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Is the message of Easter being lost in a whirlwind few days of chocolate eggs and bunnies?

And where does the Easter bunny and sweet treats fit into Christianity's main event, if at all?

Seeking answers to these questions, the Trail Times asked four of the community's Christian leaders about the true meaning of Easter, and if its significance is being heard outside their church walls.

“As a Christian, Easter really is the most important part of Christian life,” said Reverend Meridyth Robertson from the First Presbyterian Church. “Being that Christ died on the cross for our sins and then was raised again so we have life everlasting with him.

“The bodily resurrection is so that we know death is not the end.”

Carrying that message to the younger generation presents challenges because of the marketing blitz, beginning in early March, that only focuses on material things.

“The true meaning of Easter and Christmas for that matter, is so bombarded with the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus, I think it's confusing for kids,” Robertson explained.

“For most kids now, if they haven't gone to church or Sunday school, if you did a survey of 10 kids, maybe two would say what the real meaning is.”

So, what does the bunny, eggs and sweets have to do with Easter?

While the first records of an Easter bunny date to the 1500's, its symbolism differs slightly depending upon who is answering the question.

Chocolate and bunnies are symbols of false hope, says the Minister of St. Andrew's Anglican Church.

“I think the problem our society has with Easter is that we have a problem with pain and failure,” explained Reverend Neil Elliot. “I believe the message we give our kids is, 'Expect your life to be awesome and full of success.'”

He says it's ironic we tell children this because few have lived that life.

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Easter banners adorn the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Trail. Reverend Meridyth Robertson (and husband Reverend Gavin Robertson) have ministered from the church’s sanctuary since 1996.

“The story of Easter is a painfilled story of betrayal, failure and death,” he continued. “But it is through that betrayal, failure and death that Jesus achieves the victory he came for.”

Elliot says it is incumbent upon the community to be alongside young people who experience the inevitable pain of life, but not by giving them false comfort.

“Not saying, 'It'll be okay,' but saying 'God is with you in this hurt,'” he added.

Pastor Ron Abresch, from the West Kootenay Lutheran Churches, said in his place of worship, the Day of Our Lord's Resurrection is celebrated.

“I don't like using bunnies or eggs as metaphors,” said Abresch, who ministers in East Trail's Peace Trinity Lutheran Church. “In my opinion, they are too forced. I don't use spring-time as a metaphor much either.”

For many people in the world, Easter is called pasqua, or pasque, which is derived from “Passover.”

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EASTER FACT Christmas is a fixed date, but Easter is not. The reason is, Easter is based on a fluctuating lunar schedule called the pashal full moon. However, it’s always between March 21 and April 25.

The name “pashal” is derived from the Greek word “pascha”, which is a transliteration of the Hebrew pesach, both words meaning Passover.

“It is celebrated at the beginning of autumn, so there isn't a real connection to springtime,” explained Abresch.

He said youngsters often come to church with Easter candy and such, but they understand the difference between the death and resurrection of Jesus and the Easter Bunny.

“I guess I don’t worry too much about bunnies, eggs and sweets that are around each Easter,” he noted.

“They are kind of fun and often bring family and friends together.”

Father Bart van Roijen from

Holy Trinity Parish, notes that the modern Easter symbols were Christianized from earlier pagan traditions.

The fecundity of rabbits, the tomb-like appearance of an egg shell, the flowers that arraign tables, were re-packaged into signs of New Life, Resurrection and the Joy of the Gospel, he added.

“We must also remember that the Easter message is counter-cultural; it always has been and will always be,” the priest explained.

“It requires faith, the ability to see beyond that which is and satisfies our immediate needs, to that which satisfies our restless hearts.”

Easter is much more than, “what happens to people after they die,” he said.

“I am convinced that, if we as Christians truly understood the Easter message, we would be more joyful, more compassionate, more generous, more willing to suffer for the sake of the other, more selfgiving, more forgiving, more trusting and hope-filled.”

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The beautiful (and earliest) image we have of the Rialto Theatre, just following its opening in 1928. This image was recently acquired for the photograph archives.

Bottom photo; The Odeon Theatre on Bay Avenue, experiencing its second flood in 13 years, in June 1961.

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One of Trail’s most enduring establishments sits at the south end of Bay Avenue, graciously adorned with that old familiar neon sign. The Royal Theatre, known as the Rialto to its first patrons, opened its doors on February 9, 1928.

With construction costs of roughly $75,000, the theatre ran in direct competition with the Liberty Theatre on Cedar Avenue, located roughly where JJ’s Fashions now sits.

Modern installations included a pricy pipe organ, spring upholstered seats, affording patrons all the modern comforts of the day. In addition, the theatre was outfitted

with two film projectors. The Rialto presented “Ten Modern Commandments” for its inaugural showing, a silent film starring Esther Ralston and Neil Hamilton.

The building has withstood tremendous disasters, from fire to flood. An electrical fire destroyed the stage of the Rialto in the early morning hours of May 11, 1944.

Seats in the first five rows were charred and the intense heat burned a small hole in the roof above the stage.

The business closed for the remainder of the year.

By then, Trail had two additional venues to accommodate the theatre-going crowd in the Strand on Cedar Avenue (replacing the Liberty) and the Rio in East

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Re-opening on January 26, 1945 under the name Odeon, the new theatre was a spectacle to behold. The pink ‘Odeon’ name was encircled by green neon (as we see the “Royal” today). A new lobby complete with a powder room off the ladies’ restrooms welcomed guests in style. Additionally, red leather tip seats were a novelty, ingeniously folding back as someone stood, allowing for people to easily pass through a row.

Three major floods (1948, 1961, and 1969) would soon affect this tenacious building; however, humour and perseverance prevailed, as some of Trail’s most iconic flood

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images reflect the perpetual endurance of the place.

Even the discovery of a crude explosive device in the building in January 1958 (along with theatres in Castlegar and Nelson) couldn’t deter patrons.

Now the Royal (as of 1977), the theatre continues to draw crowds with unique cultural and artistic offerings, along with the usual blockbuster Hollywood fare. After 87 years and some unlucky blows, the Royal warrants a lofty place in our social and cultural memory.

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Fundraising underway for family who lost everything in Annable fire

By Sheri Regnier Times Staff

The community is gathering around an Annable family who lost their home and pets in a fire Monday afternoon.

The house belonged to a Warfield on-call firefighter, his wife and fiveyear old son.

The Village of Warfield is accepting cash donations to help the displaced family with everyday needs, and an online fundraiser has been set up at gofundme.com listed under “Glen, Jenny and McCoy King.”

Additionally, cash donations will be accepted through Kootenay Savings Credit Union and tagged to the gofundme.com/qhaaueg account.

“The sad thing here is the family lost everything,” said Terry Martin, fire chief for Kootenay Boundary

Regional Fire Rescue. “And, unfortunately, their two cats did not make it.”

The cause of the fire was a lit candle that was inadvertently knocked over near the television, Martin explained.

“Which caught the nearby curtains on fire.”

The home sustained minimal fire damage but extensive heat and smoke rendered the dwelling uninhabitable though an insurance determination is pending.

Mrs. King was home at the time of the fire, and fortunately, no injuries were reported.

Two firefighters from Warfield and 14 from Company 4 in Trail were called to the structure fire shortly after 2 p.m. Monday. Crews had the fire under control in 30 minutes. The family is currently being housed in a Trail motel.

Watch out for phone scams, warn RCMP

By Times Staff Crime Prevention Officer Gordon Sims is warning Visa and Mastercard holders to be cautious when dealing with the credit card companies over the phone – the caller may not be who they say they are.

Sims has reported credit card customers receiving phone calls, purportedly from the security or fraud department at Visa or Mastercard, requesting a purchase verification, address and the threedigit code on the backside of the card.

“The caller says, 'I need to verify you are in possession of your card' and asks for the three digit number on the back,” said Sims in an email release. “After providing the three digit number, this information is then used to make a purchase on your card.”

According to Sims, the caller will usually say the credit card has been flagged for “an unusual purchase pattern,” referring to an anti-telemarketing device costing from $297 to $497 from a company based in Arizona.

The amount of the purchase to be verified usually sits below the $500 mark – what Sims says is the amount that would usually flag

unusual credit card activity.

When the cardholder indicates they did not make the purchase, Sims says the scammer will usually ask for an address, and tells the holder that a fraud investigation has been started.

For any questions, the cardholder is told to call the 1-800 number on the reverse side of their credit card and reference a six-digit control number.

After the scammer has all the information they need, a fraudulent charge is made to the credit card.

