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The calendar just turned to August on the weekend but plans for the winter months began last week as Trail Memorial Centre staff was busy installing the ice in the Cominco Arena for another season. Tuesday Travis Drake (left) and Randy Johnson were applying another coat of water to add to the ice layer. Work will continue throughout the week with the ice ready for use by the weekend.

Online push to capture young voters’ attention

BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff

A Trail mother of two is asking residents to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming federal election.

Helen Bobbitt kicked off the start of the 11-week campaign with a Facebook event to keep people, especially her neighbours, connected and ultimately encouraged to vote.

“This is the opportunity to drive our country in a different direction if that is what's meant to be and we have to be a part of that,” she said.“If you don't vote and you're complaining about who's heading up your country, then you have to be a bigger part in influencing that.”

Bobbitt used to broadcast for EZ Rock, or KBS as it was called when her voice was

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heard across the local airwaves. Today she is a FortisBC employee, but her passion for current affairs and politics keeps her tuned in.

“Let's Change This Country- VOTE Oct. 19” does not come with a bias, she attests. It's just a place where people can follow the campaign and find out simply how to vote.

“You can't convince people to do what they don't want to do but at the same time, we are too complacent,” she added.

“People have either given up or frankly don't care. But we're not in a position to live in this world and not try and make a difference to some degree.”

She said she feels it's her responsibil-

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ity to inform her peers and trusts education could change the downward trend of voter turnout.

In 2011's federal election, about 61 per cent of registered Canadian electors turned out to cast a ballot, according to Elections Canada. While this is up slightly from the nearly 59 per cent who voted in 2008, it is a far cry from the 75 per cent that Canada averaged in the decades following the Second World War. Turnout for young Canadians was far below the average – about 39 per cent of those in the 18 to 24-year-old age group and 45 per cent of people between the ages of 25 to 34 years old voted.

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Using social media, she said, could drive these figures up.

“The younger generation doesn't really know or care to some degree and those that do care say, 'Well nobody listens, anyway,'” she said.

But young people should care because issues like tuition fees and minimum wage impact their lives, according to Suzanne Larocque.

The Selkirk College nursing student took action into her hands this spring, encouraging younger voters to do the same by setting up a voter registration booth at the Castlegar campus. The thirdyear student wanted to start the conversation early so that her peers were engaged and prepared to make a decision come fall.

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FROM PAGE 1 “I hope to make a small step toward reconnecting youth with Canada’s democratic process,” she was noted on the school’s website.

From speaking with her classmates, it was obvious that young people lacked an understanding of politics and felt a disconnect with the traditional process of heading to the polls. That’s not to say they don’t care; she said, just look at how they add their voice to petitions, blogs and rallies.

“I will be satisfied if a few individuals start to think more about how their participation can shape Canada’s future for the better,” she added. “Youth are powerful, smart and passionate; I want them to know that Canada will be a better place with their involvement.”

Bobbitt is hopeful that providing information on a site young people already use will make it easy for them to get on board.

The online push so far provides a link to Elections Canada’s website (www.elections.ca), where detailed information on how to vote is provided. It also features this year’s party leaders (Conservative leader Stephen Harper, NDP’s Thomas Mulcair, Justin Trudeau

for Liberals, and the Green Party’s Elizabeth May). But the page has yet to introduce South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding candidates: NDP MLA candidate Richard Cannings, Liberal Connie Denesiuk and Conservative candidate Marshall Neufeld.

“I’m trying to garner all the information in one place, so people don’t have to go to Google and find it 10 different ways,” Bobbitt explained.

“But really it’s up to people to be educated on the platforms.”

She’s passionate about protecting the country’s “food for the future,” and taking care of veterans - “the people or the reason we’re able to live in a free country.”

She can’t help but reflect on third-world countries, where struggles are real, and voting is taken seriously.

“We take for granted that we have this right to vote that was fought for so long ago and really is something that we have to pay greater respect to,” she added.

The Facebook event is slowly building up, and Bobbitt expects some of the already 500 people invited will take note of her efforts and accept the invitation to participate.

Nelson

Door-to-door mail delivery to end next year

The Nelson Star Canada Post says door-to-door mail delivery will end in Nelson next year.

The company said it informed municipal officials and employees on Wednesday that everyone whose postal code starts with VIL — nearly 3,600 addresses — will be converted to community mailboxes in 2016.

“This is part of a five-year initiative to convert one-third of Canadian addresses who still have delivery at the door to community mailboxes in an effort to secure postal service for the future,” said spokesman John Caines.

“Since the program began in 2014, one million addresses have been or are in the various stages of the conversion process.”

Affected residents are expected to an information package in the next few days with a mail-in survey from Canada Post.

The move has been heavily criticized by the Canadian Union

of Postal Workers and community leaders.

The company says no employees will lose their job as a result of the initiative, but it will reduced its workforce through attrition as people retire.

However, Brenda MuscobyYanke, president of the Nelson postal workers union, said management has informed carriers that a restructuring will occur in late winter or early spring.

“This will mean the work force will be cut into half approximately,” she said. “Not only will it affect our members but also the company that delivers parcels and employs five people.”

She said community mailboxes make sense in rural areas with a scattered population, “but when you have these boxes sitting in neighbourhoods of dense population, it’s a serious issue as to how safe your mail is.”

She said a rally is being planned for Aug. 17 in Nelson.

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The Rossland Light Opera Players take joy in bringing the community classics like last year’s performance of Anne of Green Gables. But the troupe also enjoys its smaller numbers that are generally fundraisers and always a lot of fun to pull off.

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‘Cowgirls’ casting call starts early with read through

By Valerie Rossi Times Staff

Jo is in a pickle; she has only 24 hours to save her father's small town saloon from foreclosure.

She books the Cowgirl Trio as a saving grace, and the comedy unwinds when she ends up with the Coghill Trio, a group of classical musicians.

It's classical versus country in “Cowgirls,” a musical comedy presented by the Rossland Light Opera Players. While the show isn't set to take the stage until November, the ground work starts now, says Rossland Light Opera Players' (RLOP) Julie Crispin.

The theatre troupe is hosting a read through this Thursday at their clubhouse (2054 Washington St.) in Rossland at 7 p.m.

