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KSCU closing Warfield branch on July 3

SQUIRTING ALONG

BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff

The Warfield Kootenay Savings Credit Union (KSCU) branch is closing on July 3 after 18 years of serving the community.

Nancy Crockett, vice president of sales and member experience at the credit union, says the branch is losing its in-person banking services, but customers will still have access to an ATM and a night deposit box.

“It will be in the same spot for now, but it may change in the future,” she explained.

“The six employees currently working at the branch will be transferred to other locations,” said Crockett.

“This branch is a unionized environment,” she said, adding that other KSCU branches are nonunion.

“So, we will be following our collective agreement and going through the bumping process and working with the union and our human resources department through the transition.”

The building is owned by KSCU, but the future of the location isn't yet known.

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Andy McDonald found the perfect spot to use his squirt boat at Gyro Park beach on Tuesday evening. The confluence of the Columbia River with the flow from the beach area allowed McDonald to get maximum enjoyment. Squirt boating is similar to whitewater kayaking with the thin boat barely keeping the paddler above water. The boat is designed to be used on the surface as well as underwater using the current to manoeuvre and perform tricks. McDonald submerged himself in the Columbia with a corkscrew motion and stayed under water for a few seconds riding the current before resurfacing. He described the feeling similar to squirting a pumpkin seed from your finger tips, hence the moniker. See more photos on Page 2.

May Days set to parade through Fruitvale Citizen of the Year ceremony, fireworks on Friday, parade and return of train rides on Saturday

BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff

Baseball, beer and burgers are just some of the attractions at this year's Beaver Valley May Days celebrations.

With some familiar events, and some returning, this weekend Fruitvale is playing host to the annual festival and organizers are looking forward to it.

Juris Harlamovs is the chair of the May Days organizing committee and says the one event that can't be missed is the fireworks display on Friday night.

“You can get a really good view of the action from Haines Park,” he said. “People keep telling me they are better than Trail's (at Silver City Days). That is my personal favourite.”

Mayor of Fruitvale, Patricia Cecchini says her favourite part of May Days is the Saturday afternoon parade and festivities.

“You must catch the parade followed by coming to Haines Park where there will be all kinds of things happening,” she said. “Fabulous entertainment, motorcycle show and shine, delicious food, beer gardens, market games for the family and much more.”

May Days isn't just about having a good time.

The weekend-long festival also brings newcomers to the Beaver Valley, creating a stronger valley community.

“The big benefit is the community spirit the event generates which in turn, makes the valley a more vibrant place to live,” said Harlamovs.

The local boost and increase in Beaver Valley foot traffic wouldn't be possible without a slew of volunteers, says Harlamovs. The whole weekend is run by sponsorships and donated time.

“May Days is completely organized by volunteers,” he said. “It would not happen without

(them).”

Cecchini echoed his thoughts.

“They are invaluable,” she said.

And back, after being gone for a year, are the popular train rides that loop through the Beaver Valley while passengers sip lemonade and eat cookies for the 45-minute ride on the Spring Spirit Express.

The train rides were suspended for last year's May Days celebrations due to a sharp increase in insurance costs, but this year, they are back with the help of ATCO Wood Products, Columbia Power and other sponsors.

“The train has been extremely popular over the past years, and was greatly missed last year,” said Mayor Cecchini.

“Due to the requests (for the train rides), ATCO was able to secure enough generous sponsors to cover the cost of the insurance not only for May Days, but also for our Jingle Down Main Christmas train.”

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Andy McDonald demonstrated his squirt boating technique near Gyro Park. Creating a corkscrew motion (left) he slowly submerges into the Columbia River until his helmet is the last thing to disappear from sight (above).

Using the currents to manoeuvre underwater, McDonald then resurfaces (below) several metres downstream.

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Department keeps city’s inner-workings flowing

By Sheri Regnier Times Staff

Looking after the city's old bones can be a thankless job.

Which is one reason it's National Public Works Week in Trail and city crews are given the nod for all they do to keep amenities flowing freely through civil infrastructure year round.

In the 55th year of observance, the week is

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a reminder of the 24/7 service the department provides to make sure our water is clear, the parks are mowed, the cemetery is maintained, and the streets are clean as well as a myriad of other necessities and conveniences.

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“Our greatest challenges are to set priorities and schedule all the necessary projects for construction,” he said. “While maintaining the core functions of the engineering department.”

The team of managers strive to provide citizens with the most efficient level of services the city has to offer, he added. “It can be a juggling act at times.”

With such a long career, Proulx has been involved in many of the city's accomplishments.

Those include construction of the water treatment plant, the Trail Aquatic and Leisure Centre, the hospital's Heliport, developing Gyro Park, the city's expansion into the Waneta Junction area and the soon-to-be pipe/pedestrian bridge.

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Police report graffiti at Gyro Park

By Sheri Regnier Times Staff

Police say the city has been hit with more graffiti, this time on the rocks near the Onions at Gyro Park.

The Trail and Greater District RCMP received a report on Monday that the site had been spray painted by more than one unknown suspect.

As the investigation continues, Cpl. Mike Wicentowich said the incident is believed to be related to previous vandalism in the Fifth Avenue tunnel and on the city's river wall at the south end of Jubilee Park.

“The graffiti appeared on the rocks overnight,” he explained.

“And is believed to be connected to the graffiti that occurred in

the tunnel and riverbank wall.”

In those two cases, which were reported April 28, the sites were heavily spray painted with graffiti that included profanity and racially discriminating comments.

A week before the events, a Trail resident notified police that three females, believed to be in their teens, were seen fleeing the tunnel at the time of the vandalism.

One of the females was caught in the midst of spray painting, said Wicentowich, but the detachment received the report after the fact.

Police are releasing pictures of the graffiti in effort to identify the vandals. Anyone with information is urged to call the Trail detachment at 364.2566.

Fewer in-branch customers prompts Warfield closure FROM PAGE 1 “We don’t have any plans in the immediate future,” explained Crockett.