“If you give the scammer your three-digit PIN number, you think you're receiving a credit,” said Sims.

“However, by the time you get your statement, you'll see charges for purchases you didn't make, and by then it's almost too late and/ or more difficult to actually file a fraud report.”

According to the Credit Card Fraud department of the RCMP, telephone, mail and online purchases cost Canadians $176,115,080 in 2010.

Anyone who thinks they may have been a victim of the scam, or has questions about how to avoid it should call the Canadian AntiFraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501.

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The man accused of robbing several local financial institutions and a gas station last year at gunpoint is expected to plead guilty to eight charges.

Andrew Zacharias Stevenson is scheduled to admit to the crimes during his next court appearance in Nelson on April 28. He originally faced more than 20 counts, but Crown prosecutor Sunday Patola said Stevenson will plead guilty to the major offences. They include two counts of

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arrested after the latter robbery following a police chase.

Recently the Nelson Police Department was cleared of any wrongdoing in the hip injury Stevenson suffered after jumping from a bridge to escape.

Stevenson’s intention to plead guilty follows a preliminary inquiry that began in late January. He has been in custody since his arrest, and is presently serving a five-month jail sentence for an attempted escape prior to a court appearance in Nelson

last September.

Stevenson’s coaccused, Krista Ann Kalmikoff, was ordered to stand trial at the conclusion of her preliminary inquiry Tuesday, but a date has not been set.

She also faces eight charges, including two counts of committing robbery with a restricted or prohibited firearm, two counts of possession of stolen property, possession of stolen property over $5,000, and fleeing from police.

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Suspect walks after waiting 853 days for trial

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Charges against a man arrested for allegedly robbing financial institutions in Langley and Edmonton in 2012 were thrown out after judges in B.C. and Alberta ruled the trial delay was excessive.

Matthew MacPherson faced charges of robbery and using an imitation firearm while committing an indictable offence in connection with the botched holdup of a Toronto Dominion branch in Langley on June 22, 2012.

When a lone man with an imitation firearm demanded $10,000 from a teller, he was given $250 with an anti-theft dye pack concealed in the bills.

The money was abandoned by the fleeing thief after the dye pack exploded in the parking lot just outside the branch.

A few weeks later, MacPherson was arrested in Red Deer, Alberta, and charged with four robberies in Edmonton.

In a sternly worded decision, the judge called the delay “long and inexcusable” and faulted the B.C, prosecutor’s office for the holdups. parks canada photo

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A young Enderby man is lucky to have survived a 1,600-foot fall off an Alberta mountain while skiing.

The incident happened at Goat’s Eye Mountain in Banff National Park outside the ski boundary at Sunshine Village near Banff, at around 12:30 p.m. local time Friday, March 27.

According to Grant Statham, visitor safety specialist with Parks Canada for Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks, skiers can ride the Goat’s Eye lift at Sunshine where it’s common, he said, for people to hike

above the chair lift to access runs called the South Side Chutes.

If a skier hikes a bit further than most people go, said Statham, they end up at the edge of a huge cliff where a rope is in place to stop skiers from going any further.

“This person took their skis off and proceeded to cross through the rope and walked out to a lip of a cornice (an overhang of snow or ice that accumulates along the crest of the leeward side of mountain ridges) and the cornice broke,” said Statham.

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“They fell approximately 500 metres (1,600 feet), a terrible fall,” said Statham.

“It’s amazing that they survived this. That’s the remarkable part about this is that they lived.”

Unconfirmed reports have the injured man skiing with his younger brother and his father.

The companions walked to where the young man had been, found his skis there, and saw his footprints heading out to the big piece of snow that collapsed.

“They (injured skier) fell, they went over a large cliff, bounced down a big gulley then got spat

out the bottom and they ended up on a snow slope,” said Statham.

“I think what saved this guy, and this has happened before in history, it’s not uncommon people taking these huge falls, is that he was cushioned by all the snow that fell with him and that helped him survive this thing.”

It’s believed one of the companions phoned in the distress call, and the injured skier alerted rescuers that he was alive.

“We responded to the call quickly,” said Statham. “We flew over the area and the initial impression on something like this is the person is not going to be alive.

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“We located the person on the surface of the snow and they waved at us. We’re like, ‘Holy smokes, they’re alive.’”

Crews did a quick rescue as the spot where the injured skier ended up was still in a hazardous area with more cornices hanging over.

The man was rescued with a helicopter long line.

He was taken by ambulance to Banff’s Mineral Springs Hospital with a badly broken leg and broken back. He was then transferred to Calgary’s Foothills Hospital.

It is believed the skier was wearing a helmet.

His condition was unknown as of press time Tuesday.

Statham said nobody should ever walk out on to snow to look over the edge of a cliff.

Kelowna airport officials have unveiled their latest plans for expansion at YLW—a multi-year $55.6 million plan that will see improvements and additions to the baggage handling system, plane parking area, departure lounge, check-in area and taxiway.

The work, to be carried out over the next five years, is part of a $92 million airport improvement plan started in 2008.

“This is our most ambitious plan yet,” said YLW director Sam Samaddar at a media briefing Tuesday.

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Phillip Elchitz, airport development manager at YLW, said the new baggage facility will have the most advanced baggage screening equipment available today.

With construction slated to start in June, the new baggage hall is expected to be complete by 2018.

As part of that project, the existing baggage area will be rejuvenated as part of a plan to create more office space for airlines behind the existing check-in area in the airport terminal.

Samaddar said the terminal’s check-in area will also be renovated and enlarged.

Check-in is located in the oldest part of the terminal building, which dates back to 1967.

The total cost of the three-phase, three-year baggage, terminal and check-in area improvement work will be $40 million.

In addition, the airport will also improve the departures area, the plane and runway de-icing plant. The total cost for that will be $15.4 million.

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Future Shop closure illustrates challenges facing Canadian retailers THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - The sudden closure of Future Shop electronics stores demonstrates the evolution taking place in the Canadian retail space amid increased competition from online shopping, analysts say.

And in order to survive, retailers will need to create engaging shopping experiences that lure customers into stores by providing something that can’t be found online, said Bruce Winder, a sen-

ior adviser with retail advisory firm J.C. Williams Group.

“Retail is really undergoing a revolution right now,” he said. “It’s changing really quickly in very large ways.”

Best Buy, the U.S. company that bought Future Shop in 2001, announced on Saturday that it was closing 66 Future Shop locations and rebranding the remaining 65 as Best Buy stores.

Future Shop is the latest casualty in an increasingly sparse

Canadian retail landscape. Target is in the process of shutting all 133 of its Canadian stores.

Clothing retailers Mexx and Jacob are also vacating outlets, and Sony announced plans in January to close all 14 of its locations across the country.

Experts say heightened competition from online retailers such as Amazon and eBay is making for a challenging retail environment.

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War in Iraq and Syria pegged at $528 million THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Canada’s war in Iraq and Syria is expected to cost more than half a billion dollars by this time next year, Defence Minister Jason Kenney revealed Wednesday, one day after federal budget reports stamped the estimate as secret.

Of the total, $406 million is expected to be spent in the new budget year that began Wednesday, on top of the projected $122.5 million that was set aside in the fiscal year that just ended.

Those are the incremental costs - the amount of money the Department of National Defence spends over and above the routine expense of maintaining an army.

The federal Treasury Board’s plans and priorities report for the coming fiscal year, released Tuesday, showed the price tags for overseas operations in both the Middle East and eastern Europe were classified.

Both opposition parties complained, calling the decision to hide the dollar figures unacceptable, but Kenney said the information simply wasn’t available when the estimates were completed in early March.

The $528.5-million estimate is likely not the last word on the question of costs, because there will be tear-down expenses should the next federal government decide to end the combat mis-

sion next March.

“I offer a caveat.

That number will obviously change,” Kenney said on the way into question period.

“If the past is any guide, it’ll change upward, but that’s our best estimate. And it’s on that basis that cabinet approved additional funding.”

Last month, the parliamentary budget office estimated in a February report that one year of combat operations would cost between $242 million and $351 million.

Both Kenney and Prime Minister Stephen Harper suggested there was no attempt to hide the figure, claiming it was released last week.

A spokeswoman in Kenney’s office said the numbers were revealed during a conference call with ethnic media, which took place around the time the Commons was debating the motion to extend and expand the deployment.

If Kenney was really interested in accountability he would have informed MPs, said Liberal defence critic

Joyce Murray.

“Reports that the minister would disclose this on a call, and not in the House, reinforces how little regard he and his government have for our Parliament and its role in maintaining oversight,” Murray said.