“It allows people to come and get a feel for what the show is like,” explained Crispin, who's producing the small show. She's here to make the logistics easy for Director Kathy Wilson, who's ultimately responsible for casting six actors to fill female roles, those with ability to play an instrument are a bonus.

“If we have a chick come in, and she had a whole bunch of energy and she could carry a tune and play the banjo that would be it right there,” laughed Crispin.

But the parts don't have to be reserved for women only. They've put a man in a dress before—it's comedy – and they'll do it again.

Though the RLOP has a large membership, favourites like Adam Sander and Jason Whitley can't seem to stay away for too long, the amateur group isn't formal and often actors will take time off.

This is not only understood but embraced, as it allows for new talent to hit the stage.

“My philosophy is you can't always be in the show,” said Crispin. “Not every show has a role for everybody and you can't do a show without

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She began her journey with the RLOP is about five years ago. Her nerves were real when she sang her first song on stage (somewhere she hadn't been since high school drama class) and nailed it.

“I tend to gravitate toward the same kind of character but I like to play all kinds,” she said.

“I've been in a lot of matriarchal roles, kind of stern, for whatever reason I don't know.”

She's played Auntie Em in “Wizard of Oz,” and a "cranky old woman with a thousand kids" in “Anne of Green Gables,” the troupe's last big production. Crispin acted as director for a “Murder at Crooked House,” but this is her first time as producer.

“We are mostly known for family-themed shows, but it's fun to step outside the box and do something different,” she said.

The RLOP presents one large show a year but often do fun little ones as fundraisers but also to perform for a different audience.

The adult show promises to be interactive, entertaining and delicious.

Crispin is reaching out to the community to incorporate local goodies from chocolate to baking and adds there will be beer. The hoedown feel will come to life at the Miners' Hall, where ticket holders will sit amongst actors, in a sense, with the stage reserved for the show's musical elements.

After the read through, the real auditions follow suit this Sunday at 1:30 p.m. and the day after (Monday) at 6:30 p.m. at the clubhouse. But Crispin understands summer time can be tricky and will make special arrangements if those times don't work for potential cast members.

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Trail Times

PEOPLE Susan Elaine Sophie Lutz (nee Vlanich) It is with heavy hearts the Vlanich and Houston families announce the sudden passing of their sister Susan on Saturday, July 25th.

Susan proudly completed her RN degree in Calgary in 2004 while carrying out her position as Deli Manager for Safeway. Upon her graduation she practiced her nursing at Peter Lougheed Hospital before returning to Trail. Susan was very much an animal lover, rescuing many pets from the SPCA. Summer was Susan’s season as she loved to be out picking huckleberries and turning them in to the best cheese cakes for her family and friends to enjoy.

Susan will be forever missed by her brothers; George (Louise), Michael (Darcy), Christopher (Eileen), Patrick (Susan) and sister Kathy Houston (Gregg), also her nephews and niece as well as her dearest long-time friend, Gordon Maddison. Susan was predeceased by her father George, her mother Beverley (nee Bergeron) and her brother and best friend, Richard.

Special thanks go to the paramedics, RCMP and hospital staff for their compassion and care of Susan during this most difficult time.

By request there will be a private family service on August 24th with Father Bart van Roijen officiating. Bill Clark of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with the arrangements.

You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca

OBITUARY SMITH, NEWTON CAMPBELL – With love and sadness we announce the passing of Newton Campbell Smith. ”Uncle Newt” on Monday July 27th, in Victoria.

Uncle Newt was born in Vancouver April 10, 1937. He grew up in Trail surrounded by many family and friends. He was a Chef Extraordinaire and his artistic ability was second to none. He loved fishing, travelling and his dog Cheeky. He may have been gruff in appearance but his heart was kind and special.

He was predeceased by his partner in life, his loving wife Marilyn (Remming), his parents James and Lizzie Smith.

He is survived by his brother Harry, his sister-in-law Karen Smith, his brothers’-inlaw Jim (Leanne) Remming & family, Norm Remming, Jerry (Ruth) and nephew Stephen Remming and sister-in-law Manon Remming.

He is also survived by his nieces’ and nephew and children from the heart, Dana (Ken) Kloosterman, Kim (Bruno) Tassone, Jim (Chanone) Smith. He is also blessed to be survived by many great and great-great nieces and nephews.

He has touched many and will leave a hole that will be hard to fill.

A celebration of his life will be held in Castlegar, Wed Aug 5th, at 7:00pm at the Kinnaird Park Community Church.

Local cadet benefits from advanced musician training this summer SUBMITTED VICTORIA, B.C. –– Cadet Niklaus Nelson from Trail has been developing his musical talents over last three years.

He has attended summer training with the cadet program for the past two summers, moving from Basic Musician Course to Intermediate Musician Course and now on the Advanced Musician Course.

He joins a group of cadets from all over British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Northwest Territories.

These courses are held at the Albert Head Cadet Training Centre, near Victoria, BC and the Quadra Cadet Training Centre, near Comox.

Cadet Nelson, 17, is from 531 Squadron in Trail. He has been a cadet for four years. He is a student at J. Lloyd Crowe Secondary School and plays in the concert and jazz bands.

Outside of the cadet program and school, Cdt Nelson plays tenor in the local pipe band and upright bass in a strings ensemble.

This summer, he was chosen to attend the six week Advanced Musician Course, mainly focusing on the trombone and is looking to be qualified as a Level 3 Musician.

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Cadet Niklaus Nelson practices his musical skills in a combined ensemble of cadets from across Western Canada at the Albert Head Cadet Training Centre in Victoria.

In addition to music training, the cadets participate in weekly sports activities, air rifle range, visited Butchart

Gardens and watched the Ceremony of the Flags in downtown Victoria. As a combined band the cadets

performed at the opening ceremony for a Harbourcats semi-pro baseball game, Duncan Days, Graduation Parades and Beacon Hill Park for Veteran’s Day. Cadet Nelson beamed about his experiences and feels the opportunities over the past three summers have made him improve in so many ways.

“I have a deeper understanding for music I hear and play. It’s an amazing group of people to work with, peers and instructors” he said.

