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Bill Bennett reflects on a massive 2014 TRE VOR CR AWLEY

It has been quite the year for Bill Bennett.

The Kootenay-East MLA has been active both in the riding and at the provincial and national levels as he heads up the provincial Min-

istry of Energy and Mines and is involved with international negotiations for amendments to the Columbia River Treaty.

Bennett was a big part of the decision-making process that recently approved the

construction of the Site C Dam and also complete a core review of provincial government operations in an effort to find more efficient ways of doing business.

But 2014 hasn’t been without it’s challenges for

Bennett, which has primarily come from the fallout of the Mount Polley tailings dam disaster.

Bennett recently spoke with the Daily Townsman for a year-end interview to talk about the highs and lows of

the last 12 months.

Starting off close to home in the Kootenay East riding, Bennett said he was excited to see construction get underway for the new ICU expansion at the East Kootenay Regional Hospital.

JESSICA PLATZ PHOTO

We may occasionally become so used to the beauty of the area we live in that we take all that natural beauty for granted. Luckily there are photographers around to remind us how lucky we are. The above photo was taken by Jessica Platz of Cranbrook at White Boar Glacier this past summer and is the fall winner of the Look Outside photo contest featuring the beauty of the Purcell Mountains. The photo is entitled “a life without adventure is unlikely to be satisfying”. You can find more information about the ongoing contest at wildlookoutside.com, or on the Facebook page Look Outside.

“The regional hospital here has been my number one priority since I was elected in 2001,” Bennett said.

“We have spent already $50 million in it, in the new diagnostics area, the new rehab area and so fourth, so the ICU is the next logical step.

“Money was tight, so it was something that I’m proud of, as a local MLA, to get money from the government.”

Bennet also nodded to the core review — a project which he was in charge of for the last 18 months where he was tasked with finding efficiencies in government operations.

Out of that core review came changes to the Agricultural Land Commission decision-making process, which has been a sore point in the past for many East Kootenay residents, according to Bennett.

“We made it more accountable to the people who own the agricultural land. It was a very unaccountable organization since its inception,” Bennett said.

“There are the regional panels that we have now created, we’ve got regional, local people making decisions instead of bureaucrats from Vancouver — they now have this different decision-making matrix where they are allowed to take into account first and foremost the quality of the agricultural land, that’s still number one and will always be number one, but secondly, all the criteria such as the economy and community interest.

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Family First Night offers New Year’s Eve fun TOW NSMA N STAF F

The Family First Night returns to Cranbrook for the second year as a family friendly way to celebrate the New Year with a plenty of activities.

Community Con-

nections Society of Southeast BC hosts the annual night, which takes place New Year’s Eve from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. at Western Financial Place.

The inaugural event was a huge success last

year. It sold out all 500 tickets and people of all ages from Cranbrook and surrounding areas participating in the many family friendly activities.

Organizers said the feedback was positive

from last year’s event and spurred the addition of a few more activities to be added to this year’s event.

Activities will include open swimming, open skating, face painting, a photo booth,

crafts, carnival games and live entertainment.

This year there are also the additions of live ice sculpting demos, an ice slide and horse-drawn sleigh rides. There will also be food vendors at the event.

Safire Dance will be returning this year and are one of the headline entertainers at the event. Safire Dance is a group of Alberta-based circus performer — world renowned, they’ve performed in 14

different countries around the world and delivers a variety of acts including fire dancing, staff spinning, contact juggling and hoop dancing.

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Bennett reflects on the year passing CONTINUED from page 1

“And we think with that broader criteria for decision making that we’re going to get fairer decision from the Kootenay panel, from all the panels across the province.”

Though it may not resonate much in the southeast corner of B.C., Bennett added that the construction approval for the Site C Dam is a monumental decision from the government.

As energy minister, Bennett was a big part of the decision-making process leading up to the project’s approval.

The dam is expected to produce 1,100 megawatts of electricity that will be able to power 450,000 homes.

“It’s an $8.775 billion project, the biggest public sector project ever in British Columbia and the reason that I’m so proud of that is that this dam is going to provide cheap electricity to my grandchildren and great-grandchildren,” said Bennett. “It’s going to last for 100 years, just like these other major hydro-electric dams that we have on the Peace River and the Columbia River.

“It was a very difficult and controversial decision, but sometimes it’s those difficult and controversial decisions that are the most important in politics. They’re the hardest ones to make

but they give you the most satisfaction because you know that they’re right.

Bennett noted that there are roughly a dozen farms that will be flooded behind the dam once it is built, adding that approving the project in light of that was a tough call to make.

“But it’s a decision that’s in the best interest of the vast majority of British Columbians, and therefore, although it’s difficult to make it, it’s satisfying to be able to make decisions like that.”

On the topic of dams, Bennett is also the B.C. government representative for handling negotiations to the Columbia River Treaty. The treaty requires a 10-year notice for termination or amendments, the first available date of which passed earlier this year in September.

Bennett delivered a speech to an American crowd in Spokane in the fall where he told the audience that the U.S. enjoys more benefits from the treaty than the Canadian side.

The provincial government has reached out to their American counterparts with the goal of re-negotiating various aspects of treaty.

“Right now we’re waiting for the U.S. State Department to respond to B.C.’s statement that

we would like to retain the treaty but we’d like to sit down with our U.S. friends and negotiate some improvements to it,” said Bennett. “They are entitled to leave things the way they are.

They don’t have to do anything or say anything; the treaty just carries on in its current form if that’s what they wish.”

As Minister of Energy and Mines, Bennett has his finger on the pulse of the industry in B.C., which is a big contributor to the province’s economy.

“Mining is an important component of our jobs plan,” said Bennett. “I have to ensure that there are new mines opening up in B.C. We went through long periods in the 1990s where for every mine that opened, two closed. It was a difficult time, so we’ve recovered from that and we do have new mines opening.

“We’ve had five new mines open in the last three years, which is a very significant accomplishment.”

He noted that commodity prices are low in areas such as copper and gold, which makes it a difficult environment to encourage investment. That being said, there are always projects in the works in which companies target the next upswing in prices, he added.

“(Site C Dam) was a very difficult and controversial decision, but sometimes it’s those difficult and controversial decisions that are the most important in politics.

They’re the hardest ones to make but they give you the most satisfaction because you know they’re right.”

BILL BENNETT “My job is to make sure that we are able to have a competitive permitting framework for those companies to do business in,” Bennett said. “If we are far more difficult, far more expensive, far more time-consuming than other jurisdictions — such as Manitoba, Quebec, Alberta and Ontario — we will lose investment to those jurisdictions.”

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challenges for Bennett and the Liberal government on the mining front, the biggest of which was the tailings pond breach at the Mount Polley mine.

“That’s a huge challenge both for me personally as the mines minister and for our government and it’s frankly a huge challenge for the mining industry, because the mining industry in B.C. has always held itself up as a very reliable, safe industry,” said Bennett.

“But this happened, and we can’t shrink from the fact that it happened, so we need these investigations to complete so we can understand how it happened and take whatever steps need to be taken to ensure it never happens again.”

While Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) is not in the Ministry of Energy and Mines portfolio, the development of the LNG industry are a vital part of the Liberal government’s economic platform moving forward.

Controversial projects have been proposed in Kitimat and Prince Rupert, and proponents

have been lukewarm to investment opportunities after the Liberal government released an LNG tax scheme.

“We have 18 different proponents in the province right now looking at specific developments,” said Bennett.

Though there may be people who doubt the viability of the industry now, Bennett said he believes people will be surprised by LNG’s growth over the next two years.

“Each of these large LNG plants represents a minimum of $12 billion in investment in B.C.,” said Bennett. “And I think you’re going to see — I won’t say how many — but I think you’re going to see certainly more than one and less than 10, but you’re going to see significant investment decisions coming our way in the next two years.”

In addition to his cabinet position as mines minister, Bennett led a core review of the provincial government, which culminated a few weeks ago where $50 million was identified in savings by tweaking operations in ministries

and crown agencies.

“I think probably more important than the money we found to save for the taxpayer, was that we found dozens of different ways that ministries and crown agencies can do business more effectively so that the budgets they have are being used in a way that gets more for the taxpayer,” said Bennett.

He cited the decision to collapse the Pacific Carbon Trust, which saved $4 million with the Ministry of Environment stepping in to cover the Trust’s responsibilities. He also found $2 million in savings by dissolving the Provincial Capital Commission, with the Ministry of Community Development stepping up take over the Commission’s role.

