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KELOWNA-LAKE COUNTRY

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For the first time in 45 years, and just the second time since 1947, a Liberal will represent Kelowna-Lake Country in Parliament in Ottawa.

Rookie candidate Stephen Fuhr pulled off a stunning upset Monday night to defeat nine-year incumbent Conservative Ron Cannan and take the riding for the Liberals, part of a massive cross-country landslide that saw the Grits win a majority of seats in Parliament for the first time in more than a decade.

At the dissolution of the last Parliament in August, the Liberals sat in third-place in the House of Commons with just 36 seats. The party won 184 seats Monday night. The magic number for a majority government was 170 seats. The Conservatives placed second and will be the official Opposition with 99 seats, the NDP fell to 44 seats, pushed out of its official Opposition status in the last parliament and into third place, with the Bloc Quebecois taking 10 seats and the Greens one.

“This riding hasn’t been the colour red (the colour used by the Liberals) since 1969,” Fuhr told a large, cheering crowd who packed into a downtown Kelowna restaurant Monday night.

But he added, as a Liberal candidate supported by local Greens and as the man who will represent the entire constituency, “Now there’s no colour to this riding.”

He said he felt “blessed” and thankful to the voters of Kelowna-Lake Country.

“This was the biggest example of working together and cooperation that I have ever seen,” said the 47-year-old retired Canadian Air Force major.

For his supporters, the win was doubly triply gratifying. Not only did Fuhr win, the Liberals won a majority and in doing so, out the Conservatives lead former prime minister Stephen Harper, a man they demonized.

“I’m blown away,” said Ashely Cail, a 24-year-old teacher who said she went to he party’s 2011 national convention and has been working hard for the party here ever since.

“I believe in this party and its values

and (leader Justin) Trudeau. I couldn’t be happier.”

She said a toll for getting young people involved, social media was “huge.”

In his acceptance speech, Fuhr also credited his campaign’s social media presence with helping secure the win.

“We owned social media,” he told the crowd.

Another supporter, Adrienne Nolan, said while she was surprised to see such a Liberal surge across the country election night, she was very happy.

“This is an exciting night,” said Nolan.

In his remarks, Fuhr said while he never thought winning would be a “slam dunk,” he began to feel his campaign gaining traction with voters in the last few days of the long campaign.

Fuhr was one of the first Liberal candidates in Canada nominated for this election, winning the nomination in June 2014.

During the 11-week campaign, he said he and his team knocked on 11,000 doors throughout the riding and made more than 2,000 phone calls.

Going to Ottawa as part of a majority Liberal government made Fuhr’s win all the sweeter for the first-time politician.

Speaking to his supporters as television monitors in the background broadcast images of party leader and prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau delivering his own acceptance speech, Fuhr’s first words when he reached the podium were a direct swipe at the outgoing prime minister: “And Stephen Harper is gone.”

That brought a huge cheer from the crowd, who had just watched as Harper, the Conservative leader delivered his concession speech in Calgary, accepting defeat of his party.

While Harper retained his own seat, news stations across the country were reporting he will resign as Conservative leader in the wake of the Tories defeat after nearly 10 years in power. Harper did not, however, announce his resignation in his speech.

In Kelowna-Lake Country Fuhr took 46.1 per cent of the vote to Cannan’s 39.8 per cent the NDP’s Norah Bowman’s 14.1 per cent.

“And Stephen Harper is gone.”

—Kelowna-Lake Country Liberal candidate Stephen Fuhr

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Conservative incumbent Ron Cannan receives a consolation hug after losing his bid for re-election in Kelowna-Lake Country to Liberal candidate Stephen Fuhr.

Harper factor hurt Cannan Kevin Parnell kparnell@kelownacapnews.com

In late 2005, Ron Cannan was completing a near 10-year run as a Kelowna city councillor when he was approached by the Conservative Party to run as a candidate in the next federal election.

A popular councillor at the time, Cannan had never been a member of a federal party before, but he took the chance to join Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, moving up to the highest level of politics in this country when he was elected as a member of government in the 2006 federal election.

And while he wouldn’t admit it on Monday night, in the hours following his defeat at the hands of Liberal candidate Stephen Fuhr, it’s hard not to believe that Cannan was taken down by the wave of anti-Stephen Harper sentiment that swept across the country.

“I think a lot of people in town were torn on Monday,” said Kelowna city councillor Ryan Donn, who was at Cannan’s post-election campaign gathering Monday night.

“You look at the person of Ron Cannan and I think a lot of people wanted to support the person but had trouble supporting Stephen Harper or the Conservative party.

“If you look at Ron, he represents what is Canadian but I don’t think

people were seeing that at the next level. They were forced to choose between the person they see on a daily basis and the national party, which perhaps wasn’t representing their Canadian perspective.”

