vehicle parked at that location, by unknown suspects.

Cranbrook RCMP are requesting that if anyone has any information about this crime, that they contact the Cranbrook Detachment at 489-3471, or call CRIME STOPPERS at 1-800-222-8477(TIPS).

You can also ‘Google’ “Cranbrook Crimestoppers” and leave a webtip.

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A look back; Kimberley 2014 in review, part I From page 1 However, it dud depend on the area of town. For instance, a home in Marysville valued at $281,000 last year dropped to $267,000 for 2014. Chapman Camp homes rose in value from $239,000 to $256,000. At the ski hill values dropped somewhat, from $453,000 in 2013 to $440,000 in 2014.

Values are rising in Lois Creek/Townsite, with an average home worth $180,000 last year and $195,000 this year. In Blarchmont values dropped $3,000 from $160,000 to $157,000. And Wasa lake front property worth $546,000 in 2013 rose to $562,000 for 2014.

Western Financial announced Monday, Jan. 6 that it had completed acquisition of Falkins, which is the largest general insurance brokerage in the Kootenays.

The suspension of the deer cull in Elkford due to the contractor taking deer during daylight hours will have no effect on when Kimberley’s cull starts, said Mayor Ron McRae. “The situation in Elkford doesn’t mean our cull will start any sooner,” McRae said.

“We still haven’t closed the process on the contractor. We have to go through the tenders, then it has to go to Council.”

Escalating complaints about highway conditions throughout the East Kootenay, particularly in the Elk Valley, led to a lengthy discussion at the Friday, Jan. 10 meeting of the Regional District of East Kootenay board of directors. Local elected officials appealed to the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and its highway maintenance contractor Mainroad East Kootenay Contracting to explain why it hadn’t done a better job of cleaning up after a recent weather event.

Pharmacies in Kimberley ran out of the seasonal flu vaccine, which included a vaccine for the H1N1 strain that sent people to intensive care in the lower mainland and Alberta. Due to that tightened supply, IH announced it would no longer be providing pharmacies with the vaccine for publicly-funded shots.

A local pet owner requested a change to trap line policy after her dog, Rosie, was caught in a leg hold trap close to the road near St. Mary Lake. “As pet owners we take such good care of our animals. When you’re out in nature, you assume you are safe. It puts a whole different view on winter and wilderness and safety. The policies around trapping need to change,” said Rosie’s owner Shannon Fraser.

Brian Panebianco of Invermere was reported to be shaking and unsteady on his feet on January 22 as a 12-person jury found him not guilty in connection to the death of Cory Jarock. The jury found Panebianco guilty of two lesser charges: theft under $5,000 for taking about $50 of Jarock’s pocket, and common assault for hitting Jarock in the head as he evicted him from an Invermere house party on April 2, 2012.

February

At the beginning of February, the

provincial government announced changes to liquor policy that could have quite an impact on Kimberley events.Changes include allowing the sale of mixed-spirit drinks at public SOL events and enabling hosts to serve UBrew/UVin at events, such as weddings. Stadiums and arenas throughout the province will have more flexibility around licensing, and be permitted spirit-based liquor sales in the stands.

A benefit concert raised over $8000 through the support of many volunteers and generous donations from all of the local suppliers. With the matching gift from the Tyler Robinson Foundation, the total contribution to the Jenna Homeniuk Trust Fund exceeded $16,000.

Kimberley Minor Hockey began circulating a petition in Kimberley in regards to the future of the Marysville Arena. Council began discussions on the arena when it became apparent a costly new ice plant was required, and was divided on committing taxpayer funds to the project. When it came to a vote, Council went ahead the repairs with Councillors Don McCormick and Darryl Oakley voting no. Those two Councillors were called out by Mayor Ron McRae for making the vote ‘political’.

At a ceremony in February at Centre 64, the Kimberley Rotary Club honoured Jack Ratcilffe and Shirley Rossi for their years of dedicated volunteering. They both received the lifetime honour of becoming Paul Harris Fellows.

Police were investigating after 10 deer traps were stolen from a government compound in Cranbrook. The traps had been transferred to Cranbrook on Feb. 4 from Elkford, where they had been used in the District of Elkford’s cull. The traps are the property of the B.C. government and are loaned to municipalities when they receive a permit to cull deer. Kimberley’s cull was postponed due to the trap theft.

The born in Kimberley Canadian Cancer Society event Slopes for Hope raised $40,000 in February.

A new event, Mayhem in the Platzl, was held on February 15. The rail jam attracted huge crowds to Kimberley’s Platzl and it is hoped it will become an annual event.

On Thursday, February 21, Canada Post announced the first cuts to door to doorservice and Kimberley was not on the list nor was any British Columbia community. Eleven communities did make the transition to community mailbox delivery beginning in the fall of 2014.

Two suspects were arrested at about 2:30 a.m. February 27 after being observed damaging deer traps in Marysville. Devin Kazakoff, a founder of the Invermere Deer Protection Society, was one of the two men charged. The damage effectively ended the City of Kimberley’s winter cull of 30 mule deer and Mayor Ron McRae said the city would not seek an extension of its cull permit.

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A big crowd cheered on present and past Dynamiters at the Charity Alumni game in January of 2014.

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The City Council debate on the Marysville arena ice plant drew a big crowd of interested citizens to Council Chambers in February.

Spring skiing at the Kimberley Alpine Resort in March.

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Council voted at a budget meeting in March that no more money would be dedicated to deer culls in the upcoming budget.

Council felt it was time to engage the province in talks about responsibility for wildlife, urban or not.

One man from Crawford Bay was dead following an avalanche just above the Gray Creek Pass on Tuesday, March 11.

Both the Nelson and Kimberley search and rescue units responded.

You certainly couldn’t ask for a more successful Paralympic Games than those experienced by Kimberley’s own Josh Dueck. Not only did the sit-skier win two medals, a gold in Super Combined and a silver in the downhill, but he lead in his Canadian teammates and carried the flag at the closing ceremonies.

Dueck would announce his retirement from competitive skiing later in the year.

Kootenay Ice forward Tim Bozon was admitted to ICU in Saskatoon with Neisseria meningitis. After being in an articial coma for treatment, he was slowly woken by doctors and his health improved.

The City of Kimberley won $25,000 from Kraft Hockeyville for repairs to the Marysville Arena.

The Marysville Arena bid made it to the Western semi-finals before being eliminated.

It was announced in March that the Kimberley Arts Council would introduce a new festival to Kimberley. The week-long Kaleidoscope Fest would encompass the former Arts on the Edge fest as well as add many new events to the August week.

Kimberley City Council made the decision to place the two walking bridges contracted from Tyee Log Homes to Mackenzie Street and Marysville Falls to replace two

older bridges. The bridges were intended for the flume project but with that on hold last winter, it was decided to place them elsewhere. However, the decision was not arrived at without considerable debate within Council.

April

The man charged over an October 2012 carjacking near Creston, and subsequent police chase through Cranbrook, was sentenced to another two years jail for the offenses. Nickolas Bullock, 27, pleaded guilty last July to two counts of robbery, one count of assault with a weapon, one count of dangerous driving, and one count of evading a police pursuit, resulting from a crime spree on October 2, 2012 that began in Port Coquitlam and ended in Cranbrook.

