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Advance voting in riding doubles

By Martha Wickett

MARKET NEWS STAFF

Like the rest of the country, North Okanagan-Shuswap voters are turning out in force at advance polls.

Elections Canada released preliminary numbers Wednesday, showing that Canada-wide, 3.6 million electors had voted at the advance polls – a 71 per cent increase over the 2,100,855 advance voters

in 2011 during the last federal election.

In the North Okanagan-Shuswap riding, 16,213 voters cast an advance ballot over the Thanksgiving weekend – about a 50 per cent increase over 2011 when the unofficial number was 8,265.

Lineups could be seen at the Salmon Arm advance poll throughout the weekend.

Elections Canada notes the increase countrywide is due in part to an additional advance voting day on Sunday, offered for the first time. However, its news release also points out: “Over 850,000 Canadians voted on Friday and over 1.2 million on Monday, representing the two busiest days of advance voting ever.”

In an interview with Elections

Canada media rep Susan Friend during the 2011 election, she said the advance poll numbers aren’t indicative of what’s going to happen on election day.

She noted that even though advance polls in B.C. saw high numbers, they translated into only 10 per cent of the vote.

“Traditionally it’s not an indicator of anything,” she said.

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Polls indicate tight race

Election: Surveys put either NDP or Conservatives ahead.

By Lachlan Labere

MARKET NEWS STAFF

A sudden proliferation of local polling results offer more for North Okanagan-Shuswap voters to ponder before the Oct. 19 federal election.

As of Tuesday, three polls had been conducted in the North Okanagan-Shuswap riding.

One was commissioned by local residents, another by the organization Leadnow.ca and a third by the Liberal Party of Canada. The former two, when compared to the Liberal poll, paint a different election outcome for the Liberal and NDP positions.

The Leadnow polling results – a sampling of 755 eligible voters in the riding – are the latest to be released. It suggests 37 per cent of eligible voters in the riding will be casting their ballots for NDP candidate Jacqui Gingras, 33 per cent for Conservative candidate Mel Arnold, 22 per cent for Liberal Cindy Derkaz and eight per cent for Green candidate Chris George. Five per cent are undecided.

The results of this poll are in response to two questions, “If the federal election were held tomorrow, which one of the following parties would you vote for here in the riding of North Okanagan-Shuswap,” and “Even though you are undecided, is there a party’s candidate that you are leaning towards.”

It was conducted by Environics Analytics between Oct. 9 and 11, by telephone, using interactive voice response technology and random sampling, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 per cent, 19 times

out of 20. The results can be found at https:// www.votetogether.ca/ riding/59020/northokanaganshuswap/.

On Saturday, Oct. 10, polling company Mainstreet Technologies conducted a telephone survey in the riding funded by the local Liberal campaign.

To the question: “If the election were held today, which candidate would you vote for,” 38 per cent of respondents said Arnold, 22 per cent said NDP candidate Jacqui Gingras, 20 per cent said Liberal candidate Cindy Derkaz and four per cent said Green candidate Chris George.

Ten per cent of respondents were undecided.

To the follow-up question, If you knew your preferred candidate wouldn’t win, which candidate would you vote for, Arnold received 24 per cent, Derkaz 20 per cent, Gingras 18 per cent and George 12 per cent, while 26 per cent remained undecided.

A total of 567 people were interviewed in this survey, available at http://cindyderkaz. liberal.ca/ndp-supportfading-fast-in-northokanagan-shuswap/, using random number selection, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 per cent, 19 times out of 20.

“The national polls make it clear that Justin Trudeau is the only leader, and the Liberals are the only party who can replace Stephen Harper,” said Derkaz in a news release accompanying the Liberal poll. “The Mainstreet survey confirms the same trend in the North Okanagan-Shuswap.

The NDP are fading fast here as well.”

Derkaz says the results of the Liberal poll paint a very different picture from another poll, conducted on Oct. 5 and 6 by polling company Oraclepoll. This poll, which surveyed 312 eligible voters in the riding, shows the NDP leading the Liberals by a much wider margin and narrowly beating out the Conservatives.

To the Oraclepoll question: “If a federal election were held today, which party and its candidate in the riding of North Okanagan Shuswap would you most likely vote for or be leaning towards at this time,” 41 per cent of (109 of 264) respondents chose Gingras.

Thirty-eight per cent (99) said Arnold, 12 per cent (31) said Liberal Cindy Derkaz and nine per cent (25) said Green candidate Chris George.

To the follow-up question, “Is there a party or several parties you may be leaning towards,” 31.3 per cent (15 respondents) said the Liberal camp, 27.1 per cent (13) said the Conservatives, 20.8 per cent (10) said the NDP, 8.3 per cent (4) said the Green Party and 12.5 per cent (6) said they didn’t know.

The complete Oraclepoll results can be found at http://pollokanaganshuswap.weebly.com. It was commissioned by Warren Bell, and funded by a non-partisan group of 25 voting-age residents in the riding.

Derkaz dismisses the Oraclepoll results, noting the non-partisan group is connected to Renewing Democracy Through Co-operation.

“The group (Renewing Democracy) was started by Jacqui Gin-

gras and she has been very involved in it,” said Derkaz.

“The whole poll is rather dubious. The sample size is very small. Our results from 23,000 attempted contacts and door knockings show something different. We are very strong and ahead of the NDP.” Bell, spokesperson for the residents who commissioned the poll, says some are members of Renewing Democracy and some are not, and the poll was nonpartisan.

Gingras confirms she was a member of Renewing Democracy, but stepped away when the campaign began.

“I haven’t contributed any money to the poll or participated in the poll,” she said.

Bell, meanwhile, calls the Liberal poll skewed, noting its 66 per cent of female respondents is well over the regional proportion, as is the 52 per cent of respondents aged 65 and over.

As for the Oraclepoll results, Gingras, said they’re an accurate reflection of what she and her campaigners have been hearing on the hustings. George, too, said the Oraclepoll results are consistent with what he’s heard, while Arnold says there’s no clear outcome until election day. The Oraclepoll results have a margin of error of +/5.5 per cent, 19 out of 20 times. The poll was conducted by telephone with live operators at Oraclepoll, who were using computer-assisted techniques of telephone interviewing and random number selection.

-With files from the Vernon Morning Star.

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Woman faces animal cruelty charges Criminal charges have been approved against a Silver Creek woman after the SPCA seized 13 of her horses in late 2013 and early 2014.

Charlene Robinson is facing two charges: willfully causing or permitting unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal and neglect or failing to provide adequate food, water and care to an animal. The SPCA responded to concerns that animals were being ill-treated and the animals were eventually determined to be in distress under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. Those horses have been re-homed; however, the BC SPCA is still in need of homes for other horses.

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Police seize drugs, electronics An RCMP search on the Thanksgiving weekend uncovered stolen property and drugs.

On Oct. 11 at 9:10 a.m., Salmon Arm RCMP received a report of a suspicious vehicle in the 3000 block of the Trans‐Canada Highway.

The RCMP located the vehicle with a 32-year-old local male resident in the driver’s seat.

Police report the man is known to them and was found to be in breach of court-ordered alcohol and weapons conditions from charges in Alberta. Once the man was arrested, the vehicle was searched.

The police recovered electronics, which appeared to have been stolen from vehicles, as well as drugs and breakin tools for vehicles and buildings.

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Voting process must evolve

We put a man on the moon nearly half a century ago, we’ve cured diseases and we can watch TV on our phones.

Yet, despite all these advances, we’re still voting with pencils and little slips of paper.

Across the country, voters at advance polls waited not-so-patiently in lines that exceeded one hour, sometimes two.

Officials across the country apologized to voters for the excessive wait times, saying the delays were largely a result of voter turnout being far greater than expected.

This of course, can be a good thing. Voter turnout is almost always lower than it should be, and any sign of it on the uptick should be applauded.

But regardless of the reason, we can do better.

The idea of online voting has been bandied about for years, and has especially gained steam among younger voters, many of whom are more comfortable casting a digital ballot from their smartphones or computers than they are standing in lines at the gym of their local high school.

There are those, of course, who worry about computer hacking and other technological glitches compromising the legitimacy of something as important as an election.

But every day, millions of Canadians bank and run businesses online, buy and sell goods and send all manner of sensitive information over the Internet. If that can be done securely, voting can be too, one assumes.

If nothing else, digitalizing the in-person experience would speed up the process – perhaps having election officials search for voter names online, rather than having them sift through binders for names.

For better or worse, we are an increasingly impatient society, and anything that can improve the voting process should be considered.

–Vernon Morning Star

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OPINION

Published by Black Press Ltd. 171 Shuswap Street NW, Salmon Arm, B.C.

Beating the heat with books This summer was hot, hot, hot.

While I did manage to get in a couple of pretty good days casting to some nice cutthroat trout on the St. Mary River in the East Kootenay, I’d still have to say my days on the water were all to short – not to mention the fact that fishing was banned during the later part of August due to the warm weather. That’s life.

So I did what I often do when I can’t go fishing. I read a book about other people’s fishing experiences.

Roderick L. Haig-Brown has always been one of my favorite angling authors. He was a fly fisherman, a magistrate, radio broadcaster, university chancellor and conservationist who lived in Campbell River. He was also a prolific writer. The Seasons of a Fisherman is a marvelous collection of his four classic “seasons” books: Fisherman’s Spring (1951), Fisherman’s Winter (1954), Fisherman’s Summer (1959) and Fisherman’s Fall (1964), all compiled together for the first time in one single volume.

THE GREAT OUTDOORS James Murray This book is far more than just a book about fishing and the trappings and traditions that go along with the sport of fly-fishing. I have read and reread all four of the books many times. Each page draws me back to a simpler time, to an era when fishing was not so high tech and time spent casting a line was, well, more about communing with nature and breathing in the peace and tranquility that comes with standing on the banks of a river. In my mind, I have stood alongside HaigBrown and watched as the early morning mist rose from the water. Together we have waited for life to explode on the other end of our

lines. While I may not have ever met Haig-Brown, in a way I have come to consider him a sort of fishing partner, standing just upstream.

B.C. writer, angling historian and steelheader Art Lingren, whom I have met, wrote a book some years back about Haig-Brown. He not only signed my copy, he returned it to me with all nine of Haig-Brown’s fly patterns (tied by Lingren) adorning the pages where he talks about each pattern.

Pretty cool. And while I may not get to go steelheading all that often, I have lived vicariously through the “fishing journals” written by Lingren. The Dean River Steelhead Journal, Kispiox River Journal and Thompson River Journal all highlight the spectacular steelhead fishing to be found in our province. All three books trace the flyfishing history of their specific waters, as well as offer a wealth of information on when, where and how to fly fish for the “fish of a thousand casts.”

Dave Stewart is another one of those writers whose

works I have read many times.

I knew and respected Stewart. His writing style certainly influenced my own. The Last Cast is, as Dave always put it, a collection of adventures and misadventures. It is, in actual fact, a collection of heartwarming and humorous excerpts from his famous Last Cast column, which appeared for some 50 years on the last page of BC Outdoors magazine. I was an avid reader of Stewart’s column long before I met and got to know him. I can still hear his voice when I read his words. And I still get a chuckle out of all the predicaments that he managed to get himself into over the course of a lifetime.

Maybe it’s time I got to work on my own book. Actually, it is already in progress. It’s going to be a collection of my short stories. I already have a title and the artwork for the cover. It’s going to be entitled, Time On The Waters and, with a bit of luck and determination, it will be out in the spring. It’s all pretty exciting.

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Two choices for strategic voting We are now less than a week away from election day, and have just received the results of the only two independent polls conducted in our riding since the last federal election.

Now that the facts are finally available, it’s time for us to think carefully about what the options for our region really are, and to vote accordingly.

Both polls show the NDP (37/38 per cent) with a slight lead over the Conservatives (33/36 per cent), with the Liberals (22/15 per cent) and Greens (8/9 per cent) trailing very far behind.

There are thus only two plausible outcomes on election night for our riding, and a few

conclusions that can be drawn from this data. Regardless of the strength of their excellent candidate’s campaigns or the appeal of their party’s leaders, a vote for the Green or Liberal parties in our riding is a vote wasted: they can not win here this year.