Cannan took the high road in his concession speech to party supporters and following that when questioned by the media. He wouldn’t take the bait when asked if the anti-Harper sentiment was a factor in his loss, saying only that you win as a team and lose as a team.

“Canadians wanted a change and they are going to get a change,” said Cannan. “I want to thank Stephen Fuhr and his campaign for their hard work. It’s a new time for our community and all I can do is help make that transition a smooth one to ensure that we have the best representation locally, provincially and nationally.”

For Cannan, Monday night marked the end of two straight decades of political service, first as a city councillor and for the past nine-and-a-half years as an MP. His foray into the federal political game came when an opportunity was presented to him, rather than him chasing after the position.

“I was never partisan or belonged to a political party until I was asked in 2005 and joined the Conservative Party,” said Cannan.

“I worked with all political

parties (during his nearly 10 years in Ottawa) and with members across the way (from other parties).

I just want to continue to serve my community in the best way I can and have a normal life back with my wife and family and enjoy my three wonderful grandkids.”

The fact that Cannan continued to talk about serving his community in the immediate aftermath of what was a crushing and unexpected defeat offered a window into the man who has served the communities of Kelowna and Lake Country for the past 20 years.

“I think at the end of the day you see how honourable a person Ron is when he graciously accepts democracy in action,” said Donn.

“He was so responsive to anyone who reached out to him and every single person has the same thing to say. I think it leaves quite a legacy for this community and there is an opportunity for Stephen (Fuhr) to jump right in and be very responsive to the community. I was really happy to be there to support a friend. Ron was a friend of the community.

“At the same time having the Liberal party to commit to investing in infrastructure and to have us represented from someone from the government is a good thing for Kelowna.” @KP_media1

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CENTRAL OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN-NICOLA

Conservative Albas looks forward to working with Liberals Sawyer Klassen sawyer.klassen@kelownacapnews.com

Conservative Dan Albas is returning to Ottawa, this time as a Member of Parliament for the Opposition .

Albas, the former MP for the old OkanaganCoquihalla riding was reelected Monday night to represent the new riding of Central OkanaganSimilkameen-Nicola.

Albas won with 24,425

votes, collecting 39.5 per cent of the vote.

Liberal Karley Scott finished in a close second with 37.3 per cent of the vote, New Democrat Angelique Wood placed third with 19.3 per cent

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and Green candidate Robert Mellalieu garnered a 3.9 per cent share.

“Tonight, democracy has spoken,” Albas said in his victory speech. “While we might not have gotten the results across Canada that we were hoping for, we should respect that the very essence of democracy is for voters to decide on the direction of our great country.”

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which means for the first time in his political career Albas will be a member of the Opposition.

“Mr. Trudeau, the Liberal leader, actually spoke in favour of my Bill C-311,” Albas noted.

“He saw that the wine industry needed support and he showed support for that.

“When we’re talking about important things like infrastructure I’m sure there’s a lot we can agree on.

“Fast growing areas like Kelowna and West Kelowna that have an infrastructure deficit and want to see improved infrastructure can build an excellent business case.

“Ultimately, if someone wants to govern they have to be fair and practical and make sure that all Canadians get the benefits of everyone’s tax dollars.”

Albas offered a huge thanks to his campaign team and volunteers for all of their support and efforts throughout the election process.

He also thanked Scott, Wood and Mellalieu for putting their names forward and running honourable campaigns.

“We spent a lot of time together over the past 11 weeks,” Scott said of Albas. “I wish him well, and I hope he makes us proud.”

Although Scott ultimately didn’t see the end result she was hoping for, she was still pleased with how she did.

“I am so proud of my team, I am so proud of our efforts. I’m so proud of the optimistic and hopeful tone of our entire campaign. We’ve already won because of that, I couldn’t be prouder.”

Scott’s excitement was palpable Monday night despite the loss in her own riding as she saw the Liberals surge to a majority.

“It’s amazing, I think that Canadians from coast to coast to coast came out and said that they are ready for real change,” she said.

“It started on the East Coast, I was watching it and getting more and more excited as it went along. “ I have the utmost confidence and faith in Justin Trudeau and his ability to lead this country in an optimistic and positive direction.”

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The Liberals won a 54.4 per cent majority government Monday night with 39.5 per cent of voter support behind them.

The NDP Party will control 13 per cent of the House of Commons, despite winning 19.7 per cent of the popular vote.

It’s a standard disparity given the first past the post electoral system, but the lingering question is whether or not campaign pledges of reform will be followed through on.

Liberal prime ministerdesignate Justin Trudeau said in June he’d change the way parliamentarians are elected, if the Liberals were voted in.

First he promised to convene an all-party committee to study the options, then enact some replacement for the current first-past-the-post system within 18 months of being sworn in.

A system with ranked ballots, where second choices are counted in, was their preference.