“My process was not strictly based on let’s find savings and let’s find ways to cut,” Bennett said. “My process was largely let’s work with the ministries and agencies to find ways to do things smarter, let them keep using the budget they have, but more effectively.”

Family First Night CONTINUED from page 1

There will also be a special countdown celebration during the last part of the evening. This is the event finale and gives families with young children a chance to participate in the excitement of a New Year’s Eve celebration.

Tickets for the event are $5 per person (ages 3 and under are free).

The maximum cost to any family is $25. There are special rates for those that hold a Leisure Program Access

Card. Tickets can be purchased at Leisure Services in Western Financial Place. This event is provided for residents and their guests to enjoy, for a minimal cost thanks to the generous donations from sponsoring businesses and organizations.

Community Connections Society of Southeast BC (CCS) is a non-profit organization that provides programs and services to Cran-

brook and the East Kootenay Region. Since incorporation in 1982, Community Connections Society has provided integrated, accessible social services to individuals and families throughout the East Kootenay Region. For more information about CCS, check out their website at www. ccscranbrook.ca.

For more information about Family First Night Cranbrook, visit the website at www. familyfirstnight.ca.

Police seek stolen car FOR THE TOWNSMAN

The Kimberley RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in locating a recently stolen vehicle.

The vehicle is a 2008 Smart Car. It is yellow and black in colour, with a licence plate that reads 573-MCB. The plate is registered in B.C. It was stolen from the general area of Western Lodge, 2665 Warren Ave, in Kimberley, B.C. The theft took place on Dec 27,

2014, between 6:30 p.m. and 11 p.m.

Police noted the vehicle is also decorated with Reindeer Antlers on both doors and big red nose on the front grill.

Crime Stoppers pays cash for information leading to the arrest of any car thief.

If you have information on any vehicle theft, call the RCMP at 250-4274811 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222TIPS (8477).

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Tuesday, DECember 30, 2014

year in review

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Looking back on 2014

A day by day look at the year past, through the top stories in the Cranbrook Daily Townsman Continued from Monday, Dec. 29 April 1 One day after being discharged from hospital in Saskatoon, Kootenay Ice forward Tim Bozon — who had contracted meningitis, — stepped back into his home arena and took part in game-day preparations with his team before dropping the puck in a ceremonial face off to a thunderous standing ovation. The Ice went on the defeat the Calgary Hitmen before a sold-out crowd.

April 2 The man charged over an October 2012 carjacking near Creston and subsequent police chase through Cranbrook has been 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.

April 3 North America’s professional soccer league has established a presence in the Kootenays and are looking to further expand Brett Adams, the regional head coach for Vancouver Whitecaps FC Kootenay Academy Centre— based in Nelson— spoke to the Townsman how he and the professional soccer team are working on expanding the club’s profile and programs into the region— specifically in Cranbrook.

April 4 A B.C. Supreme Court judge dismissed on Thursday, April 3, a legal challenge by the Ktunaxa Nation to the Jumbo project being built by Glacier Resorts in the Purcell Mountains. The Ktunaxa claim that the sacred Grizzly Bear Spirit lies within a swath of the area. The Jumbo project currently is at a standstill, and the Ktunaxa are appealling.

April 8 One of Canada’s greatest stage actors — and certainly Cranbrook’s greatest actor — spoke to the Townsman about being recognized for his career and body of work with the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. “I feel really grateful that I’ve been able to make a living at it.” Toronto has been Carver’s home for many years, but his roots in Cranbrook are deep. He spoke of how he appreciated the vibrancy of the local theatrical communities, students and adults.

April 10 An engineering firm completed a peripheral structural review of the old city garage building and found that it is a suitable candidate for restoration. Nelson Engineering Inc (NEI) performed the review as per request from Ken Haberman, one of the Cranbrook

residents that spearheaded the movement to preserve the brick building behind city hall. The building was originally slated for demolition last year, but that was put off after a delegation of volunteers came forward hoping to restore it.

April 14 Ashley MacIsaac, revolutionary fiddle player and maverick musician spoke to the Townsman about all things fiddle prior to his Key City Theatre concert. Over a 20-plus year career, he has taken traditional fiddle playing and incorporated it into the most modern of styles — hip-hop, rock, electronica — thus helping reinvent the genre.

April 16 The residents of Caldwell Road on the western edge of Cranbrook watched with alarm as water encroached on their properties.

Some 10 households line the frontage road beside the highway leaving town to the east are backed

by Elizabeth Lake, a famous wetland and wildlife sanctuary, which was subject to unprecedented flooding this year.

April 17 A Cranbrook youth recently returned from the Miss Teenage British Columbia pageant with a prestigious title. Kyrie Jackson was to next head to the national Miss Teenage Canada pageant in July as Miss Teenage Kootenays and she will represent the region.

April 22 An important vote for ?aq’am (St. Mary’s Band) gave approval to a new land code for the Ktunaxa community outside Cranbrook.

Band members voted from Monday, April 14 to Wednesday, April 16 on whether they supported the land code, which sets regulations that would remove one-third of the legislation in the Indian Act. 141 ballots were cast, and 103 were in favour of adopting the land code.

April 23 The East Kootenay SPCA marked Wednesday, April 23, as Animal Abuse Prevention Day, and presence of Nelson the Cat is a stark reminder that acts of animal abuse are widespread and commonplace everywhere, including here in the East Kootenay.

Nelson was recovering at the East Kootenay SPCA after having survived a hideous act of animal cruelty. Nelson (named after Willie Nelson’s ‘The Highwayman’), had been shot in the head seven times with a pellet gun and had had his neck sliced at. The good news is that Nelson survived and recovered, although he will forever be traumatized by the horrific event.

April 24 B.C.’s Minister of Education was given the royal treatment at Mount Baker Secondary School in Cranbrook on Tuesday, April 23.

Peter Fassbender, MLA for Sur-

Barry Coulter file photo

Nelson the Cat become a symbol of the horrors of animal abuse in April, 2014. The cat was subjected to hideous acts of torture and abandoned. Nelson was found, rescued and nursed by the East Kootenay SPCA, and expeted to recovered. rey-Fleetwood, visited the area this week by invitation of Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett. Mount Baker, which is 60 years old, has been slated for replacement for the past five years. In that time, four Ministers of Education have toured the high school to see how dire the need is for a replacement.

April 28 Members of the BC Mayors’ Caucus renewed a call for solutions to a number of issues affecting municipalities, as they wrapped up the conference on Friday, April 25. Those recommendations included a call for a full review of ambulance service delivery and a call for elimination of the ad-hoc grant process in favour of a more sustainable model.

The conference brought mayors from all around the province to Cranbrook and Kimberley from April 23-25.

April 29 It was reported that Sgt. Dave Dubnyk was been appointed Detachment Commander of the Cranbrook RCMP. It’s a return to Cranbrook for Sgt. Dubnyk, who spent eight years here from 1991 to 1999 on his first posting.

May 2 A Cranbrook family of five was reeling after learning that stay-athome mom Brandy Sims is suffering from a rare brain condition that could leave her paralyzed without surgery.

In March, doctors found Brandy has a rare congenital brain condition that is giving her daily headaches and pain and numbness in her hands. While she was born with the condition, called a Chiari brain malformation, Brandy only began noticing symptoms last year.

May 5

Regional district representatives had a chance to clear some confusion, as well as vent some frustrations, at the new provincial recycling program being implemented around B.C. Allen Langdon, managing director of Multi-Material British Columbia (MMBC) was in the hot seat as he took question from Regional District of East Kootanay directors at a committee meeting on Thursday afternoon, May 1. Langdon was there to answer question about the benefits of being in the program.

May 6 The Ktunaxa Nation launched a legal appeal against a B.C. Supreme Court ruling about the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort. The First Nation announced on Monday, May 5, that it had filed papers with the B.C. Court of Appeal. The decision came after the Ktunaxa argued in a judicial review that Jumbo Glacier Resort violates its charter rights to religious freedom by desecrating land that is sacred to them, which the Ktunaxa know as Qat’muk.

After hearing the judicial review in January, Justice John Savage ruled on April 3 that the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations had adequately consulted the Ktunaxa prior to approving the four-season resort in 2012 and did not

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May 7 A Cranbrook woman was vying to be named Extreme Huntress 2015. Nikita Dalke was one of 20 semi-finalists in the competition that looks for a female hunter who will be a role model for other women who participate in hunting.

Online voting for the semi-finalists continued until the end of May, and then the six finalists with the highest number of votes won a ticket to the 777 Ranch in Dallas, Texas, where they would compete for the title of Extreme Huntress 2015. The contest pitted the six women against one another in a hunting skills competition. The final, is Sunday, Jan. 4.