We are one of only 16 ridings in the country where the electoral math is such that strategic voting is the only sensible option. Progressive voters of all stripes must vote NDP, who will win if this happens, but who may not be successful unless they receive the support of typically Green or Liberal voters.

Right wingers of all stripes must vote Conservative, who will lose unless left-leaning

Green and Liberal voters remain irrationally faithful to their party, and/or if Mel Arnold is able to attract enough right-leaning Liberal support.

Such strategic voting is offputting to many, myself included. But the facts are simply these: despite what it says on the ballot, in the North Okanagan – Shuswap we now have only two viable candidates and 24-30 per cent of you will wasting your vote unless you pick the NDP or Conservative candidate.

Unless you are happy being represented by either of these parties, then I urge you to vote strategically.

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Reader thankful for progressive change

In response to Kelvin Bond’s letter in the Shuswap Market News’ View Point titled, Voter seeing pro-life politicians: After reading your letter I not only felt angry and offended, I felt disgusted. You hear about people feeling this hate for their fellow human beings, mostly in American media, but never have I ever come so close to it before.

In Canada we en-

joy many rights and freedoms. Freedom of conscience, of religion, of thought and belief, freedom of expression and freedom of the press are some of our most basic rights. So if you have these rights, sir, so do I. And I freely believe that your opinions are unfounded in reality and discriminatory as well. (That was me practising my freedom of expression.)

Not only will you never have to make the

difficult personal decision to have an abortion, but I’m guessing you haven’t ever had to fight for your right to spend your life with the person you love.

For someone who has never been in a situation like these you sure have a lot of opinions about what other people should be doing.

I’m not going to get into why you are so very wrong about abortion or LGBTQ people, because frankly I know

What direction do Canadians want?

A professional political strategist might sneer and say, “Elections are bought not won.” Perhaps Stephen Harper’s authoritarian, fear-mongering, meanspirited, bullyboy tactics will triumph over Justin Trudeau’s af-

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A Blind Bay resident is taking some heat for protesting new taxation for lake protection.

The issue came to light when Sunnybrae resident Opal Hendrickson was angered that Darryl Chipman had posted an alternate approval form on some people’s Facebook pages (including hers) to make it easy to register opposition to funding the Shuswap Watershed Council through a proposed parcel tax.

If 10 per cent or more of the eligible electors sign and submit response forms noting their opposition, local governments cannot proceed with the proposed matter without first holding a vote.

“I’m just shocked; he doesn’t want it to be on our tax levy,” said Hendrickson, expressing concern about the protection of drinking water, tourism and possible threats such as quagga mussels.

“He would rather force the CSRD (Columbia Shuswap Regional District) to go to referendum, costing the taxpayer thousands of dollars to authorize a water board that the majority of residents feel is important to

maintain the health of the lake.”

But Chipman, who was a member of the initial working group when the Shuswap Lake Integrated Planning Process (SLIPP) was in the early stages, is very clear that he is in total support of protecting the lake, he just thinks it should be done without adding a parcel tax.

“I believe in stewardship and believe we must be good stewards – we all share in that responsibility and we need to work hard to enhance organizations to give them the tools they need to do the job,” he said.

“We were originally supposed to be a coordinator to bring other agencies together, but in nine short years the bill has ballooned to $180,000.”

That amount is the total contribution for taxpayers in electoral areas C South Shuswap, D Falkland/Salmon Valley/Ranchero, E Rural Sicamous, F North Shuswap and District of Sicamous.

Each property owner would pay about $11 per year, but Chipman is concerned that amount could escalate in the future.

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them look like something new,” he says. “I am not against paying taxes for services received, but I think that it should be within the mandate of the organization that has been given that role.”

Chipman says he posted the alternate approval forms because he didn’t think area residents know enough about the proposed tax.

“There should be a very thorough discussion on everything that comes along, or are we just gonna get onboard,” he says, admitting he does not attend meetings. “I

have put the form on some Facebook pages so people can make their own decisions. I am not going to try to sway people.”

Chipman says he has had both positive and negative reaction to his actions.

Regional district chief administrative officer Charles Hamilton says Chipman raises some valid points and notes he had told the board it was one of the criticisms that existed in the community.

“We had a multitude of agencies with responsibility over the lake, water, water quality, drinking water safety, but no one jurisdiction that had exclusive responsibility,” he said, pointing out the concept of SLIPP, and now the council, is to establish some sort of permanency, to have one organization to encompass all the various agencies so they can work collaboratively and co-operatively on water issues.

“The board has supported this and now it’s up to the taxpayers to decide if they want to pay for it,” Hamilton says.

“The over-arching issue is we all have a

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vested interest in the water and regardless of who’s responsible, there is an obligation on governments collectively to make sure some mechanism is in place to protect the safety of our water.”

Area C director and chair of the Shuswap Watershed Council Paul Demenok takes issue with the notion that the council adds another level of bureaucracy.

“I would consider the watershed council to be anti-bureaucratic,” he says. “What it does is co-ordinates the activities of 17 government agencies, all of whom have a small individual responsibility for the lake.

“Without a co-ordinating body, there would be little opportunity for progress, collaboration, information sharing, cost savings and real results.”

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Questions:

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Response to Question 1

Response to Question 2

The Liberal Party is committed to publiclyfunded universal health care. We need to make a shift from physician/hospital-based care to an integrated, primary care system which is multidisciplinary, patient-centred, and committed to managing chronic disease within community, home, and long-term care settings.

We will negotiate a new Health Accord with the provinces and provide long-term stable funding, starting with $3 billion over four years for additional and improved home-care services.

We will create new centres of excellence that will specialize in mental health, post-traumatic stress disorder, and related issues for both veterans and first responders.

We will prioritize new investment in affordable housing and seniors’ facilities as part of our 10-year investment of nearly $20 billion in social infrastructure, including $125 million annually in tax incentives to increase and renovate the supply of rental housing.

This is an opportunity for North OkanaganShuswap where some people have no housing and others lack affordable housing. Affordable housing Cindy is a government issue. Liberals will take action and Derkaz work collaboratively with all levels of government to provide sustained funding.

Many Canadians are priced out of home ownership, putting pressure on crowded rental markets and on affordable housing units.

Response to Question 1

Response to Question 2

Health care remains one of the leading expressed concerns in this region.

Tommy Douglas pioneered public health care and NDP will defend it.

Progress on wait times has stalled. Canadians now wait longer in the ER, or to see their family doctor than in other countries. To reduce wait times, we will invest $300 million to build 200 community health clinics and hire 7,000 health care professionals. The NDP government will stop Harper’s unilateral cuts and returning to collaboration with provinces.

We will initiate a pharmacare plan and improve access to home care. We will invest millions in mental health.

The NDP developed the Affordable Housing Act, which the Conservatives opposed. Justin Trudeau simply missed the vote.

NDP will enact the Affordable Housing Act ensuring secure, adequate, and affordable housing as a right for Canadians. The NDP will provide incentives and resources, including construction of 10,000 affordable and market housing units, incorporating green technology in these new buildings. Jacqui Gingras Over $2 billion will be invested in co-operatives/ social housing and co-operative agreements will be renewed. Critical to this region are housing needs for seniors. We need to ensure that there is appropriate housing for seniors along with adequate and integrated home care.

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The Greens support the Canada Health Act (CHA) and its principles. We oppose any level of privatized, for-profit health care. I would work to: 1. Identify and measure the extent of two-tier health care in Canada and strive for the elimination of two-tier health care as quickly as economically possible; 2. Use the full force of federal spending power under the Canada Health Act to oppose any steps that open the way to further two-tier health care in Canada.

3. Provide more money to hire staff to open closed beds, utilize existing operating rooms in hospitals, and purchase new diagnostic equipment.

The Green Housing Strategy addresses the continuum of needs – from social housing for those in poverty or dealing with mental health and addiction problems, to First Nation housing crises, to the market failures depriving those with even a decent income of access to the affordable housing they need. We can ensure that all housing needs are met.

We will implement a National Housing Strategy Chris based on Housing First principles. Housing First is George a proven, recovery-oriented approach that centres on quickly moving people experiencing homelessness into independent, permanent housing, and then providing additional supports and services as needed.

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Response to Question 2

I support a public health system in Canada that provides universal health to all Canadians.

B.C. alone will receive over $4.4B in health transfers this year from the federal government who is committed to ensuring that health care remains a national priority.

While parts of our health-care system are better managed at a local or provincial level, some components may be improved with support at a national level. For example, our Conservative government has implemented bulk purchasing of prescription drugs for federal programs and is working with the provinces on enhancing this program.

While local communities can best identify their individual housing challenges, all levels of government must work collectively on affordable housing. I will work toward expansion of existing CMHC programs like the Affordable Housing Centre providing seed money to cover costs incurred during the proposal and development stage of affordable housing projects. Further, tax incentives for developers or landlords will affect the inventory of Mel low-income housing within our communities. The Arnold Conservative government has underwritten nearly $1.7B in social transfers to B.C. this year, indicating that safe shelter is a basic human need – and a priority for me.

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Federal candidates square off at final forum

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Fair treatment for veterans and getting rid of Bill C-51 drew some of the largest rounds of applause at last Thursday night’s all-candidates meeting.

More than 150 people packed the Seniors Fifth Avenue Activity Centre to hear the views of the four candidates vying to become the North Okanagan-Shuswap MP. The first four questions the candidates

answered, in random speaking order, came from the host Shuswap and District Retired Teachers Association, while the remaining 12 were generated by the audience.

In what was a civil debate with few barbs thrown, health care and supports for seniors and veterans were predominant topics, with questions also ranging from price gouging at the gas pumps to the future of the CBC. Asked how the parties would meet the

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medical needs of Canadians without extra charges or discrimination, Jacqui Gingras of the NDP referred to the creation of Medicare by the “steel will and determination of Tommy

Douglas,” and said the national health accord must be renegotiated with the provinces. To applause, she noted that 20 per cent of seniors in B.C. live in poverty and should have univer-

sal access to affordable medication, which has been put in jeopardy by the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Chris George of the Green Party said the Greens understand that

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Candidates debate health care, Bill C-51 ister has not met with the provinces since 2009 – a problem that Justin Trudeau would remedy. She said health care needs to be patientcentred, keeping people healthy at home longer.

A response to a question about veterans drew one of the loudest crowd reactions: “It is widely acknowledged that today’s veterans have been shabbily treated with respect to veterans of World War 2. If elected, what will your government do?”

Arnold said while there may be some veterans who have received shabby treatment, he disagrees with the wideranging description. He said the Conservatives are responding to the needs expressed by a non-partisan committee on veterans.

Gingras drew laughter when she said, “We’re clearly talking to different veterans,” noting those she’s spoken to are facing profound difficulties.

Gingras said people need to stop believing that bombing is a way to achieve peace. The loudest applause came when she stated: “If we’re going to initiate that conflict, we need to provide appropriate care for our

veterans when they return home.”

Derkaz said the Liberals will re-establish lifelong pensions for veterans.

“We’re not going to just pay out lump sums.”

More enthusiastic applause erupted when Derkaz noted the government can spend $125 million on an election but can’t keep nine offices serving veterans open.

“There’s something profoundly wrong.”

George said a number of specifics have been changed for veterans over the past 15 years, and veterans deserve better treatment when they return.

“Greens think this is fundamentally wrong.”

One question referred to Bill C-51, which had sparked many concerns about Canadians’ rights and freedoms.

Gingras said the NDP would repeal the Draconian law. She said four previous prime ministers, Supreme Court judges and the Canadian Bar Association, among others, have spoken against it, and asked why Trudeau didn’t vote against it.

George spoke next.

“At the first reading of this bill, Elizabeth May voted against it.

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in the air to see which way the political wind was blowing.”

He pointed out he is not a Supreme Court judge, but he can read – and he read that people could be held in detention for five days without charge, and secret trials without witnesses could be held.

“We have very much forgotten who we are.

We are Canadians and we are not afraid,” he said to an eruption of enthusiastic applause.

