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Despite stormy start, forecast calls for sunny Silver City Days

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BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

This year's Silver City Days may launch with some iffy weather today – but the stormy ride ends there, according to the local forecaster.

“It doesn't look overly wet, but the system coming in is likely to produce a fair bit of wind and cooler temperatures,” said Ron Lakeman from the Castlegar weather office. “And there's definitely a chance of showers or thunder showers on Wednesday.”

Blue skies are expected to return Thursday, along with windy periods and temperatures returning to a more typical 18 C. The high pressure shift is predicted to linger over the weekend, bringing sun and a warming trend with temperatures rising to 22 C, which is considered unseasonably warm for this time of year.

Mother's Day is calling for clear skies and temperatures up to 25 C. With spring sprung and the city in bloom, it wasn't the usual April showers that brought May flowers this year.

According to Lakeman, the pattern that prevailed last month was more typical of May with only 50 per cent of the usual April precipitation.

“May typically has a few stretches of nice sunny and warm patterns,” he explained. “And that's the sort of pattern we had during April.”

Total precipitation rounded up at 30 millimetres (mm), but didn't near the driest April on record from 20 years ago, when only 13 mm of rain fell.

The dry conditions accompanied mostly sunny days with the coolest day, -4 C set on April 2 and the warmest, 28 C on April 28. The latter temperature neared but didn't break the warmest day in April, 28.2 C, which was set 35 years ago on April 27.

Two more record daily maximums of 23.6 C, 26.5 C were set on April 20, and April 21 respectively.

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Crews from West Coast Amusements were setting up shop along the Esplanade in downtown Trail for this year’s Silver City Days. The midway and carnival is scheduled to kick off today from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. and continue through Sunday. The Festival Food Mall will also be open for business today from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

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Montrose has completed the reconsideration and final adoption of the 2015 budget and property tax bylaws.

At Monday night's regular meeting, council members had the final reading for both the bylaws, following months of drafts, public consultations and working to reduce the tax increase as much as possible.

The tax bylaw passed with a 2.5 per cent jump, translating to a slight increase for the average village homeowner.

Along with the property tax increase, user fees have increased $11.00 per year across the board for all Montrose residents.

The dollar amount that village ratepayers will see on their next tax bill depends on the assessed value of their homes.

For a house assessed at $100,000, there will be a miniscule annual increase of $7.62.

Property taxes for a home assessed at around $200,000 will see an extra $15.00 on their next bill.

Homes that have been assessed at $300,000 will come with an increase of $22.37.

The property tax increase will net the village an extra $11,167 to spend within the municipality.

The tax increase started at three per cent, but village staff rearranged some expenditures and See SPENDING, P. 3

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Skool-Aid helps get students off on the right foot

By Liz Bevan Times Staff

It can cost nearly $150 for a Grade 7 student to buy all the supplies they need to be successful in school, and some families can't afford the expense.

Enter Skool-Aid – a charitable program that helps students buy their school supplies when their parents can't spare the extra money. The program is currently accepting donations to supply students for the 2015-2016 school year.

Louise McEwan, a volunteer with the organization, says the costs for school supplies are steadily on the rise, and Skool-Aid does what it can to help.

“The average cost for a Grade 1 student, if they come into Hall's Basics and get everything at retail price, would be over $77,” she said.

“For Grade 7, it can be over $140. There are new items that add to the cost as well.

Some classes are required to buy USB sticks, or earbud headphones – things they didn't need a few years ago.”

One of the main goals of the year-round fundraiser is to help underprivileged students start school on equal footing with their peers.

“The program does more than give students the supplies,” said McEwan. “The feedback that we have been getting is that it really helps the kids feel included. They start out the school year with what their peers have and that does a lot to boost their self esteem, confidence, and we hope, make them excited about learning. We believe that education can lift people out of poverty.”

Skool-Aid outfitted 167 students from Rossland

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Pilot program training volunteers to care for chronically ill

By Sheri Regnier Times Staff

With any research project you are answering a question, says Brenda Hooper, a retired community health nurse who remains active in the home healthcare field.

During a three-year University of British Columbia (UBC) study that positioned Hooper in a new “nurse navigator” role for chronically ill seniors in Trail and Castlegar, the answer was clear.

“Yes, people with life limiting chronic illness do benefit from having a nurse navigator visit them on a regular basis for help,” she explained.

“So if that made a difference, the question is, “Can a volunteer be trained to be a navigator, with the back up of a nurse? So that's what we are working on now.”

The pilot program called Trail/ Castlegar Augmented Response (TCARE) recently morphed into the new project that now includes participants and volunteers living in Nelson.

Seven people from the three cities were trained to become healthcare navigators last week.

Volunteers with a medical background or experience working with hospice, were selected for the three-day course that essentially has them taking over the role Hooper filled during the TCARE study.

Twice a month she would make home visits to answer questions about medical care,

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UBC Okanagan Canada Research Chair Barb Pesut and Health Navigator Brenda Hooper look over a workbook created to help train volunteer health navigators to work with chronically ill seniors living in rural communities. resources in the community, as well as offering advice to families and caregivers.

That directive continues, but enables educated volunteers to help chronically ill seniors maintain better, healthier lives through their knowledge of available health care resources and services.

Participants could be dealing with a range of long term ill-

Bear Creek Well project extended

By Times Staff The Bear Creek Well shut down has been extended into summer.

According to a press release from the City of Trail, homes in Shavers Bench, Miral Heights and Glenmerry will continue to get their water from the city's water treatment plant.

The original plan was to have the Bear Creek Well fully up and running by April 30, but an unforeseen water main repair slowed down the project's progress, changing the end-date to sometime in mid-June.

As with the original notice of improvements at the well, city officials warn that there may be a chlorine odour coming from the tap water, and advise waterdrinkers to leave some water in an open container overnight to get rid of the smell.

Residents in Waneta will begin to receive their water from the Bear Creek Well.

The project will result in “more efficient circulation of the city's water supply” and will up the Green Gables reservoir capacity from 65 per cent to 100 per cent.

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nesses, including cancer, chronic lung diseases, heart failure, and other serious debilitating issues.

