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Kirsten Stevenson has single-handedly re-ignited interest in bringing Costco to the Kootenays.

So far, the mother of two has collected 629 signatures on a petition that asks the big box company to open a store in the East or West Kootenay – though she prefers a Castlegar location.

“I am originally from the Lower Mainland but have lived in Trail for three years now,” she said.

“I had a bit of a shock at the lack of shopping in Trail, to say the least.”

The feisty mom of an infant and toddler, says she decided to act following Walmart's announcement that the Trail store was turning into a super centre.

“I'm told that has reduced the amount of baby and children's clothing (and related goods) by 40 per cent,” said Stevenson.

First, she contacted Costco via email, asking if a nearby location would open any time soon.

“They replied, ‘not at this time,’” she said.

“So a few months later I contacted them again asking if there was anything I could do to encourage them to consider the area.”

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Three generations of a Trail family were back to class this week. (From left) Jenn Smyth, a Grade 6/7 teacher from Glenmerry Elementary School, received hands-on help from son Nolan Smyth, and mom Marg Caputo, to pretty up the portable classroom before Sept. 8, the official start of the new school year.

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CDS dispels myths and focuses on helping those at risk

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“If a person has a mental health diagnosis then we have to refer to mental health,” says Sheila Adcock. “And that’s where it comes into a snag.”

The program coordinator for Career Development Services (CDS) in downtown Trail offers insight to the organization's place in helping individuals with ongoing mental health conditions, substance use issues or a combination of both.

Adcock is quick to point out there is no “they.” Individuals caught in the maelstrom are not homeless and the majority requiring medical intervention and community outreach are locals –

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She's often heard comments, “they” are sending people here, because of the lower cost of living compared to the coast.

The Ministry of Social Development is not in the business of sending people anywhere, Adcock added.

“There is no big 'they' shipping people here in the dark of the night with a bus pulling up.

“The individuals we are hearing about are not homeless – they are mentally ill and in need of help.”

Community sectors approached the Trail Times this year, voicing concerns about what many perceive as a growing number of homeless, mentally ill

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and addicted individuals relocating to the city. Mostly, people share that they are troubled by newcomers with serious mental illnesses, who are not being adequately managed by community outreach.

Seeking facts along with narrative, the Trail Times talked with community services, city officials and contacted Interior Health, asking for details of the role each entity plays in managing those with ongoing afflictions.

The focus of last week’s first report in a three-part series, was a perspective from the Downtown Trail Business Group. They are the first to collectively go on record with city officials.

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BC’s Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation has declared September as Disability Employment Month in British Columbia in order to celebrate people with disabilities in the workforce and the employers and communities throughout the province who pave the way to support them.

Many may not have a clear understanding of how people with disabilities fit into our communities and workplaces, or of the efforts on the part of individuals, employers, and the community-based organizations who provide the supports for those seeking employment.

But for some, dealing with disabilities and finding their way in the community is a part of their everyday life.

At age 60, Trail’s Gord Fletcher has worked at Teck Metals Trail Operation for 24 years and, like many in that age range, he is looking forward more to his approaching retirement than anything else.

“It’s a good company and you make pretty good money there,” Fletcher said. “There just comes a time when you don’t really want to do it anymore. And there’s lots of young people who need work.

I’ll be happy when I can relax and someone else can take over. I just have to put in a little more time so my pension will be enough that I can live on.”

Although having been labelled as having a disability when he was young, in speaking with Fletcher it’s not readily apparent what his actual disability might be.

He has a form of epilepsy, although the seizures have been controlled with medication since he was in his teens, wears a knee brace now as a result of an old injury, and has relatively poor eyesight.

He reads widely, has a greater than average understanding of computers and new technology, and has travelled widely, both for his own enjoyment and as an active leader in the self-advocacy movement for people with disabilities.

“I have a lazy eye,” he said.

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Gord Fletcher, a 24-year employee at Teck, is an advocate for disability employment and knows the positive impact it can have in a person’s life.

“I had crossed eyes when I was young but they corrected it with surgery back then.

Now they give you exercises to do. I think I would have preferred that.”

Fletcher is reluctant to go into detail about his school experience but graduated from JL Crowe with a Dogwood certificate.

“They sort of pushed me through school,” Fletcher said. “I don’t think they really knew what to do with me.”

After graduating, Fletcher was encouraged to go into the sheltered workshop for people with disabilities in the old Maple School in Glenmerry but found the limited activities there, some basic woodworking, sorting mail, and similar tasks, to be

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Some rain and cooler temperatures have reduced the wildfire threats to Grand Forks.

It has also pretty much cleared the smoke away from the area.

Residents certainly had a few tense days in the last week as the RDKB’s Emergency Operations Centre issued an evacuation alert for all residents south of the Kettle River and for those in Cascade and Ponderosa areas of Christina Lake. That evacuation alert has since been lifted.

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After a period of trying different types of work, some in the private sector, some in positions working for the BC Association for Community Living, Fletcher was hired at Cominco (Teck Metals) on the janitorial crew, where he has continued with the exception of a few lay-offs over the years.

