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It’s another delay for a skate park in Trail.

This time it’s not shaky civic support that’s halted the potential project – rather it’s the federal election grinding hopes to a standstill for now.

After Prime Minister Stephen Harper dropped the writ Aug. 2, all federally-funded grant notifications are mandated to stop.

The City of Trail applied for a $350,000 grant under the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program in June, earmarking the money to develop a skate park on a lot near Gyro Park. With all the recent announcements of Canada 150 grants for Kootenay communities like Nakusp, Rossland, Warfield and Creston, Trisha Davison began to question where Trail was in the shuffle.

“I called Western Economic Diversification (the grant body) to try and determine the status of our application about a week ago,” explained Davison, Trail’s recreation director. “What I learned is that now that the federal election has been called, as per their legislation, no further grant announcements can be made until the election is over.”

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Another new drug was a “Shambhala concoction,” said Ferguson.

“It’s a liquid cocktail mix of a whole bunch of drugs,” he noted.

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From page 1 A high ratio of occupants in vehicles stopped over the two days admitted they used illegal substances during the week and weekend of Shambhala. While that simplified the dialogue between police and drivers, Ferguson said what happens inside the ranch is not what the highway police focus on.

“My aim really doesn’t have anything to do with Shambhala,” he explained.

“My aim is to make sure when they leave, everyone is safe. If they are not safe, then I need to deal with it.”

Ferguson likens the festival to the high school graduation weekend in June.

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By far the most serious problem was aggressive driving both to and from Shambhala.

“They scared us,” he explained. “When you think about it, we impounded 61 cars in seven days that were driving in excess of 40 kilometres an hour over the speed limit.

“A very high percentage of those were people were going to or coming from Shambhala,” he added.

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Other festival-related offences reported by highway patrol and the Nelson Integrated Safety Unit, included 104 drug seizures.

Twenty-three people were charged with possession of a controlled substance, two charged with trafficking, one for proceeds of crime and one woman was arrested and taken into custody for breach of a conditional sentence.

“All charges under the Controlled Substance Act were from people going to and coming from Shambhala,” confirmed Ferguson.

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Trail Rotarian remains hopeful From page 1 There’s been no communication with the city regarding the status of the application, she added, “which appears to mean they are still under consideration.”

Davis doesn’t expect to hear any news on this item until after Oct.19.

No news is good news for Scott Daniels, a long-time Rotarian and supporter of the skate park initiative.

“We have every reason to remain optimistic,” he said. “I had an opportunity to contribute to and review the grant application submitted by the City

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The Village of Warfield was a successful applicant to the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program. The municipality received $62,500 in federal funds to repair its Centennial Pool.

Warfield gets lump of cash Village secures $62,500 from the Canada 150 program

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Keeping a well-used pool up to par takes a lot of cash.

After a successful application to the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program, Warfield now has a $62,500 in its coffers to help pay for Centennial Pool upgrades.

Without the money from the federal grant program, the much needed repairs wouldn’t have been possible, says Warfield Mayor Ted Pahl.

“Our first job will be

to replace the boiler unit that heats the pool,” he explained. “It will be replaced with a new energyefficient unit that not only will keep the pool at a constant temperature, but reduces our greenhouse gas emissions.”

Other improvements include construction of a permanent shade structure to replace fabric tents, which usually have a lifespan of two years.

“In addition, we will be resurfacing the deck and pool to remove any cracks and smooth the surface area,” Pahl added. “Lastly, we will be upgrading our existing signage to promote the pool.”

All the upgrades total $125,000.

Under the Canada 150 program, each municipality must commit to matching the federal dollars, so Warfield’s share is also $62,500, explained Jackie Patridge, village corporate officer.

The village received more good news during the grant application process, but this time from Columbia Basin Trust (CBT).

“We received notice from CBT that if we sent an application to them, they would consider paying half of our half, ($31,250),” she said.

“So we did.”

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“We are beyond excited about this grant,” Patridge added. “Our outdoor pool is well used by the residents of Warfield as well as many residents in the surrounding area.”

The last major renovation was completed in 2003, with a donation from the Warfield Credit Union Legacy Project for a water slide and spray park.

“So, we are extremely grateful to the Western Economic Diversification Department (grant body) for selecting our application,” she said. “And we are grateful to Columbia Basin Trust for their contribution as well.”

of Trail.”

In his opinion, Trail has a strong submission that he expects to be successful.

He does, however, have a few words for the federal leader.

“It’s too bad the announcement of our federal election date will delay further announcement regarding Canada 150 grant applications,” Daniels continued.

“If I hear of Steven Harper coming through town, I’ll be keen to buy him a skateboard with our Trail Sk8 Park logo.

“As a reminder of his visit to Trail and our need for this park for our children and youth.”

Smoky sky still from down south

By Times Staff Taking that first gasp of fresh air Thursday morning could have been met with coughing for some local residents.

Smoke continues to travel in from fires in Washington and California, according to Karlie Shaughnessy, Southeast Fire Centre's communications specialist.

Smoke can travel long distances but generally stays in the mid to upper elevations so you can see it but can’t smell it, according to Jesse Ellis, a forecaster from the Southeast Fire Centre.

That is “until there is some kind of an event that causes the atmosphere to mix the higher level smoke down to the surface.”

However, there is a very small lightningcaused fire, 2.1 hectares in size, burning up Big Sheep Creek, west of Rossland.

Fifteen personnel and one helicopter attended the scene Thursday, added Shaughnessy.

The centre continues to keep a close eye on Hidden Creek near Salmo, where a smallscale burn-out operation is underway.

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Nelson musician returns from Haida Gwaii sojourn

By Will Johnson Nelson Star

One of the tracks on Nelson musician Evan Amies-Galonski’s debut album Shadows Cast, “Winters on its Way,” is a nearly eightminute instrumental piece inspired by the seasons of Haida Gwaii.

Composed with bandmate Jay Myers, whom he met on the island, the song is a jammy, experimental exploration with a vaguely psychedelic vibe.

It’s also the first song they play at their live shows.

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Jean was a loving and devoted wife, parent and grandparent who always put her family’s needs before her own. She was a passionate gardener, an accomplished bowler and renowned walker who covered 3-4 km of the West Vancouver sea wall almost every day until she was well into her 90’s.