The estimates also keep secret the cost of Canada’s contribution to NATO’s reassurance mission in the new budget year. Those figures were not released on Wednesday.

Dave Perry of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute said it’s the first - and only - time in nearly 20 years that cost estimates for an international operation was withheld because it was deemed classified.

Opposition NDP leader Tom Mulcair said the government shouldn’t have to be dragged kicking and screaming towards accountability.

“The first thing Canadians are entitled to when we are in a war situation is truth, including the truth about the cost of that war,” Mulcair said.

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Consultants, said retailers need to give customers a reason to go to a store.

That could be advice from knowledgeable sales associates, who can help you determine which surround sound system would be best suited for your home - something that electronics stores like Best Buy do particularly well, Satov explained.

The challenges are particularly dire in the electronics category. Winder says roughly a third of Canadians go online to purchase electronics. Meanwhile, a

growing number of shoppers go to stores to view the merchandise, then purchase the items online for a lower price.

The move of Canadians to urban centres is also transforming the retail scene, creating challenges for destination big-box shopping centres in the suburbs.

Many of those malls could struggle to fill vacant Future Shop and Target stores, Winder said.

“You’re going to see a number of the malls outside of the cities start to be challenged to fill space,” Winder said.

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Nancy Ruth says that’s the level of detail she’s been subjected to by auditor general Michael Ferguson, who is conducting a comprehensive audit of senators’ expenses.

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“Folks are buying more online. People are moving in to the cities more.”

Shopping centres in dense, urban centres are likely to fare better, as many condo dwellers view shopping as a fun, social activity that gives them an excuse to leave their shoe boxsized homes for a few hours.

In order to thrive, retailers will need to take advantage of mobile technology, Winder said.

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he second quarter of our term remains very busy and productive as we, the mayor, council and staff, continue to work for our citizens.

After numerous and lengthy committee meetings, Council has now reviewed and conditionally approved the City’s Operating and Capital budgets for 2015. The 2015 Municipal Property Tax Levy is estimated to be $11.976 million, up from $11.561 million in 2014, representing an increase of $415,000 or 3.59 per cent.

It is noted that almost 50 per cent of this increase will be directed towards the capital budget.

For 2015, Council increased total capital funding from general revenues to $1.926 million from $1.735 million with the additional recognition that the City’s capital funding allocation needed to be enhanced as a part of addressing the City’s immediate and long term needs.

In addition to Budget deliberations, all members of Council and senior staff participated in strategic planning session with an external facilitator on March 19 and 20. Key strategic priorities were estab-

lished and work plans and timelines were developed to allocate the City’s scarce resources in response to the priorities identified.

Some of these priorities include: finalization of regional recreation agreements; working towards the completion of the boundary extension project; setting out a process to deal with the design and construction of the Library/Museum project; developing a strategy associated with the Esplanade properties and the ongoing implementation of the Downtown Plan; setting out a process to deal with making a final funding determination with respect to the All Wheel Park; and, setting a process for reviewing future capital spending at the Trail Regional Airport.

Council’s discussions over the two days were very positive and the group established the strategic vision that Council will continue to review and modify over their term.

As indicated above, Council identified the Trail Regional Airport as a strategic priority and good progress is being made towards development of a plan that deals with future airport improvements. We are seeking to create a functional and modern design

Community Comment for a new terminal building that considers both current and future uses as well as balancing a cost formula that respects our taxpayers and the needs of the travelling public.

In the meantime our focus remains on the support of the new run to Kelowna and the utilization of this much-needed service. Business and community groups have met in both Trail and Kelowna to identify potential barriers to use of the route. I n order for this valuable and convenient service to remain in place, we, as a region, need to use the service to ensure continued commitment from Pacific Coastal Airlines to improve transportation in the Kootenay Boundary and beyond.

The Victoria Street Bridge Lighting Project, which forms part of the Downtown Revitalization Plan, is progressing well

with the engineering design and permit application processes well advanced. In support of the project, the Buy-a-Light Fundraising Campaign, headed by the Downtown Opportunities and Action Committee (DOAC), has achieved some strong community support with 50 of the 96 available lights sold to date.

The DOAC has raised $162,500 of their $190,000 goal. The programmable coloured LED architectural lights will provide the opportunity to highlight community special events as well as providing a welcoming gateway to the city, which will complement the lighting on the Pipeline/ Pedestrian Bridge.

The Trail Market on the Esplanade schedule has been set and the City of Trail will be working with the Trail and District Chamber of Commerce to bring you 12 outdoor markets this summer.

Markets will be held Fridays from 10am-2pm on June 5 and 19, July 3 and 31, August 14 and 28, September 11 and 25, and October 9.

Due to popular demand, two special edition evening markets will be held this year on Wednesday July 15 andAugust 19 from 4pm8pm. Spooktacular will

occur Saturday, October 31 from 10 a.m. -3 p.m., which end the outdoor market season.

Silver City Days will occur the weekend of May 8 and the Trail Festival Society is working hard to bring about another great event. Please mark your calendar and more information will be coming your way soon.

IncrEDIBLE Trail hosted a successful Seedy Saturday event. We look forward to their sustainable community garden planters in the Gulch, which will not only provide a food source for the Salvation Army and Kate’s Kitchen, but will also further beautify our City.

Mayor and council remain committed to work for you, our citizens and business owners, as we move forward with a full agenda. We welcome your comments.

Community Comment is an opportunity for elected officials from our local municipalities to update citizens in the region on the events, plans and progress in their respective communities. Every Friday, the Trail Times will present, on a rotating basis, a submission from councils, school trustees or regional district directors.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - When the prime minister says the government’s new tax package will benefit all Canadian families with children under 18, will that include his own?

Stephen Harper isn’t saying.

A spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office won’t discuss whether Harper himself intends to take advantage of the new income-splitting rules or the expanded child care benefit, for which his family is eligible.

Harper would qualify for the maximum $2,000 tax credit if he split his $327,000 income with his wife, Laureen.

He’d also qualify to claim the child care benefit of $60 for his 16-year-old daughter; his son turned 18 last year so the Harpers missed the cut-off to claim the benefit for him.

Justin Trudeau earns $219,300 a year as Liberal leader, on top of royalties and

investments that are left from his father.

He too could qualify for a maximum $2,000 if he split his income with his wife, Sophie Gregoire. Trudeau, however, said he won’t be taking advantage.

“I don’t need it and I’m certainly not going to be applying for it.”

With three children under the age of six, Trudeau also currently qualifies to receive the $100 per month in child care benefits, which is set to rise to $160 per month.

If elected, the Liberals have said they would reverse the income splitting plan, but have not made the same pledge about the child care benefit.

The income splitting program is estimated to only benefit 15 per cent of Canadian families.

Among those who can’t qualify is NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, whose children are both grown.

His party has also said they’d scrap the income splitting plan if elected.

What political leaders do or don’t claim on their taxes isn’t a matter of public record, unlike in the United States, where the White House publishes the a detailed breakdown of the president’s financials.

The federal ethics commissioner does publish a summary of some financial information for the leaders.

The latest registry information indicates Harper holds a mortgage from the Bank of Nova Scotia, while the file for Trudeau lists the numbered corporations which manage his investments.

Before becoming Liberal leader, Trudeau had voluntarily disclosed his entire net worth and the source of his income, which includes an inheritance from his father, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, who had set up the corporations for his own portfolio.

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It’s only twenty years since the first confirmed discovery of an “exoplanet”, but now we know of 1,906 of them, mostly orbiting relatively nearby stars and a very small proportion showing Earth-like characteristics. (But the actual number of Earth-like planets may be much higher, since it’s a lot easier to find gas-giants like Jupiter or Saturn.)

There are probably hundreds of thousands of planets in our vicinity (there are 260,000 stars within 250 light-years). If even a mere few thousand of them are Earth-like, then it is imaginable that somebody might come calling in response to the messages we send -- if, and only if, it is possible to travel at near- or trans-light speeds.

Nobody knows how lightspeed travel could be done, and our current understanding of physics says that it can’t be done. But this would be a very silly debate if scientists were really all convinced that there is no possibility of getting around the current speed limit.

They will never say that it might be possible, because they cannot suggest how it might be done and the risk to their reputations would therefore be extreme.

But they are quite happy to engage in a debate that would be totally irrelevant if they didn’t think there is a chance that we – or some other civilisation in our galactic vicinity – will eventually figure out how to do it. And that cheers me up considerably.