The role moves palliative care upstream and into the population with chronic illness, said Hooper.

“They are not palliative, they are struggling, when things start to get worse and they're having to go to the doctor a lot,” she explained. “Often it's in between first diagnosis and the end stag-

es when end-of-life care may be required.”

Hooper describes the stage of illness like,'Humpty Dumpty sitting on a wall.'

“Because they may go crashing down,” she said. “When I use those words with people they nod their heads.”

For those who feel they might be missing key pieces of information regarding their condition

and treatment, Hooper helps the person sift through complicated information they receive from physicians and other healthcare specialists.

“The new training program for specialized volunteers will help them assist in ways that were noted during the (nurse navigator's) time with that person,” she added.

Almost half the original 25 TCARE participants are part of the project's extension, and volunteer navigators are matched to each, much like hospice and bereavement programs.

The study is currently recruiting participants in Nelson. People interested in becoming volunteer navigators or who know an older adult who might benefit from navigator services can contact Hooper at brenda.hooper@ubc. ca.

Once the year-long pilot project is complete, researchers will have a curriculum and protocol for educating future rural volunteer healthcare navigators and a better understanding of the benefits of this role.

More than $210,000 in grants for this study has been received from the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, the Vancouver Foundation, and the Technology Evaluation in the Elderly. The project involves UBC Okanagan, Dalhousie University, the University of Alberta, Interior Health and several hospice organizations.

Every dollar donated goes to students

FROM PAGE 2 “We are just trying to do our best.”

The help also allows parents to spend the money elsewhere, on things like shoes and clothes for fast-growing students.

For the month of April, the program has been raising awareness for fundraising needs with a window display at Hall’s Basics, the local business that supports Skool-Aid. “I can’t say enough about Hall’s Basics,” said

Spending plan meets village’s needs FROM PAGE 1 revenues, ending up with an increase of 2.5 per cent.

The $2,471,431 village spending plan was put together on short notice, but meets all the village’s needs, says Bryan Teasdale, chief administrative officer in Montrose.

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“Their basement turns into an assembly line of school supplies.

They are so fantastic. We do the fundraising, but Hall’s does the packaging and the delivery to the schools. Because of them, our costs are 30 to 35 per cent below retail.”

One unique aspect of the Skool-Aid program is the lack of operating costs. All the fundrais-

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ing is done by volunteers, and McEwan says every dollar raised goes to the supplies.

“The money goes directly to the students, which I think is wonderful,” she said.

“I would say every penny in donations goes to the kids.”

For more information, or to donate to Skool-Aid, contact McEwan at louisemcewan@shaw.ca.

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Canada remembers 70 years after guns fell mostly silent

THE CANADIAN PRESS WAGENINGEN, Netherlands - It was 70 years ago Tuesday that the guns fell nearly silent along the Canadian and British lines in Holland.

The war in northwestern Europe was almost over and Pte. Frank Graham, who’d fought with the Canadian 1st Division all through Sicily, Italy and Holland, found himself thunderstruck.

“When I heard they’d given up, I thought, no they don’t,” said Graham, 92. “I didn’t believe it to start with.”

The BBC had announced the ceasefire the night before, on May 4, 1945, yet Graham said he’d been disappointed by rumours before.

Seven decades on, Graham was part of a sentimental parade of veterans who rolled past a reviewing stand in vintage army vehicles outside of the hotel where the capitulation was made official.

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“Brings back a lot of memories,” said former corporal Al Stapleton, looking at an armoured reconnaissance car. He also served with the 1st Division, but as a signaller.

Scattered, heavy thunder showers threatened Tuesday’s parade and even cancelled a photo opportunity Prime Minister Stephen Harper had planned with the veterans, who had to scramble for cover.

It was far cry from the breezy, cold day in 1945 when Col.-Gen. Johannes Blaskowitz, commander of all German forces in the Netherlands and Denmark, showed up at the wrecked Hotel de Wereld.

Canadian Lt.-Gen. Charles Foulkes accepted the surrender in a simple signing ceremony, which was to be followed two days later by the more formal unconditional surrender of all German forces accepted by Allied supreme commander U.S. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower at Reims, France.

FRIDAY: MIDWAY OPENS AT 3:00 PM “I watched the tired, old Blaskowitz sitting SATURDAY & SUNDAY: MIDWAY OPENS AT 12:00 PM across the dusty table from Gen. Foulkes and blinking like an owl as he agreed to every surrender term,” Canadian Press war correspondent (NOON-10PM) Ross Munro wrote in his post-war book, Gauntlet to Overlord.

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direct fire casualty was recorded just before 11 o’clock on Nov. 11, it is tough to determine who - precisely - was the last soldier to die in Europe when the shooting stopped. The last Canadian to die in the Second World War was killed in the Pacific some months later.

Don Somerville, 92, a former sapper who served as a combat engineer, said everyone in his unit had an inkling the war was drawing to a close and nobody wanted to be the last to die.

After German dictator Adolf Hitler’s suicide, he says “everybody started shutting down then, hoping they could make it. You know?”

Somerville recalled, in vivid detail, the 9th Canadian Brigade assault across the Ems River to capture the town of Leer, Germany just a few days before the official surrender.

The brigade started on D-Day and survivors claimed Leer “was the worst assault they’d ever had,” said Somerville. “We knew there was inklings that the war might be over, but the infantry lost an awful lot of men in there. We lost eight or nine (combat engineers).”

The campaign in northwest Europe cost 79,774 Canadian casualties, of whom 21,478 were killed.

“Freedom would not be as we know it today without you,” Gen. Tom Middendorp, the Dutch chief of defence, said at the beginning of the parade. “We can’t repay you.”

The sentiment was echoed among the thousands who lined the street, some four deep along the sidewalks, waving small Canadian flags to cheer on the veterans.

One young couple in their 20s with a sixmonth-old baby surprised veteran Bert Reynolds by asking to have their picture taken with him.

Harper responded to the warm welcome.