“But we own various properties all across the Kootenays, so we will be looking to see what we will be doing with those in the near future.”

The credit union is closing the branch because of a decrease in customer traffic and in-person banking over the last few years.

According to the credit union, customers are using online and mobile banking in increasing numbers, no longer justifying keeping the doors open.

“It has become increasingly difficult to justify two branches in close proximity of one another

Sign of things to come

in the Greater Trail area,” read a press release announcing the closure.

The Warfield branch opened in 1997 when KSCU merged with the already existing Warfield Credit Union in the same location.

The company’s commitment to original credit union customers at the time was to keep the branch open for at least three years, but have stayed open for nearly 20 years.

Warfield branch customers will now have to go down the hill to the Trail Branch on Farwell St. to do their day-to-day in person banking.

The downtown Trail branch is open six-days-a-week with a 24-hour ATM.

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The first piece of construction on the new library/museum site went up Wednesday when the city installed a sign highlighting the coming addition to downtown.

Cars and motorcycles will shine

FROM PAGE 1 Tickets for the train rides could be bought with the donation of a non-perishable food item, and sold out fast.

There are also some new additions to the May Days schedule this year with a motorcycle show and shine on Saturday and car show in the Beaver Valley Arena on Sunday. Bikers and classic car owners will line up their shiny, well preserved vehicles for visitors to admire and enjoy.

Harlamovs wants to make sure that May Days revellers don’t forget about some of the other activities that get festival goers moving and working up a sweat.

“We must not forget our healthy activities like baseball, slo pitch, kids’ races, the Antenna Trail hike, the Family Walk/Run and especially our three-on-three street hockey,” he said, adding

that when all that is done, he invites walkers, hikers and runners to feast on some delicious food.

“After the workout, there is the food. My favourite is the Rotary’s beef on a bun, but we also have our traditional burgers, pancake breakfast and several other vendors. If you need to replenish your fluids, we have our ever-popular Beaverian Gardens.”

Beaver Valley May Days runs from 1 p.m. on Friday with the Seniors’ Tea Party and the Beaver Valley Citizen of the Year ceremony at 7 p.m., honouring this year’s winner, Dorothy Mitchell.

The celebrations end on Sunday with the afternoon bocce tournament, Amazing Race and live music.

For more information and a full schedule of events, visit www.beavervalleymaydays.com.

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Other • Saturday, Village of Warfield, for the Trail Girl Guides fifth annual food drive. Watch for brown paper bags from Ferraro Foods, to fill with non -perishable food items for the Salvation Army food bank.

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Music • Saturday, Trail United Church, 7:30 p.m. La Cafamore presents works of women composers of the Romantic Era. Trio includes Angela Snyder (violin), Alexis More (viola) and Carolyn Cameron (piano).

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PEOPLE Blues legend B.B. King’s body returning for burial in Mississippi Delta where he got his start

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSON, Miss.

- The body of blues legend B.B. King will return next week to the Mississippi Delta where his life and career began.

His body was flown on Wednesday to Memphis, Tennessee, the place where a young King was nicknamed the Beale Street Blues Boy. It is expected to arrive at the airport at about noon, and will be driven in a procession to Handy Park on Beale Street, where a tribute will be held that day.

After that, King’s

body will be driven to Indianola, Mississippi, which King considered his hometown.

A public viewing will be from 10 a.m.5 p.m. May 29 at the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, and the funeral will be at 11 a.m. May 30 at the nearby Bell Grove Missionary Baptist Church, the museum announced Wednesday.

The 15-time Grammy winner will be buried later that day in a private ceremony at the museum, which King helped develop.

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standpoint, we feel comfortable knowing his final resting place will receive perpetual care at the museum,” the facility’s director, Dion Brown, said in a written statement Wednesday.

In Las Vegas, where King died May 14 at age 89, visitors will be able pass King’s open casket during a public viewing from 3-7 p.m. Friday at Palm Mortuary West. But there won’t be seating or a memorial service and mortuary manager Matthew Phillips said photos will be prohibited.

UBC gives 95-year-old honorary doctorate The CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER Sixty-four years after she walked across the stage to collect her law degree, Constance Isherwood was back at the University of British Columbia for yet another ceremony.

The 95-yearold Victoria lawyer received an honorary doctorate of law, recognizing her decades of legal work and community service.

As she accepted the recognition she told the crowd that many people ask her when she is going to give up practising and always replies that she’ll keep practising until she gets the hang of it.

Come to share memories with Buddy’s family and friends.

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Dancers from Kootenay Danceworks will be performing tonight at Rossland Summit School as fundraisers for the Kelly Family Trust and the Koppin Family Trust. Tonight’s show, which begins at 6:30 p.m. will see 100 per cent of the proceeds shared between the two families. Tickets are $10.

Pictured are a few of Renee Salsiccioli students from Kootenay Danceworks who have received news from recent auditions. From left to right are: Sabrina Neufeld, who received a scholarship for Ballet Austin and was also accepted into Northwest’s Ballet Summer Intensive. Ava Jinjoe, who was accepted into the Northwest’s Ballet Summer Intensive, as well as to Alberta Ballet’s Summer Program; Tatum Clement, who was accepted into Alberta Ballet’s Summer Program (in addition to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Summer Program; announced in a previous article), and on the far right, graduating student Sally Turnbull, who was accepted into the school at Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theatre and will be travelling to New York this September to begin training.

Shoes worn by Roger Bannister to break 4-minute mile to go sale at auction THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON - The running shoes used to set one of the greatest milestones in sports history are going up for sale.

The lightweight leather spikes worn by Roger Bannister when he broke the 4-minute mile in 1954 will go on the block on Sept. 10 in London at Christie’s auction house.

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Wednesday the shoes are expected to fetch between 30,000 ($47,000) and 50,000 pounds ($78,000).

The shoes, made

by GT Law and Son, had long, thin spikes and weighed 4 1/2 ounces, much lighter than other shoes at the time.