The Ktunaxa Nation lost its legal challenge to the Jumbo Glacier Resort in B.C.’s Supreme Court.

Arguing the proposed resort violated its charter rights to religious freedom, the Ktunaxa asked the court to rule the project would desecrate sacred land and practices. But Justice John Savage ruled the ministry did its duty to consider the First Nation and did not infringe on constitutional rights.

Jumbo also made the news in April as its appointed Council was given a $200,000 per year over five years budget. Opponents, including Columbia River Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald said funding a municipality with zero population was ridiculous.

The City of Kimberley released its 2014 Financial Plan which gave Kimberley residential taxpayers a four per cent increase, and business/ light industrial a three per cent increase.

Rises in utility rates and a new infrastructure flat tax were also announced.

After considerable discussion, a public hearing and staff reports, Kimberley City

Council decided that they will not proceed with a zoning change to allow a car wash to be built on Marsden Street. The lot in question is just to the north west side of the Marsden Street bridge, across the creek and a small road from the Baptist Church. While the lot is already zoned commercial, a car wash was not allowed under the current zoning, so the proponent applied for a change. Council has decided that a car wash is not appropriate in the mostly residential neighbourhood, though not without a lot of discussion.

Kimberley’s teachers, along with their BCTF colleagues across the province, began Phase 1 job action April 23. The job action came after teachers rejected the latest offer from the B.C. Public Schools Employers Association, an offer BCTF president Jim Iker called “lowball”.

Teachers voted 89 per cent in March to endorse a three-stage strike plan.

Approximately 65 of B.C.’s mayors met in Kimberley and Cranbrook last week for the B.C. Mayors’ Caucus. The caucus was founded three years ago to help mayors find a collective voice with which to communicate with the provincial government.

The Board of Directors of Kimberley Summer Theatre announced with regret that they would not be producing any shows this coming season, but the Society was not disbanding said board member Roxanne Harper. Harper says it’s unfortunate for all concerned but the Board felt it must deal with the large deficit from the 2013 season before any future plans are made.

Fundraising to deal with the debt continued through 2014.

See Part II tomorrow’s Daily Bulletin.

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Pivotal year ahead for aboriginal relations in B.C. Tom Fletcher/ Bl ack Press

Tom Fletcher’s yearend interview with Aboriginal Relations Miister John Rustad.

TF: Can you tell me about some agreements with First Nations you have in the works for 2015?

JR: On the LNG front, we have agreements with approximately 20 nations that we have signed and we’ll be announcing some time into the new year. I can’t give you more details than that, but they include the coast, some of the sites where LNG facilities will be, and some of them of course are also pipeline benefit agreements.

It’s been a good year for us with LNG negotiations. We have another 20 nations that we’re working with and with a few exceptions, most of those are moving along relatively well.

TF: One of the agreements signed recently was a benefit agreement with the Wet’suwet’en First Nation. At the same time we have one or two hereditary chiefs at the Unist’ot’en camp (accessible by logging road from Houston), with support from professional environmentalists, and they’re adamantly opposed to gas or oil pipelines. Have I got that right?

JR: I wouldn’t characterize it that way. Here is how the Wet’suwet’en people are divided.

There is the office of the Wet’suwet’en, which is all of the hereditary chiefs from the Wet’suwet’en areas. And then there are six elected bands, four of which have asserted their territory, working with their hereditary chiefs, and those are the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, the Skin Tyee First Nation, the Nee Tahi Buhn Indian Band and the Burns Lake Indian Band.

And then there is the Moricetown Band and Hagwilget, which have not asserted their territory but work under the Office of the Wet’suwet’en.

The Unist’ot’en is one hereditary chief, and the Unist’ot’en family is involved in the blockade. So I’m hopeful, we’ve been working

with them. I’m optimistic that in the new year we may be able to find a resolution to that particular issue.

TF: Another highlight of the year, the Site C dam announcement on the Peace River.

We’ve got Treaty 8 First Nations who remain opposed. They signed their treaty in 1899, it surrendered the territory east of the Rockies and it protects their traditional hunting, trapping and fishing. The joint review panel on Site C said there are impacts here that really can’t be mitigated. What’s the duty of the Crown in that situation?

JR: Obviously we have a duty of consultation, and where appropriate accommodation.

We’ve done a lot of work with those nations to date, and we will continue to be engaged with the Treaty 8 nations.

But certainly, particularly for West Moberly First Nations, who are arguably most impacted by this project, it’s going to be challenging. It has significant impact on them directly as a people, so we’re going to need to find ways to mitigate. You can’t mitigate the fact that the valley will be flooded, but find some other things that we can do with the nation.

We’re engaged with them as well as the other Treaty 8 nations. BC Hydro still has a lot of work to be done. We have to find some way to bring some agreement if we can.

TF: Some of those groups have logging and construction companies that could realize a benefit from a project like that?

JR: There will be hundreds of millions of dollars worth of business and economic opportunity for the people in that area and specifically First Nations. Some business units already have contracts with BC Hydro. My hope is that those companies and bands have opportunities to fully participate.

TF: Can those opposed stop Site C? JR: Obviously there are some legal challenges out there. I would say Site C has probably been the most studied major project in British

Columbia’s history.

There have been conversations that have gone on for 30-plus years and a lot of engagement with First Nations on it. I can’t say what a judge will say.

And not to forget that there are 10 [non-aboriginal] landowners that will be significantly impacted, and it will certainly be difficult for them as this project advances.

TF: The Tsilhqot’in court decision recognizing aboriginal title was a big event in 2014. Are people reading too much into that as a precedent for other First Nations, or is that territorial claim really unique?

JR: It is unique. There has never before been a declaration of aboriginal title in Canada. It’s also unique as a very long court case that led to that decision. One thing that isn’t unique, we know that aboriginal title exists, it’s in the Canadian constitution.

The courts have said that it exists but they have never defined exactly where it was. When you look at how the defi-

nition was applied for the Tsilhqot’in decision, that was known as well, in terms of the continuous occupation prior to 1864 [Chilcotin war], their continuous and exclusive use.

This is the first direct title award. It certainly has raised expectations, and from our perspective, we want to do as the courts have said, and that is sit down and negotiate. What does this mean? How do we work with First Nations to define their aboriginal title for those nations who want to do that.

Through the letter of understanding that we entered into with the Tsilhqot’in people, we’re working through a lot of technical issues, to get a protocol agreement in place by the end of March. For example, who ploughs the roads?

How do you take care of the day-to-day things that need to be done?

TF: That decision was based on the jurisdiction of the forests ministry, and what the Supreme Court of Canada decided was that the province still has juris-

diction to go in and put out forest fires if that’s required, but not much else. Is there a sense of unfairness among the non-aboriginal population about how this has come out?

JR: I’ve certainly heard from people who are wondering, where does this go. When you look at what the constitution and the court says, it’s a reality for us in British Columbia. It’s something I think we need to embrace and find ways to work within it.