May 8 There was a changing of the guard at Nutter’s Bulk and Natural Foods, but customers may not have noticed a big difference as the previous and new owners have a similar philosophy to small business. Denise Pallesen, who owned and ran the franchise in Cranbrook for the past 17 years, sold the store to Dawn Torgerson, who also owns Cranbrook Home Hardware with her husband Martin, on May 1.

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“Do you see positive signs for the Canadian economy in 2015?”

YES: 39% NO: 61%

This week’s poll: “Are you making a New Year’s Resolution this year?”

Log on to www.dailytownsman.com to make your vote count.

This web poll is informal. It reflects opinions of site visitors who voluntarily participate.

Results may not represent the opinions of the public as a whole. Black Press is not responsible for the statistical accuracy of opinions expressed here.

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Year in Review: Looking back on 2014 Continued from page 3 May 9 The driver of small car was killed in a collision with a semi on Wednesday, May 7, between Moyie and Yahk, west of Cranbrook.

RCMP reported that a 65-year-old man driving a blue Ford Fiesta rental car westbound on Highway 3/95 crossed the yellow broken centre line into the eastbound lane, into the path of a tractor-trailer.

May 12 For the past 28 years Dr. Abdul Aleem has been one of Cranbrook’s main general surgeons, and at the end of March, he retired from the profession. At his home in Cranbrook, Dr. Aleem said he has relished his time as a surgeon here.

May 13 Unemployment in

the Kootenays rose to 7.9 per cent, just six months after it dipped to a B.C. low of 3 per cent. According to the BC Stats Labour Force Statistics report for the month of April, released on May 9, the Kootenay region had unemployment significantly higher than the provincial average of 5.8 per cent.

May 14 It was reported that both Cranbrook residents and those outside the city were in favour of continued deer management, including culls, by the city according to the results of the recently tabulated Deer Resident Survey. Cranbrook respondents were overwhelmingly in support of the city undertaking further culls to control and manage the

ed a popular camping spot beside the reservoir on Monday, May 19 and found a scene that he called a sign of “wreckreation on Koocanusa”.

“For a moment I thought I was standing in the middle of (the) landfill – the only difference being, there was no equipment in place to bury the litter,” Slee said.

May 22 Two of the four people charged over a series of Cranbrook home invasions appeared in court via video on Tuesday, May 20.

Andrew Monnette and Jay Hills are the two remaining men facing lengthy charges in connection with two home invasions in Cranbrook on December 18 and 26 last year. Their co-accused, husband and

deer population, with 70 per cent (642) in favour and 30 per cent (276) not in favour.

May 16 It’s the time of year when baby Western Painted Turtles are emerging from the sands of Elizabeth Lake.

To celebrate the emerging miniature reptilian turtle babies, the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, along with support from Rocky Mountain Naturalists held the first ever Turtle Day at Elizabeth Lake.

May 21 South Country residents were left with a horrible cleanup this week after long weekend campers left behind a pile of garbage on Crown land near Koocanusa. Area B director Heath Slee said he visitFINAL

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May 23 Teachers around the province would begin one-day rotating strikes on Monday, May 26.

Shelley Balfour, president of the Cranbrook District Teachers’ Association said the move to strike is not something teachers take lightly.

May 26 About 2,000 Cranbrook properties were hit by a power outage on Thursday evening, May 22, after a semi hit a power pole on Victoria Avenue. According to RCMP, just before 5 p.m. on Thursday, a semi collided with a BC Hydro pole outside Canadian Tire on Victoria Avenue in Cranbrook. The driver was not injured and the semi didn’t sustain any damage, but the repair costs to the power pole and lines are estimated to be more than $20,000, said Cpl. Barry Graham of the Cranbrook RCMP. May 27 A troubled development within City of Cranbrook limits, sitting on the banks of the St. Mary River, went into rejuvenation mode this past spring. The property formerly known as Shadow Mountain was purchased by Westpoint Capital, an Edmonton investment fund manager. And Westpoint has invited the public to a pair of open houses at the site — now known as River’s Crossing — this upcoming weekend, Friday and Saturday. Earlier this year, the adjacent golf course was purchased by an Edmonton-based oil and gas company.

May 29 A group stepped forward to organize Cranbrook’s Canada Day celebration, which last year was hurriedly organized by the City of Cranbrook after no one offered to coordinate the event.

Connect Church organized the July 1 festivities, including a fireworks display, starting at 5 p.m. back at Moir Park.

May 30 One of the four people involved in a home invasion in Cranbrook last December was sentenced to four years’ jail.

Jay Leonard Hills pleaded guilty in Cranbrook court on Wednesday,

May 28 to robbery with a firearm and disguising the face with intent to commit an offense in connection with a home invasion on December 26.

June 3 The second day of the teachers’ strike in Southeast Kootenay was moved from Friday, June 6 to Thursday, June 5. The B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) announced that it would be going ahead with a second round of rotating one-day strikes in its ongoing dispute with the B.C. government.

June 4 At the first Relay for Life without rain for five years, more than $66,000 was raised on May 31 for the Canadian Cancer Society. Fundraising totals for the Cranbrook Kimberley Relay for Life surpassed more than $66,000 for cancer research by 215 participants in 31 teams.

June 5 Students at Parkland Middle School in Cranbrook joined their peers across B.C. on Wednesday in a school walkout protesting the impacts of the continued dispute between teachers and the province. The province-wide walkout, hastily organized via social media this week, saw students leave class at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning to show their frustration with limited access to teachers and loss of class time during the rotating one-day strikes and partial lockout that began last week.

June 6 For the past three springs, the man known as the walking monk has been making his fourth journey across Canada.

On his route through Cranbrook, Bhaktimarga Swami took some time to talk to the Townsman about this journeys and why he walks.

June 9 A Cranbrook-based program that provides support for people living on the street was recognized provincially and documented in a short film.

The four-minute documentary was made possible

by Community Action Initiative, according Shannon Girling-Hebert, administrator of quality assurance and service integration at Street Angel.

June 10 On Tuesday, June 10, police officers and

members from around Canada gathered for the funerals of three RCMP officers who were killed in the line of duty last week in Moncton, New Brunswick.

June 12 Cranbrook Mayor Wayne Stetski held a press conference outside Cranbrook City Hall on Wednesday, June 12, to announce that he’ll be seeking another term as mayor.

June 13 Work began on a new section of the Trans Canada Trail between Cranbrook and Wardner. The crushed gravel surfaced trail will follow the Isadore Canyon trail to Mayook, then continue along an abandoned rail corridor to Wardner Provincial Park beside the Kootenay River, with a bypass around private land in Mayook.

June 16 It was reported that more than 3,000 people in Cranbrook would be without a family doctor as five physicians are closing down their family practices this year. Dr. Sheela Mistry and Dr. Rina Fourie announced plans to close their practice at the Associate Medical Clinic while Dr. Bob Cutler retired in the summer. Dr. Stuart Macdonald switched from family practice to emergency medicine and and Dr. Helena Buchar mover her practice to Kimberley.

June 17 Danielle Nicholson of Cranbrook won the Senior Classical Voice competition out of a class of nine others from around the province.

Nicholson also won an award for best performance of a Canadian piece in Senior Voice.

The provincial festival was held in Penticton, June 2-7. Six performers and one observer were in attendance from the East Kootenay.

June 18 The tale of the bear cubs saved by two Cranbrook residents a month ago took a negative turn, after Fisher, one of the two cubs fell ill. The cubs, Fisher and Jo, had been at the Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter since late May, when Cranbrook residents Stephanie McGregor and Colleen Bailey found and organized for the young cubs to be brought to the shelter in Smithers, B.C.

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Year in Review Continued from page 4 June 19 The man who abducted a three-year-old boy from his Sparwood home in 2011 appealed his seven-year prison sentence. Randall Hopley was sentenced in November for the September 2011 kidnapping of Kienan Hebert from a second floor bedroom.

June 20 Cranbrook citizens gathered on Thursday, June 19, and sealed up a special time capsule to be opened in 2039. The large time capsule sits upon a rock slab behind the Cranbrook and District Chamber of Commerce headquarters on the strip, the crowning achievement of the 50th celebration of Sam Steele Days.

June 23 Seven young ladies wooed a full house at the Key City Theatre on Friday, June 20 for the 2014 Sam Steele Youth Ambassador pageants.

At the evening’s conclusion, Devon Kennedy was crowned 2014 Sweetheart of Sam Steele, and Kendall Bostock was crowned 2014 Princess of Sam Steele.

