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Council defends pay increase

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Extenuating factors put talk of raises on backburner for a decade

is $482.60,” he said, adding that a remuneration bylaw change had been discussed over the last 12 years, but other items were of highBY LIZ BEVAN er spending priority at the time.

Times Staff “The last time we brought this Montrose councillors have up, we had our water issue, our increased their annual stipends and lines broke and we didn't know what ratepayers want to know why. it was going to cost when that valve At Tuesday evening's meet- let go. We felt that there was no way ing, residents George Jones and (we could get a raise) at that point.

Ian McAlpine signed up to address It seems every year, we have issues council members, that come up.”

“This increase requesting answers Danchuk also mento questions about a was way overdue tioned that council raise outlined in the a close look at and with our new took Council Remuneration what other councillors budget, we have were making in differand Expenses Bylaw amendment from last ent municipalities of the lowest tax month. the same size before rate increase of “We noticed that coming to a decision. anyone in the a council remunera“We have done studtion increase had been ies on all the other vilvalley at just voted on and acceptlages and cities that are 2.5 per cent.” ed,” said McAlpine. “It of similar size, and we is surprising to see that are still one of the lowMAYOR JOE DANCHUK kind of compensation est paid in B.C. (for our increase. It made me population),” he told wonder about the financial respon- McAlpine and Jones, adding that sibility of the village. I realize that even with the raise, the cost isn't no changes have been made to being passed on to taxpayers in the council remuneration since 2003, 2015 budget. but you still received the price index “This increase was way overdue increase. It hasn't been a priority, so and with our new budget, we have why now?” the lowest tax rate increase of anyMcAlpine calculated that the one in the valley at just 2.5 per cent. increase amounted to over 30 per“This was an opportunity for us. cent, but Mayor Joe Danchuk men- We could have gone higher, but in tioned his math may not be right. the discussion, we decided not to.

The increase is closer to 15 per We are in a small village and we cent when Danchuk laid out the are limited on our tax base. Nobody numbers. likes to see an increase, but we have “Council was previously making been fiscally responsible here.” $3,517.38 and the total increase See RAISE, Page 3

Fire destroys Paterson home

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

A local couple escaped without injury, but lost their home and belongings in a fire on their rural property Tuesday night.

Fire crews from Rossland, Warfield, Trail and Montrose were alerted to the blaze on Highway 22 near the Paterson border crossing, just before 7:30 p.m.

The fire, which destroyed the log home, took 33 firefighters about five hours to control.

The occupants were in the house at the time of the fire, said Fire Chief Terry Martin.

“They were alerted to the fire when people were running down their driveway informing them of the fire on the roof, and ensuring they were getting out of the house,” he explained. “When our crew arrived on scene the roof section was collapsing into the top floor of the structure.”

“It's difficult for any fire department to knock this kind of fire down when it gets hold of a building,” said Martin. “It's referred to as a defensive fight because we couldn't do an interior attack - it just wasn't safe with the roof collapsing so quickly.”

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Students from the Take a Hike program, based in the Kootenay Columbia Learning Centre, volunteered to paint two new offices in the Community Inclusion Centre on Bay Street this week. Take a Hike is an innovative education program that engages at-risk youth through a unique combination of academics, adventure-based learning, therapy and community involvement. (From the left: Tarrin Wifely, Chris Lucin and Connor McBlain)

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Slushies, confectionary and coffeeto-go will soon be a staple at the Montrose gas station alongside outdoor benches for customers to perch and enjoy the view in the gateway to Beaver Valley.

Harvir Singh and three family members took ownership of the Montrose Service TEMPO April 1, and are ready to expand the station with more kidfriendly and on-the-go fare for regulars and newcomers to the well established business.

Singh and his cousins already have a growing business in Fruitvale's Valley Petro Canada, since purchasing the gas station in 2013.

“We had good numbers last year, so this was a good time to take over the one in Montrose,” said Singh.

“There's nothing much for kids right now, like candy or chocolate, so

if they want something they have to go elsewhere,” he explained.

“We'll be expanding those product lines, cleaning up the property and in a month or so, adding more hours.”

For seven years Cindy Hannigan has walked across the street to work, and said the new owners have a good plan, a great attitude and a fresh outlook has been a really “good thing.”

“We really miss the (previous owners),” she said. “But we've been asked to stay and it's really been a good change.”

The small store has a very nice history, says Brenda Jagpal, a Montrose resident who with husband Nirmal Jagpal, owned the business for 18 years.

She said the site began as a coffee shop and grew into a gas station before they bought the store and added a canopy and a liquor section.

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One of Montrose Service TEMPO’s new owners Harvir Singh (middle) is flanked by employees Corrine Haslam (left) and Cindy Hannigan (right).

Singh, along with three business partners, also own the Valley Petro Canada in Fruitvale.

“Now I can't wait to see what the new owners will do with it,” Brenda added. “It is a great business that needed new ideas, new mental and physical energy.”

She said the family will miss the social connection to the

employees, customers and vendors, but being on call seven days a week for almost two decades became a challenge.

“We totally enjoyed working at the store but not being able to get away was the difficult part,” Jagpal

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Its first $500,000 of gross revenue is To avoid double taxation, Canada taxed at a lower rate than the normal Revenue Agency (CRA) uses a formula corporate tax rate to encourage small to determine the value of dividends business investment and start-ups in to be included as income, along with Canada. a mechanism to apply a credit for the Despite being labelled “non-eligible”, corporate taxes already paid, effectively the CCPC dividends are also subjected lowering the tax rate on this amount for to the gross-up formula and dividend the taxpayer. tax credit mechanism, albeit adjusted by For federal tax purposes, eligible divi- CRA to reflect the lower corporate tax dends are grossed-up by 38 per cent and paid by a CCPC. The formula involves the dividend tax credit applied to this an 18 per cent gross-up and 11.02 per grossed-up value is 15.02 per cent. And cent credit federally. Provincially gross-

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ups range from 0.83 per cent to 7.05 per cent resulting in effective tax rates from 29.36 per cent in Alberta to 40.77 per cent in Manitoba with BC at 37.99 per cent.

Ignoring the math, CRA’s dividend taxation policy for shareholders of Canadian corporations – whether the corporation is big or small, public or private – is designed to reflect the underlying corporate tax paid before dividends are paid to its shareholders with credit given to the shareholder for those corporate taxes paid. Without such a convoluted system, there would have to be a personal tax rate specific to dividend income.

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Health • Trail Senior Centre, Portland St. 1:30 p.m. on April 19, the Society for the Protection and Care of Seniors holds its annual general meeting. Advocacy for caregivers will be topic of workshop preceding meeting. All welcome.

Rides available. Call 362.5767 for info.

Other • Attention all photographers: West Kootenay Camera Club's 25th Annual Photo Show requests submissions for entries. Drop off centres, Kel Printing in Castlegar, Vogue Photography in Nelson and Doell Photography in Trail. Deadline April 29. For inform and entry forms visit westkootenaycameraclub. com.

