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Educators push for affordable child care plan Advocates pitch $10-a-day child care

BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff

If you ask any parent whether they would like to pay $10 a day for child care, their answer would likely be “Duh.” Early child care educator (ECE) Sonia Tavares has pushed for this since 2009 when the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C. first introduced the idea. But the ECE with 25 years of experience said the biggest challenge was getting people to understand that it's possible.

That's changed now that a report released this month by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) says introducing universal $10-aday child care would grow the province’s economy by $3.9 billion and generate $1.3 billion in government revenue once fully phased in.

The $10 a Day Child Care Plan is a framework for transforming the existing patchwork of programs into a universal, high-quality, affordable child care system that integrates early learning and care.

“When we (Tavares and Selkirk College's ECE instructor Taya Whitehead) did presentations on the $10-a-day plan, people right away would say how can we afford this? ” she said. “Now the report is breaking down that centre of policy into easy layman’s terms that say this is how we can afford it.”

The cost of the subsidized plan is pegged at $1.5 billion – $200 million more than the increase in provincial and federal tax revenues it would generate.

The study suggests that the program in B.C. would largely pay for itself through the considerable boost to provincial and federal government revenues from more women participating in the workforce.

“I think there is still always that terminology that you had children so figure it out,” said Tavares, who is the community literacy coordinator for Trail and also sits on the Early Childhood Educators of B.C. Board.

Trail parent Tricia Doyle certainly understands that sentiment and has had to push See CONSTANT, Page 3

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Trail parent Tricia Doyle sees her four-year-old daughter Emry off to Sunshine Children’s Centre in East Trail Wednesday. The Trail parent would like to see the government introduce an affordable child care system to help parents.

First poll in SWOK riding shows voters favouring NDP

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

The first poll for the new South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding shows voters leaning towards the New Democrats in the next federal election.

According to Insights West's July 10 release, 44 per cent of those polled in the riding said they'd vote NDP, followed by Conservatives at 20 per cent, and the Liberal Party trails with nine per cent.

A large segment, 21 per cent,

remains undecided, and the rest are in favour of the Green Party (five per cent) or listed as other.

That said, does asking 302 constituents how they would vote if the federal election were held tomorrow, really paint a picture of things to come this fall? Moreso, do the results in any way sway the Liberal, NDP and Conservative candidates' campaign focus moving forward?

Richard Cannings and Connie Denesiuk both say “No,” while Conservative candidate Marshall

Neufeld expects it to be a close race.

The NDP and Liberal MP seat seekers (respectively) say it's what they hear on the doorstep, not what the pollsters find using varying methodology.

“Of course we'd rather be up than down,” Cannings told the Trail Times Wednesday. “But I can simply say it has no effect on how we are campaigning or how hard we are working because there's still three months ahead of us.”

Anecdotally, Cannings said his one-on-one conversations with SOWK voters do, in fact, mirror the Insights poll. What he's hearing throughout the riding is people desire a change in Ottawa.

“I know the election results will be much closer than that poll indicates,” he added. “But the overwhelming sense seems to be enough is enough, already.

So we continue our work to be the party best able to affect change in Canada and form a

new government.”

Denesiuk maintains methods of gathering information differ from poll to poll, and she doesn't take any one result too seriously.

“I tend to reflect on what I hear on the doorstep, that is my litmus test,” said the Summerland-based Liberal.

“And when you are on the doorstep you hear from everybody – people who use the computer and people who don't. I hear from people who still have See LOW, Page 3

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Rossland resident completes bicycle trek in Europe in support of veterans

By Valerie Rossi Times Staff

A Rossland resident may not sleep the same after a trip of a lifetime also stirred up memories of a traumatic time in his life.

But suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can have that effect on a veteran, even one that's highly aware of what tools he needs to get through the day.

Lyle Crispin, 48, is back home from Europe after biking from Paris to the D-Day invasion beaches, where a group of battlefield tour guides talked about the historical events that took place at the very sites.

“They actually gave us the opportunity to go into Juno Beach, which was the beach that Canada invaded, and it was horrible,” he said. “I did not do well there.”

The retired sergeant was one of five Canadians invited to represent Soldier On, a Canadian Armed Forces program supporting military members to overcome their mental or physical illness or injury through sport and other activities.

“Mental health, posttraumatic stress and physical impairment change the way that you have to get involved with exercise and (Soldier On) helps with that,” he explained. “They try to help with the very basic at the very onset (like a bike or a set of golf clubs). I had already chosen to be more fit, but they provided me some support.”

The majority of riders participating in the Big Battlefield Bike Ride were raising funds for Help for Heroes, the British charity that puts on the annual event. But the Canadian team – Crispin included – was sponsored by Solider On. The journey last month was shared with about 300 riders who traveled from Paris to Sherborne through rolling hill terrain. The Canadians traveled 80-120 kilometres a day over the course of five days, ending with a ferry ride to England.

“It was slightly more difficult than I had anticipated,” he admitted. “To do the bat-

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Lyle Crispin advocates for wounded soldiers that suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The retired sergeant battled his own demons recently when he biked to the D-Day invasion beaches to help raise awareness alongside a large British charity’s message of hope. tle tour was difficult. I woke up most nights in a pool of sweat.”

Physically the trip was not overly challenging for Crispin, a wounded soldierturned-triathlete who trains daily as a means of living with the disorder.

PTSD develops after a terrifying ordeal that involved physical harm or the threat of physical harm. Crispin's case isn't so cut and dry. He had multiple traumatic incidents, one; he said, would've been enough.

He joined the military in 1984 and was posted to Chilliwack's 1 Combat Engineer Regiment a couple years later. By 1988, Crispin went to Cyprus to work construction on the Green Line, and a few years later he was tasked with demining the demilitarized zone between Kuwait and Iraq and reestablishing the border. He was off to Yugoslavia come 1992 for the civil war “and that was not pleasant.”

Nowadays, he lives the good life with his wife Julie in Rossland. The couple has a real appetite for life. Whether you're laughing at him climb the Rossland hill on his bike or picking the ice off his grizzly beard in the winter, you

would never know Crispin is still battling PTSD. “What do I deal with?

Heightened awareness . . . adrenaline cortisol are always going through my body— there's constant pain,” he said. “My lungs don't work when I get stressed out and when I don't want to do something, my brain takes over and makes it impossible for me to do it.”

There is a lot of work that goes into remaining calm.

Crispin uses tools like selfhypnosis, breathing exercises, tapping and, or course, fitness and diet to find balance.

And although he may seem to be clocking in on Kootenay time, the need to find relaxation and a daily release is a must.

“I suppose from the outside, it must appear that I'm just this guy who does these things and looks super lazy,” he said. “But if I don't have that period of about two to five hours a day, where I work out, I break down.”

Crispin started to gain weight when he left the military. He didn't want to socialize; He didn't want to leave his basement.

Over five years ago, he found the courage to change.

Finding downhill skiing, he

said, saved his life.

“Being 300 pounds on a pair of skis is a challenge and having that desire to be good at that again was really something that I wanted.”

It didn't take long to break in a pair of runners from Gerick's and then another and another.

Today he is a different person.

Crispin works as a peer volunteer with Operation Stress Injury Social Support (OSSIS), a partnership program between the Department of National Defence and Veterans Affairs Canada. It is difficult to take on this role but he finds satisfaction in working with veterans and considers it part of his healing. Crispin was recently recognized for his work with OSSIS with a certificate from the Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs.

“I see and talk to people all the time who are in a position where hopefully they start physical fitness as a new path because it helps, as far as I'm concerned, with overcoming mental illness,” he said.

He is off again this weekend in search for a moment of bliss as he competes in a half-Ironman marathon this Sunday in Calgary.

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Constant struggle to attract child care workers

cover the cost for her daughter and her son Ryan, 9, who’s in day camp for the summer.

The proposed 10-year gradual introduction would reduce fees to $10 a day (waived for families with incomes under $40,000 a year), create enough spaces for all families who want them, and increase the quality of care, the study suggests.

Lynn Proulx, director of Sunshine, said she has been involved with the non-profit centre for the past 34 years, and not much has changed: there is a constant struggle to attract professionals to work in child care facilities.

“It’s a crisis because we don’t see people opening up new spaces because there is no staff,” she said. “The crises is in the staff.”

On average, ECEs make $16 an hour, below the living wage of about $20, she explained.