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

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GWYNNE unfashionable Now, the tradend of the westitional way to shut ern spiral arm of this debate down is to World Affairs the Galaxy,” as point out that we’ve Douglas Adams already been sending put it in his “Hitch-Hiker’s out radio and television signals Guide to the Galaxy.” for a hundred years. Therefore, We need somebody to do any intergalactic pirates within to Einstein’s physics what a hundred light-years of here Einstein did to Newton’s. But already know where we are. while we’re waiting for that, it’s But it turns out that this isn’t good to know that some quite actually true: our radio and grown-up scientists (astron- television signals begin to fade omers, not physicists, admit- into the background radio stattedly, but I’ll take whatever I ic beyond about one light-year can get) think it’s worth hav- away. ing a debate about whether we On the other hand, powerful should take the risk of letting radar signals of the kind that we all the aliens know we are here. have been using to map the surI missed the debate face of other planets and moons when it took place at the in our own system travel a very American Association for the long way, and we’ve already Advancement of Science’s been sending them out for over annual conference in San Jose twenty years. They don’t carry last month because I was on much information – they just Mars at the time. (Well, some- say “somebody here can generwhere that felt quite like Mars, ate microwave radiation” – but anyway.) But here’s a couple of just that might be enough to quotes to give the flavour of it. attract unwelcome attention.

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Museum of History opens exhibit chronicling Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope

THE CANADIAN PRESS GATINEAU, Que. - Doug Alward hasn’t spoken publicly about Terry Fox more than a couple of times in the 35 years since the end of the Marathon of Hope in 1980.

So it was a rare occasion indeed when Alward gave brief remarks Tuesday at an exhibit chronicling Fox’s legacy that opens to the public Thursday at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau., Que. “It just seems like it was yesterday,” said the outwardly shy Alward, who was Fox’s wingman, driver and best friend during the 143-day journey that took them from St. John’s to Thunder Bay, Ont. The exhibit, which marks the 35th anniversary of the marathon, bluntly walks Canadians through the trials and triumphs that both Fox and Alward faced as they tried to raise awareness and much-needed funds for cancer research.

The planned cross-country run was cut short when it was discovered that the cancer that cost Fox his leg had spread to his lungs.

To this day, what Fox did in 1980 seems impossible and surreal, said Alward.

“Somehow I feel detached from it,” he said, standing in front of a picture of himself driving the Ford van the pair used as their home base during their cross-country fundraising venture.

“Terry is my best friend, and it’s almost like I was too close to him, and involved so much with the run, that I didn’t see how amazing it was.

“It’s quite amazing, now that I look back on it.”

The displays gathered at the museum mark the first time the archival materials have been available for public viewing in one location.

They include Fox’s artificial leg and the very van Alward piloted along their 5,373-kilometre route.

Fox’s marathon struck a chord in Canadians as they followed his journey through media reports - at a time when there was no Internet

or 24-hour TV news.

“I looked forward every day to hearing about his progress and seeing him on the evening news,” said Museum of History president and CEO Mark O’Neill.

“And I was crushed - as were all Canadians when the run came to an end, and I mourned, as did all Canadians, when Terry died.”

As a teenager, Fox was a long-distance runner and basketball player at his high school in Port Coquitlam, B.C., and later at Simon Fraser University.

But after being diagnosed with osteosarcoma in 1977, his right leg was amputated.

Determined to continue his athletic pursuits, Fox went on to play wheelchair basketball, winning three national championships.

With an artificial leg, he set his mind to running, and eventually revealed his grand scheme to his friend Alward, asking him to be part of his Marathon of Hope.

Fox had planned to raise one dollar for each person in Canada - $24 million all told at the time.

The annual Terry Fox Run, first held in 1981, has since raised more than $600 million in over 60 countries. The run is now the world’s largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research.

And the 35th anniversary of the run, which began April 12, 1980, is the perfect moment to display the memorabilia that helped to spark that international campaign, said Fox’s younger brother Darrell.

“During the Marathon of Hope and the months that followed, Canadians filled our home ... with scrapbooks, written tributes and gifts reflecting a collective compassion and admiration for Terry’s unselfish act,” he said.

“It’s time to share the Terry Fox collection and the compelling story that the memorabilia evoked with the world.”

The artifacts will be on display from April 2 until Jan. 24, 2016.

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Harper McCarthy,2, is the youngest volunteer for the Canadian Cancer Society's annual daffodil campaign. The toddler accompanied her grandmother to sale flowers last Friday at Walmart. All locations sold out, with proceeds helping raise community awareness about the many resources available through the society for families affected by cancer.

William Shatner continues to boldly go everywhere he possibly can THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - There are a few constants in William Shatner’s career: he will always be working, he will always be mocked - not least by himself - and he will always be James T. Kirk, captain of the Starship Enterprise.

Those are the reasons why Shatner is appearing this weekend at Vancouver Fan Expo, a three-day gathering at the city’s convention centre for fans of comics, scifi, horror, anime, gaming and the people who make that pop culture.

It’s one of “two or three - very few” such shows Shatner said he chooses to attend in a year.

Shatner said in telephone interview from Los Angeles that he continues to attend the events because he encounters constant reminders of the relevance of “Star Trek.”

In a recent example, his driver suddenly

stopped on the way to the airport to tell Shatner about being tortured as a prisoner of war.

“The only way he kept alive was remembering words that I had said in the part of Captain Kirk,” he said.

The series originally ran for three seasons from 1966 to 1969 before NBC cancelled it because of low ratings.

It became a cult classic in the 1970s because of constant syndication reruns, which led to movies, beginning with “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” in 1979.

Those reruns also provided comedians with fodder for mocking impressions of Shatner as Kirk, often so exaggerated that he didn’t recognize himself.

“I’d have to say, ‘Who are they doing?’ in the beginning. Now I realize they’re doing me, so I can put that on and play with that,” he said. “But what seems to have happened is everybody’s grasped the

idea that I’m trying my best.”

He said some of his performing quirks, including his stilted dialogue as the captain, came from memorizing pages and pages of lines.

Experiences like that and his encounter with the driver are the basis for an autobiographical one-man show, “Shatner’s World,” that toured Australia and Canada in 2011. Touring Canada renewed the Montreal native’s appreciation for the country, he said.

“I’ve been from one end of the country to the other in the last couple of years in a way that not many people do, except for soap salesmen,” he said. “And I’ve seen Canada in all its fresh, glorious beauty.”

“Shatner’s World” ran on Broadway in 2012 and he continues performing the show.

“It became a show that had as its thrust the desire to work and say Yes to oppor-

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“I just finished a show in Halifax in which I had many, many long speeches,” he said. “I thought, ‘This is going to be an interesting test to see what my memory’s like.’ I had no problems whatsoever.”

He described his health as “superb.”

Shatner said in the past weekend, he had ridden five American Saddlebred horses - he raises the animals - competing against a field of a hundred that included 18-year-old riders and came away with nine blue ribbons.

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Nutrition tips for shift workers

By Laura Kalina Interior Health

Working shifts can upset your body’s “internal clock” and overall health. When you work shifts, you may find it hard to know when and what to eat so here are 10 nutrition tips for shift workers.

Eat your main meal early if on a later shift. If possible, eat your main meal before you go to work and have a small meal and healthy snacks during your shift. Eating large meals at night can cause heartburn, gas, or constipation. It can also make you feel sleepy and sluggish.

Preparation is key. Eat more protein and lower glycemic carbohydrates. Not surprisingly, night shift workers often struggle with feelings of drowsiness. Protein foods like tuna, eggs, lean chicken, roast beef, baked beans, split pea soups, soy nuts, low fat cheese strings, cottage cheese, and peanut butter increase alertness. High glycemic carbohydrate foods like bread, potatoes, and cereal have a sedating effect.

Avoid fatty, fried or spicy foods.

Foods such as hamburgers, fried chicken and spicy chili may lead to heartburn and indigestion.

Avoid high glycemic carbohydrates such as cookies, candies, snack foods, sugary sweets and sweetened beverages. Too much sugar isn’t good for anybody and it may be even more damaging for night shift workers. These foods spike blood sugars then cause a crash which hampers alertness and mood.

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Stay well hydrated. Drink plenty of water to prevent dehydration.

It can help you to stay alert during your shift. Keep a water bottle nearby and take sips even before you feel thirsty. Low fat milk, tea, unsweetened herbal tea, and lower sodium 100 per cent vegetable juices are examples of nutritious beverages.

Watch the caffeine. Drinking coffee, tea or other caffeinated beverages can help you stay alert but don’t consume more than 400 mg of caffeine a day (the amount of caffeine in two cups of regular coffee). Caffeine can stay in your system for up to eight hours which can affect your sleep. Switch to decaffeinated, herbal tea or water about four hours before bedtime.