“They served me great purpose,” Bannister said in the Christie’s announcement. “I’m grateful to them. I think it’s the right time to part with them.”

Bannister, a young medical student at the time, became the first runner to break the fabled 4-minute barrier when he clocked 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds on May 6, 1954, at the Iffley Road Track in Oxford. It was a record that many had thought

humanly impossible at the time.

Bannister, who was knighted in 1975, is now 86 and lives in Oxford with his wife, Moyra.

He is coping with the effects of Parkinson’s.

The shoes will be offered for sale along with a “letter of provenance” signed by Bannister and a letter written to him prior to the race denoting “the lightness” of the shoes.

“I could see there was an advantage in having the shoes as light as possible,” Bannister said.

“The leather is extremely thin and the spikes are unusually thin, as I used a grindstone to make them even thinner. These shoes are the last tangible link I have with

the 4-minute mile.”

On the morning of the race, Bannister sharpened his spikes on a grindstone in the laboratory at St. Mary’s Hospital in London, where he was studying.

Bannister’s trophies are on display at Oxford’s Pembroke College, where he served as master.

Bannister said he plans to donate part of the proceeds from the auction to the Autonomic Charitable Trust, which encourages neurological research.

He devoted most of his medical career to the study of neurological conditions.

“Other worthwhile causes in which I have an interest will also benefit,” Bannister said.

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Voluntary ORV registration extended to November Submitted VICTORIA - Mandatory off-road vehicle registration is being deferred from June 1 to Nov. 1, 2015.

The extra time provides additional time for off-road users to prepare for the mandatory registration, while the regulatory details are finalized on both registration and safety.

As well an ICBC-issued numbered sticker will be available in early fall when registering an off-road vehicle (ORV) for those users who would prefer a sticker instead of a registration number plate.

The addition of a sticker addresses a key request from off-road motorcycle and snowmobile groups.

The sticker will be a similar size as the number plate, and combined cost for registration and sticker will be the same as with the plate option - $48. ORV owners that choose the sticker will be responsible for removing the sticker if the vehicle is resold.

In early fall, ORV owners who have already taken advantage of the voluntary registration period and have a received a plate may exchange their plate for a sticker, if they want, at any ICBC broker at no additional cost for a limited time.

Full details are anticipated to be announced by early fall, with implementation for both mandatory registration and safety provisions to begin Nov. 1, 2015.

In the interim, voluntary one-time registration for operating an ORV on Crown land will continue with the combined cost of the registration certificate and ORV number plate remaining at $48.

This registration is integrated within the pre-existing structure of ICBC’s motor vehicle registry, reducing implementation costs and allowing ORV owners to register at any of the 900+ ICBC insurance brokers in the province.

The Off-Road Vehicle Act is a key element of the Province’s Off Road Vehicle Management Framework.

The framework will help British Columbians get out and enjoy the beauty of the province’s backcountry and ensure off-road vehicles are driven in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.

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Conservatives give green light to third election debate

THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - The Conservatives are keeping their grip on the pre-election steering wheel, agreeing to a third national debate - one to be held on Stephen Harper’s home turf in Calgary and focused on the economy.

The party announced Wednesday that it has accepted a proposal for a third federal election debate sponsored by the Globe and Mail and Google Canada.

“We look forward

to this opportunity for voters to compare our plans to keep the Canadian economy strong to the tax-andspend plans of the opposition,” spokesman Kory Teneycke said in a statement.

Teneycke has said Harper will participate in a total of five debates and has already given the nod to one in August hosted by Maclean’s magazine and another by the French language network TVA. The Conservatives shook up the debate

scenario by walking away from negotiations with the consortium of major TV networks that traditionally broadcast the faceoffs.

They have emphasized that they would like to participate in debates on different media, since Canadians are consuming current affairs on different platforms.

There are also strategic considerations for the Conservatives, who are focused on highlighting the differences between their

Incoming Alberta NDP premier says no full budget until the fall THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - Incoming Alberta premier Rachel Notley says her NDP government won’t be tabling a full provincial budget until the fall.

She says the legislature will be asked to approve what she called an “interim supply budget” to finance the operations of government in the meantime.

“It’s really important that we take the time that’s necessary to go through the budget. We’re going to have access to a great deal more information in terms of preparing that budget than we certainly ever did as members of the opposition,” Notley said at a news conference Wednesday.

“It’s also really important to ensure that all members of my caucus are able to ... be part of the process as we go through balancing our fiscal plan to meet the objectives that we laid out in our

platform.

“It’s not an easy process. It’s going to require a great deal of work over the summer.”

Notley says the legislature is to reconvene June 11 with a speech from the throne four days later.

She says her 12-member cabinet, which will include herself, is to be sworn in on Sunday and will hold its first meeting in Calgary next week.

She says other members of the legislature elected in the May 5 vote are to be sworn in on June 1.

The NDP won 54 of the province’s 87 seats in the legislature to topple a 44-year Progressive Conservative dynasty.

During the campaign, the party promised to increase corporate taxes by two percentage points and raise taxes on the wealthy, while avoiding cuts to health and education funding.

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So far, the New Democrats have said they are anxious for Leader Tom Mulcair to debate Harper no matter the venue.

They have agreed in principle to the three debates Harper has endorsed, while not ruling out the consortium.

The Liberals have yet to confirm their debate plans, but along with the Greens they have defended the consortium format as the best way to reach the maximum audience - 14 million viewers in 2011.

The consortium is made up of CBC/ Radio-Canada, Global and CTV.

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A debate on the economy would theoretically favour Harper, who campaigned successfully in 2011 on the message that voters needed to stick with his stable government rather than try something new.

“They want more opportunities for Trudeau to ‘shine’ in formats he might not be as rehearsed for,” former Harper communications director Andrew MacDougall posted to Twitter Wednesday.

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Don’t mind the elephant in the room, we’re redecorating

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hen the B.C. government tabled its legislation to amend the Election Act in March, it was probably hoping no one would notice. They were in for a bit of a shock.