Sunshine currently has a wait list of 32 children looking for a place in the infant/toddler program, staffed by eight employees.

“It’s a big battle in child care and it has been for years just to get the respect of the field from people to say that it’s not just babysitting,” she said.

“It’s hard to get that across to people that you know we’re helping raise these children into good quality people for our future.”

The CCPA study builds on research by economist Pierre Fortin, who found economic and fiscal benefits from the provincial child care plan launched in Quebec in the late 1990s.

Kootenay West MLA Katrine Conroy is optimistic but thinks B.C.’s version would have to be a federal and provincial partnership to work.

“It’s an expensive program but in the long run it’s a program that brings back so many benefits,” she said.

Conroy is advocating for a national program, pointing to the NDP’s similar $15-a-day proposal.

The trained ECE holds early learning “near and dear.” She formerly was the executive director of Kootenay Family Place, a multi-service organization that provides service to children and youth.

“We spend the most money on postsecondary education at that age, and the least amount on early childhood education and children learn the most from 0-5,” she added. “That seems a bit backwards to me.”

All parties expect some pushback from other demographics that don’t have children or whose kids are adults.

But the role grandparents play in care, relieving and supporting coverage, could sway their opinion.

At this time, advocates are asking residents to endorse the plan (www.10aday.ca) or look at the federal platforms and vote accordingly.

FROM PAGE 1 through many challenging times when care seemed to cost more than she had in her pocket.

“It would be much more affordable and make it much more worth while to go to work,” she said.

Doyle works as a unit clerk and care aid at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, and when it was time to think about returning to work, it was a done deal.

She didn’t want to lose her position and needed to help foot the bills.

“I think the optimal would be to stay at home but it’s just not realistic,” she said. “We (her and Greg) both have to work.”

It’s been difficult at times to do it all, be a mom and a professional, but setting an example for her children is what has kept her going.

Just before her four-year-old Emry exits Sunshine Children’s Centre, Doyle had to dole out more than she makes to THE FACTS: • High costs: B.C. has the second highest fees in Canada, with median fees in 2012 ranging from $760 to $1,047 per month depending on the child’s age. Subsidies for lowincome parents have been frozen for ten years, while fees have risen faster than inflation.

• Long wait lists: B.C. has enough regulated child care spaces for only 27 per cent of children under six, and the provincial government’s Early Years Strategy will only create room for another 5 per cent of children (at most) by 2021.

• Women forced to abandon paid work and career goals: The lack of affordable child care spaces is a significant barrier for mothers who want to return to work or pursue education; this contributes to gender inequality and weakens the B.C. economy. It is estimated that worklife conflict among employees costs B.C. businesses more than $600 million per year.

• Reliance on unregulated child care: Because of high costs and lack of spaces, some working parents turn to unregulated child care, with no training requirements, health and safety standards, monitoring or oversight.

• Low wages for early childhood educators: Their median wage is 19 per cent lower than that of B.C. workers overall, which leads to high turnover and chronic staff shortages, and contributes to financial insecurity among the families of educators, many of whom are women with children of their own.

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RCMP seek help in locating missing man

By Valerie Rossi Times Staff

A 23-year-old Trail man remains missing after extensive efforts from Search and Rescue to locate him.

Gavin Wade Ballard is described as native, five-foot-seven and 190 pounds. He Submitted photos has straight black shoulder length hair, a The Trail RCMP are seeking assistance in moustache and goatee. locating Gavin Wade Ballard, last seen He was last seen on July 14 at about July 14, or his black 2006 Chevrolet 5:30 p.m. in Trail driving his 2006 black Cobalt. two-door Chevrolet Cobalt, bearing B.C. licence number 248XRX. His car has a sunroof and an 'N' sign and 'AM Ford' sticker on the back.

“It's kind of a tough one,” said Sgt. Darren Oelke of the Trail and Greater District Detachment. “We don't know where this fellow is.”

The detachment received help from the South Columbia Search and Rescue Monday.

See MISSING, Page 4

Low support for Tory candidates: poll FROM PAGE 1 a land line and others who don’t. I get the real people and I hear what the real issues are.”

She echoes Cannings observation that SOWK constituents voice a range of concerns. But the one reverberating message Denesiuk hears throughout the region is that voters are asking for a changing of the guard.

“People are looking for change,” she said. “They want to see our country back on track and Canadians looking after one another better. Polling has its place, I say,” Denesiuk added. “But

the most important poll is on election day.”

In an email response, Neufeld stressed there are decisions to be made.

“Prime Minister Harper and our Conservatives will keep the focus on what matters to Canadians; keeping taxes low, protecting Canadians from the threats of extremism and terrorism and supporting Canadians to build our economy.”

Mark Canseco, vice president of Insights West public affairs, said it’s very tough to look at the poll as a forecast but pointed out the riding-level polling shows low support for the

federal Conservative Party in SOWK as well as three for key Vancouver-area MPs. “What was important to us at this point was to look at the retention rate for Conservatives,” explained Canseco. “(And ask) is the base staying with them in these new, re-drawn ridings or are voters considering other options.”

The data was statistically weighted according to Canadian census figures for age, gender and region with the margin of error plus or minus 5.6 percentage points for each riding, 19 times out of 20.

Music in the Park tonight and next Tuesday Grapevine is a public service provided by the Trail Times and is not a guaranteed submission. For full list of events visit trailtimes.ca Music • Thursday, Gyro Park 7 p.m. Music in the Park pres- Events & Happenings in the ents Don Birch and Lawrence Shumey. Nostalgic energetic Lower Columbia duo. Series sponsored by Kootenay Savings Credit Union.

Toonie donation suggested, remember to bring a lawn chair.

• Tuesday, Gyro Park 7 p.m. special Music in the Park performance by South African folk singer Bongeziwe Mabandla. Expressive voice evokes the emotions of pure soul, his music drawn from an eclectic mix developed in his own unique, unplugged, Afro-folk style.

• Tuesday, 1468 Bay Ave. downtown Trail from 1-7 p.m. for the grand opening of the Community Inclusion Centre. Ribbon cutting at 1 p.m, everyone welcome.

Upcoming • Trail Market on the Esplanade goes July 31 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Plenty of vendors, good eats and more. Also runs Aug 14, Aug 28. Sept. 11, Sept. 15, and Oct. 9.

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Thursday, July 23, 2015 Trail Times

Pravin Makwana

passed away peacefully on Monday July 20, 2015 at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital at the age of 64 years.

Pravin was born in Masaka, Uganda in Africa. He moved to England in 1971 and finally to

Canada in 1975.

He is predeceased by his father Devjibhai, mother Diwaliben and sister Narmadaben.

Pravin is survived by his brothers Manu (Usha) of Calgary, Dhansukh of Toronto, Dilip (Nirmala) of Montrose, his sisters Kasiben of Jamnagar, India and Shantaben of London, UK and several nephews, nieces, grandnephews and grandnieces.

The Makwana family would like to thank Pravin’s G.P. Dr. Campbell, attending emergency room Dr. Saczek, the emergency nursing staff and the compassionate nursing staff on the third floor at KBRH. A heartfelt thank you to Kim and Al Stanley and family for providing care and a loving home for Pravin.

Friends and family of Pravin are invited to a Memorial Service to celebrate Pravin’s life at the Montrose Village Hall on Saturday July 25, 2015 at 3:00pm.

Gwen Ziprick of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services has been entrusted with the arrangements.

You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence by visiting the family’s register at www.myalternatives.ca As an expression of sympathy, donations in Pravin’s memory can be made to the Trail Association for Community Living; 1565 Bay Avenue, Trail, V1R 4B2.

PEOPLE E. L. DOCTOROW

Acclaimed author penned ‘Ragtime’ and ‘Billy Bathgate, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Writer E.L. Doctorow, who wryly reimagined the American experience in such novels as “Ragtime” and “The March” and applied its lessons to the past and future in fiction and nonfiction, has died.

He was 84.

His son, Richard Doctorow, confirmed he died Tuesday at a New York hospital from complications of lung cancer. He lived in New York and Sag Harbor.

Considered one of the major authors of the 20th century, Doctorow enjoyed critical and popular success over his 50-year career.

He won the National Book Award

for fiction in 1986 for “World’s Fair” and the National Book Critics Circle award in 1989 for “Billy Bathgate” and in 2005 for “The March.”