Arnold said one key duty of the prime minister is to keep Canadians safe.

“That was the intent,” he said, adding that prior to the bill, if enforcement agencies knew of a threat, they couldn’t share it with each other.

“There’s a lot of misbelief about C-51 – the main reason it was brought in was to keep Canadians safe.”

Derkaz said the bill was going to be rammed through the house with the majority Harper government, so the Liberals went to work to amend it.

“We proposed 22 amendments. The NDP voted against every one,” she said, adding that the amendments maintained rights to protest and reduced the number of agencies that can share information

from unlimited to 17.

“If the Liberals are elected, we are committed to amending that bill.”

Regarding the TransPacific Partnership, George said it protects investors from future laws that could make them less profitable, which “is a fundamental abuse of sovereignty.”

Arnold said the deal is good for Canadians and will open the door to 850 million new customers. To laughter, he remarked, “This deal was negotiated behind closed doors so we could get the best deal for Canada.”

Gingras said she met with dairy, poultry and egg farmers who are concerned about the deal and its effect on

supply management. It is also expected to lead to higher drug costs.

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Columbia Shuswap Regional District NOTICE OF ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS Shuswap Watershed Council Service Establishment Bylaw No. 5705 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of Electoral Areas C, D, E and F of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) and to the electors of the District of Sicamous that approval is being sought for Shuswap Watershed Council Service Establishment Bylaw No. 5705 by use of the alternative approval process.

Approval to proceed with the adoption of this bylaw is being sought from the electors of Electoral Areas C, D, E, and F of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District and from the electors of the District of Sicamous.

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Jersey auction to benefit teen with cancer The Sicamous Eagles will be back in the pink for a cause that supports a local family.

On Oct. 16 and 17, when they host the Chase Heat and the 100 Mile House Wranglers, the Eagles will

be wearing specially made black jerseys emblazoned with a pink ribbon in support of Megan Senn, a local youth who is battling leukemia at Vancouver Children’s Hospital.

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end of the second period. Bids can be submitted via text message to 1-250-517-9243, or emailed to fred77@ telus.net.

There will also be bidding sheets available at both games.

Bylaw No. 5705 will establish a service within all of Electoral Areas C, D, E and F of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District and within the District of Sicamous. The service proposed to be established under Bylaw No. 5705 is and means: the collaboration, promotion, protection and monitoring of water quality in those parts of the Shuswap Watershed that comprise the Service Area for the purposes of obtaining, coordinating and analyzing water quality monitoring data; protecting and improving water quality and promoting recreational water safety.

The maximum amount that may be requisitioned annually for the service is $180,000.00, with the costs to be recovered by a parcel tax applied to each parcel in the service area. Based on the $180,000 annual tax requisition, the annual parcel tax is estimated to be $10.93 per parcel. This amount is subject to change dependent on the parcel tax roll which is verified annually in February of each year.

The Board may proceed with adoption of Bylaw No. 5705 unless at least 10% of the electors of Electoral Areas C, D, E and F of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District and the District of Sicamous submit a signed Elector Response Form indicating their opposition to adoption of the bylaw by 4 PM on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at the address below: Deputy Manager of Corporate Administration Services Columbia Shuswap Regional District 555 Harbourfront Drive NE Box 978 SALMON ARM, BC V1E 4P1 The number of valid elector responses required to prevent the Board from proceeding with the establishment of the Shuswap Watershed Council Service proposed in Bylaw No. 5705 is 1,534.

A copy of the Shuswap Watershed Council Service Establishment Bylaw No. 5705 is available for public inspection on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 through and including Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at the following locations: • CSRD office, 555 Harbourfront Drive NE, Salmon Arm, BC between the hours of 9 AM and 4 PM, Monday to Friday (except Statutory Holidays) • CSRD website at www.csrd.bc.ca • District of Sicamous municipal office, 446 Main Street, Sicamous BC between the hours of 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM, Monday to Friday (except Statutory Holidays).

Elector Response Forms must be in the form established by the Columbia Shuswap Regional District and only those persons who qualify as electors of Electoral Areas C, D, E and F OR electors of the District of Sicamous are entitled to sign an Elector Response Form. Elector Response Forms are available at the CSRD office, on the CSRD website and at the District of Sicamous municipal office at the addresses above. Those persons eligible to sign the Elector Response Form may qualify as either resident electors OR non-resident electors as follows: • 18 years of age or older; and • Canadian citizen; and • resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding November 17, 2015; and • resident of OR registered owner of real property in Electoral Area C, D, E, or F of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District OR the District of Sicamous for at least 30 days immediately prior to November 17, 2015, and • not otherwise disqualified by law from voting.

For additional information on the Alternative Approval Process, please contact: Lynda Shykora Deputy Manager, Corporate Administration Services Columbia Shuswap Regional District Phone: 250-833-5939 (direct) OR 250-832-8194 Toll-free: 1-888-248-2773 Email: lshykora@csrd.bc.ca

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An expedition into the Mara alpine

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“It is mindboggling how people who apparently enjoy being in the mountains can guiltlessly damage sensitive ecosystems for pleasure.” moving it. Thankfully, the Kingfisher Interpretive Centre came to the rescue and took responsibility for the structure, including making repairs.

In 2012, the B.C. government provided funds for a complete restoration and then took over management of the site through Recreation Sites and Trails BC. The alpine area is more accessible from

the Kingfisher area near the Shuswap River, where a logging road ends close to the lookout. Other roads, including one near the Noisy Creek campground at Mabel Lake also provide access to the Mara plateau. Problems persist on this side as well, with damage done by both mudboggers and ATVs near three fishing lakes, Morton, Blue and Cummins.

Under the leadership of the Shuswap Trail Alliance and the Splatsin Band, a working group was established to address the environmental degradation caused by motorized recreation on Hunter’s Range.

Thanks to the participation of local ATV and snowmobile clubs, Tolko, local range licensees, the CSRD and Recreation Sites and Trails BC, efforts will begin this fall to permanently block motorized access with large boulders.

As well the group will focus on educational efforts and establishing dedicated areas for ATV use.

There is also a commitment for restoration efforts, with the understanding that restoring soil disturbance in the alpine faces many challenges.

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After studying the maps and trail guide, our group headed out early in the morning via the Owlhead route on a glorious fall day. At the beginning, the trail through the mixed age spruce and balsam forest was well worn and clearly marked, and the blazes on the trees looked 50 to 75 years old.

But as we neared the alpine, we were thankful that one hiker had a GPS as there was no longer a visible trail or markers.

The first stop was the old forestry log cabin that was used as a supply post for the forest fire lookout station. Although it is quite dilapidated, it could be easily restored for its historical value. The outhouse is still functional and the trail signage dates back to when this was a forestry recreation trail.

Just past the cabin we came across the first of some 40 boardwalks, in various stages of disrepair, that were built to keep hikers boots dry and protect the wetlands.

Rather than boards, most are built with logs

theless, it was exhilarating to hike so high in the alpine. On our return, some of us took the time to pick up beer cans and other trash no doubt discarded by the sledders.

The original Mara forest fire lookout was built in 1925 and it was replaced with a new structure in 1950, which was used until 1998. As the building was in poor condition, there was talk of re-

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We were forewarned about the condition of the trail, but we were still shocked at the sight of the devastation as we approached the alpine.

The motorized “wreckreationists” have used the snowmobile trail to get into the alpine on their ATVs, and in the process, they converted the sensitive meadows to wide expanses of mud. It was difficult for us to negotiate the trail without getting muddy. It is mind-boggling how people who apparently enjoy being in the mountains can guiltlessly damage sensitive ecosystems for pleasure.

After a short break at the impressive Owlhead snowmobile log chalet, we carried on through the meadows where we were fortunate to see a young grizzly bear dash into the trees when it sensed our approach.

As we neared an alpine lake it was good to see the ATV track finally fade out. When we climbed farther, we came across a single wire that once stretched all the way to the lookout and was used for telegraph communication to Sicamous.

Although the clock was ticking close to when we needed to begin the descent, we pushed on through an alpine bowl to Morton Peak, where we could see the lookout station.

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Follow the Beatles: all you need is love LIVING WELL What is the most essential ingredient of a fulfilling and healthy life?

What are we all searching for as we engage in the frenetic pace of life?

For many of us it is the feeling of belonging.

Social scientists refer to this internal need we all have to feel like we belong as social connectedness.

Strangely, the term sounds awkward and kind of disjointed.

How can something so natural and essential to a health-filled life sound so complicated and unappealing?

Perhaps it’s because we have to be told by others that we need to introduce this quality into our daily lives and that makes us uncom-

fortable. Let’s face it, we already know we should be doing it but it’s just not that easy, and in some ways it seems to be getting harder.

Our communities have evolved to embrace cars and not people. Now we find we must look to the past in order to find what was good for us in the first place – like walkable neighbourhoods and access to nature.

The same can be said for connecting with others. We now embrace technology and independence not togetherness. To feel truly connected to others we may need to re-think our social (or unsocial) habits and replace them with meaningful face-toface human connection

and frankly, that can feel awkward, risky and unnatural. But it doesn’t have to be that way – we are designed for love – just ask the Beatles.

Social connectedness isn’t as complicated as it sounds – it’s about inviting someone over for morning coffee, going for a walk or looking for ways to help a neighbour or co-worker in need.

If it’s not that easy, it may simply be that we have not exercised this muscle recently. Perhaps it’s time to show people we like them by using our voices, lending a real hand and not just clicking a thumb.

There is a strong correlation between social connection (there’s that

word again) and physical health. According to the new provincial PlanH health guide, belonging to social groups and networks is just as important in predicting health outcomes as diet and exercise.

Let’s reintroduce friendliness, helpfulness, co-operation, and interdependence into our conversations and pastimes. It’s good for our health and it’s good for our communities.

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n SASCU CEO Michael Wagner, left, and Bernie Desrosiers, president of the Shuswap Settlement Services unveil the Uptown SASCU branch as a Safe Harbour. The downtown branch already has the designation.

“Becoming a Safe Harbour signals a commitment to protect and assist any member of the public seeking protection from racism and hate,” says Desrosiers. “It also serves as a commitment to staff that complaints of racism or hate within the workplace will be addressed. This is a new initiative in Salmon Arm and a proactive way of ensuring our community is welcoming and inclusive. We hope others will follow SASCU’s lead.”

Province ponies up funds for PACs Local kids are being supported outside of the classroom with some significant PAC funds from the province.

The B.C. government has provided $263,500 to Parent Advisory Councils (PACs) and the District Parent Advisory Committee (DPAC) in the Vernon and North Okanagan-Shuswap school districts to help support student activities outside of the classroom. Councils in Vernon, Coldstream, Lumby, Cherryville Armstrong, Canoe, Celista, Enderby, Falkland, Grindrod, Salmon Arm, Sorrento and Tappen are receiving grants.

The funds will be used to enhance the student experience through extracurricular activities.

These grants cover various costs, including sporting equipment, musical instruments, playground equipment and field trips.

“These funds are put into the hands of parents to decide which extracurricular activities and amenities they want for their kids,” Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster said. “PACs provide many great services that improve the school experience for students.”

These grants provide many important services and equipment, adds Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo.

“Shuswap and North Okanagan students benefit every year thanks to the efforts of Parent Advisory Councils,” said Kyllo.

The parent-run councils help ensure B.C.’s children have access to activities that ensure the development of a well-rounded educational background. Overall, nearly $11.1 million has been delivered to more than 1,400 PACs and DPACs throughout British Columbia for the 2015-16 school year.

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n Salmon Arm Silverbacks Cam Coutre and Brandon Kegler, Mall at Piccadilly manager Lori Cymbaluk, city Coun. Ken Jamieson and Save-On-Foods store manager Ken Schmidt cut a cake to celebrate the mall’s 20th anniversary during celebrations held Saturday.

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Inspired by a Vancouver event, a “mastermind” committee of five has created a three-day Inspired to Shine conference for women.

“We had just come from Vancouver and seen Kristal Barrett-Stuart and I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, Salmon Arm could use her,’” says Tammy ChopickChouinard, one of the enthusiastic organizers of the event that takes place Oct. 23-25 at the Prestige Harbourfront Resort.