Jean is survived by her daughter Beverly O’Neill (Rob) and son Ross Eccles (Anne), six grandchildren (Taryn [Garrett], Tim, Dan, Aaron, Sean and Justin [Kelly]) and 2 great-grandchildren (Trinity and Arianna). A family celebration of life will be held for Jean at a future date.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be forwarded to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, whose skilled and caring team made Jean’s final hours as comfortable as possible.

back to Haida Gwaii and getting ready to hunker down for the winter, because it gets really dark and you need something to do.

Making music is what we did,” Amies-Galonski told the Star, while on tour across the province. He’s scheduled to play at The Royal on Baker on Aug. 22.

“That was the only song we wrote together, because normally we both write our own songs. Then one day we had two guitars, we were just messing around and tuning, making stuff up.”

That’s when they were inspired to combine their efforts.

“Once we put all our parts together it ended

up being like seven minutes long. We had to find a way to remember all the parts, so we started thinking of it as a seasonal song.”

Flourishes over the course of the song mimic aspects of the weather, and take listeners on a journey through the transforming landscape.

“We named each part of the song after a different weather event. One part would be called cool wind, or friendly storms, or leaves falling.”

Partway across the province on a release tour, the pair have worked their way from Prince Rupert through Terrace and down to Vancouver.

Amies-

Galonski said as a band they want to explore both darkness and light.

“Our name came from a song I wrote

quite a while ago, and it had some elements of darkness and a heavierness. But there’s a lot of light as well, and

that was a way for us to explore both sides of shadows being cast — because they also require light to be created.”

John Nerud

Breeders’ Cup founder dies at 102 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS John Nerud, a thoroughbred racing pioneer who trained the great Dr. Fager and helped create the Breeders’ Cup, has died. He was 102.

The National Museum and Racing Hall of Fame issued a statement Thursday,

which said his daughter-in-law, Debra Nerud, confirmed Nerud died of heart failure at his home in Old Brookville, New York.

During his 44-year training career mostly for Tartan Farms, Nerud won more than 1,000 races. His top horse was Dr. Fager, the first to win four championships in one year.

In 1968, Dr. Fager was champion top sprinter, turf horse and handicap horse and chosen Horse of the Year. He won 18 of 22 career races.

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Among other champions he trained were Delegate (1949), Intentionally (1950), Ta Wee (1969-70), and Dr. Patches (1978).

In 1957, Nerud was on the short end of one of the strangest finishes in Kentucky Derby history. Gallant Man, with Bill Shoemaker aboard, lost by a nose to Iron Liege after the Hall of Fame rider misjudged the finish line. A few weeks later, Gallant Man came back and won the Belmont Stakes.

Nerud was inducted into racing’s Hall of Fame in 1972.

Bob Fillion

Oldest surviving Canadien passes

THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - Bob Fillion, who played seven seasons for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1940s, has died, the NHL club announced Thursday.

Fillion, 94, who won Stanley Cups in 1944 and 1946, became the oldest surviving Canadien when his former teammate Elmer Lach died at 97 in April.

Rejean Houle, a Canadiens public relations ambassador and head of the team’s alumni association, said Fillion attended most of the team’s home games in recent years until he took ill near the end of last season.

“He had the problems of old age; I guess you could say he died of natural causes,” said Houle. “He was a real Montreal Canadiens fan.

“He always came to the building and took notes. He followed the team very closely.”

The Thetford Mines, Que., native had 42 goals and 61 assists in 327 career NHL games, all for the Canadiens. The mainly defensive

left-winger, who often played on a line with Ken Mosdell and Murph Chamberlain, added seven goals and four assists in 33 playoff games.

His most productive season was his rookie year in 1943-44, when he had seven goals and 30 points.

He had a career-high 10 goals in 1945-46, and then shone in the post-season with seven points in nine games to help Montreal win the Stanley Cup. He played for the Canadiens till 1949-50 and retired after a season with the Sherbrooke Saints of the Quebec Senior Hockey League in 1950-51.

After his hockey career, he worked as a manager at a mine in his home town. In recent years he lived in St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que. Fillion came from a family of seven hockey-playing brothers.

Only one of his brothers, Marcel, made it to the NHL, playing one game for the Boston Bruins in 1944-45. The others played in senior and minor pro leagues.

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Cops search pot shop with alleged ties to organized crime Vancouver officers raided Limelife Society

By Laura Kane

THE CANADIAN PRESS

Vancouver Police say a “substantial” organized crime group is linked to a marijuana store where officers executed a search warrant and arrested one employee.

Sgt. Randy Fincham said officers raided the Limelife Society store in east Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon. He would not say which gang is believed to be involved.

“The group that we’re talking about is a fairly substantial group,” said Fincham.

“Certainly not the entire group, but indi-

viduals connected to that one illegal marijuana store were allegedly connected to or part of a larger crime group.”

A 25-year-old male employee was released without charges. Police raided a suite upstairs that they say is connected to the pot shop but did not make other arrests.

Fincham said evidence was seized from the store to assist with the ongoing investigation but he would not say what was confiscated.

Members of the Vancouver Police drug unit have watched the store for about a month following complaints that it was connected to organized crime.

Fincham said officers quickly deter-

mined the outlet was selling to youth and and locate at least 300 metres away from people without valid medical marijuana community centres, schools, and each other. licenses.

There are more than 80 dispensaries operatHe said police are not investigating the ing in the city.

Limelife Society’s three other stores in Fincham said the VPD remains focused Vancouver. on stopping violent drug traffickers and “Certainly, there are other marijuana those who jeopardize the safety of young or stores that we’re monitoring,” he said. vulnerable residents.

“Every one of those stores is on a case-byTo date, he said 11 warrants have been case basis. We wouldn’t group (together) a served on marijuana stores across Vancouver particular name of a store and automatically and 20 people have been arrested with 29 target the other ones as well, unless we had charges recommended. evidence to suggest that was necessary.”

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More than 150 reptiles rescued

By Michelle Mark

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TORONTO - More than 150 crocodiles and alligators have been rescued from a Toronto home and taken to a reptile sanctuary.