Avoid drinking alcohol after work. A drink may make you feel more relaxed, but alcohol can disturb your sleep.

Choose healthier snacks. Night shift workers often find themselves snacking to “keep their energy up”, and this can lead to empty calories that contribute to weight gain.

Raw vegetables like baby carrots, radishes, celery, and snow peas are a great way to satisfy the urge to snack; they are low in calories and high in nutrients and fibre.

Stay at a healthy body weight.

Healthy eating and active living play a big role in helping you reach and maintain a healthy weight.

A healthy body weight will lower your chances of getting heart disease, diabetes and some types of cancer.

For more tips check out: www. nutritionmonth.ca Laura Kalina is a registered dietician with Interior Health

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO - An apple a day doesn’t necessarily keep the doctor away. That’s according to proverbbusting research that found daily apple eaters had just as many doctor visits as those who ate fewer or no apples.

The findings don’t mean apples aren’t good for you but they do underscore that it takes more than just one kind of food to make a healthy diet and avoid illness.

About one-third of the adults studied said they had no more than one doctor visit in the previous year; the remainder reported at least two visits. A preliminary analysis found apple eaters had slightly fewer visits than apple avoiders those who ate less than one daily or no apples.

But that difference disappeared when the researchers considered weight, race, education, health insurance and other factors that can influence frequency of medical visits.

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The Lower Columbia River Northern Pike Suppression Report (LCRNPSR) provides a sobering glimpse into what lies in the depths and shallows of the Robson Reach portion of the mighty Columbia River.

The report, released by the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resources Operations (MFLNRO), confirms what many suspected; the northern pike population in the Columbia River is growing substantially and is a significant threat to native and non-native fish and the river’s blue-ribbon fishery.

Following a 2014 gill-netting initiative undertaken by Jeremy Baxter of Mountain Water Research and Matt Neufeld of the MFLNRO, the report estimates that the Columbia River pike population has ballooned to approximately 725, with a low-end estimate of 500 and a high estimate of over 2,700.

“The increase of Northern Pike poses significant threats to the Columbia River ecosystem including

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Above: A fisheries technician extracts a large pike from a gill net during the Lower Columbia River Northern Pike Suppression Program last fall. Left: A sample of pike taken from a net in the Robson Reach area of the Columbia River indicate a rapidly growing pike population. predation of native species, introduction of a wide variety of parasites and diseases, and competition with other species for common food resources,” states the report.

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Lower Columbia River Pike Suppression numbers: • The pike suppression program set gill-nets in suitable pike habitat, primarily slow, shallow water in the Robson Reach area, the ox-bows, Beaver Creek outlet, Gravel Pit Road, and Waneta Dam. However, all pike were caught in Robson Reach, none in other areas.

• Over 16 days in May, August, and November 2014, a crew of two fisheries technicians deployed 2 to 8 nets twice a day when possible. 153 nets were deployed for a total of 583.5 hours, in which 133 pike were caught and euthanized. 69 per cent were caught in May. • 327 non-target fish were caught in the nets incidentally. The by-catch included suckers, lake and mountain white fish, white sturgeon, rainbow trout, small-mouth bass, walleye, eastern brook trout, Northern pikeminnow, kokanee, and longnose sucker.

• 85per cent of the by-catch was released alive, while 38 white fish, eight kokanee, three rainbows, and four small-mouth bass perished during the extraction.

•The pike ranged in size from 37 to 95 centimetres (14.5 – 37.5 inches), and weighed from 0.45 to 9.5 kilograms (1-to-21 pounds).

•The largest specimen, a 21 pound behemoth, had a 15-inch rainbow in its stomach. 25 per cent or 33 of the 133 pike were found to have food in their stomachs. Comprised entirely of salmonids (soft-bodied fish like kokanee, rainbow trout, and whitefish), and zero sturgeon.

•In May, most pike were caught in shallow water (1-to-5-metres) during spawning with an average of almost 28 per day in eight nets set over eight hours, compared to 13.55 per day in August, and 6.52 in November.

• On average the pike growth rate is high, growing 7.2 cm per year and 1.42 kg on average.

•Anecdotal reports from anglers catching Northern Pike in the Arrow Lakes Reservoir (ALR) suggest that northern pike could have migrated above the HLK dam through the navigation lock, however this anecdotal fish presence data has not been authenticated and creel survey technicians have not observed pike in angler catch from ALR. *Ancillary to the report, pike netting numbers per year in the Box Canyon Reservoir are: 2014 - 3,976, 2013 - 6,452, 2012 – 5,808

netting suppression program has helped to eliminate approximately 20 per cent of the northern pike population, but more rigorous efforts may be required to control this invasive species before they get significantly established.”

Under the direction of Neufeld and Baxter, fisheries technicians set nets over 16 days in May, August, and November of last year, netting a total of 133 pike that measured between 14 and 38 inches (37-96 cm.), and weighed up to 21-pounds (9.85 kg).

While the report clearly reveals the scope of the pike problem and its implications, Neufeld says an actual plan to address the problem has yet to be hammered out.

“We don’t quite know what that program is going to look like yet,” said Neufeld in an interview earlier this week. “As you read in that report, it looked somewhat hopeful that a removal program would have some meaningful impact on population size, but we’re still working out

the details.”

The pike made their way into the Columbia from the Pend d’Oreille Reservoir, where a pike suppression program has been ongoing for a number of years.

The Columbia River gill-netting study was a small sampling compared to the efforts in the U.S. portion of the Pend d’Oreille River in Box Canyon where over 16,000 pike have been removed in the past three years.

“That (the Columbia program) was a first stab at the feasibility - certainly 20 per cent of the fish there isn’t trivial, but certainly not enough to have a significant impact,” said Neufeld.

The suppression effort undertaken by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and the Kalispel Tribe Natural Resources Department (KNRD) has reduced the pike

population in Box Canyon by about 90 per cent, primarily through a rigorous springtime gill-netting program.

The Box Canyon population increased from a count of approximately 400 in 2006 to more than 5,500 in 2010, while most other species declined significantly during that time.

This example provides ample warning for local fisheries as the potential threat northern pike populations pose in the Columbia, and possible spread through the Arrow Lakes Reservoir.

Pike were first detected in the Lower Columbia in 2009, when five were caught during a fish survey undertaken by Golder Associates.

MFLNRO addressed the problem by changing regulations to permit unlimited retention quotas, as

well as introduce an angler-pike-reward program in 2013, in which PIT tags were embedded in the heads of 30 pike caught then released. It encouraged anglers to target pike and return heads to fisheries. Those with an embedded tag would garner a $500 reward.

The pike-reward program expired in March of 2014, but the response proved satisfactory as fisheries received 21 heads, yet none with PIT tags.

However, last year’s gill-netting initiative caught six pike with PIT tags intact enabling biologists to calculate high growth rates.

Neufeld says MFLNRO is working with invasive species specialists from the Ministry of the Environment as well as partners like Teck, B.C. Hydro and others to determine funding and the most cost-effective method of extraction.

“I think overall the next steps are validating that it (gill-netting) will be a feasible option for control,” said Neufeld.

“This was a good first step at looking at that, but the details of that program we’re hoping to flesh that out in the next month or so.”

The report recommends that gill-netting suppression efforts in 2015 should continue on the Lower Columbia River and include sampling in both the Arrow Lakes and Pend d’Oreille Reservoir to determine how far the invasion has spread and whether or not spawning is taking place.

Furthermore, “Future programs should continue to remove pike, and focus on identifying the feasibility of control.”

The report also proposes that larval fish sampling be done near Norns Creek to see if northern pike are spawning successfully, or if the current population results from pike outside the main stem of the Columbia River.

Regs bring closures to Kettle

By Craig Lindsay Grand Forks Gazette

Big changes are coming for anglers who fish the Kettle and Grandby Rivers.

The 2015-17 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis came into effect Wednesday and include several changes governing fishing in the Grand Forks area.

“The regulation changes for 2015 will include movement to catch and release of rainbow trout on the West Kettle, Kettle and Granby Rivers,” said Tara White, senior fisheries biologist, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Thompson-Okanagan region. “The other change will be an implementation of an in-season closure during late summer around the August period.”

According to the new regulations, there will be no fishing on the Kettle River from July 25 to Aug. 25 and on the West Kettle River Aug. 1 to 31.

White said the inseason closure will allow for protection of wild stocks during the low-flow, hightemperature periods, and to maintain the quality of the fishery.

The goal of the regulations is to maintain a quality fishery and optimize fishing opportunities while protecting stocks so they’re available for future generations.