More importantly for the Tsilhqot’in people, how do we create an economy for them?

How do you help them build a future in today’s world and economy? I think [former Nisga’a Nation president] Dr. Jo-

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We’ve signed a significant number of incremental treaty agreements, we have four treaty agreements in principle that are on the table, and we have moved forward with two other treaties that will be fully implemented by 2016.

But I think looking forward, the conversations that we’re going to be having with regards to mining, the work we’ll be doing with the Tsilhqot’in, the need we have to go out and have conversations around things like forestry and title … I think it’s going to be an exciting year.

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TF: What are your goals in 2015?

JR: Over this past year when I’ve had the honour of being the minister, we originally had a goal of 10 non-treaty agreements by 2015, and then when I came in we added an additional 10. I think we’re now over 50

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NEWSMAKERS

Stellar year in local sports stories It’s been an interesting calendar year in Cranbrook, splitting duties on the sports desk and the news desk. I moved off of the sports beat in August to cover a maternity leave for our senior reporter on the news desk. While I’ve had the opportunity to cover some interesting stories recently on the news desk, namely the Cheyenne Learn trial in Cranbrook Supreme Court, this list in primarily devoted to what I feel were the top local stories to come off the sports desk in 2014.

Hope you enjoy.

The shining star of Sam Reinhart It was the highly-anticipated draft year for Kootenay Ice captain Sam Reinhart, the youngest of a trio of brothers who seem destined for the NHL to follow in the footsteps of their father, Paul Reinhart.

NHL scouts had their eye on Sam since he was drafted into the WHL as the 15th overall selection by the Kootenay Ice in 2010.

He went to the WHL podium twice last year capturing Player of the Year and Most Sportsmanlike Player of the Year awards and finished with 105 points, good for fifth in the regular season scoring race. However, it was his play following the World Juniors that made everyone sit up and take notice, where he tallied 55 points in 27 games.

Kootenay Ice playoffs Hockey is a team game; you win and lose as a team, but the trio of Sam Reinhart, Jaedon Descheneau and Zach Franko almost single-handedly took out the Calgary Hitmen in the first round of the 2014 WHL playoffs. In six games, they scored 17 points.

Each. Kootenay went in as the underdog,

the sixth seed going up against the third seed, and won in six games. It was fire wagon hockey in almost all of the games— entertaining for fans but nail biters for the coaches. Kootenay stunned the Hitmen with the first win, before losing twice, one of which was a tight 7-6 OT loss. However, the Ice knotted up the series in Calgary and came home for an emotional Game Six where Tim Bozon, who had just been released from hospiTrevor tal after battling Crawley meningitis, delivered the ceremonial puck drop. Kootenay went on to win the game 5-3 and the series. Despite a 3-1 series lead over the Medicine Hat Tigers, the Tabbies were able to battle back and force Game 7, which they won to advance to the Eastern Conference final.

Tim Bozon’s battle with meningitis The WHL and the rest of the hockey world reacted in shock when it was announced that Tim Bozon was in a medically induced coma and on the brink of death after being admitted to hospital in Saskatoon with a diagnosis of Nesseria Meningitis. Bozon, a blue-chip prospect for the Montreal Canadiens, taken in the 3rd round of the 2012 NHL Draft, played in a game with the Kootenay Ice against the Saskatoon Blades before heading back to the hotel with the team and had a restless night in his room. Ice athletic therapist Cory Cameron made the call to an ambulance the next morning, and Bozon was diagnosed with meningitis and put into a coma not even two hours later at the hospi-

tal. After two weeks, he was slowly awakened and released a week later, where he briefly returned to Cranbrook before heading back to Europe to make what appears to be a complete recovery.

Bandits win Montana State Championship The Cranbrook Bandits baseball team captured their first state championship this past season after defeating the Medicine Hat Majestics 11-5 in the final game of the tournament. The Bandits went on an undefeated run of five games, dramatically outscoring the opposition during their run to the state title. Led by Devon Marra, Tyler Thorn and Brandon Ouillette, along with some great rookie talent such as Kei Chlopan, the Bandits had a successful season under the guidance of head coach Paul Mrazek. The best thing? The entire team is eligible to return for next season to take another shot at a repeat title.

Josh Dueck earns gold at Sochi Josh Dueck realized a dream in February when he claimed the first gold medal of his Paralympic career, topping the podium in Super Combined at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Russia. Not only did Dueck capture gold, he also nabbed a silver in downhill. It’s more hardware on his shelf, as he already captured numerous awards over his sit-ski racing career, such as a silver medal in the Vancouver Winter Olympics, a gold in the X-Games and a world championship. Dueck recently announced his retirement from competitive skiing as he looks to the next chapter in his life.

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No parallel state This in response to Tom Fletcher’s column (‘Nisga’a proving their critics wrong,’ B.C. Views, Dec. 3) and a recent letter to the editor from Ron Johnson (‘Perils of a parallel state’).

First, the Nisga’a Nation is not a “parallel state.” As a result of our treaty, we are very much a part of Canada, a fact about which many Nisga’a citizens are extremely proud.

In the manner set out in the Nisga’a Treaty, federal and provincial laws apply to Nisga’a Nation, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms applies to Nisga’a government, Nisga’a citizens pay taxes, and Nisga’a citizens continue to be entitled to all the rights and benefits of other Canadian citizens.

If anything, our treaty removed the barriers of the Indian Act that obstructed our full participation in Canadian society. We

take exception to being separated in any way from Canada.

Second, Johnson’s comment that Nisga’a citizens have become a “landed gentry” is a completely inaccurate portrayal of the state of Nisga’a society. It suggests that through the recognition of our aboriginal title under the Nisga’a Treaty, Nisga’a Nation has somehow magically transformed its economic conditions to that of a 19th century aristocrat living off rents.

In fact we were not allowed to participate in the industrial revolution, and we need to catch up to the rest of Canada. As tax-paying Canadians, we at Nisga’a Nation still have to earn our daily bread, attract investment to our area and carefully plan and build for the future, just like everyone else in Canada.

This is why we support the development of the liquefied natural gas industry in B.C.,

are seeking to attract investment, and possibly operate an LNG facility on Nisga’a lands.

As we have indicated to the government of B.C. at recent joint press conferences, our efforts at Nisga’a Nation provide LNG proponents project certainty to support the establishment of the LNG industry in B.C. generally.

Nisga’a Nation strives for sustainable prosperity and self-reliance. We appreciate how Fletcher has kept an open mind to allow his views on the Nisga’a Treaty to evolve. We are optimistic that eventually more people will understand that we want what all citizens of B.C. want – an improved quality of life.

H. Mitchell Stevens President Nisga’a Lisims Government New AiyanshName

2014: Our hypochondriac planet T he main purpose of year-end reviews, of course, is to hold the ads apart. But they can also serve as a kind of annual check-up on the political health — and also on the economic, demographic and even physical health — of the planet and its teeming human population. So imagine that we are a panel of high-priced medicos reviewing the health status of our most important client, the human race.

The first thing to note is that the client is still piling on weight at an alarming rate – up from two billion units to seven billion in the past seventy-five years — but continues to thrive, for the most part. And most of the ailments that it worries about are mere hypochondria.

