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Budget cuts, and even some potential revenues, were the topic of discussion at Wednesday night’s School District 20 (SD20) public draft budget presentation.

Only 12 parents, CUPE employees and Parent Advisory Council representatives gathered in the gym at the Kootenay Columbia Learning Centre to ask questions and add their comments about cuts that needed to be made for the school district to remain in the black.

District Superintendent, Greg Luterbach, started by presenting the audience with a look at previous drafts and additions to where cuts could be made, “outside of the classroom,” otherwise known as administrative savings. The resulting budget, after $691,256 in cuts, would leave the district with an extra $1,745 out of a $36 million budget.

Ideas looked at by the board included reducing custodial hours, counseling staff, adding bulk supply purchasing, and more.

One of the line items in the presentation showed the hiring of a new vice principal at Twin Rivers Elementary in Castlegar. The new hire will save money in salary payouts once the current principal retires.

“When we amalgamated Twin Rivers and Castlegar Primary, both had principals,” said Luterbach, adding that when the schools came together, one of the principals became a vice principal, and was paid a principal’s salary.

“Now that the (principal) is retiring and the (vice principal) is moving up, when we hire a new vice principal at Twin Rivers, they will get paid at the lower elementary vice principals salary, which saves us just over $8,000.”

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KSCU AGM ON MONDAY

Seniors planning protest

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

A group of Greater Trail seniors are fed up with what many consider “Canada's Dumbest Charge” - the $2 fee to receive a mailed bank statement.

In protest of Kootenay Savings Credit Union's (KSCU) monthly fee, Joyce Cook and her allies are planning a sit down during the company's annual general meeting (AGM) Monday evening at the Trail Memorial Centre.

Here's why.

For 60 years Joyce has kept her books in order using a bank statement delivered to her mailbox each month.

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LOCAL

Town & Country BEAVER VALLEY LIONS BINGO Wednesdays @6pm Fruitvale Memorial Hall TRAIL WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION Membership Meeting Monday, Apr.20, 7pm United Steelworkers Hall Trail Legion Bowling Party Sunday, April 26, 2:30 Three Games at Glenmerry Bowl, $12.00 includes shoes Join us back at the branch for a Pulled Pork Dinner $6.00, 6:00pm Call the Legion (250-364-1422) to register.

Cut off date: April 22 Society for the Protection and Care of Seniors’ AGM Sunday, April 19, 1:30pm Trail Seniors’ Hall Selkirk Building.

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The Rossland Co-Operative Transportation Society Annual Meeting Rossland Firehall Mon. Apr.20/15 3:45pm RIGHT TO LIFE AGM Thurs., Apr.23, 10:30am Trail Holy Trinity church 2012 Third Ave. DINNER WITH THE DOCTOR Enjoy a FREE Vegetarian Meal & Talk with Dr. Sid Kettner on Cancer Sun.Apr.19th, 4:00pm Trail SDA Church 1471 Columbia Avenue Contact Val to reserve your spot: 250-368-3384 CASINO HALL OPEN HOUSE Come & See the Renovations Sunday, Apr.26th, 2-4pm 4180 Casino Road COLOMBO LODGE 11th Annual AM Ford BOCCE Classic Trail Curling Club May 8th and 9th Entry $50 per two person team Men’s, Mixed and Ladies Divisions Sign-up by Monday May 4th Contact Pat Zanier 250-362-5825 Email: pzanier@shaw.ca IMPORTANT METIS Meeting Monday, Apr.20,7pm United Church Hall For Info. Myrt 250-368-7371 Northern Quest Day Trip May 12th, 2015 Call Totem Travel 250-364-1254

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The first organized Early Earth Day – Clean up at the Pondy had 25 volunteers turn out to pick up garbage from the rural area over the weekend. Organizer Dusty-Ann Campbell is continuing the clean up this week and while a large amass of trash was cleared Saturday and Sunday, she's still hauling debris such as TVs, car parts, oil cans and old batteries, bikes, abandoned campers and much more to the landfill for proper disposal.

Canada Revenue Agency’s push to go paperless

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Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) this year is asking taxpayers when they file their tax return if they wish to consent to on-line mail instead of receiving CRA letters through

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If you agree to the question on your tax return to have CRA email you messages, you will have to set up “My Account” on-line with CRA. A simple process to do, but once again with a twist of irony, when you initiate the set up of your “My Account” CRA mails a passcode to you – yes, CRA uses Canada

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If you already have “My Account” set up with CRA, you can save CRA that passcode letter (but cost Canada Post) because you can give your consent to CRA directly on-line through your “My Account”.

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CRA emails will not contain personal information nor detail, will not ask you to respond to the email, will not include links to the CRA website nor any other website, and will not have any attachment to open.

What CRA will send in their email is a message telling you to check your on-line CRA “My Account” for a message.

And what kind of messages will await you once you log into your “My Account”?

Despite the fanfare of this move to go paperless and save taxpayers lots of money, at this time apparently only Notice of Assessments and Reassessments will be there for your perusal – these are the confirmation letters sent after filing a tax return.

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In fairness, CRA promises eventually most every communication they have with taxpayers will be paperless – and I don’t think this implies CRA will be hiring more staff to make personal phone calls to taxpayers. Instead, perhaps one day a barrage of CRA messages will greet you each day in your in-box.

A second paperless push by CRA at this time is the request of taxpayers to set up direct deposit for payments from government.

Now if you ever want people to buy into something, offer them money or at least offer them their money faster. Speaking from experience, asking people to consent to direct deposit versus consenting to email communications is about a 10 to 1 ratio – go figure.

By the way, CRA has promised a mobile app for smart phones soon.

Here’s a marketing tip, pay people to use it.

Ron Clarke has his MBA and is a business owner in Trail, providing accounting and tax services. Email him at ron.clarke@JBSbiz.ca.

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Local

The woodwind Sounds Sheri Regnier photo

For the first time in a number of years, Kootenay Festival of the Arts included a woodwind category.

The J.L.Crowe Secondary School ensemble took centre stage in the First Presbyterian Church Thursday afternoon, with a jazzy performance of Scott Joplin's, “The Entertainer.”

KSCU undergoing review of services this year FROM PAGE 1 And that’s the way she chooses to keep doing business – with paper in hand sent via Canada Post.

So the $2 service fee Kootenay Savings has begun charging for paper statements has the Trail senior riled up, petitioning, and ready to take a stand.

“I realize the postage rates have gone up,” she says. “So has everything else in our lives except our income.”

Cook maintains for those who don’t opt for online banking, the mailed statements are the only record of proof for bills paid, now that cancelled cheques aren’t returned.

“There are many who do not have those machines and

I/we do not think it is right for you to implement these additional charges.

“We have a right to that information and as members of KSCU you have an obligation to send us our statement free of charge.”

During the AGM, Cook says she’ll present the board with a petition addressed to Parliament and local MP Alex Atamanenko, asking politicians to prohibit “payto-pay” fees for printed billing statements.

In the last month, the petition has garnered about 700 local signatures, explained Cook. “We decided to get the petition going after I brought it up at a seniors’ meeting,” she added.

“We borrowed the NDP peti-

tion they have on line and through word of mouth have had it signed.”

The decision to implement a paper statement fee did not come easy, says Nancy Crockett, KSCU’s vice president of sales and membership experience. “(And was made) as a result of the significant increase in postage costs, the introduction by the provincial government of a recycling fee for every piece of paper produced, as well as environmental considerations,” Crockett added.

She said the credit union will be undergoing a review of services this year, and will engage focus groups including representatives from senior members.

“We are excited to involve our members in this project and gather input and feedback.”