Through his own employment experience and his work in the self-advocacy movement, Fletcher has seen the positive effect working at a real job can have for an individual with disabilities, as well as some of the challenges they face.

“In an ideal world everyone who wanted to work would get a chance to work

but it’s not an ideal world,” Fletcher said.

“If you can get yourself out there and be a go-getter it can work but a lot of people with disabilities don’t have the confidence. And there are attitudinal barriers, a lot of people don’t think people with disabilities can do all that many things but there are jobs that people can do.”

Fletcher said that he has seen employers that are willing to offer work to people with disabilities, a variety of retailers, food service outlets, and larger companies, and has seen the positive results in people’s lives that come of it.

“There are employers who take a chance on people, there has to be somebody in management who believes in people,” he said. “They have to have someone in the company who believes that people deserve a chance to try their wings out. They may not be able to work an eight hour day but they may be able to work into it. They may not be all that fast at first but they can improve.”

Fletcher said that, in the world of working for a living, people are individuals, regardless of whatever label or preconceived ideas others may have.

“Really, people with or without disabilities are much the same. There are hardworking people with disabilities and people who are lazy, the same as everybody else,” he said. “But if you want a job you have to prove yourself.

And you have to have someone who believes in you.”

tion has helped reduce the threat from the wildfires.

She added that in many cases, some fire crews have been sent home with the reduced threat.

The Paulson Pass fire, which is located 15km northeast of Christina Lake and west of Highway, is still at 320 hectares and is now 90 per cent contained. Crews are continuing to mop-up on the western and northern flanks. Ten firefighters are on scene.

The Stickpin fire in Washington state continues to burn on 5km south of the border. The blaze is an estimated 21,638 hectares and is 20 per cent contained.

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The most recent population numbers she found, show 121,000 live in the Kootenays, 64,000 of those in the West.

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have a Costco,” she reasoned. “Castlegar is a great hub for the area that connects so many of the smaller towns. I know there are a lot of supporters in the Cranbrook area as well. In a perfect world, we would both get one.”

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“All my family, friends, and neighbours that I have spoken to about Costco coming to the Koots have had a really positive reaction,” she said.

“I think our thriving Kootenay community would not only be able to sustain a Costco, but it would thrive with one. It would be good to change things up around here.”

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FROM PAGE 1 She hasn’t heard back, and joked her request was probably filed under “crazy.”

But corporate silence hasn’t deterred Stevenson from her goal to collect 1,000 online signatures for the petition, called “Bring Costco to the Kootenays.” Once she reaches or surpasses that target, Stevenson will submit the document to the company, in hopes of sparking

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CDS resources aimed to offer guidance

FROM PAGE 1 By writing a letter to Trail council, the group effectively opened a much needed discussion about the city’s most vulnerable, falling through the cracks.

Notably, the group works downtown and a few call the inner city, home. First hand accounts of daily

goings-on was the sensible place to start the conversation.

This second report centres around CDS programs and where those resources fit into the bigger picture of caring for those requiring progressive medical treatment.

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people are on the street, but they are not homeless, they are mentally ill.”

CDS’ mandate is to support individuals who are homeless, at risk of being homeless or have barriers to obtaining and/or maintaining housing.

Many of those referred to the program, called the Getting to Home project, have mental health and substance use problems.

Of the 243 individ-

uals assisted through CDS, Adcock says 70 per cent disclosed their medical condition. However, only up to seven percent had relocated from other communities.

“The rest have lived in the Greater Trail area for more than two years,” Adcock clarified.

“And many have family in the area.”

Outreach workers access various community resources to

help individuals maintain their housing and they keep in touch with their clients – but the buck stops there.

Services for ongoing support are available through Community Living BC (CLBC)– but only if that individual has a diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder or another developmental disability.

Those with psychi-

FUNERAL NOTICES James Munro Mitchell

With profound sadness, the Mitchell family announce the passing of Jim in Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital on September 2, 2015. Jim was born in Trail Tadanac Hospital on April 4, 1953, to John and Ivy Mitchell of Salmo, B.C. Jim is predeceased by his parents and his wife Ina (Anderson) on July 7, 2005.

He leaves to mourn his three sons: James, Andrew and John, his partner, Sheila Sippel, three brothers: John (Megan), Sandy (Patti), Ian (Michelle); four sisters: Molly-Marie MacDonald, Jackie (Ernie) Ratzlaff, Midean ( Jerry) Lemke, Kay Grant and Ivy Mitchell; many nieces, nephews, cousins and aunts.

Jim graduated from St. George’s School in Vancouver in 1971 and a few years later returned to Salmo. Together with his brother John, started a logging company and later, all four brothers together, founded the Four Leaf Logging Company.

A Service of Remembrance will be held in the Salmo Community Church on Saturday, September 5th, 2015 at 10:30am with the interment to follow at the Salmo Cemetery at noon. The reception will be held at the Salmo Legion at 1:00pm. Gwen Ziprick of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services has been entrusted with the arrangements.