“We were rejuvenated; everybody took something away that filled up their cup.”

Chopick-Chouinard says she and the other women who attended the Vancouver conference saw there was nothing similar in Salmon Arm so they decided to create their own.

“It’s a time to inspire, share, learn and fill up our cup of love and build a strong network of support,” says Chopick-Chouinard, explaining the event is packed with presenters, activities, singers, vendors, ladies in business, community resources and more – including Kristal Barrett-Stuart.

The country singer-songwriter launched the Sparkle Project BC in 2014 with the goal of producing self-help resources and bursaries focused on a pre-adolescent and adolescent female demographic.

The conference launches Friday with a gala for women 19 years of age and older, beginning with chocolate and champagne at 4:30 p.m.

Speakers include Jan Seelinger on the SAFE Society, Carol Surbey on The Healing Guide and Kristal Barrett-Stuart on the Sparkle Project BC. Saturday’s main event is for girls ages 10-plus and women. Registration is at 8 a.m. and presentations take place from 9 to 4 p.m. Lunch is provided.

An Inspired 2 Shine Concert for women 16 years and older begins with a meet and greet at 5:30 p.m. with performances beginning at 6:30 p.m. Performers include: Rachel Layne, singer/songwriter; Liz Blair, singer/songwriter and the feature act BarrettStuart.

Sunday is a very important esteem-building day for girls aged 10 to 18. Registration and a private book-signing takes place at 8 a.m. followed by twoand-a-half hours with Barrett-Stuart.

Tickets are available from Ministry of Children and Families, SAFE Society, school counsellors and principals or by applying by email to coach@ inspired2thrive.ca.

Tickets for an all-inclusive three-day package or for individual events are available at Synergy Studio, 31 Second St. SE; Touch ‘A Texas in the Mall at Piccadilly; Wearabouts at 350 Alexander St. or I am Yoga at 217 Finlayson St. in Sicamous.

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Valdy in his red runners and Gary Fjellgaard in his cowboy boots promise an evening of relaxed western roots and warm camaraderie.

Known collectively as the Contenders, Juno Award-winner artist Valdy and Country Music Hall of Famer Gary Fjellgaard have a long history of performing together.

The warmth of their friendship infuses the hall, making their concerts more like a house party in which everyone is happily engaged with the music and lyrics Canadians can identify with.

And this year will be no different as promoter Ken Smedley brings the lads back on another B.C. Interior tour to promote their new CD that features new songs along with their special covers of old favourites.

True troubadours, Valdy and Fjellgaard sing from a deep love for this country – songs that paint vivid images of landscapes and the people who live and work on them.

They are songs that, like the two artists, are enduring and wellloved. “We’re the same old pair, we’re healthy and we’re travelling,� says Fjellgaard. “Like Valdy says, the music we would do for nothing, it’s the travelling and driving we want to be paid for.�

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n Troubadours Gary Fjellgaard and Valdy return to Carlin Hall Nov. 5 with special guests Silvercreek’s Blu and Kelly Hopkins. celebration of their new CD, Contenders 3: Off The Floor.

In an Oct. 1 interview, the singer/songwriter said the pair was working hard to get the CD ready in time for the tour.

The only song left to record was Oh Tom, We Miss You, Valdy’s tribute to the late Stompin’ Tom Connors.

The CD was recorded at Woodshop Studio on Vancouver Island with Valdy and Fjellgaard simply playing songs until they were happy with them.

The album features covers of Roy Clark’s Yesterday When I Was Young, Richard O’Brien’s Whatever Happened to Saturday Night, and two of Victor Anthony’s songs, the up-tempo Where Does My Paycheck Go and Keep the Faith, a more mellow tune.

Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler’s Next Time I’m in Town is also on the album as is an old Stephen Foster song Hard Times.

Fjellgaard says he and Valdy always look forward to their annual

trip to Carlin Hall. “They have some sweet songs and they’re comfortable to be with on stage, and they’re such nice people,� he says, giving kudos to Blu and Kelly Hopkins, aka Silvercreek, who bring home-cooked food for them and, this year, were instrumental in getting him involved at the Word on the Lake Writers Festival. “Just a note to thank you for all the help at the writer’s festival,� he wrote in an email to the couple in June, calling Silvercreek’s new CD very honest and real and, in particular, praising their cover of his song, When Billy Robbed Trains. “Your version of Billy is inspiring, I love it.

Sounds like a proper folk song and will stand the test of time.�

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The same songs they will perform at Carlin Hall. “Having the opportunity to play with them, we have learned so much from them,� says Kelly.

The Contenders and Silvercreek perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 at Carlin Hall.

Tickets are available at Acorn Music. Call 250-832-8669.

Next up for Silvercreek is a house concert in Salmon Arm on Saturday, Nov. 28. “It will be a fun social evening with music, finger foods and fun,� Kelly says, noting the couple will debut some of the numbers they will perform in Songs of Stan Rogers, a concert they will perform in the spring at Shuswap Theatre.

To book a spot at the Nov. 28 house party, call 250-832-1956 or 250-833-4990.

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n Edna Humphreys, regional director of the Canadian Kidney Foundation, presents the Community Leadership Award to Deanna Chapman, Cheryl Swityk, Brenda Hunter and Lynn Fortier of the Salmon Arm branch of the Service BC Centre on Friday, Oct. 2. The award is for their effort in registering organ donors. The Salmon Arm office was one of four in the province to participate in a pilot project to increase the number of registered donors in B.C.

Parent reps sought for rural-urban committee School District #83 is composed of both urban and rural schools, each with their own challenges.

The school district has formed an UrbanRural Challenge Task Force to provide a report to the school board on the educational, financial, human resource and organizational challenges of the urban-rural reality of its schools. As well, it will look at

what values and core goals for our educational environment are envisioned.

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All parents/guardians of students attending a school within School District #83 are welcome to apply.

Other members include: Glenn Borthistle, superintendent; Jen Wilchuk, trustee; Larissa Lutjen, trustee,

and principal representatives Scott Anderson, Jeff Abbott, Jodi Garries, Gene Doray and Rob MacAulay.

There will be two finance reps, two DPAC reps and two teacher reps on the committee as well.

The application deadline is today, Friday, Oct. 16. For expressions of interest, questions or comments, please email: sd83dpac@gmail.com.

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October is Children’s Vision Month The Canadian Association of Optometrists recognizes October as Children’s Vision Month in order to raise awareness of the impact undiagnosed vision problems can have on a child’s learning and development.

Vision problems can manifest in school, socially and in play and prevent children from reaching their full potential.

Children present a unique challenge, as they often will not complain of a vision problem.

Children may believe the way their world looks is normal (even if it is not) or they may have one eye that sees well and one eye that doesn’t. At the same time, vision and learning are intimately linked, with an estimated 80% of all learning based on vision.

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Children should have at least one eye exam between the ages of two and five, and yearly after starting school, as vision changes can occur rapidly as they grow.

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By the time they are six months old, a baby will acquire eye movement control and start to develop eyehand coordination skills. Through the preschool years, depth perception, visualization skills, colour discrimination and eye-hand coordination are all improving. Schoolage children in the classroom and at play must rely on many different visual skills to see and understand clearly. For instance, a child requires clear distance and near vision, accurate focus at any distance, control of eye movement and tracking as well as eye-hand

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Anything such as strabismus (crossed or turned eyes) or amblyopia (lazy eye; the inability to see clearly, even

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As a result, it is recommended to stay away from screens for 2 hours prior to going to sleep. It is also recommended to use tinted lenses that filter out blue light or, more commonly, coatings on clear lenses filter out most of the blue light.

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The Chase Heat were thankful over the past weekend as they found ways to put points up in the KIJHL standings.

Saturday the 10th they travelled to Princeton to face the Posse.

In the 1st they got a pair, Kolten Moore unassisted and then Zachary Fournier from Grady Musgrave.

In the 2nd, Princeton got a short-handed marker before Moore got his second from Travis Beaubien and then Beaubien popped in one from Tommy Brown.

It was all Chase in the 3rd except for a mental lapse with seven seconds left in the game.

It was Michael Fidanza from Pat Brady, Logan Mostat with a short-handed assist to Nic Bruyere and lastly Beaubien with his second from Moore.

Bruyere stood tall in the twine stopping 20 of 22 while his teammates fired 44 at the Princeton stopper.

On Thanksgiving Sunday the 11th, in a matinee match-up, the visiting Columbia Valley Rockies from Invermere played physical hockey and got into penalty trouble while suffering a 4-1 loss at the hands of the Heat.

In the 1st, Mostat got things started from Fournier and Fidanza, then Moore got the sec-

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n With the Chase Heat on a penalty kill, Logan Mostat tries to maintain control of the puck after flying past Columbia Valley Rockies #16 Ryan St. Jean and speeds away from Ty Duncan. He also dekes out netminder Connor McKay as he falls on the ice. Mostat would score the opening goal of the game and help lead the Chase Heat to victory by a final score of 4-1 over the Columbia Valley Rockies on Sunday, Oct. 11. ond goal from Trevor Okino and Alex Durbeniuk.

In the 2nd the teams traded goals, Chase getting a power-play one from Okino assisted by Austin Willier and Mostat.

The Heat closed things out in the 3rd with another powerplay goal from Braden Hughes, assisted by Okino and Moore.

Daniel Toews faced 25 shots and let a singleton by him for the victory.

Warmed up leftovers Going into the season it was expected that Chase would have trouble scoring.

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The Heat are currently second in their division and tied for third overall in the KIJHL with 16 points after 11 games.

Local player Tony Dennis made a decision to pursue a different career other than hockey and the entire Heat organization is proud of him and wishes him all the best!

Spencer Farstad took a puck to the face in Princeton and ended up with 20 stitches to repair the damage.

The combo of Bruyere and Toews between the pipes is the envy of a host of foes.

The Heat picked up defenceman Mason Palaga from the 100 Mile Wranglers for futures to shore up the back end. Palaga joins a bunch of his hockey buddies from Kamloops on the crew.

Next up are the Osoyoos Coyotes on Saturday the 17th at 7 p.m. at Art Holding Memorial Arena. The Heat travel to divisionrival Sicamous, the Houseboat Capital, on Friday the 16th.

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The questionnaire is given to all Miss Chase candidates as part of the process for choosing Miss Chase Excellence and the two princesses.

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n Adams River Salmon Society vice-president Rod Crowe and Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band Chief Oliver Arnouse raise a flag honouring the band during a ceremony held Saturday, Oct. 10 at Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park. It acknowledged the importance of the Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band’s contribution to the education and interpretive components of the Adams River Salmon Society, along with its ongoing involvement which enriches the experience of the tourists and local community members who come to the park to learn and enjoy the beauty of the park.

Excellence girls will see how well you did on the questionnaire, and impress you with a demonstration of their knowledge of Chase.

Tickets are available at the Visitor Centre, 400 Shuswap Ave., or by phone at 250-6798432. Tickets are $15 and a bar will be available serving beer or wine for $3.

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She will be introducing, Come On Little One, Let’s Go See Grandma In The Garden Planting A Seed, during story time on Oct. 24 at 11 a.m.

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Library users join e-book club TNRD Library System is taking part in a virtual, global eBook club – Overdrive’s Big Library Read program — which features two eBooks.

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Germany rallies for refugees GLOBAL VIEWS Gwynne Dyer No good deed goes unpunished.

Two months ago Chancellor Angela Merkel amazed the world by opening Germany’s borders to all the genuine refugees (mostly Syrians and Afghans) who could get that far. She must have known her own people well, because ordinary Germans showed extraordinary sympathy and generosity to the new arrivals.

Even when the first estimate of 800,000 refugees coming to Germany this year went up to 1.5 million, the “welcome culture” stayed strong.

Only one month ago Merkel’s action still had the approval of half the population, with only 40 percent thinking her policy was wrong.

Now those numbers are reversed, and the voices of dissent are multiplying. Even Horst Seehofer, the prime minister of the state of Bavaria and leader of the Christian Social Union,(CDU), has lost patience, say-

ing that “no society can cope with an influx on this scale.” In fact, he’s threatening to challenge her policy before Germany’s Constitutional Court.

