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“Holy moly, those tomatoes,” says Columbia View Lodge resident Mike McGill, as a recreation therapist inches his wheelchair closer to his sanctuary.

Margot Wright pushes McGill out into the yard so he can tend to his vegetable garden.

The planter has been raised and hose repositioned for his strong left hand, which he relies on only these days. The residential care facility in Trail adapted its edible green space to fit McGill's needs. According to his chart, he is 72 years old and has lived at the facility for one year after a stroke resulted in the need for more care.

When McGill arrived his daughter and wife said he loved gardening and he virtually took over the care of the community garden. Lettuce, tomatoes, and herbs grow rampant in the raised bed and round planters. The produce cultivated is ready for harvesting now as the end of growing season nears.

“I had a garden and twice as big as this thing here,” he says with a grin.

“And why not, hey? That is good.”

McGill picks a heap of lettuce to share some with the kitchen in his neighbourhood, before offering up the rest to the main kitchen to be incorporated into meals.

“We also have a whatchamacallit it,” McGill points to some greens while he searches for the words.

He struggles with aphasia, a communication disorder that results from damage or injury to language parts of the brain.

“I've got it but I haven't got it,” he continues. “I mean, over to this side is good,” he traces his good hand across the left side of his face, “and the other side, not so good.”

His condition is common for someone who's had a stroke, which occurs when a clogged or burst artery interrupts blood flow to the brain. This interruption deprives the brain of needed oxygen and causes the affected brain cells to die, in which case the functioning of the body parts that they control is impaired or lost.

But McGill doesn't dwell on what limitations he has. The happy-go-lucky guy has always made the most of life, says Wright, who adds that the garden rejuvenates him, brings a smile to his face and gives him purpose.

“It's fodder for conversation for us and a game of charades at times,” she laughs.

Wright likes to tease McGill. She'll knock on his window from the courtyard and pretend to pluck the produce ripe for the picking.

“Gardening is something they've always done,” she says. “It brings back memories and it's really good exercise for Mike.”

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Columbia View Lodge resident Mike McGill still finds a way to be passionate about gardening. Though the 72-year-old has limitations since suffering from a stroke, he cares for the community garden in his neighbourhood at the residential care facility in Trail.

Tending to the community garden is not only physical but an emotional, social and a cognitive exercise. The process of feeding the plants, checking the soil and picking the fruit of his labour keeps McGill busy.

Columbia View Lodge uses recreational activities like this to assist residents in dealing with lifestyle constraints to ultimately encourage them to grow towards their highest level of health. The facility provides activities that “maintains the present, rejuvenates the past and promotes the learning of new leisure skills and interests,” according to Wright.

“We maintain contact with the community in which they live through community outings or in-house community programs,” she adds. “In a nutshell, activities are aimed at enhancing each resident’s quality of life as per their health and wellness needs and leisure interests.”

Activities include familiar life skill tasks like sweeping, chopping, clearing the table, baking and cooking. But it's not all work and no play. Residents enjoy Bingo, crib and other card games,

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They get in touch with their artistic side, sometimes for the first time, through crafts, colouring and painting or the creation of decorations for the facility.

Social gatherings like tea parties, featuring goodies by the Italo Canadese and the Sisters of Columbo, can regularly be found. Musical entertainment, music therapy, trivia and conversations about the “good old days” and current events are commonly shared around the table.

Physical fitness is maintained through pastimes like gardening, of course, outdoor walks and ballroom dancing.

“He does dance with me on ballroom night,” Wright shares. “He's got that one arm and he spins me.”

The room is filled with laughter as the two show how its done.

The garden can be seen perfectly from McGill's room and though it's not as big as one he kept during healthier times, the man beams with pride.

“What the heck,” he says. “It's good.

No problem whatsoever.”

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New program touches on pre-teen hot topics Cyber bullying, tobacco use and communication skills are what grades 5 and 6 students want to talk about

By Valerie Rossi Times Staff

You're in a car and someone is driving 140 kilometres an hour, how do you handle this situation?

This is an example of a scenario preteens are asked to access when visited

by Const. Sherri Karn of the Trail and Greater District Detachment.

She is the voice behind the local D.A.R.E. program that has transformed from the outdated Drug Abuse Resistance Education presentation into the “improved” Define, Access, Respond and Evaluate message.

She's gearing up to talk to grades 5 and 6 students in Greater Trail, a task she's done in the Trail area for three years but altogether since 2005.

“I think that this new program really does set them up for having a little bit more confidence of how to handle themselves in risky situations,” she explained. “I would love to think that the program gives them this great stepping stone of groundbreaking information but I really think that if nothing else, for them to have that first positive interaction with police makes it worthwhile.”

Despite being the nation's most popular substance-abuse prevention program, D.A.R.E.’s website explains that the old motto shared from 1983 to 2009 was proven time and again by scientists that it didn't work. It's noted that the old approach didn't make one less likely to become a drug addict or even to refuse that first beer.

The new focus centres around a “keepin' it real” substance-abuse curriculum that replaces drug-fact laden lectures with interactive lessons that help kids make smart decisions.

“I actually use this in my police life,” said Karn.

“It's a very similar model that we use when making risky decisions.

Like how to weigh the pros and cons when you're in a situation: What do you do? What's the best decision? And then you reflect on it.”

Last year, she spoke to nearly 200 students for an hour weekly during the 10-week program. She still touched on the popular topics of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, but her focus broadened with some content on violence, vandalism and bullying.

“Cyber bullying is huge,” she added. “We probably have reports of it in each and every school in the

district from high school down to elementary school. It's probably the No. 1 form of bullying right now.”

The Internet is instant, accessible and imbedded. Youth need to know that what they do online is never really lost, that it can still get them in trouble and really hurt someone, too.

Cyber bullying was so popular during regular D.A.R.E. presentations that Karn partnered with a local mental health and addictions counsellor in the spring to help address the topic in front of parents in Warfield and Rossland.

“For the person actually doing the bullying, they're behind a screen,” said Karn. “They feel protected, and it gives them almost a greater sense of who they are at that point because there is seemingly no immediate repercussions behind it, no consequence behind it.

“Even if someone writes 'LOL' (to a post on social media), the victim of the cyber bullying sees this and instantly figures they're right on board,” she adds.

Enquiring minds also wanted to know more about cigarettes and why mom and dad would ingest something willingly with 200 poisons. And what's the deal with e-cigarettes? Did you know there is a vampire blood flavour?

But students also craved tips on communication: how to carry yourself, speak clearly and with intent and confidence.

Karn expects the same for this year but says she's always surprised in some way. She felt her message was heard and used when one student came up and explained that she interrupted a bully and questioned later whether she should have told the teacher first.

Karn believes in this program. It's hard to say whether her efforts have any impact on reducing crime in the big picture, but she would say that's more than likely the case.

“We all have people that help guide us to make good decisions to get to where we're at today,” she said. “And the more people that can reinforce the skills that are coming from home life—whether it’s the teacher or the police, whether it's your next door neighbour or grocery store clerk— if they're reinforcing those positive behaviours, we're setting our children up for success.”

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SPCA offers free microchip clinic next week Submitted The BC SPCA Trail Regional Branch is holding a microchip clinic for animals in the area that is free for low-income families in the Castlegar region.

“No one wants to lose a pet, but accidents happen, doors or windows are accidentally left open and our furry companions escape,” says BC SPCA Trail Regional Branch manager Danielle Jackman.

It’s important to not only have a collar with identification and contact information

on it, but to also have permanent ID like a microchip or tattoo, as collars can come loose or be torn off, Jackman notes.

“We cannot stress enough the importance of properly identifying your animal – and to always make sure your contact information is current and updated,” said Jackman.

Appointments for the microchip clinic must be booked in advance, and the appointment includes a permanent microchip for the animal as well as a free, oneyear subscription to the BC

Pet Registry, the first provincial database for permanent pet identification in B.C. If people are interested but don’t have a car or way of getting their pet to the clinic, call anyway and the BC SPCA and its volunteers will work to provide transportation, Jackman says.

The clinic happens on Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Castlegar Veterinary Hospital, 4340 Minto Rd., Castlegar.

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The Rossland Trail Smokettes presented a cheque for $1000 to Margeurite Hinde, administrator of the Michael Hinde Memorial Fund, this summer. The Michael Hinde Memorial fund helps youth with financial disadvantages to attend a diverse range of activities throughout the year, including camps, sports leagues, music or art lessons, educational and cultural events. The Rossland Trail Smokettes will be holding their sign up night for this season on Sept. 17, in the evening. More information about the team can be found at www.smokettes. com, or email trailsmokettes@ gmail.com.

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It may seem strange, given the cooler temperatures and some recent rain, but the water supply in Nelson is more at risk now than it was in the summer, according to the head of the city’s public works department.

“The discharge [from the creeks that feed the reservoir] on Aug. 26 was the lowest on record,” Colin Innes says, “and the forecast is for 40 per cent less rain over the fall.”

And so the city has imposed water restrictions (see below) effective September 11, that are even more stringent than those in the summer.

At the end of July, the Star reported that 13.6 megalitres of water per day were entering the reservoir and 11.2 was being used by residents.

That, according to Innes at the time, was cutting it very fine because the average year round supply into the reservoir is 73.4 megalitres per day and the average year-round use is about about six megalitres per day.

On Aug. 26, according to Innes, the intake to the reservoir was down to 6.2 megalitres (54 per cent less than in July) and the amount being used by residents was eight megalitres (28 per cent less than July).