June 26 Cranbrook came off its biggest celebration weekend in years, but in relation to crime, Sam Steele Days was relatively quiet, according to local RCMP. Cst. Katie Forgeron said the RCMP responded to 111 calls for service between Friday, June 20 and Sunday, June 22.

June 30 Kootenay Ice captain Sam Reinhart was drafted second overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2014 NHL Draft on Friday evening in Philadelphia. Fellow Ice teammates were also picked up as Rinat Valiev went to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the third round, while Tanner Faith went to the Minnesota Wild and Jaedon Descheneau went to the St. Louis Blues both in the fifth round.

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Year of living journalistically It’s been a fun challenge working at a daily newspaper, which was made even more interesting after switching from the sports desk to the news desk at the beginning of September. It’s been a little different, going from writing everything about sports to writing about everything but sports. Nonetheless, it’s been a good switch and I’ve covered some important and enjoyable stories over the last four months.

The municipal election Covering the municipal election was both an enjoyable and migraine-inducing experience. What was initially believed to be a quiet race turned into everything but, as a record number of 16 council candidates declared their intent to run, while three more candidates put themselves up for the mayoral seat. The pulse of the community was apparent at the JCI All-Candidates Forum in the Key City Theatre, which featured a packed house as Cranbrookians came out to see the electoral slate. The results were also a little surprising, considering no incumbents were re-elected—a rarity at any level of politics. However, the new team has settled into their new responsibilities and seem to be handling things well as they begin to chart the next four years of Cranbrook’s future.

Gunning for the Extreme Huntress crown Kimberley’s Nikita Dalke mobilized a social media campaign to finish as a top finalist for the title of Extreme Huntress.

She, along with five other competitors from across the world, were jetted to Hondo, Texas, where they spent a week filming specialized hunts and challenges at the 777 Ranch. Dalke, who has extensive hunting experience in the East Kootenays, showed off her abilities with a rifle at the range and out on the ranch pastures, bagging two animals over the course of the show. In terms of points, Dalke currently sits in second place, but the public can help her reach her goal of claiming the title by voting for her on the Extreme Huntress website.

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Cheyenne Learn murder trial The crime of murder is rare in a small town setting such as Cranbrook, and the circumstances were rarer still, as the re-trial for Cheyenne Learn took place at the end of November 2014. Learn was convicted of second-degree murder in 2009— two years after the shooting death of Tammy Ellis—but he was awarded a new trial on appeal in 2013.

In front of Justice Dev Dley in Cranbrook Supreme Court, crown and defence counsel presented their cases, calling eyewitnesses, RCMP and experts for direct- and cross-examinations. After a fourteen-day trial, Learn was convicted of second-degree murder and has a sentencing hearing in January 2015.

BCTF settles with the province The BCTF and the provincial government settled a new collective bargaining agreement after strike action and a lockout

closed the last week of school in June and the opening two weeks in September. The teachers’ union voted to go to a job action in March and voted for a full scale strike in April. At issue was wage packages and benefits, while the union was also waiting for the potential fallout from a court case. At issue was the province’s appeal of a decision from the court that ruled the government illegally stripped control of class size and composition from a previous collective agreement in 2002. After many duelling press conferences in provincial media, BCTF president Jim Iker, education minister Peter Fassbender and mediator Vince Ready hammered out a new deal in the middle of September.

Honourable sports mention Gord McArthur’s Sochi sojourn Cranbrook has produced three notable Olympians in Scott Niedermayer (hockey) Ben Rutledge and Joy Ward-Fera (rowing), but a fourth joined their ranks this past year as Gord McArthur headed to Sochi, Russia, as part of an ice climbing demonstration. Though just a demonstration sport—meaning there was no official podium for gold, silver and bronze—McArthur joined climbers from around the world to show off their sport and make a case for Winter Olympic inclusion. McArthur has been competing for the last few years on the UIAA World Cup circuit, where he has consistently been the top North American climber in a strong field normally dominated by European and Asian talent.

McArthur is back on tour for the 2015 season and recently claimed the North American championship.

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Fluoride revolution that was not to be What’s Up?

Over the past year I have had the pleasure of covering many interesting stories.

Here are a couple of my favourite stories of the year:

Bear cub rescue A group of local hikers came across two young bear cubs up the Bull River Road.

After some time they surmounted that the mother bear had abandoned them or died.

The story about the rescue of the two cubs and their journey to the Northern Lights Wildlife Society shelter in Smithers, B.C. got my byline on a Canadian Press newswire story and then the Huffington Post, Vancouver Sun and others.

The stories also brought to my attention the amazing work that the Northern Lights Wildlife Society does.

The bears were caught by captured by Cranbrook residents working on behalf of the Northern Lights Wildlife Society. They were dehydrated and starving, so the vet was called in to give them vitamin shots and assess their health. Once it was confirmed that the mother had indeed died, the bears were taken by Stephanie McGregor and Colleen Bailey to Golden, where they met a volunteer who drove the bears to Jasper. There they were picked up by shelter staff and driven the rest of the way to Smithers.

Angelika Langen, manager at the shelter, noted that the bears handled the May 19 trip relatively well .

“They are starting to gain weight and they are looking better physically,” Langen said Smithers.

The bears both recovered despite a few health scares over the next months.

“We couldn’t believe how everyone came together for these bears,” said Stephanie McGregor, who was one of the hikers

that found the bears. “It’s so amazing.”

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Council sits on backyard chicken debate Could the hens come back to roost on Cranbrook backyard chickens?

That’s what twelve-year-old Sierra Colman hoped when she approached city council on the sometimes contentious issue of backyard chickens. The Highland Elementary Student sent a letter to the city on the topic with the hopes that the topic could be revisited.

In the letter, Sierra argued that it doesn’t much make sense that people in VancouArne ver are free to raise up to four hens in their backyard, while Petryshen in Cranbrook the municipal bylaw prohibits it.

The letter spawned a number of follow-up letters from students in Cranbrook.

It also brought the issue into focus for many for and against allowing chickens to be raised in backyards. Many letters came in to the editor of the Townsman citing problems with raising chickens, while others said the concerns were unfounded when chickens are raised responsibly.

In Vancouver, for instance, residents are not allowed roosters, other fowl or livestock.

At the time, Mayor Wayne Stetski noted city council had had a discussion on the topic years ago when a resident brought forward a request to raise, not only chickens, but other animals in Cranbrook and it was voted down.

City staff were working on an urban agriculture strategy that would look at backyard chickens, though it remains to be seen how friendly the new council will be to the idea.

What are your thoughts on backyard

The fluoride revolution that was not to be The push to remove fluoride from the drinking water of the few remaining municipalities in B.C. seemed to hit a running stride in the run-up to the Nov. 15 referendum. But of the three municipalities that had similar referendums, Cranbrook stood alone in continuing fluoride additions.

Sparwood and Prince George residents opted to remove the chemical leaving Cranbrook one of four in the province — along with Fort St. John, Prince Rupert and Terrace — that still fluoridates the water.

The debate on the merits and dangers of fluoride got quite heated, with a coalition of dentists and doctors campaigning to keep it in the water, while a those worried about potential harmful effects campaigned against it.

However, despite the outcome of the referendum, which was a close 53 per cent to 47 per cent, comments and letters about fluoride have continued to come into the Townsman office over the month November and December. Some commenters noted they were confused by the wording of the referendum question and may have voted either “yes” when they meant “no”, or “no” when they meant “yes”.

Others argued that fluoride is a form of mass-medication and therefore should not be left to democratic process for a decision. As it is Cranbrook spends $30,000 a year on adding hydrofluorosilicic acid to the drinking water. The fluoride is added by a small metering pump at the Phillips Reservoir and is set at a concentration of 0.8 mg/l.

Are you bothered by the fluoride in the water?

Netanyahu’s gamble and Israel’s election

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inyamin Netanyahu, “Bibi” to both his friends and his ever-growing list of enemies, is running for a fourth term as the prime minister of Israel. He called the election, two years early, because the leaders of two of the parties in his coalition government had become too openly hostile to his policies. So he is rolling the dice again in the hope of being able to form some different coalition.

That’s what he always does. His coalitions draw mainly on the centre-right and, increasingly, the far right, partly because that is where he stands personally on “security” issues and partly because Israel opinion in general has been drifting steadily to the right. But beyond that, he has no fixed policy. His primary goal is to hold his coalitions together and stay in power.