Besides his 10 novels, he published two books of short stories, a play called “Drinks Before Dinner” and numerous essays and articles.

“I don’t know what I set out to do,” Doctorow said in 2006 after the publication of “The March,” his acclaimed Civil War novel. “Someone pointed out to me a couple of years ago that you could line them up and in effect now with this book, 150 years of American history. ... And this was entirely unplanned.”

Young Edgar

John William Barrett, a familiar face in the community of Merritt.

BC, died suddenly July 10th. He was 85.

He died as he lived – on the move and still making plans.

John was born in Trail, BC, the second of seven children to Flo and James who immigrated from England. He worked hard his entire life and passed his work ethic on to his children and grandchildren. With very little formal education, John could fix anything—especially if it had a motor. If he didn’t know how to do something, he figured it out.

John was happiest in the ‘bush’. His hunting partners describe him as the best bushman with an uncanny sense for the right choices in outdoor situations. John was still actively hunting and fishing.

Throughout his life John worked many jobs including forestry, long haul truck driver, underground miner, logging, smelter refining. In 1972, John moved to Merritt with his family and worked at Highland Valley Copper Mine as a heavy equipment operator until his retirement.

Once retired John & Hilda loaded up their RV and travelled around North America enjoying the life of Canadian Snowbirds. After the travelling, John couldn’t be idle so he learned to be helpful in the house, grew a productive vegetable garden, volunteered for the Health Care Auxiliary, and helped anyone with anything when asked.

He could be seen walking, cycling, and out with his metal detector – keeping busy.

Memories of John will be treasured by Hilda, his wife of 64 years, daughters Lorelie (Chris) Kristofferson, Joan Wheeler (Stew McLean), grandsons, Kenn, Carl, John brother Dave (Rita) Barrett, sister-in-law Eva Barrett of Fruitvale BC, along with numerous other family members and long-time friends.

At his request, a simple gathering will be held to celebrate his life.

Those who wish to celebrate John with his family are invited to join us at 2343 Reid Place at 1:00 pm on Saturday, July 25th.

this done? How is it that these words on the page make me feel the way I’m feeling? This is the line of inquiry that I think happens in a child’s mind, without him even knowing he has aspirations as a writer.”

In the 1950s

Doctorow worked as a script reader for Columbia Pictures, reading novels and summarizing them for possible film treatment. That job led him to his first novel, “Welcome to Hard Times,” a Western published in 1960.

Missing man enjoyed hiking FROM PAGE 3 More than a dozen members searched an area in upper Sunningdale around the water tower, covering all the trails and roads in the area on foot and by vehicle and quads.

The team followed the entire Trans Canada Trail from Sunningdale to Castlegar in hopes of finding Ballard,

Argentina ‘Tina’ Reuter

(nee Pressacco) Tina was born on May 31, 1924 in Udine, Italy and passed away at Poplar Ridge Pavilion in Trail on July 18, 2015.

Tina was predeceased by her husband Archie, her parents Firovante and Luiga, her sister Mafalda and brother Fred.

She is survived by her daughter Carol (Albert), son Bob (Sharon), grandchildren Lisa and Darryl, great-grandchildren Avery and Brianne, her sister-in-law Dolly, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Tina lived in Trail since emigrating from Italy when she was five years old. She had many friends and was well known for her generous and outgoing, friendly personality. She enjoyed serving the public and worked at various retail outlets in Trail. She was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary, the Sisters of Colombo, and the Trail Hospital Auxiliary. She volunteered at the Hospital gift shop for 23 years. Mom enjoyed going to Mass, cooking, and camping.

who liked to hike and frequented a tent in Sunningdale.

“He likes to hike and go around but it’s not normal that he doesn’t report in,” said Oelke. “He had very close, daily contact with his family and that’s been broken off for some time.”

Ballard could be off his medication, which causes further concern.

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Doctorow read widely and decided he would become a writer at age 9.

“I began to ask two questions while I was reading a book that excited me,” he recalled. “Not only what was going to happen next, but how is

ly what his mental health issues are but I know that when he’s off his medications sometimes he can be confused, delusional and not know who he is and is sometimes fearful of other people,” he added.

With no further leads at this time, the detachment is asking the public to keep their eyes peeled. If you have seen Ballard or his vehicle call 364-2566.

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Celebrating the lives of

Ernie & Darlene Schulze

Our family would like to express their heartfelt thanks to Drs. Hume and Benzer as well as all the staff of Poplar Ridge Pavilion for taking such good care of mom and making her feel so comfortable during her stay.

A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Friday, July 24, 2015 at 10:30 am with Father Bart van Roijen, Celebrant.

Bill Clark of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements.

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

Everyone is welcome to attend an open house on Thursday, July 30th from 1pm-4pm at Carberry’s Chapel; 1298 Pine Ave, Trail.

We will share some stories and a light meal as we give honour to the lives of Ernie and Darlene. Please RSVP to their daughter, Angela at aschulze54@gmail.com or feel free to post a message by visiting the family’s register at www.myalternatives.ca

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Feds to run $1B deficit based on Bank of Canada forecast: PBO THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada’s latest economic forecast puts the federal government on track to run a $1-billion deficit in 2015-16, casting doubt on the governing Conservatives’ promise to balance the electionyear books, says a new analysis by the parliamentary budget office.

The results of the calculations, based on the downgraded projection released last week by the central bank, also trim the government’s expected surpluses over the next two years.

The bleaker fiscal outlook, released Wednesday, surfaces as political parties are pitching economic policies to voters ahead of the October election.

In its April budget, the Harper government predicted a string of surpluses, starting with $1.4 billion for this election year. The government forecast surpluses of $1.7 bil-

Five things to know about the Canadian economy The loonie: In late-morning trading, the Canadian dollar slumped to 76.70 cents US, the lowest level since September 2004. The loonie is suffering from lower oil and gold prices and the Bank of Canada’s interest rate cut last week.

Deficit: Number-crunching by the Parliamentary Budget Office projects the federal government is facing a $1-billion shortfall in 2015-16. In its April budget, the federal government predicted a string of surpluses, starting with $1.4 billion for this election year.

Oil: On commodity markets, the September contract for crude oil dropped below the $50 mark at one point - a kick in the teeth to the loonie, now considered a petro-currency.

Recession?: The Canadian economy contracted in the first quarter of the year at an annualized rate of 0.6 per cent, fuelled in part by a slump in non-resource exports.

That plunge is a phenomenon Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz described as “a puzzle that warrants further study.”

Optimistic Oliver: Finance Minister Joe Oliver isn’t concerned, however, predicting on Tuesday that the economy will rebound later this year and insisting the government will live up to its long-held promise to balance the budget this election year. “We are very comfortable, very comfortable we’re going to achieve a budgetary surplus this year and new numbers will be coming out fairly soon,” he said.

lion in 2016-17 and $2.6 billion in 2017-18.

But the budget office projects the government producing a $1-billion shortfall in 2015-16 followed by smaller surpluses of $600 million and $2.2 billion over the next two years.

Their calculations used fresh projections by the Bank of Canada, which last week lowered its outlook for economic growth in 2015 to 1.1 per cent, down from 1.9 per cent earlier this year.

Canada’s economy has been struggling, leading some to state it has slipped into recession. It contracted in the first quarter of the year at an annualized rate of 0.6 per cent - in large part due to the steep drop in oil prices and the failure of other

sectors to pick up the slack.

That number registered well below the federal budget’s projection that real gross domestic product would grow by 1.2 per cent over the first three months of 2015.

The budget office factored in positive offsets that have appeared since the release of the spring budget: lower interest rates and higher gross domestic product inflation. Their projections also use up the government’s $1-billion annual reserve set aside for contingencies. The analysis was produced by the independent office following requests

by NDP MP Nathan Cullen and Liberal MP Scott Brison. Both MPs were quick to jump on

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Premier blames climate change for wildfires THE CANADIAN PRESS WEST KELOWNA, B.C. Relentless forest fires burning across British Columbia may be the new normal, Premier Christy Clark warned as she stood not far from a raging fire that threatened homes in her own riding.

Clark spoke near the Westside Road fire outside West Kelowna on Wednesday, where flames have forced emergency officials to issue evacuation orders to the residents of 70 homes.