So while city residents used less in August than in July, possibly because of the water restrictions imposed during that month, the supply also worsened, and Innes says it will take more than a few days’ rain to fix it.

“It’s not like we have a glacier up there,” he says. “We depend on the amount of water that falls on it. In the immediate runoff from a rain event, it will look like you have a lot, but what comes at you over time is what is important.”

He says in a week or two the gains from recent rain could disappear.

“We need more sustained rain.

We need a slow gentle rain so it can soak itself in.

“We are concerned about people hearing about things like lifting the campfire ban and fire hazard going down and forgetting we have

a water shortage issue.”

Innes says September and October are always low-flow months, “so you really come up against how much water you have.

If we get a lot of rain we will be fortunate.”

“We are concerned about people hearing about things like lifting the campfire ban and fire hazard going down and forgetting we have a water shortage issue.”

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In addition to the Level 4 water restrictions that start on September 11 (see below), Innes also wants residents to consider that toilets typically use 27 per cent of household water. Add showers and washing machines, and the percentage rises to more than half.

Nelson’s main water source is Five Mile Creek, located in West Arm Provincial Park, which feeds into the main reservoir on Mountain Station Rd. The city also gets water from Anderson Creek in Fairview and Selous Creek at Ymir Rd. At each of those places is a diversion dam, screen assembly and electromechanical valves. The reservoirs feed into a distribution system that fans out across the city in 87 km of underground pipes.

Asked what would happen if Nelson’s reservoir ran dry, Innes said, “We would be in a state of emergency as we would be unable to provide drinking water or fire suppression.

“Damage would occur with the depressurization of the water distribution system and we would also have upset conditions develop at the sewage treatment plant as there would be no nutrient going for treatment. A really bad situation all round.”

He added that the city is monitoring the situation so closely that it would intervene well before supplies run out.

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Cherished mother of Jill Medvedeff (Paul), Carol Blackwell (Garston) and Irene Simkus (Ron), loving grandmother of Michael Shannon (Bri), Kristen Simkus (Pete Wessel) and Danielle Simkus. Joan is predeceased by husbands Gordon Rutley and Walter Dembicki, parents Charles and Cissie Harvey and sister Gladys Leckie.

After graduation from business college in Trail, Joan began her secretarial career at Cominco and later, was employed as an administrative assistant to the principal at Selkirk College.

Mom was a very accomplished machine knitter who enjoyed creating beautiful garments for family and friends. She was happy working in her flower gardens at the homes in which she lived in Trail, Castlegar, Genelle, Naramata, Cranbrook and Kamloops. Mom loved music and singing in choirs. She also enjoyed travelling with family and friends to explore new places. Most of all, Mom treasured time spent with her family.

The family would like to extend their gratitude to Dr. Keith Merritt, Dr. Nathan Dalla Lana, and the Drs., nurses and staff of the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, Grand Forks Boundary Hospital and Ivy House in Grand Forks for their compassionate care of our mother. Thank you to the residents and staff of Castlewood Retirement Home for their friendships with Mom. A special thank you is extended to Mom’s companion, Alex Taranko, for all his care and kindness towards her.

As an expression of sympathy, donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC (#4-1551 Sutherland Avenue, Kelowna, BC, V1Y 9M9).

A service will be held in celebration of Joan’s life on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 11:00am in St. David’s Anglican Church, 614 Christina Place, Castlegar, with The Reverend Elizabeth Huether officiating. Reception to follow in the church hall.

Final resting place at the Mountain View Cemetery in Rossland. Gwen Ziprick of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services has been entrusted with the arrangements. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca Mom, you were a treasured mother, grandmother, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, niece and friend who always thought of others before yourself. We love you with all our hearts and we will miss you deeply.

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Local Final campfire ban lifted in B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - For the first time in months, campfires are permitted across British Columbia.

The BC Wildfire Service says half-metre by half-metre campfires are now allowed throughout the Cariboo Fire Centre, removing the last, remaining restrictions.

The province’s five other fire centres have already dropped their campfire bans, and wetter conditions in the Cariboo centre have now allowed the lifting of restrictions covering an area west of the Fraser River.

It’s the first time since early July that campfires have been permitted provincewide.

The Ministry of Forests took the rare step of banning campfires and all open burning earlier this summer as drought-like conditions created an extreme fire risk.

Nearly 2,000 wildfires have been recorded across B.C. since April, with the wildfire service noting just under 3,000 square kilometres of woodlands have been burned.

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Apple growers get early harvest

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Across the Okanagan last week, apple growers issued a call for pickers.

After a dry, hot summer, apples were ready to be plucked from the trees ahead of schedule.

“Everything is early in the Okanagan this year, by almost two weeks,” said farmer Ken Rieger, from his booth at Kelowna’s farmers’ market. “I have been farming for 45 years, and this is the first time I have ever picked Macintosh in August.”

While getting the crop ahead of schedule may sound like a good thing, Rieger said it can create a quality problem.

“Apples need cool nights so they can get the good colour,” he said.

“And if you are picking in August, you don’t really get the good, cool nights.”

Without the burst of colour that comes from the end of the season, the financial yield of the crop is also lower.

“An Extra Fancy, for example, needs a certain intensity of colour, and if they don’t get it, they get put down to a lower [price] tier,” he said.

Rieger said some farmers are struggling with conditions this year, but for the most part the apple business is on solid ground.

So much so, that he’s been told there are grape growers pulling out their crops in favour of planting apple trees.

That, he said, is reflective of the fact that farmers have to be adaptive.

Syrian crisis forces leaders to confront military and humanitarian options THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - The Syrian crisis is extracting sharper views from the campaign trail on when and how Canada ought to go to war, and what the country should do to ease the suffering of innocent civilians pouring out of the Middle East.

The foreign policy implications of the violence in Syria and Iraq followed the three federal leaders as their campaigning took them to both coasts and central Canada.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair was unequivocal that Canadian military personnel would be immediately withdrawn from Iraq and Syria this fall - months earlier than planned if the NDP wins the Oct. 19 federal election.

Stephen Harper, meanwhile, suggested that Canada can and will do more to help Syrian refugees, in the face of mounting public pressure on the Conservative government over the past week.

Harper has been steadfast that accepting more refugees and sending humanitarian assistance to the displaced people in the Middle East is not enough, and that dealing with the root cause of the problem - taking the military fight to Islamic militants responsible for the carnage - is essential.

Justin Trudeau pushed the Liberals squarely into the middle ground, arguing that Canada needed to do more to ease the suffering of refugees, but still had to play a

role training the Iraqi fighters to do battle with Islamic militants.

Canada has a halfdozen fighter jets flying bombing missions in Iraq and Syria, and several dozen special forces military trainers working with Kurdish fighters in Iraq to fight Islamic militants - a commitment that now extends to March.

Mulcair said the mission falls neither under the umbrella of the United Nations nor NATO, and a New Democrat government wants no part of a U.S.-led coalition.

It’s a stance that raises questions about the potential future of Canadian foreign policy under what would be the country’s first New Democrat government.

“Multilateralism has always been part of the Canadian approach, but this is neither a UN nor a NATO mission. This is an American-led mission,” Mulcair said in Winnipeg.

“Canada is free, we have our own foreign policy, we’ll have an independent foreign policy under an NDP government and we will put an end to Canada’s participation in the combat mission in Iraq and Syria.”

Harper hinted that steps are being taken to speed up refugee resettlement - an issue that has been front and centre in the campaign since the image of three-year-old Alan Kurdi lying dead on a Turkish beach emerged last week.

“The position of this government has been we have been the world leader in

refugee resettlement and we intend to do that in a responsible way, a responsible and affordable way for Canadians,” Harper said in Prince Edward Island.

Harper recalled his trip to a refugee camp in Jordan in early 2014 where he said he saw the “grave humanitarian challenges” that refugees face, and was briefed on the security implications.

Harper has maintained that Canada has to avoid allowing terrorists from a war zone into Canada.

Trudeau said the Conservatives and New Democrats hold extreme positions on what is needed, while the Liberals have “a balanced and reasonable position” that is more in line with what Canadians want to see their country doing.

“We have a federal government right now that thinks military action is the only solution to the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East,” Trudeau said in Vancouver. “And we have an opposition party that takes the opposition party that take the opposite extreme position that there is never a military role to play in solving challenges like the crisis in the Middle East.”

Trudeau said he was “encouraged” that Harper signalled a willingness to do more to assist refugees, but he suggested the prime minister was pushed into doing that.

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Salmo council replenished, grants bolster village

W

ith the rains of early September all of us have some relief from the forest fires and smoke.

Our Salmo Fire Department had volunteered and was authorized to travel to assist with the Stickpin Fire that threatened our neighbors in Grand Forks.

Thankfully they were not needed but it’s just another example of neighbors helping neighbors and communities that unite when in peril.

We thank all the women and men who worked so hard over the summer to keep us safe.

As of September 8t Salmo will once again have a full complement of Council members. We all welcome Councillor Diana Lockwood and Councillor Jonathon Heatlie. Both long-time residents of Salmo, they bring much experience to their new roles and we all look forward to working with them.

The last article from Salmo noted we were

waiting to hear if we had obtained a significant grant for replacing much needed playground equipment in our central park.

The grant, which includes campground and ball field improvements among others, has now been approved by the Columbia Basin Trust, together with grants from the Regional District of Central Kootenay and Western Financial Group.