Take, for example, the widespread concern (at least in the media and among what Bob Fisk calls the “think-tank mountebanks”) that the emergence of the so-called Islamic State in the no man’s land between Iraq and Syria will lead to catastrophe. There will allegedly be a surge in terrorist attacks around the world, a Sunni-Shia religious war spanning the entire Middle East, or even a global religious war between Muslims and everybody else.

The Sunni fanatics and the Shia fanatics are far too busy trying to kill each other to have time to spare for attacking non-Muslims. (Besides, most Muslims don’t want to attack anybody; they just want to be left in peace.) Quite a lot of the slaughter in Iraq and Syria is driven by religion, but we are still a long way from a religious conflict that directly involves the really important states of the Middle East: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran.

Even the anticipated surge in terrorist attacks outside the region is not likely to come to pass. The only strategic purpose for such attacks by any organised group of Islamist extremists is to gain support and recruits within their own region. If they can lure Western powers into killing lots of Muslims in their region, then their cause will prosper locally.

As it turns out, Islamic State has not even needed to carry out terrorist attacks in the West to achieve this goal. Videos of Western hostages being beheaded have been enough to get the bombing going again, and Western governments are no more troubled by the sheer pointlessness of the bombing than they were in the past. Both sides are playing for the home audience, and really don’t care much about the impact of their actions on the alleged enemy.

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The whole “Islamic State” panic is a tempest in a fairly small teacup. The casualties are small, and the entire region matters little economically or strategically except to its own inhabitants. Even in the unlikely event that a Sunni-Shia religious war should engulf the whole of the Middle East, it would have no more effect on the rest of the planet than the European wars of religion four centuries ago had on the Middle East. That is to say, hardly any.

So in terms of the global system’s health, the rise of radical Islamism is not a life-threatening disease. It’s a local infection that will probably have to run its course. If it really gets bad, some quarantine measures Gwynne may be needed, but this is not ebola.

Dyer Speaking of which, the ebola outbreak in Africa seems on the way to being contained, although it will probably remain as a low-level chronic problem in the three West African countries where it reached epidemic status: Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

There is a small risk that ebola might take root in a densely populated country whose people travel widely, like Nigeria or, even worse, India, but so far, so good.

The other great shock of 2014 was a war in Europe. The Ukrainian revolution of last February was a messy and complicated business, but it need not have ended in Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and in a Russian-backed separatist war in Ukraine’s two easternmost provinces.

We owe that mainly to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s world-view as a former agent of the KGB, the Soviet secret police, which (as the old saying had it) thwarted ten anti-Soviet plots for every one that actually existed.

The KGB was full of very clever people — indeed, it was the most intelligent and best informed part of the old Soviet regime, one of the world’s strongholds of institutionalised stupidity — but it was also a nest of paranoid fantasists. You may debate to your heart’s content whether this was a Russian cultural phenomenon or an extreme case of the disease that infects every great-power spy agency, but that’s why Putin reacted the way he did.

Western European governments are so divided and introspective that they could not come up with a credible plan to boil an egg, and they care very little about the parts of Eastern Europe beyond the European Union’s borders. The only section of the

American population that sees President Obama’s administration as capable of hatching a plot is the extreme right, and they think he’s a foreign-born Communist plotting the overthrow of the United States.

Various Western politicians showed up in Kiev to cheer the protesters on, but these were just the usual suspects taking advantage of a good photo op. Their real intended audience, as usual, was back home. As for NATO, it is another Cold War institution that has long outlived its purpose, but it no more wants to bring Ukraine into the fold than it longs to recruit Mongolia as a member. Too much trouble, and no profit whatever.

There was no Western plot, but Putin is driven by the belief that there was. He has taken Russia into a confrontation with the West that it cannot win, and the country’s economy is already crumbling under the twin strains of coping with Western sanctions and the collapse of the oil price. He is finding it almost impossible to back away without losing face, but he has nothing to gain by continuing the conflict either. Risk of a new Cold War: minimal.

So far the patient’s health is looking pretty good. There is the usual clutter of minor ailments — a mini-civil war here (Libya, South Sudan), civil rights protesters under attack there (Hong Kong, Missouri) – and there is a significant possibility that next year will bring another recession. That’s as inevitable as catching a cold once in a while.

But there has been nothing really out of the ordinary this year, nothing that sets off alarm bells.

The only big worry the doctors have is the same one that has bothered them for the past twenty-five years: the patient simply won’t stop smoking. Their increasingly grave warnings are met with empty promises to cut back or quit entirely, but not right now, just some time far in the future. Maybe.

Climate change is the spectre at every feast, the unstoppable rot that undermines every positive development. The failure at Copenhagen in 2009 bleeds indistinguishably into the fudge at Durban in 2011 and on into the feeble compromise in Lima in 2014, which sets us up for the bigger disappointment of Paris in 2015. And even if by some miracle we get a useful agreement in Paris next year, nothing will actually be done until 2020.

The patient thinks there’s still plenty of time to quit. There isn’t.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist based in London

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Looking for vengeance Canada looks to take advantage of struggling Finland Bill Beacon Canadian Press

MONTREAL - Opening with a pair of one-sided wins was a confidence booster for Canada but now comes the first real test at the world junior championship: Finland.

Canada (2-0-0) enters Monday’s game at the Bell Centre on a high after shutout wins over Slovakia and Germany, but the defending champion Finns (0-1-1) are a sharp step up in competition.

“They’ve yet to win a game, so they’re going to be coming at us,” forward Curtis Lazar said Sunday. “It’ll probably be do or die for them.

“They really need to take a step in that direction, and we get the lucky draw of having to face them. We’ve got to try to weather the storm.

They’ve got a great team all around and we have to be ready to play.”

It has not gone well so far for Finland, which opened with a gutsy performance in a 2-1 shootout loss to the United States but then went south with a surprise 2-1 defeat to Slovakia after wasting a string of scoring chances.

Many of the same Finnish players, including defence ace Julius Hinka, captain Artturi Lehkonen and goalie Juuse Saros were riding high at last year’s event

in Malmo, Sweden, when they toppled Canada 5-1 in the semifinals before beating the Swedes to claim their first title since 1998.

They are sure to bring the same cautious, patience-testing game they always play to the rematch with Canada, which has seven players back from a year ago.

“They’ve got great goaltending too,” added Lazar, one of the returnees. “We’re going to have to get some good traffic in front of their goalie.

“Their defence does a great job of moving the puck and they’ve got some crafty forwards as well. So they’re going to keep us on our toes, but if we play the way we can, we’ll be fine.”

Canada has more skill up front than last year’s squad. So far, the goaltending has been perfect and the defence has been solid but for some hairy moments in the second period of Saturday’s 4-0 win when the entire team lost its edge for a spell against Germany.

Zach Fucale, who needed to make only 12 saves in the opening 8-0 rout of Slovakia, will be back in goal after Eric Comrie picked up a 17save shutout against the Germans.