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atric illnesses must have an open file with mental health.

“If the individual does not meet the criteria for CLBC Outreach Support but does have mental health and substance use issues then we would contact mental health to see about accessing those services,” Adcock reiterated.

“If the individual does not have an existing open file then we are told they are not eligible for outreach services.”

CDS has an open door policy, whether it be a cup of coffee, use of a phone, or help filling out ministry forms.

But workers’ hands are tied when dealing with more complex issues, and the situation can be frustrating.

“We had an individual pounding holes in our walls and freaking out,” said Adcock.

“We tried to get him help but he didn’t have an open file. We don’t care, he’s taking fists to the wall – this guy needed support.”

With Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital being the only West Kootenay facility offering acute and long term psychiatric services, it’s a given that people from outlying areas relocate to Trail for ongoing medical care.

“There are a lot of people that end up here because of the psychiatric unit,” she explained.

“And there are many that are recommended to live here from, for example, Midway, Rock Creek or Beaverdell. It makes sense for them to stay because they are needing ongoing support – especially if it someone experiencing their first (psychiatric) break.”

That isn’t always the case. She described two situations when patients were released from hospital and instead of being housed in Trail, were sent home to family elsewhere in the province.

“Absolutely we’ve had people come here from other communities,” she said. “But we had a person from Cranbrook who came here to get medical treatment and was told

he might as well look for a place.”

All his support systems and family were in Cranbrook, Adock said, so through CDS’s small pot of emergency funding, the person was bused back home for community care.

Another example she gave was a very ill person discharged from KBRH, who didn’t want to live in Trail.

His family resided in Victoria. They wanted their son home and planned to admit him to a safe facility on the coast.

“It made no sense to house him here,” said Adcock. “So we bought him a plane ticket and his family met him. That’s where our emergency funding goes, under the homeless project.”

Regardless of who stays or leaves, continuity of care within the Trail community is key.

Creating Caring Communities is an initiative Adcock is involved with. Its mandate is to identify all resources under one umbrella and identify low barrier services.

“We just developed a map of all the services in all the communities that identifies where a person can go to get help without all these barriers,” she said. “(Presently) the individual has to walk through a set of doors, fill out an application, and have a doctor sign it.”

When a person is unwell, completing an application, lengthy forms, and scheduling appointments, is too overwhelming a task, Adcock maintains.

Therein lies part of the problem of how people remain unchecked in the community.

“These guys on the streets are very visibly ill,” she added.

“They aren’t going to go through the process on their own.

And if the individual doesn’t follow up for a next appointment because they are unwell – then the file is closed.”

The final part of the series will highlight Interior Health services and its response to concerns in our community.

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Fentanyl drug hits the East Kootenay

By Katie Smith Fernie Free Press

A new form of synthetic Fentanyl is being sold in East Kootenay communities and health officials have issued a community warning about the drug.

While the drug itself is an opiate used for pain management, the tablets being found on the street are illegally manufactured and are more toxic than the legitimate medication.

Dean Nicholson, executive director of the East Kootenay Addiction Services Society, said the drug started to show up in the East Kootenays around January of 2014.

“That was when we first saw it on our radar,” Nicholson said in an interview with The Free Press. “We hadn’t heard much about it anywhere in the country, so I contacted the National Drug Centre in Ottawa to let them know we were seeing this stuff and that was news to them.

Now we’re hearing stories across North America about Fentanyl.”

Nicholson said over the course of a

month, five or six young people came to addiction services looking to go on the methadone program – which is an opiate substitute program – because they were taking what they thought were OxyContin, as that is what Fentanyl is often mistaken for by recreational drug users.

“They were on these street OxyContin things that they’d gotten involved with and some had non-fatal overdoses,” he said. “This was a real blip in the kind of typical profile of intakes that we have.”

Opiates aren’t part of the “major drug scene” in the East Kootenays so the centre doesn’t normally see a lot of intakes for opiates, he said.

“But all of a sudden it was in Cranbrook and Invermere, and it was people in their late-teens early-20s which is not the typical profile.”

Upon further investigation, Nicholson and his colleagues found what was happening was this illicit Fentanyl was being marketed in a pill form, being called OxyContin – or “Street Oxy”,

which is being manufactured in Mexico with the ingredients coming primarily from China and sold on the street as a greenish tablet which may be stamped with ‘80’ and ‘CDN’ and may go by the name ‘Greenies’, ‘Green Jellies’, ‘Street Oxy’ or ‘Fake 80s’. Because the illicit drug isn’t pharmaceutically produced, the pills on the street do not meet the same standards in terms of purity and dosage level, and can vary significantly from one batch to the next.

“You have no idea what you’re getting and that’s been where we’re seeing the overdose risk,” Nicholson said.

There have been a few deaths this year that have been attributed to Fentanyl, he said, adding that overdose deaths in the East Kootenays are not common.

Fentanyl is a powerful pain reliever used in cases such as post-surgery patients, is up to 100 times more powerful than Morphine and coming down off the drug can be extremely painful, Nicholson said.