We are grateful to these supporters.

None of this would have been possible without the assistance of our Chamber of Commerce who worked hard to organize various committees to revitalize our parks.

Particular thanks to Heather Street and Jacquie Huser who spent many hours coordinating these groups and bringing forward park plans to Council.

Construction of the new playground is scheduled to be completed this fall.

Our CAO Diane KalenSukra has begun pre-

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This process will also help to integrate our new Councillors and measure the progress we have made over the past nine months.

This progress includes moving forward on numerous civic works initiatives -- including road paving, line painting, parks and cemetery maintenance improvements; meeting our statutory requirements around records management, profes-

sionalized operations and financial reporting, to name just a few.

To make this progress possible, our CAO has secured grant funding in the past six months equivalent to approximately one quarter of annual general government expenditures.

This does not include over $100,000 in pending applications which we expect to learn about before year-end.

We have also increased Council grant-in-aid contributions to our community volunteer groups which are the life blood of the Village. These have helped sports teams, the arts community, outdoor recreation groups and youth groups among others in delivering valuable services to our residents.

We are particularly proud of the work of the Salmo Lions Club which has successfully undertaken the maintenance of Railway Garden Park along the highway and made it an attractive location for visitors and resi-

dents alike.

This initiative is something we would like to build on. It not only beautifies the way along the highway, it is also emblematic of the volunteer-spirit of our community while encouraging visitors to stop and spend time in our charming Village.

Together with the behind the scenes foundation-building work such as putting in place proper administrative and financial controls and retaining and promoting dedicated staff, Salmo’s future is very bright.

Stephen White is the Mayor of Salmo Community Comment is an opportunity for elected officials from our local municipalities to update citizens in the region on the events, plans and progress in their respective communities. Every Friday, the Trail Times will present, on a rotating basis, a submission from councils, school trustees or regional district directors.

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Million here, billion there, infrastructure cost overruns add up

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omething is amiss when infrastructure projects routinely overshoot their original estimates by millions – and sometimes – billions of dollars in B.C. It isn’t rounding errors. It’s sloppy estimating, bad procurement, ill-conceived plans and often a lack of a boss where the buck stops on some projects.

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Back in January 2009, the B.C. government announced that it had reached “an agreement-in-principle for a public-private partnership with Connect BC Development Group to expand the Port Mann crossing and widen Highway 1.”

The government reserved the right to enter directly into contracts with “consortium members should a privately financed arrangement not be concluded.”

On February 27, the government disclosed it had been “unable to reach definitive agreement on final terms” with Connect BC and instead had entered into a “fixedprice” contract with Peter Kiewit & Sons and Flatiron Canada to design and build the new bridge and highway improvements.

The province also engaged “Macquarie Group to provide advisory services.”

Other winners in the deal: CH2M Hill who provided “procurement, technical advice and program engineering,” MMM Group who – in a joint

venture – was “responsible for the onshore design,” and BA Blacktop who was the “designated paving subcontractor.”

In a remarkable coincidence, 10-days before the government made its announcement, the B.C. Liberal party reported receiving – on the exact same day – cheques of $5,000 each from the following companies: Peter Kiewit & Sons, Flatiron Canada, Macquarie Group, CH2M Hill, MMM Group and BA Blacktop.

On its website, Kiewit writes that the old “Port Mann Bridge was the primary route across the (Fraser) river, serving more than 800,000 vehicles in a single week,” but it “couldn’t keep pace with the growing needs of the region.”

They solved that problem.

So far in 2015, the “world’s widest bridge” has carried less than 685,000 vehicles per week.

The bridge was part of the government’s Gateway plan announced in 2006.

The original estimate was $3 billion, which included $800 million for the Port Mann Bridge replacement, $500 million for widening Highway 1, $400 million for the North Fraser Perimeter Road and $800 million for the South Fraser Perimeter Road.

Estimates the government was still using 21-months later.

There was even a $300 million contingency in case of cost overruns.

May have been a typo, the projects overshot those estimates by more than $2 billion.

Call it cost creep.

The Port Mann was budgeted at $800 million. Then highway improvements were tacked on and it became a $1.4 billion project, then $1.6 billion and up it went to $2.7 billion, $3.1 billion and, finally, to $3.32 billion.

And the government boasted it had signed a “fixed-price” contract.

The Crown corporation that owns and operates the

bridge – the Transportation Investment Corporation – is today $3.61 billion in debt or $610 million more than the original estimate for the entire Gateway plan (including that $300 million contingency).

It’s not the only infrastructure project to overshoot its budget.

Of eighteen projects announced by the B.C. government since 2003 – all with initial cost estimates of more than $150 million – nine hospital projects have already exceeded their original estimates by 12.6 per cent, seven transportation projects are running 59.2 per cent over budget, and the Vancouver Convention Centre and BC Place re-roofing together came in 68.1 per cent over first estimates.

More worrisome? One of the seven transportation projects isn’t finished yet and it’s not looking good.

The Evergreen Line is beset with mechanical problems. There may be smiles all round in public, but behind the scenes officials are gritting their teeth, because the boring machine isn’t gritting its.

Yet – despite all the cost overruns – the same companies keep showing up on job after job.

One company – MMM Group – ended up working on all seven of the transportation projects, CH2M Hill and Kiewit worked on three each.

MMM Group, recently acquired by WSP Global, is now the government’s engineer on the Massey Tunnel replacement project.

So why not more uproar?

Might have a bit to do with the government treating “on budget” as a moving target by continuously revising them to make them so.

Isn’t really cricket though.

And those fixed-price contracts, they’re not so fixed after all, at least on price.

Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC.

Wallin could become Mulcair’s best friend An editorial from the Hamilton Spectator The fact that Senator Pamela Wallin has finished her suspension and returned to work, returned to receiving $142,400 a year in tax-funded salary, isn’t breaking any rules. Technically, her suspension ended when Parliament did, so back she went.

She has repaid $154,191 in wrongly claimed expenses.

Administrative errors, you see.

But relax, the Harper-

appointed senator says: She’s back on the job working in the best interest of Canadians. Are you relieved?

Technically defensible or not, this stinks. She’s still under investigation; she still may face charges of fraud and breach of trust. But she’s still getting paid by taxpayers, still working and living on the public tab.

Stephen Harper said he would fix the Senate. He hasn’t come close. Tom Mulcair says

an NDP government would start the process of abolishing it.

That’s a huge order, requiring constitutional change and consensus Canadian governments have not shown the ability to achieve so far.

But given this latest example of how the government and some senators still seem to enjoy spitting in the face of Canadians, Mulcair’s approach is getting more and more appealing every day.

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Outhouse races a highlight for Golden City Days organizer, chainsaw carver Mike Williams, is out of town on business, these two will be overseeing this year’s event.

“We aren’t talking crap,” says Tanya, “but the LaFonds intend to wipe out

Submitted ROSSLAND –“It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it”, say Tanya and Trinda LaFond, this year’s organizers of Rossland Golden City Days’ third annual Outhouse Races.

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anyone who attempts to dethrone them as the reigning champions.” The LaFonds would like to challenge last year’s competitors (the Retired Rossland Firefighters and the Rossland Firefighters) to a rematch, and dare the next generation of LaFonds to put in their own team. Tanya would also like to personally challenge the Drake clan to put together a team to prove which infamous Rossland family is number 1, and which is number 2, so to speak.

All you need is five team members, an outhouse and a good set of wheels. Each team races the clock, with one team member on the throne and the other four pushing and pulling, to cross the finish line with the best-combined time of two runs. Teams roll their biffies 100 feet down the course, stop and do a fire drill (three laps around the outhouse ending with

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The annual Golden City Days Outhouse Races are set for 2:45 p.m. on Saturday. swapped positions) feet at the structure’s before continuing highest point. another 100 feet. At Extra outhouses are that point, participants available to prospective ditch their rides with racers, thanks to Mike a roll of toilet paper Williams, who built in hand and hustle the them using recycled rest of the way to set materials. the roll on a plunger Those looking to 30 feet further at the step up to the chalfinish line. lenge should contact As for the out- Tanya at lafonde@ houses, they must be telus.net or Trinda at human powered, have t r i n d a 1 3 @ h o t m a i l . the usual four walls, a com for details. roof and doorway, and Participants are must include wiping encouraged to come in material and a toilet costume and to decorseat with at least one ate their outhouse to hole. They can be match their team’s made of any material, theme. Winners will except glass, and must get the coveted toilet have a base of at least seat trophy to adorn 9 square feet, with a their mantle(s) and minimum height of 5 impress their friends.

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Outhouse must have four walls, roof, doorway, wiping material, and a toilet seat with at least one hole. It may have a door, but door must remain securely open during the race.

– Outhouse must be a minimum of nine square feet at the base, and a maximum overall width not to exceed six feet (including grasping or pushing devices). A minimum height of five feet from the floor to the highest point of the roof is required.

– Any number and size of wheels may be used.

– Any device for pushing or pulling the outhouse may be used, except ropes. All pushing or pulling devices must be solidly secured.

– Outhouses may be built from any material, except glass, and must be structurally sound.

– Each entry must have an Outhouse name which is to be displayed on each side of the structure. Sponsors’ names may be displayed anywhere on the outside walls.

– The team must consist of five (5) people; one person must ride inside.

– Minimum age is 12 years.

– Team is to dress in costume to reflect the theme of their entry.