Netanyahu is hardly unique in this. Professional politicians anywhere tend to divide into two types, the “conviction politicians” and the players, with the majority usually in the latter category. He is a tremendously good player of the game, but it has a paralysing effect on Israeli politics.

Since he cannot afford to come down in favour of either a real “two-state” solution that allows for an independent Palestine or a single Israeli-ruled state that permanently controls all or most of the occupied Palestinian territories, Israel never gets to choose between the two. Until, perhaps, now.

Netanyahu’s excuse for refusing to

choose has usually been the lack of a valid Palestinian negotiating partner, and there is certainly some basis for that. Mahmoud Abbas, the “President” of the Palestinian Authority, has not faced an election, even within his own Fatah party, for ten years.

Moreover, Abbas has no control over the 40 percent of the Palestinian population who live under Hamas rule in the Gaza Strip.

But it is more an excuse than a reason.

Genuine negotiations envisaging a Israeli withdrawal from most or all of the West Bank and a real Palestinian state, even a demilitarised one, would destroy any coalition Netanyahu has ever built. Going flatout with the extreme right-wing project for a “one-state” solution incorporating the whole West Bank but denying Palestinians the vote would do the same. Result: permanent paralysis.

Indeed, Netanyahu has even encouraged Israelis to believe that this peculiar status quo can be a lasting substitute for a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is a ridiculous proposition, but it clearly has appeal for Israelis who would like to believe that they can have security without the pain of territorial compromise.

Meanwhile, however, the outside world has been losing patience. Abbas has been pushing for a November, 2016 United Nations deadline to end the Israeli occupation unless two-state negotiations have succeeded by then. And last week the Eu-

ropean Parliament voted to recognise Palestine statehood “in principle” as part of the two-state solution, with Jerusalem as the capital of both states.

The United States has used its veto on the UN Security Council to shield Israel from resolutions that criticise the country forty-one times in the past forty years. Indeed, it has used its veto for no other purpose since 1988. Israelis fully expect Barack Obama to use it a 42nd time to defeat Mahmoud Abbas’s appeal for a two-year deadline for an agreement on a two-state solution when it comes before the Security Council, most likely in January.

They are probably right, but Obama will be sorely tempted to let people think that he might not use the veto, and perhaps also to push the Security Council vote down towards the 17 March date of the Israeli election, in the hope of influencing Israeli voters to turn away from Netanyahu.

It’s quite common for Israeli voters to push back when they feel they are under foreign pressure to make concessions, so this could actually play out to Netanyahu’s advantage. A great deal can happen between now and 17 March, so one shouldn’t give too much weight to current polls. But at the moment, the numbers suggest that Netanyahu’s gamble on forming a new coalition may not succeed.

And that might open the way to one last attempt to make the two-state solution work.

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New Year’s Eve Candlelight Ski, 7:00-10:00 pm at Kimberley Nordic Club. Come and enjoy food, friends and beautiful skiing around our 3km loop lit with torches and candles! Admission by donation, with proceeds to support Kimberley Nordic Racers. Appies, treats and hot beverages will be available.

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Adult or Senior? Want to learn or improve your computer skills?

CBAL Cranbrook offers a 6 week introductory computer course starting Jan 16th. Pre-registration a must. Call Katherine 250-4172896, space is limited.

ONGOING 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.

Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon -1:00 Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication & leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911.toastmastersclubs.org.

The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation invites anyone expecting bone and joint surgery to make contact with local volunteers for peer support. The free Ortho Connect program helps to ease the fear, stress and anxiety that go along with surgery and help patients prepare. 1-800-461-3639 ext 4, and ask for Lauralee.

Aged10-14? Got the writing bug? CBAL hosts the Youth Writing Group at the Cranbrook Public Library. The 2nd & 4th Wed of each month, 4-5:30pm starting Oct 8th. Free! Call Lori 250-464-1864 or khough@cbal.org TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) non profit weight loss support group meets EVERY Thursday at 5:00 pm, at Sr Citizen’s Centre, (downstairs) 125 17th Ave S, Cranbrook. Drop in, have fun while losing weight gradually. This Chapter has won an annual B.C. Provincial Award for “Best Avg Weight Loss Per Member”. Info: Marie 250 417 2642 Cranbrook Writer’s Group meet on the 4th Monday of the month at the Arts Council. Engage in writing exercises, constructive critiques & share in information on upcoming literary events & contests. Cbk and District Arts Council, 104, 135-10th Ave S, CBK. info: 250-4264223 www.cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com Canadian Cancer Society- if you have spare time and would like to volunteer, interested applicants can call 250-426-8916, drop by our office at #19-9th Avenue S, Cranbrook or go to www.fightwithus.ca and register as a volunteer.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24; Friday Meat Draw: 4:30- 6:30, Saturday Meat Draw: 3:30-5:30.

Parkinson’s Support Group are meeting at 2 pm on the third Wednesday of each month at the Heritage Inn. For more info. phone Linda @ 250-489-4252. No meetings July, Aug or Dec. Do you have the desire to stop eating compulsively? Overeaters Anonymous (a 12-Step Program) meets Wednesdays from 7-8pm at Cranbrook United Church, 2-12th St. S., downstairs. Contact: cranbrookoa@hotmail.com North Star Quilters Society Meetings are held the 2nd & 4th Monday at 7:00 PM, basement of Centennial Centre, 100 4th Ave Kimberley.

Welcoming all! Info call Heather 250 427-4906 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.

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Mistaking a police car for a taxi, dropping an intoxicated friend off at the wrong house and getting cash tips from passengers who thought they were in a cab are just some of the experiences designated drivers across the province have shared with ICBC. ICBC is sharing stories like these to raise awareness and encourage drivers to take their turn as the designated driver and plan a safe ride home if they’ll be drinking at holiday parties and get-togethers.

In the last five years, 11 people have been killed and 36 seriously injured in impaired driving related crashes in B.C. between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day.* The B.C. government, police and ICBC are reminding drivers that CounterAttack roadchecks are in full swing across the province to help keep impaired drivers off our roads during the holidays.

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“I was driving someone home and he was giving me directions.

When we arrived, he got out and was met at the door by a woman who refused to let him in. Turns out, they had been divorced for two months and in his drunken condition, he forgot he no longer

stories shared by designated drivers in a recent survey: “Many years ago in Prince George I was [doing a ridealong with the] RCMP. We were parked outside a bar. A person came out of the bar, opened the rear passenger door and sat down.

Believing they were in a taxi they gave their address. The officer noted the address was close so he drove them home. When they tried to pay, the officer gave them his business card and said, “Tonight’s ride is on us – thanks for calling a cab.” I guess in this case the RCMP was the designated driver and I have no

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“I delivered an intoxicated friend to an address he gave me only to find out the next day that he didn’t live there. The residents looked after him and I drove him to his actual home the next day.”

“I drove a couple of friends home after a Christmas party and neither one could remember how to get to their houses. We

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“I was designated driver for my brotherin-law in Belgium this summer. I got to drive his Mercedes CLS 320.

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“Wife’s 20-year reunion.

Some of the occupants thought they were in a taxi and tried to pay me.”

“I was designated driver for twelve ladies celebrating a birthday. I rented a van and drove them to several bars. I was surrounded by all these beautiful women and they would only dance with me… I never had a better night in all my single life.”

“Listening to my friends sing ‘Don’t Cry For Me Argentina’ over and over again.”

“When my son called me at 3:00 am to get a ride home… He was in his late twenties and he said, “You know how you always told us when we were teenagers that you didn’t care what time we called that you would give us a ride home rather than drink and drive, or drive with someone who was drinking? I never took you up on it, so I am calling in that offer now!”

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Impaired Driving is an Arrestable Offence The RCMP will be setting up CounterAttack road checks throughout the province to reduce the carnage on our roads caused by impaired drivers.

CounterAttack road checks raise public awareness about road safety and remove impaired drivers from our roadways. It is an effective deterrence against drunk drivers. Although the fatality and injury rates are decreasing, the ultimate goal is not to have any alcohol-related collisions. We want to make sure everyone has a safe and happy holiday season.

Despite the progress that has been made since 1977 when CounterAttack

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was introduced; impaired driving continues to be a serious problem.

Many people still believe it is alright to drink and drive.

On average, 133 lives are lost and 3,400 people are injured in approximately 5,600 impaired-related crashes each year.

The RCMP will be using all available enforcement tools to keep impaired drivers off our roads.

Failing or refusing to submit to a breathtest or drug evaluation carries the same

Criminal Code of Canada penalties as impaired driving.

If the breath test results are ‘Over .05’ or you are deemed to be impaired by a qualified assessing officer, you will be prohibited from driving for 24 hours.