It’s one of 10 evacuation alerts or orders across the province, where more than 250 blazes are burning,

43 of which broke out on Tuesday following a series of lightning storms.

The premier said she is concerned that climate change has altered the terrain, drying out the land and making it more vulnerable to fire, and as a result what B.C. is seeing isn’t unusual and will happen more often.

As of Wednesday, the province has spent more than $140 million battling the 1,300 wildfires that have broken out this season, and Clark said the province could spend another $300 to $400 million this year if the pace continues.

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“The Conservatives staked their whole brand on a balanced budget while slashing services for Canadians - but they failed to build a balanced economy and will leave Canadians with another budget deficit,” Cullen said Wednesday in a statement. “It’s Canadians that are paying the price for Conservative mismanagement.”

Brison said the report shows the government could be about to break its promise to balance the books.

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hat are we to make of the Bank of Canada’s recent decision to trim its shortterm policy interest rate by another 25 basis points, taking it to a near record low level of 0.5 per cent?

The Bank is frankly acknowledging that the energy-related downturn in capital spending and exports in Canada has been greater in magnitude than it was expecting at the beginning of the year – and the pain is likely to persist. Canada is facing difficult economic adjustments stemming from a less rosy future for both oil and gas markets and those for many other commodities.

This is unwelcome news, as natural resource industries supply more than half of Canada’s exports and play a pivotal role in driving business investment in many regions of the country.

A world of lower prices for energy and other commodities is a world in which Canadians can look forward to significantly slower growth in incomes than we enjoyed during the decade-long global commodity upcycle that began

in 2002-03.

The Bank of Canada’s actions also speak to the reality that, at a time of considerable macroeconomic weakness, it has fallen on monetary policy to shoulder the burden of supporting aggregate demand. Fiscal policy is largely missing in action as the federal government – despite its strong balance sheet – prioritizes deficit avoidance, and several provincial governments struggle to contain escalating debt/GDP ratios.

Given current economic conditions and Canada’s rather uninspiring nearterm growth prospects, the existing monetary/fiscal policy mix seems far from optimal, at least at the federal level.

Finally, the latest cut in the central bank’s (already low) benchmark rate signals that the monetary policy tool box is now almost empty – at least in terms of “conventional” policy tools.

A 25 basis point reduction in the bank rate is too small to have any appreciable macroeconomic impact, other than to put more downward pressure on our increasingly enfee-

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bled currency. And with the policy rate set at 0.5 per cent, the Bank of Canada will have little capacity to respond in the event that the economy is hit by additional shocks. One can only pray that no nasty surprises lie ahead.

It is remarkable that, six years after Canada’s economy hit bottom at the tail end of the 2008-09 recession, the central bank’s benchmark rate sits perilously close to zero, and “real”, after-inflation market interest rates are negative (or nearly so) for bank savings accounts, GICs and some other fixed income products.

Few Canadian forecasters imagined, circa mid2009, that interest rates would remain at such

exceptionally low levels a half decade or more into the future, particularly considering that Canada has posted several years of decent economic growth along with sizable gains in employment.

While the central bank is working with the tools at hand to deliver on a mandate centred on managing inflation, one can’t help but worry about the troubles being stored up as a consequence of year after year of rock bottom interest rates.

Frothy housing markets and the accumulation of unprecedented levels of debt by Canadian households are the two most visible features of our present economic situation that have been aided by a long stretch of monetary stimulus.

More generally, it is worth asking whether sticking with a macroeconomic policy framework that has encouraged leverage and borrowing on an epic scale while punishing thrift and prudence may be doing subtle but real damage to the long-term foundations of a productive economy.

Too large a fraction of the scarce capital and entrepreneurial talent in Canada

has been directed into relatively less productive sectors and activities (housing-related investment, financial engineering, and consumer spending), while too little has been deployed to building the products, technologies, skills, enterprises, and infrastructure that Canada needs to be an internationally competitive 21st century economy.

Perhaps such a misallocation of capital and talent is the price that must be paid in exchange for relying so heavily on hyperaccommodative monetary policy to sustain demand and spending in Canada during a period of sluggish global growth.

It is too early to render a firm judgement on how all of this will play out in the years to come. But policymakers would be wise to pay a lot more attention to the downside risks inherent in today’s unbalanced Canadian economy in which consumers, businesses and governments have become used to the comforts afforded by astonishingly cheap money.

Jock Finlayson is Executive Vice President of the Business Council of British Columbia.

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An editorial from the St. John’s Telegram Live by the sword, die by the sword. That’s the way the saying goes, anyway.

But perhaps it was a little unfair that, as Google News coughed up a Reuters story on Friday on the slide of the Canadian dollar to below US77 cents and the triple-digit slide in the Toronto Stock Exchange on Friday, the picture attached was the smiling full-frame face of PM Stephen Harper.

Harper wasn’t quoted in the story, and arguably had nothing to do with the interest rate reduction at the Bank of Canada that seems to have precipitated Friday’s mini-meltdown. So maybe Google News’ capricious picture-placement is unfair.

But there he was anyway.

And maybe it’s also fitting, because the Conservatives have steadfastly taken credit for any improvement in the economy during their tenure, regardless of the tenuous nature of any cause-and-effect link.

Now that the economic news is bad, the Tories want to change the channel. “Don’t

look at us,” they are now saying. “Look — Greece! China!

The Eurozone! And did we mention Justin Trudeau? Very scary.”

For the Tories, the latest economic woes are being dealt with by rearguard action.

After the bank rate change and the country’s slide into official recession territory, the response from the Prime Minister’s Office mentioned Justin Trudeau five times, and Thomas Mulcair twice. A sample “Justin Trudeau is not ready to be prime minister. Canadians will not be fooled by Thomas Mulcair.” What the heck does that have to do with the economy sliding into recession?

The word “recession” was not even used, and all blame went to economic woes outside this country.

“The global economy remains fragile and is being dragged down by forces beyond our borders such as global oil prices, the European debt crisis and China’s economic slowdown. Now more than ever we must continue with our low tax plan and not take unnecessary

risks with the inexperienced leadership of Justin Trudeau,” the statement said.

Who writes this stuff? It reads like someone looking for votes for high school president.

Representatives for the finance minister were arguing that the weakening economy had to be looked at in the right light; that, if you consider Canada’s economic numbers over the past seven years — a timeframe chosen for the best possible optics — the country was doing well compared to other Western economies. So, even though it’s a recession right now, it’s all good. Put the data in the right graph, and you can be happy even if you’ve lost your job.

It’s just a case of finding the right rose-coloured glasses.

Here’s another old saying.

If you make your bed, then you wind up lying in it.

If you’re using the economy as a bedfellow —as the Tories have done for years — you don’t get to push it out of the way just because things aren’t looking so rosy. You could at least admit things aren’t great.

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tem are substantial. The study’s authors cited the example of Lipitor. A year’s supply of this brand name cholesterol-lowering drug costs at least $811 in Canada, according to the report. In New Zealand, where a public authority negotiates prices for the entire country, it’s $15. “In terms of drug prices, Canada’s multi-payer system is among the most expensive in the world,” they conclude.

Various studies have pegged Canada-wide savings from national pharmacare at between $4 billion and $11 billion per year, depending on how the program is structured.

That’s based on savings seen internationally.

Canada is, in fact, the only country with a universal health care system that doesn’t also cover the cost of prescription medicine.

Administration costs represent another burden. Authors of the report note that every public and private drug plan operating in this country spends money on revenue collection, claims management and other bureaucratic functions. Savings from ending this duplication alone were valued at between $1 billion and $2 billion.

The strongest argument for pharmacare, however, doesn’t concern the money it would save. It’s about giving all Canadians fair and equitable access to medicines they need — drugs that work to keep them healthy, ease their pain, and save their lives. Until that’s done the promise of Canada’s publicly-funded health care system will remain only partially delivered.

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of what’s needed and Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins, in particular, has been pressing hard to put pharmacare on the national agenda. What’s lacking is bold federal leadership.

Canadians appear strongly supportive. A recent poll by the Angus Reid Institute found that more than 90 per cent of Canadians back the concept of pharmacare. The wide-ranging survey also revealed that more than one-in-five Canadians say that they themselves or someone in their household resorted to saving money this past year by not buying drugs ordered by a doctor or by skimping on doses. That’s a prescription for ill health.

The existing system is ridiculously expensive for all concerned, including governments.