Cadet Nelson plans to bring the skills he has learned at summer training back to his home squadron in Trail to help inspire the other cadets.

When asked what he would tell the other cadets about his experience, he said, “As a person you develop, I was shy and cadets has brought me self confidence and given me a chance to go places and meet new friends.”

More than 3,400 Sea, Army and Air Cadets are participating in summer training activities across B.C. this summer. Other cadets have had the opportunity to travel across the country and even overseas. To find out more about the Cadet Program visit www.cadets.ca or follow us on Twitter @BC_Cadets.

ARNOLD SCASSI

Designer’s creations adorned stars and presidential wives THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Canadian designer Arnold Scaasi, whose flamboyant creations adorned the wives of U.S. presidents, movie stars, and socialites, has died.

Scaasi died early Tuesday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital of cardiac arrest, said his longtime friend, Michael Selleck, executive vice-president of sales and marketing at Simon & Schuster.

The Montreal-born designer was 85.

Scaasi - which was his given name, Isaacs, spelled backward - was adopted as the moniker for his ”catchy” designer label.

He specialized in madeto-order clothes, often in ornate, brilliantly coloured fabrics and trimmings like beads and ostrich feathers.

However, one of his most famous designs was a flimsy

lace pantsuit designed for Barbra Streisand’s Oscar appearance in 1969, when she won for “Funny Girl” in a tie with Katharine Hepburn.

It featured bell-bottom pants and matching top in spangly black lace, and the thin fabric used created the impression of nudity.

After studying commercial art in Melbourne, Scaasi returned to Montreal to hone his skills at the CotnoirCappon School of Design.

He completed the school’s three-year course in 27 months and his teachers were so impressed that one commented: ”A student must copy before he creates, but this was not the case for Scaasi. He would start copying and end by improvising.

His finished model did not resemble the original at all.

He was truly creative.”

Before finishing school,

though, Scaasi was creating clothes for private clients and saving money to go to Paris, where he enrolled at the Chambre syndicale de la haute couture parisienne. He later worked at the House of Pacquin for $50 a month. ”When I left Canada some 30 years ago, there was no room for creative talent in dress design,” he said in an interview with The Canadian Press in 1991. ”At that time, the only way to really make it was to go to the United States.”

In 1953, Scaasi went to New York to work for designer Charles James.

Five years later, with $2,000 in savings, a seamstress, tailor and small studio in Manhattan, he started a ready-to-wear business that sold to more than 200 specialty shops and department stores in the United States.

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His clientele include Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, the late film star Elizabeth Taylor, socialite Ivana Trump and Barbara Bush, wife of former U. S. President George Bush.

In 1991, he returned to Canada for his first appearance in his home country in 25 years, for a special showing of his fall line in Toronto.

Scaasi explained his fashion philosophy, priding himself on not following trends. ”My looks are timely, but also timeless. They last. I’m always pleased when a woman tells me she has a 10-year-old Scaasi (outfit) she still loves to wear.”

“I’ve never been afraid of the word ‘pretty’ and I dislike cumbersome clothes,” he added. “A dress should touch and define the body at least once - at the hip, bust, waist - somewhere.”

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Violent crime in Surrey has skyrocketed by 34 per cent, with attempted murders six times that of the first half of last year.

Newton led the city with the spike in attempted homicides, experiencing a 900-per-cent jump in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year.

It was followed

by Whalley at a 300-per-cent climb in attempted homicides, while other communities saw no change.

Homicides were down 33 per cent overall.

Police say the large amount of attempted murders are due to the drug turf war playing out, largely in Newton and Whalley, where two groups are battling over a dial-a-dope operation.

The police said in a release there has been a recent drop in the number of shootings, in part because of a multi-jurisdictional clampdown on the people believed to be involved.

The statistics released Friday are made public by the Surrey RCMP every quarter, as was mandated by council as part of the Crime Reduction Strategy in a move toward further transparency.

Overall in Surrey, most violent crimes were on the increase, including sex assault (up 65 per cent), abduction and kidnapping (up 55 per cent), and robbery, which was up 33 per cent.

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Skydiver rescued after tangled in power lines THE CANADIAN PRESS VERNON, B.C. - A skydiver is OK after dangling unconscious from power lines for more than 30 minutes near Vernon on Monday.

RCMP Const. Richard Lausman says the man, whose name hasn’t been released, began his jump normally but blacked out for unexplained reasons when he was about 500 metres above the ground.

The victim’s parachute then tangled in hydro wires and he swung like a pendulum, nearly 10 metres above the heads of rescuers. The arc of the swing slammed the stillunconscious man into a power pole, leaving him with various injuries.

Hydro crews had to cut electricity to the area so firefighters could reach the man and safely lower him to a waiting ambulance.

Provincial/national Harper unveils big-budget campaign promise: $1.5B home renovation tax credit THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO Stephen Harper has delivered the first bigbudget promise of the Conservative election campaign: a permanent home-renovation tax credit that will cost taxpayers $1.5 billion a year once implemented.

However, Harper says the credit - a more modest version of a temporary credit the government first introduced in 2009 won’t be introduced until economic circumstances permit, perhaps the middle of a Tory mandate.

While the original credit applied to renovation costs of up to $10,000, the ceiling for the permanent credit has been lowered to $5,000.

Speaking at a campaign event in Toronto, Harper says the credit, which would apply to

renovation work done on houses, cottages and condominiums owned for personal use, would also help to create jobs in the construction sector.

He says it would also pump billions of dollars back into the Canadian economy.

Some three million Canadians have taken advantage of the opportunity to make renovations in the last six years.

“Young parents renovated rooms as nurseries, emptynesters converted rooms for other uses, older Canadians made changes to remain independent in their own homes,” Harper said.

“The renovation tax credit helps every homeowner, regardless of income. I know Justin Trudeau doesn’t think every family deserves help, but we

future of this country,” Trudeau said.

“The fact is, I am staying focused on Canadians and what they need.”

Harper’s plan is not working and the “real risk is sticking with the status quo,” he added.

Trudeau also set his sights on the NDP’s Tom Mulcair, denouncing his promise to raise the minimum

THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Air Canada says it will no longer transport big-game hunting trophies after the killing of Cecil the lion drew international attention.

