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Remembering Angila Wilson Andy Leese (l) accompanies Randy Hedlund as Hedlund sings his song, "An Ode to Angila Wilson" during a candlelight vigil held on Monday - the first anniversary of Wilson's death. Close to 50 people gathered in Weyerhaeuser Park for the event, which was organized by Wilson's best friend, Melanie Williams. Domestic violence is not just a problem for women but for all of society, said Ava Perraton, Stop the Violence counsellor at Yellowhead Community Services. Photo by Keith McNeill

Upper Clearwater Farmers Institute plans constitution meeting Keith McNeill Upper Clearwater Farmers Institute needs to update itss constitution and bylaws, according to president Andrew Nelson.

Speaking at the Institute’s annual general meeting on April 15, Nelson said a new set of bylaws had been imposed in 1984, replacing the original constitution, which dated back to the 1930s. Unfortunately, the bylaws from 1984 are not adequate, he said.

With this in mind, a new constitution has been drafted, based on one that was done in 2013 for a Farmers Institute on Vancouver Island.

A special general meeting of the members will be held on

Wednesday evening, May 15 to vote on the new constitution, Nelson said.

If the new constitution is approved, it will be sent to the superintendent of farmers institutes at the Ministry of Agriculture for final review.

Also on the agenda during the special general meeting in May will be a financial rulebook that has been drafted by director Ulrich Patalong.

Several No Trespassing signs that the Farmers Institute erected recently around the Upper Clearwater Hall have created questions in the community.

The signs are the result of the number of RVs that park overnight by the hall during the summer, Nelson said.

Their presence plus the use of the hall’s outhouse have the potential to create liability problems.

Another source of questions has been the riding arena constructed next to the hall last year.

Continued on page A11 Right: Members of the new board of the Upper Clearwater Farmers Institute pose for a photograph following the organization’s annual general meeting on Wednesday evening, April 15. Pictured are (back, l-r) directors Shirley Frost, Corina Frost, Larry Cochran, Claudette Shaw, Ursula Johnston, (front, l-r) vice-president Ulrich Patalong and president Andrew Nelson.

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Firefighters battle blaze near Dunn Lake Road Keith McNeill Clearwater Fire Zone had its first fire callout of the season on Sunday evening – a 1.7 ha blaze on private property next to Dunn Lake Road south of Clearwater.

Forest protection officer Jim Jones reported he received the call at about 5:30 p.m.

The call had first gone to e-911, which had called Clearwater Fire Department. However, as the fire was located outside of municipal boundaries, the call was transferred to the forests ministry.

Unfortunately, because it is so early in the season, the fire zone had no initial attack crews on hand and so had to call in Clearwater and Blackpool fire departments under their mutual aid agreements, said Jones.

A Forest Service crew from Kamloops also

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attended, but it took about 2 1/2 hours to get on site.

A pickup chassis, cargo trailer and a few sheds on the property were burned.

Personnel from the two fire departments were in the scene for about three hours while the Forest Service crew stayed overnight.

On Monday the crew “cold-trailed” the fire to make sure it would not spread into the adjacent forest.

Cause of the fire is still under investigation but it appears to be the result of a “rave” that the property owner had organized for the weekend.

Jones reminded property owners, particularly those living in rural and remote locations, that they should have firefighting equipment located in a central location where it can be located easily in an emergency.

B.C. grants $130,000 to fight invasive plants KAMLOOPS – The provincial government is providing $130,000 to the Southern Interior Weed Management Committee help control the spread of invasive plants, Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone and Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake announced on Friday.

Thompson-Nicola Regional District is also getting $22,000.

These are two of 29 grants, totalling $1,702,000, that are being distributed provincewide to local governments, regional invasive species committees and the Invasive Species Council of B.C. to assist with their activities and support the objectives of the provincial Invasive Plant Program.

“Controlling invasive species helps to create and protect healthy ecosystems,” Lake said.

“This new funding supports programs aimed at reducing non-native plants and the development of invasive species management tools.”

The funding will be invested in activities such as raising public awareness of invasive plants, surveying invasive plant populations and actively treating high-priority sites to control the spread of these plants.

Invasive plants are species that have been introduced into British Columbia from other areas. They displace native vegetation and can cause considerable economic and environmental damage. Some pose a health risk to people (e.g.

skin irritation). Invasive plants can disrupt natural ecosystems, reduce biodiversity, increase soil erosion, alter soil chemistry and adversely affect commercial crops.

The Invasive Plant Program identifies sites where invasive plant species have been found and responds rapidly to contain and eradicate them before they become established and start spreading.

This funding is in addition to the $735,000 already allocated by the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations for invasive plant control and management in 2015-16.

To learn more Invasive Plant Program, visit: www.for.gov. bc.ca/hra/plants/index.htm

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Council seeks funding for Park Drive pathway Keith McNeill District of Clearwater would like to get $420,000 in federal Gas Tax funding to pay for a multi-use path along Park Drive.

The path would connect the trail being constructed behind the hospital with the multi-use paths in the Murtle Crescent area.

Town council approved applying for the grant during its April 7 meeting.

The new path would be asphalt, three meters wide and 1,575 m long.

The municipality’s trails committee also intends to apply for $36,000 from Wells Gray Community Forest to assist with the clearing and sub-grade preparation.

Council also approved applying for federal Gas Tax funding to design and construct mobility access to Dutch Lake beach.

Dave Marcotte, an instructor with Emergency Management Consulting of Kamloops, talks about how to use the incident command system (ICS) during an emergency. He was taking part in a disaster planning exercise held April 14 in Dutch Lake Community Centre.

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Tabletop exercise helps prepare for disasters Keith McNeill What would local government officials do if an interface fire started near Hydro Road in Clearwater?

That was the subject of a tabletop disaster planning exercise held April 14 in Dutch Lake Community Centre.

A total of 25 people from agencies such as District of Clearwater, RCMP, ThompsonNicola Regional District, and highways department took part.

The exercise included putting in place an emergency operations centre (EOC) to deal with the situation, said Leslie Groulx, Clearwater's chief administrative officer.

Participants gained an understanding of how an evacuation order happens and who issues it – the town mayor.

They also identified hot and warm zones around the fire, completed a risk management profile of the situation, brainstorming who should be involved, where to send evacuees, setting up a reception centre, and so on.

In addition, those present discussed and learned what each agency in attendance would be responsible for.

The entire exercise was developed around the structure of an incident command system, which is a set of policies and procedures designed to improve emergency response operations.