Cranbrook

Man recuperating after grizzly attack

By Arne Petryshen Cranbrook Townsman

A grizzly bear attack that occurred Tuesday night has left a man with non-lifethreatening injuries.

Chad Dueck, of Cranbrook who is recuperating in Foothills Hospital in Calgary, described the encounter and subsequent injuries, on social media on Wednesday afternoon.

Dueck, who had been bow hunting elk, was airlifted out of Cranbrook late Tuesday night.

Conservation Officer Joe Caravetta said the individual was bow hunting and was confronted by a sow grizzly bear with two cubs.

He said the attack occurred across from the Pritchard Road area, near the city’s spray irrigation fields.

“He was injured by the bear,” he said. The bear then retreated.

“Then the hunter was able to get out and get to a hospital.”

Late Wednesday, Caravetta confirmed

that they had located the site where the attack occurred and found several personal items of the hunter.

“We also were able to ascertain in our opinion that the grizzly sow was not fatally wounded,” he said.

Conservation officers had initially thought the hunter

had wounded the bear, it appears that is not the case.

“We believe that the bow hunter missed the bear,” he said. “We found all the arrows and nothing indicates that the bear was injured.”

Caravetta said a helicopter has surveyed the area and

not located any of the bears.

“We believe they have left the area,” he said. “We are not pro-

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Trades programs flourishing in School District 20

I

’m 10 months into my four-year term as School Trustee: New on the job, with a steep learning curve!

While I was campaigning, many people brought forward the issue of what is happening with the trades and what we were doing to prepare our students to fill this huge part of our economy. I also wanted to know more about how the Trades Program run in SD 20 and how we needed to bring the public up to speed on what is happening in our School District.

I went up to J.L. Crowe and Stanley Humphries Schools, talked to the teachers, and looked at all the machine and woodwork tools that the students use.

Many of these machines were broken and need to be replaced, some were older than me, and yet our programs functioned. Our staff has done a remarkable job of coddling old gear and some new--to produce some really great programs. I realized we have to keep our school equipment up to date, and I am looking at funding to help this along. It would be good to see a capital replacement

budget as I have learned about in other districts.

I talked to Murray McConnachie, District Trades coordinator.

He takes care of SD20 (Kootenay Columbia) Trades and Apprenticeship Training. He said 2014/15 was an exciting year with SD20 receiving both the ITA Labour Market Shortage pilot program funding and the Secondary School Apprenticeship Support funding. These amazing grants allowed SD20 to provide world class service to our students and CES(Career Education Society) and the ITA( Industry Training Authority) are thanked by both the board and trades students of School SD20.

Twenty-nine Ace It students completed apprenticeship training in the areas of Cooking, Hairdressing, Fabricating, Carpentry and Electrical, Mechanics, Millwright and Machining. Forty-two students are applying for next year’s Ace It programs.

Another 31 students registered in 2015/16 school year, are completing work in the Secondary School Program (SSA). The stu-

TERRY

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Community Comment dents will work through their grade 10-12 years towards their chosen fields of trades training. These students come from various fields such as diesel engine mechanics, carpentry, fabrication, plumbing and cooking. Any student working in a designated trade field should contact Mr. McConnachie to learn about earning credit, scholarships and apprenticeship training through this amazing program. (mmcconnachie@sd20.bc.ca) In the fall of 2015/16, current Ace It students will be assisted in obtaining their apprenticeships and registered in the Secondary School Apprenticeship program. This will bring the total number of SSA students to over 63 stu-

dents in 14 different trades.

Students who completed 900 hours of Work Based Training in their trade and complete SSA 11 A&B 12 A&B are eligible to receive the $1000 SSA bursary.

School District 20 is also working with Finning Tractor Ltd. – the world’s largest Caterpillar dealer network – to have students enrolled and complete their training as Heavy Duty mechanics in the “Think Big Program.” Currently three past students are enrolled, two have graduated and four are applying to this world-class 30-month program located at Grand Prairie College.

Selkirk College and SD20 (Kootenay Columbia) coordinated to offer two trades exploration day – one for grade 8-10 students in May and one for teachers in November.Both programs were well received and students and teachers were thrilled to get more experience in course and career selection.

SD20 (Kootenay Columbia) wishes to thank the CES, the ITA, and Selkirk College for making all of the trades training in our area possible.

Through 2015-16 the trades program will be working to assist and mentor current graduates into successful trades careers.

With increased funding via MOE, trades are clearly the career path of the next generation. Students are reminded that “Journey Person” is a historical term –You need to travel to work.-- This is critical today – moving – to the opportunity, constantly marketing yourself, and networking are critical.

I will continue to work with our district staff and students to ensure all educational opportunities are world class in this district, Trades to Arts--All bring out the best in our diverse community.

Terry Hanik is a trustee for School District 20.

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City must keep taxpayers informed

Your coverage of the bids for the construction of the proposed pipe bridge for Trail (Bridge bids come in above estimated cost, Trail Times Aug. 11) was truly alarming, estimate of $4 million to a construction bids of $14 million.