Other countries achieve lower drug costs by purchasing medicine through a single, national buyer of pharmaceuticals. Canada, in contrast, funds drugs through a hodgepodge of private plans and disjointed federal, provincial and territorial systems that still leave many people paying out-of-pocket.

It’s estimated that one-infive households spend $500 or more on prescription medicine annually. And about 7 per cent pay more than $1,000 each year.

This occurs because many Canadians aren’t covered by workplace drug insurance plans. And those who are, commonly face extra charges such as deductibles and prescription co-payments.

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And no wonder.

High prices are forcing a troubling number of households to avoid filling prescriptions, and even more are resorting to steps such as skipping doses or splitting pills in an effort to make medicine last longer.

It’s evidence that thousands of Canadians are risking aggravated illness and needless suffering because they can’t afford the rising price of drugs.

That’s a troubling gap in our health system. And it shouldn’t have to be this way.

A study released this past week, 2020 — The Future of Drug Coverage in CanadaPharmacare2020 — The Future of Drug Coverage in Canada, makes a compelling case for expanding our universal public health care system to include the cost of prescription medicines.

Not only would a national pharmacare program ensure that all Canadians have access to drugs they need, it would save billions of dollars.

Authored by six health policy experts, the study was published by the Pharmaceutical Policy Research Collaboration at the University of British Columbia.

“Full implementation by 2020 is both desirable and feasible,” researchers concluded.

“Canada has been waiting for pharmacare since the 1960s.”

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Nelson Commons construction remains on track

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The Nelson Commons construction project is on track,

says project manager Russell Precious. He says the building is progressing in three stages.

“The west end is always ahead, that is the lead phase. They are forming for the second floor slab. In

the mid section they are pouring the first floor slab, and in they east they are forming for the first floor slab.”

The anticipated move-in date for tenants is the end of July 2016. Thirty-nine out of 54 units have sold,

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He hopes it won’t happen again.

“We don’t want anyone to get injured, and we want to send the message that this might seem like a fun extreme sport, but it isn’t.”

Precious said working alongside the Hall St. construction project has taken some coordination because it created occasional access issues and because some members of the public think the street closures on Hall are a result of the Nelson Commons project.

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Fifteen-year-old Jackson Konkin is quickly proving to be one of the best athletes in B.C. in any age group at any level as he gets set to compete in the Canadian Sprint triathlon championship in Magog, Que. this weekend.

The J. L. Crowe student has already had a competitive summer competing in the AAA swim meet in Victoria before tackling the 5-kilometre open water swim championship on Thetis Lake near Victoria on July 6 where he finished 10th against some of Canada's top swimmers.

Then, just for kicks, the Trail native decided to tackle the CortoFondo at the Axel Merckx GranFondo in Penticton last week, cycling the 55 kilometre portion of the prestigious road bike race through the Okanagan city.

The race featured over 1,200 riders, and Konkin took his place near the front of the pack to get a good start.

“I was not expecting a lot,” said Konkin from his summer home in Christina Lake. “It was my first real road race, definitely the longest I'd ever done. We started on a hill which was good for me, because I'm so light, and I can just fly up the hill so I got up right to the front. And then there was a downhill, so all the fast guys maneuvering down the hill, and I'm getting left behind,

cause I'm inexperienced and not knowing what to do.”

Konkin would stick with the front runners, in a pack of about 100 riders he would break away on the Summerland Hill and weave through the city of Penticton where, heading into the homestretch, he would catch 14-year-old competitive road racer Connor Martin of Kelowna.

“I was thinking I must be in second, because this is one of the fastest kids in Canada,” said Konkin.

“So I was right on his wheel, and I made the mistake of showing myself to him, because he didn't know I was behind him so I could have snuck my way all the way to the end and sprinted ahead of him, but he noticed me and, of course, one of the best cyclists in Canada he knows all the tricks and strategies so I really didn't stand a chance against him at that point.”

However, Konkin would finish runnerup just seconds behind the Kelowna rider, an incredible result for an athlete whose main focus is on the triathlon.

“This is a great experience, going into these bike races will definitely help me a lot in the triathlon.”

Konkin comes by his talent honestly, as his father Mike is a dedicated athlete and coach who came seventh in the same CortoFondo and competed in and finished the Coeur d'Alene Ironman Triathlon on June 28 in 107 F heat.

Jackson won his first Christina Lake triathlon when he was 13, captured three bronze medals at the BC Summer Games in Nanaimo last year, was first in his age group earlier this summer in Vancouver at the North

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Jackson Konkin is proving to be a master of many athletic skills and is coming off an impressive GranFondo 55-kilometre cycling race in the Okanagan where he finished second in his group.

Shore Triathlon, and claimed third overall at this year's Wasa Lake Triathlon. His sites are set firmly on the Canadian Triathlon championship in Quebec this week where he will compete in the Youth elite category, which

entails a 500 metre swim, 10-km bike and a four-km run.

And while Konkin is confident in his ability and his training, he will be swimming in unknown waters when he travels to Quebec.

“I'm not exactly sure how

I'll do, because I've only raced against people from B.C. And Alberta, this area, and I'm going to go over there and race against the fastest kids from all of Canada, and Quebec and Ontario, but I think I'll go out on a limb and say top-10.”

And if Konkin's genes and training is any indication, he may do even better than that. A typical training day for Konkin when he is at Christina Lake in the summer, is a morning warm up, followed by a 3-4 km. swim across Christina Lake and back.

Around noon he'll ride for one to two hours, and depending on his training cycle, he'll follow it up with a 5-10 km run. Around 4 p.m. he'll do dry land training followed by another swim across the lake.

“That's a typical day in the lake,” said Konkin. “I enjoy it, it would be pretty tough doing all that training if I didn't.”

Konkin also swam in the Kelowna Open Water swim this past weekend in Kelowna as a primer for Quebec.

“I've been training a lot – and the bike racing, the open-water swims, everything is improving my triathlon and that's my main goal.”

He also has his sites set on Edmonton in September, where he and his dad will watch the ITU World Triathlon, and where Jackson will also compete in the Youth Elite category.

As for the future, Konkin has no plans of slowing down, and if he keeps up this pace, he'll soon be competing against the world's best.

“I am going to go as far as I can,” said Konkin. “I'll definitely be doing it for the rest of my life doesn't matter how good I get.”

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All Stars in must- Orioles draw Bellingham in first game of state championships win situation

By Guy Bertrand Times Staff

By Times Staff The Trail Major Little League All Stars were facing a must-win situation last night against the host South Vancouver at the B.C. Little League championships.

The team was sitting with a 1-3 record going into the game after dropping a 10-0 decision to New Westminster on Tuesday. The New West squad scored eight runs in the bottom of the first and added two more to end the game in four innings.

Results from Wednesday game was unavailable at press time.

The All Stars have today off before wrapping up round robin play on Friday against White Rock.

Little Mountain and White Rock shared top spot in the standings with 3-0 records.

They were scheduled to meet last night. Results were unavailable at press time.

The Trail AA Orioles coaching staff laid out three goals for the team at the outset of the baseball season – make the district playoffs, make the Washington state finals and win the Washington state title.

“We’ve completed two steps towards that last goal,” said Orioles coach Kyle Mace.

The Orioles will look to make that final step beginning Saturday when they join the top 16 baseball teams in Washington competing for a state championship in Lacey, Wash.

The Orioles open the six-day tournament on Saturday afternoon against Bellingham, the number-two seed out of District 1. Trail is the number-four seed out of District 3.

Bellingham is a perennial contender in Washington State American Legion baseball and should prove to be a tough opening test for the Orioles, the lone Canadian entry in the tournament.

Mace admitted he doesn’t have much of a scouting report on Bellingham but that’s the way he wants it.

“Actually I like it because the kids don’t get psyched out,” he said prior to the team’s practice on Wednesday.

“We go out and play and let the kids do it and let the best team win.”

The team is getting in as much practice time as possible while resting up from its weekend district playoff run where it was one of four teams to qualify for the state championships from District 3. Mt. Spokane came out of the playoffs as the number-

one seed followed by Gonzaga Prep, Asotin and Trail.

Mace explained the team went through some light throwing on Tuesday “to rest tired arms” and worked n the fundamentals in its final two practices prior to heading to the coast.

It’s the execution of those fundamentals, like bunting, relay throws, advancing the runner, that will make the difference at the state championships said Mace.