CN mainline near McLure closed after rockslide, derailment Kamloops This Week The CN Rail mainline is closed following a derailment near McLure Sunday afternoon.

Two locomotives and nine intermo-

dal cars left the tracks about 4 p.m. Sunday, when the train hit a rockslide, said CN spokeswoman Emily Hamer.

There were no injuries and no dangerous goods involved, Hamer said, noting

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“ The worse a situation becomes, the less it takes to turn it around — and the bigger the upside.” - George Soros, financier editorial bytom fletcher

Land sales leave lingering odour

Pitch-In has best year ever Editor, The Times:

On behalf of the community of Clearwater we would like to thank all those who put their time and effort forward in our cleanup on Saturday.

A special thanks to Jager Garbage who, year after year, provide the bin and hauling of the refuse picked up.

Thanks also to Buy Low Foods, Clearwater Lodge and the Times for their contributions.

This year was our most successful year in number of participants and amount of garbage picked up and we are grateful for all the people who work to keep our community a good place to live.

Ken Kjenstad, Pitch-In committee District of Clearwater council

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Wonders if Upper Clearwater Hall still available for sledding Editor, The Times:

While we agree with you less than Don Cherry, we have to offer our thanks and compliments on your efforts in reporting about the Upper Clearwater Farmer's Institute.

We absolutely agree that you and all media should have free access to the UCFI meetings. It is no different than Shaw or Rogers Cable conducting city hall council meeting productions for live television, save for certain rare in camera sessions. The AGM is not an in camera session.

I guess if we wanted to go sledding on the hill which is part of Hall property, we would no longer be able to. How do we tell our kids that?

My son and I have an open invitation to any kid who wants to go sledding on our driveway in winter. Those who have already partaken, know of its superior quality and fun. Bring your helmets.

Rev. Z. Tino and son Upper Clearwater, B.C.

Letters Policy The Times welcomes all letters to the editor. We do, however, reserve the right to edit for brevity, clarity, legality and good taste.

While all letters must be signed (and have a telephone number for verification purposes) upon submission, writers may elect to withhold their names from publication in special circumstances.

VICTORIA – The B.C. Liberal government’s sale of Crown properties to help balance its election budget was the dominant story in the legislature last week, as the NDP revealed evidence of a “fire sale” that may have left millions on the table.

They started with Burke Mountain, the biggest single deal involving 14 view properties in Coquitlam. The buyer was a prominent developer whose array of companies happened to donate nearly $1 million to the B.C. Liberal Party since 2000.

The $85 million price tag was similar to the B.C. Assessment Authority value on these forested properties, but an outside appraisal concluded they could have fetched an additional $43 million if they had spent more time on the hot Lower Mainland real estate market.

(This sale made headlines last fall for the province’s $8 million buyout of the local First Nation’s undefined territorial claim, when it was revealed the chief of the tiny Kwikwitlem First Nation pocketed an $800,000 commission.)

The government’s defence of the sale went from wobbly to weak.

Citizens’ Services Minister Amrik Virk was caught flat-footed and tried to get by on platitudes rather than retreat and find some answers.

Premier Christy Clark weighed in, arguing that the budget would have balanced without the property sale, and that some sales closed too late to help the election-year budget. Finance Minister Mike de Jong stressed that all these asset sales were detailed in three successive budgets. They downplayed the notion of land sales being rushed.

Then the NDP produced a string of emails sent between senior officials responsible for selling two big properties across the street from the legislature.

“To be part of the sale and development of over eight acres of Victoria’s beautiful inner harbour area is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. An opportunity that normally would warrant years of planning and preparation,” wrote

one citizens’ services bureaucrat.

“Unfortunately we don’t have unlimited time – our goal is to have For Sale signs up by Oct. 31 with sales proceeds in the bank by March 31, 2013.”

Then came a disclosure about a property in Surrey that had been bought as a potential hospital site. Once the existing hospital was expanded, that property was declared surplus. Indeed, de Jong featured this property to promote the government’s plan to stimulate local economies with private sector investment on unused land.

The Surrey deal closed for $20.5 million on March 21, 2014, just days before the end of the fiscal year. NDP leader John Horgan pointed to an outside appraisal of $23.5 million, and an assessment for tax purposes of $27.2 million.

The appraiser also recommended that the “highest and best use” for the Surrey land was to hold it until had been rezoned for commercial, retail or office development.

De Jong cited another big health property in Vancouver that sold for more than its appraised and assessed value. It’s only the actual market that determines worth, he insisted.

But it’s now clear that these and perhaps other sales were done with arbitrary deadlines that had everything to do with the B.C. Liberals’ need to balance the books. When elections are a battle of sound bites, perception matters more than reality.

It’s also worth recalling that the budget deficits prior to the 2013 election were largely a result of the B.C. government’s costly undoing of the harmonized sales tax, rather than the harsh forces of international finance.

Surplus asset sales have a long tradition in B.C., where the government owns more than 90 per cent of all land. But after this round, full disclosure will be demanded.

– Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Question of the Week

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Do you think we should accept biosolids in our area ?

Betty Koeneman:

No. I think they should have a way to refine it better so it's safer.

Matthew Bayley:

George Greenlaw:

It would be okay if it's treated so it's not harmful.

Absolutely not. I just think there are better ways to deal with it.

Ray Harrison Sr.: Rod Alexander: I expect it would depend on what kind of system they use.

I haven't had much to do with anything along that line.

No, I think it's just a pollutant.

Rambling Man questions global warming petition Editor, The Times

Congratulations to the Times and to our editor for winning first place for the best editorial page. I wish that I could be in the audience at your gala, Keith. I would love to stand and take a bow when you accept your award and say, “A special thank you to the Rambling Man’s letters to the editor, which helped make all of this possible!”

Enough of the warm fuzzies.

It’s time to get back to the subject in hand: your global warming petition. I once said in a previous

letter to the editor that I wasn’t a mathematician. However, judging by your figures, it’s very obvious that you aren’t either!

It shouldn’t be hard to get signatures on your petition if you are promising that every adult in Canada will receive $1000. I think that is almost a fraudulent statement. Let’s take off your rose-coloured glasses and look at reality.

If it looks too good to be true, that’s because it is too good to be true. Ten per cent will receive 150 per cent more than they pay.

Sixty-six per cent will break even or receive more than they pay.

That means that 24 per cent of adults in Canada will pay over $20 billion per year.

Now tell me how this will reduce the use of fossil fuels. Just for the record, James Hansen is, in your opinion, one of the leading climate scientists in the world!