Fucale was in the net for last year’s loss to the Finns, who took the lead in the second period on

a fluke goal by Joni Nikko after Honka shot the puck in along the boards and saw it take a funny hop in front of the vacated net.

Finnish checking and counterattacking took over after that. The loss guaranteed that Canada would go a fifth straight year without a gold medal.

“I wouldn’t say it’s fresh in my mind, but I remember what happened and I learned from it,” said Fucale.

“It’ll certainly serve as a motivator for the game.”

Coach Benoit Groulx, an assistant to Brent Sutter last year, doesn’t want to dwell on what happened a year ago.

He said both teams are different and this is a new tournament.

The Finns no longer have star forward Teuvo Teravainen, who had three points in the semifinal.

But they have slick forward Kaspari Kapanen, a first-round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins who missed last year’s event with an injury. Finland also has six-footthree dynamo Jesse Puljujarvi, who may be their most dangerous forward even if he’s only 16.

“We want to play in the now,” said Groulx. “I know they have a good team, but we also have a good team. We expect a very good game.”

Canada’s advantages

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Team Canada and Kootenay Ice captain Sam Reinhart (pictured Friday night in Canada’s win over Slovakia) are undefeated at the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship heading into Monday’s game against Finland. will be playing at home on an NHL-size rink and having a team brimming with confidence after two big wins.

Centre Nic Petan had six points in two games, while Robby Fabbri had four and Max Domi, Sam Reinhart, Connor McDavid and defenceman Madison Bowey each had three.

Domi, an Arizona Coyotes prospect who is the son of former NHL enforcer Tie Domi, grew up getting advice not only from his father but from his dad’s friends, like superstars Mario Le-

Take two

Kootenay Ice grab pair of wins over Calgary Hitmen Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

The Kootenay Ice grabbed a pair of crucial victories over the Calgary Hitmen this weekend, winning 6-2 on home ice Saturday night before edging the Hitmen 4-3 in Calgary Sunday afternoon.

Saturday night, Levi Cable answered the call and delivered in entertaining fashion, registering four goals to lead the Kootenay Ice to victory in front of a season-high crowd of 2,976 at Western Financial Place.

“I got a lot of shots today and the bounces were going my way, so I thought I’d just throw everything to the net,” Cable said after Saturday’s win. “A lot of things just happened to go in for me. It was nice.

“It was really good to come back [from the holiday break] and get the win here.”

The 20-year-old native of Hudson Bay, Sask., tallied twice in the first period before stealing an errant pass from Hitmen starting goaltender Mack Shields in

mieux and Mats Sundin.

“I didn’t really listen to my dad when he got mad at me for not shooting,” Domi said with a laugh. “I’d always overpass in minor hockey and he’d get on me and say, ‘If you can’t listen to Mario or Mats Sundin, then I don’t know who else can tell you.’ So I’d say all right. I had to figure it out pretty quick.”

Groulx tinkered with his lines late against Germany by putting McDavid between Fabbri and Jake Virtanen, a Vancouver Canucks’ first-round pick from

Abbotsford, B.C., who is of Finnish descent.

The only Canadian forwards without a point so far are Nick Ritchie and Frederik Gauthier, an ace penalty killer who leads the tournament with an 84.21 faceoff win percentage.

Canada has killed off nine straight penalties so far, but Groulx feels improvements can still be made.

“Our PKers were good but we can still be better,” he said. “We blocked many shots because we got in position to block shots. We still

need improvement in our routes when we kill penalties, but I like the attitude of our PK guys.”

As for Finland, Groulx is aware they will be a test for his team.

“They skate well, they have skills, they have a solid goalie and they play very good as a unit,” said Groulx.

“They’re very good at blocking the middle of the ice and taking your time and space away, so it’ll be a matter of us of managing the puck well and making sure we put ourselves in position to use our speed.”

the second period, completing the hat-trick by depositing the puck into the vacated cage.

“He brings a lot of speed,” Ice goaltender Wyatt Hoflin said of Cable Saturday night.

“He pushes the defencemen back. Tonight, he was shooting really well and getting his own rebounds.

“It creates a lot of space when the d-men are backing off to respect his speed.”

Cable finished Saturday’s win with five points, adding a third-period power-play goal as well as an assist on the final marker of the night, an evenstrength tally from Jaedon Descheneau with less than five minutes to go in regulation.

Hoflin, making his 24th consecutive start between the pipes for the Ice, had a stellar night of his own, steering aside a season-high 51 shots to earn his 19th win of the 2014-15 campaign.

“It’s nice for sure. Obviously we want to get two points while we’re missing some key players,” Hoflin said. “It will be that much easier to catch up in the points race when they get back.”

In turning aside 51 pucks Saturday night, Hoflin erased his previous season high of 48 saves, which came in a 3-0 shutout victory on the road over the Medicine Hat Tigers Nov. 22.

“You get more touches on the puck, the more confidence you have to

make the save,” Hoflin said. “Tonight, [because of] rebounds, I gave up a little more shots than I wanted to. I think I could have brought that [shot total] down by at least 15 shots with some rebound control, but I felt good.”

Sunday afternoon at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, the Ice racked up its fifth-consecutive victory with a 4-3 win over the host Hitmen. The triumph pulled the Ice (20-17-00, 40 points) to within one point of the thirdplace Calgary Hitmen (19-14-1-2, 41) in the WHL’s Central Division standings.

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Sunday night showdown Fernie Ghostriders edge Kimberley Dynamiters in electrifying affair

Kimberley Dynamiters Scoring Summary SunDay, Dec. 28

Fernie GhoStriDerS 6 at Kimberley DynamiterS 4

First Period 1. KIM - E. Buckley, (J. Jowsey, J. Marchi), 8:18 (PP) 2. FER - S. Plaquin, (A. Neufeld, D. Smith), 2:26 3. FER - A. Neufeld, (unassisted), 2:14 Second Period 4. FER - D. Smith, (S. Plaquin, J. Burgess), 7:11 Third Period 5. FER - D. Smith, (A. Neufeld, S. Plaquin), 13:51 (PP) 6. FER - D. Smith, (D. Robertson, J. Peers), 10:52 (PP) 7. KIM - J. Busch, (J. Richter, E. Buckley), 9:21 (SH) 8. KIM - L. Lane, (C. Prevost, J. Busch), 6:25 (PP) 9. KIM - J. Richter, (B. Saretsky, E. Buckley), 2:53 (PP) 10. FER - E. Reid, (unassisted), 0:02 (EN) (SH) Shots 1 2 3 T Fernie 9 5 10 24 Kimberley 5 11 11 27 Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% FER - Brandon Butler 23/27 60:00 0.852 KIM - Tyson Brouwer 18/24 59:30 0.750 Power plays Fernie 2/5 (40.0%); Kimberley 3/6 (50.0%) Attendance: 738

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Goaltender Tyson Brouwer makes a stop Sunday night as the Nitros fell to Fernie by a final tally of 6-4.

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What was on the verge of being a one-sided affair turned into a nail-biter Sunday evening at the Kimberley Civic Centre as the Dynamiters and Fernie Ghostriders went to battle once again in KIJHL action.