“From a stock conservation perspective—the Kettle River is managed as a quality fishery.

It’s the only flyfishing system in Region 8 (Okanagan to Christina Lake).

It provides one of the few river-fishing opportunities in the Okanagan region.”

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hile it is never as here - and the current crop of much fun as having KIJHL champs. a truly local team The Dynamiters face the moving on to the Outlaws, Storm and Wolf Pack, next tier of playoffs, It will be one of the toughest sounding easy for a lot of us to pull groups ever assembled outside for the Kimberley of American Dynamiters as they football, in play through the consecutive Cyclone Taylor Cup round robin series this weekend. days before Kimberley has the top teams a long history in will face off Kootenay hockey, in Monday’s and other sports like medal round.

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Sports ‘n’ Things through the interOr, if you hapactions between athpen to be in letes and fans over the years. the lower mainland over the The, “Dynamiter,” name goes weekend, you could drop in to back about as far the, “Smoke the Mission Leisure Centre to Eaters,” does, and Kimberley catch the action. actually won the Allan Cup and Go, Dynamiters!

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Kettle River fishery in trouble FROM PAGE 10 White said the quality of the river fishery has deteriorated over the past few decades as a result of low abundance and small sizes of trout.

“Issues such as water/land practices, available habitat, overfishing and environmental conditions have basically limited the trout numbers,” she added.

White said that adding to the problem is a significant lack of compliance with existing fishing regulations and infrequent enforcement practice.

“We want to help try to reinforce the regulations and maintain the quality of the fishery,” she said. “By changing the regulations it provides consistency. There are a lot of people that come in from out of town to fish there. The way the regulations were before it was by specific landmarks, which made it very difficult for people to understand where the boundaries are. This provides consistency by moving the entire river to catch and

release (for rainbow trout). It simplifies the regulations.”

White said the new rules actually came into being partly due to pressure from user groups/stakeholders such as fishing associations.

“We’ve had a lot of pressure from them to move towards this type of regulation,” she said. “We’ve spent the last three to five years doing consultation with fishing and hunting clubs, the

public, local stakeholders in the area and they’re very supportive of this.”

The new regulations allow for the harvest of non-native species such as brook trout, as well as brown trout and white fish.

White said the ministry is hoping to be able to hire a university student for a river guardian position where they would help enforce the regulations as well as monitor the results.

Blue Jays’ finalize roster; combine youth and wisdom THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - The Blue Jays opened training camp with a roster full of question marks.

“As strong as we are and as good as we feel about this team, there’s some questions that need to be answered in spring training,” Toronto manager John Gibbons said.

More than five weeks later, they come north with answers. Fans are about to find out if Gibbons and general manager Alex Anthopoulos ticked the right boxes.

The 2015 Blue Jays showcase some key veteran additions in catcher Russell Martin, third baseman Josh Donaldson and (currently injured) outfielder Michael Saunders - and a whole lot of youth.

The starting rotation includes Aaron Sanchez (22) and Daniel Norris (21) while the bullpen could feature 20-yearolds Miguel Castro and Roberto Osuna.

Devon Travis, 23, starts at second base while Dalton Pompey (22) patrols centre field.

Drew Hutchison, 24, will open the season on the mound for the Jays in his 44th career start.

Sanchez has 24 games of big-league experience, Pompey 17 and Norris five. Castro, Osuna and Travis are true rookies.

Castro is a six-footfive Dominican flamethrower who has not pitched above Class-A ball. But the Jays organization loves his ability to find the strike zone at pace - Anthopoulos

said the first time he saw Castro pitch in Vancouver, he thought the speed gun was stuck at 98 m.p.h.

Mexico’s Osuna also has Jays officials enthusing.

According to Sportsnet Stats, Castro and Osuna could become the first Blue Jays born after Toronto’s last World Series win in 1993.

The 25-man roster is not set in stone. The Jays have said they are still mulling over the merits of a seven- or eight-man bullpen.

Should they decide on seven, infielder Ryan Goins is likely to be the benefactor although that decision may not be made for some weeks.

The Jays kick off the season Monday in New York against the Yankees. Five games and a stop in Baltimore later, they host the Tampa Bay Rays. The April 13 home opener is the first of 10 games in 11 days at the Rogers Centre.

Hutchison, Sanchez and Norris will be joined in the starting rotation by veterans R.A. Dickey and Mark Buehrle.

While right-fielder Jose Bautista continues to be king of the Jays castle, the clubhouse seemed more accessible this spring with the arrival of the affable Martin. The US$82million catcher chatted in English and French, openly discussed the challenges of catching Dickey’s knuckleball and even showed off his many gloves.

When Bautista looked around the room

early in pre-season, he saw a group that was “maybe an uptick or two more competitive than some guys that have been here in the past.”

Bautista, 34, likes teammates who wear their hearts on their sleeve. A fierce competitor, he knows time is running out.

“The personal success has been great in the last five or six years but you crave to win,” he said. “I’ve never experienced it but I guarantee you it’s a better feeling sacrificing some personal success for some team success. I just haven’t been in that position ever before but I would make that trade any day.”

Right-hander Marcus Stroman will be missed in the clubhouse. Set to be one of the stars of the starting rotation, the fun-loving 23-yearold ripped up his knee in pre-season.

The Stroman injury had a domino effect, ending the Sanchez as closer experiment. Lefthander Brett Cecil will occupy that role this season.

Spring training was hard on the Jays.

Saunders, who is due back soon, had 60 per cent of the meniscus in his left knee removed after stepping on a sprinkler head indenta-

tion. Cecil and first baseman/designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion also missed part of camp due to injury.

Martin (a Toronto native who grew up in Chelsea, Que.), Saunders (Victoria) and Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.) up the Canadian quotient on the Jays.

Kevin Pillar will occupy left field, at least until Saunders returns.

Veteran infielder Maicer Izturis also starts on the disabled list.

Donaldson will hold down third with Jose Reyes at shortstop and smooth-swinging Travis at second.

Encarnacion is expected to serve primarily as DH this season to preserve his body although he may see time at first base. Newcomer Justin Smoak will play first base and designated hitter with Dioner Navarro, last year’s starting catcher, also getting time at DH. This season marks the swansong of president and CEO Paul Beeston, the franchise’s first employee.

The future of Anthopoulos and Gibbons will likely also be decided in 2015 as the Jays, third in the AL East with an 83-79 record last season, look to reach the promised land of the playoffs.

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in your situation through Because I Love You at bily. org. Good luck.

Dear Annie: I was saddened by the letter from “L.H. in Montgomery,” the 82-year-old woman who has been searching for love for 40 years.

My husband and I are senior citizens, 75 and 80 years old. We have been dancing (ballroom style) in senior centers and other dance organizations for 25 years. It is amazing how many friendships and relationships are developed between us “old people” when we’re dancing. Of course, none of us feels old.

Please tell L.H. to check out local senior centers or those in other towns nearby. She also could check for social dance clubs (ballroom style dancing, country dancing, etc.) in her area.

One of our area senior dancers teaches line dancing, which is a great way to dance if you don’t have a partner. Dancing is great social interaction. I hope she can find something in her area. -- Suisun City,

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Dear Annie: I have a 30-year-old son. “Brad” was the perfect child, loving and affectionate, until the age of 16. That’s when I divorced my drug-addicted husband. I sheltered the children as much as I could from what their father was doing.

When I transferred Brad to a public school, he got involved in drugs, quit school, became verbally abusive, did a stint in jail and more. I remarried a wonderful man who showed Brad nothing but love. Any disciplining was done by me.

When I found out Brad was doing drugs at age 21, I kicked him out of the house. He abused steroids and who knows what else.

He blames me for the way he is because I kicked him out. He claims no mother would do that. I told him it’s called “tough love” and that I refuse to watch him destroy himself.

I have not spoken to Brad in five months.

Christmas and my birthday have come and gone with no acknowledgment.

My heart is just so bro-

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Saturday, April 4, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Things are unpredictable today because not only is the Full Moon directly opposite your sign, it is also opposite unpredictable Uranus in your sign.

Expect the unexpected.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) No doubt you feel restless today -- a bit at loose ends. Don’t worry this is just the condition of today’s Full Moon as it relates to your sign. Things will calm down in 48 hours.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20)

People will surprise you today. Or perhaps you will meet someone who is unusual or very different.

Whatever the case, this is not a boring day, but you should watch your step.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Upsets with authority figures or parents are likely

today. People are touchy because of the Full Moon today. In addition, unpredictable Uranus is in the picture! Ouch.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)

This is an accidentprone day for you, so be careful. Pay attention to everything you say and do.