A company spokesman says the airline will no longer carry trophies from lions, leopards, elephants, rhinoceros and water buffaloes.

Peter Fitzpatrick says such shipments have been extremely rare in the past because the com-

pany does not operate flights to South Africa, where big-game hunting is a booming industry.

He says the company already complies with existing regulations on transporting endangered wildlife.

The killing of Cecil the lion by a Minnesota dentist in early July cast a spotlight on trophy hunting and sparked a social media outcry.

Zimbabwean authorities have said they will seek the extradition of

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wage as a “mirage” that wouldn’t apply to 99 per cent of minimum-wage workers in Canada whose pay rates are set by the provinces.

Mulcair, who has been absent from the campaign cut-andthrust since making a public appearance Sunday, was scheduled to attend an event later Tuesday in Montreal.

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I n t e r e s t i n g l y, Harper’s propensity for referring to Trudeau by his first name only seemed to be a dominant theme on the campaign trail Tuesday.

Asked about it, the prime minister said it’s something he does occasionally, but only because that’s the way the Liberals have chosen to brand their own leader.

Trudeau himself, who unveiled the Liberal campaign bus at an early rally in Mississauga, Ont., shrugged it off as a distraction from the fact that the Conservatives have allowed the economy to slide into a recession.

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Other airlines, including Emirates, Lufthansa and British Airways, brought in a similar ban in April.

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he one thing you can say about Prime Minister Stephen Harper is, he’s a man with a plan.

Sadly, he’s not anxious to share his master plan with the country.

Regardless, the outline of a Canadian ‘presidency’ can be seen in his policy choices, in the battles he’s prepared to fight and in the tactics he’s employing for the upcoming general election.

If you were to poll Canadians about their top priorities over the period of Harper’s rule, I’m not sure building more prisons, expanding the military, eliminating the long gun registry and punishing charities (that disagree with the government) would have been top of mind.

Nevertheless, they have been high priority policy options for the Harper Conservatives.

Harper’s economic policy is equally out of sync, and fatally onedimensional. Canadians are proud of being a modern economy. Under Harper’s watch, much of Canada’s economic diversification, built up over a century, has been eroded.

Stephen Harper’s economic agenda has focused on the oil sands and making Canada an energy superpower. So integrated is this plan that when the price of oil collapsed last year, it torpedoed not only the oil and gas industry but also much of the manufacturing base that catered to this one trick pony.

Advanced technology, which is supposed to be the economic future for Canada, has been abandoned to the tender mercies of our under-capitalized venture capital industry. Regrettably, a venture capital success in Canada today often involves shipping our best and brightest technology opportunities out of the country (for pennies on the dollar) to be developed in Asia or the U.S. Harper’s personal battles, the issues he’s prepared to go to war over, tell us even more about his larger plan. He has battled relentlessly against Canada’s parliamentary traditions. Under his leadership, party discipline has been ratcheted up significantly. Conservative MPs today represent their constituencies in name

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only; Harper’s whips tolerate no dissent. The PMO (Prime Minister’s Office) has steadily become more powerful, and is today an independent force, unaccountable to Parliament.

The prime minister also battled three iconic Canadian institutions, the Supreme Court, the media and the Senate.

Not many prime ministers attack the Supreme Court.

But Stephen Harper not only questions the role and importance of the Court but has also made a point of personalizing his dispute by questioning the integrity of Canada’s Chief Justice, Beverley McLachlin.

Harper, no doubt, longs for the good old days.

Prior to ’82, Parliament was sovereign; the Courts

regularly deferred to prime ministers’ judgment on matters of rights.

With the adoption of the Charter, the court is active in protecting the rights and freedoms of ordinary Canadians. In response, Harper’s government has passed dozens of laws reducing judges’ power to decide on sentencing.

The media has been a particularly easy target for a prime minister noted for his desire to control all messaging. Long gone are the days of media scrums after cabinet meetings. Today, press conferences and other media events are rigidly controlled while uncooperative media pundits are restricted from access to those in high office.

Perhaps the most telling battle is the war being waged on the Senate.

Harper has made it clear he intends to erode the Senate into oblivion by simply refusing to appoint new Senators. There are 22 vacancies in the 105seat Upper House. In time, the number of Senators will fall below quorum and the Red Chamber will cease to function, triggering a constitutional crisis.

Harper is on record as an early and vociferous proponent of the Triple E Senate, one that is equal, elective and effective.

Most of us think of Triple E in terms of enhancing Canada’s democratic institutions, creating an Upper Chamber that is more legitimate, more representative and more accountable. Alas, Harper’s Senate strategy is much different from this noble sentiment.

Harper has launched a systematic attack on Canada’s democratic institutions and its system of checks and balances.

Members of Parliament, the House of Commons, the Senate, the Supreme Court and the media have, each in turn, been targeted and hobbled.

Another electoral majority would finish the job, creating a parliamentary ‘presidency’ that would crown Harper’s legacy.

Robert McGarvey is an economic historian and co-founder of the Genuine Wealth Institute, an Alberta-based think tank dedicated to helping businesses, communities and nations build communities of wellbeing.

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Marijuana producer has many issues with dispensaries

By Arne Petryshen Cranbrook Townsman

Industrial medical marijuana company Dycar Pharmaceuticals is still awaiting its licence from Health Canada to begin renovations and get production going in Cranbrook.

However, Carmen Wannop, Dycar’s vice president of sales and marketing, commented on compassion clubs and other types of dispensaries that have been making the news lately.

Wannop took issue with the way they operate.

“No matter how you look at it, a compassion club is illegal,” Wannop said. “The federal government has stated that and everything else. There is no way for a compassion club or dispensary or whatever you want to call it to obtain their product through legal means.”

Wannop stressed that the company is not against patients getting their medication.

“What we are for is the patient having access to safe, legal forms of their medication,” she said.

She said some of the larger dispensaries, like those in Vancouver, have contracts with growers, so the grower grows specifically for them.

Wannop said that grower is growing illegally.

Others have gone back to the old

program, the Marijuana Medical Access Regulations. The new program is the Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations.

“They say that they’ve gone to a Personal Production Licence or Designated Grower Licence and they buy their excess,” she said.

“That is 100 per cent illegal.”

