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The Heavy Horse competitions at the annual North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo held last weekend kept the grandstands in the rodeo arena packed as teamsters paired their gentle giants off against the competition. The challenge was to see who’s team could pull the most weight; and as each 300 lb. weight was added to the sled, the teams strained into the traces and the crowd cheered. The footing had been well-worked and was moist, which meant the pull was tougher than if it had been packed and hard. Each team pulled the added weight one at a time, and as the suspense rose for the crowd it also rose for the teamsters. The final pull to win the silver belt buckle was for 9600 lbs.; and Prince George teamster Calvin Buchta asked his horses to pull they did so famously – taking the win with them back to Prince George. Pictured above: Butcha and his team moving the final weight. (Right) Butcha lifts his hat to the crowd on winning the Heavy Horse Pull competitions at the Fall Fair.
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Sliding stock markets and sagging natural resource prices have raised the stakes for the Oct. 19 federal election, as parties try to position themselves as the best choice to deal with an economic slump. Statistics Canada’s release of data showing small contractions of the Canadian economy in the first two quarters of the year sparked a prolonged exchange between party leaders over whether the country is or was in a recession. Economists such as Central 1 Credit Union’s Helmut Pastrick have mostly agreed the downturn is primarily based on low oil and gas prices, and isn’t a full-fledged recession. Central 1 forecasts continued slow economic growth for southern B.C. based on the low Canadian dollar and improvement in the U.S. economy. Conservative leader Stephen Harper noted that the statistics showed a return to economic growth in June, and he accused Liberal leader Justin Trudeau of over-re-
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Mine cleanup key to B.C. relations with Alaska By Tom Fletcher Black Press Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett returned to B.C. last Thursday after efforts to calm fears of environmental impact from new mines in the watershed the province shares with Alaska. The trip was organized by Alaska Lieutenant-Governor Byron Mallott. It included a trip up the Taku River to the idle Tulsequah Chief mine, built by Cominco in the 1950s and long an abandoned source of acid and heavy metal pollution running
from its entrance tunnel into the Tulsequah River. The last company that tried to remediate and restart Tulsequah Chief, Redfern Resources, went bankrupt in the economic collapse of 2008-9. Chieftain Metals took over and built a water treatment plant, and the province declared its project “substantially started” this spring. “We need to do some work around that mine site,” Bennett said after a riverboat and helicopter tour with Mallot. “It does require some
water treatment, and there is a water treatment plant built there. That’s one area where B.C. could improve its performance.” Some of the commercial fishermen, environmentalists and aboriginal tribes Bennett met in a four-day visit were surprised to find that B.C. has only one operating mine in the trans-boundary watershed region, he said. That is Red Chris, near the Iskut River south of Dease Lake, with others in the area part-way through their permit process. The Brucejack and KSM mine properties
are proposed for the Unuk River watershed. KSM has its environmental certificate after designing twin 23-km tunnels to carry ore for milling out of the watershed, but some people in Alaska weren’t aware of that modification, Bennett said. Alaska and B.C. have similar mine approval processes today and Bennett hopes to have a protocol for regulating and restoring mine sites that Premier Christy Clark and Alaska Governor Bill Walker can sign later this year.
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Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett (left) and Alaska Lt.-Gov. Byron Mallott travel up the Taku River to Tulsequah Chief mine, which the province wants cleaned up and restarted after years of contaminated drainage into the Tulsequah River that flows to the Taku and Alaska.
North Thompson Star/Journal The British Columbia Supreme Court issued its ruling Aug. 8, 2015, on the application brought by West Moberly First Nations and Prophet River First Nation to stop construction on the Site C dam pending the outcome of a judicial review of the construction permits. “We went to court to protect our old growth trees, eagle nests, beaver dams and our traditional way of life”, said Chief Roland Willson of West Moberly First Nations. “As a result, BC Hydro will not be destroying the forests or removing eagle nests and beaver dams in the Moberly River valley. We asked for those areas to be protected”. During the court hearing, BC Hydro conceded that it would not act on any of the permits in the Moberly River valley, given the First Nations’ concern around the old growth areas. In declining to issue the injunction, the Court noted that BC Hydro’s commitment would address the concerns of the First Nations regarding old growth given that it would spare most of the old and near-old growth from clearing. Prophet River Chief Lynette Tsakoza believes that BC Hydro’s commitment to spare the Moberly River valley from construction until the outcome of the court case is significant. “It is clear recognition of the unique ecological significance of the valley. We are looking forward to having our day in court to address the legality of the construction permits – an issue that the Court today acknowledged is a ‘serious issue’ to be heard.” The First Nations maintain that consultation on the permits was inadequate, an issue to be fully argued in November at the hearing of the judicial review.