Local MP-designate Stephen Fuhr said he was behind that plan when on the stump.

“I agree that any solution to democratic reform in Canada should include an element of proportionality and I will advocate for such if I am elected,” said Fuhr.

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Hamish Telford

promises once the election has been won— especially if it’s been won with a majority.

“I think electoral reform may be one of the casualties of a majority government,” said Hamish Telford, a political science professor at the University of the Fraser Valley and an author of several books on Canadian politics.

“If we had a minority, we would see movement on proportional representation or electoral reform…that would have been the price that had to be paid for NDP or Green support, but now I expect to see it buried in a study.”

One way to do that without looking like he’s reneging on his word, is to bury the issue in a referendum.

Although he said he wouldn’t raise the issue in that manner, given that voters have repeatedly rejected it in provincial referendums, it might be his best move forward.

“Then he can say, ‘Let Canadians kill it, not me,’” Telford said. @kelownanewsKAT

Party voting across Canada • Seats and popular vote 2015: 338 seats, 17,559,353 votes • Conservative won 29 per cent of the House of Commons, with 99 seats. That amounts to 31.9 per cent of the popular vote or 5,600,496 ballots cast in their favour.

• NDP won 13 per cent of the House of Commons, with 44 seats. That amounts to 19.7 per cent of the popular vote or 3,461,262 ballots cast in their favour.

• Liberals won 54 per cent of the House of Commons with 184 seats. That amounts to 39. 5 per cent of the popular vote or 6,930,136 ballots cast in their favour.

• Bloc Quebecois won three per cent of the vote, amounting to 10 seats in the House of Commons.

That’s 4.7 per cent of the popular vote, or 818,652 ballots cast in their favour.

• The Green Party won below one per cent of the popular vote with one seat in the House of Commons.

They earned 3.4 per cent of the popular vote, with 605,864 ballots cast in their favour.

—Statistics from elections.ca as of noon,Oct. 20.

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NDP DISAPPOINTED

Kathy Michaels kmichaels@kelownacapnews.com

Downcast but not deflated, the Central Okanagan’s NDP faithful say they have high hopes for what lies in their political future.

As TV moderators announced Monday night that the NDP had lost 59 seats in the House of Commons from what they earned in their 2011 run for election, the candidates from Kelowna-Lake Country and Central OkanaganSimilkameen-Nicola gathered at the Kelowna Community Theatre and trumpeted local campaign successes as fodder for future political discourse.

“I am inspired with what we started here,” said Norah Bowman, NDP candidate for KelownaLake Country. “You know, we ran out of lawn signs, we tripled our donations since the last election and, the best thing of all, is we have over 150 volunteers here.”

That swell in local support has just begun, she said, pointing out that it’s simply a result in Central Okanagan residents hearing something that made sense.

“They’re inspired by

things that matter to us and our community…

I’m speaking about affordable child care, and pharmacare and at-home care for our elders,” she said.

“I’m speaking about the environment, about food security, religious freedom and transgender rights—we are going to keep speaking about those things in our community. “ As she pointed out in a Facebook post the next day, those conversations have resonance locally, as 112 women were turned away last year from the Kelowna Women’s Shelter because there was no room.

In Kelowna, thousands of children and elders were clients of the Central Okanagan Food Bank last year, while veterans struggled to make ends meet and students had to choose between books and food.

Why that didn’t amount to more votes, however, is a mystery to Central Okanagan -Similkameen-Nicola NDP candidate Angelique Wood.

When asked for her take on Monday’s results, she said she was in absolute shock.

“When I was out door-

knocking I encountered such positive feedback from voters who said they wanted change, and they would vote for me,” she said. “So the results are absolutely surprising to see.”

While the disparity between on-theground feedback and the numbers were shocking locally, those watching from a national perspective saw a distinct pattern. It looks like political maneuvering across the country hit the NDP hard, causing reverberations that reached the West Coast.

“My speculative hypothesis is that in Conservative ridings, Conservatives really hurt themselves with attacks on the niqab, immigration and the refugee crisis, among other things,” said Hamish Telford, a political analyst who teaches political science at the University of the Fraser Valley and has authored several books on the subject.

While it might seem that the niqab issue should have helped the NDP gain the support of those voters put off by the political stand of the Conservatives, it did the opposite.

When NDP leader

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Still feeling inspired despite vote setback

The two Central Okanagan riding candidates for the NDP, Angelique Wood (left) and Norah Bowman, congratulate each other for their campaigning efforts at the party’s post-election gathering held Monday night at the Kelowna Community Theatre.

Thomas Mulcair came out in support of a woman’s right to wear whatever she chooses, Quebec voters in NDP ridings switched alliances in disapproval and the bottom fell out of his campaign.

When the rest of the country saw Quebec turn its back on the NDP, they “made an instant calculation,” Telford surmised.