She noted that under the old program the person allowed to consume the product could have a month supply for consumption and a three month supply in storage.

“The rest of the stuff, if you had a really good crop, was supposed to be destroyed,” she said. “You were supposed to weigh it, make sure you noted if it was wet or dry product and destroy it. So if Health Canada came to look at your records, you could state that was in storage for that crop and that was what was left over and this is what it weighed and this is what was destroyed. So they can’t legally get it from those people.”

She said the dispensaries can’t get product from those people.

Some have stated they are going to licensed producers (LPs) — like Dycar will be.

“It is stated right off the bat, Health Canada will not licence any compassion club or dispensary,” she said. “The only people an LP can sell to is the end-user.”

Wannop said that if a LP sells to

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a compassion club or dispensary, it’s against the law and the licence will be revoked.

She said while not all compassion clubs run that way, the majority that she has seen do.

She noted the quality control is at a different level as well.

“One piece of equipment that I am putting in my lab is worth a half of a million dollars. That tests the mold, the mildew, the pesticides, the heavy metals and makes sure that product meets FDA standards. A compassion club doesn’t have to do that.”

She said some places even spray the plant with green spray paint.

She also noted the Supreme Court ruling on consumables was quite specific.

“Compassion clubs still are not allowed to make these. The enduser can make them.”

Dycar has to apply for a separate exemption to be able to make extraction. The oils also can’t be made with volatile gases. She said many extractors use isopropyl alcohol, which can explode.

Wannop said Dycar will be using an extractor that costs $1 million and uses carbon dioxide.

She said the facility itself will cost $10 million to upgrade and once the other commercial equipment is added in they are at $15 million.

Rykerts border crossing to be replaced

By Brian Lawrence Creston Valley Advance

Construction on a new Rykerts port of entry facility will begin in 2017, Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks announced today on behalf of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Steven Blaney.

Wilks told Canadian Border Services Agency representatives and Creston Valley elected officials that $37.5 million would be used to improve infrastructure in B.C., including the Kootenays’ Rykerts and Waneta border crossings.

(The Rykerts crossing’s portion will be released after contracts are awarded.)

“This facility has been in place since 1972 and has worked well for the last 43 years,” said Wilks.

“But it’s time for some TLC.” In addition to the general office space, the facility south of Creston has kitchen, washroom and locker facilities for staff, as well as a holding cell and upstairs storage. But it was built for only four CBSA officers, and now

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New covered bike bridge approved The Fernie Free Press Fernie will soon have a covered bridge for cyclists and pedestrians.

The province provided a $71,000 Bike BC grant on July 30 to assist with construction of the Fairy Creek Bridge.

The 25-metre-long by two-metre-wide covered cyclist/pedestrian bridge will connect downtown Fernie to five residential and commercial neighbourhoods, said a government press release dated July 30.

Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett said the Highway 3 bridge over Fairy Creek is busy and not safe for hikers or bikers.

“And especially not for school children who have to walk and cycle on this busy highway,” he said. “This grant will not only strengthen the tourism infrastructure for Fernie – the new bridge will keep people safe.”

Bike BC is the provincial government’s cost-sharing program that helps local governments build cycling projects that attract and support commuter, recreational and tourism cyclists and pedestrians. This grant will provide half of the projects cost of $142,000.

Fernie mayor Mary Giuliano said constructing the new bridge will address a long-standing safety concern by allowing cyclists to access a popular trailhead without having to compete with traffic on the busy highway.

“The City of Fernie is very grateful to Minister Bennett and the provincial government for this grant that will assist in making the Fairy Creek Bicycle Bridge a reality.”

Fernie Trails Alliance president Terry Nelson said considering the Fernie area is seeing a growth in both residential and recreational participation, the need for this bridge has become more of a necessity.

“A bridge has been contemplated at this location for more than 20 years, and the Fernie Trails Alliance thanks the B.C. government for its support in our efforts to make Fernie a more healthy and vibrant community.”

This project is part of B.C. on the Move, the province’s 10-year transportation plan, and has committed $18 million over the next three years to the Bike BC program. This year’s investment of $ 6 million will generate more than $12 million in cycling infrastructure across the province, said the press release.

For more information about Bike BC, visit th.gov. bc.ca/BikeBC

has eight full-time offi- business to keep mov- B director Tanya Wall. cers and a superintend- ing out of Creston, and “This is one of our most ent, as well as additional also for Creston,” said beautiful areas and a support staff in the busier Regional District of great opportunity for a summer months.

Central Kootenay Area new building.”

The border crossing upgrade was welcome news to elected officials, including Lower Kootenay Band Chief Jason Louie, who appreciated the invitation to the announcement — a similar invitation likely wasn’t extended when the building opened.

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Whether the project proceeds Premier Christy Clark or not, this will be a key ducked the first election issue in question on the 2017. day the proNDP leader ject agreement John Horgan and for Pacific other MLAs made Northwest LNG much of the lack was approved of job guaranby the B.C. tees, pointing to legislature. similar projects TOM “After many in Australia. predictions Natural Gas about the Development Canucks and Minister Rich B.C. Views the Alberta Coleman issued election, I a statement don’t make predictions any with excerpts from the state more,” Clark said. “But I can of Western Australia’s agreesay that this project has gone ment for the Gorgon LNG profarther than any of our critics ject. The so-called guarantees said that it would.” contain qualifiers like this: “...

For what it’s worth, my except in those cases where prediction is on record: it … it is not reasonable or ecowill go ahead. The latest evi- nomically practical to do so, dence is the company’s con- use labour available within tinued, costly effort to gain Western Australia.” federal and local approval for Obviously there were no a suspension bridge to Lelu job guarantees, which could Island to minimize the marine only exist in a command econimpact. omy, in other words a comLax Kw’alaams Band mem- munist dictatorship. bers could not have had Everyone agrees that spedetails on that change from cialized trades such as weldan underwater pipeline when ing alloys for low-temperature they voted to oppose the pro- operation will be brought in. ject in May. And LNG processing trains Is it a good deal? The may- will be shipped in pre-fabriors of Prince Rupert and Port cated from places like South Edward have made their views Korea, as they have been in

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Pacific Northwest LNG is on record with federal regulators that in the latter stages of construction, the use of foreign labour for the project could reach 70 per cent. Does that make it a bad deal?