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B.C. Views with Tom Fletcher
Urban society slides into helplessness Of all the immature, ignorant whining that came out of the recent power failure in the Lower Mainland, one example summed up the decline of our urban culture for me. It wasn’t the people who flooded 9-1-1 with calls demanding to know when their power would be restored, or complaining about their freezers. It wasn’t those on Twitter insisting BC Hydro pay for food that went bad. It was another social media moment. With part of his community without electricity for a third day, Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart went to his Facebook page, which has a wide following. There he pleaded with residents to stop phoning city hall to demand that a local big-box supermarket provide milk and eggs. Power had been restored at the store only a few hours before, in the dead of night, and it’s safe to assume that all stores were working flat out to restock perishables. Where do people get the notion that city hall, or whatever all-powerful nanny state they imagine, controls grocery stores? How do they conclude that in the midst of the worst electrical grid failure on record, BC Hydro is going to address their personal situation above all others? Vancouver broadcast media weren’t much better. Their big focus was that BC Hydro’s website crashed, so people couldn’t call it up on their smartphones and find out instantly when their power would be back on. Some even questioned why wireless power meters didn’t help. Perhaps these were the same journalists who fed the tinfoil-hat superstition about their signals. The facts should be known by now. After an extremely dry spring and summer, a high wind shattered trees and took down more wires and poles than BC Hydro had ever coped with before. Further damage was done within areas that were already blacked out, leaving overtaxed technicians unable to accurately assess the full extent of it. In Coquitlam and elsewhere, poles were down in areas too rain-saturated for heavy repair trucks to reach. Yes, there were some too-optimistic repair estimates given out, in response to the constant screeching for instant answers. About 15 years ago I experienced my worst power outage in the Fraser Valley. In a semi-rural area with little backup grid capacity (since greatly improved), my family went three days without power. This was in winter, due to wind and freezing rain followed by snow and cold. Trickles of water kept pipes from freezing, and the gas stove provided a bit of heat. I heard no complaints about the crews struggling around the clock with the dangerous job of repair. Media coverage was mostly adult supervised. Megastorm madness isn’t an isolated case. A couple of weeks before that, a temporary construction bump on the Lion’s Gate Bridge deck caused panic and rage. Aggravated by a couple of accidents on the alternate route, and fed by hysterical media, drivers of West Van luxury cars were white-knuckled. Traffic choked the region that recently declined to pay a bit more for road improvements. In both cases, people outside Lotus Land were muttering: Welcome to our world. This is pertinent to the federal election. Are you competent to save for your retirement with RRSPs and a tax-free savings account, or do you need the government to do it for you, by force? Are you capable of managing your own child care, or should the nanny state create a hugely subsidized system, which has already failed in Quebec, from coast to coast? Are you ready for the day when the machine stops? Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @ tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
We’ll take truck drivers over driverless trucks To the editor; News articles earlier this year about driverless trucks operating in Nevada and the Alberta oil sands under restricted conditions set off speculation about whether we’ll need truck drivers within a few decades – and whether autonomous vehicles are an answer to the driver shortage. National Trucking
Week, celebrated September 6 to 12 this year, is a good time to consider the truck driving occupation and what we can do to encourage the best candidates to enter a demanding and essential career that requires judgment, planning, know-how and a host of other skills. Unlike autonomous vehicles, drivers may be called upon to react quickly
to unexpected incidents on the road, bringing all their varied experience about their equipment, the load they’re hauling, and road conditions into play. The question is, is the trucking industry appealing to enough quality candidates to meet our needs today – and in the future? Planners of largescale projects in Northern BC are realizing the
pool of available drivers is diminishing at a time when they need it to grow. A report developed by a liquefied natural gas (LNG) provincial working group identifies “truck driver” is the 7th most in-demand occupation to complete these projects. Today, there are about 300,000 truck drivers in Canada – ...continued on page 5
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Miniature horses and kids go well together at Fall Fair Some of the young prize winners and their parents at the North Thompson Fall Fair in the miniature horse halter class. Pictured (l-r) Nathan and his mini Vince, Anna and her mini Rosie, and Trinity with Sparky.
Ducking debates doesn’t do To the editor; Re: With more time, will more voters care? (B.C. Views, Aug. 19). NDP leader Thomas Mulcair will not attend a debate October 8th, because Stephan Harper will not be there. What are you, children in a daycare centre? You are asking me for a job.
If I went in for a job interview as told the interviewer that I would only participate under certain circumstances, would I get hired? No. We need to hear every word you can say to make an informed decision. We need to hear the truth of your life. I absolutely hate the nega-
tive propaganda that I am hearing in the media. I have run in an election and participated in every aspect. I entered every debate, knocked on doors and had public appearances. I lost but I have the knowledge that I tried my hardest. Andrew Ludington Esquimalt, B.C.
To the editor; To everyone in the North Thompson – On behalf of Clearwater’s mayor and council, I would like to invite everyone out to the FRE-gatta, which will be held on Sept. 11 and 12 at Rotary Sports Park. This will be a new event for Clearwater and area, and is intended to bring friends, family and community together for two days of fun. There will be games and events for all ages and activity levels. We will have puzzles, crafts, horseshoes, badminton and croquet. Come play crib or mastermind! There will be nutty races and even a best apple pie competition. On Friday night, there will be a skateboard and scooter showcase, where our talented youth will show their best stuff and be filmed by local talent Ken Matheson for a video. Also on Friday will be road hockey and KIDS CAN, which will be a one km bike, 0.5 km run and an obstacle course. Kids can do the course as many times as they want. It will not be a race; it will be a challenge, which we hope will inspire kids to feel empowered. At 6:30 p.m. we will honour significant volunteers in the community
who help make the valley an amazing place. The barbecue will be on (by donation) and the traditional Wild and Wacky Scavenger Hunt will start at 7 p.m.! Saturday will bring tons more fun, including all-day foosball, giant jenga and a huge game of twister. Also, Canfor will host its free community BBQ, starting at 12 noon. The morning will kick off with Jane Fonda Aerobics, a fun five km walk, bike or run – or participate in the Amazing Run, which will be hosted by Rotary. This event will have something for everyone, including a kids candy store! Previously, Clearwater’s fall community event has been held at the lake but this year it was harder to find canoes, which necessitated a change. The cost for the FRE-gatta will be just $2 per person – an easy way to spend time with family and friends. The above is just a small sample of what will be available. The intention is to offer a festival event that allows everyone to celebrate why we Love Where We Live! Please come on out! It will be great! Go to www.districtofclearwater. com for more info. Shelley Sim, committee chair District of Clearwater
Continued from page 4... We’ll take truck drivers... that’s 1 percent of the population and 1.5 percent of the labour force. [1] In BC, most truck drivers are male (96 percent), and nearly half (47 percent) are between the ages of 45 and 64.[2] With less interest in the career from young men, the traditional labour pool for trucking, governments are funding programs to train women and Aboriginal candidates to be competent for the occupation. The type of training truck drivers receive varies, as there is no training standard for the occupation. Traditionally, driver candidates often started work on farms, as family members or employees, and honed their technical and mechanical skills on heavy machinery. The in-house training culture that existed during supply and price management of the industry diminished as trucking became deregulated in the 1990s. High school graduation, and sometimes not even that, became the prerequisite to