• Today until April 18, Kootenay Festival of the Events & Happenings Arts runs in three Trail in the Lower Columbia venues. For schedule, visit kootenayfestivalofthearts.ca.

• Friday, Family Fun Fair at J.L. Crowe Secondary Gym from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Games and activities for kids, food and fun for the whole family.

• Saturday, Trail Legion from 1-3 p.m. for the ladies auxiliary's spring tea. Tickets $3.50, door prizes.

• Saturday, J.L. Crowe grad class is having a bottle drive. Pickup curbside starts early Saturday morning, from Warfield to Waneta.

• Monday, Tickets on sale at Charles Bailey box office for Harmony Choir's Spring Concert at 7 p.m. April 25.

• Monday, Trail Alliance Church, 6:30 p.m.

GriefShare, a support group for those grieving death of another.

Gallery • VISAC Gallery showing, "Surface Treatments". Exhibition highlights various techniques for adding pattern, texture and visual effects to pottery items, to enhance their appearance. Features work by members of the VISAC Pottery Guild, and continues last year's “Pottery: Follow the Process.” Runs until April 24.

Film • Sunday, Royal Theatre, 4:30 p.m. Sunday Cinema presents Selma. The true story chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition.

Upcoming • April 16, Selkirk College in Trail, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Chronic Pain Self-Management Workshop. Better manage your pain by understanding pain and symptom cycle. Set realistic goals and learn problem-solving. Call 778.477.2966 or email Carol Sicoli at csicoli@ uvic.ca. Workshop continues April 23, April 30, May 7, May 14, and May 21.

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Wednesday morning fire crews were mopping up and investigating the scene where a log home was destroyed by fire Tuesday night.

Occupants and livestock unharmed

FROM PAGE 1 The home did have working fire alarms, which alerted around the same time passersby reached the front door, Martin said.

“The fortunate thing, if anything, is that nobody was hurt, and they do have insurance,” he said. “But it was a very serious fire that burned hard, and of course they are devastated.”

Investigation into the cause resumed Wednesday morning, which Martin said could be related to the chimney from a

wood burning stove.

“The fire is not suspicious in nature,” he continued. “But we are still investigating because it occurred shortly after (the homeowner) started the wood stove in the basement.”

The rural property, which is a hobby farm with horses, has outbuildings which were not affected by flames.

“We were fortunate that conditions weren’t as dry as they were a month ago,” said Martin.

“The fire didn’t extend to the nearby

Raise overdue

FROM PAGE 1 McAlpine then shared some concerns regarding a raise so soon after the election with two new councillors sitting in chambers.

“Here, you have two brand new councillors and they walk into a seat here and you automatically vote yourselves an increase,” he said. “That concerns us as far as what is being taught to these new councillors.

You are at the bottom of the barrel, but now they see that all you have to do is vote yes to give an increase in compensation.”

Rookie councillor Rory Steep spoke to that point, giving his reasons for voting in favour of the increase.

“I thought it was time this happened and it had nothing to do with me being on council,” he said.

“I am not here to make money. I know that isn’t going to happen. I look at councillors like Cindy who have been here for 10 years. In any job, if you hadn’t gotten a raise in over 10 years, you wouldn’t be too happy about it.”

The next Montrose regular council meeting is on April 20 at 7 p.m.

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Trial date in Fruitvale murder could be set next month

By Sheri Regnier Times Staff

The man charged with second degree murder in the death of a Fruitvale resident appeared via video in Rossland provincial court on Tuesday.

Jordan Shimell, 24, of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta is charged with the Dec. 28 murder of Scott Decembrini.

The case was adjourned until May 4 at 10 a.m. in the Rossland Supreme Court.

Shimell is scheduled to appear by video link, and a date will be fixed for his trial.

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forest and they were able to ensure the horses were safe and that fire didn’t spread to the barn.”

The home’s water source is a well, so water was shuttled in from Rossland’s municipal supply.

The Rossland engine was used as the main pumper while water tenders from Rossland, Trail and Montrose carried water back to the site.

Each truck holds 1,500 gallons of water, with the Rossland truck pumping from a bladder, or portable tank.

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there is no record on the file that a plea has been entered.

He remains in custody at a B.C. pre-trial centre pending a set trial date.

Police arrested Shimell at the scene of the incident, following a call about a man suffering life-threatening injuries.

Decembrini, 52, was rushed to Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Shimell and Decembrini knew each other, but police have not revealed their exact relationship or the cause of death.

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Thursday, April 9, 2015 Trail Times

Provincial

Habitat loss a big buzz kill for wild bees

By Jeff Nagel BC Local News

Urgent action is needed to stop the decline of wild bees, and B.C. cities and their residents could pitch in by protecting and planting more bee-friendly flowers.

That’s one of the recommendations of SFU biologists Elizabeth Elle and Julie Wray in a report to Metro Vancouver that outlines the threats to bees.

“The main reason that wild pollinators are declining is loss of habitat,” Elle said in a recent presentation to Metro directors. “They’re losing their food and they’re losing their nests.”

Bees need nectar-producing flowers and while commercial blueberry fields are one source, it’s a monoculture crop that blooms for only a few weeks, leaving vast areas devoid of food the rest of the time.

Wild bees aren’t transported from field to field in boxes like imported pollinator honeybees and they require flowers that bloom at various times all year long.

More of that kind of habitat could be created by cities in parks and even by households and businesses in yards and other urban areas, Elle said.

She noted Metro Vancouver has already been planting diverse wildflowers and other native plants that bloom throughout the year in some regional parks.

Researchers have measured a 25 per cent increase in both the abundance and diversity of pollinators at those sites, she said.

Wild species nest in the ground, in trees or other areas and that habitat is also being lost to urban development or other ecosystem disruption.

Elle noted invasive species are a particular problem.

The Himalayan blackberry, she noted, can cover large areas where other flowers are effectively forced out and no nectar is available for most of the year.

Solitary bees only survive four to six weeks, so that species won’t survive in an area if food isn’t available when they come out.

Much public attention has focused on the threat to bees from farm pesticides, including neonicotinoids – there have been repeated calls to ban the neurotoxic insecticides that have been found to kill beneficial insects.

Elle said the chemicals are linked to colony decline and even when they don’t kill bees outright they can hurt their ability to survive and thrive.

“Just smelling a fungicide reduces the ability of a bumble bee to find food and to collect it quickly and bring it back home,” she said. “What this means is they’re not provisioning a colony very quickly and the colony is not growing – just by smelling agro-chemicals.”

Some municipalities still allow cosmetic pesticide use, she noted, but said most exposure comes from farms.

Exposure to one pesticide can worsen the effects of another one on bees, she added, while imported European honeybees used to pollinate crops can be a source of diseases that spread to wild species and the managed bees also crowd out wild species.

Taxpayers keeping Richmond Olympic Oval in the black

By Matt Hoekstra Richmond Review

A multimilliondollar subsidy from taxpayers will again keep the Richmond Olympic Oval in the black this year, according to financial

documents presented to council Tuesday.

City coffers will contribute $3,239,700 to the River Road facility in 2015—up $31,700 from last year—to help keep up with expenses that

have grown 21 per cent.