Perhaps B.C. could attempt develop this expertise from the ground up. It seems to me that was tried with aluminum ship fabrication, and it didn’t work out too well.

For David Keane, president of the B.C. LNG Alliance, the question is how many large LNG projects, pipelines and all, can be managed at the same time as the Site C dam is being built.

It was skilled labour shortages, and particularly a shortage of supervisors, that caused Australia to lose some of its proposed projects.

Keane said all LNG proponents here want to use as much local labour as they can, because it’s less expensive and it builds local support. And he disagrees that B.C. is a sweet deal for the industry. Among other things, pipelines have to be built across two mountain ranges.

Not only that, B.C. producers would pay an LNG income tax, which is a first in the history of the industry.

Add to that PST, GST, payroll taxes, municipal taxes and federal and provincial corporate income taxes. Add aboriginal revenue sharing, and we have a deal.

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Cain wins for record 7th time Greater Trail athletes top performers at Cyswog’n’Fun Triathlon

By Times Staff Winning the Cyswog’n’Fun Triathlon is becoming a habit for Rossland’s Dallas Cain as he once again captured top spot overall in the annual race on Sunday.

It was Cain’s seventh trip to the top of the podium at the Nelson event as he completed the Olympic Distance 1.5 kilometre swim, 39 km bike, and 10-km run in a blistering two hours, five minutes and 52 seconds.

“I love this race . . . this is just awesome,” Cain told The Nelson Daily after breezing across the finish line. “I was in Calgary last weekend for the big Ironman 70.3.

I would take this race any day. I just love it here. It’s great.”

Cain captured second in the 35-39 age category in Calgary and 26th overall, before returning to the Heritage City for his favourite race, joining over 180 athletes at Lakeside Rotary Park for the early morning start in the West Arm of Kootenay Lake.

“It seemed like everybody had smiles on their faces and was having fun,” race director Kim Irving told the Nelson Star. “There were people who were competing for the first time, others were just trying to finish, but then we also get pros like Dallas Cain at the other end of the spectrum . . . But everyone mixes together and cheers everyone on.”

Cain got off to a sluggish start in the water exiting in seventh place but more than made up for it in the bike as he took control of the race completing the 39-k ride up to Kokanee Park and back in 59 minutes. With a comfortable lead, the 36 year old then cruised the rest of the way finishing the 10-k in 41:10.

“The bike was awesome,” continued Cain. “Not much wind.

Rolled along and caught up to the front of the race around Six Mile and then just tried to put as much time into the lead as I could. And the run, I had a feeling I had about a four or five minute lead so that made it very enjoyable.”

Fellow Rosslander, Seth Bitting, finished second overall at 2:13.33 and first in the Men’s 40-49 category, while Scott Nichol crossed the finish line in third spot with a time of 2:16.18.

In the Sprint distance, athletes undertook a 500-meter swim, 22-km cycle and a five-km run.

Trail’s Jackson Konkin, who at 15-years-old received special permission to compete in the 16-andover event, actually finished first overall but was penalized for going off course and had to settle for second spot. Bragg Creek’s Rob Roth, who competed in the Men 30-39 category, would take first

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Times Staff Spectators at Red Mountain were treated to an exciting Sunday as mountain bike riders of all ages ripped it up in Rossland’s Rubberhead Enduro Race.

With $1,000 in cash and a plethora of prizes up for grabs, riders strapped on their helmets, mounted their mountain bikes, and took off down Larch Ridge trail to reach the first of five stages in the Enduro Race, which is in its seventh year of the Kootenay-Rockies and BC Enduro Series.

The racers plunged down five different stages of the race that were primarily downhill.

However, the transition stages took some time, as the top racers finished with times just over 20 minutes, it took threeto-five hours to get through the entire course.

The challenging aspect of the enduro is to avoid depleting the gas tank peddling up between stages to a point that it affects your time and performance coming down.

“It’s an exciting format,” said Ryan Kuhn, the race’s director. “It’s really, really popular. It’s a very social format of racing. So people ride up with their friends in between stages.”

Spectators enjoyed a barbeque and performance by the Foggy Goggle Boys on the Red Mountain Resort deck, where they watched as the racers came flying in to finish the last stage of the course.

Results: When the dust settled Stu Dickson won the Pro/Elite Men’s division in a time of 20:21, improving on a sixth

place finish in last year’s race.

David Harder and Dustin Adams tied for second finishing just two seconds behind Dickson, while James Rennie finished third in 20:29.

In the Men’s Open Craig Wilson claimed first in 21:20, while Josh Solman, 21:33, and Quentin Emerlau, 21:41, captured second and third respectively.

Leonie Picton took top spot in the Women’s Open category in a time of 23:57, followed by Kylie Morin, 25:11, and Amy Pryse-Phillips, 25:22.

Frith Murray topped the podium in the Master 40+ Men class in 21:48, with Leon May coming second, 21:56, and Kuhn third, 21:59.

In Junior U19 Men, Evan Wall had a combined time of 21:11 to take top spot, with Carter Krasny, 23:10, racing to second and Noah Van Der Watt, 23:32, third. In U15 Junior Men, Ruben Guibert nabbed top spot in 21:34, while Seven Summits Gravity rider Keegan Fry claimed second in 21:42 and Felix Abraham captured third spot in 21:46.

In the Short Course U19, Jeremy Helly blasted to a first place finish in 16:39, Blaise Swain claimed second in 18:16, and Jaelinn Farmer came third in 21:19.

Kate Nesbitt took top honours in Short Course Open Women racing to a time of 18:46, while Jaya Gulbert finished second in 19:35, and Lindsau Harrison third in 21:10. In the Short Course open Men Josh Swain took top spot in 17:13.

With files from Chelsea Novak Rossland News.

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Rossland triathlete Dallas Cain emerges from the waters of Kootenay Lake on his way to his seventh Cyswog’n’Fun Triathlon victory on Sunday, as close to 200 descended on Rotary Lakeside Park in Nelson for the popular annual race. place in a time of 1:09:40, five seconds ahead of Konkin.