As an alternative to paper statements, Kootenay Savings is offering free e-statements, and kiosks are available in the Trail, Castlegar, Nakusp and Radium branches to assist members with online access.

For Cook, assuming everyone has a computer or even wants to use a computer shouldn’t allow KSCU to charge its members $2 for a bank statement.

“I understand that and all the rest of it,” she says. “But, excuse me, that is the cost of doing business. You can’t expect to be in business and not have any costs.”

Regional recreation talks continue

By Sheri Regnier Times Staff

Trail and Warfield are back on the playing field but it's too early to make a call when a new recreation/library partnership will be settled.

“We are committed to getting a deal done,” said Warfield Mayor Ted Pahl, following Wednesday night council. “But we've only met once so there is nothing we can say yet.”

He was referring to the village's agreement with the City of Trail that currently has Warfield residents accessing the local library and sports facilities without paying double the fees.

The contract ends in June, and Pahl maintains the matter remains a priority for his council.

The first term politician said Warfield's negotiating committee met with the city's team in late March, and confirmed another gathering is scheduled within a few weeks.

Warfield signed a five-year Trail Resident Program (TRP) contract that expired last year. At that time, village council briefly withdrew from any further recreation/library agreements.

The decision, made through a written news release, caused a brouhaha in the village until both sides returned to the table in May. The officials agreed to an 18-month TRP settlement, taking into account the fall civic election, which was predicted to bring in new officials.

Warfield paid $90,000 toward library and recreational facility use last year, and $45,900 for the first six months of 2015.

During the Nov. 15 municipal election forums, recreation was a hot topic and considered a priority for Pahl, and current Trail Mayor Mike Martin.

Martin, also a first term politician, prefers face-to-face discussions to settle such a complex issue. He and his negotiating team, comprised of Coun. Kevin Jolly and Coun. Sandy Santori, presented to Pahl's committee late last month, and requested further in-person discussions with Warfield.

“Reaching a recreation agreement with our neighbours, Warfield and others, continues to be our priority,” Martin told the Trail Times. “It is in our strategic priorities plan, and in that regard we are giving it top priority. But what we are asking of Warfield, is let's not negotiate through letters, let's negotiate face-to-face.”

School district seeks ways to increase its revenues

FROM PAGE 1 Local CUPE president, Roger Smith, asked trustees and district staff whether hiring a new vice principal would cost more than appointing a head teacher, adding potentially more savings to the budget.

“Instead of having a vice principal put in to replace the current one, has the board thought of hiring a head teacher?” he asked.

“I don’t know if there would be a savings, but it could be another option.”

Luterbach spoke to the question, letting Smith and the audience, know the option had been

looked at, but didn’t suit the needs of the population at the elementary school.

Not all of the presentation dealt with cuts, however.

Luterbach brought up different ways for the school district to pick up some extra dollars throughout the school year.

According to board calculations, there could be an extra $10,000 per school year added as revenue if the district started charging more for community groups and teams to use their facilities outside of school hours.

“This one has continued to be a struggle for us,” he said, adding

that two years ago, the district added a one-time $30 administrative fee to all room and gym rentals.

“We added that fee and it didn’t generate a lot. Then we looked closer and we realized that our challenge is that our current policy states that if the renter is non-profit and there are schoolage kids involved, you get the room or gym for free.”

Rebecca McDonnell, chair of the District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC) shared some personal experiences demonstrating why charging non-profits to use district facilities may not work.

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“A lot of non-profits can’t afford to pay rent in our schools,” she said during the question period of the presentation, adding that at the Blueberry Creek school building, once a rental fee was put in place, non-profits stopped using the facilities. “I appreciate that you are doing some revenue generation, but when we started charging rental fees (at Blueberry) people stopped using it as a meeting space. Is that $10,000 actually realistic?”

Board members say the number is just an estimate for possible revenues.

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for the district is a private stakeholders meeting on April 20. The Kootenay Columbia Teachers Union, DPAC and CUPE will be given a chance to make a formal presentation to the board with suggestions on cuts or revenue generation.

The first reading of the final draft of the budget is on April 27 during a regular board meeting.

On May 1, the board will hold an open meeting for the third and final reading of the budget bylaw.

For an in-depth look at the cuts proposed to the 2015/2016 school budget, visit www.sd20. bc.ca.

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Provincial

Chiefs occupy office of B.C. premier over importation of biosolids

THE CANADIAN PRESS WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - First Nations leaders are vowing to occupy Premier Christy Clark’s constituency office until her government enacts a moratorium to stop the spread of treated human waste on private and public lands in B.C.’s Nicola Valley.

The sit-in by four

chiefs and a representative of another chief in Clark’s West Kelowna office began Wednesday afternoon and comes more than one month after aboriginals first blocked wastecarrying trucks from entering an area, west of Merritt.

The company contracted to spread the waste, BioCentral,

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said in a news release that biosolids are used around the world to rejuvenate soil, and spreading the waste on land has less of an environmental impact than incineration.

The company has all the required permits, licences and permissions, it said.

Chief Aaron Sam of the Lower Nicola Indian Band said in a telephone interview from Clark’s office that leaders met Environment Mary Polak twice and asked her to disclose where the waste was being spread, but the government has only provided a partial list.

First Nations are worried about impacts on land, water, traditional foods and health, he said, noting the government is legally obligated to consult with aboriginals.

“We’re planning to stay here as long as it

takes until we get a moratorium on biosolids coming in to the Nicola Valley,” he said. “Yeah, we’re prepared to stay here in the office overnight.”

Sam said the waste is coming from the Okanagan and Fraser valleys.

“After the moratorium is in place, what we would like to do is have discussions with the province on how we can resolve this issue in the Nicola Valley so we can all come to some kind of agreement where all the parties are happy,” he said.

Premier Christy Clark told reporters in Victoria that the government is working on a solution and she has spoken with the protesters’ MLA, but the situation is complex. She said several provincial agencies, as well as the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, are

involved.

“There’s a lot of hands in the pot here, so it’s taking a little bit more time than I would have hoped to get it settled,” she said.

BioCentral said it respects the right to protest and will not haul the waste to the site until a compromise or alternative can be reached.

“The company is concerned about the length of this protest and potential impact long term to their business,” stated the release.

BioCentral said the band has not accepted invitations to meet and “understands the issue at hand is not with their operations, but the current provincial legislation.”

The company also said it works with provincial and municipal governments to ensure the biosolids meet or exceed guidelines.

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Pharmacy loyalty points, tobacco sales still focus for regulators

By Jeff Nagel BC Local News

The regulatory body for B.C. pharmacists hasn’t given up on its agenda to ban pharmacies from handing out loyalty reward points on drug purchases, or to eventually ban cigarette sales.

A ban imposed by the College of Pharmacists of B.C. was struck down in B.C. Supreme Court last summer, but an appeal filed by the college will be heard in December.

The college argued loyalty points are a powerful lure for consumers that can alter their medication buying habits and potentially harm their health. It was fought in court by major supermarket chains.

The judge in the trial ruled the ban on all loyalty incentives was “unreasonable” and concerns raised were “illogical.”

College spokesman Mykle Ludvigsen wouldn’t comment on the grounds for appeal.

One of the objections raised was that insured patients who don’t pay out of pocket might continue to refill a prescription after they no longer need it just to collect more points and the unneeded drugs may be abused or diverted to the illegal drug trade.

Tobacco sales by pharmacies are also in the crosshairs of the college. Ludvigsen said there is no specific timeline to impose such a ban but the college’s 2014 strategic plan calls for the board to pursue one.

“We’re the only province that currently allows cigarettes to be sold in premises that contain a pharmacy,” he said. “It completely goes against the pharmacy as a health centre.