– Team check-in: All outhouses and teams will check in at the vacant lot next to Rossland Fine Wine and Spirits at 2:00 pm and will be inspected upon arrival. Races will start at 2:45 pm.

– Adequate safety attire required for all members.

– There is no weight limit.

– Handles are required for Outhouse riders.

– There will be a mandatory pit stop at mid-race for a fire drill. Each team member must run around the Outhouse three times and the rider must switch places with one of the pushers. Each team member will be required to place a color-coded roll of toilet paper on a color-coded plunger in order of color scheme provided at race time. The race will be timed from start to finish; the objective being to achieve the lowest overall time.

For race entry form, email Trinda LaFond at trinda13@hotmail.com or Tanya LaFond at lafonde@telus.net

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Grizzly put down after raiding coop

By Arne Petryshen Cranbrook Townsman

In the early hours of Monday morning, conservation officers responded to a call about a hungry grizzly bear. The grizzly was at a residence in the Jimsmith Lake area and had broken into a chicken coop to eat chickens.

Conservation officer Ray Gilewicz said that while there weren’t any reports on a bear, it had to be put down. He noted the bear showed up just outside the city boundary in a fairly rural area with acreages and such, and the landowner had chicken coups.

“At 2 a.m. in the morning, the landowner reported to CO services that this bear was on site,” Gilewicz said.

“We attended and the bear was on site as reported. It was a young — probably a three year old — grizzly male, and it was eating the chickens basically in her yard.”

He said there was a safety concern with the bears presence in the human populated area.

“The decision was made that this bear was going to be put down and it was,” Gilewicz said.

It was Elisabeth Vanderkooy who called about the grizzly. She was awoken by her dogs in the middle of the night. She could hear the chickens making noise.

“I went out outside thinking it was a skunk in the chicken pen,” she said. “Then I saw the bear on top of the [chicken] house.”

Vanderkooy saw the bear break into the pen,

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“Then he ran into the the bushes, and came back and I called the CO,” she said.

The bear ate four of Vanderkooy’s 12 chickens.

She even blew an air horn a few time, which didn’t faze the bear at all.

“From then I knew I had a problem,” she said.

She said it was a sad situation all around.

“You don’t like it to happen, but sometimes there are no choices in life,” she said.

She’s accustomed to dealing with bears around her residence and dealt with a black bear last year which she managed to scare away.

“You get used to it up here,” she said. “It’s part of living in the bush.”

Gilewicz said there is a lot of bear activity at moment. The bears are looking for natural food sources, like chokecherries and apples.

“Once they start tearing open chicken coups next to residences, it just shows a further progression by this bear into human food sources and habituated to human-related properties,” he said.

“If they’re out skirting around people’s properties and just staying on the vegetation, then we can try hazing and those sorts of things, but once they’ve showed that desire to go beyond that and start taking livestock and destroying property and not showing any fear towards humans, it’s of more concern to us and to public safety.”

Wildsafe reported that nine bears had been killed in Fernie, Elko, Sparwood and Elkford.

Canal Flats

Mill closure concerns town, union

Black Press The Canal Flats sawmill will close permanently in early November following an announcement from Canfor on Wednesday.

Flats, recent downturns in the oil and gas and lumber markets that the mill served combined with a lack of economically available fibre for the mill have brought operating losses.

“We’re very disappointed,” said Doug Singer, president of the USW Local 1-405. “Four

months after a massive layoff that they’ve now announced a closure of the Canal Flats operation. We’re extremely disappointed the company didn’t give it more time to see if it could be a success.”

The jobs in the plant ripple throughout the region as employees live in Canal Flats or commute from places such as Cranbrook, Kimberley, Radium and Invermere.

Canal Flats CAO Brian Woodward said the closure

announcement came as a shock.

“The mill is by far our largest employer,” he said. “We have so many questions. Are they going to sell it? At this point in time we are organizing a transition team with the Ministry of Jobs and the Village will participate in that process. But we have no answers. There are issues of taxation, and there are at least 30 families living in Canal Flats affected by this.

“We just don’t know. It’s a bit of a shock for everyone.”

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Black Press pundits preview BCHL season BLACK PRESS SPORTS It’s year 53 in the B.C. Hockey League and the Interior Division appears to be even more balanced than last year when the playoff race went down to the final weekend.

The defending champion Penticton Vees appear to be primed to repeat, but after that, the Interior division spots are wide open. Again, one or two very good teams will miss the post-season dance.

This season the 2015 Crescent Point Energy Western Canada Cup is in Fort McMurray, while the Royal Bank Cup will be held in Portage la Prairie, Man. Black Press sports reporters and editors have assessed the rosters and decided on the following finishes: 1. Penticton Vees Key Returnees: F Tyson Jost (23-22-45), Demico Hannoun (23-18-41), D Gabe Bast (9-31-40), Dante Fabbro (4-29-33), G Brendan Barry (10-20), 2.06 goals against average, 2 SO, .912 save percentage.

Rookie Sensations: F Owen Sillinger, 17, chose to play for Penticton after receiving heavy interest from Junior A teams such as the Vipers and Major Junior clubs. Sillinger captained the Regina Pat Canadians to a bronze medal at the Telus Cup Midget nationals last April and was the Telus Cup MVP, top scorer and top forward with six goals and 17 points in seven games.

Easton Brodzinski comes from a hockey family with two older brothers playing in college. Brodzinski played three years of high school hockey in Blaine, MN., and recorded 72 points in 80 games. He brings size (listed at 6-foot-2, 190 pounds) and skill.

D Sam Jones, 17, born in England and living in Penticton for the last five years, compiled 31 points in 28 games for the Okanagan Hockey Academy Prep Red, making him the second highest scorer in the league. Jones brings strong skating ability and a hard shot. Griffin Mendel, 16, won a Canadian Sport School Hockey League Prep Division championship with the Okanagan Hockey Academy. Selected by the Kootenay Ice in the first round of the WHL Bantam draft, the 6-foot-2 rearguard is responsible and intelligent.

Strengths: Early in training camp, the Vees displayed speed and skill. Captain Tyson Jost said while last year’s squad also possessed those abilities, he feels this group is a step ahead. The Vees will be led by NHL 2016 draft prospects, Jost and Fabbro.

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2. Salmon Arm Silverbacks Key Returnees: F Taro Hirose (18-32-50), Carson Bolduc (19-2544), Josh Blanchard (17-22-39), Ross Heidt (16-16-32), Colton Thibault (1214-26) and Josh Laframboise (12-1022). D Phil Middleton (8-17-25, 47 PIM), Damian Chrcek (1-10-11, 42 PIM). G Angus Redmond (24-22-3, 2.72 GAA, 5 SO, .910 save percentage.

Rookie Sensations: F Cam Coutre, 17, helped the Major Midget South Island Royals to the semifinals of the BCMML playoffs. Coutre racked up 17 goals and 40 points in 36 games. Coutre, who was used as a call up for the Silverbacks on eight occasions scored four points in the BCHL last year. The Silverbacks youngest player, Marcus Mitchell, 16, cracked the BCMML’s top 20 points table, racking up 22 goals and 46 points.

Strengths: The Silverbacks strength starts in goal with Angus Redmond, last year’s league leader with five shutouts.

The return of 14 players to the Silverbacks should bring leadership, maturity and stability to the squad. Silverbacks’ GM Troy Mick worked hard in the off season to bolster the blue line with the addition of two

sizeable and experienced defencemen in Aiden Salerno and Brett Stewart. New players in the lineup such as Cam Coutre, Marcus Mitchell, Sam De Melo and Elijiah Barriga should provide provide a spark of energy and enthusiasm.

Coach’s quote (Brandon West): “We have a team of 22 leaders that can compete with any team in the league. We are big, fast, strong and possess a high skill set that will translate to us being better in the corners and in front of the net where it counts.”

3. Vernon Vipers: Key Returnees: Leading scorer Liam Finlay is a dynamo who amassed 23 goals and 64 points after being dealt to Vernon from Penticton early last year. F Jagger Williamson was the youngest player on the Snakes’ roster last year and put up 8-20-28 as a 16-yearold. Forwards Colton McCarthy (10-15-25) and Trail native Riley Brandt (14-9-23) play with a wicked edge and can bring offence as well. Smooth D Mitchell Oliver (1-6-7) is the only d-man back. G Jarrod Schamerhorn (24-12-1, 2.71 GAA) was solid in 2014-15.

Rookie Sensations: Ultra-skilled centre Peter Tufto, a finalist for Mr. Hockey in Minnesota last year after ringing up 27 goals and 63 points with St. Thomas Academy. Tufto, 18, will play alongside his clone, Finlay.

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RW Jimmy Lambert, 18, pocketed 21 goals and 56 points with the Major Midget Saskatoon Contacts last year. Joe Sacco Jr. of Boston is a gritty 19-year-old who skates and shoots well. Sacco, whose father is an assistant coach with the NHL Bruins, supplied 22 goals with The Rivers School Red Wings of the U.S. High School league. C Joey Cipollone of Purchase, N.Y., amassed 51 points in 24 games with Harrison Select Hockey Academy and has locked up a scholarship to the University of New Hampshire Wildcats for the future. D Steven Jandric, 18, of Prince George, produced 18 goals and 54 points with the Major Midget Cariboo Cougars.

Strengths: The Vipers will start with a pair of 20-year-old net detectives with Alaskan Andrew Shortridge new to the club.