That’s just “compassion fatigue,” you might say, and you would be right. Bavarians have seen 175,000 refugees arrive in their midst in just the past month. That’s almost 1.5 percent of the state’s population in just 30 days. Many of them will move on to other states eventually – but another 175,000 will probably arrive in the coming month.

The scale of the refugee influx into Germany is almost unprecedented in modern European history: one and a half million people in six months (for the refugees only started arriving in large numbers in July). It’s as if the United States, with four times Germany’s population, were taking in one million Syrian and Afghan refugees every month.

Americans would never accept that.

What’s surprising is not the fall in support for Merkel’s policy. It’s the fact that it is still so strong, even though no other member of the European Union is being anything like so generous in its refugee policy. (Britain has offered to take in 20,000 refugees over the next

five years.) There must be something special about the German response.

There is certainly something special about modern German history, though most people elsewhere have forgotten it or never knew it. Not the Nazis and the war, but what happened at the end of the Second World War and just afterwards. As

“Even when the first estimate of 800,000 refugees coming to Germany this year went up to 1.5 million, the ‘welcome culture’ stayed strong.” the Soviet army rolled west across eastern Europe in early 1945, huge numbers of ethnic Germans fled before it.

Hundreds of thousands of them died of cold, hunger and the constant bombing, but between six and eight million made it into what is now Germany before the fighting ended.

Almost as many more were expelled from Eastern European countries in the following five years, mostly from Czechoslovakia and the parts of Germany (about a fifth of

its current area) that had been given to Poland by the victors.

Between 1945 and 1950 some 12 million refugees arrived in Germany – a Germany that had been bombed flat and was desperately poor. Even food was scarce in the early post-war years. But the Germans took the refugees in, shared what they had with them, and together they gradually pulled their country out of the hole it had dug for itself.

Germans don’t like to dwell on this period of their country’s history, but it hasn’t been forgotten.

Indeed, one-fifth of today’s Germans are those now elderly refugees and their children and grandchildren.

Deep down Germans have an understanding of what it is to be a refugee that no other Western Europeans can share.

Does this explain why Merkel did what she did? Nobody can say except herself, and she isn’t saying. She certainly hasn’t been a strong advocate of large-scale immigration in the past.

At a meeting with young CDU party workers in Potsdam five years ago, she said that the idea of creating a multicultural society in Germany had failed utterly: “The concept that we are now living

side by side and are happy about it does not work.” Indeed, she even said that Germans had Christian values and “anyone who doesn’t accept that is in the wrong place here.”

But she grew up in the town of Templin in northern Brandenburg, in what was then East Germany. When she was a child and a young woman, that area, not very far from the new Polish border, had a population that was 40 percent refugees.

Does their own refugee heritage explain why half of Germany’s 80 million people still support a policy that, so long as it lasts, will be adding one and a half million more non-German-speaking Muslims to the country’s population each year. Yes, it probably does.

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The six-per-cent increases, by that time triple inflation, would continue for another five years. Starting in 2017-18, increases would be tied to economic growth, with a minimum hike of three per cent, still well ahead of today’s inflation. That remains the Conservative plan today.

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Now, Norbert has his own company, which started last year and has moved to the Shuswap area. With more than 35 years as a painter, you can expect very fast, precise, and truly professional work; Norbert does every kind of painting and he also is an expert in professional wallpaper hanging. You can contact him at 778-220-2776 or email him at: norbertlazarus@ gmail.com

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RUSSELL, DONALD GEORGE RUSSELL, Donald George went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, October 4, 2015 at the age of 83 year at his residence in Salmon Arm, BC. Don was born in Ravenscraig, Saskatchewan on October 18, 1931 and had resided in Salmon Arm since 1987. Don was a devout Christian who loved spending time with family, playing Cribbage enjoyed horses, hockey and playing his base fiddle.

Don will be lovingly remembered by his children, Susie, Linda, Charlie, Ross, Terry, Marie (Mark) and Grandchildren, Robert, Braydon, Julia, Kelsey, Mitchell and Alissa,; wife, Norma and her family, Wayne (Ellie) Speller; grandchildren, Alan Speller and Bonnie (Dustin) Speller; and great grandchildren, Austin and Michael.

A funeral service will be held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Salmon Arm, on Saturday, October 24th, at 11:00 am, with Reverend Shirley Cochrane officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Ida Cemetery, Salmon Arm. Online condolences can be sent through Don’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com Arrangements were in the care of Bowers Funeral Home, Salmon Arm.

IN FIND IT THE CLASSIFIEDS ROBERT WILLIAM WHITEHEAD 1937 - 2015 It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Bob Whitehead at Hillside Village on Sunday, October 11, 2015 after a brave, extended battle with Lewy Body Dementia.

Bob is survived by his wife Lillian (Trenholm) of 54 years; sons David, Leonard (Cheryl), and Derek (Carolyn); grandchildren Grace, Declan, Ty, Sarah, Brandy and Sean; brother Phillip and sisters June and Jeanne.

Bob was born in Vancouver to William and Lucy (Doebert) (both from pioneer families in Blind Bay and Eagle Bay) and moved to Salmon Arm around 1948.

Bob loved sports. He played on the local high school basketball team and was an amazing water skier. Through his life, he swam, bowled, cycled, played slow pitch, golf and hockey, playing with the oldtimers into his 60’s. Bob was an incredible and involved father. He was a hockey coach, referee and even made rinks for his sons and the neighbourhood kids.

Bob had many occupations throughout his work life. He was an experienced logger in partnership with his dad in R & W Contracting. Later, he became a builder, realtor and land developer. In 1971, he and a business partner built and operated what is now RONA in Salmon Arm. Later, he coowned Tri-Vista Munro Realty and co-developed four subdivisions: Whitehead subdivision, Harper Hill, the Appleyard and Richmond Hill. Bob always believed in the goodness of people. He lived his life with unparalleled honesty, kindness and integrity.

We will miss him dearly.

A big thank you to Harmony Haven Day Centre, Dr. Malinowski and also the care workers at Hillside that cared for him with love and compassion.

An informal gathering will be held at Mt. Ida Hall, 5421 70th St. SW on Sat., Oct. 17, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s Funeral Services & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129. Email condolences and share memories through Bob’s obituary at www. fischersfuneralservices.com.

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JORJA-ANNE BABISKY-DUFRESNE It is with shock and sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of our beautiful baby girl Jorja-Anne at the tender age of two months.

Jorja-Anne BabiskyDufresne was born in Kamloops, BC on August the 1st 2015 to parents Jody Babisky and Darrel Dufresne.

JorjaAnne will forever be missed and remembered by her loving parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and extended family.

Jody and Darrel will be receiving family and friends at the mountainside complex (Bowers Funeral Home) on Sunday October the 18th 2015 between 1:00 – 3:00 pm.

Donations in memory of Jorja-Anne may be made to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome research at: Baby’s Breath, PO Box 21053, St Catherine’s, ON, L2M 7X2 Online condolences may be sent to Jody and Darrel through Jorja’s obituary at www. bowersfuneralservice.com

BRANHAM, BEVERLEY ‘BEVE’ January 19, 1957 – October 5, 2015 Beve Branham beloved wife of Wayne of Calgary, passed away on October 5, 2015 at the age of 58 years.

Beve had many careers in her short life, most recently with the Calgary Board of Education as the school bookkeeper at Rideau Park and Bishop Pinkam. While in British Columbia she was employed with BC Gas, BC Hydro and Western Integrated Technology. She was also known as a Master Gardener in Calgary.

In her spare time, Beve was an Avid Scuba Diver, Master Gardener, and also enjoyed Kayaking, Skiing, Walking, Hiking, Knitting, Crochet, Bird Watching and being a Mystery Reader. Her greatest joys and achievements were her two wonderful children, Jordanna and Sean and being a Master Gardener.

Beve will be dearly missed by her beloved husband, Wayne Branham, daughter Jordanna Branham and fiancé Ian Thorner, son Sean Branham, mother-inlaw Evelyn Branham, brother-in-law Gary Branham of Surrey BC, sister-in-law Denise Branham of Surrey BC, niece Jenny Jensen (nee Branham) and her husband Adam Jensen of Surrey BC and niece Kristen Branham, of New Westminster, BC. Beve will also be missed by her dear friends Keith and Carmen Black, Mae Lee Yrjola, Deb and Dave Bosse, Russ Nakonesby, Brent Hunter and Evelyn and Wayne Dyck, as well as her many CBE school friends. Beve was predeceased by her father, Jack English, her mother, Geraldine English, and her wonderful companion Jesse James.

A Celebration of Beve’s Life will be held at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY (Fish Creek, 14441 Bannister Road S.E.) on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. Forward condolences through www.mcinnisandholloway.com.

Thank you to all the staff at the South Calgary Medical Centre emergency room, ambulance staff and Calgary Police Services who assisted with her care and treated her with the utmost dignity under difficult circumstances and who also provided support and comfort to Wayne, Jordanna and Sean.

In living memory of Beverley Branham, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES, Fish Creek, 14441 BANNISTER ROAD S.E. Telephone: 403-256-9575.

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BIANCO, ORLANDO BRUNO “LON” Apr. 23, 1925 – Oct. 1, 2015 Lon passed away at age 90 at Hillside Village, Salmon Arm, BC. He was predeceased by his wife Heather, brothers Fred, Rudy and Paul. Lon is survived by and his two daughters Nancy and Patsy, grand daughters Anna, Gabriella, Caprice and Sarah, his brothers Albert and, Ernie and his sisters Nina and Joyce,.

The family would like to thank the staff at Hillside Village.

A celebration of life will be held at Fisher’s Funeral Home on Saturday Oct 17, 2015 at 11 a.m. with Father George LaGrange OMI Celebrant. Lon’s ashes will be place beside his wife’s at Mt. Ida Cemetery in Salmon Arm, BC. Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s Funeral Services & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129. Email condolences and share memories through Lon’s obituary at www. fischersfuneralservices.com.

ACKERMAN, WAYNE ROBERT December 26, 1938 – October 1, 2015 Wayne Robert Ackerman passed away peacefully on October 1, 2015.

Wayne was born to Elizabeth Helen Cumming and Robert Edward Ackerman on December 26, 1938 in Rorketon, MB. In 1946 the family moved to Canoe, BC, where Dad and his two surviving brothers, Rae and Ted, grew up and had many adventures on the small family farm.

In 1960, Wayne married his high school sweetheart Margaret Schulz; they were married for 21 years.

After getting married, Wayne went on to become a successful Chartered Accountant. His career took him briefly to Kamloops and Williams Lake before settling in Prince George in 1964. He later moved to Vanderhoof, where he retired in 1996.

In 1997, for outstanding career achievements as well as outstanding service to the community and the profession, Wayne was awarded the designation of Fellow Chartered Accountant, an honour of which he was extremely proud.

Wayne and Marg had two children, Derek (1963) and Paige (1967). Derek and his wife Julie had two children, Troy and Kendra. He had to settle for grandcats from Paige and her husband Kirk who live in North Vancouver, BC. In 2006, Wayne moved to Cranbrook to be closer to family.

Over the years, Wayne volunteered countless hours of his time to Kiwanis, Rotary, and Ducks Unlimited. Wayne enjoyed travel, fishing, and watching the geese and other birds on the river, from his front yard in Vanderhoof. He also took it upon himself to adopt, feed, and care for, feral cats that took up residence on his property, naming each and enjoying their aloof companionship.

Helping others, human or animal, was always a high priority; all who knew him will miss his gentle kindness, honesty, and generosity.

Wayne’s family would like to extend special gratitude to the staff at Joseph Creek Care Village for their exceptional level of care during the past four years.

Memorial donations are unnecessary, but may be given in Wayne’s honour to a reputable charity of your choice in lieu of flowers.

An informal gathering to celebrate Wayne’s life will be held at Burrard Yacht Club, 10 Gostick Place, North Vancouver, on Friday, November 6th from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm. Please join us to share your experiences, anecdotes, and any stories of the times you spent with our Dad. If you are unable to attend, please remember our Dad by raising a glass to him, or paying someone a kindness on his behalf.