It was Konkin’s first time competing in the triathlon, and, although he was disappointed by the result, he told the Star he was proud of his performance and plans to return next year.

Konkin also won the bronze medal at the Canadian U15 Triathlon championship in Magog, Que. last month.

Calgary’s Isabel Ramsay was the fastest woman in the Olympic event, coming in at 2:32:29 in the Women 20-29 category, while Suzie Poirier claimed second, and Carol Currie third.

Fourteen-year-old Sierra Cooper from Kimberley captured first place overall in the women’s Sprint distance, edging out Sarah Berrett and Danita Schreiber who finished second and third respectively.

Shona Lindsay, Darin Lindsay and Nelson’s Leanne Kalabis took top spot out of 14 teams in the triathlon, coming in at 2:25:05. They were five minutes ahead of both the second and third place teams, Tri Like A Girl and Fishryder Bailey, finishing at 2:30:51 and 2:30:56.

For more information and results visit the Cyswog’n’Fun website at trinelson.com.

BC golfer in the mix Golf Canada VAUDREUIL-DORION, Que.– Four competitors shot 1-underpar 71 to take the opening round lead in the 77th Canadian Junior Boys Golf Championship at Summerlea Golf and Country Club in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que. Two 16-year-olds, Charles-Éric Bélanger of Québec City, Que., and A.J. Ewart of Coquitlam, B.C., are co-leaders in both the Junior and Juvenile divisions.

The pair are joined at the top of the Junior leaderboard by 18-year-old Kevin Gordon of Whitby, Ont., and 17-year-old Henry Lee of Coquitlam, B.C. While Summerlea Golf and Country Club was not affected by the heavy rainfall in the area, the competitors were challenged with gusty winds throughout the day.

Despite the challenging conditions, Bélanger maintained focus on the course.

“I made good saves. I putted really well and struck the ball well. I tried to hit every fairway and attack every green in hopes of making a lot of birdies.”

Bélanger recorded five birdies on the day, including one on 18, to be one of only three players to birdie the final par four.

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Sports

Canadian lefties win Can-Am

baseball

Sanchez suspended, Tigers fire GM THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Major League Baseball has suspended Toronto pitcher Aaron Sanchez for three-games and manager John Gibbons for one game Tuesday as part of the fallout of a testy game between the Blue Jays and the Kansas City Royals.

MLB also fined Sanchez an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing a pitch at Alcides Escobar with warnings in place during the top of the eighth inning of Toronto’s 7-6 win Sunday. Sanchez, who is appealing, denied intentionally hitting

the

Escobar, arguing his pitch just got away.

Gibbons was suspended for returning to the field following an ejection. He was set to miss Tuesday night’s home game against Minnesota.

An already heated game spun out of control when the benches cleared after Escobar was hit by Sanchez.

Among those running onto the Rogers Centre field was Gibbons, who had already been ejected in the seventh inning.

Sanchez was immediately ejected from the game by umpire Jim Wolf, who

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“If I wanted to send a message I would’ve sent a message to their big guys,” Sanchez said after the game. “I think it was kind of crap, but we’ll move on. We got a ‘W.”’ The Blue Jays were critical of Wolf’s handling of the game. After issuing the warning in the first, the Jays were upset when reliever Ryan Madson wasn’t tossed for hitting shortstop Troy Tulowitzki in the forearm in the sev-

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Warfield resident Tom Milne joined his fellow lefties for a trip to the NALG Can-Am Match Play Championship at the Home Course in Dupont, Wa. on July 24-26. The amateur tournament is open to all left-handed golfers no matter the age or gender. This year players came from all over the USA and Canada and at the end of the day the Canadian Team out paced the USA Team by a score of 56 to 28. Members of the Canadian Team are: (back from left) Stan Cunningham , Chilliwack; Tom Milne, Trail; Evre Froses, Abbotsford (Team Captain); Chris DeGrazia, Lynnwood; James Cox, Freeland; (Front from left) Yogi Richard, Calgary; Christopher Dale, Mission; Neil Little, Calgary and Pat McGuire, Vancouver.

Golfers vie for Canadian Junior title FROM PAGE 9 Bélanger and Ewart are looking to become the ninth player to win both the Junior and Juvenile titles in the same year since the Juvenile competition was introduced in 1970.

“I’m going to focus on hitting fairways and greens and not think too much about the outcome at the end, but if I did (win) it would be a great accomplishment,” added Bélanger.

A tight leaderboard has four players onestroke back of the lead in a tie for fifth place.

Opening the competition with rounds of evenpar were Aaron Black of Grimsby, Ont., Gabriel

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The trying conditions got the best of Rossland golfer Braden McKay who shot an 87 on Monday.

A nine on the par-5 third hole proved a major setback for the J. L. Crowe student, and McKay will have his work cut out for him if he hopes to make Tuesday’s projected cut.

The winner of the 2015 Canadian Junior Boys Championship will earn an exemption into the 2015 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship from August 8 – 13, co-hosted by Weston Golf & Country Club and The Lambton Golf & Country Club.

The third round of the championship continues today, and will finish up on Thursday.

Results from Round 2 on Tuesday were unavailable at press time.

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Detroit Tigers: Dave Dombrowski is out as president and general manager of the Detroit Tigers and been replaced by Al Avila.

The move was announced Tuesday by the Tigers, who are 51-54 and 11 1/2 games out of first place in the AL Central.

Dombrowski joined the Tigers as team president in 2002. He replaced Randy Smith as general manager after the team lost the first six games of the season.

He presided over Detroit’s AL-record 119 losses in 2003.

But he built a roster that reached the postseason five times, losing the World Series in 2006 and 2012.

Avila is the father of Tigers catcher Alex Avila. He has served as Dombrowski’s top assistant since 2002, and also worked under him with the Marlins.

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Learn to accept parents and set boundaries Mailbox

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my hands dirty. And they did it in front of my extended family. What do I do? -- New Jersey Son Dear New Jersey: You learn to accept your parents as they are, and then set boundaries that will allow you to be less upset.

Your folks apparently think you are a terrific storyteller, but you do not have to oblige. When they ask you to relate something, it’s fine to say, “Not right now,” and then change the subject. A useful skill is to do so while being polite, even smiling.

Never lose your temper.