Rumor is the city has paid over $1 million to the bridge consultants for work on this project to date.

Council is also committed to a backup water line from 2nd Ave in East Trail to Riverside in West Trail for which they have no cost estimate for the construction. (I have a hard copy to back this statement).

Trail’s city manager is an accountant with a salary over $200,000. How is it possible for this project to get so far out of

control financially?

Congratulations must go Trail’s new mayor Mike Martin for trying to find where this project went so badly off the rails, my hope is that the process is open and transparent.

Let’s not have a provincial auditor report similar to the City of Sechelt that was chastised or meeting with potential contractor behind closed doors before accepting bids and Dawson Creek for poor budget management.

Council should inform taxpayer of: Yearly maintenance and operating cost of this structure when completed and how it be paying for it.

Capital cost of the bridge structure only.

The total cost of regional

sewer line relocation that Trail pays 63 per cent of the costs.. and how Trail will pay its share.

The cost of the duplicate water line from 2nd Ave to Riverside Ave. The cost of the internet conduit that Trail will pay 100 per cent of.

The total cost of engineering service for design and project management for the purposed bridge structure.

For years Trail has been receiving the federal grant that will be used to pay the debt created by the pipe bridge.

How many years is there left in the agreement between the federal government and the city that allows council to say it will be a free bridge?

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Fiscal conservatives have failed How can we continue to delude ourselves as being good fiscal stewards of the nation?

The record is extremely “clear” we fiscal conservatives have failed badly: The all-time debt leaders are: Brian Mulroney, $293.5 billion (1984 to 1992); Stephen Harper, $182.3 billion (20082014); Pierre Trudeau, $138.27 billion (1968-1978 and 19801983)

This has to stop! Yes, Trudeau started the rampant tax and spend agenda but Mulroney took it to a whole new level. Only Paul Martin, with the moral authority of Preston Manning, as Finance Minister and Prime Minister has performed well. We had high expectations for Stephen Harper, as evidenced by his “clear” record he too has failed.

Where do we fiscal conserva-

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Which party do we turn to, to provide good fiscal guidance; Liberal, NDP or Green?

This October will be very interesting!

Stephen Hill Castlegar Editor’s Note: Stephen Hill was 2011 Federal Conservative candidate for B.C. Southern Interior

What if election spawns minority government?

An editorial from the Hamilton Spectator With seven weeks left before election day, it is arguably too early to speculate about potential outcomes. But on a quiet day in late summer, there are worse things to contemplate, so here we go.

First, a word about polling.

Some argue it has been largely discredited given recent elections at various levels where the outcome hasn’t matched pollster predictions. There is some truth to that, although saying it is discredited entirely seems an overstatement. Polling is still an interesting and useful source of information because it speaks in broad terms about what a swath of Canadians are thinking at a given time. It’s good directional information.

What are opinion polls telling us so far? That Tom Mulcair’s NDP has held a surprising and prolonged lead over the Harper Conservatives and the Trudeau Liberals. That might be changing according to a weekend poll by Abacus which shows the NDP losing

some Ontario support and falling into a virtual tie with the Conservatives, who lead the Liberals by a hair. All standings are well within the margin of error, which essentially means this: After a month or so of campaigning, the three viable options are in a virtual tie.

That raises many interesting questions but the most fascinating is this: What are the chances any of the three can capture enough support after Labour Day to generate a majority mandate? That would require dramatic growth in popular support for one of the three.

Given many people haven’t been paying much attention over summer — thanks for the unnecessary marathon, Mr. Harper — it’s possible. But is it likely?

If no one can stage a dramatic turnaround, this smells like a minority government.

Then what?

The Harper Conservatives have governed with a minority prior to 2011, not particularly well or effectively. And given they have been disdainful of

collaboration with anyone, let alone opposition parties, how could they build the consensus necessary for effective minority government?

And why would the Liberals and NDP want to do that? That raises the controversial coalition question. Mulcair has said the NDP would be open to collaborating with the Liberals to form a coalition government.

That doesn’t sit well with many Canadians, but it’s worth noting that it has happened several times in the past and the outcome was relatively positive.

Trudeau’s Liberals have flatly rejected that idea, which is understandable given the difficulties it would cause the Liberals. But that doesn’t mean they couldn’t partner — case by case — with another party. It’s nearly impossible to see that happening with the Conservatives, but the NDP could be a different story.

Yes, these are early days, but the minority outcome seems most likely at this point. That would make for interesting times in Ottawa.

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By Times Staff The Trail Smoke Eaters will face their final test before the start of the BCHL regular season when they take on three time B.C. International Hockey League champions the Selkirk College Saints in a homeand-home series for the Columbia River Cup this weekend.

“It’s going to be a lot like the Kelowna game,” said Smoke Eater coach and GM Nick Deschenes.

“There’s going to be some physicality and stronger, older opponents, so yes it’s going to be a good test.”