become a truck driver, along with a Class 1 licence. Part of the problem is that truck driving was – and still is, inaccurately – considered an “unskilled” trade because no certification requirement exists. Expert veteran drivers, trainees who’ve invested time and money in reputable, quality training programs, and trucking employers are justified in scoffing at that label. In fact, a new National Occupational Standard (NOS) for the Commercial Vehicle Operator (Truck Driver) published by the Trucking Human Resources Council in May 2015 puts paid to the description. The list of skills and competencies required runs to 68 pages and includes workplace/ interpersonal (“soft”) skills; non-driving job functions and equipment operation; and driving-specific competencies. And these are the core occupational competencies only, not including additional skills and knowledge
needed to, for example, operate specialized equipment like the oversize/overweight vehicles that haul heavy cargo, including equipment used at industrial sites. The NOS is a foundational document, developed with the participation of drivers, fleets, industry experts and trucking associations across Canada; trucking companies and driver training schools would benefit from making it their guidebook. To seat their trucks with the type of drivers who’ve mastered its competencies, companies must accept that some level of participation in training is required, whether that means through inhouse programs to “finish” recent graduates from truck driver training programs or providing mentors to new recruits. Many larger companies are already doing this. The rewards range from better-qualified, safer drivers operating their trucks to improved retention – and
a stronger reputation with clients for professionalism, safety and reliability. Ideally, recognition of the importance of the truck driving profession, better training, and a commitment by companies to investing in entry-level drivers would influence more young people to consider a driving career. During National Trucking Week – every week - we salute those who already have. BCTA, a memberbased, non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization, is the recognised voice of the provincial motor carrier industry, representing over 1,000 truck and motor coach fleets and over 250 suppliers to the industry. BCTA members operate over 13,000 vehicles, employ 26,000 people, and generate over $2 billion in revenue annually in the province. Louise Yako, President and CEO, British Columbia Trucking Association
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New ‘hands-on’ curriculum for B.C. schools By Tom Fletcher Black Press
aboriginal experience, he said. Hands-on learning is already in place in schools, and Bernier used the example of a shop teacher in his home town of Dawson Creek who encouraged students at risk of dropping out to take his course. They learned mathematics and physics through taking motors apart and reassembling them, he said. Bernier invited parents to look for themselves at grade-by-grade documents posted at curriculum. gov.bc.ca, listing learning standards and areas of emphasis. In the science curriculum, for example, students are to be taught “big ideas” that in grade one include “observable patterns and cycles occur in the local sky and landscape.” By Grade 8, they are to learn at “Earth and its climate have changed over geological time.” Science competencies required by grade seven include the ability to “exercise a healthy, informed skepticism and use scientific knowledge and findings for their own investigations to evaluate claims in secondary sources” such as media reports. By that time they should be able to identify possible sources of error in their investigations, understand qualitative and quantitative evidence and “demonstrate an an awareness of assumptions … and bias in their own work and secondary sources.”
The new school year in B.C. is the start of a three-year transition to a new curriculum that Education Minister Mike Bernier says will emphasize “hands-on” learning. The new curriculum is being phased in this year for Kindergarten to Grade 9, with higher grades still in development. Bernier said this year it will be up to local school districts and teachers to begin implementing it before it becomes mandatory in the fall of 2016. Grade 10-12 curriculum is to be mandatory in 2017. Bernier, the Peace River South MLA appointed education minister this summer, said he’s heard from teachers who are looking forward to a curriculum that allows more flexibility and individual learning. He stressed that basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic will remain, but students will also be taught life skills, communication, collaboration and critical thinking. Two areas of emphasis for the new curriculum are environmental education and an aboriginal perspective, which Bernier said will be present in “every single component in the curriculum.” Local schools are encouraged to work with aboriginal communities across the province to represent the full diversity of
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About 40 per cent of Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime. If you could lower your risk would you do it? When the link between smoking and lung cancer was made public in the 1960s, deaths from the disease dropped significantly. So stopping smoking is the right thing to do. Other ways you can reduce your cancer risk it to exercise daily (at least 30 minutes), eat less red meat (two times weekly, max) and keep your weight in check. It is well-known that losing weight can also decrease your risk of diabetes. The weight-loss doesn’t have to be a lot. Just a 5-10 per cent drop in your weight can decrease your blood pressure and cholesterol. It can also improve your body’s ability to utilize insulin and reduce glucose tolerance. Losing weight can help you live a longer, quality life. Speaking of diabetes, the internet often targets diabetes to ‘cure’ their diabetes quickly be purchasing liver detox kits and special herbal remedies. Be very wary of these. Depend on your doctor and pharmacist to guide you on the right path to treat your diabetes. Sept. 9 is Fetal Alcohol Awareness Day in Canada. The purpose is to highlight the fact that there is no safe amount of alcohol to consume during pregnancy. The baby’s brain is very sensitive to alcohol while it’s developing. So the best and safest rule is to drink no alcohol at all during pregnancy. Knowledgeable, approachable, dependable ... our pharmacists are all this and more.
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Mandatory vaccination records urged for schools By Tom Fletcher Black Press With communicable diseases such as whooping cough, mumps and measles making a comeback, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall is reminding parents to make sure their children’s vaccines are up to date as they return to school. And Kendall has added his voice to that of the Canadian Medical Association, calling for mandatory declaration of vaccination when children enrol at school, as is done in Ontario and New Brunswick. The CMA voted at its annual meeting in late August for other provinces to follow suit, requiring immunization records but allowing exemptions for medical or religious reasons. Doctors also called for development of a national database to pull together records scattered between doctors’ offices and schools. “By the time a child reaches five or six years old, he or she should have received booster shots that protect against measles, polio, chicken pox, whooping cough and more, and kids in Grade 6 and 9 should receive follow-up vaccinations,” Kendall said. “This is all part of B.C.’s free, routine immunization program.” Kendall emphasized that vaccinations themselves would not be mandatory, but the information would give schools the ability to protect students when an outbreak happens. That means excluding unvaccinated children from school during an outbreak, and offering parents the chance to fill gaps in their protection. “Unvaccinated children are at risk themselves,
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but they also pose a risk to others because they create a gateway into the community,” Kendall told CKNW radio this week. “So we need the concept of herd immunity, where we get 95 per cent of the population of a cohort of children vaccinated, so it’s much harder for disease to spread in the community.” Vaccine records also give public health authorities a chance to counter misinformation that has proliferated in recent years, he said. “If we know who the parents of those children are, we can talk with them and tell them the facts and what is real and what is not real, and hopefully convince a good proportion of them that what they’re actually fearing is either unreal or not scientifically valid, or is in fact a misplaced fear,” Kendall said. “And we would hope that we would get some of those parents at least to get their children vaccinated.” Parents in B.C. can now sign up for free text message reminders at immunizebc.ca/reminders, and the website also offers a smartphone app to manage immunization records.