While much of the focus has been on the provision which would give political parties the names of each and every British Columbian who casts a ballot, the government is also proposing to do away with the pre-campaign period and the spending limits that apply to political parties within it.

The pre-campaign period – unique to B.C. – is the 60-days that falls before the 28-day campaign. The B.C. Court of Appeal has struck down the government’s attempts to limit third-party spending in that 60-day period three times. Evidently, the government got the hint.

The bigger issue isn’t what candidates and parties can spend before the campaign, it’s what they can spend during it. B.C.’s limits are so high they’re pretty well meaningless.

And the government isn’t proposing to do anything about that.

In the 2013 B.C. election a candidate was allowed to spend $73,218 over the pre-campaign period and another $73,218 during the campaign for a total of $146,436. On average, each B.C. riding had 37,370 voters.

In the 2011 federal election, the average spending limit was $88,097 per riding. Average number of voters, 78,758.

Federal limits are adjusted to the number of voters in each riding, with allowances for larger or remote ridings.

Not so in B.C. A candidate running in Stitkine, the riding with the fewest voters (13,845), and a candidate running in SurreyCloverdale, the riding with the most (52,817), had exactly the same limit, $146,436.

And both candidates could have spent $12,000 more than a candidate running in Oak RidgesMarkham, Canada’s largest riding with 153,972 voters.

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There’s a top up for political parties too. And B.C. isn’t a slouch in that department either.

In 2013, the pre-campaign spending limit for a party was $1.15 million plus $4.6 million for the campaign itself.

Most jurisdictions tie a party’s limit to the number of voters in the ridings where a party is running a candidate. In the 2011 federal election, limits ranged from $62,702 to $21 million.

Not so in B.C. A registered party that ran two candidates could have spent the full $5.715 million that a party running a full slate of 85 candidates

was entitled to spend.

Since the limits are so absurdly high, neither the Liberals at $11.7 million nor the NDP at $9.4 million came anywhere close to hitting the overall cap of $18.2 million in 2013.

But they both spent at least $1.1 million more than any political party and all 125 of its candidates did in last year’s Quebec election. Quebec has six million voters, nearly double the number in B.C. The spending limit in the Quebec election was $1.37 per voter (party and candidate all in). In the Ontario election, it was $2.08 per voter. Both provinces adjust limits for northern or remote ridings and the number of candidates a party runs.

If B.C.’s spending limits are out of whack imagine the impact on the other side of the ledger for parties that want to take full advantage of them.

Last year, the B.C. Liberal party raked in $10.4 million, that’s nearly $1 million more than the federal NDP raised across

Canada and half of what the Conservative Party of Canada brought in.

If the pre-campaign period is done away with, the existing spending limit for the campaign itself will still be in place and it won’t be too onerous for a political party to make do on $4.6 million or candidates on $73,218.

Add it all up and a party running a full slate of 87 candidates (two more seats for 2017) will have a limit of roughly $11 million or $3.43 per voter.

That’s $2.7 million more than the Quebec Liberals and their 125 candidates spent in the 2014 Quebec election. And the Quebec Liberals – like their B.C. cousins – were tops in spending.

So what would the limit be in B.C. if the government adopted the Ontario limit? It would drop from $11 million to $6.65 million. Adopt Quebec’s and it drops to $4.4 million.

Would that be such a bad thing?

Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC.

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Letters & Opinion Letters to the editor

Opening Old Bridge cheaper than keeping it closed Inventory: Barbed wire, heavy chains, large padlocks, reinforced steel, beautiful gates, possibly made locally.

Labour is not cheap in today’s market. Inventory appears to have come from prison camps in Europe. That would come cheap except for shipping.

The labour is definitely tradesman at $39 an hour.

Do not any of the city fathers have a family? The enjoyment we had walking across the Old Bridge looking down at the river – talking with

people we know as we go. Down through the beautiful park and the Esplanade, to the Victoria Street bridge and back to Butler Park.

There have been a lot of front end loaders and trucks and personnel on the old bridge over the past four years, much heavier than us using the bridge.

Also, the beautiful steel sidewalk – built by the city just of us. The bridge has been well proven to be capable of handling foot traffic, even auto-

mobiles.

City fathers, please give in and let us use it until such time as we get the new walking and pipe bridge – which may be a couple of years yet.

Not one person talking to me about the Old Bridge being closed is agreeing with you. We are supposedly a free country and a happy people, enjoying our fine city.

It will only cost the labour this time to open it up.

John Carter, Trail

Provinces lousy at controlling spending

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rovincial cries for more (1894); others waited until the federal money are as 20th century. old as Confederation, And of course, since 1867 and rarely have any sub- provinces have had the abilstance to them. After all, it’s ity to tax us in other, multiple easier to demand that Ottawa ways – property tax, sales and ante up federal cash – to cry consumption taxes, business about some mythical “fis- taxes, et al. cal imbalance” – rather than When it comes to transfers, examine how provinces already back in the 1970s the federal spend taxpayer money. It’s also government cut yet another easier than raisdeal with the proving provincial inces by reducing taxes and risking its tax take so the local taxpayer provinces could ire when people raise their taxes think such tax – which they hikes unjustified. promptly did. And First though, more recently, on ponder the sodirect payments to Mark called fiscal provinces, the fedimbalance – the eral government claim that the has increased Troy Media federal governtransfers to a ment has all the budgeted $68 bilmoney, little pressure to spend, lion this fiscal year, up from $41 and the provinces are starved billion in 2005/06. Per person, for revenue but have programs albeit in nominal terms, that’s that require spending above the $1,897 this year compared with combined effect of population $1,301 10 years ago. growth plus inflation.