“I know I speak for all the Canadians here - our esteemed veterans in particular - when I thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for the kindness you show us,” Harper said to his Dutch hosts at the parade. “It is so incredibly moving to visit the Netherlands and to see your tributes to our lost soldiers: a familiar Canadian name on a street here, on a bridge there, to see the love and care paid to their final resting places, to see the candles at Christmas at Holten, but, most of all, to see the honour and love you shower upon our veterans, in particular the veterans who have travelled so far to be with us today.”

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Author won Oscar for ‘Dances With Wolves’

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TUCSON, Ariz. - The Academy Award-winning writer of “Dances With Wolves” has died.

Michael Blake’s business partner, Daniel Ostroff, says the 69-year-old died Saturday in Tucson, Arizona, after a long battle with cancer.

Blake wrote the novel “Dances With Wolves” at the urging of his longtime friend, actor Kevin Costner. The novel was fairly unsuccessful but became a hit film after Costner asked Blake to adapt it into a movie.

The Civil War epic about an Army lieutenant who befriends a Native American tribe won seven Academy Awards, including one for best adapted screenplay.

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Oldest furnace retired THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG - A furnace that started heating a Winnipeg home during the Great Depression has finally been retired.

The 79-year-old beast was the winner of a contest for the oldest working gas furnace in Winnipeg.

Owner Beatrice Solsberg won a new highefficiency furnace, duct work and air conditioner.

Solsberg says it was called an octopus furnace because of the amount of ductwork coming out of it.

Nancy Rybak, owner of Furnace Experts, which held the contest, says she and her technicians have never seen anything like it.

Rybak says installation of the new furnace will take two workers four days and would have cost Solsberg about $13,000.

Every furnace in the contest was inspected so they could confirm the age.

Solsberg’s Sears furnace had a plate with the week and year the furnace was made on it.

The first technician to see Solsberg’s beast told his boss, who went and looked for himself, and then he told Rybak she should go look.

“She had to know something was up,” Rybak said, laughing. “None of us have seen anything like it.”

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P.E.I. a sign that political landscape in flux: experts pony tails voting their heart.”

The Liberals won their third straight majority under rookie premier Wade MacLauchlan, dropping from 20 seats to 18, while the Tories took eight seats and the Green party claimed its first seat in the legislature.

Dowbiggin says the Liberal win shows the electorate is comfortable with the former university president, the province’s first openly gay premier.

He also says the Greens and NDP still face huge obstacles in fundraising, candidate recruitment and a first-past-the-post system that works against parties that don’t have a strong chance of forming government.

But the old days of predictable swings of the majority of the 27 ridings on the Island from one major party to the other after two to three terms in

THE CANADIAN PRESS A strong election showing Monday by third parties that once struggled for slivers of Prince Edward Island’s vote is a warning to Tories and Liberals that generations-old political loyalties are fading, say political commentators.

History professor Ian Dowbiggin of the University of Prince Edward Island says the gains made by the NDP and the Green party, which each won about 11 per cent of the popular vote, represents a historic shift that won’t be easily erased.

“When you get over 20 per cent of the total number of votes, it’s got to reflect a changing of political allegiance, especially among young people,” he says.

“The people who were voting yesterday for the Greens and the NDP weren’t simply old hippies with

power are being challenged.

The NDP’s share of the vote shot from 3.2 per cent in 2011, when they seldom attracted more than 200 voters in most ridings, to almost winning a Charlottetown seat and quadrupling their overall support.

Green leader Peter Bevan-Brown swept to victory in the riding of Kellys CrossCumberland, with his own total of 2,077 votes equalling two thirds of what the entire party was able to muster in the last election.

Don Desserud, a professor of political science at the University of Prince Edward Island, said he’s cautious about concluding the results will lead to further growth - but he was nonetheless impressed.

“It could be a step towards a historic change. What it shows is that there’s a

substantial number of voters on the Island who do two things: they don’t vote for the Liberals and the Conservatives, and they do vote,” he said.

Both Desserud and Dowbiggin say interest in the third parties may help explain an overall turnout of 86 per cent of voters, up significantly from the 76.5 per cent turnout in the last election.

Chief electoral officer Gary McLeod says in an email he’s unable to confirm the reasons for the increase at this time.

Dowbiggin says the results also demonstrated the failure of the Tories to capitalize on public disenchantment with the government of former Liberal premier Robert Ghiz.

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Crime rate higher in north THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA - Northern Saskatchewan has the highest crime rate in the country compared to other northern regions, according to a report

by Statistics Canada.

The report says in 2013, police-reported crime rates in northern areas of provinces doubled the south, and crime rates in the territories were seven times higher.

In Saskatchewan, almost 55,000 crimes were reported per 100,000 people in the north, compared to just over 9,000 in the south.

Co-author of the report, Mary Allen, says some of the difference can be explained by higher rates of mischief and disturbing the peace in the north.

But she says many violent crimes such as assault are also more prevalent, while robbery and extortion stand out as two offences that occur at lower rates.

The report notes that Nunavut, northern Manitoba and the Northwest Territories also had high levels crime, followed by Yukon and northern Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Taking aim at e-cigs THE CANADIAN PRESS Quebec has tabled anti-tobacco legislation targeting e-cigarettes and tightening rules governing smoking in public.

If it becomes law, Bill 44 would see the increasingly popular e-cigarette subject to the same rules as other tobacco products.

That means it will be forbidden to use e-cigarettes inside institutions and public buildings.

The province is also moving to ban smoking on bar and restaurant patios and cracking down on smoking in vehicles where minors 16 and under are present.

The bill was tabled by junior health minister Lucie Charlebois.

He says many voters identified the Liberals with the provincial nominee program, which brought immigrants into the province if they invested in Island companies. In 2009, the auditor general released a report on conflict of interests that were related to the program.

The professor says that issue, along with provincial financial woes, could have led to a breakthrough for Conservative Leader Rob Lantz.

Instead the party’s overall popular vote fell, and Lantz was unable to win his seat in Charlottetown.

Dowbiggin said he doubts Lantz can stay on as leader of the party if he can’t win a seat in a byelection.

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n the last dozen years eight out of nine commissions or citizen assemblies created by governments in Canada have not only advocated getting rid of our first-pastthe-post (FPTP) electoral system but have recommended adopting MMP, or mixed-member-proportional representation.