To sell things we know kill you at the front of the store and to sell things that help you get better at the back of the store is a bit of a conflict.”

Retail chains have warned they would challenge the college’s jurisdiction if it moves to impose a tobacco ban and would also sue the college and its directors for lost sales that would result if their stores can’t sell cigarettes.

“The law does not take a positive view of activities which represent unwarranted restraint of trade,” says a letter to the college sent last fall by executives from London Drugs, Overwaitea Food Group, Safeway, Rexall, Sobey’s and Thrifty Foods.

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National

CBC says conclusions from Ghomeshi Drilling continues on report ‘troubling and disappointing’ critical caribou habitat Alberta

THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - Thousands of oil and gas wells continue to be drilled on critical caribou habitat despite an approaching deadline for Alberta to come up with a plan to restore those ranges.

An industry database shows drilling continues even on ranges that are already almost completely disrupted and where new exploration has been banned, said University of Montana biologist Mark Hebblewhite.

“It’s another cut,” he said. “It’s another form of slow death.”

Hebblewhite’s analysis is based on a database compiled by International Handling Services and purchased by his university colleague Brady Allred, who is using it for another research paper. The database shows drilling activity across North America and is considered the standard industry reference.

Allred and Hebblewhite took the Alberta data and compared it to Google Maps and critical caribou habitat identified by federal

and provincial scientists attempting to develop range plans to save Alberta’s endangered herds.

The database clearly shows that development continues on ranges that are already well past the 35 per cent disturbance level considered the maximum for caribou survival.

The Cold Lake range, for example, is about 72 per cent disturbed by energy and forestry. During 2013-14, the database shows that 2,272 new wells were drilled on it.

On the Little Smoky range, which is 95 per cent disturbed and under a moratorium on new lease sales, another 147 wells were added over the last two years.

The continued disturbance comes as the province is under a federal deadline of 2017 to come up with a plan to restore the ranges.

“Alberta’s policy conflict is clearly one between unrestricted energy development and whether or not we actually want to pay for it,” Hebblewhite said.

Ontario will hike beer tax, sell majority of Hydro One to fund infrastructure THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO Ontario’s “biggest shakeup” to beer sales since it repealed prohibition in 1927 includes a new tax on the beverage and allowing it to be sold in hundreds of grocery stores, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Thursday.

“When it comes to the sale of beer in Ontario, I’m here to announce that the status quo is over and that the days of monopoly are done,” Wynne said as she released a report by a panel she appointed to look at liquor sales and Crown assets.

The new tax approximately $1 on a case of 24 - will be phased in over four years at 25 cents a case, which the government predicts will raise $100 million dollars annually by 2019.

The government’s revised agreement with the foreignowned Beer Store - which holds a near monopoly on beer sales in Ontario includes a pledge by major brewers to cap prices on their most popular brands, which represent about 50 per cent of the market,

until May 2017.

“One thing we do not want to see changed is our commitment to affordable prices,” said Wynne.

Ontario will also allow beer to be sold in 450 grocery stores, and will start a pilot project to sell 12-packs of beer in 10 Liquor Control Board stores, which could expand to about 60 LCBO stores.

The agreement also makes it easier for craft brewers to list their products in the Beer Store’s 447 retail outlets.

It will also allow bars and restaurants that buy up to 250 cases of beer to purchase the product at the same price as consumers after years of being charged up to 50 per cent more than retail, which the government said will benefit about 9,000 small licensees.

Restaurants Canada, which represents bars and restaurants, says that’s a good first step, but large-volume establishments will still have to pay above retail prices.

“Today’s announcement doesn’t help the bars and pubs that sell high volumes of

beer and are currently being gouged on price, but we will continue to work with the government to resolve these issues,” said spokesman James Rilett.

The Progressive Conservatives said the new beer tax was proof the Liberals’ intentions were not all about improving consumer access as claimed.

“It’s all about a cash grab to fuel the Wynne Liberals spending addiction,” said Opposition finance critic Vic Fedeli.

The Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation said the new beer tax “shows just how out of touch” the Wynne government is.

THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - The conclusions from an investigation into the handling of the Jian Ghomeshi scandal are “troubling and disappointing,” the CBC admitted Thursday, as a report detailed allegations that the former “Q” host was “deeply disrespectful to employees” and sexually harassed some colleagues.

A letter to employees signed by upper management apologized to those “who experienced inappropriate behaviour,” saying “it has no place at CBC/Radio-Canada.”

Outside investigator Janice Rubin interviewed 99 people over five months to prepare the report, which includes nine recommendations for the CBC and a litany of alleged transgressions by Ghomeshi that initially went unpunished.

The CBC fired Ghomeshi, the host of its daily radio arts and culture show “Q,” in October after seeing what it called “graphic evidence” that he had caused physical injury to a woman.

A majority of witnesses described a “a pattern of behaviour and conduct” that fell below the CBC’s standards and was “deeply disrespectful to employees,” including yelling, belittling and humiliating others, playing pranks and cruel jokes, and in a “small number of cases,” sexually harassing colleagues.

The report states a number of colleagues reported receiving back and shoulder massages from Ghomeshi.

“Most of the witnesses did not find these massages sexual (although several did) but instead described them as creepy and disrespectful of their personal boundaries,” according to the report, which also contains allegations that Ghomeshi made colleagues uncomfortable by speaking about his sex life in the workplace.

“There were incidents where Mr. Ghomeshi shared information that witnesses found too personal, too graphic and generally unsavoury,” the report states.

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Ghomeshi’s lawyers were not immediately available to comment on the allegations in the report.

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“We saw no compelling evidence that Mr. Ghomeshi was ever told his behaviour would have to improve, or he would have to refrain from certain types of behaviour, or else face disciplinary action including termination. As a result, it is our view that management did not enforce the behavioural standard and failed to hold Mr. Ghomeshi accountable.”

The public broadcaster also announced Thursday that it is “severing ties” with two top executives, Chris Boyce, executive director of CBC Radio, and Todd Spencer, the head of human resources and industrial relations for English services.

Before Rubin’s report was ordered, Boyce and Spencer conducted interviews with “Q” employees as part of an internal investigation. The two were put on indefinite leave in January.

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Young voters have no taste for old-school politics

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Democracy itself.

It’s hard to read the daily stories of ambiguous Senate expense rules, allegations of blackmail/ payoffs and rampant disregard for the poor taxpayers who are underwriting this mess without asking yourself about the value of our democratic institutions. Why, many have asked, have a Senate at all if this is what it comes down to?

And few feel more alienated than young adults who should be engaged in developing the next generation of politicians. Instead, confronted with the spectacle of pork-bellying of old, white guys in suits, they make a perfectly understandable decision – not to vote at all.

In some respects, politics is facing the same crisis as many of our longstanding institutions, from service clubs, to prime time TV, to even traditional

religious denominations.

All are finding themselves increasingly irrelevant and gradually sinking into oblivion.

Like those other besieged institutions, politics as a profession is in a freefall, and our leaders are seemingly incapable of getting through to a skeptical generation of young people who simply do not buy in.

It would take a miracle to turn this trend around.

It could be done. But restoring faith in our electoral system would require a new style of politics that eschews much of the current orthodoxy. It would mean an end to the cynical and mendacious “spinning” of information, replaced by a level of honesty that would send political advisors into apoplectic fits. It would also require a new generation of politicians whose values more closely match the young voters they wish to court.

It would amount to nothing less than a completely new paradigm for the political landscape. It may seem daunting, but if we want our parliament-

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ary democracy to recover, these changes are absolutely essential.