The Indian River Reptile Zoo, located east of Peterborough, Ont., said the homeowners approached the sanctuary about a year ago when the reptiles began outgrowing the enclosures in which they were kept.

“They told me the number and I was like, ‘Yeah right.’ So I went down and had a look, and sure enough it was true,” zoo founder Bry Loyst said.

Loyst said the married couple handed over the crocodiles along with some money, which the sanctuary used to expand its crocodile rescue building.

The voluntary surrender was the best possible outcome for the reptiles, he said, since people illegally keeping exotic pets typically sell or abandon the animals when they realize they can no longer take care of them.

It took the sanctuary more than 20 volunteers and four days last week to remove the reptiles from the home and transport them by truck to the facility.

Loyst said the ages of the

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Knock-off coffee spotted THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Tim Hortons says it’s taking action to combat knock-off products like the Tim Mortons instant coffee spotted in South Korea this week.

Canadian Mike Elgar posted a photo of bags of Tim Mortons Mocha Gold Coffee Mix on Instagram on Sunday.

The fraudulent coffee uses a logo that is nearly identical to that of the coffee chain.

Tim Hortons spokeswoman Michelle Robichaud said the company is thrilled to see that its brand is recognized all over the world, but added that the company will be vigilant in protecting its intellectual property.

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crocodiles are unknown, but they range in size from 1.2 to 3.3 metres long. The animals were all healthy and did not need veterinary care.

He said he’s unsure how the couple obtained the reptiles, where they came from or how they took care of them.

“They did the right thing by donating them to a better place,” he said. “We don’t question or yell or scream at them or say, ‘You’re stupid for buying an alligator, let alone 150 of them.”

The sanctuary will open the crocodile building to the public next summer for viewing, but Loyst said the

facility’s highest priority now is ensuring the crocodiles stay healthy and don’t become too agitated about the recent move or changes to their surroundings.

Crocodiles can die from buildups of acid in their bloodstreams as a result of stress, he said.

“They’re so scared.

They’re not used to being able to get away,” Loyst said.

“Soon they’ll calm down and relax and realize, ‘When I see someone, they’re not coming in to try and touch me or hurt me.”’

Toronto bylaws list crocodiles and alligators as prohibited animals.

ENERGY EAST

Economic, environment risks outweigh benefits: Ont.

By Keith Leslie

THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO - The Ontario Energy Board says the environmental risks of the $12-billion Energy East pipeline project outweigh the potential benefits, and warns it will drive up natural gas prices.

“What we have found is there is an imbalance between the economic and environmental risks of the project and the expected benefits for Ontarians,” said OEB vice-president Peter Fraser as he released a report on Energy East.

TransCanada Corp.

(TSX:TRP) is planning to build the pipeline to bring Alberta crude to refineries in Quebec and to a refinery and marine terminal in Saint John, N.B. For two-thirds of the way, it plans to convert a natural gas pipeline for oil and then build all new pipe through Quebec and New Brunswick.

After 15 months of con-

sultations with people in communities along the Ontario route of the pipeline, the energy board found residents are worried about leaks.

“The top concern expressed was the risk of an oil spill as the pipeline runs near or across many waterways,” said Fraser. “Our advice is that for the existing pipeline, when it is too close to environmentally sensitive areas, it should be rerouted unless it can be justified by TransCanada as necessary.”

The OEB report also said residents are rightly concerned the project could drive up natural gas prices.

Its technical experts found there will be higher natural gas prices as a result of Energy East because there will be less supply.

“They estimated that on average, over a 20-year period, in the winter time, natural gas prices in eastern Ontario will be 11.9 per cent higher than if Energy

East did not go ahead,” said Fraser.

Union Gas Limited, a natural gas storage, transmission and distribution company based in Ontario, said it reached the same conclusion.

“We want assurance that Ontario natural gas customers will not bear the costs and risks related to the Energy East oil pipeline, and we continue to be open to finding a satisfactory resolution of these issues with TransCanada,” said Union Gas president Steve Baker.

TransCanada pointed out the benefits of delivering Alberta crude to the Maritimes, saying eastern Canada imports more than 600,000 barrels of oil a day that could be replaced “from a secure supply right here in Canada in the safest possible way, by pipeline.”

The company said it wants to address the concerns raised in the OEB report.

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ince our first granddaughter was a baby we have looked after her, and later her brother too, while her parents went on vacations. The last two years have each included weeklong visits to Creston, so the kids get a change of scenery from their home in Calgary.

Now six and three years old, the little ones are active and chatty, and endlessly entertaining. And each time they visit I am transported back to my own childhood, when every June I started harassing my dad to find me a ride from Calgary to Fernie so that I could spend time with his parents. Those summers with my grandparents created lifelong memories, and I hope the same is happening on our visits from Quinn and Wilson.

The contrast in those visits and mine are dramatic, not surprising because a half-century separates them. They are brought to Creston by their parents, who make sure they stay a day or two to get the kids settled in. I arrived at my grandparents’ door, suitcase in hand, in the company of a driver, then

knocked and waited for my grandmother — Mom, as she was known to her grandchildren — to answer with a big welcoming hug.

A minute later my granddad — Pop — would arrive, having made the walk from his chair in the living room.

From him I got a handshake. We never hugged, not one single time, to my memory.

I still raise my eyebrows in wonder each time we drive past that home and yard just west of the West Fernie bridge. As a child, I thought the two-bedroom house was large, and that the one-third-acre property was enormous. A workshop, storage shed and greenhouse provided endless hours of amusement, as did the huge flower and vegetable garden. The immaculate lawns were strewn with lawn ornaments, cut from plywood and painted

by Pop, the prototypical English gentlemen who moved slowly but steadily, keeping the place neat and tidy. The pink flamingoes and family of skunks were my favourite ornaments.

Pop’s garden was so lush and attractive that people would stop on their drive

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by on Highway 3 and ask if they could purchase flowers. Hundreds of gladioli in every colour imaginable were the main attraction, and he would cut a dozen and arrange sprigs of baby’s breath around them while he chatted with the visitors. In the cooler evenings — was the weather ever not nice back then?