In the upcoming 2015 federal election Tom Mulcair is offering Canadians a chance to change the current system by electing an NDP government with a strong mandate to implement MMP. The NDP is the only federal party that has consulted widely across the country to develop a clear way forward that is fully committed to bringing about electoral reform.

Here are just a few of the many things that are wrong with Canada’s current FPTP electoral system: 1) It promotes false majorities in the House

of Commons. There is no better example of this than Stephen Harper’s current Conservative majority government won with less than 40 per cent of the vote. And, because the Prime Minister has so much executive power embedded in the legislature, he has radically transformed our country by ramming through numerous pieces of legislation that were opposed by 60 per cent of the electorate.

2) It exacerbates a false sense of regional differences. For example, although a full third of Albertans marked their ballots in 2011 for other parties only Conservatives MPs were elected. This result creates an image that the entire province is monolithically Conservative which is clearly untrue.

3) There is a consistent under-representation of women in our system.

4) It exacerbates adversarialism and hyper-partisanship rather than co-

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ATAMANENKO Keeping House operation and compromise in legislative activity and government policy.

5) The role of MPs is undermined because voters have to choose, with one vote, the local representative they would like to have representing their constituency, the party they would like to see with the most seats in the House of Commons and, very often, which party leader they prefer.

All of these things, under a properly structured proportional representation system, would be dealt with and result in a more balanced demo-

cratic system.

Under the mixed member proportional (MMP) system favoured by the NDP, voters’ preferences would be counted in two ways: a) voters will elect a single MP to represent their constituency as they have always done; and b) their votes will additionally count as part of the popular vote that determines a proportionate seat total for each party in the House of Commons.

By combining a proportional representation of parties in Parliament with the direct election of an MP in each constituency – a party receiving 40 per cent of the vote would gain only 40 per cent of the seats.

This is the system that is being used quite successfully in New Zealand, Scotland and in Germany.

These jurisdictions are electing a higher percentage of women and partisanship has decreased while civility, cooperation, and thoughtful debate

leading to better policies have become the norm.

Because it is rare for any given party to get over 50 per cent of the popular vote (and thus over 50 per cent of the seats) cooperation with other parties has simply become a fact of life for any government.

Parties and politicians are much less prone to present extreme contrasts between themselves and other parties as a way to manoeuver for a singleparty majority government come election time.

To elect an NDP government and make fair elections a reality, voters of all political stripes will need to come together this one time using the current flawed system.

However, if we can beat the system in the 2015 election, 2019 will bring about the first truly democratic and representative government in Canadian history.

Alex Atamanenko is the MP for BC Southern Interior

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East Kootenay MLA delivers petition on highway maintenance when highways were particularly treacherous after a storm.

At the time, Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett also expressed concern about the state of the roads. Mr. Bennett was not available for comment on the petition.

So what happens now? Macdonald says the process is dependent on the Minister actually seeing the petition and right now there is no requirement that would have him do so.

“We have proposed changes to the petition process to require the Minister to see it.

Right now there is no requirement for a formal response.

But I directed it to the Minister of Transportation in the Legislature.”

Still a petition is a good tool, he says.

“A significant number of people signed the petition and also wrote comments,” he said. “It’s one more tool pushing the government to do the right thing.”

Macdonald says the state of winter roads is one of the biggest concerns raised in his office, and that he has raised the issue with the Minister and his staff many times.

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Columbia River Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald delivered a petition to the BC Legislature on Monday. The petition contained nearly 1,000 names of people who are concerned about the lack of maintenance on the highways in the East Kootenay, Macdonald said.

“It’s clear from this petition that people are fed up.”

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“I was pleased to present this petition on behalf of the people of the East Kootenay region who are very worried about the state of our highways,” said Macdonald. “I took this opportunity to bring this issue to the attention of the Minister of Transportation, Todd Stone.”

The petition originated with the FaceBook Group Taking Back East Kootenay Highways, which was formed by local area residents dissatisfied with the maintenance in the past couple of winters.

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Harper’s pre-election ad blitz is an abuse of taxpayer dollars An editorial from the through the finance departToronto Star ment and tax agency flogging The ads are springing up its budget, which featured faster than pansies on the “handouts to the wealthy,” as sunny side of the street on the NDP’s Nathan Cullen put a warm spring day. It’s hard it. to escape Prime Minister But that’s the tip of an Stephen Harper’s aggressive iceberg. Tory ad blitzes have pre-election advertising blitz cost a whopping $750 million reminding us of since Harper all the wondercame to office in “Proposed ful things his 2006, or nearly government ads Conservatives $85 million a should be vetted are doing with year. our tax dollars.

And, for the by an independent The governrecord, the third party before ment is pushing Liberals can’t they go public.” its Economic claim the high Action Plan, ground when it tricked out come to wastein Tory blue, like there’s ful spending on propaganda. no tomorrow. Everywhere, Under Jean Chrétien and Paul cheerful Canadian families Martin, they pumped $950 and workers — well, cheerful million into ads between 1998 actors, anyway — are shown and 2006, the NDP says, more to be benefitting from the than $100 million a year. federal budget and its voterIt doesn’t have to be this friendly largesse. way.

Voters are being invited As the Canadian Taxpayers to consider What does this Federation has argued, govmean for your family? and to ernments are huge advertisers apply for their share of the and politicians shouldn’t be in child-care benefits and other a position to succumb to the goodies. Meanwhile, ads tout- temptation of abusing public ing the military tie in with dollars by torquing ads for the government’s security partisan advantage. and anti-terror agenda. The It’s an affront to democonslaught on TV, radio, bill- racy and a waste of money. boards and social media is Instead, proposed governrelentless. ment ads should be vetted by It’s also shameless. This an independent third party self-celebration on the pub- before they go public. lic dime is generating some The Conservatives famousmuch-needed pushback. Tom ly spent $2.5 million in 2013 Mulcair’s New Democrats promoting the Canada Jobs and Justin Trudeau’s Liberals Grant, a program that didn’t are complaining that the even exist at the time. ads are unfairly partisan That’s the sort of thing an and wasteful. So are groups independent vetting process such as Democracy Watch would be expected to red-card. and the Canadian Taxpayers The Liberals, to their credit, Federation. are calling on the government In the short term the “to submit all advertising Conservative government to a third-party review prois spending $13.5 million cess before it is approved, to

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Belated as their conversion to adult supervision may be, it’s the right approach.