Memberships, admission fees and program revenue remain the biggest sources of income for the oval—forecasted to pull in $7.6 mil-

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Zoning Bylaw has Revised Zoning Bylaw No.The 1540 & Official Glory Community Amendment No. 1553 been updatedPlan to be in line withBylaw the new Official for Electoral Areawhich ‘B’/Lower Community Plan, was Columbia-Old adopted in 2013. Electoral Glory Area ‘B’/Lower Columbia-Old Glory includes the unincorporated rural land between Nancy Green Provincial Park and the Canada-US border; and the Sheep Creek Valley and the Columbia River. Bylaw What is the purpose of Zoning Bylaw No. 1540 and amendNo.ment 1553Bylaw amends the OCP with one change to the No. 1553?

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Padding the oval’s bottom line is another $2.3 million from the 2010 Games Operating Trust.

Expenses are forecast to total $14 million, up from $11.6 million last year.

The growing budget reflects three new lines of business at the oval: the Richmond Olympic Experience, retail and YYoga.

Yyoga opened its

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A fresh new supply of student housing could be on the agenda for the 2016 school year, if a local developer dots his Is and crosses his Ts. The lot on the corner of Ethel and Highway 97, has been in a state of transition for the last couple of weeks. Trees have been cleared, a fence has gone around the space and now a sign has been erected in the corner of the lot.

What is going to follow, however, was a bit of a mystery as City of Kelowna staff said they have no current plans before them.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA - The advocate for seniors in British Columbia says too many people in government care are prescribed antipsychotic drugs without being properly diagnosed.

Isobel Mackenzie reviewed assessment records for 54,000 seniors in both residential and home care in her report, Placement, Drugs and Therapy ... We Can Do Better.

Of the 25,000 people in residential care, about a third are prescribed antipsychotic drugs, but only four per cent of them have been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, she said.

“We know we are over-prescribing drugs to seniors,” Mackenzie said in an interview on Tuesday.

“It’s called polypharmacy, too many drugs to the same person at the same time. But this is a very stark presentation of just how bad the situation is and the magnitude out there.”

Her report also said just under half of residential care clients are being prescribed antidepressant medications, but only 24 per cent have been assessed with depression. She said seniors are often over-prescribed medications in efforts to help them, their families and caregivers through potentially stressful and harmful situations.

“We should be asking serious questions, given the side-effects of these drugs, as to whether they are the most appropriate for the seniors in question,” her report stated.

Mackenzie said up to 15 per cent of seniors in residential care could instead be living independently with the aid of assisted living or in community care.

Her report also said B.C. lags behind Alberta and Ontario when it comes to offering rehabilitation therapies for seniors.

Kelowna could see new slate of student rental housing for 2016

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yoga studio inside the oval in January, while the Richmond Olympic Experience— an Olympic museum inside the oval—is scheduled to open in June.

A retailer is expected to begin operations around the same time.

Both the city and the Games Operating Trust subsidize the oval’s operating budget each year.

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The team at Cedar Avenue Salon and Esthetiques welcomes Louise and Lindsay to our team.

We welcome all of their past, present and future clients to the salon.

Those will come, said Kevin Bird of Boardwalk Housing Corp, which is behind the project.

“We just brought the property, and we’re in the planning stages,” said Bird.

Plans, thus far, are to fill a citywide gap in student rental housing.

“This is a student housing project—just rental,” he said, adding they are willing to “go big” to meet the needs in the community.

“We hope to be in the ground once we have all of our city approvals by August and be ready for the 2016 school year.”

The project will be called Cambridge House, a nod to the Ivy League schools of the USA, but Bird is willing to share little else about it at this point.

“We will be having a media event right after the May long weekend,” he said, noting a show suite will be made available at that point, too.

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Promise of balanced-budget law called ‘toxic hypocrisy’

THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Cabinet ministers would see their pay docked five per cent if the federal government fails to balance its books under proposed legislation critics denounced Wednesday as symbolic at best, hypocrisy at worst.

In a politely received pre-election speech, Finance Minister Joe Oliver announced plans for a balanced-budget law promised by the Conservatives in the 2013 throne speech.

“The only acceptable deficit would be one that responds to a recession or to an ‘extraordinary’ circumstance - that is war or a natural disaster with a cost exceeding $3 billion in one year,” Oliver told the Economic Club.

“The proposed bill would acknowledge the potential need for deficits to counter economic decline.”

In addition to the ministerial pay cut, a deficit would spark an automatic operating

freeze, Oliver said.

Observers, however, suggested the Tories were looking to score political points by appealing to their constituents.

“It’s largely symbolic,” said Ian Lee, a business professor at Carleton University in Ottawa. “They have all kinds of ways of getting around it.”

Such legislation - already in effect in many provinces and American states - is popular among conservatives trying to show themselves to be sound fiscal managers.

Oliver, in fact, made several references to the “reckless” spending in the 1970s under then-Liberal prime minister Pierre Trudeau, and warned against a government under his son, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.

“Trudeau-era debt clung to Canada like a bad flu,” Oliver said. “(And Justin Trudeau) wants to spend money we do not have, increase taxes Canadians cannot

Privacy commissioner not yet satisfied with Bell’s about-face on ad tracking

THE CANADIAN PRESS The Office of the Privacy Commissioner is not yet satisfied with Bell’s commitment on seeking customer consent before tracking cellphone use to deliver targeted online advertising.

The federal agency met Wednesday with the telecom giant, a day after the company said it would accept the commissioner’s recommendation to get explicit consent or opt-in before using private viewing patterns and sensitive personal information to create profiles that are sold to advertisers.

Privacy commissioner spokeswoman Tobi Cohen said talks are continuing, but the commissioner is keeping open the option of pursuing the matter in Federal Court “if a solution cannot be reached to our satisfaction.”

“Suffice it to say that it would be premature to say that we have arrived at a solution on the issue of opt-in,” she said.

Bell Canada later declined to specify the areas of disagreement, but said it was “working co-operatively” with the privacy commissioner.

“Bell is moving to the opt-in approach as confirmed yesterday,” said spokesman Mark Langton. “We hope these rules will apply to international companies compet-

ing here, like Google and Facebook, in the same way they do to Canadian companies like Bell.”

The privacy commissioner’s report declined to comment on these examples raised by Bell, saying each investigation must be determined on its own merits.

“Further, it goes without saying that the fact that other industry players may be engaged in similar privacy practices does not render those practices acceptable if they are in contravention of (the act),” said the report.

The agency also said it was not aware of any other telecom com-

pany pursuing a program similar to Bell’s.

It said Telus has indicated it would not use personal information of customers without express consent.

Despite the commissioner’s efforts, the issue of Bell Canada tracking cellphone use remains unresolved until the CRTC rules on complaints filed by consumer groups.

Calling the practice an abuse of privacy, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre has filed a complaint with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, arguing Bell has gone beyond its role as a provider of telecom services.

afford, and repeal tax cuts families depend on.”

Both Opposition parties were scornful of what they called a death-bed repentance from a government that has racked up seven straight budget deficits since Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised in 2008 he would never run a shortfall.