Simply put, there has been Space does not permit a no shortage of tax room, taxdetailed history of the byzan- raising possibilities or federal tine nature of provincial and transfers to the provinces. But federal taxes and transfers, but all of that tax talk ignores the here’s the short summary. At spending side of provincial Confederation, the deal was that budgets. the provinces would drop their Sure, some might argue trade-inhibiting tariffs on each that the provinces have unique other’s’ exports. (Tariffs were provincial responsibilities, with then the main source of provin- healthcare and K-12 education cial revenue). In exchange, the to name the two most signifiprovinces would receive limited cant provincial expenses. transfers from the Dominion/ But the federal government federal government. also has unique responsibilThe provinces would also ities (defence, Old Age Security receive the right to tax personal payments, Aboriginal matincome. ters, etc.). In a world increasAs it happened, the provinces ingly characterized by terror did just that. British Columbia and defence threats such as was the first province to tax ISIS, the federal government personal income (in 1876) fol- can argue just as cogently that lowed by Prince Edward Island more money should be spent on

Milke

defence and thus take priority over provincial desires.

Eyes should roll when the provinces claim they need extra taxes, via Ottawa or provincial tax hikes. To understand why, consider the provinces’ lack of attention to controlling spending. For example, take a look at education, often falsely claimed to have been “cut” and thus which demonstrates provincial profligacy.

As my colleagues demonstrated in a recent paper, the truth is the reverse: Enrollment in public schools declined in nine of 10 provinces between 2001/02 and 2011/12. But per pupil spending increased, even after accounting for inflation.

New Brunswick led the spending parade. It increased spending on public schools, beyond the combination of pupil enrollment plus inflation, by 56.4 per cent. It was followed by Alberta (55.3 per cent), Saskatchewan (53.1 per cent), Nova Scotia 47.4 per cent), Ontario (46.7 per cent), Newfoundland and Labrador (45.3 per cent), Prince Edward Island (36.1 per cent), Quebec (22.9 per cent), Manitoba (21.7 per cent) and British Columbia (19 per cent).

When provincial governments demand more money from Ottawa (or from provincial taxpayers), remember provincial education spending habits. On at least one core provincial responsibility, the provinces have been demonstrably poor at controlling their own expenditures within justifiable parameters.

It would be a mistake to assume education is the sole example.

Mark Milke is a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute.

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Church rises from the ashes

By Betsy Kline Castlegar News

St. Rita’s Catholic Church is on the final leg of its long journey from ashes to a new place of worship.

The construction fence has come down, inspections are taking place, new pews have been installed and the process of handing

over the building from builders to congregation has begun.

On Wednesday, a team started to move items into the new church. This includes the altar, lectern, font, linens and candles the church is currently using, which will remain in service until new ones can be

acquired. The goal is to have a new altar and furnishings built specifically for the church by this summer.

The church will hold an open house Thursday from 6 -8 p.m. and Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. where parishioners are welcome to come and explore the new build-

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Friday, there will be a lobster dinner fundraiser from 4 to 6 p.m. The proceeds will go towards the building of the altar. Those attending the meal will also have the opportunity to see inside the church.

The first weekend Masses in the new building will be held Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m.and will also mark the Feast of Pentecost.

Father David had set a goal of having the first service in the new building for the Feast of Pentecost because he felt the symbolism was fitting, “It is the feast of the coming of the Holy Spirit. It is saying we have our new church and we are hoping that it is not just a building, but it will be a place where God resides and where people can come and meet God in some way.”

An official opening will be held Sept. 30, at which time the Bishop will be present to bless the church and to celebrate two Masses the following weekend.

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From cleats to skis and bats to putters, local sports came out on top during the recent Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) granting cycle.

Competing with other communities to host sporting events can be a challenge without a boost from modern technology.

That's why the Trail Track and Field Club Society (TTFC) asked for, and received, funding this year through CBT's 2015 Community Initiatives and Affected Areas program.

Stopwatches are considered dated in today's digital world, so with close to $15,000 in hand from all seven communities, it's ready and set for an electronic timing system.

“Right now we are handtiming,” explains Dan Horan. “One of the meets we might be interested in hosting is the Junior Development Pentathlon.

But with any kind of championship you have to have something more than a stopwatch these days.”

When Trail hosted the BC Seniors Games in 2011, Horan said the club rented a system from Kamloops, but most organizations are hesitant to lend out equipment.

“It's the way track and field meets are run now, so we are hoping to get it in place next year,” he said, adding it could be used in the annual elementary school meet, this year slated for May 28, and for high school meets, should the event return to the

Trail area.

The TTFC is growing with grade school aged children, he says, but there is no local high school support for a track and field program.

Horan spoke to the Trail Times following a high school meet he attended in Cranbrook, where students from Nakusp through to Nelson competed alongside a team of 35 from Revelstoke.

“There needs to be a teacher sponsor to start with and the teacher has to be keen,” he said. “I've tried various things, made school presentations and even offered to coach. But when the kids progress to high school, there is no program.”

Horan began as a member of the Trail club in 1964. He remembers the glory days when elite athletes such as BC Sports Hall of Fame's Irene Piotrowski and 1972 Olympian Gerry Moro, competed in Trail.

Over time numbers have fallen off, but members who are involved remain dedicated to the sport ,alongside their parents.

“Nobody else in the West Kootenay has a track like ours,” he said. “Last year the track club and parents put together the elementary school meet (while teachers were on strike) and we picked up two or three really good athletes.

Now we have some people interested in taking the ball and running with it.”

Other groups benefitting from the grant program are Trail Minor Baseball

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New batting cages (left) and protection for the new scoreboard are on the to-do list for Trail Little League thanks to the Columbia Basin Trust grant program.

(TMB) with $4,900 for Andy Bilesky Park upgrades and Trail Youth Baseball with $6,500 for Butler Park field improvements.

Trail Little League will be using their funds to purchase tarps that will cover the infield during heavy rain events, and minimize rainout and cancelled games.

Additionally, the organization's LED scoreboard, which was bought in 2012, needs to be protected against the heavier hitters, says TMB president Darren

Miracle.

“Home runs can do damage to the clock if hit by balls,” he added.