Indeed, it has been working in Ontario for more than a decade. Back in 2004 Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals gave the province’s auditor general the authority to vet and approve government ads before they are aired, published or distributed, to make sure that they are non-partisan.

The ads “must not have a primary objective of fostering a positive impression of the governing party or a negative impression of a person or entity critical of the government,” the provincial guidelines stipulate.

The recent Conservative blitz has galvanized Democracy Watch to launch a letter-writing campaign calling on the federal auditor general to look into the matter, and to be given the authority to “stop future dishonest, partisan, wasteful ads.”

The sheer existence of a review process serves as a powerful brake on partisanship.

Ontario’s auditor reviewed 625 advertising items in 145 submissions in 20132014, and rejected just one 30-second TV spot out of concern that it “would have left viewers with the impression that Ontario’s manufacturing sector was booming as a result of government programs and activities in this area.”

That’s one tough standard.

The federal Conservative government would be hardpressed to explain how its current ad blitz meets that test.

And that’s just the point. It doesn’t have to. It should.

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Clockwise from top: Trail Track and Field Club athletes were all smiles on a sunny Saturday for the start of the Legion Track meet at Haley Park. Ayla Ferguson races to gold in the 60-m hurdles, while Sage Stefani lands one of her four gold medals in the long jump. The meet saw 15 teams from across the Kootenays, Boundary, and Shushwap including Revelstoke’s Erin Behncke launching the javelin and Jaffray Elementary’s Wyatt Dudley who just missed the record in the boys high jump.

Trail track athletes excel at Legion Meet

By Jim Bailey

Times Sports Editor

The 14th Royal Canadian Legion Track Meet shot out of the starting blocks at Haley Park in Warfield on Saturday under breezy but sunny skies that saw almost 40 records fall.

Fifteen teams and 130 athletes from the East and West Kootenay, Boundary, and Okanagan-Shushwap competed in the annual event, including 15 competitors from the Trail Track and Field Club (TTFC).

“Even the (TTFC) kids that didn’t set records, almost all of them had personal bests, and they’re young, so I thought they did very well,” said TTFC coach Dan Horan.

Other than the TTFC, few athletes competed from

Greater Trail schools despite invitations. However, teams from as far away as Salmon Arm, Revelstoke, Fernie, Elkford, and Christina Lake filled out the field.

Trail Track and Field Club Results: In nine-year-old girls Ella Phillips-Frisk won three gold in 60-m dash, 60-m hurdles, and long jump while setting a meet record in hurdles at 12.8 seconds. She also captured silver in 100-m dash and shot put.

Kaitlyn Parsons won bronze in 60-m dash and 60-m hurdles while Sara Parsons took gold in shot put.

Rhys Drezdoff led 10-yearold girls winning gold in shot put, 60 and 100-m dash, silver in long jump, and a bronze in high jump. Ayla

Ferguson picked up gold in 60-m hurdles, long jump and high jump while taking home silver in the 60 and 100-m sprints. Sentri denBiessen claimed two silver in shot put and 600-m run, and three bronze medals in 60-m dash and hurdles, and long jump.

Sadie Joyce cleaned up in the 11-year-old division winning four gold medals while setting track records in every event including the 60-m dash in 9.1 seconds, 100-m dash in 14.7 seconds, the high jump 1.26-m., and long jump, 3.99 metres. Jendaya Shields won gold in the discus, setting a new meet record with a toss of 14.63-metres, and silver in 60-m dash, while Maya Amantea claimed gold in the 60-m hurdles, three silver medals in 100-m dash,

long jump, and discus, and bronze in the 60-m sprint.

Ava Farias was the other Trail Track Club record setter winning gold in 80-m hurdles with a meet record of 15.6 seconds. Farias also won gold in 100-m sprint, shot put, and long jump, and silver in the 300-m sprint.

Sage Stefani had a number of great performances in 13-year-old girls taking home four gold medals in the 80-m hurdles, high jump, long jump, and shot put.

In 14-15-year-old girls, Jordan Amantea won silver in 80-m hurdles. In boys 10-year-old, Xavier Laird from Glenmerry Elementary won gold in 600-m run and shot put, and three silver medals in 60-m dash, 100-m dash, and long jump.

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks coaching staff put potential Hawks through their paces this weekend at the Nitehawks annual spring camp at the Beaver Valley Arena.

About 40 young skaters took to the ice for three days of scrimmaging, practices, and a fitness seminar in hopes of impressing coaches Terry Jones, Kevin Limbert, and Jim Ingram.

“It went really well,” said Limbert, Nitehawks assistant coach. “There was a lot of local talent.

We had some of our vets and our alumni come back and step up the pace and show the way for the younger players. But we had some good local talent and some good out-of-town talent, it was a great pace.”

With five vets graduating this season, the Nitehawks would like to see as many players as possible return to next year’s squad, but the outlook is still uncertain.

“It’s pretty up in the air, there’s only actually two or three that are 100 percent sure coming back, and the rest are pursuing junior A opportunities.”

Hawks players like Ross Armour and Spencer MacLean are reported to have already signed with junior A teams, while others like Hawks leading scorer Mitch Foyle continues to weigh his options.

“There’s quite a few where we could see you back, but also quite a few that we shouldn’t see back but we would definitely be okay if you did . . . but there’s no reason why he (Mitch) shouldn’t be playing junior A, he’s phenomenal.”

As for prospective Nitehawks, local players that impressed the coaching staff include Evan Gorman, Blake Sidoni, Christian Macasso, and the Ghiradosi twins to name just a few.

This weekend the Nitehawks continue their search for future Hawks as they travel to Cochrane for their Alberta camp.

In recent years the Hawks have tapped the Alberta pipeline for a number of quality players, most notably goaltender Brett Clarke, the 2014 Keystone Cup MVP and Trail Smoke Eater goalie last season. In addition, Taylor Stafford, McKoy Hauk, Jace Weegar, Lyle Frank, Tyler Hartman, Devin Nemes, Michael and Allan Pruss, Jack Vergouven, and Tyler Leicht all helped the team to the KIJHL Kootenay Conference final this year.