New guide a plan for safer schools Ministry of Education VICTORIA - Earthquakes. Power failures. Forest fires. Emergencies are unpredictable and can happen anywhere but the Ministry of Education is helping your child’s school prepare for the unexpected with its new Emergency Management Planning Guide. The guide will help schools, students and teachers be prepared for any emergency. The guide maps out standards for schools, districts and authorities to support public, independent and First Nations schools during an emergency, disaster or tragic event. Developed in collaboration with educators, parents, Emergency Management BC and police, the guide is the first comprehensive document for dealing with natural disas-
ters, human-caused events and technological and biological hazards. It will help schools develop plans while ensuring consistency with emergency terminology, processes and procedures. The guide takes an all-hazards approach, focusing on a small number of responses that can be used in a variety of situations. Five basic responses are covered: drop-cover-hold on, evacuate, lockdown, lockout, and shelter in place. Roles and responsibilities for public and independent school teachers, students, parents, principals and superintendents are also defined in the guide. As well, a 10-step process to develop a school emergency management plan is clearly laid out. Customizable templates for release forms, let-
ters and emergency checklists are included in the guide and will be available for download on the Ministry of Education website. School emergencies can be small scale and confined to one site, or on a larger scale potentially impacting an entire school district or even multiple districts. The guide provides protocols for both schools and districts as they plan for emergencies. To view the Emergency Management Planning Guide, visit: http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/ content/education-training/ administration/kindergartento-grade-12/safe-caring-andorderly-schools/emergencymanagement-planning-guide To help with household or neighbourhood emergency preparedness, visit: www.gov. bc.ca/preparedbc
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Carpet bowlers bring medals home from Senior’s Games in North Vancouver
(Above) Jack Livingstone’s team of 3’s, consisting of Linda Verhoeven (r) and Sharon March, earned silver medals.
(Left) l-r Louis Zijderveld’s team of 4’s, consisting of Louis, Nina Clearwaters, Donna Smith and Anke Zijderveld, earned silver medals. (Below) Ernie Yungen and Hector Denton brought home the bronze.
Valley carpet bowlers came home victorious once again from the Senior’s Games in B.C. This year the event was held last month in North Vancouver. We sent three teams and finished in the medals in each event. Our teams wished to send a special thanks to Lynn Innes who stepped up to the plate when there was no one at the coast willing to organize the carpet bowling event. It went smoothly - at least from the players’ perspective - but long hours in a short period of time for Innes.
Single parent job program in B.C. now underway
WorkBC BARRIERE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE CENTRE
Single parents on income and disability assistance are now eligible for new training, child care and transportation funds to attend training for in-demand jobs. Effective Sept. 1, the program also increases the monthly earning exemption for parents who receive assistance, from $200 to $400 for income assistance recipients and from $300 to $500. For eligible training, payments for child care, public transit and exemptions for bursaries and scholarships are available for up to a year. Applications for the program are handled by WorkBC Employment Services Centres, which also provide workshops on resume writing and interview preparation. Locations of centres are available at www.workbc.ca.
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January 31, 1939 - January 12, 2015
Please join us to share some fond memories, some laughter and some warm conversation.
Saturday, September 19th, 2015 from 1:00p.m. to 3:00p.m. Bottom of the Barriere Legion.
September 14, 2015 at 5:30PM there will be a AGM of the BSS PAC Located in the BSS Library for all Parent/Guardians of current BSS Students
Are you a single parent receiving income or disability assistance? You may be eligible for:
The NTCF (North Thompson Communities Foundation) will be having their AGM Clearwater Public Library
CARIBOO COUNTRY MOBILE VETERINARY SERVICES
Up to 12 months of funded training Child care supports while in training and up to one year of employment. Transit costs while in training For more information contact: Barriere Employment Service Centre 4629 Barriere Town Road (250) 672-0036
Pam Barker, DVM Michelle Collett, RAHT
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Of Barriere Secondary PAC
Compassionate PET CARE Close to home
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Single Parent Initiative
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Mantrackers chase their prey
THE TIMES photo: Keith McNeill
Five human “prey” run from four trackers on horseback during the second annual Wells Gray Mantracker event in Upper Clearwater the weekend of Aug. 29. The prey are (l-r) JF Labranche, Nick Dunne, Jodie Phillips, Chance Breckenridge and Todd Phillips. All are from Clearwater except Dunne, who is from Vavenby. Behind them are riders (l-r) Shelley Mooney, Sally Carter, Allison Geofroy and Cole Barker. All are from Mission except Carter, who is from Savona.
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Marathon of Hope started with less than a mile By Sarah Payne Black Press Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope didn’t start with the first 26.2-mile day he ran on April 12, 1980, on the east coast of Canada. It started, many months earlier, with just a quarter of a mile. Over the following weeks, he built up to a mile, then a few more until, eventually, he was running five, six, seven miles a day, said his younger brother, Darrell Fox. “We weren’t aware of Terry’s plans until the Prince Georgeto-Boston race in September of 1979 — he kept it a secret,” Fox recalled. “We thought he was training for the Vancouver marathon… He lied because he had to convince himself, he had to believe he could do it before he shared it with his immediate family.” That first quarter-mile was on the track at Hastings junior secondary, now Maple Creek middle school, near the family’s home in Port Coquitlam. Tucked away at the end of Hastings Street and sheltered by the green belt running along the Coquitlam River, the track was somewhat hidden. “Terry was initially shy,” Fox said. “It was so unusual for someone to show themselves running, let alone walking, on an artificial leg.” Nor did Terry have the benefit of a specialized physiotherapist to help him find his stride with the apparatus. It was a learning curve that provided few highlights. There were mechanical malfunctions. Terry stumbled, he fell. Some of the school
kids teased him. But as the blows piled up, so did the miles. Terry progressed from running a lap around the track to running the streets of PoCo, then Coquitlam, then Port Moody, until he was hitting his 10-mile route so consistently that he repeated it twice and three times a day, sometimes with an extra three or four miles at the end. Hedy Davidson remembers those days well. She was a couple of years younger than Terry and her family’s living room window looked into the Fox family’s backyard. Davidson (Blom at the time) knew Terry as the neighbourhood athlete, the kid who rallied the rest of them into games of tag and street hockey, whether you wanted to play or not. She also knew Terry had lost his leg to cancer — neighbours had fundraised for a specialized wheelchair so he could keep playing basketball at SFU — but
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Terry Fox runs near the family’s Morrill Street home in Port Coquitlam as he prepared for the 1980 Marathon of Hope. On April 4, the Terry Fox Training Run will take runners on the same 16-km route Fox used and walkers can choose from two community walk routes. not about his plans for the Marathon of Hope. “Our first indication that something had changed with Terry was a workout bench and a stack of weights in the backyard,” Davidson said. “You could really see him working hard
at it. And we knew something was up. “Then he ran around the block and I went, ‘Wow, that kid’s really sweating.’ Then he ran around the block twice, then he ran around the neighbourhood. The next thing you know, you’re seeing that
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Council will be considering the following 2 Bylaws at the September 21 and October 5, 2015 Regular Council Meetings. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Pursuant to Division 7, Section 224 (2)(a) of the Community Charter, Council may by Bylaw exempt from taxes all land and improvements that are owned or held by a charitable, philanthropic, or other not-for-profit corporation. The following are the “not for profit” organizations that have made application for exemption under proposed Bylaw No. 126: PROPERTY LOCATION 343 Lilly Road 4431 Barriere Town Road 4740 Gilbert Drive
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about it now, it’s just phenomenal.” He remembers seeing Terry in training and chatting with him at the end of the driveway about what he hoped to accomplish. “Back then, when you’re that age, you kind of believe you’re invincible and I thought, ‘If he really thinks he can do it and sets his mind to it, well, good on you, maybe he will.’” It took 3,060 miles of training through the Tri-Cities and beyond for Terry to be ready for the Marathon of Hope and, on April 4 of this year, the public had a chance to run in those same footsteps in the Terry Fox Training Run. Darrell Fox has driven the 16-km route in the weeks and months leading
up to and in preparation for the event, and while the small houses on large lots have given way to highrises, the pavement is the same. “Glen Drive is still Glen Drive. Ioco Road, Patricia, Hastings — they’re still there as they were in 1979,” Fox said. “I think it’s kind of been left that way for all of us to join Terry, to go for a run on the pavement he trained on.” ~~~~~~~ On Sept. 20, the Community of Barriere Terry Fox Run will take place at the Barriere Bandshell. Registration is at 10 a.m. with the walk, run or ride starting at 11 a.m. To purchase a t-shirt, make a donation or for more information contact Kathy at 250-6725758.