Liberal finance critic Scott Brison slammed the government as “born-again” balanced-budget proponents who came to office running a surplus but have added $150 billion to the national debt.

Harper and Oliver were demonstrating “toxic levels of hypocrisy” by touting the proposed legislation, Brison said.

“When Canadians hear Joe Oliver and Stephen Harper talk about the ‘70s, it just reminds Canadians how absolutely out of touch Stephen Harper is with the realities of middle-class families today,” Brison said.

The NDP’s Matthew Kellway called

Oliver’s announcement “full of bitter ironies.”

Wayne Simpson, an economics professor at the University of Manitoba, said balanced-budget legislation in general has little impact.

Staying out of the red - particularly if the legislation demands balanced budgets every year as opposed to averaged over several years - means squirreling away large sums of cash to weather bad times.

“It does indicate the kind of fiscal prudence that you might like to see in a government but it kind of puts them in a straitjacket,” Simpson said. “I don’t think it really means very much.”

Manitoba had pioneering legislation that docked ministerial pay by 20 per cent for running a shortfall, Simpson said.

However, the legislature suspended the law in 2009 because of the recession, even though the province probably didn’t need to do so, he said.

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Man sentenced for mistaken vigilante justice

THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for stabbing a stranger to death in what justice officials say was a horrific case of mistaken vigilante justice.

Denver Gyles, 27, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for his role in the December 2011 slaying of Sheldon Kostenko, 33, who was stabbed inside a Winnipeg apartment.

A co-accused, Jordan Charney, previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was given a 10-year sentence under a joint-recommendation from Crown and defence lawyers.

Crown attorney Rustyn Ullrich says Kostenko’s last moments alive “were a nightmare” and an “orchestrated manhunt fuelled

by beer, cocaine and testosterone.”

Court was told Gyles, Charney and several friends were socializing inside a suite when a young woman arrived at the party and said she had seen someone in the building trying to kick in doors.

Gyles and Charney went looking for the person and found Kostenko sitting alone inside the caretaker’s suite, and attacked him.

Kostenko had been invited by the caretaker, his friend, to spend the night drinking and socializing but was left there alone when the others went to a bar. Charney and Gyles stormed inside accusing him of breaking in.

“It’s not what you think,” Kostenko pleaded moments before he was stabbed, beaten and left to die.

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t’s an age-old problem that never seems to get solved. And it’s on full display in Ottawa and B.C. this week.

As the trial of Senator Mike Duffy kicked off amid a media frenzy on Tuesday, Canadians from coast to coast are hearing all the details of how a government official can manipulate the system to pad their wallets.

The trial will no doubt offer a tennis match of counter-claims.

The defence will serve up the idea that Duffy was just following the rules has written out for senators.

The Crown will say he abused the system.

Sadly the drama makes for great ratings on the evening news but hardly anything else. I envision the entire sordid affair to end with no charges, some kind a repayment and a promise from our government to “do it better next time.”

While the Prime Minister is to blame for putting the fox in the hen house for partisan purposes, I can’t swallow the fact that Duffy can claim the rules were so unclear that he thought he could

get away with claiming, according to the first day of court, trips to buy a dog or visit his grandkids.

No matter how unclear the rules are, surely anyone with a sense of decency would realize claiming a trip to visit family doesn’t fall under the duties of a senator.

Meanwhile, the government rolls merrily along hoping to change the channel and boasting it has the backing of “most” Canadians.

I cringe every time a government says it has a “mandate from the public,” to implement drastic changes. Nobody ever votes for cuts to education or increased police power over its citizens.

A majority isn’t a carte blanche to impose anything and everything on the public.

I say that in light of the latest cuts the B.C. government has dropped on school districts.

There are few things in our society as important as education. It ranks up there with health care, social well-being and the environment.

Take care of one and it can go a long way to solv-

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ing other problems. Good health care would reduce wait times and shortages.

Good social well-being can alleviate a bevy of issues from poverty to crime.

Taking care of the environment ripples through tourism to the economy to quality of life.

But for some reason our government somehow ignores this simple premise.

Why on earth would you continue to cut education funding when you claim there is a skilled labour shortage and thousands of jobs coming when the LNG plans come to fruition?

Why, after forcing school districts to trim an already tight budget, would the government say

it would be easy to find another $29 million?

Unfortunately there is little we can do until election day.

The Liberal government, like the federal Conservatives, can say they have a mandate and majority to make decisions because they got the most votes plain and simple.

The sad part is if a clearer picture was painted prior to an election, people might have had second thoughts.

To the B.C. Liberal voters, did you actually support a plan that puts our public schools in such disarray?

As for the federal Conservative voters, did you actually approve of a government linked to robocalls, cheating senators, allowing more power to spy on citizens, a Fair Elections Act that disenfranchises many voters?

I wrote a column following the 2011 federal election that called the results of the Tory victory a “winwin.”

My thinking at that time was that we finally had a majority government that could actually get things done rather than the bick-

ering we had been accustomed to in the previous minority governments.

I also thought the influx of new members from the NDP election success would breathe new life into the House of Commons.

Unfortunately I was wrong on both counts.

The Tories have bullied their way through with omnibus bills and cutting off debate.

The new members didn’t change the tone of disrespect and rhetoric in Parliament.

It’s frustrating to say the least since our only chance for change is to wait until election day.

But politicians have become better than magicians at deceiving the audience with slights of hand.

Attack ads, gimmick announcements and planned photo ops all paint a picture of them wanting to work for us as hard as they can.

Then the gavel comes down in the courtroom or you child is crowded into a small classroom and all we can do is wait for the next election.

Guy Bertrand is the managing editor of the Trail Times

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Waneta expansion project a benefit to entire region

In 2004, I stood at the confluence of the Pend O’Reille and Columbia Rivers with my friend Wally Penner, who worked for Columbia Power.

We were talking about the proposed Waneta Expansion Project. We talked about many things: the challenges of a construction project along the narrow channel between the two rivers, the land that would need to be re-zoned, the number of jobs that would be created, the money that would come into local businesses, the possible impacts to our community, and, we talked about a Legacy Park.

It was all very exciting for me; the brand new Director of Area A. Nine years later, as the Waneta Project gears down, it has proven to be a great benefit for all our communities.

It was in the fall of 2010, that the partnership between

Columbia Power, Columbia Basin Trust and Fortis allowed the 900 million dollar project to move forward in the spring of 2011 after years of planning.

With over $300 million dollars spent on local goods, services, 450 jobs, over 50 apprentices, 10 kilometres of transmission line, over 80,000 tandem trucks of dirt and rock moved, 85,000 cubic metres of concrete, 11,500 concrete trucks, and 37 *Community Impact Management Committee meetings later: the lights are now on!

The owners and the contractors have individually or jointly contributed to over 50 community projects with a value of approximately $200,000, including in-kind and sponsorships from the contractors.

On behalf of our region, we thank you for making the project possible and for all that you

have created for our communities’ benefit. The Community Impact Committee is currently working with the owners and other stakeholder groups on plans for a Legacy Park; one last gift from the owners.