Shortridge had a 2.57 average with the NAHL Aberdeen Wings in South Dakota last season and was strong in the Vipers’ exhibition series. Ferner has won two Royal Bank Cups and lost another in the final with Vernon. A 19-year pro d-man, he has also coached at the Major Junior level and is an excellent teacher who commands respect. D Bo Pellah, a BCHL all-star and NHL-rated player a few years ago, will excite fans as a 20-year-old with wheels and puck-handling magic.

Coach’s Quote (Mark Ferner): “We are structurally ahead of the curve compared to this time last year. We’re inexperienced for sure, but we have speed, skills and lots of high hockey IQs. We built this team from the goalies out so we should be solid defensively.”

4. Trail Smoke Eaters: Key Returnees: F Harlan Orr (18-17-35), Max Newton (9-15-24), Kienan Scott (15-8-23), Cooper Leitch (7-8-15), Conner Brown-Maloski (8-6-14). D Jeremy Lucchini (1-12-13, 25 PIM), Evan MacEachern (3-21-24, 29 PIM), Ryan Swanson (5-19-24, 46 PIM), and Dexter McLeod (1-12-13, 35 PIM).

Rookie Sensations: Imports Nick Halloran, an 18-year-old Air Force commit from Draper, Utah and Army commit John Laurito, 19, from Johnston, RI, join the Smoke Eaters with speed to burn and a nice touch around the net. Kale Howarth, 18, from Red Deer was a surprise in camp as he cracked the lineup as a virtual unknown, and combines size and skill with good hockey sense.

Hometown additions Spencer McLean of Montrose and Ross Armour from Rossland were in the top three in scoring for the KIJHL Beaver Valley Nitehawks as 16-yearolds last year and will be major contributors this season.

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Organizers postpone Red Roof Duathlon Race seeks Tri-BC sanction

By Jim Bailey

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Red Roof Duathlon organizers put the scheduled Sunday event on hold this week.

Organizer Carol Currie says they made the tough decision to postpone the unique event due to a low number of registrants.

“We needed at least 30 to break even, and we didn’t have that.

There was still a few more days to register but we had to make a decision . . . There

were too many things we had to commit to by that day that were costly.”

The duathlon planned to highlight Trail’s iconic redroofed covered stair system with the first leg a 7.7 kilometre run from Gyro through West Trail, with a lengthy portion consisting of the stairs, before cycling 30 kilometres to the Waneta border and back, topped off by a 4.6 km run along the scenic Columbia River to the finish at Gyro Park.

Because it was the first one of its kind

held in Trail, the organization team did a good job marketing the event back in May, however, many competitors may have already committed to other events.

“We sent (information) to every triathlon club in B.C., Alberta, and a whole bunch down in Washington, so we did hit quite a few, but maybe a little too late in the season, people had already made their race plans, so we’ll get ahead of the game this time.”

While a definitive date has yet to be selected, Currie would

like to see the race go in April or May as a Triathlon BC sanctioned event and a lead up to the Bare Bones duathlon in Penticton in May. “We don’t want to interfere with that one (Penticton) . . . but ours could be a good training ground,” said Currie. “Where ours is unique is with the stairs and we picked some long ones.”

By postponing the race, organizers are hoping to get sanctioned as a Triathlon BC race, train officials, and benefit from increased advertising

Cents’ new coach rebuilding FROM PAGE 12 Strengths: The Smoke Eaters’ strength is spread over its four balanced lines. With a strong work ethic, speed, quick puck movement, and an aggressive forecheck, Trail has the ability to force the play and score throughout the lineup.

Also, the acquisition of highly touted netminders Bailey Macburnie, 20, from Beverly, Mass. and 6-foot-3 Linden Marshall, 17, from Victoria should provide solid and consistent goaltending.

Coach’s Quote: (Nick Deschenes) “There are some real bright spots, and some good moments, but now it’s a level playing field.

We have our 22 guys, everyone has their 22 guys, we have to figure out how well we can get our 22 to play and how far we can take the group.”

5. West Kelowna Warriors: Key Returnees: F Liam Blackburn (22-5173), F Jonathan Desbiens (27-27-54), F Kylar Hope (11-9-20), D Kristian Blumenschein (7-35-42) F/D Kyle Marino (3-1518), D Rylan Yaremko (4-13-17), F Brett Mennear (11-14-25) and F Garret Forster (17-28-45) who is new to the Warriors but was one of the Victoria Grizzlies’ top producers last season.

Rookie Sensations: The Warriors have high hopes for D Jake Harrison (7-13-20), 16, a West Kelowna product who played with Pursuit of Excellence Academy in Kelowna last season.

F Connor Sodergren (14-24-38) and F Quinn Forman (5-5-10) both come to the Warriors from Massachusetts, while F Reid Gunville (20-32-52) hails from Prince Albert, Sask. The three were effective playing on a line together in preseason.

G Daniel Manella (2.08 GAA, .927 save percentage) comes to West Kelowna after strong season of Junior A hockey in Oakville, Ont., while G Forbes Polszay (2.67 GAA, .914 save percentage), from Arizona, played in three locales last season, including with the Colorado Rampage U18s.

Strengths: The Warriors have a good core of veteran leaders, led by the team’s top scorer Liam Blackburn and newly-appointed captain Kyle Marino.

As has been the case with Warriors’ teams of recent years, a persistent, workmanlike approach will be the key to success. If the two new goaltenders, Manella and Polszay, live up to their advanced billing, the Warriors should be in good hands between the pipes.

Coach’s quote (Rylan Ferster): “We like the character that we have coming back. We’re fortunate to be bringing back some pretty key players, Blackburn, Desbiens, and Hope, and we’ve got some really good leadership with guys like

our captain Kyle Marino and Rylan Yaremko.

“This (Interior) division is going to be tough again and I think you’ll see two really good teams missing the playoffs.”

6. Merritt Centennials: Key Returnees: F Gavin Gould (24-35-59), F Colin Grannary (19-20-39), F Nick Fidanza (10-7-17), F Zak Bowles (11-14-25), D Malik Kaila (1-3-4), D Cole Arcuri (1-11-12), D Tyrell Buckley (0-6-6), G Anthony Pupplo (13-13-0).

Rookie Sensations: With only eight returning players from last year, new head coach and GM Joe Martin and his predecessor Luke Pierce spent the off-season looking for talent both up front and on the blueline.

Up front, Connecticut’s Nick Jermain, 19, put up some impressive numbers with his homestate Oilers of the EHL (11-25-36 in 38 games), while Kansas-born, Quinnipiac-bound Ryan Finnegan lit it up for the Baltimore Skipjacks of the USPHL with 17 goals and 20 assists in just 23 games. Surrey’s Michael Regush, 17, was a proven scorer with the Delta Hockey Academy last season (17-16-33); he recently committed to Cornell.

Tyler Wickman had a great year on defence with the Yale Academy in Abbotsford in 2014-15, as did big-bodied netminder Colten Lancaster with the Pursuit of Excellence in Kelowna.

Strengths: With 14 new faces in the lineup, it’s going to take some time for the Cents to gel. Their pre-season demonstrated that this year’s team has the firepower and speed to be competitive in the tough Interior division, while newcomers Faulkner and Fiorentino look like good additions to a blueline anchored by a healthy Kaila and Arcuri. Between the pipes, time will tell if the Pupplo-Lancaster tandem are up to the task of leading the Cents to glory in the post-Pierce era. Coach Martin will be capably assisted by new second-in-command Matt Samson, who led the North Van Wolfpack to a PIJHL title last season.

Coach’s Quote (Joe Martin): “With a new head coach in myself, with a new assistant coach in Matt, and a large number of first-year players, we have a significant challenge ahead to prove ourselves in the league this year. Our small group of veteran players will be called upon to take on much larger roles than they have had in the past.

I see it as a new beginning, and a tremendous opportunity for all of us to put our stamp on the team’s future successes.”

Contributors include: Jim Bailey, Trail, Evan Buhler in Salmon Arm, Warren Henderson in West Kelowna, Ian Webster in Merritt, Emanuel Sequeira in Penticton and Kevin Mitchell in Vernon.

window and promoting it further afield.

“It goes on their (Triathlon BC) website with all the sanctioned races, which gives it some credibility as well as coverage provincially and interprovincially at the race, and we’re also looking at how to organize some corporate challenges.”

The race also garnered support from Columbia Basin Trust, Teck, and the

LeRoi Foundation, with much of its proceeds to be donated to Sanctuary and the Trail Hospice Society.

“It was disappointing, but we just felt that we’ve had some really good support and we didn’t want to waste that funding, we wanted to make sure the race was doing some of the things we wanted it to do, and that involves having more people here.”

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Sabres sign Franson Scoreboard THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Buffalo Sabres have added veteran depth to their defence by signing free-agent Cody Franson to a twoyear contract worth $6.65 million.

The team announced the signing Thursday of the former Beaver Valley Nitehawk, a week before players report for training camp.

A person familiar with the contract provided its value to The Associated Press and spoke on the condition

of anonymity because the Sabres did not release that figure.

Franson will make $4 million this season, the person said.

Last year, Franson, a Sicamous native, had a career-best 36 points (seven goals, 29 assists) in 78 games split between Nashville and Toronto.

Overall, he has 35 goals and 134 assists in 400 career games over six seasons Franson has an opportunity to be a top-four blue-liner in Buffalo.

He becomes the latest off-season addition to a retooling Sabres team coming off two consecutive last-place finishes.