“To see the Liberals storm all the way to a majority was surprising, but I think it was that Canadians collectively decided that the Liberals were the vehicle to defeat Harper and the NDP paid the price for that,” said

Steering the campaigns forward Alistair Waters awaters@kelownacapnews.com

When successful Kelowna-Lake Country Liberal candidate Stephen Fuhr first sat down with the man who would become his campaign manager, Wayne Pierce told him he had a better chance of climbing Mt. Everest without oxygen than beating incumbent Conservative Ron Cannan.

A little over three months later, on Monday night with Pierce by his side, Fuhr made that climb—figuratively— by beating Cannan to become the first Liberal elected here since 1969.

And the first person Fuhr publicly thanked was Pierce.

In this election, Pierce, and his counterparts with the Conservative campaign, Ken Lang, and with the NDP, Maria

Tokarchuk, played pivotal roles as not only the behind-the-scenes leaders but also as the chief strategists.

While the candidates were out front, it was the

campaign managers who organized the Herculean efforts to try to get them elected, keep the campaigns on course, prepare their candidates and get them to the finish

line. No small feat in the longest federal election campaign this country has ever seen at 11 weeks.

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Telford.

“And it wasn’t that bad. They came back with 40 seats, which historically is a good number for them.”

Telford said that in the days ahead there will be criticism of Mulcair, but it’s unfair.

“I think he ran a good

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New prime minister rides wave of popularity Canadian voters created a new rock star at the polls on Monday. Justin Trudeau is about to unleash his own version of Trudeaumania that swept his father to power as prime minister back in 1968.

Watching our next prime minister move easily among people at a Montreal subway station the morning after the election, probably running on a few hours sleep, appeared to be such a switch from the policy wonk, centralized control style of Conservative leader Stephen Harper.

Commuters happy to shake his hand, get the proverbial selfie, all without any obvious security or bureaucrats hovering, was refreshing to watch.

But moving forward, we will see if the federal Liberal Party machine is ready to run the country, to follow up on campaign promises, to shift from probably endless discussion of how to deal with a minority government while holding the most seats to governing with an absolute majority.

In politics, the devil is always in the details, once the political spin doctors have shaped the message for the voters.

For Trudeau, issues like changing from first past the post to a more representational voting system, decriminalizing marijuana, running a deficit for the next three years to paying for an aggressive infrastructure program are just some of the initiatives that will face his government.

And how that is done will rely on two things, the strength of his Liberal caucus and the bureaucrat underlings who will be pressing the levers of power in Ottawa.

Harper seemed to have little use for his caucus, increasingly centralizing control over decision-making within his office.

As for the bureaucrats, the embarrassment of the Senator Mike Duffy trial testimony by top PMO officials raised questions about Harper’s political judgment.

So many challenges will lie ahead for Trudeau, but he has been given a positive start by Canadian voters.

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Fuhr’s campaign starts now A few months ago, what happened City in Kelowna-Lake Confidential Country on Monday night would have ALISTAIR been unthinkable—a WATERS federal Liberal ousting a longtime Conservative incumbent in what is generally considered a Tory stronghold.

In fact, since 1947, there has only been one Liberal elected here—in 1969 during the height of (Pierre Elliott) Trudeau-mania—and he only last one tern.

But, riding the red surge that swept across the country election night, political rookie Stephen Fuhr, a retired Canadian Air Force fighter pilot, took aim at two-term Tory incumbent Ron Cannan and shot down his bid for a third term.

And he did it by campaigning not against Cannan, but against Conservative leader Stephen Harper.

“Stephen Harper was our best asset,” said Fuhr’s campaign manager Wayne Pierce, the architect of Fuhr’s historic win.

More than any federal election in recent memory, this one was really between three men—Harper, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and NDP leader Thomas Mulcair— even at the riding level. Early on in the campaign, Green leader Elizabeth May was part of the conversation but seemed to be dropped when it seemed she was happy just to campaign on Vancouver Island in a bid to win more than just her own seat there.

At the local level, Fuhr, Cannan and the NDP’s Norah Bowman, all strong candidates, spent virtually all their

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On the national level, Harper, Trudeau and Mulcair slugged it out with television and radio ads slagging each other and making it much more personal than in previous elections.

Harper was cast as the demon control freak, doing what he personally wanted with the country and no one in his own party would stand up to him. Trudeau was cast as “just not ready” to be prime minister and Mulcair was derided as a “career” politician who could not look after money.

And the strategies seemed to work—to a degree.

All three leaders led in the polls at various times during the campaign and on election night, CBC broadcast the results of a poll that said 65 per cent of voters voted Monday the way they did because they liked the party they voted for, while 35 per cent voted the way they did because they did not like one of the other party leaders.