I am sure I speak for many community members, in saying how grateful we are for the Waneta Expansion Project. It has been a privilege to work with this group and to have played a small part in the project. *The Community Impact Management Committee was formed by the Waneta Expansion Owners at the beginning of the project to act as an Advisory Group for the community to assist the Owner and Contractor to manage and address impacts to the local community.

Ali Grieve RDKB Area A Director

River impacted from both sides of border We in Trail keep hearing about Americans condemning Teck Resources for polluting the Columbia River in the past and present.

Yet the Canadian Federal and Provincial governments do nothing about U.S.A polluting the river with introduced foreign fish species ie. bass, walleye and pike. Salmon are no longer in

our portion of the Columbia River because of American dams.

The Columbia River may flow south but there are problems with fisheries on both sides of the border.

Robert Blakely Trail

Government short-changing families

An editorial from the Toronto Star Since 2006, when the Harper government scrapped a $5-billion, five-year federal-provincial national child care program, it has studiously ignored study after study touting the economic benefits to families — and the national treasury — of that plan.

Instead, it introduced the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) and the Child Care Expense Deduction (CCED), which together will cost Ottawa $7.9 billion by 2017, up from $3.3 billion in 2013.

Sound generous? Not so much.

The Parliamentary Budget Officer has now confirmed what so many analyses suggested earlier: the bulk of benefits from the government’s so-called child-care spending doesn’t actually go to child care. “In

2015, 49 per cent of these benefits would go to families with child-care expenses and young children, and the remaining 51 per cent to families with no child-care expenses and families with older children,” concluded Jean-Denis Frechette.

The PBO’s findings are one more reason for the government to reconsider its backward position on child care.

Even for families with children enrolled in early childhood education, the UCCB ($160 per month) and CCED are too meager to really help out. (The average annual cost of child care in Ontario is $4,638 per year.) At the same time, programs are very expensive when put together and are draining money that could better be spent on building a national program.

Universal child care doesn’t only help families. A TD study

found that for every $1 invested in child care in Canada, provincial and federal governments receive $1.50 in increased tax revenues, alone.

The financial and educational benefits of early child-care programs are recognized in industrialized countries around the world. But in Canada’s it’s been a different story. Under the Harper government, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ranked Canada in last place out of 25 states for the quality and accessibility of its child-care programs.

Current policies may help the Harper government court votes with key constituencies, but they don’t do much to meet the needs of children and families. The Parliamentary Budget Officer’s findings make it clearer than ever that the government is on the wrong path.

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Long-time archbishop of Montreal passes away

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No April Fool’s joke as Vernon couple hits jackpot

By Jennifer Smith Vernon Morning Star

Albert Greening was

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Winnie died peacefully with family nearby on February 3, 2015 in Portland, Oregon.

She was born on November 3, 1930 to Eric and Elsie Bourchier in Rossland, BC. She married Herman E. Schnidrig in 1954.

Winnie is survived by her husband, her children; Veronica, Eric, Michael and Matthew, 10 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, her sister, Margaret D’Aoust and her brothers, John and J. Michael Bourchier.

She is predeceased by her daughter Christine, grandson Daniel, sisters Evelyn and Kathleen and brothers Edward, Oswald, Richard, George and Peter. Winnie was an outstanding mother and a great athlete. She enjoyed skiing, swimming and playing tennis. She loved hiking in the upper Hood River Valley. She was very active in Birthright, first as a volunteer then as Director of the Portland Chapter, until she had to resign when diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2015 at 11:00am from Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Rossland, BC with interment to follow at Mountainview Cemetary.

as his wife had him double check the winning numbers on her Lotto 6/49 ticket.

“I couldn’t believe it was my numbers,” said Margaret Greening, who has played the same numbers almost since the B.C. Lottery Corporation started 30 years ago.

Despite being an April Fool’s Day draw, it was no joke that Albert, 70, and Margaret, 65, of Vernon were made instant millionaires.

The retired couple travelled to Kamloops Tuesday to pick up their $5.8 million cheque. They waited until after the Easter long weekend so they could share the news with their four children (all of Vernon).

“Go check the car lots, you’ll probably see them all there,” said Albert with a laugh.

Aside from sharing with family, the couple have few plans so far for their winnings.

Albert wants to make sure Margaret’s father is well looked after, since his health is not well.

“Other than that, just relax,” said Albert.

The couple are originally from Newfoundland, and came here 15 years ago on a vacation. That vacation turned into a life here after Albert picked up a job as a school bus driver, and went on to truck driving. He retired three years ago. Margaret has been a cashier in town, at the Superstore and Walmart, when she wasn’t busy raising the kids. The couple have been married for 47 years.

“Aren’t I brave,” joked Albert.

But in fact, Albert would cling to his lucky lady, whether she was a millionaire or not.

“She’s still the boss,” said Albert.

This isn’t the first time Margaret has had luck on her side.

“She had five numbers once before,” said Albert of a $3,000 win.

“And she won $25 here this (Tuesday) morning.”

“I had a couple tickets in my purse so I checked them here (BCLC head office) and I had $25 and two free tickets,” beamed Margaret. “Maybe I should play again.”

THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - Cardinal JeanClaude Turcotte, who oversaw the funerals of NHL great Maurice (Rocket) Richard and former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau during his 22 years as archbishop of Montreal, died early Wednesday after a lengthy illness. He was 78.

The Montreal native was hospitalized in the summer of 2014 and was admitted to a palliative care unit last March 24.

A statement from the archdiocese of Montreal said Turcotte died at Marie-Clarac Hospital in the city.

The current Archbishop of Montreal remembered his predecessor as a man who always respected the liberty of others while simultaneously maintaining his own beliefs.

“He was always welcoming to people, whatever their background, whatever their opinions, whatever their faith or beliefs, but at the same time he had his convictions,” Christian Lepine said in an interview.

Turcotte had two main issues he loved to engage in - discussion of Christ and a desire to help the poor, Lepine said.

“Even in the last few months of his life, when I was going to see him, he was always speaking about Jesus Christ, so it was really he had Jesus Christ in his bones,” he added.

“But also the poor. He always had an interest in the poor, supporting the poor, supporting the organizations or institutions that organize themselves to help the poor.”

Pope Francis expressed his condolences in a statement.

“As we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, I ask him to welcome into the light of eternal life this faithful priest who served the church with devotion,” the statement said.

The hospital’s chief doctor praised the way Turcotte faced death.

“Rarely do you see such dignity in someone who is dying,” said Maria Karas. “He always had a magnificent little smile...he had faith. The cardinal really died with dignity.”

Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed his sadness, saying Turcotte will be remembered for his compassion and leadership.

“His Eminence was a man of deep principle and service who lived his life according to the Catholic faith,” Harper said in a statement.

“Over a lifetime, his ministering helped thousands including the homeless and the poor, which is why he became known as ‘the people’s priest’ and a shepherd to the people of Montreal.”

The funeral will take place April

17.