I assume that this so-called “Citizens’ Climate Lobby – Canada” is a non-profit lobby group that is going to Ottawa on June 2. The questions I ask are: Are any of the travel expenses

paid for by government grants or tax write-offs? What is the carbon footprint of all these lobbyist expenses?

This is the second time in approximately a year that your lobby group went to Ottawa.

On the last trip, you had a brief meeting with our M.P. and our Senator. I think it would have been a lot more productive to see them in Kamloops! A five minute meeting in a hallway with Nancy Green Raine in Ottawa? A couple of bottles of good French (or Canadian) wine and you could

McLeod misses the point Editor, The Times:

Re: McLeod sets record straight, Apr. 9 issue.

Prime Minister Harper's representative in KamloopsThompson-Caribou is parroting the same platitudes that appear on pg. 279 of the Conservative's 2014 Budget Bill: “Ensuring a strong, publicly funded health care system remains a priority for the government.”

The truth resides in the numbers.

For whatever reasons, health care costs are escalating and the present health transfer increases of six per cent per annum barely does the job. However, Ms. McLeod states, “Funding (is) guaranteed to increase by at least three per cent per year”. It sounds like a good deal, doesn't it?

But, when costs, plus inflation, are rising faster than the federal transfers, it's pretty dismal.

Calculations reveal that, after six years of this quest for a “sus-

tainable health care system” the funding gap will be over 20 per cent. That's probably enough to inflict irreversible damage to the Canadian health care system.

Harper's treatment of health care is an example of what is often referred to as the “boiling frog syndrome.” If you

throw a frog into cool water and raise the temperature slowly, the frog won't notice his predicament, until he expires. Diminished services, lengthening wait lists, dirtier surgical instruments and so on, are all part of the hot water our little health care frog will have to endure.

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ambiguity to the situation, the budget states, “Beginning in 2017-2018, the CHT (Canada health transfers) will grow in line with nominal GDP (gross domestic product) with a guaranteed minimum growth rate of three per cent....”

According to the World Bank, Canada's annual Continued on page A6

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have talked half the night at Sun Peaks!

Good luck with peddling your butt 450 km from Toronto to Ottawa. I guess the highs of receiving your award in Toronto will be dampened by the lows of butt blisters in Ottawa. When you get to Parliament Hill, remember that Christ wasn’t born in Canada because they couldn’t find three wise men from the east!

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McLeod misses point Continued from page A5 growth in GDP, from 2001 to 2012 was 1.89 per cent, which is a lot less than 3 per cent. Is the government trying to tell us that future performance will be better? So, what are the health care increases going to be, Ms. McLeod? Three per cent, or less than two per cent?

If they're intended to be three per cent, why mention the link to GDP? The Harper government has never held a federal-provincial conference, as has been customary in this country. Harper's style works fine in a dictatorship but in a large, diverse country like Canada, it's likely to be a dismal failure. When McLeod defends her government's efforts toward a “sustainable” health care system by mentioning Harper's sending out a lightweight emissary such as Rona Ambrose to “launch an advisory panel,” it is nothing more than an outdated April Fool's joke. After all, 2015 is an election year. We get it, Ms. McLeod, but we're not laughing.

Anyone who's seriously wondering why there are sign-waving people holding rallies to focus the public attention should now know part of the answer.

D. Simms Clearwater, B.C.

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Thursday, April 23, 2015 Clearwater Times YEARS AGO:

About 50 persons from Little Fort to Birch Island voted unanimously in favour of mosquito control at a meeting held by the Central North Thompson Chamber of Commerce mosquito control committee. Information from Fisheries indicated that DDT could be used so long as certain conditions were abided with.

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YEARS AGO: Johnny Uppenborn of Darfield found a 38-year-old message in a bottle while fishing in the North Thompson. The message read: "We are having a party at Little Fort, B.C., Oct. 13,

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1936. Casmere and N.P. Olson." The writing was not distinct, and the 1936 could have been 1930. The message had traveled eight miles.

Capt. Arthur Dillen, a 1958 graduate of Clearwater Secondary School, was visiting in Vavenby after returning from active duty piloting helicopters in Vietnam. It is hard for us to believe, he related, the sordid conditions under which the people existed over there.

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YEARS AGO: A report released

by Education Minister Eileen Dailly recommended greatly improved bus service for the 38 Blue River students who traveled 70 miles each way to CSS.

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YEARS AGO: Co-ed scouting arrived with confirmation from provincial council that five girls: Emma White, Carla Campbell, Shannon Campbell, Bernice Webb and Janine Scott, had been accepted as members of the Boy Scouts of Canada. There were five boys and five girls

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YEARS AGO: Clearwater could be come a regular stop on VIA Rail's daily schedule if local people made a nuisance of themselves, said H.F. Murray, VIA's Canada West vice-president.

The official told the Clearwater Chamber of Commerce that his group had looked at the local station, which had been freshly painted and was to be open at train times.

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YEARS AGO: Three people were killed and six others transported to hospital following a helicopter crash about 20 miles from Blue River. The chopper had 14 people on board when it experienced engine failure after take-off. It fell about 20 feet, flopped onto its side and burst

into flame. The accident happened at the end of a snowboard competition organized

by Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing.

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YEARS AGO: Just two out of the 180 passengers on a derailed VIA train needed to stay overnight in hospital following a derailment south of Blue River.

All but two of the 13 cars in the westbound passenger train had left the track. RCMP Cpl. Doug Hindle stressed he was "... really pleased with the way the community of Blue River pitched in to help."

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YEARS AGO: Re-zoning to allow a new pub to be built in Blue River was turned down by the TNRD. Many local residents opposed the pub. Existing uses within a one block radius included several residents, two church-

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YEARS AGO: Wells Gray Community Services extended its operations to include Barriere and adopted a new name, Yellowhead Community Services (YCS).

Don Turtiak, chairman of the Blue River Improvement District for 20 years, stepped down and welcomed John Beaton to the position.

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Organ donor registration expands with Service BC Ministry of Health VICTORIA – Supporting organ donation is now easier thanks to a new partnership between BC Transplant and the 61 Service BC locations throughout the province.

Beginning April 1, 2015, British Columbians visiting Service BC Locations have been offered the opportunity to register their decision on organ donation.

"Organ donation is one of the greatest gifts that can be given,” said Health

Minister Terry Lake. “In honour of National Organ and Tissue Awareness Week, I encourage those that haven't yet registered to take advantage of this new convenient opportunity."

Currently, more than 95 per cent of British Columbians support organ donations but only 20 per cent have registered their decision to be a donor. This program will make it easier for those who have yet to sign up.