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funny hop-step run all over the place.” It wasn’t until Davidson and her family saw the news footage of Terry dipping his leg in the Atlantic Ocean, however, that they realized the magnitude of what “the neighbourhood kid” was doing. “I think it took the country a little bit to cotton on to this little fella with one leg who wanted to change the face of cancer,” Davidson said. Steve Marshall lived on Glen Drive back then and, as a fellow athlete about the same age, knew Terry was particularly determined. But determined enough to run across Canada? “I thought it was just an amazing undertaking,” Marshall said. “But thinking
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SPORTS Legion tourney at Chinook Cove draws a crowd
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Sixty-four golfers turned out at Chinook Cove Golf for the Barriere Legion Golf Tournament held August 22. After the tourney everyone gathered at the Legion for a grand dinner and door prizes. The winning team with the lowest score was Ray Glebe’s team; with the most honest team (high score) being Lisa Quiding’s team. STAR/JOURNAL photo: Elli Kohnert
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Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality will receive a total of $289,472 for projects that help support tourism infrastructure and amenities, Terry Lake, MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson announced Aug. 24. The funding comes from the government’s Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) which helps to grow the tourism sector in eligible municipalities. This year, the B.C. government is providing a total of $10.5 million to 14 eligible communities and is extending the RMI program for another year to the end of 2017. Municipalities eligible for RMI funding are Fernie, Golden, Harrison Hot Springs, Invermere, Kimberley, Osoyoos, Radium Hot Springs, Revelstoke, Rossland, Sun Peaks, Tofino, Ucluelet, Valemount and Whistler. More than $98.1 million in RMI funding has been invested
since 2006 to support tourism infrastructure and programs, helping to grow these local and regional economies. Sun Peaks has been participating in the RMI program since 2011. It is prioritizing its RMI spending on projects that expand recreational opportunities and encourage visitors to return to the community including summer music events and recreation infrastructure improvements. Summer concerts and events have been successful in drawing a more diverse group of visitors to the community, beyond those coming to Sun Peaks for the outstanding skiing and snowboarding. Tourism is one of the sectors identified in the BC Jobs Plan which continues to build on the strengths of eight of the province’s most competitive sectors, utilizing B.C.’s educated and skilled workforce, keeping the economy diverse, strong and growing.
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STONE: ‘Decisions were right ones’ Trial by fire for rookie MLA handed transportation portfolio By Cam Fortems Kamloops This Week Kamloops-South Thompson MLA and Transportation Minister Todd Stone founded a successful technology company and sheepishly admits to having two BlackBerry phones. They don’t leave his pocket during a hour-long lunch interview, however, and he won’t replace the analog timepiece on his wrist with an Apple Watch anytime soon to squeeze more productivity from his schedule. During the legislative session, the rookie MLA with the second-largest capital budget in cabinet — after Kamloops counterpart and Health Minister Terry Lake— arrives back home late on a Thursday night, sometimes into the early morning hours. He hits the road back to Victoria on Sunday afternoon. When the legislature is not meeting, he can stretch those Sundays a few hours later. Saturdays are typically reserved for attending events in the city and surrounding rural areas, including Savona and Chase. On those precious Sunday mornings at home with wife Chantelle and their three daughters, the Blackberries are nowhere in sight. “For the little bit of time I’m home, my wife and kids need me to be home — not just physically,” he says. Little more than two years ago, Stone was a successful small businessman from Kamloops, a political unknown provincially who wanted to be in politics since high school, but had never held any kind of office. His resume was burnished by his entrepreneurial success, but he was best known as a decades-long friend of Premier Christy Clark, going back to their days in the youth wing of the B.C. Liberal Party. “If people thought they could take advantage of a neophyte minister, they’ve learned otherwise,” said University of Victoria political-science professor emeritus Norman Ruff, noting Stone’s handling of B.C. Ferries as his toughest challenge. “The ferries would be enough for any minister.” Stone cut 8,000 sailings from B.C. Ferries’ schedule, cut seniors and employee discounts and axed a tourist sailing direct from Port Hardy to
Bella Coola that critics and operators in the Chilcotin say starved their businesses. He jumped into the complex strike at the Port of Vancouver — despite the fact it was a federal facility — and eventually created a new position to oversee licensing and set hauling rates after truckers complained they were being starved in cutthroat competition. Stone ushered in a new 10-year transportation plan, raised highway speed limits and pushed for a law to punish left-lane hogs. From the little (getting webcams installed within days of public complaints about the Halston Connector due to work on Overlanders Bridge) to the large (quickly solving an issue over First Nations remains that halted construction on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Kamloops for more than a year), the rookie minister has a reputation as a tireless worker who gets things done. “He’s moved quickly,” said Radio NL news director Jim Harrison “I think he’s a powerful guy in cabinet.” Stone acknowledges the position carries its benefits in good-news announcements of transportation improvements — the Minister of Big Cheques and Smiles. “In the Ministry of Transportation, it’s generally a lot of positive stuff and making announcements and strategic investment”” he says. Then there is B.C. Ferries. Stone sees progress in the fact the B.C. Ferries commissioner is forecasting fares to climb only at the rate of inflation for the next four years. “I’m proud of the fact we’re the government — frankly, after 20 years of successive NDP and Liberal governments, we’re fixing ferries for the long term,” he says. That “fix” included those eliminated sailings, an end of the free rides for seniors Mondays through Thursdays and axing the service from the North Island to Bella Coola — a route that was only operating four months a year, losing $7.5 million a year and had just a 30 per cent utilization rate. “If people thought they could take advantage of a neophyte minister, they’ve learned otherwise,” said University of Victoria political-science professor emeritus Norman Ruff,