Turcotte studied at College Andre-Grasset before obtaining his theology degree at the Grand Seminary of Montreal. He was ordained a priest in May 1959 and occupied several pastoral functions before being named bishop of Montreal in June 1982.

Turcotte grabbed headlines in 2008 when he returned his Order of Canada to protest the decision to bestow the honour on Dr. Henry Morgentaler, the well-known abortion pioneer. ”You make him a national hero while what he defends offends very deeply and causes indignation among a significant portion of the population,” he said. ”There are limits and I have to protest this.”

During the 1984 papal visit, the provincial government assigned Turcotte to represent Quebec bishops and to oversee the co-ordination of the trip in the Montreal diocese.

In March 1990, Pope Jean-Paul II named Turcotte archbishop of Montreal.

Turcotte remained active in the Roman Catholic Church, taking in different events around the world before becoming a cardinal in October 1994.

The following year, Turcotte obtained an honorary doctorate in theology from Montreal’s McGill University and was elected vice-president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Turcotte became president in 1997, a position he held for two years. In 2000, he celebrated the funerals of Richard and Trudeau, both at the Notre-Dame Basilica.

Turcotte remained close to community organizations in his Montreal diocese and also presided over the annual Good Friday blood donor clinic.

Turcotte was known as a good communicator, writing a column for Le Journal de Montreal from 1995 to 2008 and also appearing regularly on radio and TV programs.

In July 2014, Turcotte spoke out about pedophile scandals in the church and the estimate by Pope Francis that only two per cent of priests were pedophiles.

“We’re talking about two per cent ... it’s not a lot, but even if one priest is a pedophile, that’s one too many,” Turcotte told The Canadian Press.

Premier Philippe Couillard also offered his condolences.

“He was not only a well-known and remarkable man of the church who was appreciated around the world, he was also a Montrealer and Quebecer who was very involved in society,” Couillard said.

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On April 11, 2014, the CIBC branch in downtown Trail hosted a “Welcome Home” event for Greater Trail Paralympians who took part in the Paralympics in Sochi Russia. Kimberly Joines proudly displays the bronze medal she won in the sit ski slalom.

Joines nets Harry Jerome Comeback Award but now ready for a break

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After what seems like a lifetime of comebacks, Para-Alpine Skier Kimberley Joines has decided she isn’t going to hang up the skis but it may be time for a break.

The local sit-skier has been seen a lot of abuse on and off the slopes over her 13 year career, but she never expected to be formally recognized for it. Just last year Sport BC presented Joines with the Harry Jerome Comeback Award during their Athlete of the Year awards banquet.

“It’s nice to be recognized for that, because honestly, I’ve had about a dozen pretty crazy crashes and it’s not something you would normally ever get recognized for,” Joines laughed.

This award specifically, was for Joines’ magnificent return to skiing after cartwheeling down the track in Sochi, 2013.

“I basically broke both my shoulders, spent a week in a Russian hospital and got medical evacuation back to Canada for surgery,” Joines explained.

She then came back to win three silver medals and a bronze in the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Cups in January, 2014, followed by a bronze at the Sochi Paralympics the same year.

Joines said this award and her accomplishments are a big source of pride for her, but that accident brought her very close to retirement.

“When I hit the ground, I thought, that’s it, I’m done. I can’t take this anymore.”

But after a little more consideration she was singing a different tune.

“At that point I thought I would have to retire, but I thought about it for a few days, didn’t really want to get a real job or give up the dream so I switched to technical events. I used to race all five events, but now I only do the tech events because I’ve had way too many serious downhill crashes.”

Now that the season and crash are behind her, Joines feels she has earned some much needed rest.

“I’ve been missing my home and relationships in this town,” she said, “Probably going to take a bunch of downtime. We haven’t stopped in the last two and a half seasons. I’m running on fumes at this point. I’ve been feeling burnt-out this entire season, which is kinda funny because I had one of my best training seasons ever.”

To add to everything that could happen on the hill, Joines doesn’t have the best of luck off the hill either.

“When the World Circuits started I got hit by a streak of bad luck.”

While training in Spain, she fell victim to one of the hills unattended chairlifts.

“I was dragged down the hillside for a couple hundred meters. I still have crazy bone bruises on my shins and my face got raked along the fence line. It almost ripped my arms off.”

Luckily, someone heard her cries for help, and they rushed to turn off the lift before it was too late. That was just days before the first World Cup of the year.

“I ended up competing in about half of those first World Cups but it was real hit or miss. If I couldn’t even lift my arms halfway up in the morning then I wouldn’t ski and if I could do 30 degrees then I would.”

After the first round of World Cups she went home for a few days then returned to Europe for the second round where her lucky streak continued on.

“On the first day, I wheeled down a snowy road in my wheelchair and got frostbite on the side of my leg that was like six inches and all blistered.

So I couldn’t ski in those World Cups at all.”

Joines said she is definitely over this frustrating season.

The Rossland sit-skier is planning on taking anywhere from six months to a year to recover.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, N.J. - Winning the Presidents’ Trophy for the NHL’s best regular-season record has given the New York Rangers homeice advantage for playoffs.

That’s it. There are no guarantees how far they will get in the post-season and recent history is working against them.

Since the 2002-03 season, only the Detroit Red Wings (2007-08) and the Chicago Blackhawks (201213) have captured the President’s Trophy and gone on to win the Stanley Cup. The Boston Bruins didn’t make it past the second round last season and the Vancouver Canucks were knocked off in the first round in 2011-12 by the eventual Cup winners, the Los Angeles Kings.

“I think everyone knows that winning games in the playoffs is 10 times harder than winning in the regular season,” defenceman Marc Staal said after the Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 4-2 Tuesday night to clinch best record.

“I think we are excited to get it started. It should be a lot of fun.

This is season two. We have to use what we learned this season to be a good hockey team in the playoffs.”

A year after losing the Kings in the Cup Finals last year, the Rangers (52-21-7 for 111 points) are on the verge of a franchise season.

Their 52-wins tied the franchise record and their point total is one less than that franchise mark. Both marks were set in 1993-94, the last time they won the Stanley Cup. Now might be a time for New York to exhale. It has a home game against Ottawa on Thursday and travels to Washington for the season finale on Saturday.

Don’t look for major changes though. One of the biggest reasons for the team’s success is that coach Alain Vigneault has his team look-

ing no further than the next game.

He also has gotten his players to accept roles. The team comes first.

“We want to continue to play the right way,” Vigneault said. “That’s what we’re going to try to do when Ottawa comes into our building on Thursday.”

The Rangers may have to wait until Saturday to find out who they will play in the first round.

There were five teams fighting for the last four spots in the Eastern Conference - Boston, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Ottawa and the Islanders.

Those teams are in playoff-mode now.

The Rangers are peaking though.

They have won five straight games and goaltender Henrik Lundqvist is getting back to mid-season form after missing nearly two months with a neck injury. If he falters, super sub Cam Talbot (21-9-4) can step in. Rick Nash has scored a career-best 42 goals and is among nine players who have scored in double figures in goals.

The most telling statistic shows the Rangers play on both ends of the rink. They are in the top three in goals for (248) and goals against (187).