Please feel free to share any cherished thoughts or memories of Dad with us by email to derek. ackerman@shaw.ca or paige_ackerman@me.com.

Arrangements entrusted to McPherson Funeral Service.

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Herb Knull Gladys Tomma Bea Murakami Janice Dedels Roy Bauer Jacqueline Lantz William Augustine Margret Burgess

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Cosmetic Manager This is a beauty career that is more than skin deep. Drive cosmetics sales through unbiased advice on products and consult with customers in your community.

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If so, then a sales career with one of the leading beauty and cosmetics destinations in Canada may be for you. You will be selling the top cosmetics brands in North America and the world, with access to extensive training in cosmetic product knowledge to ensure your success and you will have the chance to become a local beauty expert in your store and community.

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born on September 2, 2015 at 1:22 am in Calgary.

He was 9 lbs, 5 oz. and was 21” long.

Project:

Lakeside Manor – Phase 2 Foundation Work, Excavation & Backfill, Foundation Re-bar Owner:

Proud parents are Kyla and Marcus Petkau and even prouder grandparents are Mike Petkau of Silver Creek and Rob & Jen Udy of Salmon Arm.

Lakeside Manor Developments Ltd. Contractor:

Kasper Development Corporation Architect:

Bernd Hermanski Architect Incorporated The above project divisions have been declared substantially complete as of October 8th, 2015

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IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BUILDERS LIEN ACT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.

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Damien’s Kickin’ it!

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On October 17 Damien is 7!

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Children Childcare Available IMMEDIATE availability in childcare or housework. Exc. ref. avail. (250)832-0509

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Logix Learning Centre provides one-to-one and small group tutoring services for families in the North Okanagan. We are currently seeking experienced individuals who are passionate about teaching and education, and who care about student progress and success. Great interpersonal skills, motivation, and creativity are essential.

Part-time Positions Available: • Grade 9 – 12 English • Grade 9 – 12 Math – Pre-Algebra, Algebra, PreCalculus, Calculus, Statistics, Geometry, Trigonometry • Grade 9 – 12 Science – Biology, Chemistry, Physics • K-8 Language Arts/Math Qualifications: • University undergraduates and graduates with strong GPA and proven excellence in related subject area; • Certified or Retired Teacher, Principal, ECE, CEA; • Excellent communication , organization, and time management skills; • Ability to work with students one-to-one and in small groups; • Able to encourage and motivate students; • Flexible, reliable, responsible, professional; • Access to a reliable vehicle; • Available to work afternoons, evenings, and Saturdays during the academic year; • Criminal Record Check required.

Wage: $18 - $25/hr Please send resume with cover letter to: Tutor Coordinator Logix Learning Centre – Human Resources PO Box 636 Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4N7 Or email: dianahall@hotmail.ca Or fax: 250-833-4898

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Serving and caring for families in our community since 1947.

Whether you’re considering pre-planning or have lost a loved one, you can trust our professional and friendly team to support you with meaningful grief services. We provide individualized funeral, memorial and celebration of life services, as well as grief counselling and an aftercare program.

For more information and the answers to many frequently asked questions, visit us online at: Capreece Bowers, Celebrant & Clinical Counsellor

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PRODUCE CLERK – PART TIME

We are looking for an experienced Cabinet Design Salesperson to join our team!

Our Salmon Arm Downtown Produce Department requires a part time produce clerk, with the possibility of becoming full-time. You must be able to work day shifts. If you are energetic, enthusiastic and want to be part of the Askew’s team, we want to hear from you.

This is a full time, permanent position in our store in Armstrong, BC.

Please apply in person to: Dave Swetlikoe, Produce Manager – Downtown Store or by email to dave@askewsfoods.com

Experience using 20-20 Software preferred.

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REALTORS WANTED! Find out what it’s all about by calling (250)550-4221 or email bill.hubbard@century21.ca

US capable Class 1 Drivers required immediately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualified drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacific Northwest, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. We offer a new pay rate empty or loaded. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude.

Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

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EXPERIENCED LINE COOKS & BARTENDERS Please apply in person with resumé to Chances Salmon Arm 300 10th Street SW Must be 19+

Tired of the same old thing?

At CP you can be part of something historic. You have a chance to make a difference, to see Canada, and build a future.

CP is one of Canada’s most iconic companies. We move the goods that keep the world turning, and we’re on our way to doing it better than anyone else. To get there, CP is looking for some adaptable, hard-working, safetyconscious, and results-driven people to join our force of train conductors.

You don’t need: Railroading experience Connections You do need: Great Attitude Willingness to learn To work in and around Revelstoke

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We thank all candidates for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted

Competition closes on October 25, 2015 For additional information on Canadian Pacific and this career opportunity, visit us online at www.cpr.ca.

Only those candidates contacted will be considered. All communication will be directed to the email address you use on your online application form.

The journey has begun but is far from over.

Help Wanted Commercial Trailer Service Person needed for local trucking company, Must have some experience and be mechanically inclined. Must be physically fit and reliable with own transportation. Job involves outdoor work in all weather conditions. The right individual must be able to work under minimum supervision.

Please fax resume to 250546-0600 or by e-mail to: parris@ricknickelltrucking.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE EXPERIENCED server needed immed. Must be able to work all shifts including wkends. Apply with resume to Jane’s Place/ Picadilly Mall.

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Computer Equipment Computers Refurbished & Equipment for Sale System includes Windows 7Pro and monitor, keyboard, mouse. Hard drive(250GB to 500GB) Memory (2 to 8GB) • Intel Core 2duo $250.

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FIREWOOD $180.00 per cord (1-778)489-4870 STOCKPILED birch logs for firewood (you-cut) $75 per pickup load (250)833-2225

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HUGE sale. 6500 15 Ave. SW. Fri/Sat Oct. 16/17 9-3. Hshld, stainless side by side, asst. tools, winch, 2” water pump, 2 mountain bikes. Closing kennel-pet supplies, furn., fishing/camping gear, tons more!!

MOVING, everything must go.

450 25St. SE, Sat. Sun. Oct 17,18, 8-2, oak dining set, antiques, office desk, snowblower, tools, BBQ, crystal, misc.

MOVING sale everything must go! Hshld furnishings. #4 601 Beatty Ave NW Fri/Sat. Oct. 16th &17th, 23 & 24th 10 am.

Open house daily 10-2pm MOVING Sale. Sat, Sun Oct. 17 & 18, 9-1pm. #158-3350 10th Ave NE. Evergreen Mobile Home Park

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This program offers an in-depth education in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technologies.

The program is intended to take students with little or no previous experience in GIS to an advanced level of understanding and competency in the subject. The program requires students complete and present two major projects demonstrating their knowledge of the topics covered. A blend of theory and practical application ensures the graduates are prepared to work in the resource industry, Government or a First Nations Organization.

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Dry wood ready to burn this winter.1 (250)833-2705

SKYLINE TRUCKSTOP requires P/T cook. Email resume to skyline@jetstream.net or fax to 250-836-4950.

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GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

Home & Yard

Interior Heavy Equipment Operator School. Real World Tasks. Weekly start dates.

GPS Training! Funding Options. Already have experience? Need certification proof? Call 1-866-399-3853 or IHESHOOL.com

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Human Resources SASCU Financial Group Box 868, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4N9

Financial Services

Education/Trade Schools

CANADIAN PACIFIC (CP)

TRAIN CONDUCTORS REVELSTOKE REQUISITION # 44144

Services

Employment

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Misc. for Sale 1970 Klingerman upright piano Asking $700 Hide-a-bed loveseat $100 (250)832-1199 4 BLIZZAK MS 235 70R 16” winter tires. Almost new. Rims included. $600. (250)832-8859

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Merchandise for Sale

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Rentals

Misc. for Sale

Apt/Condo for Rent

CAR sold. 4 Nokian 15” winter tires on rims for sale. Excellent Condition (250)832-4786

4 BDRM 2 bath private apt. next to high school in Sicamous. $1300/month ref’s req (250) 833-2418

CLEAR PLASTIC TARPS, approx.

40’x40’, $25.00/tarp, Days (250)835-4541 Evenings/Weekends (250)833-2118 CRAFTSMAN 1450/27 snowblower. Exc. cond., $1000.

(250)836-3370 GAS fireplace EFEL 1994 still in good working cond., includes operation/installation manuals $150. (250)804-0261 SET of 4 17” steel rims.

5X115 stud patten for Chevrolet. $180. (250)832-4056 WANTED: German Schnauzer (or similar), female, under 2 yrs, house dog. (250)675-0011

Misc. Wanted BUYING coin collections, silver coins, antique coins, old money, sterling silver, gold jewelry. Todd - 250-864-3521 Private Coin Collector Looking to Buy Collections, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins, Estates + Chad: 778-281-0030, Local.

Musical Instruments Martin Soprano Ukulele with case Baritone Ukulele with case Ludwig Tenor Banjo with case

LGE 1 & 2 BDRM. BRIGHT apts. In suite storage, green space, live-in manager. Cable incl. Sicamous, 250-804-5364.

Cottages / Cabins Sunnybrae Cottage Monthly Rental Paradise Point Fully furnished 1 bedroom kitchen, living, dining room & laundry $850/month includes hydro, sat tv & internet (250)803-2480

Modular Homes MARA: reno’d dbl wide, 3 bdrm, 2bath, 6 appl., laminate, skylights, lg. yd. $900/mo. + DD (250)838-7670

Rentals Suites, Lower

with case (250)517-8087

Responsible, working senior.

NS, moving to Sicamous & wishes to rent small house or cabin. refs avail. (250)308-9283

WHERE DO YOU TURN

TO LEARN WHAT’S ON SALE?

The link to your community

3BDRM, 2 bath, upper level of home w/ garage. 5 appl, gas f/p, lg deck & yard, bright country living in town. NP, NS, $1650/mo, avail Nov. 1st 1-855-852-5660

Transportation

LISTINGS WANTED IMMEDIATELY in the Salmon Arm area.

If you have a property you would like sold call Raymond Pilon at (250)833-5153 Century 21 Lifestyles

Rooms for Rent

Mortgages

LUXURY ex. lakeview home with 3 rooms avail. Private, suitable for senior &/or professional. (250)833-0030

TEKAMAR MORTGAGES

Cars - Domestic 2001 Dodge Durango, leather, 250K, $2000. 2002 Suzuki XL7 4x4, low kms, was RV towed $3900. (250)832-4438 2006 Chevy Cobalt SS 2.4l, pw/pd/pl, sunroof, new brakes, $5000. obo (250)804-9239

Apt/Condo for Rent

Storage

2008 Honda Pilot SE 4WD in great shape, sun roof, DVD, $19,995. (250)832-1199

1BDRM. balcony apt. downtown f/s & hot water incl., NP, NS, $725/mo.(1-855)852-5660

VEHICLE STORAGE

Indoor & outdoor, secure storage Great rates, pre-pay 6 months get 1 month free White Post Auto Museum, Tappen

CALL (250)835-2224

3BDRM apt, NS & NP. $1200/mo. + util. Avail immed., upon approved application.

(250)832-6911 (250)804-8421

Excavating & Drainage

DAN DEGLAN EXCAVATING Professionally Beautifying Properties for Over 27 Years.

• Rock Walls • Utility Services • Site Prep • Terracing • Drainage • Pools

www.dandeglan.com 981 - 16th Street N.E., Salmon Arm V1E 2V2

250-832-0707

Farm Services

Farm Services

REIMER’S FARM SERVICE LTD.

We Deliver

• Bark Mulch • Shavings • Sawdust

250-838-0111 or 1-855-737-0110

Appointments necessary.

Auctions CONSIGN YOUR ANTIQUES TODAY

Large Selection of Furniture Including Dining & Bedroom Suites, Settee Sets, Clocks, Lamps, Radios, China, Crystal, Sterling Silver, Gold & Silver Jewellery, Watches, Coins, Primitive Tools, Toys, Plus Much Much More.