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A decal on your driver's licence is no longer enough, a potential donor has to register online through BC Transplant Society using a BC Services Card or CareCard at www.transplant.bc.ca/ The Service BC office in Kamloops is located at 250 – 455 Columbia Street.

RCMP reconsider plan to move police helicopter from Kamloops Tim Petruk – Kamloops This Week Plans to fly the Kamloopsbased RCMP Air 4 police helicopter permanently north to Prince George appear to be in a holding pattern.

Following a meeting with Mayor Peter Milobar last month, RCMP brass agreed to re-visit the decision to have Air 4 based out of Prince George.

“I haven’t had any updates since it was put on hold,” Milobar told KTW. In February, the RCMP announced plans to move Air 4 to Prince George, noting the entire northern region of B.C. is without a police chopper. Under that plan, an RCMP helicopter would remain based in Kelowna to service the Southeast District, which includes Kamloops.

An RCMP helicopter sits on the field of Clearwater Secondary School during an emergency situation last year. The police have been considering moving the nearest RCMP helicopter out of Kamloops. Times file photo

But, Milobar noted, a previous RCMP internal review said Kamloops was the best southern

Interior location for a police helicopter.

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Vermeulen said the locations of helicopters is being discussed with government officials, policing partners and others.

“B.C.’s air-services fleet are strategically placed throughout B.C. in order to support our policing services and unique geography,” he said.

“Our assessment of air services in B.C. recommends the re-aligning of these resources more effectively by moving one of two helicopters currently in the Southeast District to our North District that currently does not have a helicopter, and moving one of our fixedwing aircraft from North District to Southeast District that currently does not have a fixed-wing aircraft.”

Oops — TRU says sorry to nursing-school applicants Kamloops This Week Thompson Rivers University has apologized to more than 400 people who thought they had been accepted into the university’s nursing program.

Diana Skoglund, the university’s media-relations and communications manager, attributed the situation to a technical error in a mail-merge process in the admission office.

The emails advising acceptance to the bachelor of science nursing degree program were sent on Thursday, April 16 to 504 applicants for the program, which is only accepting 103 students for the fall intake. Skoglund said the error was discovered by staff just as

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Wolf cull ends for this year with 84 killed Tom Fletcher – Black Press The B.C. government has killed 11 wolves in the South Selkirk Mountains and another 73 in the South Peace region in the first year of a five-year plan to protect dwindling caribou herds.

The South Selkirk program left seven to 10 wolves alive because they were not targeting caribou, and their movements continue to be tracked.

That mountain caribou herd is down to 14, compared to 18 last year and 46 in 2009.

The South Peace herds have also seen significant losses from wolves, with 37 per cent of adult mortalities confirmed as wolf kills. Four herds in the region, the Quintette, Moberly, Scott and KennedySiding, were targeted in the wolf removal program.

The 700-member Graham herd, the largest in the South Peace, is being left without protection as a control group.

The program to shoot wolves from the air was a last resort after targeted hunting and trapping of wolves proved inadequate, sometimes splitting up

wolf packs and increasing predation of caribou.

The South Selkirk herd has been subject to intensive protection efforts on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. In 2007 the province banned logging and roadbuilding in its 2.2 million-hectare B.C. range and restricted off-road recreation to reduce human disturbance.

In the Peace region, restrictions were approved in 2012 to protect 498,000 hectares of high elevation winter range.

The modern program began in 2003, after decades of managed hunting and other wolf control measures.

For the first part of the 20th century, B.C. offered a bounty on wolves that ended in 1955.

Beginning in 1950, baits laced with poison were used in bait stations and later dropped onto frozen lakes and rivers, which killed other species as well as wolves.

Large-scale poisoning in wilderness areas was suspended in 1960, but targeted baiting to protect livestock continued until 1999.

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Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations VICTORIA – Wolf removal activities to help save caribou herds in the South Selkirk Mountains and South Peace have concluded for this year.

The program began on Jan. 15 with a goal to remove wolf populations threatening caribou herds in the area.

In the South Selkirks, 11 wolves were removed. Of the wolves targeted, seven to 10 remain and are now being monitored to track their movement.

To date these wolves have not ranged into caribou areas, so are not candidates for removal.

In the South Peace, 73 wolves were removed, with the majority being in the vicinity of the Moberly and Quintette caribou herds. In one case, six wolves were removed as they were actively stalking 14 caribou.

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Hunting and trapping of wolves has not effectively reduced populations and may even split up packs and increase predation rates on caribou.

Habitat recovery continues to be an important part of caribou recovery, but cannot address the critical needs of these herds in the short term.

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1-800-222-TIPS Clearwater RCMP Report It was discovered that the vehicle had been stolen from Vancouver the week prior. The investigation is still ongoing.

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People who find these newborns alone often mistakenly believe they have been abandoned, but usually their mother has only left them temporarily, and will return. Intervening in these situations by 'rescuing' the fawn or calf is rarely necessary and will usually do more harm than good.

It is normal for mother deer, elk and other ungulates to leave their young alone for long periods, returning a few times a day to nurse, and relying on the newborn's lack of scent to protect them from predators.

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UCFI seeks to update membership and financial rules Continued from page A1

Cost of the arena, including extra insurance for the Farmers Institute, has been entirely covered by Wells Gray Riders Association, Nelson reported.

"We do not have a bean in the arena," he said.

Pay 50 cents to join Nelson said that because of a procedural error no membership fees had been paid since 2005 and so technically the Farmers Institute had had no proper membership since that time. A letter was sent out on Dec. 1, 2014

and many members responded immediately by rejoining.

The superintendent of farmers institutes was made aware of the directors' findings and was fully supportive of the directors’ chosen course of action, Nelson said.

"Part of the reason for requesting completion of new membership forms is that new members have to sign to confirm their intent to abide by the bylaws of the institute and appropriate regulations. It is not simply a case of paying 50 cents," the president noted in his report.

Nelson also said that any member who

joined since April 1 would be unable to vote at the AGM as the bylaws require 14 days membership before voting.

Shed built for tool loan program A shed that was constructed next to the hall last year will be used one-third to store furniture from the hall and two-thirds for a tool loan program, reported Ulrich Patalong, the project coordinator. There is a dividing wall between the two sections.

A tool loan program has been one of the ideas that members have had since the hall was moved several years ago, Patalong said.

Money for the shed has been budgeted yearly since 2012.

The shed’s location was approved by a majority of members as part of the Farmers Institute’s master plan process, he said.