“That’s what we’ve been preaching to the kids since Day One.” While the coaches have been stressing the fundamentals, Mace admitted the team’s demeanour has changed over the course of the season and with its current success.

“Now I’m starting to see that confidence in the players when they come to the park.”

He acknowledged it takes that confidence, even swagger, to take on the top teams, rally from a deficit and keep a positive outlook in the face of adversity.

Win or lose on Saturday, the team is back on the field Sunday against an opponent to be determined from Saturday’s results.

And it won’t get any easier.

The Yakima Valley Peppers are the defending state champions and could be next up for the Orioles should both teams win their opening games.

Prior to the start of the state championships, the team will do a little fun bonding when they take in the Seattle Mariners-Toronto Blue Jays game in Seattle Friday night before heading to Lacey, a suburb of Olympia, Wash., which is about 100 kilometres south of Seattle.

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By Times Staff A trio of Birchbank golfers tackled the Indian Canyon Golf Course in Spokane for the Rosauers Open Invitiational.

Ben Gresley-Jones, Braden McKay and Tyler McKay made the trek to compete against professionals vying for the $11,000 top prize.

Although none of the local threesome was up for a cash prize playing as amateurs, they certainly acquitted themselves well.

Gresley-Jones carded rounds of 72, 70 and 72 to finish at one-over par for the tournament and tied for 66th spot.

Braden McKay bounced back from an opening round of 75 with rounds of 70 and 71 to finish at three-over par and tied for 74th spot.

Tyler McKay was right on the cusp but after two rounds missed the cut by two strokes.

Corey Prough, who golfs out of Spokane’s Manito Golf and Country Club, won the event for the fourth time in seven years with rounds of 67, 64 and 64 to finish at 18-under par.

Braden McKay now sets his sights on Canadian Junior Boys Championship beginning Aug. 3 in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec.

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By Times Staff The East Kootenay bocce reign has come to an end thanks to a seasoned Trail player.

Cranbrook held its annual Colombo Lodge bocce tournament on June 28 featuring a total of 10 teams - six from Cranbrook, one from Nelson and three from Trail.

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aged to bring home the title since 1986 when Trail’s Joe Bertuzzi and Tony Morelli teamed up to win the “A” event that year.

Almost 30 years later it took Bertuzzi, along with teammate Hans Barth, to finally get an outside team’s name on the hallowed Cranbrook trophy when they topped the 10-team field to claim the “A” event.

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PGA Tour Statistics Through July 20 Scoring Average 1, Jordan Spieth, 68.84. 2, Dustin Johnson, 69.66. 3, Bubba Watson,

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5, Brooks Koepka, 69.74. 6, Will Wilcox, 69.80. 7, Ryan Palmer, 69.81. 8, Zach Johnson, 69.87. 9, Jimmy Walker, 69.90. 10, Brandt Snedeker, 69.95.

Driving Distance 1, Dustin Johnson, 318.2. 2, Charlie Beljan, 310.0. 3, Jason Day, 309.7. 4, Adam Scott, 309.6.

5, Tony Finau, 308.3. 6, J.B. Holmes, 308.2. 7, Bubba Watson, 308.0. 8, Patrick Rodgers, 307.0.

9, Brooks Koepka, 306.6.

Putting Average 1, Jordan Spieth, 1.693. 2 (tie), Morgan Hoffmann and Jason Bohn, 1.722. 4, Dustin Johnson, 1.726. 5, Justin Thomas, 1.727.

All-Around Ranking 1, Will Wilcox, 233. 2, Jordan Spieth, 248. 3, Jason Day, 284. 4, Hideki Matsuyama, 303. 5, Brooks Koepka, 337. 6, Justin Thomas, 340. 7, Justin Rose, 390. 8, Zach Johnson, 399. 9, Shawn Stefani, 405. 10, Webb Simpson, 409.

PGA TOUR Money Leaders 1, Jordan Spieth, (19), $9,170,215.

2, Dustin Johnson, (15), $4,355,331. 3, Jimmy Walker, (17), $4,190,690. 4, Rory McIlroy, (8), $4,147,849. 5, Bubba Watson, (12), $4,098,118. 6, Zach Johnson, (19), $3,883,687. 7, Justin Rose, (13), $3,377,427. 8, J.B. Holmes, (18), $3,240,722. 9, Brandt Snedeker, (20), $3,238,792. 10, Kevin Kisner, (24), $3,103,576.

FedExCup Leaders 1, Jordan Spieth, 3763. 2, Jimmy Walker, 1951. 3, Bubba Watson, 1743. 4, Dustin Johnson, 1607.

5, Robert Streb, 1526. 6, Zach Johnson, 1522. 7, Rory McIlroy, 1510. 8, Patrick Reed, 1497. 9, Brandt Snedeker, 1410. 10, J.B. Holmes, 1404.

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allow her to air her feelings, listen attentively, nod your head and make sympathetic sounds. If she asks what to do, tell her to talk to her fiance. If she is reluctant to do that, she is setting herself up for a lifetime of marital misery.

Dear Annie: I am recently divorced from an abusive man after 25 years, and I decided to try online dating.

The first site did no background checks and when I did a Google search on the photos of the men who approached me, I discovered they were not who they said they were. The second dating site verified my photo and account info, so I felt more secure. However, there are scam artists there, too. One of them drew me in, but after a month of texts and emails,

people, even on legitimate sites. There are ways to verify someone’s photo online -- as well as those flowery, romantic statements -- to see whether they are stolen from another source.

No matter how wonderful someone seems, NEVER meet them in your home or theirs, or allow them to

drive you somewhere. And NEVER send them money.

Be careful.

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I have come to realize he, too, just wants money. My heart is broken, but I know time will heal it.

Here are my words of wisdom for your readers who try online dating: These sites are rife with con artists. Make sure the site does background checks or verification of some kind. Do not give prospective suitors your email address. Communicate only through the site. Meet only in a public place and have a friend accompany you. If he keeps coming up with excuses to change the date, drop him. If he tells you he’s in love after one or two emails, drop him. He’s a phony. If he asks you for money, even a small amount, drop him. If he tells you he has to leave for an overseas trip and then needs money to get home, drop him.

I was so drawn in by this guy’s beautiful words and romancing that I let my heart rule my head. Warn others. -- Know Better Dear Know: Happy to.

There have always been “romance” scams, but the Internet makes it easier.

Entire industries exist to take advantage of lonely

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Dear Annie: I am running out of advice for my daughter, “Katie.” She lives with her fiance. Last year, his middle-aged, disabled father moved in with them.

A month ago, his sister, her fiance and their two toddlers also moved in. The children wreak havoc on her clean, organized home. Neither the sister nor the father will clean up after themselves when they use the kitchen.

The sister lets her kids get into everything. The father sits in his room all day.

To keep the peace, Katie chooses to keep quiet until she comes to see me. Then she unloads all of her aggravation. I don’t know what to tell her. How does she get these lazy, sloppy people to pick up after themselves? -Katie’s Mom Dear Mom: Katie isn’t asking you for advice. She is frustrated by her home situation and is venting to you because you are her safe refuge. If she truly wants the freeloaders to help out (or leave), she needs to discuss how to handle this with her fiance and reach an agreement before it overwhelms their relationship. Simply

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Friday, July 24, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Get ready for a playful month ahead! The next four weeks are perfect for a vacation, sports events, activities with children and romance.

Party on!

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your attention will turn to home, family and domestic matters in the next four weeks. Stay alert for realestate deals, and attend to home repairs.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Your daily pace will accelerate in the next four weeks with a jam-packed schedule. You have things to do, places to go and people to see!

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) “Show me the money!”

It’s totally appropriate to focus on money, cash flow and earnings in the month ahead, because this is where the action is for

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LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) The next four weeks are your turn to recharge your batteries for the rest of the year. You also will attract favorable circumstances and important people to you.

Yay me!

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Work alone or behind the scenes in the next several weeks, because it’s the perfect time for you to plan what you want your new year (birthday to birthday) to be all about. Ideas?

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You have a popular month ahead. Accept all invitations and enjoy schmoozing with others. Expect to make friends with younger people.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) People will notice you more in the next four weeks, especially people in authority -- parents and bosses.