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Kamloops-South Thompson MLA and Transportation Minister Todd Stone and Kamloops-North Thompson MLA and Minister of Health Terry Lake have both held positions of power in the province for two years. noting Stone’s handling of B.C. Ferries as his toughest challenge. “It was a tough, tough decision because of the communities it served,” Stone says. “All the businesses we were told would close — that hasn’t transpired.” A study commissioned by West Chilcotin Tourism Association paints another picture, one of drastically lower passenger numbers and a devastating blow to regional tourism. The replacement vessel carries only 16 vehicles. The study found passenger numbers decreased by nearly 50 per cent and tourism dollars dropped by $4 million. “A lot of businesses have gone under,” said Petrus Rykes, who operates the Eagle’s Nest Resort in the Chilcotin and heads the association. Rykes said Stone has carried the Liberal message of cuts and has been uncompromising, “It’s like talking to a brick wall. “They’ve [Liberals] been in so long, they’ve become arrogant and aren’t listening to the people.” Stone is unapologetic about the changes and is forecasting better seas ahead for B.C. Ferries. “The decisions I made were probably the decisions I agonized about more than anything else I’ve done in the ministry,” he said. “But, the decisions I made were the right ones.” The province and Stone became involved in the Port of Vancouver dispute last year, despite the fact everything on
the dock is federal. In addition to Ottawa’s involvement was Unifor, which represented some truckers, the B.C. Trucking Association and independent drivers. “He assumed a leadership role early on,” said Louise Yako, president of B.C. Trucking Association, which represents transport companies. “It was a very difficult issue. There are so many factors and questions of jurisdiction.” One of the results was the creation of a container trucking commissioner who issues licences and identifies rates to ensure better working conditions for drivers. While the Liberals may style themselves as the free-enterprise party, Stone’s solution instead entailed more regulation to ensure better outcomes for drivers in return for peace at the docks. NL’s Harrison acknowledged the city is home to power in cabinet it hasn’t seen in decades, reaching back as far as the 1980s, when Bud Smith and Claude Richmond were senior ministers in the Social Credit government. But, he said, today’s power couple hasn’t brought the same benefits. “I don’t know if you can draw a direct parallel. When Claude and Bud were in cabinet, we had real action here,” Harrison said. “I look at RIH — I always want more for my community. I was critical that other communities received more in capital.” That action during Richmond’s early tenure included bringing the B.C. Lottery Corporation to Kamloops in 1985
— estimated in a recent report to be a $1.1-billion benefit to the city’s economy. The Social Credit government of the day also built the Coquihalla Highway through to Kamloops, cementing the city’s status as a hub city for road and rail. While Stone hasn’t relocated any Crown corporations, he did move the lottery corporation’s executive back to the city. Newly installed CEO Jim Lightbody recently said four of eight senior executives will be based out of Kamloops, as will the next chief financial officer That includes the CEO, who was previously based out of Vancouver. “It was drifting away from a head office in some respects,” Stone told lottery corporation employees gathered in the downtown building for an anniversary event. While he’s had success on the provincial stage and at home, critics blame Stone and the B.C. Liberal government for failing to fix the Lower Mainland’s gridlocked road and commuter system. A TransLink plebiscite to raise sales taxes to pay for more transit and buses failed. There is no plan to fix mounting problems and both municipal and provincial governments are pointing at each other. The responsibility for TransLink was last month taken from Stone’s ministry and handed to Peter Fassbender, the new minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development.
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John E n ma n My interest in photography began in the early 1970s. I had grown up with cameras, but until that time they were no more than a simple boxy device with which to document family and friends. When I look at my tattered old albums packed with fading pictures taped to construction paper pages, I see lots of poorly composed and poorly exposed images, partly due to the inadequate technology of the day and my ignorance in using it. When I did decide the medium of photography was worth using for more than documenting friends and family my first progression was into arty, creative images. I have mentioned before that the great photographer, Man Ray, was my first inspiration, but now thinking about my photography of those days I am amused at my youth, and contemplate how far I have progressed and of course how far the technology has come. I think my influence with the photography of landscapes and other subjects in nature may have begun with the early advertisements by the American Automobile Association. That organization was the best place to get maps for road trips in North America. They sent their employees out, with cameras and mapping instruments, across the continent finding the best and most scenic
routes. I remember seeing pictures of big, fourdoor International vehicles with people poised on platforms on top with camera and binoculars in hand on a dirt road in the middle of “no-where North America”. It all looked very exciting. Then I was introduced to the writings and photography of Ansel Adams, and saw pictures of him standing on a platform on top of a vehicle very much like those used by the American Automobile Association with his large format camera making wonderful photographs any scenic photographer would admire. So, I saved my dollars, sold my jaunty little MG Midget, that was so easy to get around in on the streets of Los Angeles, and bought a bright yellow International Scout 4x4. Underpowered, poor turning capability, uncomfortable on long trips with back seats that were only accessed by climbing over a metal barrier behind the front seats. It was perfect in my young mind, and meant that I, like Ansel Adams and the folks from the AAA, could travel the back roads in a cool looking vehicle with my camera gleefully capturing the natural world on film. Years have passed, and technology has changed and so have I. There are still lots of back roads to explore and photograph, but the days of climbing on my
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The life of roadside photographers such as John Enman can be very satisfying. car roof are long gone. The American Automobile Association no longer explores the country and today I check maps on my iPhone. I don’t need a large 8x10 view camera like Ansel Adams used with the accompanying long hours working in a chemical darkroom to make good enlargements; and certainly don’t want to drive around in that uncomfortable, gas guzzling International anymore. I thought about all this as I was heading towards Kelowna last week. My wife and I left early so we could stop for some pictures and still be there for a 5 p.m. appointment. My car of choice is now a Honda Accord. Comfortable, fuel-efficient and if I drop the back seat down I can carry lots of equipment. As I drove I mentally made photographic compositions of the countryside and thought about how
nice the day was for photography. I reminisced about the many times I have made this same drive over the years, and the different photographic equipment I have used to photograph many of the subjects and scenes I was driving past, and the different vehicles I have used, and we talked about how easy it is to make pictures today. As the cameras get better and better, and equipment like tripods and lenses get lighter, and our vehicles are more fuel efficient, the life of roadside photographers like me is just great. These are my thoughts this week. Contact me at www. e n m a n s c a m e ra . c o m or emcam@telus.net. Stop by Enman’s Camera at 423 Tranquille Road in Kamloops. And if you want an experienced photographer please call me at 250371-3069. I also sell an interesting selection of used photographic equipment.