A total of about

$7,700 was paid for materials for the shed during the last fiscal year.

Hall gets new roof Patalong also coordinated putting a new roof on the hall.

Total cost of that project was just over $14,000, of which UCFI paid about $2,400 as its share.

Nearly all of the rest came from federal Gas Tax funding through Thompson-Nicola Regional District.

Having a better roof would save energy by reducing the use of propane, Patalong pointed out.

About 20 people attended the 2015 annual general meeting, down from nearly 50 at last year’s AGM. As reported in last week’s Times, the Farmers Institute had previously indicated that its directors did not feel it appropriate to have a reporter at

the AGM. They felt they had been the victim of biased reporting by the Times in recent months. However, at the last minute the Institute reversed that decision.

The Upper Clearwater Hall, which is owned and operated by the Institute, has been the source of some controversy lately.

Following the meeting Nelson said, "I would like to add that everyone in the community is welcome to apply for membership of the Farmers Institute and that the Farmers Institute is a part of the community

but does not profess to be the community."

"We have a lot of events planned for this summer, which the

community shall be invited to and we hope to see as many of them there as possible," he said.

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Sports Spartans lose to South Kamloops Teaching communication Keith McNeill

As reported in our last issue, the Clearwater/Barriere Spartans senior boys rugby team started the season off with a convincing 51-3 win over NorKam on April 9.

However, they soon hit the hard rock of reality when they took on South Kamloops Secondary School on Tuesday of last week. The Spartans lost 37-0.

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“South Kamloops has a couple of provincial level players who were able to capitalize on any small mistakes our boys might have made.”

The North Thompson team matched the SKSS squad physically, Francis felt, but could not compete with the other team's depth of experience.

South Kamloops has consistently been rated one of the top five Double AA teams in the province for several years.

Last Friday the Spartans travelled to Williams Lake for a game, and this coming Friday teams from Williams Lake will play the

juniors and the seniors at Clearwater Secondary School.

Game times will be 12:30 for the juniors and 1:30 for the seniors.

Next week the Spartans will play Okanagan Mission in Kamloops. After that they will take on Kalamalka from Vernon.

Following those games they will know where they stand in the league and who will proceed into playoffs.

Soccer at CSS In the world of soccer, Clearwater Secondary School junior girls played recently at South Kamloops, losing to SKSS but tying Merritt 1-1.

The junior girls hosted Monday.

Look for results in a future issue of the Times.

The senior girls hosted Barriere on Wednesday and will travel to Merritt for a tournament next weekend.

Trainer Suzanna Fradette exchanges whispers with a local horse during a foundation clinic held at McNeil's ranch in Birch Island on the weekend. A total of 16 horses and their riders took part in the two one-day sessions.

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The drug has been around since the early 70s to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing acid production in the stomach.

Fradette lunges a horse around a ring at McNeil's ranch.

The foundation clinic was for horses that had already been ridden and was organized through Wells Gray Riders Association.

Photos by Keith McNeill

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“Here and There” - An art exhibition by Ann Bates Submitted Ann Bates was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1925.

After graduating from high school, she attended the Winnipeg School of Art for three years under L.L. Fitzgerald. In 1947 she and two schoolmates enrolled in the Arts Student League in New York City. There they studied under Yasuo Kuniyoshi.

To earn enough money for a second term in NYC, she and her two best friends went to Whitehorse, Yukon to work in the Whitehorse Inn. They all made enough in wages and tips in one year to finance a second year at the Art Students League.

After their second year, all three returned to Whitehorse in 1949, hoping to earn enough

to return once more to NYC. It was during the second year in Whitehorse that Ann met and RCMP constable who she would eventually marry in 1952. Ann did not return to art school in NYC due to a death in the family. She and her husband, Stuart, remained in the Yukon and both of their children were born in the hospital in Whitehorse. In 1956, Stuart was transferred to Saskatchewan, and the family lived there until Stuart retired in 1965.

Ann did not have much time for painting until they moved to Kamloops in 1965. There she joined the Kamloops Arts and Crafts Club. Her subjects were the old buildings around town and the fantastic landscapes in the area. Her medium was water-

colours and she worked “en plein air.” However, she also enjoyed sculpting in clay and produced several bust of models and family members.

In 2001 Stuart and Ann moved to Clearwater. Here she found endless subjects to paint in the valleys around Vavenby, Birch Island, Upper Clearwater and Dutch Lake, as well as in her own backyard. Ann's show, “Here and There,” contains some of her earliest work for art school years through to her most recent watercolours done in Clearwater.

The show will run from April 28 to May 23 in the North Thompson Arts Council gallery in Dutch Lake Community Center. Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Ann Bates sketches “en plein air” (outdoors). The Clearwater artist has a show opening soon at DLCC. Photo submitted

Jesus' story throughout history has really been HIStory HIStory Isn’t our language fascinating? Take the word ‘history’, for the most part we know and understand the meaning. We think of things past, we think; “I’m sure glad that that is history”, or maybe; “I wish I could relive history.” I am pretty sure it is safe to say we all hear the word ‘history’ and can relate it to our lives somehow or another.

Here is the Wikipedia definition: History (from Greek historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past, particularly how it relates to humans. It

Think on These Things

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is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of information about these events. Scholars who write about history are called historians.

Events occurring prior to written record are considered prehistory — Wikipedia.

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It was really amazing and wonderful to have so many people share and open up with their life story. I really believe there is tremendous power in hearing people’s stories about life’s obstacles and accomplishments.

They help us relate

with each other and bring us closer in knowing we are not alone through this journey we call life.

One could think that our past should be history and that we shouldn’t dwell on it and we should put it behind us and move forward. I totally agree with not dwelling on it and moving forward, however I also believe that our HIStory is one of the most powerful mediums God uses in us as Christians.

This was truly evident this past Sunday. It was fascinating how similar every one of our stories were. We all shared about hard-

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having Jesus in us does. When we allow His story to become a part of our story He enters into our lives and makes us new and re-establishes our relationship with God. Because of this we can go through life’s story full of joy and assurance that God has our hand as

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Lynne Frizzle was introduced as the senior co-ordinator who has been hired for the term of the grant which ends on March 11, 2016. Lively, knowledgeable speaker Sharon Neufeld described options for patio gardens, explained the many benefits of gardening at any age and stage of life, and encouraged seniors to make use of any space they have or develop a plot at the Community Garden beside the Yellowhead Community Services (YCS) building.