If you provide a breath-test that is ‘Over .08’ or refuse to provide a breath-test you are subject to a 90 day Driving Prohibition regardless of whether or not you are subsequently charged or convicted of impaired driving.

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Happy Holidays Please remember, at a friend’s house Walk AND NEVER get into a vehicle with an impaired driver.

There is no quick way to sober up.

Contrary to popular belief - food, coffee, cold showers or exercise will not speed up the elimination of alcohol from your body. The only thing that reduces the effects of alcohol is time. Make the right choice and completely separate driving from drinking.

CounterAttack road checks aren’t meant to keep people from having a good time over the holidays.

On the contrary police conduct them to make sure everyone gets home safely and has a chance to be with their friends and loved ones, said Cpl. Jamie Chung.

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Kootenay captain scores two; Canada remains undefeated Bill Beacon Canadian Press

MONTREAL - It was the Sam Reinhart line’s turn to shine for Canada at the world junior championship.

Reinhart scored twice, Anthony Duclair had another and Max Domi had two assists as Canada took revenge on Finland with a 4-1 victory on Monday night.

“It’s every line, every night, at least for the generating part of it,” Reinhart said. “We were able to carry the momentum through all four lines and that’s what’s needed in a tournament like this.”

Curtis Lazar had the other goal for Canada (3-0-0), which ends group stage play with a showdown against the United States (2-0-1) for first place on Wednesday night.

Montreal Canadiens prospect Artturi Lehkonen scored for Finland (0-2-1), which must beat Germany on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals.

Since their selection camp opened on Dec. 11, Canada’s coaches have stressed speed and skill on all four lines and, so far, it has worked.

In a tournament opening 8-0 win over Slovakia, the Robby Fabbri-Nic Petan duo did much of the damage. In a 4-0 win over Germany, Connor McDavid had three points.

There was a clear step upward in competition against Finland, the defending champion, but even the tight-checking Finns couldn’t hold off Canada’s relentless attack. Canada outshot Finland 36-28.

“They tighten up, but we moved the puck the best,” said Reinhart.

“We’ve got the most speed and it made it easier on entries.

Against teams that trap, that’s what we’ve been practising.”

At last year’s tournament in Malmo, Sweden, Finland beat Canada 5-1 in the semifinals to ensure the Canadians would go a fifth-straight year without a gold medal.

Reinhart, one of seven returning players, said revenge was not the main issue. But vengeance drew a smile from team captain Lazar.

“Especially for us returning guys,” said the Ottawa Senators winger.

“We know the program

they have there (in Finland) is outstanding.

They won the tournament last year. We knew we couldn’t take them lightly. I felt that all through our lineup, we were ready to go.”

The Finns have scored only once in each game and are 0-for-13 on the power play in the tournament.

And now they’re in a must-win game against the Germans.

“Now we can see how big and how much character this team has,” said Lehkonen. “If we bounce back and beat Germany, we’ll be stronger for this experience and we’ll be a stronger team when we face Sweden or Russia (in the quarter-finals).”

Canada got the opening goal 5:32 into the game when Reinhart fed Shea Theodore at the point and then tapped his rebound past Juuse Saros.

The crowd of 15,718, the largest so far at the Bell Centre, roared when Julius Honka tied up Domi for a moment in a corner. But when they got up, Domi slipped a cross-ice pass to Duclair, whose pass in front was defected over Saros by

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Kootenay Ice captain Sam Reinhart and Team Canada took on Finland Monday night at the 2015 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship.

Reinhart for his second of the game and of the tournament.

The Finns got one back when Samuel Morin misplayed a puck in his zone and Lehkonen jumped on it and banged his own rebound past Zach Fucale with 1:34 left in the second period. It was the first goal allowed by Canada, which has outscored its opponents 16-1.

Domi took the puck hard to the net and Duclair was on the doorstep to lift in his rebound

Dynamiters fall in Fernie Nitros forward Jared Marchi taken to hospital after collision in third period Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

The Kimberley Dynamiters and Fernie Ghostriders put on another exciting show Monday night, but a 2-1 Ghostriders win was overshadowed by a scary incident late in the third period of play at Fernie Memorial Arena.

With less than five minutes to play, Dynamiters forward Jared Marchi went heavily into the boards in the corner of the offensive zone and did not get up.

At least 10 minutes elapsed while Marchi was tended to by trainers and players from both teams, paramedics, firefighters, and Dynamiters head coach Jerry Bancks.

“I hate it when anybody gets injured,”

Bancks said following the game. “Jared is the heart and soul of this team.”

Marchi moved his arms and hands, but was kept mostly still as responders braced him and eventually placed him on a stretcher before he was taken via ambulance to Elk Valley Hospital in Fernie.

As Marchi was being taken off the ice on the stretcher, Bancks walked alongside and with a smile on his face, had a quick word with his 19-year-old alternate captain.

“We kind of have an inside running joke, so I can’t tell you what that was,” Bancks said with a laugh. “It’s just something to let him know how much I care and appreciate [him]. I

thanked him for his effort, which I’ve had for two years now.”

Following the completion of the game, the Dynamiters visited Marchi at Elk Valley Hospital.

According to Bancks, Marchi suffered no fractured vertebrae, but did sustain muscle and ligament damage in his neck. He was set to spend the night in hospital and will be reassessed Tuesday morning.

“I couldn’t ask to be surrounded by any better people than I already am!” Marchi tweeted following the game.

“Thanks for everything! #Teammates #brothers #family” Despite the intense rivalry that exists between the Ghostriders and Dynamiters, Monday’s incident provided

proof that a certain brotherhood does exist within the game of hockey, even though it may not seem that way when Kimberley and Fernie meet.

“It’s scary to see that stuff,” said Ghostriders forward Justin Peers.

“You don’t want it to happen to anyone, even if it is the opposite team.”

Ghostriders forward Derek Georgopoulos, a Cranbrook native, grew up playing minor hockey alongside Marchi, a Kimberley native. Even though the two now suit up on opposite sides of a heated Eddie Mountain Division rivalry, Monday’s events show a certain respect remains.

“Hockey kind of takes a back seat,” Georgopoulos said after the game.

“I didn’t even know

11:15 into the third period.

Saros dropped a Josh Morrissey point shot and Lazar poked in the loose puck on a power play at 14:25 to make it 4-1.

It was a strong game for Fucale, who made a big stop on a Roope Hintz breakaway in the first minute and a handful more big saves. Saros was almost as good in the other net, and got a break when Domi hit a post from the slot in the second period.

“We knew it would

be a hard-fought game and we were ready for that,” said Fucale, who was the losing goalie last year against Finland.

“We were very confident coming into the game.

We played a strong team game.”

Coach Benoit Groulx said he will announce on Tuesday whether Fucale or Eric Comrie will start in goal against the Americans.

The open flow of the first period was a surprise as the Finns went on the attack after fall-

ing behind early. There was a stretch of more than five minutes without a whistle in the first that featured big scoring chances at both ends.

Notes - The Canadian juniors are 23-8-6 alltime against Finland. . .

Finland dropped Pittsburgh prospect Kasperi Kapanen to the second line and promoted Juuso Ikonen. . . Canada went 2 for 3 with the man advantage and is 5 for 10 for the tournament.

Kimberley Dynamiters Scoring Summary MonDay, Dec. 29

KiMberley DynaMiterS 1 at Fernie GhoStriDerS 2

First Period 1. FER - D. Georgopoulos, (C. Tilsley), 2:16 Second Period 2. FER - J. Peers, (Z. Kuchler, S. Bender), 9:18 Third Period 3. KIM - B. Saretsky, (J. Busch, J. Marchi), 5:29 (PP) Shots 1 2 3 T Kimberley 14 8 12 34 Fernie 10 11 8 29 Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% KIM - Tyson Brouwer 27/29 58:51 0.931 FER - Jeff Orser 33/34 60:00 0.971 Power plays Kimberley 1/8 (12.5%); Fernie 0/4 (00.0%) Attendance: 1,140

Upcoming Games

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Goaltending Statistics Player Tyson Brouwer Liam McBain

W L OT/L SO GAA 16 7 3 1 2.71 2 6 0 0 3.96

what to do. I don’t even know what to say right now. It was obviously an accidental play. I didn’t even see what happened, I just saw him go down.”