Despite battling back from a 5-1 deficit, the Nitros didn’t have enough left for a third-period comeback as the Ghostriders held on for a 6-4 victory.

“We pride ourselves on trying to be the better team in third periods,” said Nitros head coach Jerry Bancks Sunday.

“It was good that we came back. But I thought we kind of handed it to them in the first and second period -- not enough guys doing what we need to do for us to win. [Fernie] is a good team. They’re older and if you give

them a scoring chance, they’re going to bury it.

Our mistakes were big mistakes and they took advantage of it.”

After Dynamiters forward Eric Buckley opened the scoring with a power-play marker midway through the first period, Sam Plaquin and Aaron Neufeld responded for the visitors as Fernie took a 2-1 lead to the dressing room after 20 minutes.

Doan Smith, scored the only goal of the second period to give Fernie a 3-1 advantage. The 19-year-old native of Duchess, Alta., went on to register two more goals in the third period to complete the hat trick and added an assist for a four-point performance.

Smith opened the third period with two power-play tallies to give the Ghostriders a commanding 5-1 advantage before 10 minutes had

expired and it looked as though the night was over for the Dynamiters.

With nothing more to lose, Buckley floated at centre ice despite his team skating on the penalty kill. After taking a long stretch pass, the pesky Nitros forward took the puck hard to the net before Jordan Busch followed to clean up the garbage, making it 5-2.

The comeback was on.

Less than three minutes later, newcomer Lincoln Lane deposited a rebound past Ghostriders goaltender Brandon Butler on the power play to bring the hosts within two. Suddenly, the Dynamiters only trailed 5-3.

With the clock quickly wearing down, Dynamiters captain Jason Richter stuffed another rebound past Butler, once again on the power play, and the home team was back in it,

trailing 5-4 with 2:53 remaining in regulation.

Unfortunately for the hosts, that’s as close as they would get.

“We were slow coming out the gate. We were slow all game until the last couple minutes,” Richter said Sunday night. “We realized we play them [Monday].

We’ve got to man up and start playing. That’s when our effort really picked up.”

With goaltender Tyson Brouwer on the bench for the extra attacker and Fernie captain Dylan Robertson serving a slashing minor for the final 1:53 of regulation, the Nitros were unable to capitalize.

Ghostriders defenceman Evan Reid blocked a point shot in the dying moments, before chasing down the puck at centre ice and depositing it into the empty net to round out the scoring.

Ice return in strong form Continued from page 8

Ice forward Luke Philp tallied the eventual game-winning goal with less than five minutes to play in the second period Sunday.

Cable continued his tear, grabbing his 16th goal of the season and adding another assist, bringing his weekend total against the Hitmen to five goals and two assists in two games.

Hoflin tied a Kootenay Ice franchise record for consecutive appearances by a goaltender as he made is 25th straight start between the pipes Sunday afternoon.

Todd Mathews set

the record with 25 consecutive appearances in net from Jan. 21 to March 14, 2009.

Hoflin’s run began Oct. 24 in a 9-2 setback on home ice against the Calgary Hitmen.

“It’s more about getting two points than the records or anything like that,” Hoflin said Saturday night.

“Getting a break right in the middle [over Christmas] was nice.

Obviously I’m coming back fresh. Every time they call my name to start, I’m going to try to be as good as I can for the team and help us get

two points.”

The native of Spruce Grove, Alta., turned aside 34 of 37 shots in Sunday’s win, good enough for a first-star performance.

Next up, the Ice head to Medicine Hat for a Tuesday-night date with the Tigers (25-9-1-1, 52).

Medicine Hat is coming off an 8-4 drubbing of the Lethbridge Hurricanes (9-21-3-2, 23) Sunday afternoon.

Notes: The Kootenay Ice went without D Dylan Overdyk (concussion), F Sam Reinhart (World Juniors), D Rinat Valiev (World Juniors)

and D Tanner Faith (upper body) this weekend… With three defencemen unavailable and only four others on the roster, Ice affiliate defenceman Tanner Lishchynsky (1995) made his Kootenay Ice debut Saturday night. Lishchynsky began the season with the Flin Flon Bombers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, registering 18 points in 29 games. The 19-year-old Saskatoon native had 78 games of WHL experience under his belt prior to Saturday (Prince George Cougars, 201214)…

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Dec. 29 at Fernie Jan. 2 at Columbia Valley Jan. 3 vs. Columbia Valley Jan. 9 at Fernie Jan. 10 at Golden Jan. 13 vs. Creston Valley

Goaltending Statistics Player Tyson Brouwer Liam McBain

W L OT/L SO GAA 16 6 3 1 2.73 2 6 0 0 3.96

The offensive outburst from Smith, Fernie’s leading scorer, vaulted him to the top of the KIJHL scoring charts.

Smith, who came to the Ghostriders from the Columbia Valley Rockies earlier in December, now has 49 points (28G, 21A) to lead the KIJHL in scoring. Osoyoos Coyotes forward Aaron Azevedo (17-30-47) sits second in league scoring.

The Dynamiters and Ghostriders won’t get a break from one another as they get right back to it Monday night at the

SP 0.899 0.861

Scoring Statistics

Player Jason Richter Lincoln Lane Jordan Busch Coy Prevost Eric Buckley Jared Marchi Braden Saretsky Keenan Haase Jesse Wallace Marco Campanella Austin Hancherow Alex Rosolowsky Jonas Gordon Sawyer Hunt

GP 35 31 34 34 32 35 27 34 35 30 32 30 25 27 Trevor Van Steinburg 34 Jordan Roy 10 James Jowsey 31 Charles Dagostin 31 Tyler Kinnon 29 Brady Revie 24 Rory Mallard 26 James Rota (AP) 2 Tristan Pagura 2 Jacob Bromley (AP) 1 Korbyn Chabot (AP) 1 Tyler Van Steinburg (AP) 1

Fernie Memorial Arena.

“It’s a really good test for our guys,” Bancks said. “Resiliency is a really big word and what you like to see. A bounce back [Monday] -- I would be surprised if we don’t play one of our better games [Monday].”

With Sunday’s win, the Ghostriders (25-5-12, 53 points) have built a 10-point advantage in the Eddie Mountain Division. The Golden Rockets (19-13-0-5, 43) sit second while the Dynamiters (18-13-1-3, 40) remain third.

G 27 8 6 9 9 10 6 11 8 7 4 9 2 3 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 17 24 24 19 19 13 17 8 9 8 10 3 9 7 8 4 7 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0

PTS 44 32 30 28 28 23 23 19 17 15 14 12 11 10 10 8 8 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0

PIM 10 32 9 25 82 49 57 16 6 28 10 2 18 6 8 8 2 25 45 32 8 0 0 0 0 0

“We’re definitely going to go in there with a lot of confidence [Monday],” Richter said looking ahead to the rematch against Fernie. “We know we can play with them. We can score goals against them. We just have to defend better.

“We just have to play harder, play better in our own zone by playing man-on-man. We’ve got to take the body more…

That’s definitely going to be a focus.”

Puck drop in Fernie is slated for 7:30 p.m. Monday night.