“Obviously we’re looking to put the best product on the ice, and if it comes down to a close decision, obviously you have to go with a local kid, because it just makes sense for so many reasons and we do want to develop local talent,” said Limbert. “But it ebbs and flows, some years are stronger than others and the years when it’s a bit thin you got to go out of town and find that crop that’s going to get you where you got to go.”

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Clippers on block

by Greg Sakaki

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The Nanaimo Clippers are for sale.

The owners of the city’s junior A hockey club decided last month to look into selling the team.

Ken Wagner, Clippers governor, said the decision was made collectively by the ownership group at the end of the B.C. Hockey League season.

“It’s been 10 great years, but it’s different interests and different reasons why we’re selling the club,” he said. “Someone local should have that opportunity to take the bull by the horns and have as much fun as we have.”

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FROM PAGE 9 He and the other owners – Bill Gallacher, Kelly Hrudey and Paul Colborne – live in Alberta and have work and family commitments there.

Wagner said the operations of the Clippers are status quo. The team is working on sponsorships and marketing just like any other off-season and Wagner said the recruiting budget is the same as previous years.

“If we don’t sell the club, nothing’s going to change,” he said. “We’ve just made it public now, to say, hey, if there’s anybody local, or anybody out there that has an interest, this is the best way to get it out there.”

He said it’s too early to tell what sort of interest there will be from potential buyers. The club is worth whatever someone’s prepared to pay for it, Wagner said.

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Wagner said he and the other owners have considered themselves stewards of the hockey team, part of the chain of the Clippers’ 42-year history, and are now looking to pass it along. Whoever takes over the club, he said, will inherit a strong program with renewed community support.

“We’re only going to talk to people that

we know are two things – they’re in a position financially to buy the club, and the second thing is people that are in the position financially to support the club,” Wagner said.

“The worst thing you’d want to do is blow up the program by selling it to an owner that gets caught up in the moment.

“You’ve got to have someone who can sustain the losses when it’s not so good, but you’ve also got to have someone that is doing it for the right reasons.”

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Habs look for turn around victories.

The Vezina and Hart Trophy finalist shook off a 6-2 loss Sunday and insisted his focus is on Game 3 alone.

“It’s all in your mindset,” Price said. “Regardless of good performances or bad performances, for me it’s a pretty simple equation. It’s been working all season, so I don’t see a reason to change it now.”

Price is 12-4-4 with two days between games this season. That’s the situation he’s facing again with the pressure at its highest point.

“It just lets you physically recover a little bit,” Price said. “Obviously the playoffs are a grind, you’re playing every second day. Mentally it’s taxing so being able to step away from the rink for a day and having a practice day to kind of fine-tune a few things is definitely beneficial.”

Price may have some adjustments to make given that Tampa Bay has had the most sustained success against him this year. Lightning centre Tyler Johnson, who has a leaguebest seven goals in the playoffs, said they’ve taken advantage of second and third opportunities and made Price go east-west in his crease often.

Others didn’t want to give away the secret or jinx how well they’ve done against Price.

“You try not to look too much into it, I guess, and think about it,” winger Ryan Callahan said. “He’s an unbelievable goaltender.”

THE CANADIAN PRESS TAMPA, Fla. - P.K. Subban and the Montreal Canadiens can see the light despite the 2-0 series hole they’ve dug themselves into against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

“Whenever you come to Florida and you get a little bit of sunshine, everyone seems to smile a little bit more,” Subban said Tuesday. “We’re optimistic at this point.

“We’re not pessimistic, I’ll tell you that right now. We’re one win away from being back in the series.”

The Canadiens’ confidence comes from their five-on-five play in the series, knowing if they can stay out of the penalty box they’re bound to have more success than they did in Game 2. But their biggest reason to believe they can get back in this second-round series is goaltender Carey Price, who so many times this season has carried the Habs on his shoulders.

The good news for Montreal is Price sounded almost as upbeat as Subban ahead of Game 3 tonight.

“I feel great,” Price said. “I’m doing what I’ve been doing my whole life.”

Struggles against the Lightning aside - a 3.47 goals-against average and .906 save percentage in the regular season and eight goals on 59 shots so far in the playoffs - Price has shown often this season the ability to single-handedly will Montreal to

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this with your clergyperson or a therapist, although depending on the particulars of the date rape and the state in which it happened, there may be mandatory reporting laws, as well as no statute of limitations on the crime. (For information on these laws, contact RAINN at rainn.org, or see a lawyer.) A therapist also could help you decide how to broach the subject with your wife.

Is there a way to apologize to the victim? This can be more healing than you know, for both of you. You might also contribute to an organization for rape victims. These things don’t at all make up for what you did, but they are a step in the right direction and better than doing nothing.

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Annie’s

Dear Annie: You’ve printed several letters about bridal showers and baby showers and other occasions where gifts are given.

Let me ask these young women who expect their family members to give gifts for every one of these events: Do you ever give your grandparents a birthday present? Do you ever send the great-aunts a Christmas card? When your uncle is ill, do you send flowers or a get-well card?

Life is not about how many gifts you can get.

These young men and women should count the number of gifts they have received from their grandparents, aunts, uncles and other close friends and family members since their high school graduations and then consider what they have given in return.

-- Tired of the Gimme Generation Dear Tired: Amen. Too often the recipients of largesse think the gravy train only runs in one direction and they don’t need to show similar consideration to an older generation. But what

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Dear Annie: My wife and I have been married for 30 years. Before we met, I coerced a woman into having sex. I did not use physical force, but she did not give consent. By today’s standards, this was, I think, a clear case of date rape.

I have never told anyone about this, and there is little chance that we will ever encounter this woman.

So my wife will never find out. Do I owe it to her to tell her? I believe that to do so could cause serious harm to our marriage. -Anonymous and Conflicted Dear Anonymous: Society is much more sensitive these days (and rightly so) to instances of sex without consent, e.g., when the woman is drunk or when someone in a position of authority takes advantage of a subordinate.