Grant money also means the league is moving ahead with construction of new batting cages after the current ones were destroyed by vandals a few years ago.

“The batting cages, when complete, will be an excellent facility to help in the development of our youth baseball players,” said Miracle.

Field upgrades to the pitchers mound and home

plate at Butler Park are under review, in addition to new tarps on order for the field.

“We are also looking at the addition or removal of some of the existing fencing around the park,” noted Miracle. “To make the game more competitive and exciting for fans.”

Besides the youth organizations, over $11,000 of CBT funds were allotted to the Rossland Trail Country Club for sprinkler upgrades at the Birchbank Golf Course; $4,000 to

the Red Roofs Duathlon; and almost $7,000 for karate competitions in Trail, Beaver Valley and Rossland.

Winter sporting groups also received significant funds, including $12,000 to the Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club Society for a new Sno-Cat; $2,500 for the Beaver Valley Cross Country Ski Club to replace the rear tracks on its Snocat; and $7,600 to the West Kootenay Snow-Goers Association to construct a Sno-Cat garage and storage shed.

Crowe golfers claim berth in provincials Submitted The J.L. Crowe Secondary School golf team is headed to the B.C. High School Championships.

The team, which includes Tristan Berno, Nathan McKay, Braden McKay, Jeff Ashton and Aiden Browell, captured the East-West Kootenay zone title on Tuesday at the Christina Lake Golf Club.

The Crowe squad beat all teams to earn the only berth in the championship, which will be held June 1-3 at the Predator Ridge Golf Club in Vernon.

The team has been led all year

by Braden McKay and Browell, but it was the performance of

the rest of the squad at the zone finals that propelled them to the provincials.

Ashton and Nathan McKay turned in their best effort of the year by posting identical rounds of 84. Berno also responded to the pressure of playing in his first provincial qualifier.

It will be a busy two weeks for several members of the team as both Braden McKay and Browell will be traveling this weekend to participate in the Rocky Mountain Tour’s Palouse Ridge Playoff in Pullman Wash., and then will play the BC Amateur qualifier May 30-31st followed immediately by the BC High School Championship.

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The J.L. Crowe golf team qualified for the provincial championships this week. From the left; Tristan Berno, Nathan McKay, Braden McKay, Jeff Ashton, Aiden Browell

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Leafs tap into Babcock’s winning ways

THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired Mike Babcock as their new head coach.

The team says in a news release he will be introduced at a news conference Thursday morning.

Babcock has spent the last 10 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, winning the Stanley Cup in 2008 and going to the final in 2009.

His contract expires at the end of June but the Red Wings had given him permission to negotiate with other teams.

The Leafs must send a third-round pick to Detroit as compensation.

Babcock will be introduced at a news conference this morning.

Toronto reportedly beat out several clubs for Babcock’s services, including Detroit, Buffalo and San Jose.

Outgoing Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment CEO and president Tim Leiweke gave credit to Leafs president Brendan Shanahan for getting the deal done.

“That’s all Shanny, he did it,” Leiweke

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Babcock, a Saskatoon native, led Canada to two Olympic gold medals.

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Babcock He compiled a 458-223-105 record with the Red Wings.

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All Times Eastern THIRD ROUND Conference finals EASTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Rangers (1) vs. Tampa Bay (2) (Series tied 1-1) Wednesday, May 20 NY Rangers at Tampa Bay N/A Friday, May 22 NY Rangers at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 24 Tampa Bay at NY Rangers, 8 p.m. ***** WESTERN CONFERENCE Anaheim (1) vs. Chicago (3) (Series tied 1-1) Thursday, May 21 Anaheim at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 23 Anaheim at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Scoring Leaders

G A Pts Corey Perry, Ana 7 8 15 Tyler Johnson, TB 8 5 13 Patrick Kane, Chi 7 6 13 Jakob Silfverberg, Ana 4 9 13 Ryan Getzlaf, Ana 2 11 13 Jonathan Toews, Chi 4 8 12 Nikita Kucherov, TB 6 5 11 Duncan Keith, Chi 2 9 11 Derek Stepan, NYR 5 5 10 Zach Parise, Minn 4 6 10 Steven Stamkos, TB 3 7 10 Derick Brassard, NYR 5 4 9 Alex Ovechkin, Wash 5 4 9 Patrick Sharp, Chi 4 5 9 Ryan Kesler, Ana 4 5 9 Ondrej Palat, TB 4 5 9 Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy 4 5 9 Alex Killorn, TB 3 6 9 Joel Ward, Wash 3 6 9 Marian Hossa, Chi 2 7 9 Jiri Hudler, Cgy 4 4 8 N. Backstrom, Wash 3 5 8 H.Lindholm, Ana 2 6 8 P.K. Subban, Mtl 1 7 8 Kevin Shattenkirk, StL 0 8 8

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Monday, May 25 Rimouski (QMJHL) vs. Kelowna (WHL), 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 26 Oshawa (OHL) vs. Kelowna (WHL), 7:30 p.m.

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Baseball

(not including last night’s results) American League East Division

W L Pct GB New York 22 18 .550 Tampa Bay 22 18 .550 Boston 19 20 .487 2 1/2 Baltimore 17 19 .472 3 Toronto 18 23 .439 4 1/2 Central Division

W L Pct GB Kansas City 25 14 .641 Detroit 23 17 .575 2 1/2 Minnesota 22 17 .564 3 Chicago 18 18 .500 5 1/2 Cleveland 15 23 .395 9 1/2 West Division

W L Pct GB Houston 26 14 .650 Los Angeles 20 19 .513 5 1/2 Seattle 17 21 .447 8 Texas 16 23 .410 9 1/2 Oakland 14 27 .341 12 1/2 Thursday’s Games Seattle (Happ 3-1) at Baltimore (Tillman 2-5), 12:35 p.m.

Houston (Feldman 3-4) at Detroit (Price 3-1), 1:08 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 3-3) at Toronto (Dickey 1-5), 7:07 p.m.