Voter turnout grows when you have the right platform and the right person. In Calgary, the 2010 municipal election saw come-from-nowhere candidate Naheed Neshi defeat two old-style establishment candidates for the mayor’s job. It also saw a marked increase in voter turnout from below 30 per cent in previous elections to 53 per cent of eligible voters.

Although John Tory didn’t have Nenshi’s rock star appeal, turnout in Toronto soared to 60 per cent in 2013 in a hot contest against Doug Ford, brother

of disgraced former mayor Rob Ford.

Nenshi showed what a new-style politician do; Tory showed us voters will turn out when the issues are hot enough.

Sadly, such electoral lightning doesn’t strike that often. And when the issues are just more-of-thesame, young voters drift further away.

The decline of faith in our democratic institutions has been so incremental it’s easy to think that things have always been this way.

But they haven’t. At the federal level, election turnout has gone into steady decline from a modern high point of 75.3 per cent in 1988 and 1992, according to data from Elections Canada.

In 2008, it sank to an alltime low of 58.8 per cent before slightly rebounding to 61 per cent three years later.

The age breakdown is equally revealing. In the desired age group of 18 to 24, just one in three eligible voters bothered to cast his ballot. In the peak age group of 65 to 74, three

out of four voted.

What would the country look like if young voters could be engaged? What will happen to the country if they can’t?

Next year’s federal election will be an interesting test of the ability to re-engage youth. Justin Trudeau got the job as leader of the Liberals, not because he’s bright or because he’s a policy wonk, but because he is a refreshing counterpoint to drab Stephen Harper, a youngish guy with a bad haircut who looks old before his time.

Critics fear Trudeau doesn’t really represent the new politics; that he’s more form than substance. His occasional verbal gaffs only reinforce the impression.

That could be true, but one thing is for certain.

Just like his controversial father before him, he’s not of the old guard. And like his father, he may have enough novelty to get young people out to the polls.

Doug Firby is Editorin-Chief of Troy Media and National Affairs columnist.

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An editorial from the Toronto Star The evidence has been mounting for years that the Harper government’s signature “tough-on-crime” policies have more to do with cynical politicking than with actually fighting crime.

Now the Supreme Court of Canada has kicked away another leg of the government’s lawand-order agenda. By a majority of six votes to three, the court on Tuesday struck down mandatory minimum sentences for gun crimes.

It condemned them as illegal under guarantees in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms against “cruel and unusual punishment.”

The judgment sends a vital message from the highest court that mandatory minimum sentences are a blunt instrument that can crush lesser offenders even as they deal with the most serious ones who truly deserve harsh punishment.

At the same time, the court’s majority (led by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin) made crystal clear its view that “sentencing is inherently a judicial

function.” In other words: don’t rob judges of their discretion to craft the proper sentence.

The law in question forced judges to impose a minimum sentence of three years in prison on a first offence for anyone caught possessing a loaded, prohibited firearm, and five years for a second offence. The court ruled that the law “casts its net over a wide range of potential conduct” and so a judge might have to impose a harsh prison term on a “licensed and responsible gun owner” who makes a mistake on how he stores his gun. That, they found, would amount to cruel and unusual punishment prohibited under Section 12 of the Charter.

And the court took a swipe at the very concept of mandatory minimums, so favoured by the Harper government.

“Mandatory minimum sentences,” McLachlin wrote, “by their very nature have the potential to depart from the principle of proportionality in sentencing.”

This was no slam dunk, however. A strong minority of three judges spoke up in favour of Parliament’s right to legislate firmly against gun crime, writ-

ing that “it is not for this Court to frustrate the policy goals of our elected representatives.”

That’s as much a political argument as it is a legal one.

But in this case the majority of our Supreme Court got it right on the substance. There’s no evidence that mandatory minimum sentences actually deter crime, as just about every expert who has studied them has concluded. Instead, they swell prison populations, drive up the costs of the justice system, and disproportionately affect poor people, aboriginals and other vulnerable groups.

Many U.S. states have come to the same conclusion, and backed away from mandatory minimums after decades of imposing ever-harsher laws.

Rather than learn from that experience, the Harper government has brought in minimums for more and more crimes, even as the actual level of crime is at a 45-year low.

That’s about political posturing, not making the streets safer. Now the Supreme Court has left the government’s defence of its position looking even more tattered.

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Do you trust the machine to make decisions about killing people – who’s a soldier and a legitimate target, who’s an innocent civilian – all by itself?

Killer robots are a very bad idea, but let’s not get romantic about this. Wars involve killing people, and whether you’re doing it with live soldiers or Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, it’s never going to be morally tidy. The real worry is how much easier it would be for a technologically advanced country to decide on war if it didn’t have to see lots of its own soldiers get killed.

So by all means let’s ban purpose-built killer robots if we can: this is an initiative that deserves our support.

But bear in mind that there will almost certainly be autonomous machines eventually, and some of them will certainly be capable of killing. So it is also time to start working on international rules governing their behaviour. Isaac Asomov’s Three Laws of Robotics (written in 1942) would be a good point of departure.

One: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Two: A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. Three: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Killer Robots” is a dread- Certain Conventional Weapons ful name, don’t you think? (CCW). So it’s early days yet, It reminds you of the and there’s still a chance to nip killing machines in the this in the bud.

“Terminator” series and the That’s an awkward name, “Battle Droids” of “Star Wars”. but not nearly as clumsy as the “Lethal Autonomous Weapons full name: the Convention on Systems” is a much classier Prohibitions or Restrictions on name and the acronym is even the Use of Certain Conventional better: LAWS. So Weapons Which the international May Be Deemed conference that to Be Excessively opened at the Injurious or to United Nations Have Indiscriminate Geneva office on Effects.

But it Monday is about actually has done LAWS. some good already, GWYNNE Don’t think and it may do some “drones” here. more.

Drones loiter Protocol 1 bans World Affairs almost silently, “The use of weapons high in the air above your pic- the primary effect of which is to nic, until the operator back in injure by fragments which are Las Vegas decides that you are not detectable by X-rays in the plotting a terrorist attack and human body.” orders the drone to kill you and Protocol II requires counyour family. But at least there is tries that use land mines to an operator, a human being in make them deactivate autothe decision-making loop. matically after a certain period.

With LAWS, there isn’t. The Protocol V, added in 1995, promachine sorts through its algo- hibits the use of blinding laser rithms, and decides on its own weapons. whether to kill you or not. So The world would be a worse you’ll probably be glad to know place if they did not exist. They that there are no operational do exist, and by and large they machines of that sort -- yet. But are obeyed. But none of these military researchers in various weapons would make a decicountries are working hard on sive difference in actual battle, them, and they probably will whereas they cause or would exist in 10 or 20 years. cause great human misery, so Unless we ban them. That’s it was easy to ban them. what the conference in Geneva The problem with killer is about. It’s a meeting of dip- robots is that they could make lomats, arms control experts, a decisive difference in battle. and ethics and human rights They don’t get tired, they don’t specialists who, if they agree get paralyzed with fear, and if that this is a real threat, will you lose them, so what? It’s just put it on the agenda of the a machine. There’s no person next November’s annual meet- in there. But that’s precisely ing of the countries that have the problem: there’s no person signed the Convention on in there.

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Audrey Laureen Mann (nee: Bonnett) A beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, auntie, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend.

Audrey was born on March 28, 1933 in Meaford, Ontario to her parents Cecelia and Fred (Charles) Bonnett and siblings Marge, Mervin, Leone, Velma, Winston and Dennis.

She was raised in Meaford, Ontario until the age of 16 when she moved to Vancouver and worked for BC Tel, and then for Woolworths as an accountant. She bought a little house in North Burnaby, when, in 1959 she met a Cowboy drifter with a 30-30 named Richie, a pair of gumboots and a suit. She was beautiful, fed him ham and the Maverick asked for her hand… she was great catch!