Interruptions to your travel plans are likely. Give yourself extra time for wiggle room.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Keep an eye on your bank account and matters related to taxes and shared property.

Something unpredictable will occur today regarding these areas.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Be patient with partners and close friends today, because the only Full Moon in your sign all year is taking place. Naturally this will create stress and tension with others. Be cool.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Problems with co-workers are likely because of the Full Moon today. You can help things by being patient and perhaps, cutting someone some slack.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)

This is definitely an accident-prone day for your kids, so be extra vigilant.

This also will apply to children you work with. (It’s

also tough for romance.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Avoid family arguments if possible today, because people are touchy due to the Full Moon. Go gently and be patient and understanding.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Be alert, because today is definitely an accidentprone day for your sign.

Be mindful when walking,

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PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Keep an eye on your money today. You might find money; you might lose money. This same unpredictable quality might apply to your possessions.

Caution!

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Get out into nature this year.

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A garden’s now more than a garden: trying to help the planet (and look good doing it) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS From the biggest botanical gardens to the smallest backyard plots and terraces, there’s a movement underway to make gardens work harder for the environment.

“It’s no longer enough for a garden to just look pretty. Every garden needs to do more and every garden matters,” said Douglas Tallamy, a professor in the department of entomology and wildlife ecology at the University of Delaware.

Because of global warming and habitat destruction, he said, “today, gardens need to support life, sequester carbon, feed pollinators and manage water. It’s a lot to ask, but it doesn’t have to look messy and it may be the key to our survival.”

For many people who aren’t sure what they can do about climate change, home gardens provide an opportunity to make a palpable difference.

That sense of purpose is creating a change in garden esthetics, with a more natural look and more emphasis on drought-tolerant and wildlife-friendly plants.

“It’s one of the few things an individual can do to miti-

gate climate change. The cumulative impact on the environment is huge, plus it’s easy, affordable and fun,” said Ann Savageau, who ripped out most of her lawn in drought-parched Davis, California, a year ago and replanted with desert grasses and other native plants.

“The increase we’ve seen in pollinators, butterflies and birds at our house is really exciting, and we reduced our water usage by two thirds,” she said.

Whereas there used to be enough land for wildlife and humans to exist separately, it’s become essential that we share habitats, Tallamy and Rick Darke argue in their book, “The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden” (Timber Press, 2014).

“Unless we share our space with nature, the plants on which bees, caterpillars, butterflies, birds and other wildlife depend will not survive,” Tallamy said.

Earth-friendly gardens consist mostly of native species, on which local wildlife depends, experts say.

“Gardening for wildlife, especially birds, is really the hot thing now in horticulture and garden-

ing. The trend is toward naturalistic garden design, with native plants. It’s a High Line kind of a look,” said Kristin Schleiter, associate vice-president for outdoor gardens and senior curator at the New York Botanical Garden.

The High Line, the New York City park and garden which runs along a strip of old elevated track, “does symbolize a newer esthetic in purposeful, naturalized gardening,” said Tom Smarr, its director of horticulture.

About half the plants are natives and the other half are self-seeded species, which require relatively little maintenance and water. “There’s way more forgiveness and durability about it,” he said.

“A lot of people have totally been inspired by the wild look and have tried it on their own at home,” Smarr said.

A few specific ways that home gardeners can go easy on the planet: PLANT AN OAK TREE Oaks sequester lots of carbon, have enormous root systems that help manage water and, according to Tallamy and Darke, are fantastic at supporting wildlife.

“There are 557 species of caterpillars in the Mid-Atlantic states, and they’re all bird food. The birds eat all the caterpillars to support their young, so you don’t need to worry about defoliation.”

FEED THE POLLINATORS Tallamy warns that without pollinators, 80 per cent to 90 per cent of all plants would be lost, and that gardeners should focus on plants that feed the estimated 4,000 species of native bees.

Pollinator-friendly gardens feature a sequence of native flowering plants, so that from April through September something’s always blooming. Mountain mint, sunflowers, native holly, sweet pepper bush and goldenrod are all great for pollinators, Tallamy said. Further west, blazing star and milkweed are good choices. Schleiter said that early spring can be especially tough for bees. For early bloomers, she recommends Lyndera, a native bush with great fall colour, and also dogwood.

MINIMIZE L AW N , CONCRETE AND NON-NATIVE ORNAMENTAL SPECIES “Around 92 per cent of our suburban lots are lawn, and that’s the worst you can do,” Tallamy

said, adding that concrete seems to be our “default landscaping” and ornamental Asian plant varieties have little to offer native wildlife.

“In the typical American yard, 80 per cent of the plants are from China. That’s not a functioning eco-system,” he said.

Even apartment dwellers can help, by planting native species on roofs and terraces.

Schleiter said: “Really think about the amount of chemical that’s put on our lawns. If you’re not using all of your lawn, just let the grass grow out and maybe put in some native perennials. It all adds up.”

AVOID PESTICIDES “If you’re planting a garden for bees and butterflies, don’t use pesticides that will kill bees and butterflies,” warned Schleiter. “It sounds obvious, but people do it all the time. You have to be extra sure that when you buy a plant at the nursery, it hasn’t been sprayed with any pesticides.

Nurseries do it a lot and you need to be extremely careful.”

Online: www.bringingnaturehome.net http://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/ arboretum-all-stars.aspx

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Victoria Street Buy-a-Light Fundraising Campaign • Showcase a Feature Landmark • Celebrate our City & Community Spirit • Enhance the Esplanade • • Create more Excitement & Energy around the Downtown Core • Reconnect Downtown with the Columbia River • • The LED Lights will complement the lights to be integrated in the soon-to-be Pipeline/Pedestrian Bridge •

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The Downtown Opportunities & Action Committee (DOAC) is well on their to reaching their $190,000 fundraising goal. Show your support too! Buy-a-Light after March 2nd for $200* and you will receive formal sponsor recognition at the west entrance of the Victoria Street Bridge.

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BC Local News Backyard bird enthusiasts should regularly clean their bird feeders and bird baths at this time of year, as migratory songbirds return from their winter retreats.

Species such as pine siskins, redpolls and grosbeaks congregate in large flocks in spring, and their close contact at a time of weather stress and nutrition shortage can pass diseases from bird to bird, says a bulletin from the B.C. forests ministry.

Cleaning feeders every two weeks and changing water in bird baths every few days can reduce the spread of avian pox virus, avian conjunctivitis and salmonella bacteria among birds. Using metal or plastic feeders rather than wood, and

Lifestyles Crowded feeders a health risk for returning songbirds

UP TO spreading out multiple small feeders that only allow one or two birds at a time also reduces the risk of disease transmission.

Wildlife biologists say these bird diseases can also spread to people handling infected birds or contaminated materials.

Placing bird feeders over a concrete surface allows easier cleanup of litter underneath, which can also prevent spread of infection. If you see one or two sick birds in your area, biologists advise clearing and scrubbing the feeder. If there are more than three diseased birds, take your feeder down for a week or two to encourage birds to disperse.

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• Birds with avian conjunctivitis have red, swollen, watery or crusted eyes.

Infection can be spread by feeders with small openings that birds touch with the sides of their heads. Infected birds may have trouble feeding and remain on the ground near the feeder.

• Birds with salmonella bacterium may be found dead or appear tame, sitting quietly for hours or days, often with their feathers fluffed up. Salmonella can easily spread to pets or humans, and so strict hygiene should be enforced in these situations.

• Birds with avian pox virus may have warty lesions on the unfeathered parts of their head, legs or feet.

PRECISION TRUCK EVENT INCLUDES:

DELIVERY CREDIT CASH CREDIT OWNER CASH KODIAK PACKAGE DISCOUNT KODIAK DOUBLE CAB 2WD CASH CREDIT

2015 TERRAIN STARTING FROM

$

THIS OFFER IS ON FWD AND INCLUDES $750 LOYALTY

24,995 †

CASH¥, $4,200 CASH CREDITS, FREIGHT AND PDI.

2015 TERRAIN SLE-1 MODEL SHOWN

2015 SIERRA 1500

DOUBLE CAB 4WD BI-WEEKLY LEASE

$

WITH $1,850 DOWN. BASED ON A LEASE PRICE OF $31,372 ‡ (1SA MODEL). INCLUDES $1,000 LOYALTY CASH FOR ELIGIBLE OWNERS ¥, $1,000 DISCOUNT CREDIT, $4,500 DELIVERY CREDIT, FREIGHT & PDI.