— Mom and I would join Pop in the garden to pick raspberries or carrots or my favourites, peas, which we would then shuck while sitting on wooden chairs, also made by Pop. On Tuesday and Thursday evenings, my uncle would typically pick me up on his way out to Lizard or Coal Creek to fly fish. Occasionally I

would make the walk up to Fernie’s North End to visit Grandpa, my mother’s dad.

Most days involved a walk (there was no car) uptown to pick up the mail (and say hi to my godfather, who was the postmaster), shop for groceries (which were then delivered) or pick up magazines at the drug store. Pop was a great reader and he had magazines put aside when the store got its shipment. From under the counter the clerk would bring up the latest issues of Popular Science, Popular Mechanics and others, including a selection of magazines on professional wrestling, his favourite TV entertainment.

In the living room, I always kept a stack of those magazines, going through them one by one, while I was watching television, when Mom would allow.

Spokane stations were exotic fare for a Calgary kid. We sat in wonder when Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon’s surface.

I developed a fascination with politics by watching live coverage of Democratic and Republican presidential conventions. The tumultuous Republican convention

in Chicago in 1968 still has a place in my memory.

Saturdays were wrestling days and Pop and I sat, eyes glued to the screen.

Today, there is no television feed to our house, but the kids get some access each day to the iPad their dad leaves behind. Each day they have several activities — the pool (“Creston”, as Wilson calls it), splash park, wildlife centre, playgrounds, stops at Dairy Queen and “nature walks” so Quinn can collect craft supplies. The days allow us to bond with the kids, as I did with my grandparents, and provide us with plenty of amusement.

Like when Angela, on the evening before the parents came back, asked the kids what their favourite things had been during the week. A twinkle came into Wilson’s eye as he called out, “The trampoline!” We all burst into laughter.

There had been no trampoline and somehow, even at the age of three, Wilson knew his answer would be funny. We will never forget it.

Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of the Creston Valley Advance.

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You want votes? Get off the script

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n election campaign is a contest, not for the party faithful, but for the undecided voters who could tilt toward any of the major choices under the right circumstances.

But, just as the outdated consumer loyalty to a certain automotive has gone out the window, so too has party loyalty.

Votes are no longer passed from father to son the way they once were.

The size of the swing vote can vary – the less the voters connect with the parties and their platforms, the more likely they are to sit on the fence, awaiting something that will win them over. That is the case for one in 10 of the completely undecided voters so far, according to an Ipsos poll conducted for Global News and released this week.

Although it is much too soon to draw conclusions in this exceptionally long campaign, it is a troubling sign for all three of the major parties. In spite of a lively leaders’ debate last week, no leader has been able to set a fire in the bellies of the supporters they need to win if they hope to form govern-

ment. Think of it as a failure to launch.

It is also a good reason why no government will ever put “None of the above” as a ballot option.

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Too many voters would feel compelled to tick that box.

The voter ambivalence has to be particularly troubling, however, for the incumbent Conservatives.

Not being in a clear lead in the early going effectively puts the party behind the challengers, because it means some of the voters who gave them a mandate last time around aren’t so sure they’ll do the same again.

The Ipsos poll confirms that: It found that only four in 10 decided voters are ‘absolutely certain’ of their vote choice. Of those,

roughly one-quarter name the Liberals as their second choice and roughly the same number the NDP. Less than one voter in 10 says the Tories would be their second choice.

That ambivalence was apparent when I reached out to friends this week in social media. My friends range from true blue conservatives to those firmly on left. Regardless of stripe, their comments reflected what the polling tells us.

“I’m a card-carrying PC member, and have been completely turned off by the rhetoric from the PCs of late,” wrote one. “. . . All scare tactics. All fear-mongering. I feel like the party has lost touch with what it actually means to be a conservative.”

“Quite honestly it’s a saw-off between voting with my heart and voting with my head, between my conscience and my pocketbook,” wrote another.

“But I can say, I won’t vote Liberal.”

“I am hovering in the none-of-the-above category for now,” wrote another.

This makes for an exciting ground war.

The promises made; the scandals exposed; the fumbles and foibles

of each of the parties will be dissected in and out, the way a psychic reads the tea leaves.

After Labour Day, that is, when voters start watching the campaign in earnest.

Which brings a key point to mind. It feels like the party that ultimately wins this election will be the one that finds a way to connect with Canadians in an authentic way.

That will require the leaders to get off the contrived and heavily scripted messages, to listen carefully to what they hear on the hustings and to actually answer the questions that are put to them, rather than reciting a carefully rehearsed script.

Part of the sea change in Canada’s political landscape is the growing rebellion against the obvious and cynical manipulation of facts.

The Conservatives have been attacked for this, but neither of the two major challengers are innocent either.

If we can truly get to honest conversations, then there might be hope yet for democracy in this country.

Doug Firby is Editor-in-Chief of Troy Media and National Affairs columnist.

Harper plays futile terrorism card An editorial from the Winnipeg Free Press It is already a criminal act for Canadians to aid or engage in terrorist activity, at home or abroad. That should cover terrorist wannabes who head overseas to join the Islamic State or any other organization Canada may one day oppose in international conflict. That’s hardly news on a campaign trail.

But on Sunday, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper found a way to ratchet up the anti-terrorism rhetoric, announcing if re-elected, his party would pass a law banning travel overseas to regions under the control of terrorist organizations. No need to prove intent for terrorism. Just being in the area presumes guilt.

Mr. Harper’s promise to ban travel to yet-to-be-named foreign hot spots will have limited, if any, effect on homegrown wannabe terrorists — although now they’ll have to resist the temptation to take selfies in no-go zones.

It will, however, make it unnecessarily difficult for the relatively few Canadians with legitimate reason to fly to countries in conflict. The most obvious of those would be Iraq and Syria, where IS is waging its war against governments Canada and its international allies are supporting in limited fashion, primarily with airstrikes and ground support.

In classic campaign style, the Conservatives revealed few details about how the proposed

law would work. Australia, they pointed out, passed such a law in September and listed the regions of al-Raqqa, in Syria, and Mosul, in Iraq, as no-go zones for its citizens. Those caught having travelled to the areas can be jailed for up to 10 years.