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Sharon Neufeld gives a presentation on gardening during a seniors luncheon held April 14 in the Clearwater Elks Hall. Photo by Kay Knox

gardens to her attentive audience, focussing on the growing

of plants for food, and gave away various starter kits.

Following this, choices of different homemade soups, buns, and delicious squares, all prepared through the Challengers program at YCS, were served by smiling young ladies from Clearwater Secondary School.

Hearty applause thanked all of the above along with Susan and John McFarland who set up, served coffee and assisted the students with clean-up. Frizzle concluded the event, which had begun with time for socializing over tea and coffee, by making announcements about upcoming events.

Luncheons will occur on the second Tuesday of each month with different speakers addressing seniors’ issues and leading gentle exercise programs. “Coffee klatches”, with time to

chat and share ideas, will soon begin in the Seniors’ Drop-In Centre at Dutch Lake Community Centre.

More inter-generational, communityoriented events will be arranged throughout the term of this gener-

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Committees of volunteers will be set up during the oncoming months so that these initiatives will continue

after that, including a committee for welcoming new seniors and their families to Clearwater and area.

The grant that makes this project possible is from the federal New Horizons Seniors Program.

Clearwater Secondary School students (l-r) Kaitlyn Hunter, Shanequa Harwood and Vanessa McGill serve food during a seniors lunch held April 14.

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May 2: 1st Farmers Market of the season. 9 am - noon at Interior Whitewater Expeditions. Info 250-674-3444 Apr. 25: Clearwater Rotary’s Giant Yard Sale, Rotary Sports Park, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bring own table @ $10, or May 2: Indoor Market, Clearwater Elks Hall, 9 am – 12 donate to Rotary. Ph Richard 250-676-9443 for pickpm. up. No lg appl or furniture, please. Hot dogs for sale.

May 16: May Day Parade sponsored by Clearwater Apr. 26: Cashless Craft Swap 1-3pm at the North ThompRotary. Theme is “Western”. Start planning those floats son Volunteer & Info Centre, (the Ridge) Barriere. and individual entries. More details to follow.

Apr 29: Barriere Chamber China Info session. Find out July 17-19: The Canadian Blue Moon Elvis Festival. NT about Marie’s trip to China!! Barriere Ridge Multi-purFall Fair Grounds. info at www.cdnbluemoon.ca or call pose room at 5:30. Call 250-672-9221 for info 250-319-0402 May 1: Community Coffee House, open mic. Open at 6:30pm music at 7pm at the Little Fort Hall (upstairs)

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Apr. 24-26 - Simpcw Honouring Young Women Pow Wow Call 250-672-9995 for info

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TEL: 250.674.3530 IN PERSON: 209 Dutch Lake Rd. EMAIL: sarduini@tru.ca • www.tru.ca/regional_centres/clearwater

Sept 4-7: North Thompson Fall Fair & Rodeo

ONGOING EVENTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT • Indoor Market: Every Saturday May – Oct, 9 am – 12 noon, Elks Hall.

• Tuesday Morning Coffee (TMC): Meets 10am – 11:30 @ Clearwater Community Baptist Church. All women and children welcome. (9:30-10 am Bible Study). Info 250-674-3624 • Women in Business Luncheon: Last Wed. of the mth at Wells Gray Inn, 12–2 pm. Preregister at 250-674-2700 • Clearwater Choir: Youth 3:30 - 5 pm; Adult 6:30 - 9 pm, Tuesdays, Clearwater Christian Church • Crafts & Conversations with Cheryl. Tuesdays 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at the North Thompson Aboriginal Sharing Center. Phone 250-674-3703 for more info.

• Clearwater Farmers’ Market May – Oct. Saturdays 9am– Noon.

For more info please call Anne at 250-674-3444.

• M&M (Mrs. & Ms.) Social. Last Sun of the mth Wells Gray Inn. 1pm: 250-587-6503 • Blackpool Community Hall Coffee House; Local musicians – 2nd Fri. of the mth. 6:30pm. Concession, $3 or 2 for $5.

• Clearwater Elks Bingo - 2nd & 4th Wed. Elks Hall 5pm, Info call Phyllis 250-674-3535 • Cribbage Wed. at the Royal Canadian Legion. 12:30 pm.

• Fun Darts Fri. at the Royal Canadian Legion. 6 pm.

• Upstream Community and Heritage Society open house Tuesdays: 9am-9pm @ Avola School House, various activities. Info ph Fay 250-678-5302.

• Thompson Valley Quilters. Meet 2nd Wed. and 3rd Mon. of the mth at NTAC in the DLCC, 9 am - 4 pm. Info Linda 250-6743437 or Dorothy 250-676-9270 • Vavenby Needle Arts Group. Meet every Tues. 11am - 4pm at Vavenby Community Center. Info Dorothy 250-676-9270 CHILDREN & FAMILIES • Racoon StrongStart - Raft River Elem school days Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri 8:45-11:45am • Racoon StrongStart - Vavenby Elm school days Wed 8:5011:50am • Clearwater Breastfeeding Group: 3rd Wed. of every month 7:30pm @ YCS • Mother Goose - Monday mornings, reg. Kerry 250-674-3530 HEALTH & HEALING • Hospice Grief Support: 2nd Thur of every mth, NT Funeral Home

1-3 pm, info 250-674-2400 • Shambhala Meditation Group: meets every Tuesday at Forest House 6:30-8:00 pm. Info: 250-587-6373.

• Connections Healing Rooms - Wed. 1-3pm (except stat. holidays). 86 Young Rd. No charge. Sponsored by Living Streams Christian Church. www.healingrooms.com.

• Healthy Choices – Tues 9am Clearwater Christian Church bsmnt (behind Fields). $2/wk drop-in free. Kim 250-674-0224 • Clearwater & District Hospice 3rd Mon. Sept-Jun 10am Legion 778-208-0137.

RECREATION • Drop-in soccer: May-Sept. Tuesdays & Thursday at 7pm at CSS field. Everyone welcome!

• Bowling: Mon. 10–12pm & 1-3pm; Thurs., 1-3pm. Seniors Centre at Evergreen Acres. 250-674-3675 • Clearwater Sno-Drifters: 1st Thurs every mth. 250-676-9414 • CNT Rod & Gun Club: 3rd Tues. of the mth. Blackpool Hall 7pm Nov., Jan., & Mar. AGM in May • Volleyball: Winter, dates TBA, at Clearwater Secondary School Gym, $2 drop in. Info: 250-674-1878.