145 @ 0% 24 FOR

MONTHS

OR STEP UP TO

CREW CAB 4WD BI-WEEKLY LEASE

$

WITH $1,850 DOWN. BASED ON A LEASE PRICE OF $34,357‡ (1SA MODEL). INCLUDES $1,000 LOYALTY CASH FOR ELIGIBLE OWNERS¥, $1,000 DISCOUNT CREDIT, $3,500 DELIVERY CREDIT, FREIGHT & PDI.

155 @ 0% 24

UP TO $1,500 OWNER CASH FOR ELIGIBLE OWNERS

FOR

MONTHS

¥

BCGMCDEALERS.CA

Call Champion Chevrolet Buick GMC at 250-368-9134, or visit us at 2880 Highway Drive, Trail. [License #30251]

ON NOW AT YOUR BC GMC DEALERS. BCGMCDealers.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. GMC is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the purchase or lease of a new or demonstrator 2015 GMC Sierra 1500 Double Cab (1SA), or purchase of a new or demonstrator 2015 GMC Sierra Kodiak Edition and GMC Terrain FWD (3SA).

Freight ($1,695/$1,650) and PDI included. License, insurance, registration, PPSA and dealer administration fees and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in the BC GMC Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer order or trade may be required. *$10,000 is a combined total credit on 2015 Sierra Kodiak addition consisting of a $4,500 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive), $1,000 Loyalty Cash (tax inclusive), a $2,155 manufacturer to dealer Option ‘Kodiak Edition’ Package Discount Credit (tax exclusive), $250 Kodiak Double Cab 2WD cash credit, and $2,095 manufacturer to dealer cash credit (tax exclusive), which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and finance rates. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing this $250 and $2,095 credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. Discounts vary by model. ‡Lease based on a purchase price of $31,372/$34,357, (includes $4,500/$3,500 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit, a $1000 manufacturer to dealer Option Package Discount Credit and a $893 Loyalty Cash) for Sierra 1500 Double Cab 4WD (1SA/G80/B30)/ Sierra 1500 Crew Cab 4WD (1SA/G80/B30). Bi-weekly payment is $145/$155 for 24 months at 0.0% APR, on approved credit to qualified retail customers by GM Financial. Annual kilometer limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometer. $1,850 down payment is required. Payment may vary depending on down payment trade. Total obligation is $9,393/$9,930, plus applicable taxes. Option to purchase at lease end is $21,979/$24,427.

Price and total obligation exclude license, insurance, registration, taxes, dealer fees and optional equipment. Other lease options are available. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offer which may not be combined with other offers. See your dealer for conditions and details. General Motors of Canada Limited reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. † Purchase price includes $670 Loyalty Cash and a cash credit of $4,200 and applies to new 2015 GMC Terrain SLE-1 FWD models at participating dealers in Canada. Purchase price of $24,995 excludes license, insurance, registration, dealer fees and taxes. Dealer may sell for less. Offer may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. GMCL may modify, extend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. See dealer for details. ¥ Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any model year 1999 or newer car that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2015 model year GMC SUV, crossover and pickups models delivered in Canada between April 1, 2015 through April 30, 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive) and credit value depends on model purchased: $750 credit available on eligible GMC vehicles (except Canyon 2SA, Sierra Light Duty and Heavy Duty); $1,000 credit available on all GMC Sierras. Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any Pontiac/Saturn/SAAB/Hummer/Oldsmobile model year 1999 or newer car or Chevrolet Cobalt or HHR that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2015 model year GMC SUV, crossover and pickups models delivered in Canada between April 1, 2015 through April 30, 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive): $1,500 credit available on eligible GMC vehicles (except Canyon 2SA). Offer is transferable to a family member living within the same household (proof of address required). As part of the transaction, dealer may request documentation and contact General Motors of Canada Limited (GMCL) to verify eligibility. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. Certain limitations or conditions apply. Void where prohibited. See your GMCL dealer for details. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate offers for any reason in whole or in part at any time without prior notice.. <>The 2014 GMC Terrain received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among compact SUVs in the proprietary J.D. Power 2014 Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 86,118 new-vehicle owners, measuring 239 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of owners surveyed in February-May 2014. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. *†U.S. Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov).

Trail Times Friday, April 3, 2015 www.trailtimes.ca A19

Clean bird feeders equals healthy happy song birds.

File photo

A20 www.trailtimes.ca

Friday, April 3, 2015 Trail Times

local Reflective times

Liz Bevan Photo

The Columbia River was cool and quiet on Tuesday morning in Genelle while two fly fishers cast their lines while some Canadian Geese look on.

KOOTENAY HOMES INC.

The Local Experts™

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

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

STING NEW LI

Mark Wilson 250-231-5591

Sat, April 4th 1-3pm

mark.wilson@century21.ca

Terry Alton

250-231-1101

817 Whitetail Dr., Rossland

$1,100,000

1180 - 3rd Avenue, Trail

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

Call Richard (250) 368-7897

Fantastic family home! This home is located on very large, flat lot on quiet cul-de-sac. Tons of charm and plenty of extras like central vac, u/g sprinkling and central air. Call your REALTOR® for your personal viewing.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

STING NEW LI

STING NEW LI

430 Wellington Ave., Warfield

640 Shelley St., Warfield

Beautiful property on Trail Creek.

This warm and cozy home features 3 bdrms, hardwood floors and large workshop. Lots of parking too. Bring an offer!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Well maintained 3 bdrm family home with lots of upgrades!

Bright sun room, amazing views, new flooring, paint, trim, railing, electrical and windows. Call your realtor today to view!

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

$199,000

$189,000

RENTALS

Trail

2 bdrm

....$750/mo plus utilities, NS NP

$213,000

3621 Rosewood Dr., Trail

572 Spokane Street, Trail

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

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

Good rental or starter home with 4 bdrms, country kitchen, rec. room, single carport, and view deck. Plumbing in basement for a second bathroom. Located an easy five minute walk to town.

Call Art (250) 368-8818

$285,000

$45,000

1533 - 4th Avenue, Trail

$149,900

2 bedroom home in excellent East Trail Location!

Call Terry 250-231-1101

STING NEW LI

$125,000

Exceptional value in a great starter home or revenue property with 2 bdrms up and a basement suite down. Hardwood floors, new carpets, kitchen and bath, doors & windows. You need to check this one out!

Call Terry 250-231-1101

....$800/mo plus utilities, NS NP

Call today if you need your property professionally managed!

Hideaway in your timber style executive home. Quality abounds in this 3 bed/3 bath home. Hydronic heated concrete floors, cathedral ceilings, recess lighting, gourmet kitchen and open floor plan.

Too many extras to list.

Come see for yourself!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

$178,000

mamantea@telus.net

Bill Craig

250-231-2710

bill.craig@century21.ca

Deanne Lockhart 250-231-0153

deannelockhart@shaw.ca

441 Whitman Way, Warfield

STING NEW LI

$575,000

#313 - 880 Wordsworth Avenue, Warfield

$71,500

Great top floor corner unit. This 2 bdrm condo is gorgeous - great updates done here - flooring and paint - owner will pay to have new windows and sliding door replaced with new efficient glass. The price is right and mortgage rates are very good.

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

mary.martin@century21.ca

250-521-0525

$479,000

1210 Primrose Street, Trail Enjoy the carefree life in this low maintenance town home. Tastefully decorated, well maintained, featuring 3 bdrms, 1.5 baths, with newer windows, air conditioning, fenced yard and carport. Excellent value! Call now to view!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

250-231-0264

Mary Amantea

1101 Christie Road, Montrose

Terry Alton 250-231-1101 Tonnie Stewart (250) 365-9665

Mary Martin

richard.daoust@century21.ca

1050/mo plus utilities, NS NP

We have excellent tenants waiting for rentals in Glenmerry, Sunningdale and East Trail.

tonniestewart@shaw.ca

250-368-7897

$

138 Reservoir Road, Trail

Tonnie Stewart

250-365-9665

Richard Daoust

NEW LISTING

Rossland 4 bdrm

Trail 2 bdrm Upper Duplex

terryalton@shaw.ca

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

kootenayhomes.com

Gorgeous custom built home with high quality finishings, fantastic kitchen, open floor plan and beautifully landscaped yard. Great parking with huge garage and workshop area. An excellent family home with room for everyone. Come see it today!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Art Forrest

250-368-8818 c21art@telus.net

Christine Albo 250-512-7653

christine.albo@century21.ca

Dave Thoss

250-231-4522

dave.thoss@century21.ca

Dan Powell Christina Lake 250-442-6413

powelldanielk@gmail.com