Laureen was born in Vancouver, and the small family moved to Stettler, Alberta where Mike was born. Soon after, they bought a property with a little house and barn at the base of Red Mountain. In 1967 Phil was born, and Audrey with young Laureen and Mike worked peeling logs for the new house. Heidi was born 1972 in Trail. In 1977 they bought and built up a cattle and vegetable farm in Grand Forks where she also worked as a Care Aid. In 1987 they moved back to their house at Red Mountain where she resided for the rest of her days.

Audrey enjoyed nature and everything fun like swimming, hotsprings (Ainsworth), camping, berry picking, picnicking, growing her own food, hiking, skiing, playing piano, dancing, spending time with friends, family, playing bridge and a good bargain.

She was an accomplished pianist and taught her kids to love music. Audrey would tour with her husband and grandson to various fiddle camps across the country, but they always managed to go to the one held at Selkirk College every July. Audrey played piano for the Golden City Fiddlers and played many gigs around the area.

She was a fantastic cook. A smile would always break upon her face when friends and family come to visit and she could cook and entertain. Some of her experiments in cooking won her awards at fairs and contests, and has been published with Nabob and Rogers Golden Syrup.

Audrey was a volunteer for the Rossland Library and was a member of many clubs, including the Trail Horsemen Society, Blackjack Ski Club, Sons of Norway, Naturalist Society, Farm Women’s Network, and Rossland Seniors Society.

Keeping active was always at the forefront. Her Red Mountain lifestyle gave her the chance to teach her kids everything she enjoyed, from gardening and skiing to horseback riding and swimming. Taking advantage of any opportunity to bring a smile. She raced and won medals in cross country skiing and swimming during her life and into the Seniors Games.

Travel was always a past time, whether it was local or a far journey she was always prepared with a picnic basket of homemade goodies for all, and always found an interesting spot to eat it. She traveled the world to Germany, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Norway, and Great Britain.

But the ones that really brought a smile was when it involved visiting her family and heading to Las Vegas and Reno with her sisters.

Audrey had the most wonderful sense of humour. She could tease and be teased back, and always liked a good laugh. One of her jokes was published in Readers Digest.

One of her ways of getting a laugh was entering family member’s names into contests without telling them. Some even won.

Audrey, we will miss your humour, your smile and your gentle ways. Travel safe across the creek.

The Mann family would like to thank everyone for all the excellent care Audrey received by her doctors Gwenn Campbell, Marnie Jacobsen, her therapists Kelly and Cheryl, all of the Nurses and Staff at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, Rossland Royal Canadian Legion #14, the Ladies Auxillary, and all the generous support from all the friends and family for all the prayers, food, flowers and donations they have received.

As an expression of sympathy, donations may be made to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Foundation, 1200 Hospital Bench Road, Trail, BC, V1R 4M1 or online at www.kbrhhealthfoundation.ca You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca

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ANDY (Chiefy) MONCUR

December 14, 1953 March 29, 2015

A “HAIL TO THE CHIEF” gathering in remembrance of Andy who gave joy and laughter to so many people will be held April 25/15 at the ARLINGTON HOTEL in Trail from 1 pm to ?.

Andy’s wit, loud rumbling voice and infectious laughter will never be forgotten. Come and celebrate the one-of-a-kind Andy Moncur.

Carol Hiemstra (Kinakin) passed away suddenly at home, at the age of 70, leaving her loving family to cherish her memory.

Carol was born to Anne and John Kinakin on March 9, 1945, in Nelson, BC. She was the youngest of four, Pauline (George), Annie (Harold), and Nellie (Pete). Carol attended South Nelson Elementary School and completed grade 10 at Trafalgar Secondary.

She met then married Gordon Hiemstra on December 30, 1961. Carol and Gordon’s parents lived on Observatory Street in Nelson.

While living on Baker Street, Carol and Gordon had their daughter, Karen, and son Donnie. In 1966 they moved to Hall Siding, where they built their home and business, Speedway Salvage, while raising their family.

In 1970 the family was forced to move due to the highway development that expropriated their property.

Carol resided in Salmo from 1970 to 2000 where she raised her family and took pleasure in gardening, cooking, and entertaining friends and family. No one ever went away from the Hiemstra residence hungry, even if they were casual acquaintances or clients. When she was not running for parts for the business Carol enjoyed looking after, and raising, poultry.

She had a variety of exotic poultry breeds and was commonly referred to as the “egg lady”.

Carol loved to have people over and thrived on planning events where everyone could come together and create memories. One of Carol’s many gifts was making people feel welcome and comfortable.

Carol was always the first person to step up and help.

She was incredibly charitable and gave freely of herself.

Following the separation from husband Gordon, Carol relocated back to her roots in Nelson, where she held several retail positions. In 2004 Carol moved to Cedar Grove, where she became entrenched in her new community. Carol thrived off the people, energy, and environment that Cedar Grove provided. Carol felt that she had found where she belonged and spoke fondly of the relationships she formed.

Carol will be sadly missed by those she left behind.

A memorial service will be held Saturday April 18th from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the Best Western Conference room in Cranbrook BC. Arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca

Vietnam War 40 years later

U.S. draft dodgers left their mark in Canada Indiana in 1968 to visit his parents after a stint as Janis Joplin’s music director, the FBI was

THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - When 22-year-old Bill King returned home to

Dario Degan The family of Dario Degan would like to thank all our family and friends for their love, prayers, and support during our time of mourning.

A special thank you goes to our wonderful neighbour and her daughter who went above and beyond in preparing a huge family meal for us. Also to all our family and friends for all the food and fruit trays, flowers, cards, well wishes and visits. Thank you to Dr. Wilson, and the staff and nurses in oncology at the Trail Hospital and the staff at Home Care for all the kindness that was shown to Dario.

We would also like to thank Al Grywacheski of Alternatives Funeral & Cremation Services for all his help, patience and kindness during our time of loss.

Dario did not want a funeral service but the family has decided to hold a Celebration of Dario’s life on May 2, 2015 at the Genelle Community Hall from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.

All family and friends who knew Dario are welcome.

Cheryl, Mike, Kayla and families

David Frank Aikins November 23, 1955 – April 9, 2015 David Aikins, of Trail, B.C. was born in Nelson, B.C. on November 23, 1955 to Frank and Phil Aikins and passed away April 9, 2015, at the age of 59, in

Kelowna, B.C. He is survived by his wife, Katy Martel, mother Phil Aikins, children, David, Cheryl, and Shawn; Katy’s children Johan, Victor and Linda – Ann and grandchildren Natasha, Darius, Anne, Anastasia and Iollan; sisters Sandra (Gordon) and Christine (Greg); nephews Robert (Samantha), Stacey (Amanda), nieces Colleen (Mark), Heather (Sam), Lorraine (Skip) and Reanne (Tony) and numerous great-nephews and nieces.

He was predeceased by his grandfather James Fuell, father Frank Aikins, daughter Lisa Marie Aikins and niece Kerry Couston.

A Celebration of Life will be held at First Baptist Church, 611 Fifth Street, Nelson B.C. on Monday April 20, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Diabetes Foundation.

Arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service. Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca

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1993 TOYOTA 4X4: Runs/drives good, no rust, 360,000kms, regular cab, 5spd, $4000obo.

1995 DODGE 2500 DIESEL 4X4: Extendedcab, longbox, auto, $10,000 obo. Steel two place sled deck with ramp, $500.

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there waiting for him.