It is a sweeping ban that, as local human rights lawyer David Matas noted, is over-broad. In other words, it impinges upon the mobility rights of, and potentially incriminates, travellers who have perfectly good reasons to travel to listed areas.

Mr. Harper and his team said journalists, humanitarian workers, diplomats and ordinary individuals who may need to travel to attend a funeral could be exempted from the ban.

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Glen Gallamore of Company 4 was hired internally to take on the new position and will begin his new role on Sept.14.

The training position came about after the Office of the Fire Commissioner came out with a firefighters competency and training playbook in September 2014.

According to the playbook, in order for a fire department to be a full services operations department, every firefighter must meet the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) 1001 Firefighter 2 Competencies.

Not all of KBRFR’s firefighters currently do.

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of people could have attended courses at the Justice Institute or a trainer could have been brought out,” she told Rossland News. “I realize this isn’t ideal, and maybe not feasible, but I don’t believe other alternatives were properly explored.”

Chief Martin is aware of the opposition, and says he respects the East End Services Committee, all of its members and Mayor Moore, but feels the new position was the best option.

“If we’re going to be a full service operations fire department, we have an obligation to have all our members trained to that level— that NFPA 1001 level 2—and we felt ... that this was the best way to go to have everybody trained.”

Revenue for the KBRFR is provided in part through property tax requisitions from each municipality in the district and this year $3,253,000, or 17 per cent of the total property tax requisition, has been allocated to the department. That amount is up $189,000 from last year.

Rossland will contribute $511,000 of that, which represents 34 percent of the city’s total property tax requisition this year.

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“Our career staff are at 1001 level 2, but we need all our paid on-call members to be at that level ... also,” said Terry Martin, regional fire chief. “So we felt that if we had a dedicated training officer that he could focus on training for all of our 80 or so—because it fluctuates that number—paid on-call members.”

Gallamore did do some training in his original position, but since he only worked two days and two nights a week, and had many other responsibilities— he was in charge of the radio systems, keeping hose records, and also went out on calls—that left little time for training.

A paid on-call firefighter was hired to take on Gallamore’s shift now that he’ll be training full time.

The new position stirred some controversy when the East End Services Committee voted to create it.

Rossland city councillor Lloyd McLellan was the only member of the committee opposed to the new position, and Mayor Kathy Moore went on record to say she thought there must have been a better way.

“For the amount of money we are now spending on a training officer, a fair number

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The Trail Memorial Centre was a hive of activity during the week, as Champions Hockey School saw players from ages 5-25 participate in the week long camp. (Clockwise from top left) Each day was a different theme for the young players from dinosaurs tending goal on Wacky Wednesday, to favourite teams hitting the floor on Jersey Thursday, and the ever popular upper-lip breakout on Moustache Mondays. But the CHS also featured the area’s best and brightest hockey players with Connor (right) and Kellen Jones assisting at the camp then taking to the ice for the evening workout and scrimmage with local juniors like Kyle Hope, 10, goalie Brett Clark, Mitch Foyle, and Jake Lucchini in red.

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It took awhile but the Grand Forks Border Bruins have found their man.

Emery Olauson has been hired as the Bruins head coach and general manager. The 34-year-old coached the Fayetteville FireAntz of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) last year and was living in the North Carolina city with his wife Lauren when he took the job in Grand Forks.

Olauson started his coaching career in Flin Flon in 2013-14 as an assistant with the Bombers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. Before becoming a coach, he had played 10 years of professional hockey most recently with the Knoxville Ice Bears of the SPHL. He grew up in Alberta and played his junior hockey in Saskatchewan with the Weyburn RedWings and the Estevan Bruins.

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Olauson is excited to head back north to take over the reigns of the Border Bruins. He feels the squad has plenty of good talent returning and he expects to add several pieces over the next few months.

“We’re having a baby boy here this summer and I was looking out west—I’m from Canmore, Alberta—for coaching jobs,” he said. “I knew about the KIJHL having played junior with some guys who came through there and having coached players who had played there. I was somewhat familiar with the area and I knew how beautiful it was. We were really hoping to come to a small town in Western Canada.”

Olauson was thrilled when he found out he got the job, although he acknowledges that there will be challenges.

“I know they’ve had some struggles on the ice and things like that,” he said. “But I think it was

a really good fit with what they need in the immediate future to make the turnaround. I think what I have to offer will fill in some gaps for them. I’m relatively young for a coach and I have lots of energy and lots of ideas. We’re looking forward to seeing that energy and those ideas help turn the Border Bruins into a success.”

Olauson doesn’t think his young age will be a hindrance. He has had three years of coaching experience and played hockey for 14 years at the junior, university and professional levels.

“I consider myself a late bloomer as most junior B players would be,” he said. “I kept driving forward and motivate as best as I can.

“I think I can relate pretty well to the players. I think I know the game pretty well. I do have the energy and passion to be at work every day and keep studying the game.”

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Cranbrook Townsman Former four-time Kootenay Chrysler Bulla-Rama champion, Chad Besplug, is returning to the Kootenays for the Cranbrook Professional Rodeo at the Wycliffe Exhibition grounds this weekend.

The 29th Annual Cranbrook Professional Rodeo gets underway tonight with rodeo events beginning at 6:30 p.m. and going to Sunday.

In addition to winning four Bull-a-Ramas before the event was shelved in 2013, Besplug took home the Cranbrook bull riding title last year, and will return to defend his title.

The Claresholm native is also a two-time Canadian Bull Riding champion, and won

the $100,000 bull-riding title at the Calgary Stampede in 2012.

In addition to a strong contingent of Canadian cowboys and cowgirls, the Cranbrook Professional Rodeo will welcome the likes of competitors from New York and Texas as well as riders from as far as Australia and New Zealand.

Rodeo stock at the 29th Annual Cranbrook Professional Rodeo will be provided by Vold Rodeo Ltd., while steer-wrestling and tiedown-roping cattle will come courtesy Lazy B Timed Event.

Adult tickets cost $20 in advance or $24 at the gate.

Senior and youth tickets cost $18 in advance or $20 at the gate, while children aged 10 and under are free.