They see you in a positive

light, which is why they want you to do something special.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You long to travel and have some adventure in the next four weeks. Get away anywhere if you can, because you need a change of scenery.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Your focus on inheritances, shared property and

red-tape details will increase in the next four weeks. Clear up whatever loose ends you can, because it will be easy for you to do this.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You will need more rest and more sleep in the next four weeks. Just recognize this need, and do yourself a favor. Discover power naps.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You have a desire to turn

over a new leaf and pull your act together. Do whatever you can, in the next four weeks, to get better organized.

YOU BORN TODAY You lead a daring, exciting life because you want stimulation and thrills. No boredom! You are always aware of your public image. This year you will face a major decision. Save your money in the first half of the year and cut down on overhead

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Alternative Health

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COOK / KITCHEN HELP - medical & dental Apply in person with resume to Benedict’s Steakhouse.

3 Schofield Highway, Trail.

250-368-3360

Extended medical/ dental plan available Commission paid on retail sales plus other salon in house perks.

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PAPER CARRIERS Excellent exercise, fun for all ages.

Fruitvale

West Trail

Genelle

Route 357 16 papers Hummingbird Dr & Robin St Route 358 14 papers Cole St, Kootenay Ave North, Mountain St and Short St. Route 362 20 papers 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Evergreen Ave Route 363 12 papers Casemore Rd, Tamarac Ave Route 375 12 papers Green Rd & Lodden Rd Route 379 18 papers Cole St, Nelson Ave Route 380 23 papers Galloway Rd, Mill Rd Route 381 7 papers Coughlin Rd Route 382 7 papers Debruin Rd & Staats Rd

Route 149 8 papers Binns St, Glover Rd, McAnally St

Route 303 15 papers 12th Ave, 2nd St, Grandview Route 304 13 papers 12th & 14th Ave

Montrose

EXPERIENCED STYLIST

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Warfield

Route 341 24 papers 10th Ave, 8th Ave, 9th Ave

Route 200 Shakespeare Route 204 Kipling St

Route 342 11 papers 3rd St, 7th Ave, 8th Ave Route 345 12 papers 10th Ave, 9th Ave

11 papers 2 papers

Sunningdale

Route 347 16 papers 10th Ave, 9th Ave, 9th St

Route 111 39 papers Albert Dr, McBride St Route 211 26 papers Hazelwood Dr, Olivia Cres, Viola Cres.

Route 346 27 papers 8th, 9th & 10th Ave Route 348 19 papers 12th Ave, Christie Rd

Rossland

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR ROUTES IN ALL AREAS

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1252 Bay Avenue, Trail 250.368.5222

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7958 Birchwood Drive, Trail

Duplex - 3 Bedroom, 3 Bath, Executive Living

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329,000

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1811 Park Street, Rossland

Trail

259,000

Rob Burrus 250-231-4420 g New Listin

$

Trail

74,500

$

Nathan Kotyk 250.231.9484

3191 Iris Crescent, Trail

3 Bedroom 1 ½ Bath, Modern Kitchen, Fully Landscaped

524,000

269,000

$

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2042 Caughlin Road, Fruitvale

Manufactured Home with Open Living Space

Nathan Kotyk 250.231.9484 New Shopms & 5 Bedroo

219,000

$

$

Trail

Jack McConnachie 250.368.5222

319,000

Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

3 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Vaulted Ceiling, Loft

329,000

$

169,900

$

Nathan Kotyk 250.231.9484

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180 Balsam Road, Fruitvale

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Trail

TWIN BED, mattress & box & headboard w/bedding, like new. $250.obo; china cabinet &hutch,$150.obo.250-367-7603

***WANTED*** LOOKING FOR PEDAL BOAT $$$ PLEASE CALL 250 693 8883

189,000

229 Currie St, Warfield

Fruitvale

RAIDER fiberglass canopy, black, top of the line, fits 6’8� box with sliding windows, near new, original price $2500., asking $800.; Hammond organ in excellent condition, original price $3,000., asking $300.

250-362-5518

Misc. Wanted

tion

54,900

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 $2,200DMG. Huge freezers.

Experienced wood carvers needed, full time. Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866-528-7108 or 1778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale

Great Loca

Trail

Contractors HANSON DECKING West Kootenay Agent for Duradek 250-352-1814

MOVING. Livingroom easy chairs, coffee and end tables, bedroom suites, china. 250368-9281.

3 Bedroom plus Den, 3 Bath, Open Concept living

$

3 bedroom, 3 Bath, Custom Finishes

Quiet Location

2 Houses

$

1909 Robin Street, Fruitvale

430,888

LARGE FUND Borrowers Wanted Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts.

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Heavy Duty Machinery

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Financial Services

$

160,000

1215 Heather Place, Trail

Duplex- Custom Kitchen, Hardwood Flooring, Covered Deck

359,000

$

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Houses For Sale 2 serviced lots

7171 Wright Way Trail

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Francesco Estates, Glenmerry,spacious 1-3bdrms. Adults only (45+). Secure building w/elevator. N/S, N/P. Ongoing improvements. Ph. 250-3686761

Apt/Condo for Rent Bella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250-364-1822

443 Whitman Way Warfield

95

ROSSLAND, 2BDRM. older, well constructed, furniture & appliances, full basement, large garage. Priced to sell.

250-362-5518

BEAVER FALLS, 3BDRM 2bath, f/s, w/d, large yard. $800/mo. +util. 250-362-3316

1/2 acre serviced lot

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Apt/Condo for Rent

Rentals

$90,000

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Houses For Sale

$100,000

Denise Marchi 250.368.1112

denise.marchi@shaw.ca

E.Trail. 2bdrm + den. Clean, quiet, responsible adult only.

40+. N/S. N/P/ Long-term only.

250.368.9186. 250.364.1669

ROSSLAND, bach. & 1bd. apt. Golden City Manor. Over 55. N/S. N/P. Subsidized. 250362-5030, 250-231-9777

Houses For Sale

TRAIL, 2bd. apt. Friendly, quiet secure bldg. Heat incl.

N/P, N/S. 250-368-5287

A House SOLD Name TEAM DEWITT Since 1976

WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 1-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888

Wayne DeWitt 250.368.1617

W.TRAIL, 1BD. 1blk. to downtown, fenced yard, suitable for dog. $595./mo. 250-368-6076

Keith DeWitt 250.231.8187

Fruitvale

Shavers Bench

W.TRAIL, 1bd. plus, semi-enclosed balcony, pet friendly.

1Blk. to Downtown, $575./mo.

250-368-6076

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

Good access. 250-368-1312

The Kidney Foundation of Canada, BC Branch 200-4940 Canada anada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 4K6 1(800) 567-8112

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TRAIL, 3BDRM. Apt, W/D. Nice yard, garage. $860./mo. n/s. n/p. 250-921-4861.

TRAIL, clean 1bdrm, n/s, n/p, f/s, w/d. 908 Rossland Ave., 2 blocks from town. Avail. immed. $550./mo. Call 250368-1361

250.368.8551

• Kidney Disease causes death in many people with diabetes and d high blood pressure, and raises the risk of a heart attack?

• Healthy kidneys reduce the risk of heart attacks and high blood od pressure?

If detected early, Chronic Kidney Disease can be treated, thereby reducing the risk of complications of diabetes, high blood pressure re and heart attacks.

Glenmerry 3bdrm.

F/S $850/mo.

Heat included.

250-368-5908 LARGE 1 bdrm apart with balcony.

Trail.

Sunningdale.

Rockcliff Manor.

NS/NP. Heat/Cool/Electricity/Laundry incl. $750/month. 250-2310466 or dflick60@gmail.com

WWW.TEAMDEWITT.CA

Did you know?

Glenmerry 2bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. $750./mo.

250-368-5908

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

All Pro Realty Ltd.

GST included Non refundable.

Glenmerry 1bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. N/S. $600./mo.

250-368-5908

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MLS#2401611

$

219,900

$

MLS#2399352

167,500

Mint Condition! Super Price for this fantastic 3 bedroom home.