We are glad that this has been bothering you for 30 years. It shows that you have remorse.

Ideally, you would tell your wife and have her support when you voluntarily go to the police, but you don’t seem likely to do that. You can discuss

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Leisure

YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Thursday, May 7, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) In the next two weeks, you will enjoy redecorating where you live. This is a good window of time to entertain at home.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You will have an excellent way with words in the next two weeks, because Venus will sweeten your speech. What a good time for sales, writing, acting and teaching!

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20)

You might see ways to boost your salary in the next few weeks.

Unfortunately, you also will see many ways to spend money on beautiful things! You win some; you lose some.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) The next few weeks are the perfect time for you to shop for wardrobe items.

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 Trail Times

This is because you feel gracious and comfortable in your own skin. Also, you like what you see in the mirror.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)

Secret love affairs might take place for some of you in the next few weeks. Others will relish moments of solitude in beautiful surroundings.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) A friendship with someone from another culture or a different country might blossom for some of you. Others will find that you seem to be involved with artistic, creative people more than usual.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)

You might develop a crush on your boss or someone in a position of authority. Expect someone to ask for your creative input in areas like design, layout, furniture arrangement, whatever.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Travel for pleasure will appeal to you in the next few weeks. Go anywhere if you possibly can arrange this.

Bon voyage!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Gifts, goodies and favors from others will come to you this week and next, so keep your pockets open.

Romantic intimacy will be sweet and passionate.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)

Your ability to relate to those who are closest to you is excellent in the next few weeks. Use this time to patch up misunderstandings.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Many of you will get a raise or praise on the job this week or next. Continue to work hard and respect high standards, because this

will pay off for you.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Romance, love affairs, vacations, playful times with children and the arts will flourish in the next few weeks. Grab every opportunity to party and enjoy yourself.

YOU BORN TODAY You have class. You are dignified and attractive. You enjoy beauty, especially music.

You are generous to oth-

ANIMAL CRACKERS

TUNDRA

BROOMHILDA

MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM

BLONDIE

HAGAR

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SALLY FORTH

ers and often are devoted to a cause. Your willingness to help others will benefit you this year, because your success lies with others.

Therefore, make friends and join clubs and organizations. Help others, because you will be helping yourself.

Birthdate of: Alexander Ludwig, actor; Aidy Bryant, actress; Johannes Brahms, composer; Kevin Macintyre, skeptic and champion walrus wrangler.

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Help Wanted

The Trail Times is a member of the British Columbia Press Council.

The Press Council serves as a forum for unsatisfied reader complaints against member newspapers.

Hiring Kitchen Managers & Cooks NEW! Fresh Fast Food Restaurant, Fruitvale, BC Apply in person: Best Western Plus Columbia River Hotel, 1001 Rossland Ave. Trail

PT PREP COOK Apply in person after 2pm @Lil T’s Cafe 2905 Highway Drive, Trail

Complaints must be filed within a 45 day time limit.

For information please go to the Press Council website at www.bcpresscouncil.org, write to PO Box 1356, Ladysmith, B.C. V9G 1A9 or telephone (toll free) 1-888-687-2213.

NIPKOW’S GREENHOUSE Now Open in Fruitvale. Follow the signs from downtown.

Check out our website at www.nipkowsgreenhouse.com Hours 9 to 5 every day.

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In Memoriam

In Memoriam

In loving memory of

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Contract Driver

Misc. for Sale

Houses For Sale

RAIDER fiberglass canopy, black, top of the line, fits 6’8” box with sliding windows, near new. $800.; Hammond organ in excellent condition, original price $3,000., asking $300.

250-362-5518

ROSSLAND, 2BDRM. Reduced, as is, all furniture, full basement, large garage with pit. $130,000. 250-362-5518

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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.

Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift. Ph Toll free 24 hours 1866-528-7108 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Information

PRODUCT RECALL Kidde Canada in conjunction withh Health Canada has announced a voluntary recall to replace certain Kidde black plastic valve disposable fire extinguishers.

Musical Instruments Guitars, Amps, Drums, Keyboards, P.A., books, Acc. Bay Avenue Music, Trail 250-368-8878

FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent Bella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250-364-1822 Edgewater Townhouse Glenmerry, 3bd, f/s, $850./mo.

Long-term only. 250-368-5908 E.TRAIL, 1&2bdrm. apts. F/S, W/D. Yard. 250-368-3239

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

VISAC Gallery & Creative Centre

Gallery Director

16hr/wk at $18/hr Submit resumes by May 12 to the VISAC Gallery or director@visacgallery.com

If you believe you may have one of these fire extinguishers please contact Kidde Canada at 1-844833-6394 (8am - 5pm) Mon-Fri or visit www.kiddecanada.com and click “Safety Notice.”

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Sales

Glacier Honda would like to add a dynamic, motivated, and driven individual to take our pre-owned car, truck & SUV department to the next level. We have a proven track record built up over the last 25 years that must be maintained with honesty, integrity, and full disclosure.

The Trail Times, a Tuesday to Friday newspaper in beautiful Trail, B.C., is looking for a contract driver to drive one of our current routes. This route covers West Trail, WarÀeld and 5ossland and takes appro[imately hours to complete.

The successful candidate must possess a valid driver’s license, have a reliable vehicle and be available to work Tuesday through Friday.

The successful candidate should be a self-starter, work well with others and be able to meet daily deadlines.

4ualiÀed applicants should apply in person with resume to 0ichelle Bedford, circulation manager, Trail Times by 0ay , .

Private Collector Looking to Buy Coin Collections, Silver, Antique Native Art, Estates + Chad: 250-499-0251 in town.

Responsible for planning and mounting exhibitions and all aspects of gallery operations including co-ordinating workshops, promotions, and community involvement.

PRE-OWNED SALES MANAGER REQUIRED

Help Wanted

Misc. Wanted

Lots Large corner building lot.

Emerald Ridge, Warfield.

Great sun & view. Call 250.368.3120. $125,000.

ABC and BC-rated fire extinguishers manufactured between July 23, 2013 and October 15, 2014 could be affected.

Sales

May 6, 1996 ~ your loving family ~

Help Wanted

Estate Sales Dispersal Auction Rexin Unreserved. 4000 Kettle Valley Rd. S Rock Creek.