Oakland (Chavez 1-3) at Tampa Bay (Colome 2-1), 7:10 p.m.

Texas (W.Rodriguez 1-2) at

Boston (Buchholz 2-4), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Salazar 4-1) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 2-3), 8:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Seattle at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Houston at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Oakland at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

National League East Division

W L Pct GB New York 23 17 .575 Washington 23 17 .575 Atlanta 18 20 .474 4 Philadelphia 17 24 .415 6 1/2 Miami 16 24 .400 7 Central Division

W L Pct GB St. Louis 26 13 .667 Chicago 21 17 .553 4 1/2 Cincinnati 18 21 .462 8 Pittsburgh 18 21 .462 8 Milwaukee 15 25 .375 11 1/2 West Division

W L Pct GB Los Angeles 24 14 .632 San Fran 21 18 .538 3 1/2 San Diego 20 20 .500 5 Arizona 17 21 .447 7 Colorado 14 22 .389 9 Thursday’s Games Arizona (Bradley 2-1) at Miami (Latos 1-4), 12:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Jai.Garcia 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 4-4), 1:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Williams 3-3) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 1-2), 3 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 2-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 4-2), 3:45 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 2-5) at Atlanta (Teheran 3-1), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 0-1) at San Diego (Despaigne 2-2), 9p.m.

Friday’s Games N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 9 p.m.

San Diego at Dodgers, 10 p.m.

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CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta vs. Cleveland Wednesday, May 20: Cleveland at Atlanta N/A Friday, May 22: Cleveland at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 24: Atlanta at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. ***** WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State vs Houston (Golden State leads 1-0) Tuesday, May 19: Golden State 110, Houston 106 Thursday, May 21: Houston at Golden State, 9 p.m.

Saturday, May 23: Golden State at Houston, 9 p.m.

Draft Order First Round 1. Minnesota 2. L.A. Lakers 3. Philadelphia 4. New York 5. Orlando 6. Sacramento 7. Denver 8. Detroit 9. Charlotte 10. Miami 11. Indiana 12. Utah 13. Phoenix 14. Oklahoma City 15. Atlanta (from Brooklyn) 16. Boston 17. Milwaukee

18. Houston (from New Orleans) 19. Wash.

20. Toronto 21. Dallas 22. Chicago 23. Portland 24. Cleveland 25. Memphis 26. San Antonio 27. L.A. Lakers (from Houston) 28. Boston (from L.A. Clippers) 29. Brooklyn (from Atlanta) 30. Golden State

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It’s OK to wait until school’s out to break up Mailbox

Marcy Sugar & Kathy Mitchell

Jake is also a sloppy kisser, and I’m not sure I can tolerate that.

Today I realized that I have feelings for another guy, and now I don’t know whether I like him more than Jake. But if I break up with Jake, I will be booted out of our group, and I have no other friends.

I don’t know what to do. I feel that Jake is pressuring me a little about sex, even though he hasn’t actually demanded anything. Should I stay with him and see where it goes?

Should I wait until summer to end it so that the group will have time to adjust without making things super-awkward? Or should I just end things now and face losing my friends? -Confused Girlfriend

or should we use separate beds? Or should I try to get a room for myself elsewhere? -- N.Y. Dear N.Y.: How old is the girl? How long have you and Mom been together? If you and Mom are in a committed relationship, the girl knows you well and she is under the age of 6, you

may share a room. Mom and the daughter should take the bed. You get the cot. Otherwise, yes, please try to find another room for yourself. And thank you for caring enough to do the right thing.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, long-

time editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators. com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook. com/AskAnnies.

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Dear Confused: You already know that you need to break up with Jake because you don’t actually like him and you feel pressured. We’d do it now, but if you would feel more comfortable waiting until school is out, that’s OK, too. You and Jake might be able to drift apart more naturally then. You might also confide in one of your friends that you and Jake don’t seem to be hitting it off as well as you thought.

If your friends drop you over this, they aren’t truly friends. Real friends have your back.

Dear Annie: My girlfriend and I were planning to go away together for a weekend next month while her daughter was staying with the ex. But the ex decided at the last minute to take his own vacation, so we have to bring her along or cancel.

If we cancel the reservation on the hotel room, we lose the deposit, and upgrading to two rooms isn’t possible. Is it acceptable for us to sleep in the same bed while her daughter is sleeping on a cot,

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Dear Annie: I am 17 years old and still in high school. I recently became “Jake’s” girlfriend. We’ve been dating for about a week.

I’ve known Jake as a friend for a year, and we hang out with the same group. I never had feelings for him until I learned that he liked me, and even then, my friends kind of pushed me into the relationship.

His last relationship didn’t last long, partly because he and the girl had sex right away. When Jake and I started dating, I told him I am a religious girl and am not going to do sexual things with him. Well, we went to prom together and back to his house afterward, where we were alone.

He started to put his hand up the back of my dress.

I didn’t object because he was mostly stroking my back.

The next day, we went to his house to watch a movie, and he started jumping all over me. It made me uncomfortable, but I’m not good at communicating that, so I didn’t say anything. I just didn’t respond.

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Friday, May 22, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

Be patient with others, because whatever you do, you likely will meet with obstacles and obstruction. Quite likely, someone in authority will turn you down or block you.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This is a poor day for financial decisions. Wait until tomorrow. Furthermore, whatever you try to do today will be difficult, like walking in quicksand.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Someone older or more experienced might be critical of you today. Or perhaps, a partner or close friend does not agree with you or wants to block your plans. Oh dear.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) This is a poor day to ask for permission from an authority figure at work.

The answer likely will be,

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“Talk to the hand.” Wait until tomorrow.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)

Someone might rain on your parade today.

However, don’t be discouraged, because this kind of thing is happening to everyone today. You are not alone.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is not a good day to talk to authority figures -- parents, bosses, teachers, VIPs and the police -- to ask for permission or approval.