King’s father, a Second World War veteran who landed at Normandy, helped negotiate a deal with the agents, who had been travelling around the United States looking for Vietnam War draft dodgers.

“If I agreed to go in the military, (the FBI) agreed to drop the charges of draft evasion,” King, 68, said in an interview ahead of the 40th anniversary of the end of the war on April 30.

King spent the next 10 months at two army bases before fleeing the night before he was to be sent off to Vietnam.

He then hitchhiked to Canada, joining thousands of other draft dodgers between 1965 and 1975 who made the journey north of the border.

Most stayed after the war, “making up the largest, best-educated group this country ever received,” says an archived report on the Citizenship and Immigration website.

King, an award-winning musician, producer and broadcaster, said the stories he heard from returning soldiers convinced him that he had to leave.

Not long after reporting to Fort Knox in Kentucky and joining the army band, King received a warning from a sergeant who had returned from Vietnam.

King said the sergeant told him how the army used its band to play music during U.S. inoculation campaigns in Vietnamese villages.

“They’d use (villagers) as guinea pigs, and they would use the band as a way to lure them out,” he said.

“The band would go marching into these communities and the first thing that would happen is somebody would fire on the band and kill the front row.”

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‘The war was hideously ugly,’ says draft dodger FROM PAGE 8 Another American musician, Eric Nagler, who later found fame as a regular on “The Elephant Show,” with Sharon, Lois and Bram, crossed from Vermont into Quebec in 1968 at the age of 26.

“I refused to kill anybody,” Nagler said from his home outside

Toronto. “The war was hideously ugly.”

The night before he was scheduled to report to theFort Dix base he fled north.

Nagler, 72, gave himself up to authorities a few years later He was sentenced to three years in prison but was acquitted on appeal.

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Edna Burke was born on May 16, 1928 in Trail, BC and passed away peacefully with family by her side on April 14, 2015.

She is predeceased by her husband Bill and by her children; Sandra and Kerry and her daughterin-law Lora. Edna is survived by her sister Lydia ( John Linderman), her children; Pat (Katy), Dave (Elaine) and Lee (Lori), 9 grandchildren, 8 greatgrandchildren and her special friend Silvia.

Edna was very dedicated to the Trail United Church and was a long-time volunteer for the Canadian Red Cross and Canadian Cancer Societies.

Family was very important to Edna and she was blessed to have all of her family close to her. She helped her family through life’s challenges and taught them that the love of family is the most important part of life.

A Memorial Service will be held at Trail United Church on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 1:00 pm with Reverend Michael Hare officiating. Gwen Ziprick of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services has been entrusted with arrangements.

As an expression of sympathy, donations in Edna’s name may be made to the Crohn’s and Colitis Society at 600-60 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto, ON M4T 1N5, or online at www.crohnsandcolitis.ca You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca

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J.L. Crowe students part of ‘Young Visions 2015’ SUBMITTED The Kootenay Gallery presents the annual “Young Visions 2015” exhibition from April 23 to May 30.

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The Seven Summits Gravity Racing (SSGR) team began its downhill run on the BC Cup series this past weekend at ‘Race the Ranch’ in Kamloops.

Seven members of the newly formed team travelled to Kamloops to race against riders from across B.C. and Alberta, and when the dust settled, the team’s best results went to Rossland’s Logan Merringer who placed fourth in U15 Sport Men and Keegan Fry, who also came fourth in U17 Sport Men. The first Cup race was a learning experience for a team that only began dryland training in January and riding on trails as a team just over two weeks ago.

“Some of these kids have raced before, but for a number of them it’s a newer experience,” said SSGR coach Ryan Kuhn. “So really they are just going out there and understanding what it’s all about, and really focusing on having fun with it - that’s the big emphasis right now. Seeing where they are in terms of the other competition and how they are doing, and from there it will help them set goals.”

The Greater Trail area has long been known for its epic mountain biking terrain, but it wasn’t until very recent that Rossland resident Ian Finke organized SSGR - the area’s first exclusively mountain bike racing team.

As avid riders, Finke and his son Aaron competed in BC Cup and Enduro races last year, and soon realized - after seeing a handful of young Rossland racers competing - there were others

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The newly formed Seven Summit Gravity Racing team competed in the Race-the-Ranch downhill mountain biking race in Kamloops this weekend. From left: SSGR racers include Max Nutini, Aaron Finke, Keegan Fry, Simon Rora, and J.T. Bjarnason. Missing: Jonathon Rollins and Logan Merringer. that shared their passion.

“I just started thinking, if you have all these fast kids here, be nice if they had an avenue to get some coaching and stuff,” said Finke.

“We have Ryan (Kuhn) locally, who is a good, well-respected coach. So we just started to connect the dots really, and around December it just kind of took off, everything kind of fell into place and so far it’s been pretty fun.”

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Racing began dryland training with Gabby Jangula from Out of Bounds Fitness in January, and started on-hill riding with Kuhn and co-coach Natasha Lockey of Kootenay Mountain Biking and Shuttling in early April.

The downhill races are held on steep, rough terrain, (often ski hills) with a combination of challenging jumps, drops, rock gardens, and obstacles that vary with each course and where win-

ning times can be separated by mere tenths of seconds.

“In downhill racing the margins are very, very narrow,” says Kuhn. “It is a very intense sport, we’re disciplined in that regard.

So we do spend a lot of time talking about mental preparation, and being ready.”

And while every run down the mountain is a thrilling ride, safety is paramount when it comes to gear, training, and the actual race.

Mental preparation, control, and technical proficiency take precedence over speed, and something coaches Kuhn and Lockey focus on during training.

“Certainly Safety is of high importance to us, so progressing their speed and their abilities is very important,” said Kuhn.

“I do actually what I call downcoaching; it’s more getting them to ride to their ability, rather than just going extremely fast, crashing, and potentially hurting themselves.”

In addition to safety, conditioning and commitment to a number of races is a requirement.

While Finke would like to see the club grow, he cautions that the demands of racing require that SSGR racers be intermediate to experienced riders between the ages of 13-18, with their own mountain bike and safety gear.

“Fitness is really important,” said Finke. “It’s surprising how much fitness you need to go downhill. And these are pretty advanced riders . . . these kids are hitting 30 to 40, 50 kilometres per hour downhill. It’s quite a thing to watch and the jumps aren’t small.”

The team is comprised of 10 riders from Rossland, Warfield, Trail, and Fruitvale who will compete in the BC Cup and Enduro races throughout the summer, and have garnered valued support from local bike shops, Gericks and Revolutions, as well as sponsors like Teck, Kootenay Savings, Ferraro’s, Nelson and District Credit Union, Kootenay Mountain Biking and Clancy’s.

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West Kootenay Roller Derby rolls into Cominco Arena

Submitted West Kootenay Roller Derby (WKRD) rolls into the Trail Memorial Centre this Saturday for a couple matchups that will make your head spin.

The action starts at 5 p.m. when the home team, the Rossland Trail Roller Girls (RTRG), take on Castlegar’s Dam City Rollers. The Dams are coming in hot after defeating their competition last season. But the Nelson Killjoys reminded them last month that it’s anyone’s game when they outplayed Castlegar in the first double-header of Season 6.

“It’s a new purple team this year,” says Dams’ skater and founding team member Kristina Kruchkowski (aka Kitty

Karnage). “We still have lots of familiar faces on the bench but have gained some new sisters this season, both of the fresh variety and from the (dissolved) Valley Brutality.”

RTRG is shaping up to be a real contender with the return of a couple all-star players and some new talent. The Red Army is looking to entertain its hometown crowd, according to skater Ashley McKenzie (ASH), and that may come at a price for the Dams.

“I feel like we are no longer the underdog and now are a team to be afraid of,” she admits.