Repeat as often as necessary and take your leave if they won’t let up. Save your conversation for friends who appreciate it instead of siblings who talk over everyone. Some parents are noto-

them. She needs to let these people know how disappointed she was in their lack of condolences, but she also needs to find a way to let it go or it will poison her relationship with her boyfriend.

We should not be so focused on holding onto hurt and anger that we lose track of the other things that matter.

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Dear Annie: I would like to respond to “At a Loss in Ohio,” whose brother died and she received no condolences from anyone in her boyfriend’s family, including his children, nor any of his friends.

Why would you give people who behave poorly a pass by saying she should forgive them? She wasn’t asking them to mourn her brother, so whether they knew him is irrelevant. She was looking for emotional support to help soften the sharp edges of the pain. Isn’t that what family and friends do for each other? Their indifference to her pain is inexcusable and she owes them nothing more. She has every right to feel angry and resentful. -- Call a Spade a Spade Dear Call: We agree that these people behaved terribly and said so. But finding forgiveness is for her, not

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Dear Annie: Whenever I’m at my parents’ house and they have guests, they expect me to “perform.”

I don’t mean playing the piano or tap dancing. I mean they insist I “tell them that story you told me.” Any story they select.

I feel I’m being treated as some kind of circus freak.

This makes me very uncomfortable, and they know it because I’ve told them. They always promise not to do it again, but then they always do.

They can be incredibly selfish. My mother doesn’t want me to speak at family dinners, and lets my siblings bulldoze over everyone. I hated this when I was a kid and still do. Now, whenever she tells people, “Tell them what you told me,” I will say, “I think that story isn’t appropriate for now, if you know what I mean.”

Am I being unreasonable? Did I also mention that my parents interrogate me about my job and then tell me I’m doing it all wrong?

We have fights about what I wear to work. The last time, they told me to wear a shirt and tie to a job where I get

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Can you have too much of a good thing? Your fun-loving style and pumped social energy might create problems with someone in relation to shared property. You can’t keep everyone happy.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This continues to be a positive, happy time regarding home and family for you.

Nevertheless, someone older might be critical of you, which will take the shine off things. Oh dear. No biggie.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) It’s easy to be upbeat and positive now, because things are going your way.

Therefore, don’t let work difficulties, especially with someone older who is critical of you, bring you down.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A lot of positive energy is coming your way regarding

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money, cash flow and your earnings. Someone might be critical of this. Well, too bad.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) With four planets in your sign now, you’re pumped with positive energy!

Unfortunately, an older family member seems to have trouble with this. It was ever thus.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) On the whole, you have a warm feeling today. Go with the flow, and don’t let little worries spoil anything. Stay positive.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)

Your popularity with younger people, as well as artistic and creative types, brings you joy now.

However, someone older or more experienced might be grouchy. Oh dear.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is a fortunate time for you, because people in authority see you in a positive light. Don’t let anyone

rain on your parade. Go for the brass ring!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Travel opportunities, as well as opportunities related to publishing, medicine and the law, continue to come your way. Lucky you!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) In dealings with shared property, inheritances and insurance matters, you have the advantage now, because

the stars are on your side.

Don’t let an authority figure put you off.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Enjoy warm relationships with partners and close friends now, because everything supports this. Yes, someone might be critical or envious, but who cares?

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20)

Continue to look for advantages that exist at work

at this time. You can get a better job or a promotion, or enjoy a wonderful working relationship with others. Use this while it exists.

YOU BORN TODAY You have a large appetite for life and are drawn to extraordinary experiences. You are sensuous and sexual, and spontaneous. Your approach to life is always intense. This is a testing year of growth and building. This growth will occur beneath the sur-

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REgional Toadfest 2015

Hot summer leads to early migration at Summit Lake Submitted NELSON – This year, the annual Toadfest event will be held on Aug. 12, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Summit Lake Provincial Park, south of Nakusp.

The warm spring and hot summer has the annual migration of toadlets start earlier than has ever been seen before, and the toadlets are already on the move. The peak toadlet movement may have come and gone, but there will still be lots of activities to do and displays to see at Toadfest.

The free event, now in its sixth year, is coordinated by the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP), with support from B.C. Parks, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Columbia Basin Trust, and the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.

“We anticipated that the migration would be earlier this year because early breeding was observed,” says Crystal Klym, Program Manager for the FWCP in the Columbia

Region. “Then the very hot summer accelerated the growth of the tadpoles, and large numbers of toadlets were already moving by the third week of July”.

Western Toads are provincially Blue-listed (vulnerable) and, while numbers are still relatively strong at Summit Lake, their distribution is shrinking and the center of the world’s distribution has shifted from the USA to B.C. One of the challenges faced by the toads at Summit Lake is getting across Highway 6 without getting squashed by vehicles as they migrate between the lake and upland habitat. Adults move to and from the lake to breed in the spring, and then the toadlets make one migration in late summer when they leave the lakeshore and move to upland habitat where they disperse and mature.

A recently constructed toad tunnel and wildlife fencing, installed by the Ministry of Transportation, Highways and Infrastructure, and the

Photo courtesy of Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program

Toadlets using the new tunnel during the July 25-26 weekend that saw scattered showers in the area. The toadlets loved the wet weekend and were moving in their tens, if not hundreds, of thousands.

Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, have already proven very successful in guiding toads and toadlets safely under the road but there are still large sections of the road where they have no protection from the traffic.

“Toadfest is about more than collecting toadlets; it

really is a great opportunity to learn about the local ecology and other wildlife and plants in the region,” added Klym. “There will be live aquatic insects, amphibians, and reptiles to see as well as a variety of fun kids’ activities and interactive displays to participate in.”

The FWCP is a partner-

ship between BC Hydro, the Province of B.C., Fisheries and Oceans Canada, First Nations and Public Stakeholders, to conserve and enhance fish and wildlife impacted by BC Hydro dams.

Parking is limited so carpooling is encouraged. To learn more about Summit Lake Provincial

Park, and B.C. Parks, visit www.env.gov.bc.ca/ bcparks.

For more information about Toadfest call the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program at 250-352-1300 or visit fwcp.ca. The public is reminded not to collect or transport any toadlets across the highway outside of this organized event.

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