“I’m very proud of our group, but we all know that we are going to be judged by what we do in the playoffs,” Vigneault said. “So this is a first step and we’re going to get ready for the next one.”

Only eight of the previous 28 Presidents’ Trophy winners have won the Cup that year. Three have lost in the finals. Six have lost in the first round.

“With the parity today, I think you would be a fool to pick a winner now,” Devils forward Mike Cammalleri said.

“I think Vegas might make a lot of money this year. I put even money on anyone who gets in these playoffs.”

Calgary can end playoff drought tonight THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - There is now a quick and straightforward path to the NHL playoffs for the Calgary Flames.

A win over the Los Angeles Kings in Calgary’s final home game of the season tonight will put the Flames in the post-season for the first time since 2009.

Calgary’s 3-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes combined with the Kings’ 4-2 loss up the highway to the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday gave Calgary 95 points in third place in the Pacific Division two points up on the Kings.

The Flames can put insurmountable distance on the defending Stanley Cup champions

with a victory Thursday.

Calgary (44-29-7) posted a 3-1 record against Los Angeles this season, with two of the wins in overtime.

The Flames would hold onto third in the division with a single point from a shootout or overtime loss Thursday against the Kings.

The race for third place would then come down to the last day of the regular season Saturday, when Calgary finishes on the road in Winnipeg and the Kings (39-2615) are at home to San Jose.

The idle Vancouver Canucks clinched a playoff berth with the Kings’ loss and would be Calgary’s first-round opponent should the Flames secure a playoff berth.

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Watson silencing critics with victories Scoreboard get over 2012, and I haven’t even got to 2014 yet.”

Yet here he is, a champion two of the last three years, now trying to become only the fourth golfer in Masters history to defend his title. It’s a very exclusive club, currently limited to three giants of the game: Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods.

Somehow, it just doesn’t seem right not even to Watson

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUGUSTA, Ga. - Bubba Watson was strolling up to the ninth green, toward the Augusta National clubhouse and that towering oak tree, when he was struck by a fact that still seems a bit unreal.

He’s won the Masters not just once, but twice.

“I can’t even believe it,” Watson told his caddie, Ted Scott, during a practice round.

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“How does a guy from my background make it?” Watson marveled. “How does a guy from my background actually win it, and then win it again?”

When he captured his first green jacket three years ago, it was with a daring hook off the pine straw on the second playoff hole.

“Bubba Golf,” he called it, the sort of audacious shot most pros wouldn’t even consider, much less attempt.

Watson’s victory a year ago was much less dramatic, though no less impressive. He overcame a three-shot deficit to Jordan Spieth with back-to-back birdies at the eighth and ninth holes, was steady as can be on the back side, and pulled

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“To have the green jacket twice wrapped around me, I still can’t believe it,” he said.

Not that it’s a fluke.

Watson’s unorthodox game sets up well for Augusta National.

There’s only three holes - Nos. 1, 7 and 18 - that give him some trouble off the tee. Most of the others are quite manageable for a left-hander who likes to cut it off the tee with that trademark pink driver and doesn’t mind taking some chances.

“All of the other holes look good to my eye,” he said. “The trees outline the fairway pretty good, so it’s easy for me to envision the shot I want to hit.”

While his game has never been better - Watson earned his seventh career victory at the World Golf Championship in November, was a runner-up this year at Phoenix, and comes into Augusta ranked third in the world he remains a polarizing figure, a guy with an insular view of the world and not always a man of the people.

That reputation tailed him all the way to the Masters, when ESPN released a survey that showed he’s easily the least popular player among his fellow PGA Tour competitors.

Watson didn’t dispute that he’s had some “mess-ups” along the way. He said he hopes to use the criticism to become a better person.

“I take it as I need to improve as a man,” he said. “I need to get better. And I think over my career, since my rookie season to now, I’ve gotten better.

But obviously there’s more room for me to improve as a man.”

There’s no lack of respect for his game.

He’s clearly one of the favourites this week, a popular choice along with Rory McIlroy - who’s trying to complete a career Grand Slam and rising star Spieth, someone clearly on the verge of winning his first major title.

“You can imagine what Bubba must feel like,” said Adam Scott, whose 2013 victory is sandwiched between Watson’s two titles.

Augusta National “is seemingly made for his kind of game, and he’s playing nicely as well.”

Watson shrugged off those who would anoint him a favourite.

But he conceded that he’s feeling a lot more comfortable defending his title this around, compared to the way it went down two years ago, when he broke par only once and finished in a tie for 50th.

“I didn’t know what to expect,” he said. “I mean, I’m scared to death of the Champions Dinner in ‘13 because you’re talking about great champions across the board, old and young, and now I’m getting to sit and have dinner with them and I’m making sure they like the food I picked out.

The media attention, the atmosphere - even a year later - you’re excited about your win. Sometimes you get away from your routine or you just use your energy in a different way. That’s what I did.

“This time, I know what to expect. Doesn’t mean I’m going to play better, just I know what to expect.”

Watson would love to win a few more green jackets.

If he doesn’t, there won’t be any complaints.

“If I never win again,” Watson said, “it’s a good place to win twice.”

NHL

(Last night’s results not included) EASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-N.Y. Rangers 80 52 21 7 111 248 187 x-Montreal 80 48 22 10 106 213 183 x-Tampa Bay 80 48 24 8 104 255 206 x-Washington 80 44 25 11 99 237 199 N.Y. Islanders 80 46 28 6 98 245 224 Detroit 80 42 25 13 97 230 217 Pittsburgh 80 42 26 12 96 218 207 Boston 79 41 25 13 95 209 201 Ottawa 80 41 26 13 95 232 214 Florida 80 36 29 15 87 199 219 Philadelphia 80 33 29 18 84 213 228 Columbus 79 39 35 5 83 222 244 New Jersey 80 32 35 13 77 176 209 Carolina 80 29 40 11 69 185 223 Toronto 80 30 43 7 67 208 253 Buffalo 80 23 49 8 54 159 268 WESTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Anaheim 80 50 23 7 107 234 221 x-St. Louis 80 49 24 7 105 242 198 x-Nashville 80 47 23 10 104 229 200 x-Vancouver 80 46 29 5 97 231 217 x-Chicago 80 48 26 6 102 226 184 Calgary 80 44 29 7 95 237 210 x-Minnesota 80 45 27 8 98 225 195 Winnipeg 80 42 26 12 96 225 208 Los Angeles 80 39 26 15 93 215 201 Dallas 80 39 31 10 88 253 259 San Jose 80 39 32 9 87 224 227 Colorado 80 37 31 12 86 215 225 Edmonton 80 24 43 13 61 192 274 Arizona 80 24 48 8 56 169 265 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference All Times EDT Minnesota at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Winnipeg at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Carolina at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Detroit at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Arizona at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 7:30 Friday’s Games p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, Boston at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

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Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Buffalo at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Scoring Leaders