But now, in Kelowna-Lake Country, the bogey man that was Stephen Harper is gone. The MP’s job is Fuhr’s and it will be up to him to temper his ambition to rise higher in the party with his responsibility to represent and work for his constituents.

A former cabinet minister in the provincial NDP government of Mike Harcourt once told me—cynically I thought at the time—a politician gets elected to get reelected.

For Fuhr, who has yet to be sworn in as an MP, the job of getting re-elected has already started, whether he knows it or not.

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To the editor: The financial guidelines document which the City of Kelowna adopted on August 24 (Principles and Strategies for Financial Strength and Stability) has a goal of providing residents with “the best balance between environmental protection, economic growth, social development and cultural vibrancy” while keeping taxes low.

This is no easy feat, but it is often practiced through partnerships and enterprise (p.11 of document). While most of the partnerships and enterprises involve costsharing with the city, there is one enterprise which comes with no charge to taxpayers, but provides invaluable benefits. I quote par.

7.6 “The City recognizes the significant value of volunteers, volunteer groups and agencies to the spiritual, social, cultural, and physical well-being of the community.” There is also a financial benefit of volunteer services, but the report has not explicitly said so.

Unfortunately, instead of considering the pros and cons of neighbourhood associations’ input, the city often responds by conducting surveys, open houses, and public hearings—all with associated costs. I would be surprised to learn that such surveys are conducted by an independent company. I once worked with a person who would ask me how to spell a certain word only to then reach for a dictionary to check my spelling. Granted, the city does not ask neighbourhood associations for their opinion.

We have all seen and benefited from services of volunteers at the airport, hospital, theatres, schools, and even R.C.M.P. But there

are at least ten quasi-volunteer groups which deserve to be included among recognized volunteers. They are the neighbourhood associations, sometimes called residents’ associations.

Neighbourhood associations speak to the city about concerns voiced by their members.

While drawing the city’s attention to local concerns, the associations provide Mayor and Council with a view that has been overlooked by city staff whose recommendations council generally approves if there is no public opposition to inspire further debate and scrutiny.

Neighbourhood associations are the proofreaders of proposals. They spot flaws, offer suggestions, and try to help Council come to decisions that are good for the city, the neighbourhood, and individual residents.

They do this free of charge, though the cost in energy expended by the memberships cries out to be acknowledged with appreciation.

Two heads are generally better than one (though Mr. Putin would dispute that) and a number of heads discussing an issue better than two. That is what Neighbourhood Associations do for the city when they raise concerns and solutions to Council. Each week Mayor and Councillors have to consider often complicated projects or developments presented to them by city staff. If the intrusion of objections and recommendations by neighbourhood associations adds to Council’s burden of office, it is a burden that must be accepted by them in a democratic society.

Helen Schiele, Kelowna

Political parties not lawful To the editor: There is nothing written in Canadian law that authorizes the operation of a political party system in this country. Even our alleged Constitution does not express such authority.

So thinking this through, if the law does not provide the legislative authority for the operation of such a system, then it cannot be lawful. And if it is not lawful then it must be an offence under the law for any one or group to carry on such a system.

Section 21(1) of the Criminal Code provides that: Every one is a party to an offence who (a) actually commits it; (b) does or omits to do anything for the purpose of aiding any person to commit it; or (c) abets any person in committing it.

So, it appears anyone involved in the operation of a political party system in this country is committing an offence, and if anyone chooses to vote for a representative of a political party in an election, are they not aiding and abetting in the commission of that same offence? If the option to vote for an independent were available, is it then not an offence?

So where did the political party concept originate? Was it tradition? Or did someone create such a system for some nefarious purpose.

Although I could not determine who specifically came up with the idea of forming and operating a political party system, it turns out the institution of high finance, the bankers, have been supporting the concept of a political party system, not only here in Canada, but elsewhere in many other countries, including our neighbours to the south, for a very long time, and primarily

for their own financial gain. Here is a quote from the U.S. Banker’s Association Magazine edition published on August 25, 1924, which sums up the role of the banking institution in the political process, not only here in Canada, but in many other countries around the world: “ Capital must be protected in every possible way. Debts must be collected, mortgages foreclosed as rapidly as possible.

When through the process of law, the common people lose their homes, they will become more docile and more easily governed through the strong arm of Government applied by a central power of wealth under leading financiers. These truths are well known among our principal men who are now engaged in forming an imperialism to govern the world. By dividing the voter through the political party system, we can get them to expend their energies in fighting for questions of no importance.

It is thus by discreet action we can secure for ourselves that which has been so well planned and so successfully accomplished.”

So it appears we are expending our energies on questions of no importance while the bankers are securing their own future through the application of their power and wealth over us, through the political party system, no matter who is in office.

So I chose not to vote, not only to avoid aiding and abetting in the commission of an offence but also, not to be lead astray and give any support or validation to their philosophy of “forming an imperialism to govern the world.”