The energy will be high in the arena, between the hard hits, beer garden and

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oh so cute animals. The SPCA is hosting a half-time show that could result in the adoption of a few animals. But the oohs and ahhs will likely amplify when the animals exit the track to make room for the second bout of the night.

The Killjoys are refocusing their game for a new competitor after WKRD’s Valley Brutality folded due to a low roster. The Spokannibals are traveling from Spokane to battle it out with old friends, some of which they played when they went head to head with the league travel team, the Kootenay Kannibelles.

“We are very excited to be playing them - they rank very close in stats to us so it should be a very evenly matched

game,” said Nelson’s Danielle McGrath (McWrath). “We’re keeping a tight team dynamic and really working on keeping our walls strong.”

Doors open at 4 p.m., with the first game at 5 p.m. and the second at 7 p.m.

Follow the derby girls to RTRG’s clubhouse, the Arlington Bar and Grill, post doubleheader for a pint and an autograph.

Tickets are $10 in advance at the Arlington Bar and Grill and Maglio Building Centre in Trail, The Flying Steamshovel in Rossland or online at brownpapertickets.com. The remaining tickets will be for sale at the door for $15 a pop. Visit www.kootenayrollerderby.com or check out the league’s Facebook page.

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Seven Summit Gravity Racing rider Aaron Finke of Rossland rips down the dusty track at the Race the Ranch event in Kamloops on the weekend. Seven local riders competed in the race that’s part of the BC Cup downhill mountain biking series.

Good results for Seven Summits Gravity riders

FROM PAGE 11 The SSGR team meets in Rossland twice a week, with coaching in one session and a shuttle ride in the other, and an additional coaching session every second week.

Starting the end of June, SSGR will compete in BC Cup races in Whistler, SilverStar, Sun Peaks, Panorama, and Golden while also competing in local races like the Rubberhead in Rossland and Fat Tire event in Nelson.

Additional Results: In the first BC Cup event of the season, the SSGR racers

saw Top-10 finishes from Rossland riders Simon Rora, sixth, in Open Men 13-16, and Max Nutini, eighth in UCI Junior Sport Men, while in U17 Sports Men Aaron Finke and Jonathon Rollins finished 18th and 19th respectively, and Fruitvale’s J.T. Bjarnason came 22nd in his first race on the BC Cup circuit. Riders earn points for each race and move up the standings until they advance to the next level.

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Holy Trinity CWL updated on local resources for seniors Submitted Following 6:30 pm Mass, April 7 at the Church, Organization chair Sandra Stajduhar presided at the general meeting of Holy Trinity CWL.Christian Family Life co-chair Allison Smith introduced Ann Godderis of FAIR, who spoke on the services available for seniors in the greater Trail area. Godderis distributed a resource guide, “Closing the Gaps in Seniors’ Care” (a new edition will be available at FAIR in June).Members voiced that low-cost home repair service and housecleaning help are needed for Trail’s limited income seniors. Unfortunately, Trail lacks a centralized one-stop office to assist seniors, such as Nelson’s outstanding Seniors Resource Centre on Vernon Street. Godderis reminded that assistance with Income Tax forms is available at FAIR, Kate’s Kitchen and the Seniors centre downtown. She invited members to support the WINS Clothesline Project, which promotes awareness about violence against women. It will be held April 21, 11-2pm at Ferraro’s parking lot in Trail. Stajduhar thanked Godderis for her commited work.

Past President Teresa Mandoli and Stajduhar, assisted by Spiritual Director Fr. Bart van Roijen, installed new members Lori Williams (mentor Marilyn Taylor) and Colleen Kramer (mentor Lorna Perri). Spiritual co-chair Marlise Gattafoni distributed prayer cards for Divine Mercy Sunday, April 12, and reminded members of the April 14 ordination to the deaconate of Sylvester Ibekwe in Kelowna. Bunny Dallas, Christian Family Life chair, spoke about the “Joy of the Gospel” course recently held in the parish.

She noted there is now a designated space in the church for wheelchairs.

Sister Norma Gallant, Community Life chair, announced that there will be a meeting of provincial and territorial premiers April 13-14 in Quebec City to discuss climate change. The goal is to develop a National Energy Strategy.

She reminded members that Pope Francis is preparing an encyclical on the environment to be published this summer.

Under Parish Activities, Linda Zol thanked members for their generous support of the Lenten Soup & Bun lunches, the Palm Sunday Bake Sale and the Food Bank. CWL members will be catering the Trail-Warfield Citizen of the Year ceremony, Tuesday, May 5, 7pm at St. Michael’s School.

Resolutions co-chair Mary Billingsley presented background information re. a “Ban on Vaccines Prepared from Cells Derived from Aborted Fetuses”. The Kelowna initiated resolution will be discussed at the April 30-May 2 CWL Diocesan convention in Trail.

Convention chair Stajduhar noted that a work party to complete hospitality projects will meet Tuesday April 14 at 7 p.m, at the Gathering Space. Registration deadline for the convention is April 13. Marjorie Nutini, Holy Trinity president, will be the council’s voting delegate, with Linda Zol and Rosemarie Catalano serving as accredited delegates. Members are encouraged to attend the convention.

Stajduhar announced that bioethicist Dr. Moura McQueen will be the keynote speaker at the Provincial CWL convention June 11-13 in Prince George. Informaion and registration forms for the National convention, Aug. 16-19, in Vancouver, can be found in the Winter issue of the League magazine. Fr. Bart encouraged members to read the current issue of “Catholic Missions in Canada” which features a cover story on Billy Villeneuve, a “living saint”.

Gattafoni, assisted by Liz Stephens, concluded the evening with a music video, “Hallelujah”, that inspired members to join in song. The next general meeting will be May 4, with Mary Hamilton, Occupational Therapist, as guest speaker.

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Born Again “Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God’” (John 3:3 NKJV).

When we believe in Jesus Christ, we are justified by his death on the cross that made reparation for our sins. We are justified through our faith, not by our works. We do not justify ourselves by our works. We do not earn or merit God’s forgiveness by our own works. By being justified, that is, made truly righteous only by the work of Christ on the cross, without our works, we are born again, we are regenerated and can enter the kingdom of God. “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” (John 3:5).

All this happens to us when we believe in Christ and are baptized. Our baptism is our entry into the death of Jesus for our sins (Rom. 6:4). In baptism we also rise up again out of the water, thereby rising with Christ to a new life with God to walk in the light of Christ’s resurrection (Rom. 6:4). Our baptism is a participation in Christ’s death and resurrection, and it communicates to us the merits of his death and resurrection. Our sins are blotted out, reparation is made for them, and we are illuminated.

Therefore when we rise with Christ out of the water of baptism, we rise as new men, new creatures, a new creation, born again in him, dead to our past sins and liberated from them, to walk in the newness of life with the risen Christ (Rom. 6:4).

If we were baptized as infants, we now renew and activate our baptism with adult faith, and confess our post baptismal sins in the sacrament of reconciliation (John 20:22-23). Thus we are born again through our faith to live from now on a new kind of life, no longer for ourselves but for Christ.

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Communities in Faith Pastoral Charge Trail United Church 1300 Pine Avenue, Trail Worship at 11am St. Andrew’s United Church 2110 1st Ave, Rossland Worship 9am Beaver Valley United Church 1917 Columbia Gardens Rd, Fruitvale Worship at 9am Salmo United Church 304 Main St, Salmo Worship 11am

For Information Phone 250-368-3225 or visit: www.cifpc.ca

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All this happens because Christ died for us, for our sins (1 Cor. 15:3), to make reparation for them, reparation that justifies us, blotting out our sins, suffering their punishment for us, instead of us, thus exonerating, absolving, acquitting, forgiving, and excusing us from our sins, making us righteous and holy, new men, new creatures, a new creation, persons who have been born again, regenerated in Jesus Christ.