G A Pts John Tavares, NYI 36 47 83 Sidney Crosby, Pgh 28 55 83 Jakub Voracek, Pha 22 59 81 Alex Ovechkin, Wash 52 28 80 Jamie Benn, Dal 32 48 80 Tyler Seguin, Dal 37 39 76 Nicklas Backstrom, Wash 18 57 75 Jiri Hudler, Cgy 29 44 73 Claude Giroux, Pha 25 47 72 Daniel Sedin, Vcr 18 54 72 Steven Stamkos, TB 42 29 71 Vladimir Tarasenko, StL 36 35 71 Nick Foligno, Clb 30 41 71 Evgeni Malkin, Pgh 28 42 70 Rick Nash, NYR 42 27 69 Joe Pavelski, SJ 37 32 69 Tyler Johnson, TB 27 42 69 Ryan Johansen, Clb 26 43 69 Henrik Sedin, Vcr 18 51 69

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Goaltending leaders Team GPI MINS Montreal 64 3850 ARI-MIN 57 3288 Nashville 63 3792 NY Rangers 36 2095 Philadelphia 50 2826 Washington 71 4128 New Jersey 68 3866 Los Angeles 70 4065 NY Rangers 44 2624 St Louis 45 2486 Boston 67 3882 Chicago 56 3274 Tampa Bay 60 3393 St Louis 36 2017 Winnipeg 49 2773 Pittsburgh 62 3658 Florida 60 3468 Anaheim 52 2986 Calgary 51 2811 Detroit 52 2909

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Reader Dear Confused: Please let him go. Jay is not the love of your life. You have confused the excitement of your initial contact with love, but now you have seen Jay’s true character.

He isn’t interested in having a romantic relationship with you. If you think you can remain part of the same Internet community and not pine over him, fine. Try to ignore him as best you can. Otherwise, please expand your online presence so you aren’t as dependent on this particular community of people.

Dear Annie: I dread going to my niece’s first baby shower. At the last one I went to that included our family, there were older mothers who proceeded to

quit smoking more than eight years ago, and I am so glad. I now know what my late father used to experience after he quit and then smelled cigarette smoke: He got sick. I do, too. I cannot believe this is what I used to smell like.

My wife told me I stopped wheezing in my sleep with-

in two weeks of quitting.

And my VA health care providers are very happy with me. If you’re still smoking, STOP! Don’t say it’s impossible. I smoked two packs a day for 40 years.

Thanks for letting me vent, Annie. -Grateful Ex-Smoker in Campbellsville, Ky.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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tell horror stories about labor and delivery. No one needs to hear the in-depth details of their birth process, and especially not a first-time mother.

Some people speak before they think. How can I politely get them to shut up? -- Dreading Showers Dear Showers: If someone should start replaying the details of their birth experience, it’s perfectly OK to say, in mock horror, “Heavens! Please don’t discuss that in front of all of us! A baby is a wonderful gift, and we all want ‘Suzie’ to look forward to the experience. I know you don’t mean to be so negative about it.”

They may insist they are only being informative, but new mothers are nervous enough without adding to their worries by relaying stories about what could possibly go wrong.

Of course, some stories are funny or uplifting, and those should be encouraged.

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Dear Annie: Eight months ago, I met the love of my life online.

Everything started off great. “Jay” and I chatted every day.

However, at one point, a past lover of his intervened and warned me about some of his “issues.” I became a little bit paranoid and asked Jay to explain his side of things. He didn’t want to at first, but he finally relented, and we continued on. I told him I loved him.

Three months ago, Jay decided there was no way we could be anything more than friends. I struggled with just being friends, but eventually, I accepted it.

Now, Jay seems to be making more and more friends and is phasing me out. One of my dearest friends died last week, and Jay hasn’t bothered to provide any comfort. I would cease all communication, but it would be difficult because the Internet community we belong to includes many mutual friends and chat forums.

Should I remain socalled friends or just let him go? -- Confused Web

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Friday, April 10, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Personal details about your private life might be made public today, especially in the eyes of bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs. Actually, this also includes the police.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You want to do something different today.

Ideally, you want a change.

Travel if you can, or at least be a tourist in your own city. Look at your world with fresh eyes.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is a good day for banking and paying bills, because your cash flow and assets are on your mind.

You might discuss inheritances and shared property with others.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Go more than halfway when dealing with others today, because you have to

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compromise. It’s not a big deal; it just requires a little tolerance and courtesy.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)

Take 10 minutes to declutter somewhere in your home. Why not get rid of five things out of your medicine cabinet? Do whatever you can to feel better organized where you live.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is a strong, playful, fun-loving day! Enjoy sports events, social occasions and fun activities with children. Movies, the theater and the arts will appeal.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You want a chance to cocoon at home today to escape the busyness of your external world. Discussions with family members, especially females, will be significant.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)

You will meet new faces or hear news from someone, because today has a fresh quality for your sign.

Short trips and conversations with siblings and relatives will appeal to you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Money matters are on your mind today. You might be keen on shopping. Some of you will be concerned with saving money or avoiding waste.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Today the Moon is in your sign, which can make you a bit more emotional than usual. However, it also can bring you a little bit of extra good luck.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Work alone or behind the scenes today, because you want some privacy and a chance to keep a low profile. It’s been a busy, hectic

time lately!

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Confidential conversations with a female friend will be important to you today. In particular, financial matters have been on your mind.

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Riondel may vote on whether to demolish community centre

By Tamara Hynd Nelson Star

Riondel residents may have to decide this summer whether to demolish their community centre.

A referendum last fall to renovate the building at a cost of $1.2 million was soundly defeated by 82 per cent.

With a resounding no to the renovation option, East Shore director Garry Jackman is taking steps to deal with the building as the maintenance costs are taxing.

Jackman has asked the regional district to have a package ready by June or July for a referendum to ask Riondel residents whether or not they want to demolish the aging building.

Along with the request, the regional district will define the real costs of demolition.

“Historically the maintenance costs have been $53,000 for all three buildings and the surrounding grounds, excluding the regional park ball park,” said Jackman, adding the amount has been “inadequate”.

“We’ve eaten into the capital reserve to make miscellaneous repairs. We have to keep the building up to certain standard of maintenance in case the community decides to turn it into something.

“Our proposal this year is to move the budget up to $71,600 to cover some of the cost over-runs last year and some upcoming repairs.

Jackman said it brings up the question of what if they did not have the building, what if they consolidated their recreation into the curling rink building.

“But before you can do that, you need to know how much it will cost to remove the liability of the community centre,” he said. “That’s what this process will spell out.

The cost of the complete demolition and the removal which would be the first step to consolidating all the community functions into one building.”

Jackman said it may or may not ever

go to a vote but he wants to engage the community in a serious manner. He’s hoping it will spur

serious discussion to help get a better idea what dollar amount residents are willing to commit.

He said “$1.2 million dollars was too much. I would be surprised if the demolition costs didn’t

run plus or minus $300,000. It’s a fairly large building and it’s a long way from the transfer station.

“There is no zero cost solution for this community,” said Jackman. “Not having that building will cost

five or 10 years of borrowing for the demolition costs, then the maintenance expenses would end.”

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