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The Scotiabank MS Bike: Thompson River Ride is happening on Sunday, September 20. In preparation for this exciting fundraising event, there are a number of activities happening around the Kamloops area. Events kick off on Tuesday, September 1, with a Gearing Up training ride. Presented by the Dirt Chix cycling club, this group ride is open to men and women of all cycling levels who are interested in learning more about, and signing up for, the Scotiabank MS Bike. Registration for the Scotiabank MS Bike will be available on site. The ride starts at 6pm at Riverside Park in the parking lot near the tennis courts. RSVP to katrina. harding@mssociety.ca. Starting September 5, at 7am, Scotiabank MS Bike participant Ian Fillinger will cycle for twenty four hours straight to raise awareness and funds as a participant in the Scotiabank MS Bike. His ride begins at Riverside Park, and he will do laps of the Scotiabank MS Bike route out to the McLure ferry and back. A map is available to view at msbike.ca. The public is welcome to cheer him on, and to pledge him atmssoc.convio.net/ goto/24HourRide. On September 12, from 1pm5pm, all proceeds from the Mount Paul Golf Course Driving Range will support the Scotiabank MS Bike. Hot dogs, and soft drinks provided by Pepsi will also be available by donation. Event organizer, Danny Latin, is using this as a fundraiser for his team called Team Latin. Danny has participated in the MS Bike for 15 years, and has raised over $41,000 for the MS Society during that time. Raffle tickets will also be available for sale. For more information on Mount Paul Golf course including rates and opening hours, please visit mountpaulgolf.com. To pledge Danny please visitmssoc.convio.net/goto/DannyLatin. The Scotiabank MS Bike is the largest cycling series event in North America. This fun cycling event is suitable for various ages and fitness levels and brings
people together for an important cause to end MS. Annually, over 10,000 cyclists across Canada participate in one - or two-day tours taking place between June and September. This year is the 20th anniversary Scotiabank MS Bike - Thompson River Ride. On Sunday, September 20 starting at Riverside Park, cyclists can choose from a variety of cycling distance options from a 12km route to 91km “Ultra” ride. Participants who fundraise $200 or more will be treated to exclusive perks including a winery tour and wine tasting at Privato Vineyard and Winery. The whole event wraps up with a rewarding lunch back at Riverside Park which incorporates food donated by local area farms. There are also great draws and fundraising prizes available. The money raised through the Scotiabank MS Bike is used locally to assist people living with MS and their families through programs and services in and around the Kamloops area. As well, the Kamloops and Area Chapter strives to provide hope for tomorrow by working collectively with other Chapters across Canada to donate to MS research. To register, or for more information, visit msbike.ca or call Fundraising Coordinator Katrina Harding at 250-314-0773. Volunteers are also needed to support the event – details can be found on the Kamloops and Area Chapter Website www.mssociety.ca/kamloops under “Volunteer Opportunities”. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. It is the most common neurological disease of young adults in Canada. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 15 and 40, and the unpredictable effects of MS last for the rest of their lives. The MS Society provides services to people with MS and their families and funds research to find the cause, prevention, treatment and cure for this disease. For more information or to make a donation, please visit www.mssociety.ca/kamloops, or call 250-314-0773. Great s! Saving k ee Each W
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Riding Club: Apr-Oct: 3rd Thurs. 7pm at NTVIC. www. barrieredistrictridingclub.com. Darcey 250-318-9975. Cancer Support: 672-9263, 672-0017 or 672-1890 Crib: Barriere Legion 242, every Thurs. 7pm, Sept. to May. Darts: Barriere Legion 242, Thurs. 7pm, Sept. to May. Curling Club: Oct.-Mar. Curling, league & bonspiels. Drop In Art. Fridays 11:30am-2:30pm at NTVIC end of Sep to Mar (except holidays). Nominal fee. Barriere A-A: Every Tues. 7:30pm Pentecostal Church 818 Amnesty Rd. 250-672-9643 or 250-672-9934 Barriere Elementary PAC: 1st Wed. of mth, 6:30pm, call 672-9916. Barriere Drop In Art. Fridays 11:30am-2:30pm at NTVIC from end of Sept to March (except holidays). Nominal fee. All welcome. Barriere Fire Dept.: Firehall, Thurs., 7pm Barriere Food Bank: Every Wed. 672-0029 Barriere Genealogy: once a mth at the Library, except Jul/ Aug. For dates/times call 250-672-9330. Barriere Hospice: Loans out handicap equip. 250-6729391. Photography Club. Shelley Lampreau 250-672-5728. Community Quilters: Every Thurs. 2pm at the Barriere Food Bank. Judy 250-672-5275 or Fran 250-672-2012. Barriere Search & Rescue: 2nd Tues. of mth, 7pm. Training on 4th Tues. of mth, 7pm.