Grant Baudais, Kelowna

Open letter to B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak: Thank you for your response to my letter this past summer.

In your reply, you outlined what the Province of B.C. is doing to protect us from an infestation of zebra and quagga mussels. None of this was new information, and all together, it is still not enough. You did recognize that “there is still work to be done.” I couldn’t agree more. With the expertise gained from a year of full-time research on this issue, I again urge you to act immediately and decisively.

Last week, news broke out of Manitoba that after only two years, Lake Winnipeg is already seeing an infestation of epic proportions. In the words of University of Winnipeg professor Dr. Eva Pip, as reported

by Global News, “The problem is irreversible and in fact it’s a catastrophe, it’s a disaster. It’s very sad because all we have to look forward to now in Lake Winnipeg is a complete and eventual collapse of our ecosystem.” This is not unexpected news, but still it is an urgent reminder of the danger that B.C. faces.

In your letter, you spoke of a “perimeter defence” strategy to protect all of Western Canada and the Columbia Basin. The wisdom of this plan is clear, but it is still very far from completion.

Saskatchewan is doing practically nothing.

Alberta has mandatory inspections at their Eastern border, but those inspections only run during regular working hours. A very real scenario still exists where a contaminated boat could cross through Alberta after the inspectors have gone home for the day, slip past one of B.C.’s “roving” teams, and launch in our waters. Until such time as this perimeter defence is fully in place, you must have an unbroken wall at our border.

Whether you are coordinating with other jurisdictions or not, a system of rendezvousing with potentially infested boats after they have entered B.C. is illogical and irresponsible. The only acceptable system for protecting our province is stopping and inspecting 100 per cent of boats before they enter our province.

When can we expect to see that in place?

Brynne Morrice, Vernon

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Voter turnout in the two Central Okanagan ridings in Monday’s federal election eclipsed 70 per cent of eligible voters, higher than the national turnout and much higher than in the 2011 federal election.

Combined, more than 126,000 eligible voters cast ballots on Monday night in the ridings of Kelowna-Lake Country and Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola, turning out in droves to elect a new MP in Kelowna-Lake Country in Liberal Stephen Fuhr and re-electing Conservative Dan Albas in Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola.

In Kelowna-Lake Country, 64,170 out of 89,033 (72.07 per cent) registered voters cast ballots while 61,820 of 86,093 (71.81 per cent) people in Central OkanaganSimilkameen-Nicola cast a ballot.

“Those are definitely impressive numbers and I think that they speak to the anger that was out there,” said UBC political science professor Wolf Depner.

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secret to it,” said Pierce, a 69-year-old former banker and businessman who managed Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran’s successful civic election campaign last year.

“You need great volunteers, key people to lead (different aspects of the campaign) and rely on them to do their jobs.”

He said he was particularly impressed by the number of young people who not only supported the campaign, but who volunteered to work on it this time around.

For Lang, who has managed three other federal election campaigns in the past, all in the Lower Mainland, the involvement of young people was also a highlight in this campaign.

Unlike the Liberals and NDP who can normally rely on a certain number of young volunteers— particularly students as UBCO has a Young Liberals Club and many politically active arts students gravitate towards the NDP— Cannan’s campaign this time around drew from business and accounting programs at UBCO and Okanagan College.

Lang said all the talk of change likely resonated with young voters this time around and that seemed to account for much of their interest.

But he said the biggest factor in Cannan failing to hold on the seat that he first won in 2006 was

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likely the redrawing of the riding’s boundary that took an estimated 22,000 people out in Kelowna and placed them in the new Central OkanaganSimilkameen-Nicola riding, which includes West Kelowna on the other side of the lake.

The area, south of Highway 97 (Harvey Avenue), between the lake and Dilworth Drive, was carved out of the Kelowna-Lake Country riding for this election.

While Tokarchuk could not be reached for this article, in this election the local NDP tripled its volunteer base and donations during the

campaign, according to candidate Norah Bowman. But it was not enough as Bowman came a distant third to Fuhr and Cannan.

With 72 per cent voter turnout in the riding this time around, voters wanted their voices heard.

For the Liberals, the key campaign strategy was to go after Conservative leader Stephen Harper rather than Cannan or Bowman.

Pierce said he knows Cannan, considers him a friend and a described him as a “quality individual.”

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go, he made it clear, he would not lead a campaign that targeted Cannan personally.

“Stephen Harper was our best asset,” he said.

“But if Stephen Harper had to go, (locally) Ron Cannan had to go too.”

For Lang, the strategy was different.

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Slip on your Halloween costume and head to the park between 5 and 8 p.m. to view the lighted pumpkins lining the pathways around the nut orchard. Bring along a donation for the Central Okanagan Food Bank and while you’re there, vote for your favourite pumpkins.