SP 0.900 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 36 32 35 35 33 36 28 35 36 30 33 31 25 27 Trevor Van Steinburg 34 Jordan Roy 10 James Jowsey 32 Charles Dagostin 32 Tyler Kinnon 30 Brady Revie 25 Rory Mallard 27 James Rota (AP) 2 Korbyn Chabot (AP) 3 Tristan Pagura 2 Jacob Bromley (AP) 1 Tyler Van Steinburg (AP) 1

Georgopolous was one of the Ghostriders players who helped tend to Marchi, skating a spinal board from the bench to where his former minor hockey

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

A 17 24 25 19 19 14 17 8 9 8 10 3 9 7 8 4 7 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0

PTS 44 32 31 28 28 24 24 19 17 15 14 12 11 10 10 8 8 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0

PIM 10 32 11 25 84 49 57 18 6 28 10 2 18 6 8 8 4 25 45 32 8 0 0 0 0 0

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Continued from page 10 “I looked into his eyes and it was just sheer panic,” Georgopoulos said. “It was honestly one of the worst moments of my hockey career. It was terrifying.”

After Marchi had been taken off the ice, both teams still had nearly five minutes of hockey to play in the third period of an immensely important game in which the score was 2-1.

“We’re all worried about him. We’re all scared, obviously,” said Dynamiters captain Jason Richter Monday night.

“We still have a job to do. When it comes down to it, we’re still trying to win the game and play for him.”

Richter and the Dynamiters pressed as the clock wound down in the third period, but the tying goal never came as the Ghostriders held on for a 2-1 victory.

Georgopoulos scored the opening goal of the game, while Peers tallied midway through the second period with what stood as the eventual game-winning marker.

In a light moment following Peers’ goal, a rooster was sent flying out onto the playing surface at Fernie Memorial Arena.

“That chicken, that’s something I’ve never experienced before,” Peers said after the game.

“I thought the refs would [pick up the chicken] but they were scared of him. They were telling me to go get the chicken. So I went and grabbed it. It was squirming around. I’m pretty sure it pooped on my pants.”

Braden Saretsky responded for the Dynamiters with a power-play goal in the third period moments before Marchi went down in the corner.

Monday’s helter-skelter game wrapped up a 10-day period in which the Dynamiters and Ghostriders went headto-head three times.

After the Nitros grabbed a 4-2 victory at home Dec. 20, the Ghostriders claimed back-to-back victories -- 6-4 Sunday in Kimberley and 2-1 Monday in Fernie.

Ghostriders goaltender Jeff Orser made 33 saves for the win, while Tyson Brouwer was sharp all night for the Dynamiters, turning aside 27 pucks at the other end of the rink.

A total of 1,140 fans took in Monday night’s contest, including a fan bus, which travelled all

the way from Kimberley with Dynamiters fans.

Apart from Marchi, the Dynamiters also lost defenceman James Jowsey to a concussion.

Jowsey suffered the injury in the third period after being on the receiving end of a high hit from Ghostriders captain Dylan Robertson, who was penalized for elbowing on the play.

Marchi and Jowsey join a long list of injured Dynamiters. That list already includes , defenceman Jonas Gordon (upper body, week to week), forward Sawyer Hunt (upper body, week to week), forward Marco Campanella (lower body, four to six weeks), forward Jordan Roy (collar bone, four to six weeks) and defenceman Tristan Pagura (upper body, indefinite).

Trevor Van Steinburg (undisclosed) also did not play Monday.

The Dynamiters (1814-1-3, 40 points) and Ghostriders (26-5-1-2, 55) will resume their Eddie Mountain Division rivalry Jan. 9 at the Fernie Memorial Arena.

Until then, the Dynamiters’ next action comes Jan. 2 when they visit the Columbia Valley Rockies (6-23-0-6, 18), while the Ghostriders are set to suit up Dec. 31 with a New Year’s Eve tilt in Creston against the Thunder Cats (16-13-13, 36).

Calgary Flames win third in a row Darren Haynes Canadian Press

CALGARY - Jiri Hudler had a pair of beautiful set-ups Monday night as the Flames scored twice in the first period and then hung on for a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.

Curtis Glencross and Markus Granlund had the goals for Calgary (20-15-3). The Flames have won three games in a row since a seven-game losing streak.

With the win, the Flames pull even with Los Angeles, San Jose and Vancouver in the Pacific Division. However, the Kings hold one game in hand, San Jose has two games in hand and the Canucks have four.

Tyler Toffoli scored for Los Angeles (18-127), who kicked off a

three-game road trip through Western Canada that continues Tuesday night in Edmonton.

The Kings entered the game with a hot power play, having connected on nine of their last 17 chances. But the Flames, ranked 26th in the NHL on the penalty kill, blanked them on both of their chances.

With a chance to open the scoring in the first, the Kings were denied on two good chances with Jonas Hiller making stops off re-directions from Anze Kopitar and Richards.

Notes: Los Angeles forward Marian Gaborik (flu-like symptoms) did not play. He is on a sixgame scoring streak (73-10). Taking his spot was Jordan Nolan, a healthy scratch the past eight games... On defence for the Kings, Jeff

Schultz made his season debut in place of Brayden McNabb...

Flames centre Mikael Backlund is getting closer to returning. On Monday, he practised with the team in a non-contact jersey. He’s missed 27 games since having abdominal surgery.

Taylor Rocca Photo

Fernie goaltender Jeff Orser makes one of his 33 stops Monday night with Kimberley forward Eric Buckley lurking around the crease. Orser and the Ghostriders went on to edge Buckley and the Dynamiters by a final tally of 2-1.

Off to The Hat

Tuesday, dec. 30

KooTenay Ice aT MedIcIne HaT TIgers

Kootenay Ice visit Tigers Tuesday Taylor Rocca Sports Editor

The Kootenay Ice visit the Medicine Hat Tigers Tuesday night on the second game of a four-game road trip.

The Ice (20-17-0-0, 40 points) look to build upon a five-game winning streak, while the Tigers (25-9-1-1, 52) aim to maintain control over the WHL’s Central Division lead.

In the most recent meeting between the two teams, the Tigers left Cranbrook with a 4-1 victory Dec. 9.

Trevor Cox, the WHL’s leading scorer with 14 goals and 62 points heading into Tuesday’s tilt, paced the Tigers with a goal and an assist Dec. 9.

The two teams have met three times so far in the 2014-15 campaign, with the Tigers earning two victories, both at Western Financial Place in Cranbrook (7-3, Nov. 19; 4-1, Dec. 9).

Oilers claim former Ice F Matt Fraser C ANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON - The Oilers have claimed Matt Fraser off waivers from the Bruins.

Edmonton adds some size and skill with the sixfoot-one, 204-pound winger from Red Deer, Alta.

The 24-year-old Fraser has three goals in 24 games for Boston this season.

The Oilers placed forward Steve Pinizzotto on waivers while claiming Fraser.

Fraser is on a US$625,000, one-year contract.

The lone victory for the Ice came Nov. 22 in Medicine Hat as goaltender Wyatt Hoflin put on a clinic, stopping 48 shots in a 3-0 Kootenay triumph.

The native of Spruce Grove, Alta. has done nothing but soar since then, starting 25 consecutive games for the Ice, tying a franchise record for consecutive appearances by a goaltender (Todd Mathews, Jan. 21 to March 14, 2009).

Should Hoflin get Tuesday’s start, he will become the lone holder of

GAME TIME: 7 P.M. (MT) LAST MEETING: MHT 4 at KTN 1 (Dec. 9) ICE vs.