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VICTORIA - The Government of B.C. is suspending angling for the southern Kootenays due to ongoing warm water temperatures and low flows.

Effective Aug. 15 through Sept. 15 virtually all angling in streams and rivers in

Wildlife Management Units 4-3 through 4-9 is suspended. The closure has been put in place to protect fish stocks at a time when they are vulnerable due to low flows and high water temperatures. The geographic area covers a belt of territory across the

southern Kootenays geographically south of Nelson, from below Lower Arrow Lake in the west across to the Kootenay River, east of Cranbrook.

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These streams are in Wildlife Management Units 4-02, 4-22 and 4-23. Other streams in these two wildlife management units are unaffected.

The Columbia River from the Hugh Keenleyside Dam to the Washington State border, and the Kootenay River from Brilliant Dam to the confluence of the Columbia River are exempt from the closure at this time.

On these two streams fishing can continue as normal. These streams have sufficient water refuge to adequately protect fish, even with normal angling pressure.

B.C. government fisheries biologists are monitoring approximately 30 other key angling streams across the province, and if conditions warrant, additional closures are possible.

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ard to take in, that can pose a probwhen it is above lem for the bottom 40C on our lines of both. deck for days The Nitehawks on end, but the first full keep rolling along, Smoke Eater game for producing season 2015/16 will take place in after season of excelexactly two weeks. lent results. The That will be the first of Smoke Eaters, at DAVE four exhibition games for least in part due to the Smokies, all leading budget consideraup to a season start on tions, consistently 9/11 and the first home struggle to achieve Sports ‘n’ Things game of the season a day even a round of post later. season play - often The Nitehawks, who have seven despite providing high quality hockey exhibition games on their schedule, entertainment. also begin for-real play on 9/11 and We are in the season of hope, have their first home contest a day again, however. Nitehawk fans are later. hopeful and confident, of another The scheduling conflict repeats the exciting post season run for their following weekend, which is too bad club. Smoke Eater fans are fingersfor both clubs, who will be competing crossed hopeful of at least a return for weekend fan turnout three times to the post season for a team which during the first month of the season. may contain as many as half a dozen Things will be better in that regard local kids and has roster returnees mid-September for the Nitehawks, as that showed (the dreaded) promise the Smoke Eaters will be on the road last year to go with a couple of highly for almost three weeks after their touted new signings.

Sept. 19 tilt with Merritt.

It comes down, for Trail, to a good Scheduling conflicts have been start. Even lackadaisical, “Home slightly reduced the past couple of of Champions,” so-called fans will seasons, but still occur often enough eventually turn away from whatever to hurt the bottom line of both local screen is eating their minds on game clubs. What with the number of actual nights to support the top level of local hockey fans apparently shrinking, hockey if the team is highly competitive.

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elfies are more ubiquitous than ever, thanks to the selfie stick.

I had never heard of the selfie stick until a few months ago when I saw one in action. My husband and I were wandering around Victoria BC’s inner harbour awaiting the departure of our whale watching tour when we spotted a couple with a smart phone on a stick.

They were dutifully following behind the stick, oblivious of others and the surroundings as they took photos of themselves.

While I don’t know if the manner in which they were using their selfie stick is common or not, the entire selfie craze suggests that we are pretty darn pleased with ourselves.

However, there is ample evidence to the contrary. We have a hard time accepting ourselves, with our physical appearance being a particular source of angst.

The body acceptance movement is a case in point.

Variously known as “fat acceptance”, “body love”, and “ending fat shame”, the movement is gaining traction.

Women of all shapes and sizes are beginning to react negatively to advertising campaigns that restrict beauty to the ideals of the runway, and some magazines are bucking the skinny cover model trend.

Vogue Italia led the way a few years ago when three plus size models made the cover. This year, plus size models Tess Halliday and Erica Jean Schnek made headlines when their photos appeared on the covers of People and Women’s Running respectively.

Although the body acceptance movement is primarily associated with obesity in women, plus size women are not alone in the struggle to accept their bodies.

Skinny or fat, young or old, and all points in between, both sexes are constantly confronted with impossible and unrealistic ideals of beauty and vitality that

can make us feel dissatisfied with our self.

Despite its good intentions, the body acceptance movement is flawed. Its mantra to embrace your curves puts the cart before the horse. Beauty, as the saying goes, is more than skin deep.

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Trail & District Churches We Must Hate Our Life in this World Scripture quotations are from the RSV unless otherwise noted.

“He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life” (John 12:25).

This is the great principle on which all authentic Christian spirituality is based.

Spirituality is popular today. People want to become more spiritual.

They want to grow in spirituality. They want to learn how to contemplate and experience God more deeply. Most, however, do not know that all authentic spirituality is based on self-denial. People today generally want the positive fruits of spirituality but do not want the principle that it is based on, namely self-denial for the love of God. Yet Jesus says, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me” (Matt. 16:24 NKJV).

Self-denial is the foundational principle of all of spirituality because it is the way we focus our whole being on God, making him the focus of our life, the source of our joy and peace. If we also seek our delight in worldly things, our affective energy is dispersed and dissipated. It no longer goes directly to God. To grow spiritually we need to try to focus our delight and affective energy on God, and to do this we must live a simple life. This is the meaning of evangelical poverty. For the love of God we deny ourselves worldly pleasures. In this way our love is not dissipated and dispersed in many directions, but rather flows with its full strength directly to God.

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Everyday Theology Poor body image reflects dissatisfaction with our inner self.

We construct our selfimage from relationships and experiences that shape us from the inside out. So-called “body positivity” alone is insufficient to change our interior narrative no matter how much we profess to love our curves. To “embrace” fatness or thinness can become an excuse for ignoring the process of inner transformation that leads to authentic self-acceptance.

Body acceptance has little to do with clothing size or the image captured on that high tech mirror called a smart phone. It has everything to do with the condition of our interior life. If we obsess on our appearance to the exclusion of our inner transformation, we will never be comfortable in our own body. When we look in the mirror, we will see our self darkly, as through a smoky, gray cloud, instead of illuminated with light, aglow with the beautiful colours of our soul.

That is an image that not even the smartest phone can capture.