May 9, 10 am. 98 Chev truck, 96 Grand Prix low k’s, MF 135 tractor & implements, Irrigation setup, tack, antiques, tools.

Rothwell Auctions.

250-306-1112 www.rothwellsoldit.com

Financial Services

Qualified Mechanic needed at Redstone. The successful applicant will work on all golf course related machinery.

Competitive salary. This is a seasonal position beginning in April and ending in October. All candidates can send resumes to Redstone Resort Box 220 Rossland, BC V0G 1Y0. You can also email to lauri@redstoneresort.com

Personals

FOR INFORMATION, education, accommodation and support for battered women and their children call WINS Transition House 250-364-1543

fax 250.368.8550 email nationals@trailtimes.ca Services Merchandise for Sale Merchandise for Sale Real Estate

Experience in auto dealerships is preferred but we may consider a standout applicant from the business world.

Compensation for the right individual will be salary based with guarantee and full benefit package after trial period.

Our dealership is located centrally in the West Kootenay and has a large trading area from Creston to Grand Forks, Trail to Nakusp.

Please email resume to glacierhonda-sales@telus.net attn Ron Cutler or deliver to our address below.

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1602 Columbia Ave Castlegar BC V1N 1H9

SERVICE & SALES

Phone: 250-365-4845 Fax: 250-365-4845 Toll Free: 1-866-365-4845

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Classifieds

Rentals

Transportation

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

Homes for Rent

Cars - Domestic

Ermalinda Estates, Glenmerry, spacious 1-2bdrms. Adults only. Secure building w/elevator. N/S, N/P. Ongoing improvements. Ph.250-364-1922

E.TRAIL, 2-3bdrm. w/carport, on bus route. N/S, Ref. $850./mo. + util. 250-608-4425

2002 Pontiac Sunfire.

173,000K. Recent Safety.

Looks good, runs great. $1900. Trail BC. 778.456.0011

Francesco Estates, Glenmerry,spacious 1-3bdrms. Adults only (45+). Secure building w/elevator. N/S, N/P. Ongoing improvements. Ph. 250-3686761 Glenmerry 2bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. N/S. $775./mo.

250-368-5908 TRAIL, 2BD. apt. Furn. or unfurn.; with or without utilities, f/s/w. N/S, N/P. Close to downtown & bus stop. $650./mo. ++. Avail. May1st.

250-367-9939

E.TRAIL, 2bdrm. N/S, N/P. Ref. req. $750./mo. +utilities.

250-505-4623

Legal

W.TRAIL, 3BDRM. (Garage) N/S, N/P, F/S, W/D. $800./mo. + utilities. 250-364-1838

Ron Darlene 250.368.1162 250.231.0527 ron@hometeam.ca darlene@hometeam.ca

Legal Notices

Rooms for Rent

WWW .H OME T EAM . CA

In the matter of the Estate of ROLF BERNECE WEBB, AKA ROLF WEBB, AKA ROLF BERNICE WEBB, deceased, (the “Estate”) and 412 Main Street, Salmo, British Columbia, PID: 009-028-196, and 512 Cottonwood Avenue, Salmo, British Columbia, PID: 012-874-302 and 012-874-311 (the “Lands”) Invitations are being accepted for written bids for the purchase of one or both of the Lands “as is where is”. Offers must be without conditions and for completion of the sale by no later than June 30, 2015. Bids are to be submitted to Joni D. Metherell, the Administrator of the Estate, at 301-1665 Ellis Street, Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y 2B3 (facsimile 250-762-5219), by no later than May 15, 2015.

The Estate may accept a bid or bids, or refuse all bids.

W.TRAIL, furnished room for rent. $450./mo. incl. util., internet, laundry. N/S, N/P. Ref. 250-608-4425

WARFIELD, 2bdrm. apt., top floor, weight room, elevator & laundry. $700./mo. +utilities.

Avail. May 1st. 250-231-5992 W.TRAIL 2-bdrm. main floor. f/s,w/d,d/w, central a/c. $700./mo. + util. 250-368-1015

Commercial/ Industrial SHOP/ WAREHOUSE, 4300 sq.ft. Ample outside space.

Good access. 250-368-1312

Houses For Sale

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7958 Birchwood Dr, Trail

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8106 DeVito Dr, Trail

Immaculate Duplex, Non-Strata, 2400 sf

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275,000

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250-231-4420 Rob Burrus

299,000

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Trail

250-231-4420 Rob Burrus

215,000

250-231-4420

Executive Living

94,900

$

Trail

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499,000

$

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Christina Lake $1,000,000 250-231-4420

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224,900

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250-231-4420 Nathan Kotyk

3 Bed, 2 1/2 Bath, Spacious Lot

99,000

229,000

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1863 Third Ave, Trail

149,000

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69,000

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69,000

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#200 - 2180 Elk Rd. (250) 707-2600

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Villiage Green Mall (250) 542-1496

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Aberdeen Mall (250) 377-8880

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215 - 450 Lansdowne Mall (250) 377-8007

200-1965 Columbia Ave. 101 Kootenay St. North (250) 365-6455 (250) 426-8927

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Chahko Mika Mall (250) 352-7258

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2153 Springfield Road (250) 860-2600

154 Victoria Str (250) 314-9944

WEST KELOWNA #200 - 2180 Elk Rd. (250) 707-2600

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local

tent sale

CONTINUES! THIS SATURDAY

The West Kootenay Wolf Pack Lacrosse Team (ages 5-16) will be holding a

BBQ, Bottle Drive & Bake Sale

THIS SATURDAY SHSS Dry Grad

TAKE UP TO CAR WASH

60% OFF Our original price on clearance items in the tent

What you see ...

Brenda Haley photos

Brenda Haley shared photos of her trip last week along the old rail bed that serves as part of the Trans Canada Trail between Castlegar and Christina Lake.

Her viewpoints were above Lower Arrow Lake featuring train tunnels and the Farr Creek Bridge (top left), directly across from Syringa Creek Provincial Park. If you have recent photos you would like to share with our reader email them to editor@trailtimes.ca.

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