East Trail 3 BDRM House Full Bsmt, 3 car garage. W/D, F/S, N/S, N/P, $1000 mth plus utilities. Phone 250.365.5003

Shavers Bench

Fruitvale

TRAIL, 2BD. + sunroom. Near Safeway. W/D. $750./mo. 250368-6075 W.TRAIL, 3BDRM. (Garage) N/S, N/P, F/S, W/D. $800./mo. + utilities. 250-364-1838

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129,900

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Seasonal Accommodation Kelowna annual timeshare until 2092, 2-bdrm & 2-balconies each week. Ed Johnson, (250)426-7415

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Wheels

Proper air filter vital to vehicle’s performance

T

he air filter for your engine is The filter has reached its end of life. At just as important as the oil filter. this point the filter is weighed.

If you get your vehicle serThe weight of the filter determines viced frequently at the quick how much of the test dust was collected lube places you probably in the filter before it became have bought quite a few of too restrictive. This weight them. gain determines the filter’s The power that your capacity. An absolute filter engine produces requires 15 downstream of the test filter pounds of air for every one (it collects all the leftover pound of fuel it ingests. If particles) is also weighed. you can imagine 15 pounds The increase of weight in the of air you get the picture. test filter versus the weight That air filter has its work increase of the absolute filter ron cut out for it. is the measure of the filter’s The air filter has to efficiency. remove airborne particles The point here is a good Mechanically that vary in size all the while filter has to catch as much letting particle free air easdirt as possible without letSpeaking ily pass into the engine. Air ting any bits through all the filters are rated by efficiency while not restricting flow. and life not by the micron size of parI have removed and installed a lot of ticles that pass through them. air filters in my time. Do not underestiThe standard rating system for auto- mate the importance of how the air filter motive air filters requires a standard test fits into its container (the air box). dust comprised of particles from 0 to The filter must seal properly in the 80 microns to be fed at a concentration box so that there is no way the incoming of one gram of dust per cubic metre air can bypass the filter media. through the filter media.

That is many times what separates When the filter starts to restrict the a good filter from a bad one. It is also dust flow causing a significant pressure the responsibility of the installer to drop across the filter the test is stopped. install the filter properly. We find many

nutini

The Local Experts™ ICE NEW PR

1460 - 5th Avenue, Trail

$159,000

Charming 3 bdrm with classic curb appeal, alley access to covered parking, new roof & hardwood flooring. Easy walk to Gyro Park, Safeway and downtown.

Terry 250-231-1101

ICE NEW PR

1450 - 5th Avenue, Trail

$195,000

Renovated 3 bdrm 2 bath, laminate & tile flooring, new windows, newer kitchen, partially fenced yard, close to all amenities!

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

air boxes that are distorted from poor design or poor installation and removal practices.

What happens when dirt get in your engine? Basically, the dirt will scratch the cylinder walls and wear them out prematurely. Your engine will die a premature death.

Air filters are more often sold on how easily air flows through them and any performance improvements that can come from using them.

The most common versions are cotton filters that you spray oil on to catch the dirt. On modern fuel injected engines that use mass air flow sensors to measure incoming air, too much oil sprayed on the filter media can cause problems.

As the air flows through an over oiled filter it pulls an oil mist from the filter and deposits on the mass air flow sensor that can result in performance issues.

Air filter choice therefore requires high efficiency, high capacity and excellent fit.

After the product is chosen a proper installation is mandatory.

Trail’s Ron Nutini is a licensed automotive technician and graduate of mechanical engineering from UBC. E-mail: nutechauto@telus.net

Speed Week cancelled again

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY - The Speed Week races that draw hundreds of racing teams from around the world to Utah’s famous salt flats were cancelled Monday for the second consecutive year because of wet conditions.

The Southern California Timing Association, which organizes the race, cancelled the event Monday after reviewing the flats and determining conditions were too wet or patchy for speed trials starting Aug. 8.

“It’s just ultimately very wet and slushy and muddy,” said Bill Lattin, the SCTA president and Speed Week race director.

To run a very short course, organizers need 4 to 4 and a half miles of flat salt, but they were only able to find about 2 and a half miles of suitable salt amid the rough, muddy and patchy flats Monday, Lattin said.

The salt flats, shaped by wind and water, are one of the fastest natural tracks in the world, drawing racers from the around world for more than 80 years. Numerous land speed records have been set on the usually flat and smooth salt surface, about 100 miles west of Salt Lake City.

Racers driving cars, motorcycles and anything with wheels now reach speeds of 300400 mph, said Lattin.

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Feature rental! PET FRIENDLY! 2 bdrm, 1 bath full house $750 / mo plus utils / NS 3 bdrm, 1 bath full house $850 / mo plus utils NP / NS 2+ bdrm, 1 bath full house $875 / mo plus utils NP / NS 2 bdrm, 1 bath upper suite $750 / mo plus utils NP / NS 2 bdrm suite $650 / mo plus utils NP / NS 4 bdrm, 1 bath house (Glenmerry) $1000 / mo plus utils NP / NS

FRUITVALE RENTAL

1 bdrm, $625 / mo plus utils

WARFIELD RENTAL

2 bdrm, $750 / mo plus utils NP/NS

Terry Alton 250-231-1101 Tonnie Stewart (250) 365-9665

Mark Wilson

ICE NEW PR

250-231-5591

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Terry Alton 981 Spokane St, Rossland

$299,900

Looking for space? Look no further! .87 of an acre lot with a large home, shop and amazing view! There have been some upgrades done such as kitchen and flooring. Very special package!

Call your REALTOR® now.

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

250-231-1101

terryalton@shaw.ca

531 Turner St, Warfield

$169,000

Built in 2009, this compact charmer is perfect for single, couple or empty nesters that want modern open concept, low maintenance living.

Home features vaulted ceilings, heated garage, private yard and comes with New Home Warranty.

Call now before its gone.

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

1724 - 3rd Avenue, Trail

$139,000

Location! Location! Recently updated, this cute 2 bdrm home is ready to move into. Freshly painted, new bathroom, updated flooring and great parking with garage and carport. Call today!

Richard 250-368-7897

Tonnie Stewart

250-365-9665

tonniestewart@shaw.ca

Mary Martin 250-231-0264

mary.martin@century21.ca

Richard Daoust 7551 Devito Drive, Trail

$319,000

8327 Highway 3B, Trail

$479,000

NOW IS THE TIME!! Stunning home with inground pool. Beautifully landscaped yard with over 1/3 of an acre. Brazilian Cherry Hardwood floors, sunny kitchen, large bedrooms, 2 gas fireplaces, central air and so much more. This home was reroofed April 2015.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

$209,000

richard.daoust@century21.ca

Mary Amantea

250-521-0525

770 Tennyson Ave., Warfield Warfield Charmer! This 3 bedroom home offers lots of space and main floor laundry. Central air-conditioning and electric fireplace add to comfort. Great parking with paved driveway and double carport. Low maintenance exterior with vinyl siding, steel roof, low maintenance yard. Quick possession possible.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

250-368-7897

2330 Fourth Ave, Rossland

$189,900

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

mamantea@telus.net

2131 Earl Street, Rossland

$197,000

This home is one level with a completely open floor plan. 3 bdrms, tons of light, a wood stove, privacy and a large 30x172 lot with perennial garden. A single car garage and carport complete this package.

Quick possession available!

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

We want to hear from

YOU!

Bill Craig 755 Dickens Street, Warfield

$179,900

250-231-2710

bill.craig@century21.ca

Deanne Lockhart 250-231-0153

deannelockhart@shaw.ca

3249 Lilac Crescent, Trail

$255,000

Art Forrest

250-368-8818 c21art@telus.net

Christine Albo 250-512-7653

christine.albo@century21.ca

217 Balsam Rd, Ross Spur

$299,900

2031 Daniel Street, Trail

Spacious 2 bdrm home on 2 private acres. One bdrm guest cabin for your visitors.

Spend hot summer afternoons down at the creek. Once you are home you will not want to leave this beautiful property.

Call Art (250) 368-8818

WOW!!!! - Comfortable 2 bdrm/2 bath home - this home requires some TLC but you will have a great home with newer furnace/updated plumbing and wiring and the most amazing water views. Call today!

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

$130,900

1004 Regan Crescent, Trail

$215,000

Cozy 3 bdrm rancher on a fantastic Sunningdale lot. Vinyl siding, central air, U/G sprinklers, 24 by 20 dream shop for the handyman. Call your REALTOR® for a viewing!

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

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3802 Dogwood Drive, Trail

$249,000

Dave Thoss

250-231-4522

dave.thoss@century21.ca

Dan Powell Christina Lake

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

250-442-6413

powelldanielk@gmail.com