BSS PAC & Booster Club: 1st Tues., 5:30pm. 250-672-9943. Survivors of Brain Injuries: John 250-372-1799. Bethany Baptist Church Prayer: Every Tues., 7pm. Carpet Bowling: Mon, Wed & Fri., 9:30am-12 @ Little Fort Hall. Community Kitchen: Call Dede 554-3134. Community Soup Day: Christian Life Assembly on Annesty Rd. 3rd Mon., 11:30 am. Crib: Mon. & Fri. 1-4pm @ Little Fort Hall. Family & Caregivers Group: 1st Mon. of the mth, 10am @ Ridge, kitchen. Info call 778-220-5930. Gambler’s Anonymous: 250-374-9165 or 250-374-9866. Literacy Tutoring: Learn to read FREE. Jill 250-319-8023. Little Fort Recreation: 1st Thurs. each mth 7pm LNT Catholic Women’s League: 2nd Sat. each mth, 9am at St. George’s. Call 250-672-9330 for info. McLure Rec.: 1st Wed. each mth at 7:30pm McLure Firehall. Except Jul & Aug. 250-578-7565 for info. McLure Fire Dept.: Wednesdays, 7pm, Firehall Men’s Floor Hockey: Tues., 8-10pm at Barriere Sec. NT Fish & Game: 4th Mon. each mth 7pm NTVIC. 672-1070 NT Valley Hospice: 3rd Tues, 11am, Little Fort Hall. 6725660. Quilting: 1st Tues, 10am @ Little Fort Hall. Safe Home: Get away from domestic abuse, call 250-6742135 (Clw) or 250-682-6444 (Barriere).
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Arlene Carol Hamblin 1939 – 2015
Arlene Hamblin of Barriere, B.C., passed away in Kamloops, B.C. on August 25, 2015, after a brief illness. She was 76 years of age. Born in Trail, B.C., on April 26, 1939, Arlene leaves behind her son Brent Hamblin (Lianne), granddaughter Emma-Rae Hamblin, and her sister, Donna Hainstock (Keith). Arlene was predeceased by her parents, Gordon and Laura Hamblin, her sister Sharon, and her aunt, Beverly Nabu. Arlene was a hard working person. She spent 40 years of her life
as a hairdresser, and went back to school to achieve her GED when she was in her 50’s! Arlene was an avid gardener. She loved her family most of all. She also loved her birds and her grandpuppies! Arlene requested that no service be held. Rather than give flowers, a memorial contribution to the Barriere Hospice Society Box 201, Barriere, B.C., V0E 1E0, would be appreciated. Arrangements entrusted to North Thompson Funeral & Drake Cremation Services, Barriere, B.C., 250-6721999.
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Understanding written text can be difficult
By Carla Bullinger
Vorsicht! Das Wasser ist nicht trinkbar! Voorzichtig! Dit water nit drinken. A small percentage of readers will be able to read and understand this opening line; they’ll know not to drink the contaminated water. The rest of us will enjoy a glass and then spend the next several days running to the washroom. Trying to decipher text and meaning is a daily struggle for many adults, often with serious health and safety consequences. June 6 was National Access Awareness Day. We celebrated it by raising awareness about disability, accessibility, and inclusion. The goal is to build a society where barriers to inclusion are removed, and to ensure the independence, self-esteem, dignity, and security of all citizens. Literacy is about accessibility and inclusion. Forty per cent of British Columbia adults have difficulty reading a newspaper, filling out a work application form, reading a map, or understanding a lease. There are a lot of reasons why many adults have reading challenges. English might be their second language; they have a learning disabil-
ity; they were unable to finish school; mental health concerns; traumatic childhood experiences, such as domestic violence or residential schools that impact on a child’s ability to learn; brain injuries; lack of opportunities; and the list goes on. Literacy matters. We want our workplaces, organizations, institutions, schools, our community to be safe and inclusive places for all our citizens and families. Here are some tips to make your space more accessible to people with literacy challenges: • Write information in a positive tone (Stop on red, but not Don’t cross on red). • Use common words (use instead of utilize; show instead of demonstrate; go with instead of accompany). • Organize your text so there is white space. • Use pictures that help show meaning. • Use a plain font. • Use short sentences. • Go through a form or application with people. Don’t just hand it to them, and leave them on their own to fill it in. Carla Bullinger is the literacy outreach co-ordinator for Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy. She can reach at carla@caribooliteracy.com.
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B.C. offers $1M fund, hotline to help Syrian refugees By Tom Fletcher Black Press The B.C. government has added $1 million to its budget for helping refugees settle in the province, and has opened a toll-free information line for those who want to sponsor people fleeing violence in Syria. Premier Christy Clark announced the funding in Vancouver Tuesday, along with a toll-free information number for community groups and private sponsors at 1-877-952-6914. Clark said the province currently spends about $4 million a year to support the federal program that settles immigrants in B.C. The extra funds will be reserved for assistance to Syrian refugees, she said. “It is our belief that it’s just not good enough to totally open our doors,” Clark said. “We have to make sure that when refugees get here, we’re doing everything that we can to help them realize the Canadian dream and find their way as seamlessly as possible in to British Columbia.” The one-time investment will be used for trauma counselling, help for for groups of citizens to navigate the refugee sponsorship process, foreign credential recognition and community and employer supports including matching training funds for those committed to hiring a Syrian refugee. Clark said all the federal parties have indicated they want to increase refugee intake in response to the Syrian civil war, and B.C. has supported that position for several years. Last year Ottawa admitted about 36,000 immigrants to B.C., and about 1,500 were refugees. “Our job isn’t to decide who’s coming in when,” Clark said. “That’s their job. Our job is to make sure we’re ready.”
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B.C. marks Queen’s record reign Black Press British Columbia is joining the rest of the Commonwealth to mark the occasion as Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain’s longest-reigning monarch this week. Her Majesty surpasses the record of her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria on Wednesday, Sept. 9, making her the longestreigning female monarch in history. Born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on April 21, 1926, Elizabeth II became head of the Commonwealth on Feb. 6, 1952 and is serving as Queen for her 63rd year. Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon, the Queen’s representative in B.C., is hosting a garden party at Government House in Victoria on Saturday, Sept. 12 to celebrate the milestone. The free event is open to everyone and includes music, tea service and children’s entertainment. “In the spirit of the occasion, guests are encouraged to wear their hats and gloves,” says the notice from Government House.
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Competing at the Fall Fair BCRA Rodeo
THE TIMES photos: Keith McNeill
Tyrone Hunlin of Williams Lake struggles to stay on as he competes in bareback riding event at the BCRA Rodeo during the North Thompson Fall Fair.
Find more scrapbook photos from the 66th annual North Thompson Fall Fair & Rodeo in next weeks issue.
A pony chariot goes around the barrels during the start of a race in the Dick Ross Memorial Rodeo Arena at the North Thompson Fall Fair & Rodeo held Labour Day Weekend in Barriere. (Right) Nick Teixeira of Kamloops and Troy Eli of Westbank compete in the team roping event.
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