“To ease traffic and parking at the event and for our park neighbours, we encourage people to grab a ride on our free ‘Pumpkin Shuttle Bus,’” said regional district spokesman Bruce Smith.

“Everyone riding will

be entered into a draw for a prize. Park and lock your vehicle at George Pringle Elementary School, 3770 Elliott Rd. in West Kelowna and approximately every half hour starting at 3:30 p.m. the bus will shuttle you to the park then make a return trip to the school.

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small business week _______________________________________________________ AWARD NOMINEES

Weighing in on small business resources Mike Straus Contributor

The Central Okanagan has greatly improved its services, offerings, and resources for small business owners, say several Business Excellence Awards nominees, but the region’s work is far from over.

Several of the nominees agree that the Okanagan lifestyle is an important draw for business owners—and in building a great place to live, the Okanagan has by and large succeeded.

“That’s one of the great things about the Okanagan that I noticed when I moved here from Vancouver,” said Yoree Grozenok, a local franchise owner with 1-800-GOT-JUNK. “In bigger cities, it’s harder to manage a work-life balance. You can really build a great lifestyle here.”

A.J. Hazzi, of Vantage West Realty,

agrees.

“I think young entrepreneurs want to build businesses here because of the lifestyle,” said Hazzi, a nominee for Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

“Small businesses are how places like Kelowna survive. People want the lifestyle, but they also need work.”

But in spite of a great lifestyle and a strong resource network, small business owners still face a variety of challenges—challenges that are proving difficult to master.

“Accessing non-collateral based loans to fund growth (is difficult),” said Hazzi.

“My company has had to fund its own growth. As an entrepreneur, this makes it nearly impossible to focus on the business because you’re so busy working in the business.”

Hazzi says that mentoring is another area where he’d like to see more support.

“In bigger cities, it’s harder to manage a work-life balance.

You can really build a great lifestyle here.

—Yoree Grozenok, franchise owner for 1-800-GOT-JUNK

“You have to be creative in how you’re going to approach the slower times of the year.”

—Meagan Hughes, owner of Cottage Quilting

Entrepreneurship needs to be nurtured at a much earlier age, he says, and the school systems can play an important role in doing so.

Meagan Hughes, owner of Cottage Quilting, notes that the crafts industry in particular is one that presents challenges.

Demand for her business is seasonal, she says, and therefore allocating resources for marketing is a struggle.

“As a small business, it’s very hard to do promotions. You only have so much money coming in, so you can’t allocate much of it to advertising,” she said.

“My biggest challenge is the snowbirds. I came from Calgary, and we didn’t have the seasonality there—people quilted all year round.”

“The solution for me was in being creative and finding new classes, new ways to draw people into the store.

“We do a lot of mother-daughter events. During the summer we did five-dollar technique classes.

“You have to be creative in how you’re going to approach the slower times of the year.”

Hughes says she’d like to see small businesses receive more funding

for advertising to help them keep a steady stream of customers.

These three nominees all agree that there’s more work yet to be done, but they also stress the many benefits that the Central Okanagan offers entrepreneurs of all ages.

Support organizations like Women’s Enterprise, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Kelowna Innovation Centre have made the Central Okanagan a great place for business owners, they say.

Grozenok perfectly sums up the state of entrepreneurship in the Okanagan when he reflects on the various business development groups in the region: “I’ve never had as much help and support as I had when I started my business here in Kelowna.”

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Kelowna Chamber to honour the best and the brightest Thirty-five nominated finalists will be honoured at the 28th Annual Business Excellence Awards taking place tonight at the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort.

Already announced earlier this month was the winner of the The Business Leader of the Year, Kelowna lawyer Theresa Arsenault with the Pushor Mitchell law firm.

At the award banquet, another 11 category winners will also take their turn in the business spotlight.

The business excellence awards are presented by the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce along with platinum sponsors the Business Development

Bank of Canada (BDC) and Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP. The event is part of the annual Small Business Week, Oct. 18-24, celebrations taking place in Kelowna.

“As we celebrate the 28th anniversary of the Business Excellence Awards and recognize this talented group of entrepreneurs, we are impressed with the depth and breadth of Kelowna’s dynamic business community,” said Caroline Grover, chief executive officer for the Kelowna Chamber of the Commerce.

“We are equally inspired by the innovation and tenacity demonstrated by the

finalists and their companies.”

The Business Excellence Awards program celebrates achievement in our business community with finalists in each category selected from a wide group of nominations.

The panel of judges visits all of the finalists and will judge them on the growth and development of their business, customer service, employee relations and community service.

The Business Excellence Finalists for 2015 are : RISING STAR AWARD Cottage Quilting Ltd. Express Employment Professionals

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Kelowna Chamber celebrates achievements of women in business The Kelowna Chamber of Commerce and Crowe MacKay LLP, in conjunction with the Kelowna Capital News, have been bringing to public attention 20 women to watch in our business community.