CONSIGNMENTS NOW ACCEPTED Viewing Saturday Oct 17, 9 am - 5 pm and Sunday Oct 18, 9 am to sale time Dodd’s Auction, 3311 - 28 Avenue, Vernon BC SALE CONDUCTED BY DODDS AUCTION VERNON

250-545-3259 • 1-866-545-3259 View photos at www.doddsauction.com (Specialty Auctions)

The eyes have it

Trucks & Vans

Fetch a Friend from the SPCA today! spca.bc.ca

2004 Ford Lariat F150 4dr. super cab, 5.4Triton, 191,000K, fully loaded, leather, immac. cond. $12,500. (250)675-2333 (250)675-3270 in Sorrento

Snowclearing Excavating & Drainage

All Breeds including Cats & Large Dogs

ESTATE • ANTIQUE • COLLECTIBLE SUNDAY OCT 18 • 1PM

Rentals 1/Bdrm across from City Hall.

Adults, N/S, No pets.

Ref’s required. $710/mo.

Call 250-833-0420 after 6pm.

Monday to Friday

ADVANCE NOTICE

Cars - Sports & Imports

(250)832-8766

Toll free 1-800-658-2345

With Michelle

s AUCTION

WANTED: Person to share house in Scotch Creek $500/mo. Preferably a guitar player. Rob (250)463-5131

Rates Consistently better than banks

PET GROOMING

Dodd

Shared Accommodation

Serving the Columbia-Shuswap since 1976. www.tekamar.ca

Tenders

Pets

Auctions

2009 Ford Edge AWD, SEL loaded, silver, leather interior, sunroof. 97000 hwy kms. 2 sets of tires on rims, very clean, retiree driven. $17,500 OBO. (250)804-4954.

Best rate 5yr-2.69%OAC

Pets

271A Trans-Can. Hwy. N.E. (across from KFC) • 250-832-0604

CANOE: 2bdrm house, F/S, W/D, D/W. N/S, N/P. Ref’s & DD req. Avail Dec 1 (possibly mid - Nov). $1100/mo + utils 1-604-250-8702.

Downtown SA. High traffic location. Quality building, ideal for office/professional or retail. Ground level,storefront. Wheelchair access. HVAC. 1000sq ft-3500sq ft. C-2. $12/sq ft.

Call Keith (250)832-6060

Tenders

Stanley Bland 832-6615 or 833-2449

Auto Financing

Office/Retail

Homes Wanted

Misc. for Sale

• Shavings, Sawdust, Bark Mulch, Wood Chips (bulk/mini bags) • Well Rotted Manure • Soils • Extra Clean Wheat Straw

PICK-UP OR DELIVERY

YOUR NEWSPAPER:

Homes for Rent

Misc. for Sale

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Want to Rent

SILVER Creek: 3bdrm, 1bath historic home, 5appl., NS, no drugs, pets OK $1200/mo.+ DD + util. 1yr. lease, ref’s req’d (250)803-0110

Real Estate

Garden & Lawn

’s BARlMaSnALd ES

2BDRM grdlvl daylight suite w/ beautiful garden & fruit trees in Raven, reno’d, 6appl., NS, NP, avail. Nov1, $1000/mo & DD, incl util. (250)833-5028

CEDAR Heights home for rent, 1300/mo. + utilities (250)804-2676

Gold Tone Open Back Banjo

Garden & Lawn

Snowclearing

Snowclearing

Adams Lake Indian Band EXPRESSION OF INTEREST SNOW REMOVAL

The Adams Lake Indian Band is inviting Expressions of Interest from contractors experienced in snow removal. Contractors must be experienced, possess the necessary equipment for the effective/ timely snow removal, sand/salting services of community roads and parking lots, proper insurance and WCB. LOCATIONS: • Hustalen IR #1 (Indian Point) • Toops IR#3 (Toops) • Sahhaltkum IR#4 (Chase) • Switsemalph IR#6 (Salmon Arm); Please submit your written expression of interest including description of equipment and the rate/cost of service to the address below.

Adams Lake Indian Band may also entertain interest from contractors in the specific areas.

All interested contractors requiring additional information are required to contact: Adams Lake Indian Band Maryann Yarama, Public Works, Housing and Capital Manager PO Box 588 Chase, BC V0E 1M0 Telephone: 250-679-8841 • Email: myarama@alib.ca Closing Date: October 20, 2015

Columbia Shuswap Regional District INVITATION TO TENDER:

Electoral Area C – South Shuswap Parks Maintenance Agreement The Columbia Shuswap Regional District is inviting tenders for the maintenance and performance of Parks Services at four (4) Parks located within Electoral Area C - South Shuswap.

Sealed Tenders clearly marked “Tender – Electoral Area C - South Shuswap Parks Maintenance” will be accepted until 11 AM PDT on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at the of¿ce of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, 555 Harbourfront Drive NE, PO Box 978, Salmon Arm, BC, V1E 4P1.

Tenderers may submit a bid for either the annual (Blind Bay Beaches) or seasonal (Sunnybrae and Robinson Community) park locations or both; however, each Park will be independently evaluated for selection purposes.

A detailed description of the services required can be found in the Tender documents.

Tender documents and further information are available online at the Columbia Shuswap Regional District website at www.csrd.bc.ca/ news-notices/opportunities/tenders, on the BC Bid website at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca, on the Civic Info website at www.civicinfo.bc.ca and at the of¿ce of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District at the above address during regular of¿ce hours.

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Tenders and to waive any informality in the Tenders received, in each case without giving any notice. The Columbia Shuswap Regional District reserves the right to accept the Tender which it deems most advantageous.

Faxed submissions will not be accepted.

The lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted.: For more information, please contact: Darcy Mooney, Manager Operations Management T: 250.833.5938 or TF: 1.888.248.2773 E: dmooney@csrd.bc.ca

Visit our website at www.csrd.bc.ca

555 Harbourfront Dr. NE, Salmon Arm, BC PO Box 978 V1E 4P1 250.832.8194 | Toll Free 1.888.248.2773

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Out on the Town

MUSIC • VISUAL ARTS • BAR SCENE • ENTERTAINMENT • PERFORMANCE ARTS Call us at 250-832-2131, drop in to our office, or use our new, easy to use calendar online. See below.

FRIDAY, OCT. 16 ONSTAGE – Shuswap Theatre presents the first Mainstage

Production of the season, playwright Norm Foster’s Bedtime Stories, a six-story plot that weaves a tapestry of interconnected tales from a woman leaving her husband to a rock star and his groupie all focusing around one thing – a bed. Contains adult themes. Tickets are available at Intwined Fibre Arts on Hudson Avenue or online at www.shuswaptheatre.com.

HARVEST DANCE – Presented by Birchbark and Friends, the

evening includes called dances, waltzes, polkas, swing, reels and jigs – this year at a new location – Sunnybrae Community Hall, 3595 Sunnybrae-Canoe Point Rd. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and dancing begins at 7. Tickets at $12 for adults and $6 for students are available at Acorn Music or by calling 250-833-1187. Children under 10 are admitted free.

GORDON JAMES – the Kelowna sing-

er/songwriter performs his urban country, easy listening music with a touch of the blues at 7 p.m. at the Wicked Spoon Tap and Grill.

the Shuswap Association of Writers present renowned environmentalist and author Ann Eriksson and Deanna Kawatski, Shuswap’s own famous author, who will read from their recent works. Photographers Pat Hutchins and Roger Beardmore will present their work on the amazing diversity of birds in Salmon Arm Bay and the birds of southeast Australia from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Field House at Little Mountain.

DIVORCE CARE – A support group runs Sundays at 4 p.m. at

Five Corners Pentecostal Church. For information, contact Sarah Weinacker at 250-832-3121 or by email to office@fivecornerschurch.ca.

JAMMERS DANCE – Seniors’ Fifth Avenue Activity Centre at

170 Fifth Ave. SE hosts the monthly dance at 7 p.m.

Bring an instrument or enjoy dancing to the music.

SHUSWAP QUESTERS – Dr. Warren Gage has pediatric

training and will address the role of chiropractic in treating conditions ranging from scoliosis, colic, reflux, constipation, bed wetting, and ear infections to the more challenging pediatric conditions such as ADHD, Autism, and sensory processing disorders, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the SASCU Downtown Activity Centre, 451 Shuswap St. Everyone is welcome.

THURSDAY, OCT. 22 SHUSWAP GARDEN CLUB – meets at 7 p.m. at the Scout Hall,

2460 Auto Rd. Guest speaker is Doug Gordon, who will talk about honey bees. Everyone is welcome. For more information, call Trish Toms at 250-832-1965.

JAZZ CLUB – The Willy Gaw Sextet – Gaw on guitar, Jordan

Dick on guitar, Richard Owings on violin, Bill Lockie on bass, Julien Veres on sax and Stephanie Clifford on guitar – perform from 7 to 9 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 in the banquet room of Shuswap Chefs Restaurant, 551 TransCanada Hwy.

FRIDAY, OCT. 23

SATURDAY, OCT. 17

FUNDRAISER – A bake sale to raise

INSPIRED TO SHINE – Women’s weekend fundraising event for the SAFE Society features four different events in three days, with inspiring entertainment, including special presenter Kristal Barrett-Stuart of the Sparkle Project BC. The lobby will be filled with vendors, resources, a mini career fair and job opportunities.

Tickets for any or all of the events are available at Wearabouts, Touch ‘A Texas, Synergy Studio or I Am Yoga in Sicamous. No tickets at the door.

money for a vehicle that accommodates a wheelchair for Madison Cox so she can attend school and BC Childrens Hospital appointments will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Mall at Piccadilly and Centenoka Park Mall. Donateions can aso be made at gofundme.com/ sm683jnc.

KINDALE – Harvest Wishes Dinner Dance will be held to support peoTURKEY SUPPER – First United Men’s ple with diverse abilities at the PresClub serves the annual dinner in two tige Harbourfront Resort, featuring sittings, 5 or 6 p.m. in the church hall. the music of the popular Salmon Tickets are available from men’s club Armenians. Wine tasting starts at members or at the church office, 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served which is open Monday through at 7. Tickets are available at KinThursday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. dale Thrift Store at 885 Lakeshore Call 250-832-3860.

Dr. SW. SHUSWAP WRITERS COFFEHOUSE – a OPERA – Direct from the 1771 10th Avenue SW, Salmon Arm 250-832-8424 special tribute to Sharlee Plett takes Metropolitan Opera and live on Store Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 am-5:30 pm • Sat. 9 am-5 pm • Sun. 10 am-4 pm place from 7 to 9 p.m. at Choices screen at the Salmar Classic, see Restaurant, 40 Lakeshore Rd. For info, Otello, Shakespeare’s tale of an call Dorothy at 250-832-3537. outsider, a great hero who can’t control his jealousy, was AUTHOR READING – Author Lynne carefully moulded by the librettist Arrigo Boito into a taut Stonier-Newman will read from her book, Policing a and powerful opera, at 9:55 a.m. at the Salmar Classic.

MONDAY, OCT. 19 Pioneer Province, focusing on keeping law and order in Tickets are available at the Salmar Grand.

B.C. during the Second World War, from 10:30 to 11:30 ART SHOW – The Mount Ida Painters Guild hosts the annual a.m. at the Salmon Arm Library.

FILM FARE – Shuswap Film Society presents Clouds of Sils event from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 20 Maria, at 5 p.m. at the Salmar Classic. The film is about a at the Seniors Drop-in Centre, 31 Hudson Ave. NE, HILARIOUS HYPNOSIS – Experience your super conscious veteran actress comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable featuring art, refreshments, prizes. mind with comedic hypnotist Gavin Hooper at 8 p.m. at reflection of herself when she agrees to take part in a the SASCU Rec Centre, presented by the Salmon Arm TUESDAY, OCT. 20 revival of the play that launched her career 20 years Bantam Tier 3 team. Tickets are available at Setters earlier.

SPIRITUAL HEALING – provided by trained spiritual healers Liquor Store or Salmon Arm GM. For more information, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-in Centre, 31 call 250-833-6275.