• Youth Group: ages 12-18, Sat. 7-10 pm Dutch Lake Community Center, info 250-674-2600 • Yoga Tree – Call or email Annie 250-674-2468 annie.pomme@ hotmail.com • Core Strength Fitness. Tuesdays. 10-11am 250-674-0001 • Badminton: Mon & Wed, Oct – Mar, CSS gym, 7:30-9:30 pm, $3 drop-in fee, info 250-674-2518 • Drop in Basketball: Winter, dates TBA, $2 drop in at Clearwater Secondary School Gym. Info: 250-674-1878 • Slo-Pitch: Clearwater mixed Slo-Pitch league May – July. Contact Carmen Archibald 778-208-1773, 250-674-2632 • Drop in Soccer: June -Sept, tues and Thurs, 6:30-8:00 PM, CSS field, $2 drop in, grade 8 to adult SENIORS • BUNCO: 3rd Tue of every mth, Dutch Lake Seniors Drop-in Centre, 1:30 – 3 pm, info 250-674-2400 • Wells Gray Country Senior’s Society 3rd Sun Social Meet at the Wells Gray Hotel at 12:30pm for lunch or dessert, & chat • Wells Gray Country Senior’s Society Book Club Last Thursday of the mth 2pm at the library. All seniors welcome.

• WGCSS Writers Circle: Meets 1st & 3rd Thur. @ Library

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Wells Gray Country Seniors Society Annual General Meeting Wednesday, May 6 10 am at Evergreen Acres Speaker and pot luck lunch to follow

Information APPLY NOW: A $2,500 Penny Wise scholarship is available for a woman entering the Journalism Certificate Program at Langara College in Vancouver. Application deadline April 30, 2015. Please send applications by email to: fbula@langara.bc.ca. More information available online at: www.bccommunitynews.com/ our-programs/scholarship.

Clearwater: AA contact Call Wendy 250-587-0026 anytime.

Clearwater Meeting of Narcotics Anonymous Every Wed. @ Clearwater Christian Church, #11 Lodge Dr. 7-8:15 pm. Call 250-6748100 or 250-319-0794 for info.

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Call Helen at Clearwater Literacy 250-674-3530 Safe Home Response Providing a safe place to escape for women and their children.

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Bay Pacific Inn and Restaurant in Avola, 3845 Abola West Frontage Road BC is looking for a F/T housekeeper. Duties include cleaning the motel and restaurant. Wages $15/hour - 40 hours / week. Must be able to communicate comfortably in English. No experience nec., employer will train. Accommodation provided at $350/mo.

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Request for Local Forestry Contractors From The Wells Gray Community Forest Corporation The Wells Gray Community Forest Corporation is a local licensee that is presently creating a directory of services and capabilities that local contractors can provide for 2015/2016.

Applicants must have their principal place of business located in Electoral A (Wells Gray Country). All aspects of forestry work are being considered: Development, Silviculture, Road building and Harvesting.

Interested companies are invited to submit company Resume/ Profile and a list of available services and resources to: Wells Gray Community Forest Corporation 209 Dutch Lake Road Clearwater, B.C. V0E 1N1 Please contact George Brcko, General Manager, 250-674-3530 for further information.

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ORIENTATION will be held both April 25th & April 26th @ 3488 Yellowhead Hwy. (8 km north of the Vavenby turnoff) 9AM4PM. If you are interested in employment with CWS Inc., you MUST ATTEND ONE of these two days and pass the physical fitness test (walk 2 miles/3.22km carrying 25lbs/11.34kg within 30 minutes).

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Merchandise for Sale

Auctions ANTIQUE & FARM EQUIPMENT DISPERSAL SALE FOR TRACY HAUGHTON & THE LATE BOB HAUGHTON, 4400 SEPARATION RD., KNUTSFORD. (13 kms. on Hwy. 5A from Exit 368 @ Aberdeen Mall) SATURDAY APRIL 25, 2015 @ 10:30 a.m.

TRACTORS, TRUCKS, HAYING EQUIPMENT, HORSE TACK, ANTIQUES AND SHOP TOOLS. FMI CALL 250-573-3939

Garage Sales Clearwater Garage Sale 337 Wyndhaven Place Saturday & Sunday April 25 & 26 9 am - 3 pm Downsizing Garage Sale - Birch Island Lost Creek Rd. & Walker Rd. Sat. April 25 from 9am-3pm Look for the signs Garage Sale - May 2: On Call Service Centre, 851 Yellowhead Hwy. French doors, windows, Harley bags, cook stoves, front loader washer, TV, vacuum, printers, bathtubs, sinks, toilets, tools, pumps, truck chains, straps, concrete sealer, and a whole lot more!

All must go!!

Multi-Family McLean Rd. Yard sales. Apr. 25 & 26 9am1pm. Custom benches, household items & much more.

Heavy Duty Machinery A-CHEAP, LOWEST PRICES STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock. 40’ containers as low as $2,200.

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Apt/Condo for Rent

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Clearwater: 2 bdrm suite in triplex, own entrance, close to town. $600/mo + dd. Avail immed. Ph Julie 250-674-0188

Barriere: 1bdrm suite, would suit single person. Near amenities, ample parking, hydro/heat incl. Rent neg. 778220-2148.

Vacuum Cleaner for sale: Kirby Sentria (upright) w/all accessories incl shampooer and extra bags; under 2 yrs old and like new. A steal @ $350 (original purchase price over $1,000); ph 250-674-2790

Misc. Wanted Private Collector Looking to Buy Coin Collections, Silver, Antique Native Art, Estates + Chad: 778-281-0030 in town.

WANTED: FIREARMS, all types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military.

We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed Dealer. Call 1.866.960.0045 or online: www.dollars4guns.com.

Wanted: Snowplow to fit Ford pickup. Winch lift type. Call Teun at (sat) 403-927-6277 or email: jennyteun@live.com

Real Estate For Sale By Owner 2 Bdrm Mobile Home for sale. $25,000 obo. Perfect starter home!! Rent considered for the right person. Call 778-257-0498 or 250-3187235 Clearwater: 222 Dutch Lk Rd, 4 bdrm (2 up/2 down), full suite downstairs, $135,000; 220 Dutch Lk Rd, 3 bdrm, $119,000; 208 Dutch Lk Rd, 3 bdrm, w/2 full bath, $119,000; 225 Murtle Cres, 4 bdrm, 3.5 bath, 10 yrs old, $249,000; 414 Buck Rd, 2 bdrm MH on own lot, $66,000; Vavenby Peavine Rd, 3 bdrm up, 1 bdrm suite down, on 4 single lots, new renos, $185,000.