And this is not something that only concerns the beginning of our new life in Christ, but rather it is something that concerns us every day, for we are always sinning anew, and therefore we always need to be forgiven and justified anew by the merits of Christ’s death on the cross, without our works, through our faith.

All this happens to us as a free gift of God, without any work on our part, only through faith. So we are justified, forgiven, acquitted, exonerated, and born again without any work of our own, only by the work of Christ on the cross, through our faith in him.

Then, as persons that are born again, we are to live a new kind of life from now on, that is, we are to live for him who died for us to justify us. “He died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised” (2 Cor. 5:15).

And how do we do this? We do it by serving others with our gifts and talents, by preaching the gospel, and by seeking all our delight in the Lord, and no longer in the unnecessary delights of the world that divide our heart from an undivided love of the Lord and make us forget God and live for our own worldly pleasures. Therefore a Christian who has been justified and born again should live a simple life, renouncing worldly pleasures, and dedicating himself to the Lord and his work. © Copyright 2007-2009 Rev. Steven Scherrer www.DailyBiblicalSermons.com

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TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Acknowledge your urge for privacy today or your desire to work alone or behind the scenes. It’s just what you need right now, that’s all.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20)

Are you happy with your friends? Do you hang out with quality people?

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VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Are you happy with your fair share of things and how property and money are divided? The Golden Rule definitely applies to how we share things.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Today the only New Moon directly opposite your sign all year is taking place. That makes this the perfect day to ask yourself how you can improve your closest relationships.

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Restorative justice allows focus to be on victims

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ncreasingly, victims and communities affected by crime are requesting restorative measures, before, during or after other actions are taken. In this way, their needs can be better addressed by a system that has traditionally been focused on offenders.

This story is from West Yorkshire in England.

When Sarah punched a taxi driver in a drunken rage on New Year’s Eve, she realized she hit rock bottom. Unemployed and involved in an abusive relationship, the 26-year-old had lost two children to social services and was suffering from a long-term alcohol problem.

She said, “I’ve had a drinking problem for a few years so I would drink to deal with things. I was out with friends on New Year’s

Eve and we went assaulted. to get a taxi, and The meeting I was all over the took place under place and there a restorative juswas an argument. tice scheme that is I don’t even know designed to allow what happened – I offenders to explain just hit him.” why they commitThe six month ted the crime and community order victims to talk Richard by a court for about the impact common assault of the offense on was merely her their lives.

Restorative Justice confirmation that Sarah explained, her life was in “I was really nervdanger of spilling out of control. ous and felt very ashamed. I However, the sentence also couldn’t even remember what he opened an unexpected window of looked like. Then I found out he opportunity. was quite a lot older than me and As part of the support she that made me feel even worse. received from the probation But it went really well. We had service, Sarah, who lives in a talk about our lives and we Thornhill Lees, was offered the both shed a little tear. He ended chance to meet the man she up saying he felt like I was his

Tarnoff

daughter and he forgave me.”

Since the meeting, Sarah has quit drinking and is about to start college courses in English and maths.

She is also working with social services in the hope of being reunited with her children.

She concluded, “If it hadn’t been for restorative justice, I don’t know what I would have done. I had to hit rock bottom before I could come back up.

Whatever happens now, I’m not going back to the way things were.”

The restorative justice facilitator commented, “She was quite an angry young lady, but you could see the transformation happening literally in front of your eyes.

“She hasn’t been arrested since, has stopped drinking and

is turning her life around.”

This particular process is offered to people who have been convicted of crimes ranging from theft to murder.

There is no incentive for them in terms of reduction in their sentence and victims have to provide their consent to be contacted. About half of the victims who are offered the chance to take part agree. The take-up rate among offenders is much higher, at about 90 per cent.

Richard Tarnoff is coordinator of the Boundary Restorative Justice Program. Assistance from the Independent Academic Research Studies program, UK, is gratefully acknowledged. Trail is served by the Greater Trail Community Justice Program.

Visit their website www.greatertrailcommunityjustice.com.

Five important tips for improving online privacy

THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - If you want to watch who’s watching you online, Brett Gaylor’s “Do Not Track” is the series to stream.

The seven-part “personalized documentary,” which premiered

its first episodes on the National Film Board of Canada website Tuesday, focuses on the personal information Internet users are unwittingly sharing with companies as they surf the web.

If you follow the ser-

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“We didn’t want to scare people with the project,” Gaylor said

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“It’s saying you can actually make a change here by supporting products that value your privacy.”

With that in mind, Gaylor shared with The Canadian Press six easy tips for guarding, maintaining and winning back your online privacy.

1.

ACTUALLY READ PRIVACY STATEMENTS Ugh. Perhaps this one doesn’t rise to the “easy tip” billing.

As Jerry once irritably responded to a rental-car agent who suggested he read his contract on “Seinfeld”: “Did you see the size of that document?”

Still, Gaylor points out that transparency from companies like Facebook and Twitter was hard-won. He therefore suggests sac-

rificing your time and blissful ignorance.

“One of the first things you ought to do is look through that,” he said. “And look at your privacy settings on Facebook and Twitter and make some adjustments.”

2.

LIQUID PASSWORDS Yes, capital letters, numbers and esoteric symbols are annoying both to type and remember, but also kind of crucial.

“Nobody wants to have what happened to Sony executives or Jennifer Lawrence happen to them,” Gaylor said. “A big part of that is making sure you actually have a good password.”

3.

EMPOWER YOUR BROWSER Add-ons and extensions for your browser can have a transformative effect on privacy and safety. (Gaylor

used to work in Silicon Valley for the Mozilla Foundation, the company behind Firefox).

In particular, he recommends Disconnect Me, which offers to “visualize and block the invisible sites that track your history.” “(It) gives you a peek behind the curtain.”

4. AUDIT YOUR APPS Your mobile phone is likely crowded with apps that have dubious claims on all the personal information they’re collecting and rerouting. But fortunately there are apps to stop that. Gaylor likes Clueful, an Android app that promises to expose the secretive (and potentially nefarious) background activity of your installed apps.

“You’ll say, ‘Wait a minute, why does that Flashlight app need access to my contacts

or address book?”’

Gaylor said.

5.

GUARD YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN REAL LIFE, TOO The next time a cheerful teller asks for your email address or postal code while ringing up a pair of slacks or a bottle of Advil, give a moment’s thought to the intended use of that information.

Gaylor pointed out that nearly extinct electronics giant Radio Shack would be auctioning off its personal customer data as part of its bankruptcy proceedings.

He’s similarly wary of potentially invasive “loyalty” programs.

“I don’t really want London Drugs maintaining a dossier about me for the same reason I don’t want the Canadian government keeping a dossier on me,” he said.

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At high schools, e-cigarette and hookah popularity booming as regular smoking plummets: study THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Teen smoking hit a new low last year while the popularity of electronic cigarettes and water pipes boomed, a government report shows.

The number of high school students who tried e-cigarettes tripled in one year - to more than 13 per cent. Water pipes or hookahs were used by 9.4 per cent.

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Brenda Haley photo

Members of the Kootenay Mountaineering Club did a hike last Saturday along the mountain ridge above Sunningdale overlooking the Columbia River and the Birchbank Golf Club. If you have a photo you would like to share with our readers email it to editor@trailtimes.ca.

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Don’t miss out on this, like new, beautifully renovated 3 bedroom family home in popular Sunningdale on a dead end street.

In like new condition Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

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