DANCING – Dance to Sleepless Nights from 8 to 11 p.m. at Hudson Ave. NE. Contact Rev. Norm Russell at 250-804Salmon Arm Legion, sponsored by the Salmon Arm SATURDAY, OCT. 24 0442 for more information. Healing sessions will take Dance Club.

ELDER ABUSE – A free community forum will be held from place once a month until June.

SUNDAY, OCT. 18 1 to 4 p.m. at the Deo Lutheran Church, 1801 30th St. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21 NE, to help people recognize abusive practices, help SPEAK OF THE DEAD – Salmon Arm Museum and Haney seniors/families access support services, and increase Heritage Village curator Deborah Chapman takes people SIX GUITARS – Chase Padget becomes six different guitar engagement of isolated and/or vulnerable seniors and to on her annual cemetery tour at 1 p.m. in the old section of players each with their own voice, views and music, from give them opportunities to make their voices heard. A Mt. Ida Cemetery. Space is limited, so call 250-832-5243 blues, to jazz, rock, classical, folk and country. From 8 to panel of experts – RCMP, churches, Interior Health, and to reserve your spot.

10 p.m. at the Salmar Classic Theatre. Tickets aat the immigrant services will respond and share their thoughts.

Wicked Spoon and Barley Station Brew Pub. CELEBRATION OF NATURE – The Shuswap Naturalist Club &

Clean Burn and SPF Wood Pellets now in stock!

You can now upload your own events on our website…AND IT’S EASY!! Simply go to www.saobserver.net, go to CALENDAR, and click on Add Your Event.

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Hardie Home Decorating In January of 2002 Ron Hardie opened the doors of his new Benjamin Moore Signature store in the Lakeshore Village in Salmon Arm. Ron came to this new venture with a long history in retail and a firm commitment to customer service. He hoped that his skills & experience together with top quality products would be a winning combination.

Knowing the company’s reputation for product excellence and customer loyalty, he was confident in bringing Benjamin Moore

How shopping locally can help you and your community brand to the community.

Thousands of satisfied customers later, Ron and staff of Hardie Home Decorating continue to provide superior products and helpful advice.

An extensive selection of designer paints, wall coverings and window blinds are available to meet all your decorating needs.

Choose the time proven quality of Benjamin Moore. You can expect a beautiful result.

HARDIE HOME DECORATING

303 - 251 Trans Canada Highway (Lakeshore Village)

250-833-1410

Lakeside Bowling Centre

Eat Play k n i r D

250-832-3946

Today’s consumers have more shopping options at their disposal than they did in years past.

Though the Internet may put the world at one’s fingertips, more and more shoppers are discovering that buying locally makes for a superior shopping experience.

The benefits associated with shopping locally are many, and the following are just a few reasons why shoppers may want to look no further than their own communities when planning their next shopping excursions.

Keeps money in the local economy Locally-owned businesses often put a larger share of their revenue back into their communities. Small business owners may be more

New owners wanted to open a business where families could come and enjoy some time together.

Extensive renovations were done in 2014-15 to have it be ready by summer.

New lanes will be arriving the weeks of October 19-31 as well as new lane lighting done by Brunswick, then they will finally have all the renovations done.

A new restaurant and menu, come see why everyone is raving about the butter chicken! Restaurant hours are Tuesday to Sunday 6pm10pm.

They have introduced some new events such as Canuck game nights - come in and watch the game, have dinner and a beer for $15!

inclined to employ local residents, giving more people in the community solid employment. Business owners may reach out and support other neighborhood efforts, such as fundraising initiatives for charities and schools. By shopping at local stores, you have a hand in supporting these efforts as well.

Save money When factoring in travel time and the cost of fuel, shopping locally makes more sense than driving to a faraway mall. In addition, repeat customers who establish a rapport with a local business owner may find that such owners are more inclined to price match or work with loyal customers to find lower prices

Thursday will be Toonie -a -Game night.

They have leagues rangeing from Mom’s & Tots to 55 +.

There a few spots still available on some leagues, just give them a call.

Lakeside Bowling Centre is a great place to throw a birthday party or how about that staff social? They also have fundraising packages that can help your organization.

They will be celebrating their one year anniversary on Nov 14. Watch for details.

The staff of Eileen, Shelly, Sheldon, Jakob, Tyler, Bryce, Tamara, Kimi and Kulwinder will be happy to show you why they want you to come in and Eat-Play-Drink!

through suppliers.

Diversify your home and lifestyle Shoppers who prefer more unique styles may find local businesses cater to their needs better than large chain stores. Larger retailers offer the same products to customers regardless of where those customers live, so a person in Ontario may be decorating his or her home with the same furnishings as a person in British Columbia. But local shops tend to produce more unique items that are not available nationwide.

Promote entrepreneurship Small businesses are an essential element to the country’s economic growth.

By shopping locally, consumers are showing their support for this important segment of the national economy.

Help establish local pride Independent shops contribute to the fabric of a community and what makes it special and unique.

Tourists and other visitors will be much more inclined to remember a local shop rather than a big chain in a particu-

“Where service is a pleasure, never a problem.”

1881 - 9th Avenue NE Salmon Arm

USED AUTO PARTS www.lakesidebowling.com

4850 - 46th Ave. SE, Salmon Arm Industrial Park (250) 832-9776

lar neighborhood.

When travelers want to get a feel for a community, they seek out small, local stores that are much more likely to stock a high percentage of locally-sourced goods.

Attract other businesses Private and public sector businesses tend to gravitate around anchor stores. Should a local store be successful, other businesses may move in as well.

Shopping locally benefits consumers in ways which contribute to a healthy local economy.

L-R: Bob, James, Bill, Shelby & Morrie; missing: Sherri .

If you are looking for used auto parts, call Westside Used Auto Parts, “Where service is a pleasure, never a problem!”

Since 1992, Westside has offered used auto parts from vans, pick-ups, domestic and import cars.

When purchasing your used auto parts, you receive a 120 day warranty. If Westside

doesn’t have the part you’re after, the experiences staff can find the part on their satellite parts locating network. Westside offers old vehicle removal as well.

Westside is located in the Industrial Park, with a 4-acre yard and roughly 650 units in stock. The part you need is only a phone call away.

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The five do’s for successful business The 36th BDC Small Business Week takes place this year from October 18 to 24, 2015. Organized by the Business Development Bank of Canada, the event’s goal is to acknowledge the important contribution of Canadian entrepreneurs to our economy. This special week offers a framework of activities across the country to help business people build their resources and learn more about running a business.

D u r i n g the last edition of this event, some very interesting research was publicized from a study entitled “The Five Do’s and Don’ts of Successful Businesses.”

According to researchers, there are five important do’s that lead to business success: 1. Innovate 2. Ask for outside advice 3. Have a solid plan and measure your progress 4. Hire the best people and keep them engaged

5. Build strong relationships with your key suppliers There are also five main things to avoid when running a successful business: 1. Don’t rely on a small pool of customers – diversify 2. Don’t underestimate the importance of effective financial management 3. Don’t leave contingency planning until it’s too late 4. Don’t ignore what’s happening in your market 5. Don’t wait too long to get help.

The BDC is a financial insitution owned by the Government of Canada. It supports more than 30,000 SMBs (small and medium businesses) by complementing the various services offered by private sector financial institutions. For the complete report of this study and to find out more about activities taking place in your area during BDC Small Business Week, visit www.bdc.ca

Because it’s not always apples to apples.

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250.803.0156

Yan’s Restaurant

Authentic Chinese Cuisine

With everything today so expensive, preventative maintenance is even more important.

Looking after your

vehicle today can help prevent costly repairs tomorrow Here at Center Point Automotive we look after you

#2 - 320 3rd Ave. SW 250-833-0132 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8am-5pm Check us out on Facebook

and your vehicle.

We follow the factory maintenance guide and use factory approved oils, fluids and parts for your car or truck.

We are fully trained on the latest technology and are a fully equipped shop.

You might see lots of Imports parked out front of the shop, but the bays could be full with any sort of vehicle.

Diesel trucks also take that extra bit of knowledge. We have that training and tools to deal with any issue that your vehicle may have, including all the diagnostics and tech support specific to

your model.

Todd Walcer, Mich Snow and Nick Spottock have the skills and training to perform whatever maintenance, repair or modification your vehicle may require.

Call either Connie Russell or myself, Brian Browning to discuss what we can do for you.

We have the commitment to acquire the tools and knowledge that it takes to work on the high tech vehicles of today We would like to invite you to come by the shop and see what we can do for you.

Open 7 days a Week!

Smorgasbord Fri., Sat. & Sun.

1 Location ONLY Uptown Salmon Arm near Hilltop Toyota

Located 2 Minutes from the Arena at 880 - 21st St. NE, Salmon Arm 250.832.3007 www.yans.ca

Bringing family and friends together with great food and excellent service, Yan’s is looking forward to serving you!

As previous restaurant owners in Quesnel, BC, the Chen family has now been owners of the Yan’s Restaurant since 2013. First and foremost, they would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support and warm welcome to the Salmon Arm community!

Yan’s specializes in authentic Chinese cuisine with many additions to both their à la carte menu and weekend buffet. They also prepare their food with care by using fresh quality ingredients while supporting local food vendors whenever available.

In addition, the people at Yan’s are

very festive and enjoy treating everyone with promotions throughout the year including Christmas, New Years, Lunar New Years, and much more. Keep an eye out for these promotions and events!

The importance of community is also highly valued at Yans, don’t miss out on our current Silverback’s game day promotion. Present your Silverback game ticket to receive 10 percent off your meal on game day.

You can enjoy their food at home with take out or delivery, or stay and dine in with them. They are located a mere two minutes from the arena, at 880 21st Street NE (uptown, near Hilltop Toyota).

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SALE PRICES EFFECTIVE:

Oct. 18 - 24, 2015 W IT H

Picked Fresh CARE W IT H

Cut Fresh CARE

Gail’s Meat Picks:

Courtenay’s Deli Picks: BBQ/Hot Spicy Chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pizza Pepperoni . . . . . . . . . . . . .

German Butter Cheese . . . . . .

Sirloin Tip Oven Roast

1 29 1 49 2 89

13.18/kg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fresh Pork Side Ribs

/100 g

Value Pack • 8.11/kg . . . . . . . . . .

/100 g

Fresh Chicken Legs

Steve’s Produce Picks:

5 68 3 98 1

98

Good Health

Veggie Chips & Stix

lb.

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Celery Hearts

lb.

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Red Potatoes

lb.

Back Attached • 4.37/kg . . . . . . . . *NOW AVAILABLE: *Locally Produced Pork, Rocana Meats - Salmon Arm

/100 g

Sarah’s Bakery Pick:

2 99 1 98 7 48

Apple Fritters 6 Pack ................................................

Or....................................................................

Canadian Harvest Buns

10 lb. Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bulk Items

60ea.

ea.

6

ea.

49 ea.

AND

FLORAL

Kerry’s Bulk Pick:

¢

5 19 3

69

Pure Chocolate Chips

Large or Small ...........................

Save $1.00/kg

1

06

/100 g

6 Pack .....................................................

8” Lemon Dessert Cake

Did You Know?

Do not reuse trays & containers that come with microwave dinners or take out. These trays and containers are usually designed for Made in-store ......................................... one-time use only and may not be safe for microwave use.

Two Week Case Lot Sale Aquafina

Bottled Water 500 mL Case of 24

.......

4

48

+ Dep.

Assorted

Fruit Jelly

1400 g . . . . . . . . .

Pomodoro Calda

Canned Tomatoes 794 mL Case of 12

....

4

98

1199

Campbell’s

Soup

6 798

Mushroom, Tomato, Chicken Noodle or Vegetable, 284 mL . . . .

Western Family

Mushrooms Stems & Pieces

284 mL, Case of 12 . . . . . . . .

ea.

98 Cas e of 12

Western Family

Medium Eggs 30 Pk.

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Noov

Paper Towels

2

6 Roll . . . . . . . .for ..

5

Purex

700

Ice Cream

98

Bathroom Tissue

2 Sel. Var., 12 Roll . . . .for ..

Island Farms

Sel. Var. 4L ...........

smart one card price We reserve the right to limit quantities - Check our weekly flyer for more specials

1000 98 4

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