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STEEL BUILDINGS. “Spring sales with hot savings!” All steel building models and sizes are now on sale. Get your building deal while it’s hot. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

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Duplex / 4 Plex Barriere: 3 bdrm duplex (2up 1down),on Dunn Lake Rd. $1100/mo + util. Or other options, call 250-319-5220 or 250-672-9958. Avail immed.

Barriere: large 1 bdrm apartment in quiet neighbourhood.750sqft. $615/mo. Pets negotiable. Call 250-682-2231

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Mobile Homes & Pads Barriere: Newer mobile home on private lot downtown. 2 bdrm, 1 bath. Includes appl. w/d, cable tv, util (heat, etc.).

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Clearwater: 3 bdrm, 220 Dutch Lake Rd, $850/mo, recent renos. Call 250-674-3668

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Clearwater: 3 bdrm, 2 bath, home on Bain Rd. Wood pellet & elec heat, 10 acre lot. $1250/mo + util. Mature adult.

NS Ph. 403-816-7979

Notice This notice is in response to Legal notice in Clearwater Times dated March 26, 2015 on page A18.

Property of Larry Brigden, mobile home located at 34-935 Old North Thompson Highway, Mountain View Trailer park is in probate.

Any claims made against this property are subject to probate to be settled.

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Flora and fauna on our tropical trip Driving south on Feb. 28 to start our trip to Florida, husband John and I with two friends left huge piles of snow, drab bits of lawn showing, bare limbs on deciduous trees while conifers still looked dark and wintry. Roads were good all the way to Seattle but critters were scarce except for large flocks of swans dining on the green grass of Skagit Valley in northern Washington.

The following morning, passing the snowy peaks of Mount Hood and Rainier, we began our flight southeastern towards Houston, Texas and the scurry from gate to gate to continue to Orlando, Florida. Having crossed three time zones, we landed in the dark. The shuttle taking us to our prearranged motel seemed to be going in circles to get out of the Airport when a thin, moving object, shiny in the lights, crossed in front of us. “An alligator!” Not particularly large, it dashed towards a small pond.

Trekking Tales By Kay Knox Balmy temperatures, lazily-moving palm fronds, a local pulling weeds from her garden, and trees covered in bright blossoms greeted us as we strolled through the neighbourhood next morning. Ah....

A heron on a nearby lake made it feel more like home.

Later on, suitcases on board, as the bus looped through the elegantly-landscaped properties of classy hotels picking up more would-be cruise boat passengers, we passed many ponds with white birds (cranes, small and great egrets) and the occasional small turtle.

Beside the highway to the cruise port of Port Canaveral, cows

grazed where tropical tangled growth had been cleared away to make fields, or wandered in and out of standing water. In vain we looked for another alligator.

Lining up to board the cruise ship, we realized the wildlife of the voyage was young, pretty or handsome – and excitedly noisy.

It was Spring Break for college students and their numbers way out-classed young families and the senior contingent. Finding a quiet place that wasn’t knee-deep in slim, fit, skimpily-dressed “kids”, endlessly imbibing, was almost impossible.

Fortunately, after this four-day cruise, we sailed for seven more peaceful days

from Fort Lauderdale – not a college student in sight.

Our morning walk in Fort Lauderdale before leaving had us peering in the canals, again unsuccessfully, this time for manatee.

“They are there,” said our fifth buddy, an avid yachts-person who had floated on these waters several times in past years.

Small lizards with tails which curved into several concentric circles were our consolation.

Twice when we were on shore we saw iguanas. Bestest buddy Joan and I were wandering the grassy, rolling grounds of Fort Cristobel, once stalwart guard to San Juan, when a movement caught her attention. We watched each other without fear, but gradually this critter, about a metre long, moved onto a row of “dead” coral rocks and we were hardpressed to see it or its companion nearby whose perfect camouflage had kept it hidden from our gaze until then.

The second opportunity to be close to

B.C. carbon tax gets international attention

By Tom Fletcher, Black Press

Premier Christy Clark met Friday with the finance ministers of China, India, the U.S. and other G20 countries to tell them about the success of B.C.'s carbon tax on fuels.

Clark said in a phone interview from Washington D.C. she was invited there by the World Bank, whose president Jim Yong Kim co-chaired the meeting along with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. Countries around the world are looking for greenhouse gas reduction strategies before the next UN climate conference in Paris next December, and Clark said there was keen interest in B.C.'s experience.

B.C.'s carbon tax was introduced in

Premier Christy Clark Black Press photo

2008, and is currently set at $30 per tonne of carbon dioxide emissions. That translates to about seven cents a litre on gasoline and similar taxes on coal, natural gas and other fuels.

"We've created one of the broadest-based carbon taxes in the world and used 100 per cent of the tax to reduce corporate, small business, and individual income taxes, and that's result-

ed in robust economic growth compared to the rest of the country," Clark said.

Clark put a fiveyear freeze on the carbon tax after winning the B.C. Liberal leadership, and the government has wound up its carbon offset purchasing office and withdrawn from a group of U.S. states working on a regional carbon trading plan.

Clark said B.C. will soon appoint a panel

of "thought leaders" to see where the province can make further gains in greenhouse gas reduction. One of those leaders who is unlikely to be included is Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver, who has criticized Clark for reversing climate policy progress made under former premier Gordon Campbell.

Weaver and NDP leader John Horgan say the province's decision to ease emissions rules for liquefied natural gas production is a big step backward.

The Green Party has campaigned to increase the carbon tax to $50 a tonne immediately, and keep raising it to promote alternatives to carbon fuels. The NDP has called for carbon tax revenues to be directed to transit and building improvements instead of returning it as tax cuts.

an iguana was at St. Thomas. Joan and I were returning from an excursion involving snorkelling and were walking back to the ship through the usual array of touristoriented shops when

one appeared on the pavement at our feet!

The photos that I snapped of it were the last I would take on my wee, well-used camera. I put it down somewhere when we were back on the ship.

Apparently someone of the not-nice kind of fauna decided they needed it more than I did. It was not passed along to the ship’s personnel and I miss it and the pictures within.

Writers' Circle holds book launch

Members of the Writers’ Circle of Clearwater and Area, Val Luger of Vavenby (l) and Doug Leighton of Little Fort share ideas about writing during the book launch of Collected Works 2014. The book contains stories, poems, sketches and photographs by Val, Doug and other locals, and sells for $20 each. The picture on the book’s cover was copied from an original painting by Barb Ferguson, seated in the background (r) talking to Bonnie Harms.

Photo by Kay Knox

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