The Smoke Eaters will face a line up of seasoned veterans with BCHL and KIJHL experience, including a couple of Trail natives in Selkirk’s leading goal scorer last year Ryan Edwards and talented and gritty forward Jamie Vlanich. Smoke Eater Dallas Calvin will also play his first game as a Saint on Friday after a successful season with the Smoke

Eaters, where he netted 16 goals and 49 points in 32 games.

“Dallas is part of a great group of new recruits who are looking very promising and will compliment a very solid core of returning players,” Saints coach Brent Heaven told Selkirk College media rep Bob Hall.

“We are making every effort to vie for an unprecedented fourth BCIHL title.”

The Smoke Eaters have all but set its roster for opening day, signing Red Deer native Kale Howarth after an impressive camp and trading the rights of defenceman Bryan Gerstenfeld to the Bonnyville Pontiacs of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.

Last season the Smokies and Saints split a highly entertaining series with Selkirk taking the first game 7-4 and the Smoke Eaters exacting revenge in a 5-4 overtime thriller.

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Seven Summits Gravity rider J.T. Bjarnason hits the jump heading to the finish, while Aaron Finke celebrates his silver medal at the BC Cup DH championship in Fernie.

Wild and wet wrap up for Gravity Racers The Seven Summits Gravity Racing Team (SSGR) ended its season on a wild and wet ride at the Summer BC Cup Downhill mountain biking championship at the Fernie Alpine Resort on the weekend.

Following sunny and dry training days, torrential rains wrecked havoc on the trail making for a muddy and slick competition on Sunday that saw all SSGR riders experience difficulty.

“The weekend was great,” said Ian Finke SSGR manager.

“But crazy weather, we had incredibly dry conditions for training Friday and Saturday and then the skies opened up and the track turned to mud and slippery roots for race day.

Very challenging.”

Despite the conditions, Rossland rider Aaron Finke

flew down the course to finish second in U-17 Sport Men in a time of 4:14:88 for his best placing of the season. Noah Birkkjaer of Calgary’s Winsport Academy finished first, while teammate Joshua Regan claimed third place.

Like most riders, J. T. Bjarnason of Fruitvale bit the mud a couple times on his trip down the mountain, but still managed a sixth place finish in U17 for one of his best results of the season. Aiden Brummelhuis finished fifth in Open 13-16 Men, and Max Nutini had a ninth place finish in a difficult run in U-18 Sport Men. The podium finish for Finke will likely put him in the Top 10 of the BC Cup DH standings, while Keegan Frye who had three top-three finishes should put him in the running for a podium spot however, organ-

izers had yet to finalize results.

For an introductory season, the SSGR racers had incredible performances as they criss-crossed the province for races in Whistler-Blackcomb, Ride-the-Ranch and Sun Peaks in Kamloops, Silver Star in Vernon, Panarama in Invermere, Kickinghorse in Golden, and the final race in Fernie.

“It has been a very fun and rewarding season,” said Finke.

“We had 10 racers sign up this year and all of them attended at least one race. Several competed in six out of the seven events and got to ride and compete at some of the best venues in the province.

“The interest moving into next year seems very strong, so Ryan (Kuhn), Natasha (Lockey) and I will be regrouping soon and start planning on how to grow and develop the program.”

By Times Staff The Trail Smoke Eaters will break out the bats and balls for its Booster Club’s annual Charity Softball Game against the Trail RCMP and Regional Fire Services at Butler Park on Wednesday.

The Smoke Eaters will look to gain a measure of revenge after a 22-21 loss in last year’s slugfest, but it was all in fun as the game raised over $3,000 for local charities.

The game also provides a great opportunity for local

residents to meet the 2015-16 Smoke Eaters team in a fun and unique environment. Local players include Trail’s Jeremy Lucchini, Montrose native Spencer McLean, and Ross Armour from Rossland, while RCMP and Firefighters will again field a formidable lineup of local favourites and personalities.

More importantly, the game will raise money for the Salvation Army and Sanctuary this year, as well as help out the Smoke Eater Booster Club that emerged last year with the specific purpose of

helping the players fulfill their nutrition and fitness goals.

Last year’s match was a runaway success with about 300 fans packing the stands in an entertaining game that went down to the final at bat.

Admission is by donation, but $20 will also get you a ticket to the Smoke Eaters home opener against the Vernon Vipers on Sept. 12 and all kids attending will also get a free ticket. The concession will be dishing up some delicious fare, with game time at 5:30 p.m. at Butler Park.

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ires, floods, prices and support refugees, the for good causes are B.C. Lions - so all in the pre-season much negative mix at local arenas. information around The Smoke Eaters these days. will conclude their DAVE Good thing it is pre-season slate a season of hope, at with back-to-back, least for sports fans. home-and-home tilts Sports ‘n’ Things The Blue Jays (I know, against the Selkirk Toronto, but still) have been Saints, beginning tonight in providing excitement and incit- Castlegar, this weekend. ing hope in their fans, and fans Be nice if they got a big crowd of baseball in general, by com- in Cominco Arena Saturday, petent - a bit strange under this especially because the bigger manager - and often inspiring the 50-50 pot the bigger the play. donation (Smokies will match Much closer to home but also their portion of the take) to the providing hope are local junior Gord Steep Fund in aid of sick hockey clubs. The Smoke Eaters children and their families. and Nitehawks will both begin You can always do a direct serious play - in a tie for top spot donation, but it can be more fun in their respective leagues - next with a prize at the end. To be Friday. eligible for the prize, you must In the meantime, very low be in attendance, so why not go?