TIGERS (20-17-0-0) RECORD (25-9-1-1) Fourth (Central) DIVISION First (Central) Seventh (Eastern) CONF. Second (Eastern) 119 GF 146 134 GA 96 Seventh (21.2%) PP 11th (20.1%) 12th (79.5%) PK Seventh (83.1%) J. Descheneau (19-25-44) TOP SCORER T. Cox (14-48-62) W. Hoflin (3.29 GAA) TOP GOALIE M. Langhamer (2.47 GAA) W5 STREAK W1 4-3 W at CGY LAST GAME 8-4 W vs. LET Jan. 2 at RDR NEXT GAME Jan. 3 vs. SCB

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Vehicle(s) may be shown with optional equipment. Dealer may sell or lease for less. Limited time offers. Offers only valid at participating dealers. Retail offers may be cancelled or changed at any time without notice. See your Ford Dealer for complete details or call the Ford Customer Relationship Centre at 1-800-565-3673. For factory orders, a customer may either take advantage of eligible Ford retail customer promotional incentives/offers available at the time of vehicle factory order or time of vehicle delivery, but not both or combinations thereof. Retail offers not combinable with any CPA/GPC or Daily Rental incentives, the Commercial Upfit Program or the Commercial Fleet Incentive Program (CFIP). ‡‡ Until January 2, 2015, receive $500/ $750/ $1,000/ $2,000/ $2,500/ $3,500/ $4,000/ $4,250/ $4,500/ $4,750/ $5,000/ $5,500/ $6,000/ $6,250/ $6,500/ $7,000/ $7,250/ $7,500/ $8,500/ $10,500 in Year End Clearout Cash (Delivery Allowances) with the purchase or lease of a new 2015 Fusion/ 2014 Focus (excluding S Manual) and 2015 Explorer, F-150 Regular Cab XL 4x2 (Value Leader)/ 2014 C-MAX and 2015 Taurus (excluding SE), Expedition, Transit Connect, E-Series Cutaway, Transit/ 2014 F-150 Regular Cab XL 4x2 (Value Leader) and 2015 F-350 to F-550 Chassis Cabs/ 2014 Focus S Manual, Edge and 2015 Fiesta S/ 2015 F-150 Regular Cab (excluding XL 4x2)/ 2014 Fiesta, F-350 to F-550 Chassis Cabs/ 2014 Mustang V6 Coupe, Taurus SE, Escape, Explorer/ 2015 F-150 SuperCab and SuperCrew/ 2014 Fusion/ 2014 Transit Connect (excluding electric)/ 2014 E-Series, F-150 Regular Cab (excluding XL 4x2), F-150 SuperCrew 4x4 XLT 300A/ 2014 Flex, F-150 SuperCrew 4x2 5.0L and 4x4/ 2014 Taurus (excluding SE)/ 2014 Mustang V6 Premium, F-150 SuperCab/ 2015 F-250 to F-450 (excluding Chassis Cabs) Gas engine/ 2014 Expedition/ 2014 Mustang GT/ 2014 F-250 to F-450 (excluding Chassis Cabs) Gas engine and 2015 F-250 to F-450 (excluding Chassis Cabs) Diesel engine/ 2014 F-250 to F-450 (excluding Chassis Cabs) Diesel Engine -- all stripped chassis, cutaway body, F-150 Raptor, Medium Truck, and Mustang GT500 models excluded. Year-End Cash is not combinable with CPA, GPC, CFIP, Daily Rental Allowance and A/X/Z/D/F-Plan programs. Delivery allowances are not combinable with any fleet consumer incentives. †† Offer only valid from December 11, 2014 to January 2, 2015 (the “Program Period”) to Canadian resident customers. Receive $500 towards 2014/2015 Focus, Fiesta, or C-MAX, and $750 towards 2014 Mustang (excluding Shelby GT500) and F-150 (excluding Raptor), and 2014/2015 Fusion, Taurus, Edge, Flex, Explorer, Escape, Expedition, Transit Connect, E-Series, F250 – F-550 (excluding Chassis Cabs), and F-350 to F-550 Chassis Cab models - all stripped chassis, cutaway body, and Medium Truck models excluded (each an “Eligible Model”) with the purchase, lease, or factory order (during the Program Period) of an Eligible Model. Limit one (1) incentive redemption per Eligible Model sale.†Until January 02, 2015, lease a new 2014 F-150 Super Crew XLT 4x4 (300A Package) and get as low as 0% lease annual percentage rate (APR) financing for up to 24 months on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest APR payment. Lease a vehicle with a value of $44,149 at 0% APR for up to 24 months with $2,575 down or equivalent trade in, monthly payment is $299 (Comparison payments are for reference purposes only and are calculated as follows: the monthly payment is annualized (multiplied by 12) and then divided by the comparison period (26 weeks for bi-weekly). For example ($299 X 12) / 26 bi-weekly periods = $138.), total lease obligation is $9,751 and optional buyout is $21,633. Offer includes $5,500 Year-End Cash, $3,700 Ford Credit Lease Cash and freight and air tax but exclude variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, dealer PDI (if applicable), registration, PPSA, administration fees and charges, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. Taxes payable on full amount of lease financing price after Year-End Cash and Ford Credit Lease Cash deducted . Additional payments required for PPSA, registration, security deposit, NSF fees (where applicable), excess wear and tear, and late fees. Some conditions and mileage restrictions of 40,000km for 24 months apply. Excess kilometrage charges of 16¢per km for F-Series, plus applicable taxes. Excess kilometrage charges subject to change, see your local dealer for details. All prices are based on Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price.*Purchase a new 2015 Fiesta S Sedan / 2015 Fiesta Titanium/2014 Fusion SE/2014 Fusion Titanium/ 2014 Escape S FWD with 2.5L engine /2014 Escape Titanium for $13,739/$21,514/$19,999/$35,699/$21,999/$37,449 after Year-End Cash of $2,500/$0/$4,750/$4,750/$4,250/$4,250 is deducted. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after total Year-End Cash has been deducted. Offers include freight and air tax but exclude variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, dealer PDI (if applicable), registration, PPSA, administration fees and charges, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. All prices are based on Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price. Manufacturer Rebates are not combinable with any fleet consumer incentives. **Until January 2, 2015, receive 0.99%/5.89%/5.89% annual percentage rate (APR) purchase financing on a new 2015 Fiesta S Sedan/ 2014 Fusion SE /2014 Escape S FWD with 2.5L engine for a up to 84/ 72/84 months to qualified retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest interest rate. Example: 2015 Fiesta S Sedan /2014 Fusion SE/2014 Escape S FWD with 2.5L engine for $13,739/$19,999/$21,999(after $0/$0/$0 down payment or equivalent trade-in, and $2,500/$4,750/$4,250 Year-End Cash deducted) purchase financed at 0.99%/5.89%/5.89% APR for 84/72/84.months, monthly payment is $169/$330/$320(the sum of twelve (12) monthly payments divided by 26 periods gives payee a bi-weekly payment of $78/$152/148), interest cost of borrowing is $487.22/$3,790.07/$4,899.04 or APR of 0.99%/5.89%/5.89% and total to be repaid is $14,226.22/$23,789.07/$26,898.04. Down payment may be required based on approved credit from Ford Credit. All purchase finance offers include freight and air tax but exclude variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, dealer PDI (if applicable), registration, PPSA, administration fees and charges, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. All prices are based on Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price.***Until January 2, 2015, receive 0% APR purchase financing on new 2015 Escape for up to 36 months, 2014 Ford Edge models for up to 60 months, and 2014 Focus, C-MAX, F-150 (excluding Regular Cab XL 4x2 value leader and Raptor) and 2015 Fiesta and Fusion models for up to 72 months to qualified retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest interest rate. Example: $25,000 purchase financed at 0% APR for 36/60/72 months, monthly payment is $694.44/ $416.66/ $347.22, cost of borrowing is $0 or APR of 0% and total to be repaid is $25,000. Down payment on purchase financing offers may be required based on approved credit from Ford Credit. ^^^For 2014 F-150 (excluding Regular Cab XL 4x2 Value Leader and Fx4 4x4) models, Year-End Clearout Cash amounts include $3,500 in “non-stackable cash” available to cash purchase customers and customers not financing or leasing through Ford Credit. “Non-stackable cash” is not combinable with Ford Credit purchase financing or lease rates.s Offer only valid from December 2, 2014 – January 2, 2015 (the “Offer Period”) to resident Canadians with an eligible Costco membership on or before November 30, 2014. Receive $750 towards the purchase or lease of a new 2014/2015 Ford Fiesta (excluding S), Focus (excluding S and BEV), C-MAX, and $1,000 towards all other Ford models (excluding GT500, GT350, 50th Anniversary Edition Mustang, Raptor, and Medium Truck) (each an “Eligible Vehicle”). Limit one (1) offer per each Eligible Vehicle purchase or lease, up to a maximum of two (2) separate Eligible Vehicle sales per Costco Membership Number. Offer is transferable to persons domiciled with an eligible Costco member. Applicable taxes calculated before CAD$1,000 offer is deducted. ® Registered trademark of Price Costco International, Inc. used under license. ^^Based on 2007 - 2013 and YTD August 2014 R. L. Polk vehicle registrations data for Canada in the Large Premium Utility, Large Traditional Utility, Large Utility, Medium Premium Utility, Medium Utility, Small Premium Utility, and Small Utility segments.‡ F-Series is the best-selling pickup truck in Canada for 48 years in a row based on Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association statistical sales report up to 2013 and R. L. Polk vehicle registrations data up to August 2014.©2014 Sirius Canada Inc. “SiriusXM”, the SiriusXM logo, channel names and logos are trademarks of SiriusXM Radio Inc. and are used under licence. ©2014 Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. All rights reserved.

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