As a 16-year-old, Franson played for the Nitehawks in the 200304 season scoring 10 goals and adding 22 assists before moving onto the Vancouver Giants of the WHL where he won a Memorial Cup in 2007.

Franson was drafted by the Nashville Predators in the third round of the 2005 NHL draft, 79th overall.

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Wenatchee at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Penticton at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m.

Langley at Surrey, 7 p.m.

Trail at Vernon, 7 p.m.

Merritt at West Kelowna, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s games Wenatchee at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Coquitlam at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.

Alberni Valley at Cowichan Valley, 7 p.m.

Nanaimo at Powell River, 7:15 p.m.

Vernon at Trail, 7:30 p.m.

West Kelowna at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games Nanaimo at Powell River,

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Coquitlam at Surrey, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, September 15 Salmon Arm at Merritt, 7 p.m.

Trail at West Kelowna, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, September 16 Vernon at Penticton, 7 p.m.

KIJHL Neil Murdoch Division Matches Today’s Games Beaver Valley at Spokane 7 p.m.

North Okanagan at Grand Forks 7 p.m.

Fernie at Castlegar 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Nelson 7 p.m.

Saturday Games Kelowna at Beaver Valley 7:30 p.m.

Summerland at Grand Forks 7 p.m.

Fernie at Nelson 7 p.m.

North Okanagan at Spokane 7 p.m.

Sunday Kelowna at Castlegar 2 p.m.

Grand Forks at Spokane 2 p.m.

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7 day forecast: down 0 to 3 inches 2015 peak:1747.14 ft. / 2014 peak:1750.37 ft.

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7 day forecast: down 0 to 3 inches

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Little League is getting younger. The organization announced Thursday it is changing its age requirement, phasing 13-year-olds out of the division that plays in the annual Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

They are doing that by changing the league’s “age determination date” to Aug. 31. That will prevent anyone who turns 13 during the baseball season from playing in the major division of Little League baseball.

The change, which affects all divisions from tee-ball up, fully takes effect beginning in 2018.

The current birthdate cutoff of April 30 will remain in effect in 2016 and 2017 for players born on or before Aug. 31, 2005.

Little League District Administrators had voted in 2014 to move the age cutoff date to Dec. 31.

But Stephen D. Keener, the league’s president and CEO, said they moved it again after getting feedback from parents, coaches and others.

The administrators felt the Aug. 31 date would be more appropriate in meeting “the goal of making the Little League Baseball Division truly a 12 and under program, while also mitigating the impact to those currently participating in the Little League program,” Keener said.

The move to Aug. 31 also will bring its registration in line with most school districts, allowing more kids to play with their classmates.

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oday’s the day staff to learn quickfor the start ly about the qualof hockey seaity and depth of the son - both the current roster when BCHL and the KIJHL measured against a kick off tonight. quality opponent and Locally, the first do what they can to chance for fans to get make sure the midout and support their season swoon that DAVE teams is Saturday. has become a regular Trail hosts the return Smoke Eater thing game with the Vernon does not happen.

Sports ‘n’ Things Vipers and Beaver Meantime, of Valley, after opening course, even mediin Spokane, will face the Kelowna ocre Trail teams of recent seasons Chiefs at the Hawks’ Nest. have provided great, affordable The Nitehawks, always a strong entertainment at Cominco Arena. contender in their league and often That is a good reason, along with beyond, seem assured of another oft-professed, “home town pride,” to successful year, with many more to get to the rink Saturday. follow as long as the community has The BCHL may provide the most an appetite to support them. exciting level of hockey outside of For the Smokies, who are increas- the Stanley Cup finals - we all know ingly desperate for success and have regular season NHL games are reguseemed on the brink of franchise larly boring - and it would be a good calamity in recent years, this week- thing to maintain a franchise here end will be a very strong indication for many more reasons than just the of their 2015/16 prospects. quality of entertainment provided.

The Vipers, on paper at least, Attendance numbers that are an seem to have a very similar team increase over last season, along with makeup to the Smokies, with less a playoff spot, are the only ways to than half their previous roster change the financial picture enough returning and only a small per- to make keeping the local franchise centage of its players home grown. a realistic idea.

Given that Vernon is a perennial So go, Saturday and more often. playoff contender, how the Smoke • Keep your fingers crossed Eaters match up with them, even through Tuesday that we will not this early in the season, could be a have the costs of another Canadian strong indication of the club’s pros- dip into the IOC cesspool coming pects for long term season success. out of our pockets in 2024. Toronto Omens are not everything, how- has until then to submit an expresever. The Smokies won their first sion of interest in bidding for that two games last year, and arguably year’s summer games. outplayed both Pentiction and Remember, all three big party Salmon Arm on home ice in the leaders will jump on board - it is an next two, but finished that weekend election season, after all - with putat 2-2 and ended up not making the ting the IOC in charge of billions of post season. dollars of taxpayer spending again, However this weekend goes, it whether they know the games are a will be incumbent on the coaching corrupt fools’ endeavour or not.

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The joys of a staycation

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typical back to school assignment, when I was a kid, was to write about our summer vacations. I never cared for the topic. I had nothing much to write about, or so I thought. At the time, I did not realize that the spirit of a vacation is sometimes more important that its activities.

I spent the summers of my childhood at home doing ordinary things, like eating sandwiches on the porch while sipping Kool-Aid, and playing outside until the streetlights came on.

The most exciting thing that happened was the arrival of the ice cream truck in the neighbourhood. Occasionally, my family went huckleberry picking or took off for the day to picnic near a lake or stream.

We were masters at the staycation, long before the concept became trendy.

By chance, I took a staycation this summer. It came upon me in the form of a seventeen-year-old louise relative who was studying English at a nearby college. She weekends free.

Everyday Theology had We spent them swimming in lakes and hot springs, wandering local markets, picnicking in parks, visiting local heritage sites and canoeing at a wildlife sanctuary. My visitor’s enthusiasm for the things that I considered ordinary and ho-hum renewed my appreciation for familiar places and landscapes.

My staycation had the added benefit of deepening my understanding of hospitality and building a friendship. Initially, in my heart, I was a reluctant tour guide. As I extended myself, I became more generous in spirit. Hospitality, I discovered, not only includes acts of generosity that everyone can see, like inviting someone to dinner or showing them the sights. It is also an attitude of the heart that enables us to joyfully meet the needs and receive the gifts of the other person.

A few weeks after the departure of our visitor, my family headed off for two-weeks at a nearby lake.

The first week was glorious with sunny, blue skies, but then the wind shifted and the smoke from a forest fire settled in. Poor air quality forced us to spend the bulk of that week indoors. The enforced family togetherness could have resulted in frayed tempers. But, like my unplanned staycation, it turned out to be a gift.

The smoke seemed to muffle sound and slow time. It literally shrunk the horizon before us, limiting our view to a few feet beyond the edge of the dock. We began to enjoy the stillness that contrasted with our modus operandi of getting things done. The shrunken visual horizon expanded the interior horizon of the heart. It fanned a spirit of comity among us as we waited optimistically for a benevolent wind (that never came) to clear the skies.

This summer, I found gifts in unexpected circumstances. A staycation renewed my appreciation for the familiar and nurtured a more generous heart. A hazy horizon reminded me that there is value in stillness and a beauty in doing nothing.

Trail, BC resident Louise McEwan is a freelance religion writer with degrees in English and Theology. She has a background in education and faith formation. Her blog is faithcolouredglasses.blogspot.com. Contact her at mcewan.lou@gmail.com

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The Refugee Question “Lord you hear the desire of the afflicted you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless and the oppressed...”

Palms 10:17, 18 Our hearts have been touched by the refugee crisis in Europe. Questions have risen as to whether or not we are meeting our moral obligati0ns as one of the world’s wealthy nations. As Christians we are called to care for our neighbours, and protect the vulnerable, the needy and the oppressed. God specifically commands us to treat the foreigner with justice and compassion.

Leviticus 24:22 tells us “when a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall do him no wrong…you shall love him as yourself”.

It seems that we lose sensitivity to the plight of others less fortunate than ourselves. A few generations ago many

of our forefathers came to this country looking for a better life, a future. I listened to a journalist from Syria on national news say, “if I stay in the country, I will die”. That’s a sobering thought. The Syrians face a country torn apart from years of civil war; they lack food, shelter and security. These people have little hope for their future and they know that if they stay, they face certain death. Given these options they risk everything for a possible better tomorrow. Like so many foreigners in the past; they hope that we in the west will be compassionate.

The task is daunting, the cost high, but to whom much is given, much is required. We must defend the fatherless and the oppressed, because our Father does.

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keep his hands to himself. How part with. It has nothing to do with can I get him to stop calling me? keeping a house clean. After getting a few glimpses of -- Lonely, Not Lusting hoarders on TV, I don’t Dear Lonely: Please understand how this be honest with this can be called “enterlothario. Tell him you tainment.” Who would were highly offended by allow their home to be his vulgar display at the filmed for all the world end of your date, and to see? I believe these you are not interested scenes are staged. This in seeing him again. Add sick curiosity, spoonthat you are not looking Marcy Sugar & fed by the networks, is for a physical relationKathy Mitchell but another example ship and he would be of society’s downslide. better off with someone who is. We suggest you write Any comment? -- Disgusted with these words down, practice saying Programming Dear Disgusted: Hoarding is a them, and then read them to Mr. Inappropriate when he next calls form of mental illness, and we agree so you don’t stumble or become that it should not be displayed for flustered. He deserves to know the public amusement. Nonetheless, as truth, and you deserve to be left in long as people watch these programs and advertisers pay to propeace.