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The Nitehawks are in the midst of an eight games in nine days pre-season test, coming right on the heels of a grueling training camp, that leads into their regular season start on Friday. The last three games of that set will be in the Hawks’ Nest Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday.

Much as I am supportive of the Nitehawks, I hope fans choose to get their hockey fix Saturday night at Cominco Arena in support of the charity drive.

Otherwise, of course, get out to as many games in local rinks as you can. The games still provide relatively inexpensive, high quality entertainment and the volunteers who mostly run the organizations involved need and appreciate all the support they can attract.

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The 92nd Blaylock Ladies Club Championship was held at Birchbank Golf Course on Aug. 22-23. From left: AM Ford rep. Kelly Zaytsoff presents the Low Gross and Low Net winners with a wedge golf club. Overall Low Net Winner Fran Gelinas won the Elsie Buchanan Plaque with a 132, while Terry van Horn hoists the Blaylock Bowl for overall Low Gross with a 174.

Sophia Park was runner up Low Gross with a 177 and won Least Putts, 58, to claim the Frances Lauriente Rose Bowl. Low Gross Winners in the first Flight was Susan Kim, 178, Second Flight- Jeri Santarossa, 191, Third Flight -Denise Gausdal, 209.

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Queen’s Bay:

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Teams prep for season

FROM PAGE 11 Going into its final two matches of the pre-season and the final week of practices before the start of the regular season, Trail is looking to fine tune its line up and prepare for a competitive season in what again is shaping up to be the toughest division in junior hockey.

“We have to keep hammering away at our systems, so everything top-to-bottom is going to be reviewed and practiced,” said Deschenes. “We had a good start out

of the gate last year, so I think what we had in place last year to get our players ready we’ll just continue on that path.”

The Smoke Eaters will be matching the 50/50 sales from their home game on Saturday at Cominco Arena and donating it to the Gordy Steep Sick Children’s Fund in Trail.

Game time for both games is 7 p.m. with Friday’s match going at the Castlegar Rec Complex, and Saturday’s at the Cominco Arena in Trail.

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Trail & District Churches John’s Solitary Life In The Wilderness As A Friend Of God and renounced marriage and family to live radically for the Lord alone in all things. He renounced the good food and soft garments of the city and instead ate locusts and wild honey and clothed himself in camel’s hair.

He really lost his life in this world for the love of God, in order to radically love and serve God and live for him alone with all his heart, without dividing his heart in any way.

He lost his life in this world to find it with God (Mark 8:35). He denied himself for the love of God (Matt. 16:24). He was dead to the world and its pleasures and entertainments, and the world was dead to him (Gal. 6:14).

In this way he became alive to God, for love for the world divides the heart and dissipates our love for God so that we are no longer single-minded in our love for God. Jesus said that his disciples “are not of the world, even as I am not of the world” (John 17:16). As his disciples, we also are called to be not of the world, not worldly people, not to seek our delight, pleasure, and joy in worldly things and pleasures that only divide our heart, dissipate our love for God, and make us forget him. A worldly life extinguishes the love of God in our heart.

St. John said, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for the Father is not in him” (1 John 2:15). We are to love the world as Jesus did, that is, in order to save the world (John 3:16), not to seek after its pleasures.

St. James says the same thing, “Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes 10am Sunday Service himself an enemy of

Scripture quotations are from the RSV unless otherwise noted.

“For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he was much perplexed; and yet he heard him gladly” (Mark 6:20).

St. John the Baptist was a man of integrity, a man of God who lived a solitary life of prayer and fasting in the desert with the Lord. He lived a simple life and “was clothed with camel’s hair, and had a leather girdle around his waist, and ate locusts and wild honey” (Mark 1:6). He lived alone until the word of God came to him in the wilderness and called him to begin to preach “a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins” (Luke 3:3).

John was a man of God who can in many ways be a model for us in his way of life in the desert. He prefigured and lived out ahead of time many of the things that Jesus and his apostles would preach. He lived alone, with and for God in the desert. His whole life was radically dedicated to God alone and his service.

Although he lived alone in the desert for the love of God, he had an enormous ministry of preaching to the entire nation, for vast crowds came out to him in the desert to hear his preaching, repent of their sins, and receive his baptism for their forgiveness (Luke 3:3).

He left father and mother, home and lands,

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St. John the Baptist wanted to be a friend of God, not his enemy, so he renounced friendship with the world and became its enemy, that is, an enemy of a worldly life, of worldly living, of worldliness, and in this way he dedicated his life to saving the world, beginning with his own people whom he called to repentance for the forgiveness of their sins.