Trail resident Louise McEwan is a freelance religion writer with degrees in English and Theology. Her blog is faithcolouredglasses. blogspot.com. Contact her at mcewan.lou@ gmail.com

Spirituality means seeking our delight in God, and in order do this we do not want our love to be dispersed and weakened by flowing in many different directions. Rather we want to experience God’s love more deeply. So to make this real in our life we deliberately cut off other worldly pleasures that would siphon off and weaken our love for God and our experience of his love in our life. Hence we eat only simple, healthy, basic food and restrict our life in many other ways too, renouncing distracting, attracting, tempting, arousing entertainments that make us worldly, arouse our passions, and fill our minds and hearts with worldly, distracting, and tempting images and desires.

This is what the Desert Fathers discovered. They greatly reduced their external distractions, attractions, and temptations by living an austere and simple life in the desert far from the entertainments of the city and the world. Their diet was extremely simple and austere, and there they served God in a life of prayer and fasting far from the world. Although most of us do not live in a physical desert, the same

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principle applies to us if we want to live a more spiritual life, if we want to grow in spirituality.

Actually this whole quest for a deeper spirituality is based on the teachings of Jesus himself. Today he says, “He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life” (John 12:25). By loving our life he means living it up in a worldly way. This, he says, is the way to lose our life with God. This is the way not to grow spiritually, not to grow in spirituality. So what are we supposed to do? Jesus tells us in the second half of this sentence: “And he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life” (John 12:25). We are to hate our life in this world.

And how do we hate our life in this world? We hate our life in this world by denying ourselves the unnecessary dissipating, distracting, tempting, and arousing pleasures of this world. Instead of living a worldly life, we live a simple life. A simple life is the key to spirituality.

One who lives a simple life hates and loses his life in this world for the love of God. He hates to live in a worldly way. He hates to take part in worldly entertainments and pleasures that dissipate the love of his heart that he wants to keep focused on the Lord alone. He wants the Lord to entertain him, not unnecessary worldly pleasures that only weaken the pleasure he finds in God, the only love of his life.

So the person seeking a deeper spirituality renounces unnecessary worldly pleasures for the love of God. In doing so he loses his life in this world for the love of God. This is what Jesus himself told us to do, to lose our life in this world for his sake, in order to love him undividedly, with all the love of our heart. He said, “Whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it” (Matt. 16:25 NKJV). So if we want to truly find our life, we must lose it for Christ’s sake in this world. We must give up trying to find our pleasures here in worldly things, in sumptuous and succulent foods and desserts and in secular entertainments. We must not try to save our life in this worldly way.

So if we seek a deeper spirituality, let us follow Jesus’ directions. Let us lose our life in this world for love of him, for the love of God, in order to save our life. Let us not try to save our life in this world by living in a worldly way, only to lose our life with God. Let us not fail to grow in spirituality by living in a worldly way, seeking our delight in the unnecessary pleasures of this world. Let us hate our life in this world for the love of God, for “he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life” (John 12:25). But “he who loves his life loses it” (John 12:25). Let us not be among those who love their life in this world, only to lose it. © Copyright 2007-2009 Rev. Steven Scherrer www.DailyBiblicalSermons.com

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I ignore her, even when His mother seems very I say hello every time I clingy, and this may be see her. I get that she due to the divorce or it doesn’t like me, so I try may be that she would not to engage her too Marcy Sugar & not like any girl her son often. But she also tries Kathy Mitchell dated. Talk to your boyto sabotage our dates, friend. Let him know saying my boyfriend can’t go out with me because he that if he doesn’t defend you to his has some important family dinner, mother, the relationship is over. which is usually a lie. Sometimes, Because, Honey, it will be.

Dear Annie: I appreciate your she calls in the middle of a date and tells him to come home right away advice to “Torn Son,” whose father is abusing alcohol, and the son susand that sort of thing.

The worst part, though, is that pects he is also using drugs.

I am a member of a local 12-step she has such a strong influence on my boyfriend that he is beginning program organized to help people to believe she knows what is best and families under the stress of for him and that maybe we should having an addicted loved one. You break up. This devastates me. She is recommended Al-Anon and Adult ruining our relationship and bring- Children of Alcoholics. Please add to your list “Families Anonymous” ing stress into my boyfriend’s life.

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Dear Annie: I follow you on Facebook. I am 18 years old and have been with my boyfriend for more than a year. We used to spend a bit too much time together and I know it wasn’t healthy, so we worked it out and now have new hobbies and see our friends a little more.

Everything is good except for one thing: His mother. She is recently divorced and when my boyfriend and I were spending a lot of time at her place, she was upset and miserable. We understood, so we would make dinner for her and keep the house clean, but she would never come out of her room. My boyfriend and I would eat dinner and converse. One day, his mother came into the kitchen and apparently, saw this closeness as a threat.

She complained that she wasn’t getting any attention from her son and that I was stealing him away from her. She prohibited me from coming over for three weeks, which my boyfriend and I found hurtful.

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Bella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250-364-1822 Ermalinda Estates, Glenmerry, spacious 1-2bdrms. Adults only. Secure building w/elevator. N/S, N/P. Ongoing improvements. Ph.250-364-1922 E.Trail. 2bdrm + den. Clean, quiet, responsible adults only.

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

250.368.9186. 250.364.1669 Francesco Estates, Glenmerry,spacious 1-3bdrms. Adults only (45+). Secure building w/elevator. N/S, N/P. Ongoing improvements. Ph. 250-3686761 Glenmerry 1bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. N/S. $600./mo.

250-368-5908 Glenmerry 3bdrm.

F/S $850/mo.

Heat included.

250-368-5908 TRAIL, 1&2bd., renovated, close to town, park, bus stop.

250-364-1129, 250-231-1125 TRAIL, 2bd. apt. Friendly, quiet secure bldg. Heat incl.

N/P, N/S. 250-368-5287 TRAIL, Rossland Ave. 3bdrm.

F/S, W/D. Available Oct.1st.

250-368-1015 TRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apt. Adult building, perfect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, comfortable. Must See. 250-368-1312 TRAIL/SUNNINGDALE Large 1 bedroom-balcony.

Quiet building.