Kootenay Ice Scoring Summaries Saturday, dec. 27

Shots 1 2 3 T Kootenay Ice 13 6 4 23 Calgary Hitmen 17 11 9 37 Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% First Period KTN - Wyatt Hoflin 34/37 60:00 0.919 1. KTN - L. Cable, (12) (Z. Zborosky, M. Alfaro), 3:59 CGY - Mack Shields 14/18 35:03 0.778 2. KTN - L. Cable, (13) (unassisted), 18:23 Evan Johnson 5/5 23:13 1.000 Second Period Power plays 3. KTN - L. Cable, (14) (unassisted), 3:10 Kootenay Ice 1/3 (33.3%) 4. KTN - L. Philp, (14) (T. Bozon, T. Lishchynsky), 4:48 Calgary Hitmen 1/3 (33.3%) Third Period Three Stars: 5. KTN - L. Cable, (15) (J. Descheneau, T. Bozon), 0:14 (PP) 1) W. Hoflin (KTN); 2) A. Tambellini (CGY); 3) K. Helgesen 6. CGY - P. Karnaukhov, (12) (C. Lang, C. Rankin), 6:20 (PP) (CGY) 7. CGY - M. Zipp, (4) (P. Karnaukhov, M. Donald), 8:10 Attendance: 10,095 8. KTN - J. Descheneau, (19) (L. Philp, L. Cable), 15:17 Shots 1 2 3 T Upcoming Games Calgary Hitmen 11 18 24 53 Dec. 30 at Medicine Hat Jan. 2 at Red Deer Kootenay Ice 9 9 8 26 Jan. 3 at Edmonton Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% Jan. 9 vs. Red Deer CGY - Mack Shields 11/15 24:48 0.733 Jan. 10 vs. Saskatoon Evan Johnson 9/11 35:12 0.818 Jan. 14 at Moose Jaw KTN - Wyatt Hoflin 51/53 60:00 0.962 Power plays Scoring Statistics Player GP G A PTS PIM Calgary Hitmen 1/3 (33.3%) Jaedon Descheneau 35 19 25 44 36 Kootenay Ice 1/3 (33.3%) Luke Philp 36 15 23 38 12 Three Stars: Tim Bozon 22 13 17 30 6 1) L. Cable (KTN); 2) W. Hoflin (KTN); 3) T. King (KTN) Levi Cable 34 16 12 28 4 Sam Reinhart 15 8 19 27 2 Attendance: 2,967 Rinat Valiev 23 5 20 25 31 Zak Zborosky 37 11 12 23 8 Sunday, dec. 28 Tyler King 33 4 11 15 25 Matt Alfaro 37 5 9 14 14 Kootenay Ice 4 Austin Vetterl 37 3 10 13 30 at calgary HItmen 3 Jon Martin 22 4 8 12 34 Troy Murray 37 2 8 10 16 First Period 2 6 8 28 1. KTN - Z. Zborosky, (11) (J. Descheneau, T. Bozon), 10:04 Ryan Chynoweth 37 Bryan Allbee 34 3 3 6 8 (PP) Tanner Faith 19 1 5 6 29 2. KTN - J. Martin, (4) (L. Cable, T. Murray), 10:49 Cale Fleury 36 0 6 6 4 Vince Loschiavo 31 3 2 5 6 3. CGY - A. Tambellini, (20) (C. Lang), 14:49 2 2 4 21 River Beattie 31 Second Period Dylan Overdyk 22 0 3 3 9 4. KTN - L. Cable, (16) (unassisted), 1:25 Wyatt Hoflin 35 0 2 2 2 5. CGY - K. Helgesen, (11) (B. Thomas, C. Lang), 12:15 (PP) Tanner Lishchynsky 2 0 1 1 0 Austin Wellsby 27 0 0 0 4 6. KTN - L. Philp, (15) (B. Allbee), 15:03 Goaltending Statistics 7. CGY - A. Tambellini, (21) (K. Helgesen), 19:10 (SH) Player W L OTL SO GAA SP Third Period - No scoring Wyatt Hoflin 20 14 0 2 3.29 0.901 Keelan Williams 0 3 0 0 5.37 0.850

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) It is always good to listen to your inner voice to see which direction you should head in. You might feel pushed by a powerful person in your life. You could become irritated and confused as a result. Tonight: Postpone what you can for as long as you can.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You’ll blissfully walk into a situation that might be more intense than you had expected. If you use logic to sort out the real issue, productive conversations are likely to result. Make a point of understanding where an associate is coming from. Tonight: Communication flourishes.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You could be somewhat withdrawn in the morning. A loved one might decide to pick an argument with you in order to draw you in closer. You tend to not agree with this person a lot, particularly about his or her style of communication.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) If you can manage to bypass some of the mental grenades that surround you, you will be a lot happier. Be careful as you attempt to maintain a steady course, because others might act as if you are off-kilter. Tonight: Try some exotic cuisine.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You might try to form something solid out of nothing more than loosely related facts and/or feelings. You would be well-advised to pursue your original course. A creative venture with a child could prove to be ultimately frustrating.

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by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 20 years, and we have three children under 15. He has always been a bit of a night owl, but now, in his mid-50s, he’s turning into my 80-year-old father.

My husband works from 8 a.m. until 5, comes home and eats dinner and then sits on the couch. He falls asleep watching TV and then isn’t tired again until midnight. He goes to bed and wakes up at 4 a.m. and can’t fall asleep again, so he turns on the TV, falls asleep and is up at 7 a.m. for the day.

I don’t resent him for not helping in the evenings with chores and children, but, Annie, he sleeps when the kids are awake and home from school, and they rarely get a chance to have quality time together. The biggest problem is when we go on vacation.

He’ll skip the naps for a day or two and then turn into a big, bad bear. He is crabby with everyone. Of course, he cannot see that this is because of his sleep patterns and blames us for making him angry.

I believe if he went to bed at 11 p.m. and woke up at 7 a.m., he would get the full eight hours he needs and would be awake when the rest of us are. He won’t entertain any of my suggestions, and it makes him angry even to talk about it. It’s almost as if he is cheating on me with the TV. I am raising the kids alone and feel like I am married to my father. -- Help Dear Help: It sounds as though your husband has a sleep disorder. He is tired when he gets home because he doesn’t sleep sufficiently at night. So he naps. The nap tides him over until midnight, but because he’s already slept a couple of hours, he isn’t tired enough to sleep the rest of the night. It has become a vicious cycle that he doesn’t know how to change. He may even have sleep apnea that interferes with his rest at night.

Please approach this like the medical issue it is. Suggest he speak to his doctor and get a referral to a sleep clinic.

Dear Annie: For Christmas, one of my sisters sent out a wish list for her 7-year-old son from an online retailer. Annie, the least expensive item was $35.

I barely know any of my nephews and nieces, since they live on the other side of the country, and I was planning to send gift cards. But I felt intimidated and picked something from the wish list.

I have five other nephews and nieces, not to mention my own child, my husband and my parents. I can’t afford to spend that much on one child. I don’t want to be stuck in this position next year. What do I do? -- Cheap Aunt Dear Aunt: A wish list is not a command.