Empty, superficial, worldly entertainments, especially those that are designed to arouse our passions and fill our minds and hearts with worldly images and desires, are to be avoided by those who want to totally dedicate themselves to God like St. John the Baptist. Like him, we too should not want to be a friend of the world. We should not love the worldly ways of the world. Rather, we should take the narrow way of life that only a few choose (Matt. 7:13-14). St. John the Baptist was one of these few. He abandoned the broad and easy way of the many that leads to destruction (Matt. 7:13-14). His only treasure was the Lord, and so his heart was with God, “for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Matt. 6:21). If we also have worldly treasure, all the more concern that we have for it will cause us to have all the less concern for God. So St. John the Baptist’s life with God in the desert is a model for us if we want to live not for ourselves and our worldly pleasures but for God, for Christ “died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised” (2 Cor. 5:15). © Copyright 2007-2009 Rev. Steven Scherrer www.DailyBiblicalSermons.com.

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Pope stresses merciful approach to women who have had abortions The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is applying his vision of a merciful church to women who have had abortions, easing their path toward forgiveness and saying he realizes some felt they had no choice but to make “this agonizing and painful decision.”

In a letter published Tuesday by the Holy See, Francis said he was allowing all rank-and-file priests to grant absolution during the Holy Year of Mercy he has proclaimed, which runs Dec. 8, 2015 until Nov. 20, 2016.

The Roman Catholic Church views abortion as such a grave sin that it put the matter of granting forgiveness for an abortion in the hands of a bishop, who could either hear the woman’s confession himself or delegate that to a priest who is expert in such situations.

Now, Francis is making it possible for women to bypass this formalized process in the approaching special Year of Mercy while putting the stress on “contrite” hearts.

In a statement after the pope’s letter, the Vatican made clear that “forgiveness of the sin of abortion does not condone abortion nor minimize its grave effects. The newness is clearly Pope Francis’ pastoral approach.”

In the United States, many bishops already allow priests to absolve women who have had abortions, while in other dioceses, bishops have reserved the decision for themselves, said the Rev. James Martin, editor-at-large of the Jesuit magazine America.

The pope’s directive on Tuesday “reminds priests of the need for mercy, and it also takes a very pastoral tone toward women who have had an abortion,” Martin said.

Francis made clear he isn’t downplaying the gravity of abortion, which the church essentially views as equivalent to murder. But he emphasized that abortion is an intensely personal, often anguished choice for women.

“The tragedy of abortion is experienced by some with a superficial awareness, as if not realizing the extreme harm that such an act entails,” Francis wrote. “Many others on the other hand, although experiencing this moment as a defeat, believe that they have no other option.”

Francis drew on decades of pastoral experience with faithful in his native Argentina, including as Buenos Aires archbishop.

“I have met so many women who bear in their heart the scar of this agonizing and painful decision,” the pope wrote.

“I am well aware of the pressure that led them to this decision,” Francis said.

“The forgiveness of God cannot be denied to one who has repented, especially when that person approaches the sacrament of confession with a sincere heart in order to obtain reconciliation with the Father,” the pope said.

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Dear Annie: I’ve been in a relationship for five years with a guy who has been very enjoyable company. However, in the past 18 months, rumors have surfaced about him being bisexual. He never told me about this part of his past.

Finally, I confronted him, and he admitted this was just a whim at a time in his life when he was alone.

He’s been divorced for 43 years and claims he never knew why his wife divorced him.

He now feels that, since he is with me and the past desires are no longer there, I should just forget about my disgusted feelings and go on as if nothing was ever said.

His friends were the ones who kept dropping these hints to me, but of course, I ignored them until now.

I don’t know if I should continue this relationship. He is 85 and I am 79. We don’t have sex, since he has erectile dysfunction and his desires have diminished.

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

F/S $850/mo.

Heat included.

250-368-5908 TRAIL, 1BDRM. Glenmerry.

N/P. Utilities included. 250368-1312.

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

Sunningdale. 517 Portia Cres.

Lots of household items. Saturday, Sept. 5. 8:00am.

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Wanted:Will pay cash for construction equipment, backhoes, excavators, dozers, farm tractors w/loaders, skid steers, wheel loaders, screeners, low beds, any condition running or not. 250-260-0217.

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Affordable Steel Shipping Containers for sale/rent 20’ & 40’ Kootenay Containers Castlegar 250-365-3014

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

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

250-368-5908

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

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Houses For Sale

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Houses For Sale

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A House SOLD Name

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms 635 Shakespeare Street, Warfield

W. Trail 3bd. 2bth. no pets f/s w/d $800./mo plus utilities Good Location 250 231 4378

$188,800

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2169 Daniel Street, Trail

$152,500

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All Pro Realty Ltd.

TEAM DEWITT WWW.TEAMDEWITT.CA

Since 1976

Wayne DeWitt 250.368.1617 Fruitvale

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1945 Mountain St, Fruitvale 4 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Beautiful Kitchen

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309,000

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329,000

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155,000

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952 Nelson Ave MLS 2405982

129,900

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355,000

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625 French St, Warfield

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$125,000

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