People are grouchy and uncooperative today.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)

Avoid controversial subjects like politics and religion, because you will quickly alienate others in any discussions. This is because people are disagreeable today!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is a poor day for discussions about inheri-

tances, insurance matters, shared property, taxes and debt. Wait until tomorrow to deal with these matters.

(You’ll be glad you did.)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Discussions with partners and close friends are difficult today because everyone is at odds. No one can please anyone. Yes, it’s one of those days.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)

Don’t be discouraged if someone at work criticizes you or give you a hard time.

Someone is likely doing this to them as well. It’s a vicious circle today.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Someone older or more experienced might criticize you, especially regarding your dealings with children.

Likewise, romantic relationships are in the toilet.

Tomorrow is a better day.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) A family member might have sour grapes today, no matter what you say. It’s best to avoid important discussions until tomorrow, when things are much better.

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You will reap what you have sown because it’s a time of fruition and a good time to buy and sell.

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lation changes were also supported, including complete nonharvest of kokanee and increased harvest of smaller Gerrard rainbow trout.”

BCWF, however, raised concerns regarding the province’s long-term goals, highlighting the necessity for producing as many small kokanee as possible, as the species is a primary food source for the Kootenay Lakes Gerrard rainbow trout — an internationally renowned species for their large size that draws in anglers worldwide to the Kootenay lakes.

“The BCWF is a solution-based conservation organization and we implore the Minister of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations to make a clear, unequivocal statement that management of Kootenay and Arrow Lakes is aimed at producing large size trout,” said Wilson.

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The first Nelson and Fort Sheppard Spring Spirit Express will be operating during Fruitvale’s Beaver Valley May Days, Saturday, May 23. Owned by Atco Wood Products, the Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway train will run from Fruitvale to Beaver Falls and back for a 45 minute round trip, 10 am to 3 pm. Pictured are Atco Wood Products/Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway owners Rebecca and Scott Weatherford along with some of the Spring Spirit Express sponsors – left to right: Rebecca Weatherford, Jessica Sperry from McEwan & Co. Law Corporation, Kathy Bruce from Retrieve Technologies, Bree Seabrook of Columbia Power and Scott Weatherford.

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Keith Miles spotted a visitor on his front door last week in East Trail. He identified it as a Cecropia Moth, a member of the Giant Silk Moth family, the largest moth in North America. He estimated the wingspan of this moth to be at least four inches and the species is known to have a wingspan of up to six inches. If you have a recent photo you would like to share with our readers email it to editor@ trailtimes.ca.

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Amazing views from this spacious 2 bdrm home. Fenced yard, large sundeck, newer windows, big master with en-suite, sunny location, and walk out basement complete this package. Quick possession available!

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

Bright south facing 1 bdrm condo with new flooring, amazing southern views and great sun exposure. The building has shared laundry, fitness room, games room and sauna. Call your REALTOR® today!

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

$195,000

THINKING OF BUILDING?

Montrose

NEW LISTING

4 bdrm 1 bath 2 car garage fenced yard $1000/mo + Utils 4 bdrm 1 bath single carport $ 900/mo + Utils

737 Waterloo Road, Castlegar

$499,900

5 acres of river front in fast developing area in Castlegar.

Double wide mobile with large addition is on site. Sub-division potential exists (proposed 7 lots).

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

Trail

2 bdrm 1 bath

750/mo + Utils

$

Rossland

2 bdrm 2 bath newer mobile 750/mo + Utils Terry Alton 250-231-1101 Tonnie Stewart (250) 365-9665

$99,000

4191 Casino Road, Trail

1090 Highway 3B, Montrose

$349,900

$159,900

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

Updated and very clean space in downtown core. Security system, air conditioned, and great access to bring in large items. In an area of long standing businesses with good foot traffic.

Call Art (250) 368-8818

$129,000

A great piece of land with a seasonal creek! House has a cabin-like feel with a large deck on side and another in back. Metal roof, house needs some TLC but is on a naturally treed lot in a quiet neighbourhood. Priced to sell!

Call Terry 250-231-1101

STING NEW LI

terryalton@shaw.ca

Tonnie Stewart

250-365-9665

tonniestewart@shaw.ca

Mary Martin 250-231-0264

mary.martin@century21.ca

Richard Daoust 250-368-7897

richard.daoust@century21.ca

Mary Amantea

$69,000

mamantea@telus.net

Lot 109 Park Street, Rossland

Bill Craig

$136,000 Looking for country living and acreage for your new home? Look Amazing 2 acre building lot in no further! This lovely relatively prime Happy Valley location! flat 2.6 acre lot with easy access Beautiful views and sun exposure. in a very quiet community awaits This lot can be accessed via City your ideas. Don’t wait! At this alley way and has municipal price it will be gone quickly. water nearby. Priced to sell!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

YOU!

1912 Hummingbird Drive, Fruitvale

For Lease

250-231-1101

250-521-0525

We want to hear from

SOLD SOLD

1463 Bay Ave, Downtown Trail

1847 Mountain Street, Fruitvale

817 Whitetail Dr., Rossland

$1,100,000

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

Call your REALTOR® for your personal viewing.

Call Richard (250) 368-7897

Are you interested in learning about potential residential development in Trail?

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250-231-2710

bill.craig@century21.ca

Deanne Lockhart 250-231-0153

117 Ritchie Avenue, Tadanac

deannelockhart@shaw.ca

$449,000

Art Forrest

Have you been looking for a very special home in a gorgeous location? Enter into a large courtyard, and then into this fantastic ‘rancher-style” house. Wood burning fireplace, large dining-room, gourmet custom kitchen, granite countertops, and a huge window overlooking the private backyard and patio area. Four bedrooms, master with ensuite and steam shower. Do not miss out!

c21art@telus.net

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

250-368-8818

Christine Albo 250-512-7653

christine.albo@century21.ca

Dave Thoss

250-231-4522

dave.thoss@century21.ca

Dan Powell Christina Lake 250-442-6413

powelldanielk@gmail.com