It is a suggestion. You do not have to pick anything from the list, nor do you need to spend the same amount elsewhere. Next Christmas, send your nieces and nephews what you can afford and what you wish to give them. You might even consider a gift card to their preferred online retailer so they can use it toward the purchase of one of their wish list items.

Dear Annie: My heart went out to “Grieving,” the grandmother whose toddler grandson died in an accidental drowning.

I am a lifeguard. We teach a program for kids ages 9 months to 3 years called “Float for Life.” This program helps children develop the reflex of keeping their heads above water. In some cases, they are even able to learn the elementary backstroke. Please tell your readers to check at their local pools for options like this. It could save many young lives. -- Omaha 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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It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Mary Vohradsky at the Kimberley Special Care Home on December 22, 2014, just three days before her 97th birthday.

Our special, kind and talented mother was born December 25, 1917 in Linlithgow, Scotland to Walter and Jane Blyth. She immigrated to Canada at the age of 18 months to reside in Cumberland, BC where her father worked in the coal mine. After a short time there, the family moved to Wellington, BC and then on to Coleman, AB. At an early age music became an important part of her life. She was taught by her father who was a classical violinist. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical talents developed quickly.

She played piano in the Frank Edl and Frank Hosek Orchestras in the Crowsnest Pass starting at the age of 14.

In 1938, Mary married Vince Vohradsky of Bellevue, AB and then moved to Kimberley, BC the same year.

Together they raised their three children, Walter, Frances and Barbara.

Mom was a great homemaker and always had a pantry bursting with canned vegetables and fruits, kitchen containers full of homemade bread and treats like her famous pineapple-cherry square, scotch perkins and shortbread. There were many samples of her embroidery work around our home as well. Mom loved sports, both as a participant and spectator. She loved softball, swimming, bowling, fishing and camping. She hated to miss a hockey game and was an avid fan of the old Kimberley Dynamiters in the 40-50â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right up to the present Junior B Team. The last game she attended was at age 94. She was an active member of the Pythian Sisters for 60+ years, holding many positions.

Volunteering for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meal on Wheelsâ&#x20AC;? was another enjoyable activity for her.

Through all of these interests, music was her passion.

She spent many years playing in local dance bands including, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rhythmaresâ&#x20AC;?. You could find her â&#x20AC;&#x153;tinkling the ivoriesâ&#x20AC;? at the Blue Bird Inn and Ta Ta Creek, Elks, KP and Moose Halls. She later became the organist at the Kimberley United Church and continued in this capacity for 30 years, retiring at the age of 88. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical legacy lives on through her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Mary is survived by her three children, Walter Vohradsky (Anne) of Merritt, BC, Fran Franklin (Dan) of Courtenay, BC, Barb Streich (Allan) of Kimberley; sister Christine Udahl (Robert); sister-in-law Iris Ruzek; 8 grandchildren; Greg, Vicki, Vincent, Rod, Cindy, Kristen, Sean and Daneen; 13 and 2/3 great grandchildren; special niece, Norma Gates and nephew Gerald Fisher; and many other nieces and nephews.

Mary was predeceased by Vince, her husband of 52 years; her brother, Walter; sister and brother-in-law, Margaret and Norman Fisher; and nephew Norman Udahl.

Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 3, 2014 at 1:00 pm at the Kimberley United Church, 10 Boundary Street, Reverend Christine Dudley officiating. Condolences may be left for the family at www.markmemorial.com No flowers by family request. If so wished, donations may be made in Mary Vohradskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory to the Kimberley Special Care Home (The Pines), 386 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2nd Avenue, Kimberley, BC V1A 2Z8 The family is most grateful to the dedicated staff of The Pines for their exceptional care of our Mom, Grandma and Great Grandma.

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Regional Editor Black Press in the West Kootenay region is seeking a regional Editor to oversee both the Nelson Star and the Castlegar News.

The successful candidate will have Editor experience in the community newspaper industry. They will have a keen eye for layout, have an extensive photography resume, be an aggressive user of social media, understand the latest trends in digital media and be able to lead two newsrooms both from a print and digital perspective. This successful candidate will also be part of the senior team for the West Kootenay and will be part of setting the overall vision and goals for these newspapers and websites. This position includes active news and community coverage, engaging editorial and opinion writing, as well as understanding and leading change in our print products and on our websites.

This position will be based out of Nelson, B.C. The West Kootenay is often considered one of the best places in B.C. to live and this position would suit any outdoor enthusiast, with spectacular skiing, mountain biking and hiking just outside your door. It is truly a wonderful place to live and to be involved in the community newspaper industry.

This position offers a better than average compensation package, that also includes a strong benefits package.

If this sounds like the right position for you please send your resume, a cover letter, references and some examples of your work to Karen Bennett at publisher@nelsonstar.com. Please no phone calls.

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extends to the advertiser. Fifty-nine percent of Web users agree that online advertising is more believable from a trusted Web site. Online, newspaper Web sites are the dominant local media site in most markets.

3. Targeted: If you want to focus on a particular backyard, advertising in an online newspaper is more personal, and more relevant because it is local.

Newspapers also publish a plethora of niche sites (youth, women, movie fans, seniors, are illustrative) for virtually any demographic advertisers could possibly hope to reach.

4. Purchasing power: Sixty-two percent of newspaper

Web site users purchase online compared with 49 percent of general users. Thirty-nine percent of online newspaper users have incomes higher than $75,000; 65 percent own their homes. Fifty percent of online newspaper users have spent more than $500 online in the last six months, and 63 percent of online newspaper users prefer to find out about new products through the Internet.

5. Content: After e-mail, the most preferred Web

content is news, sports, financial information, entertainment news, and shopping – in that order. Sixtytwo percent of Internet users visit online newspapers for local news, compared with 39 percent for the local TV station Web site and 23 percent for the local radio station site. Not even Yahoo! or AOL’s Digital City can top this.

6. Retailers prefer newspaper sites: Sixty-five percent of retailers report that newspaper sites are efficient in assisting them in meeting marketing needs compared with other sites.

7. High profile: Research.net reports that, among top executives (CEO, CIO, CFO or owner/partner), Internet advertising ranked above over all other media measured for: “Where I prefer to find our about new products,” “Where I prefer to receive information about companies,” and “Where modern, up-to-date brands advertise.” At the same time, these early adopters of technology also skew younger than the traditional newspaper audience.

Forty percent of online newspaper users are aged 18-35.

8. Reinforcement: Seventy-six percent of online newspaper users also read the newspaper in the past seven days, and repetition increases awareness. The Internet Advertising Bureau found that, by increasing the number of online banners from one to two per week, branding results on three key metrics increased 42 percent making online a great, inexpensive way to increase the branding lift of traditional campaigns.

9. Quality: Seventy-five percent of advertisers generally said newspaper Web sites’ advertising was as good or better than other Internet sites.

10. Mix: A variety of recent studies have demonstrated the power of online, when included in a mix with traditional media, to elaborate the brand message.

Newspaper print and online products combined have the highest penetration and most desirable audience of any other local medium.

SOURCE: Newspaper Association of America

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