Dear Annie: Would you clarify mote their products on them, they the difference between hoarding will continue. The upside is, such and being a filthy pig housekeeper? programs bring awareness to the Hoarding, to me, is filling your public and, in most instances, these home with stuff that you cannot homes are professionally cleaned

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Dear Annie: I am a widow in my 80s. I recently was introduced to a widower who seemed friendly and had a good sense of humor. He asked me out for dinner and the conversation went well. But when he took me home, he kissed me and grabbed my breast. I was absolutely not expecting this from a supposedly “nice” guy, and especially not on a first date. What on earth would he expect on a second date?

At my age, I am not looking for a romantic or physical relationship.

I should have slapped his face for being so forward, or at least let him know it was not appropriate.

This man has called several times since then, but I will not answer the phone because I don’t know how to tell him that I don’t want to accompany him anywhere ever again. I have many widowed lady friends, and we get together often for lunches, movies, etc., and I am perfectly happy with that. I don’t need to feel uncomfortable in the presence of a man who can’t

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Real Estate Acreage for Sale In the matter of the Estate of ROLF BERNECE WEBB, AKA ROLF WEBB, AKA ROLF BERNICE WEBB, deceased, (the “Estate”) and the lands located at Vector Road Sheep Creek and legally described as: That Part of Parcel A (Reference Plan 61457I) lying East of the Nelson-Nelway Highway Sublot 36 District Lot 1236 Kootenay District Plan X69 except Part included in Plan 10200, Parcel Identifier 009371-010 (108 acres) Lot 2 District Lot 1236 Kootenay District Plan 10200, Parcel Identifier 012-951-226 (0.35 acres)

108 Rosewood Dr, Fruitvale

529,500

S

Fruitvale

Quick Possession, 2 Beds + Den, Garage, Private Yard

$

D OL

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

Joy DeMelo

WWW .H OME T EAM . CA

A-CHEAP, LOWEST PRICES STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock. 40’ containers as low as $2,200DMG. Huge freezers.

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

Misc. for Sale

E.TRAIL, 1169 Columbia Ave. Saturday, Sept.12th, 9am-5pm Fruitvale. 166 Mill Road. Sat. Sept. 12. 8am - 2pm. Paints, canvases, trays, garden tools, toys, 2 freezers.

GLENMERRY, 3772 & 3917 Woodland Dr. Sat. Sept.12, 9am-? Multi-Family.

Ron Darlene 250.368.1162 250.231.0527 ron@hometeam.ca darlene@hometeam.ca

!

See

Waneta, 7999 Birchwood Drive.

Rain or shine. Too many items to list. Books, furniture, clothing, garden pots, etc.

Saturday, Sept.12th, 7am-12noon

Garage Sales

KOOTENAY Duct Cleaners .

Locally owned & operated , affordable , professional and insured Duct Cleaning services & system sterilizations .Toll Free 1-844-428-0522 Free Estimates .

Houses For Sale

st Mu

MONTROSE, 810 7th Street, Sat.& Sun., Sept.12 & 13, 8am-1pm.

ESTATE SALE. Household stuff. Tools, hand and power. Old new antique.

Garden equipment. Weight bench and weights.

BC INSPECTED

GRADED AA OR BETTER LOCALLY GROWN NATURAL BEEF Hormone Free Grass Fed/Grain Finished Freezer Packages Available Quarters/Halves $4.90/lb Hanging Weight Extra Lean Ground Beef Available TARZWELL FARMS 250-428-4316 Creston

MLS#2406351

$

175,000

Lot 7 District Lot 1236 Kootenay District Plan 10200, Parcel Identifier 006-191-860 (0.47 acres) Lot 11 District Lot 1236 Kootenay District Plan 10200, Parcel Identifier 006-191-894 (0.36 acres) Invitations are being accepted for written bids for the purchase of these properties “as is where is” and with no representations. Offers must be without conditions and for completion of the sale by no later than October 30, 2015.

Bids are to be submitted to Joni D. Metherell, the Administrator of the Estate, at 3011665 Ellis Street, Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y 2B3 (facsimile 250-762-5219), by no later than September 30, 2015. The Estate may accept a bid or bids, or refuse all bids.

Houses For Sale TRAIL, BC, 3bdrm., all new kitchen w/maple cabinets & stainless appliances, new bathroom, new windows & new finished basement. Priced for quick sale at $129,500. Vacant. 250-231-7357

Rentals

Large six bedroom home.

Includes a 2 bedroom suite.

Apt/Condo for Rent

Fruitvale

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

2004 Caughlin Road

MLS#2405032

5 Bedroom 3 Bath Newer home. Fenced Yard

369,000

$

Let Our Experience Move You.

, 1 , 1- , 9

269,900

$

Reduced!

MLS#2401946

29

All Pro Realty Ltd. 1148 Bay Avenue, Trail

229,900

Super Home.

250.368.5000 EXT

$

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

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

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

F/S $850/mo.

Heat included.

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

N/P. Utilities included. 250368-1312.

TRAIL, 2bd.&bach. apt.

Friendly, quiet secure bldg.

Heat incl.n/p,n/s.250-368-5287

Trail Times Friday, September 11, 2015

www.trailtimes.ca A19

Classifieds Rentals

Rentals

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

Apt/Condo for Rent

Homes for Rent

TRAIL, Rossland Ave. 3bdrm.

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

250-368-1015

W.TRAIL, 2Bdrm. in 4-plex., enclosed parking. $600./mo.

250-551-1106

TRY A CLASSIFIED AD

Commercial/ Industrial

NICE Home- West Trail. Many recent renos Hardwood & fireplace Deck & large storage shed 2 + 1 bdr. F/S/W/D NS/NP $850 + utilities References 250-521-0275

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

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

Good access. 250-368-1312

Houses For Sale

Houses For Sale

Houses For Sale

OPEN HOUSE Sat. Sept. 12 12:30 - 2:30 pm

MLS 2402433

2024 8th Ave

189,900

$

MLS 2403918

1667 Cedar Ave

155,000

$

MLS 2407651

155,000

$

SOLD 952 Nelson Ave MLS 2405982

973 Nelson Ave

129,900

$

MLS 2406844

1740 2nd Ave, Rossland MLS 2400805

125,000

$

Patty Leclerc-Zanet

ROYAL R E A L

Pursuant to Section 403 of the Local Government Act, the following properties will be offered for sale by public auction to be held in the Council Chambers, City of Trail Municipal Hall, 1394 Pine Avenue, Trail, B.C. on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. unless the Delinquent Taxes, plus interest, are sooner paid.

E S TAT E

PRO

N E T WO R K

I N C

250 231 4490

r.p.d.@telus.net

P.I.D.

ROLL NUMBER

CIVIC ADDRESS

LOT

BLOCK

KLD PLAN #

DISTRICT LOT

FREEFORM LEGALS

232-000134.000

1389 BAY AVE

19

9

NEP465

230

Lot 20, Block 9, Plan NEP465, Lot 230,

016-313-798, 016-313-801, 016-313-810

232-000160.000

901 HELENA ST

20

11

NEP465

230

Lot 19, Block 11, Plan NEP465, Lot 230,

232-000193.000 232-000545.000 232-000693.000

1557 PINE AVE 1786 BAY AVE 1414 ASH ST

17 1 4

13 45 55

NEP465 NEP465D NEP465D

230 230 230

232-000706.000 232-001350.000 232-001371.000

1422 GREEN AVE 637 BINNS ST 112 ROSSLAND AVE

9 B 36

56 26

NEP465D NEP748 NEP748

230 1073 1073

011-479-566, 011-479-582 010-394-362 016-702-450 012-062-944, 012-063-011 011-534-133 005-513-201 016-076-117

232-001442.000 232-001445.100 232-001587.000 232-001652.000 232-001683.000 232-002161.000 232-002204.000

509 ROSSLAND AVE 437 ROSSLAND AVE 2070 RIVERSIDE AVE 2126 TOPPING ST 2164 DANIEL ST 1577 THIRD AVE 1874 FOURTH AVE

C 1 1 11 22 10 12

NEP5834 NEP88405 NEP78861 NEP1312 NEP1312 NEP1262 NEP1262

1073 1073 4598 4598 4598 2919 2919

232-003005.001

28 HAZLEWOOD DR

232-003054.000 232-003311.000 232-003442.000 232-003478.010 232-003479.168 232-003538.000 232-003747.000 232-003817.000 232-004507.120 232-004511.000

1181 MARIANNA CRES 2125 SIXTH AVE 2399 TENTH AVE 3446 HIGHWAY DR 1224 PRIMROSE ST 3211 HIGHWAY DR 3531 HIGHWAY DR 3611 CARNATION DR 8121 BIRCHWOOD DR 5800 HIGHWAY 3B

NEP2841 NEP1684 NEP2361 NEP75810 NEP9512 NEP2551 NEP2624 NEP4687 NEP78924 NEP19472

367 4598 4598 4598 4598 4598 4598 4598 4598 4598

EXC PCL A (SEE 116351I), Parcel A, Lot 3, Block

2465 Albert Dr, Trail

MLS 2406888

1378 4th Ave

Notice of 2015 Tax Sale

D 6 4 A 84 2 18 1 8 1

24 26

18 2 3 11 3

Parcel B, (SEE 23076I).