Includes laundry, heat, cool, light, park. Avail Sept. 1st. $750. 250-231-0466 W.TRAIL, 1BD. 1blk. to downtown, fenced yard, suitable for dog. $595./mo. 250-368-6076 W.TRAIL, 1bd. plus, semi-enclosed balcony, pet friendly.

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

250-368-6076

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

Good access. 250-368-1312

Homes for Rent TRAIL, 2BD. + sunroom. Near Safeway. W/D. $750./mo.

250-368-6076 WARFIELD, 3BD. 250-364-1814, cell 1814

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PAPER CARRIERS Excellent exercise, fun for all ages.

$900.mo.

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

Shared Accommodation TRAIL, $395/mo. share with 2 quiet people. Near shopping & bus. 2bths. 250-231-3172

Want to Rent PROFESSIONAL COUPLE seeking executive house in Castlegar or surrounding area.

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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 Route 341 24 papers 10th Ave, 8th Ave, 9th Ave Route 342 11 papers 3rd St, 7th Ave, 8th Ave Route 345 12 papers 10th Ave, 9th Ave Route 347 16 papers 10th Ave, 9th Ave, 9th St Route 346 27 papers 8th, 9th & 10th Ave Route 348 19 papers 12th Ave, Christie Rd

Miral Heights Route 111 41 papers Albert Dr,McBride St.

Transportation

Warfield Route 200 Shakespeare Route 204 Kipling St

11 papers 2 papers

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That’s what breathing is like with cystic fibrosis.

No wonder so many people with CF stop breathing in their early 30’s

Sunningdale Route 211 26 papers Hazelwood Dr, Olivia Cres, Viola Cres.

Glenmerry Route 172 30 papers Hwy. Drive, Iris Cres, Lilac Cres.

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Rossland

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR ROUTES IN ALL AREAS

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KOOTENAY HOMES INC.

$94,500

Great flat, corner lot with all the basics already in place.

Fantastic waterfront property with great sunny exposure and spectacular views.

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

RENTALS

1640 Columbia Ave, Trail

$149,000

Very charming 2 bdrm home on the Columbia River. Many upgrades, full basement, off street parking, tucked away on a very quiet street.

Close to Safeway.

Call Terry 250-231-1101

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1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818 www.kootenayhomes.com www.century21.ca TRAIL RENTALS

$579,000

The Trail Historical Society is bringing Trail Times archives to City Hall. The old print editions will be stored alongside a negative database already created. The city’s paper of record is a valuable source for history, says society president Jamie Forbes, who managed to convince Glenn Wallace to help him organize and move the dusty heap.

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81 East Lake Drive, Christina Lake

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Located in the award winning

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1665 Maida Road, Christina Lake

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$63,900

Affordable one level living!

2 bdrm 2 bath unit loaded with upgrades. Pet ok with park approval.

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

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3 bdrm 1 bath house $775 + utils - NS / NP 2+ bdrm 1 bath house $775 + utils - NS / NP 2 bdrm, 1 bath upper suite $750 + utils - NS / NP 2 bdrm suite - $625 + utils NP / NS 2 bdrm suite - $650 + utils NP / NS 3 bdrm, 2 bath house $800 + utils - NS / NP 2 bdrm fully furnished condo everything included. $940

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2 bdrm - $700 + utils NP / NS

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

ICE NEW PR

Mark Wilson 250-231-5591

mark.wilson@century21.ca

Terry Alton

250-231-1101 3928 Woodland Drive, Trail

$249,000

4 bdrm, 3 bath family home in Glenmerry. Features include: fenced yard, master bedroom ensuite and walk-in closet, garage, and sunny basement with family room, 4th bedroom and bath room. At this price this one will be gone quickly!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

terryalton@shaw.ca

Tonnie Stewart

250-365-9665

tonniestewart@shaw.ca

Mary Martin 250-231-0264

mary.martin@century21.ca

Richard Daoust

STING NEW LI

250-368-7897

richard.daoust@century21.ca

Mary Amantea

250-521-0525 1843 Beaver St., Fruitvale

$165,000

Fantastic starter package, close to school, park, etc. This 3 bdrm 1.5 bath, half duplex has covered patio, fenced yard, under ground sprinklers, lots of parking and “inner bigness”.

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

Lot A Willow Dr., Warfield

$199,000

Over 17 acres bordering on Sleeman Subdivision, think of the possible uses. This property may be approved for a new residential subdivision.

There is a possibility of other uses, subject to zoning approvals.

Call Richard (250) 368-7897

1473 Brown Street, Trail

810 7th Street, Montrose

Great price for this home overlooking the Columbia River.

Large living room with hardwood floors, spacious kitchen and 2 bdrm on main floor. Basement is unfinished and lots of room for development. Make sure this house is on your viewing list Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Opportunity Knocks! “Solid” 3 bdrm home needs to be redone, but has potential to turn into a great family home in a great location. There are 2 large lots included in this listing price. Lots of parking. Quiet, private location. Come with your ideas and act quickly on this excellent package.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

$81,000

mamantea@telus.net

$135,000

1731 3rd Avenue, Rossland

$309,000

4 bdrm / 3 bath home with upgraded kitchen, flooring and bathroom. Large master w/ ensuite. Big deck overlooking back yard. Don’t miss viewing this great family home.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

250-231-2710

bill.craig@century21.ca

Deanne Lockhart 250-231-0153

deannelockhart@shaw.ca

Art Forrest

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Christine Albo 250-512-7653

christine.albo@century21.ca

1506 Kootenay Avenue, Rossland

2330 Fourth Ave, Rossland

Cozy and comfortable 2 bdrm home with heated shop/garage, stone fireplace, sauna, open kitchen and dining room. Zoned as a Guest House.

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

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

$172,000

$189,900

217 Balsam Rd, Ross Spur

$299,900

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

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2705 Columbia - Kootenay Road, Rossland

$599,000

Extensively renovated 2 bdrm / 2 bath home with 3.13 acres of prime land on 2 separate parcels . There are many possibilities, book your personal viewing, you will be happy you did.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Dave Thoss

250-231-4522

dave.thoss@century21.ca

Dan Powell Christina Lake 250-442-6413

powelldanielk@gmail.com