Except Plan THAT PT...

EXPL PL 34192I, & EXC THAT Parcel B, (SEE 176219I) .

Except Plan 4431.

Subsidy Lot 5.

Parcel B, (SEE 23795I), Lot 13, Block 26, Plan Lease/Permit/Licence # 402006, UNSURVEYED

014-327-783 027-934-276 026-395-533 015-883-523 012-980-951 013-950-576 015-846-989, 015-846-997 015-053-032 015-683-711 007-979-398 025-980-424 008-440-361 015-292-878 015-126-757 014-970-171 026-405-318 017-452-449

Any payments made after 3:00 p.m. on Friday, September 4th, 0 are not reĂ eFted on this Oist.

7hese properties Fan be redeemed after September , 0 by payinJ aOO the oXtstandinJ ta[es, inFOXdinJ interest and penaOty, Zithin one year sXbMeFt to fXrther e[tensions at the approYaO of &ity &oXnFiO.

www.allprorealty.ca All Pro Realty Ltd. 1148 Bay Ave, Trail 250.368.5000 www.facebook.com/allprorealtyltdtrailbc

OPEN HOUSE HOUSE OPEN

Sat.Sept.

Sept. 12 12 •• 10am 10am -- 12pm 12pm Sat.

2039Caughlin CaughlinRoad, Road,FRUITVALE FRUITVALE 2039 MLS#2400265 MLS#2400265

$439,000 $439,000

XCELLENT N NEIGHBOURHOOD EIGHBOURHOOD EEXCELLENT

OPEN HOUSE HOUSE OPEN

Sat. Sept.

Sept. 12 12 •• 10am 10am -- 12pm 12pm Sat.

690 Kipling Kipling Street, Street,WARFIELD WARFIELD 690

GREAT REAT V VIEW IEW & &G GREAT REAT H HOUSE OUSE G

WARFIELD WARFIELD MLS#2406206 MLS#2406206

$169,900 $169,900

GREAT REAT F FAMILY AMILY H HOME OME G

TRAIL TRAIL MLS#2404686 MLS#2404686

WayneDeWitt DeWitt Wayne cell:250-368-1617 250-368-1617 cell:

$399,000 $399,000

RIVERFRONT IVERFRONT P PROPERTY ROPERTY R

FRUITVALE FRUITVALE MLS#2404200 MLS#2404200

$193,000 $193,000

MLS#2406668 MLS#2406668

$355,000 $355,000

WANETA WANETA MLS#2404642 MLS#2404642

Mario Berno Berno Mario cell:250-368-1027 250-368-1027 cell:

$239,000 $239,000

OPEN HOUSE HOUSE OPEN

Sat. Sept.

Sept. 12 12 •• 10am 10am -- 12pm 12pm Sat.

452 Whitman Whitman Way, Way, WARFIELD WARFIELD 452 MLS#2407733 MLS#2407733

BRAND RAND N NEW EW C CONSTRUCTION ONSTRUCTION B

$349,900

OCATION!! L LOCATION OCATION!! L LOCATION OCATION!!

LLOCATION

EAST TRAIL TRAIL EAST MLS#2401498 MLS#2401498

Thea Stayanovich Stayanovich Thea 250-231-1661 250-231-1661

$109,000 $109,000

$439,000 $499,000

TRAIL MLS#2402980

$169,000

FEELS EELS L LIKE IKE A ACREAGE CREAGE F

WARFIELD WARFIELD MLS#2405262 MLS#2405262

Keith DeWitt DeWitt Keith 250-231-8187 250-231-8187

$188,800

FAMILY AMILY H HOME OME F

ROSSLAND ROSSLAND MLS#2402486 MLS#2402486

$459,000

UPDATED

EAST TRAIL TRAIL EAST MLS#2407909 MLS#2407909

Realtors

Fred Behrens Behrens Fred 250-368-1268 250-368-1268

IMMEDIATE POSSESSION

2381 McBride McBride Street, TRAIL 2381 MLS#2400265 MLS#2400265

EW LISTING ISTING NEW

FRUITVALE FRUITVALE MLS#2407988 MLS#2407988

Contact Our

Tom Gawryletz Gawryletz Tom 250-368-5000 250-368-5000

$349,000

OPEN HOUSE

Sat. Sept.

Sept. 12 • 12:30 - 2:30 Sat.

$275,000 $275,000

GLENMERRY GLENMERRY MLS#2405358 MLS#2405358

Denise Marchi Marchi Denise 250-368-1112 250-368-1112

$289,000 $289,000

Joy DeMelo DeMelo Joy 250-368-1960 250-368-1960

A20 www.trailtimes.ca

Friday, September 11, 2015 Trail Times

local

SAVE! SAVE! SAVE! Cheapest & coldest

DOLBY 7.1 SURROUND SOUND

Sept 11-15

beer in the Kootenays!

Cold, open late, easy in & out parking

-3º

$139,000

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

Call Richard 250-368-7897

Open 9am - 11pm daily 250.368.3355

1597 Bay Ave, Trail 24 Hour: 250-364-2114 www.royaltheatretrail.com

KOOTENAY HOMES INC.

WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME. NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!

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

ICE NEW PR

STING NEW LI

ICE NEW PR

Mark Wilson 250-231-5591

mark.wilson@century21.ca

250-231-1101

118 Hosmer Road, Tadanac

$249,000

What a charmer! This 3 bdrm home offers beautiful décor, colours, mouldings, and kitchen. Beautiful yard and great parking with double carport and single car garage.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

7551 Devito Drive, Trail

1221 Blackbear Drive, Rossland

One level living!

This single family home has a beautiful yard.

Come take a look!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Completely rebuilt down to the studs! This 2 bdrm home is in a quiet location with amazing views. Put this one on your viewing list today!

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

$299,000

$320,000

3470 Carnation Drive, Trail

$239,500

Wow! Move in ready. This 4 bdrm, 2 bath home is in fantastic condition with all of the right updates. Excellent floor plan and downstairs completed. Flat fenced yard and covered patio all add up to make this an excellent home. Call today!

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

NEW

PRICE

SOLD

Here’s your chance to get into the Real Estate market. Affordable home situated on a large 60x100 lot with fruit trees and garden.

2 bdrms and a full walk-out basement. Plenty of parking for all the toys. Bright and sunny Call Christine (250) 512-7653

$279,000

4 bdrm 3 bath Tadanac home on double lot. Upgraded wiring & roof, elegant Great Room with fireplace and H/W floors. Roomy master has walk in closet & ensuite. Down offers 2 bedrooms, 3 pc bath / laundry combo and workshop.

Terry 250-231-1101

Tonnie Stewart

250-365-9665

tonniestewart@shaw.ca

Mary Martin 250-231-0264

mary.martin@century21.ca

Richard Daoust richard.daoust@century21.ca

287 McNab Street, Warfield

$139,000

Located on the Trail Creek, this home has tons of charm!

SOLD

Mary Amantea

250-521-0525

mamantea@telus.net

Bill Craig

250-231-2710

bill.craig@century21.ca

Deanne Lockhart 1473 Brown Street, Trail

1450 5th Avenue, Trail

$195,000

$81,000

Tonnie Stewart (250) 365-9665

NEW

$165,000

terryalton@shaw.ca 108 Ritchie Ave, Tadanac

250-368-7897

$159,000

Gorgeous views and priced to sell!

This 2 bedroom home is move-in-ready!

LISTING

250-231-0153

deannelockhart@shaw.ca

Art Forrest

250-368-8818 c21art@telus.net

Christine Albo 250-512-7653

christine.albo@century21.ca

2 bdrm suite $625 + utils NP / NS

ICE NEW PR

2 bdrm suite $650 + utils NP / NS

981 Spokane St, Rossland

653 Turner Street, Warfield

3 bdrm, 2 bath house $800 + utils - NS / NP

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

Call your REALTOR® now.

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

Perfect starter, retiree, or “empty nester”. This open floor plan style 2 bdrm, 1 bath home features upgraded plumbing , wiring, heating, newer kitchen and bathroom and laminate floors.

Excellent value here!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

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

Dark Water/Death in Heaven 7pm

www.bestwesterntrail.com

1460 5th Avenue, Trail

2 bdrm fully furnished condo everything included. $940

Doctor Who:

Best Western Plus Columbia River Hotel, Trail

1823 Kootenay Ave, Rossland

Saturday, September 12 • 11am - 1pm

TRAIL RENTALS 2 bdrm, 1 bath upper suite $750 + utils - NS / NP

Sept 16 & 17

Terry Alton

OPEN HOUSE

RENTALS

Inside Out

Located in the award winning

The Local Experts™

1724 - 3rd Avenue, Trail

Join us at KSCU Haley Park 7:30pm

That’s just $799 for a 6-pack!

frost y’s

SOLD

Fri-Tue 7pm Sun 2pm

12 Pack Budweiser only $1599

COLD

STING NEW LI

No Escape

Fri, Sept 11

EXTREEEEEEEMLY

liquor store

HIGH FRAME RATE 3D

$266,000

$139,000

Dave Thoss 770 Tennyson Avenue, Warfield

$189,000

3 bdrm Warfield charmer with lots of updates.

Quick possession possible!

250-231-4522

dave.thoss@century21.ca

Dan Powell Christina Lake 250-442-6413

powelldanielk@gmail.com

Jody Audia

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

250-364-3977

jody.audia@century21.ca