Each of the women chose for this feature will be featured on an interactive panel sharing their thoughts on some hard-hitting questions at an event called Women to Watch taking place Tuesday, Oct.

27, at Hannah’s on the downtown waterfront.

“Whether you are an emerging leader or someone who is already established in your field, this is an event that everyone will be able to take something away

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Growing city infrastructure and entrepreneur resources networks are bringing more entrepreneurs to the Valley and turning startups into fully established businesses.

Kelowna’s continued growth and thriving small business community has prompted the municipality and the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission to expand offerings and initiatives that they say will enable even more entrepreneurs to succeed.

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VIBRANT LOCAL ECONOMY

Local business scene continues to grow and diversify

Mike Straus

Contributor

While most parts of the country report low economic growth and job losses, the Central Okanagan seems to be flourishing thanks to an entrepreneurial drive and a variety of new emerging industries. Kelowna Chamber of Commerce CEO Caroline Grover attributes the region’s continued economic stability and growth to a thriving small business community that gets more diverse by the day.

“I feel that we’re a poster child for a successful and diverse small business economy,” she says. “ At this time we continue to be insulated from some of the effects that other communities face. There

are a lot of communities in Western Canada – particularly in the north – that are highly dependent on natural resource development.”

Grover notes that given the lower demand in the energy sector and the recent collapse of commodities prices, northern communities in Western Canada are facing difficult circumstances.

“I just returned from a trip to Prince Rupert, Terrace, and Kitimat, and we saw firsthand some of the situations at the grain and coal terminals. We’re very fortunate that people move to and invest in (the Central Okanagan).

We’re seeing whole new industries emerge.”

Grover says that the low dollar is creating new opportunities for

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small business here in the Okanagan that need to be leveraged properly.

Local manufacturers that export to the United States are seeing benefits from the low dollar, while natural resources companies are buoyed by the disparity.

“The flip side is that for consumers – people who tend to buy things online from US sources – these people are probably changing their online shopping habits, and

that could be a good news story for local businesses.”

She notes that local small businesses have great opportunities to capitalize on more local shoppers, but need to become better organized from day one if they want to succeed.

“One problem I see quite often in small business plans is that they have essentially no marketing budget. It’s very difficult for startups

or small companies to get known. It takes time and consistent marketing to create awareness of your business. That’s where small businesses struggle.”

Grover says that local small businesses and would-be entrepreneurs need to start carving out time and money for marketing initiatives before they launch.

She also says that small businesses should make

finding and recruiting top talent a priority sooner rather than later.

“Small businesses also need to look at bringing in the right expertise. That may mean hiring employees, or it may mean contracting something out. We can’t all be skilled in each and every area of business.

We need to bring complementary skill sets to our teams.”

As a region, Grover believes that the Central

Okanagan is one of the best places to start or grow a small business, given the number and diversity of resources available.

“I do believe that our regional economic development office does a very good job of creating strategies to support small business development. We want to create a culture that encourages and supports young people in business, period.”

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It’s the tenth busiest airport in Canada, but we’re nowhere near the tenth largest city. The airport gives easy access to markets.”

COEDC manager Corie Griffiths says that having local resources to support entrepreneurs is critical to creating more success stories like that of Club Penguin.

“We tend to talk a lot about Disney Interactive,” Griffiths said.

“It started with Club Penguin, which had three cofounders.

“It now houses 350 staff, and those three cofounders are now starting multiple businesses and reinvesting into the local economy. There are other examples of companies in other sectors that spin off into other companies, as well. (That’s why) it’s important to mention succession planning.”

Succession planning is one area where Kelowna’s existing small businesses fall short. A full 10 per cent of existing business owners in the Central Okanagan plan to leave their businesses within the next five years, Griffiths says, and the vast majority of them do not have an exit strategy.

But it’s not just succession that catches small business owners by surprise. Griffiths says that many local small businesses don’t have a business plan. “(Creating a business plan) is the number one piece of advice we give to small businesses, and also one of their biggest challenges.”

But with easy access to business planners and other resources, the COEDC and the City of Kelowna hope to do away with this and other problems that befall small businesses. Mayor Basran notes that in the past, institutional and infrastructure barriers have been a challenge for entrepreneurs. But now, the city is taking steps to change that.

“We hired a Director of Business and Entrepreneurial Development, so we can offer first-class assistance to anyone looking to set up a business,”Basran said.

“We can help them access whatever services they may need to start a business. We have a mobile business license that is good for multiple municipalities in our region. We’re also working on a dark fibre strategy to allow businesses to send and receive massive amounts of data.”

Griffiths and Basran hope all this can attract more small businesses to the Okanagan and continue to foster a thriving economy built on the innovation and entrepreneurial spirit.

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Small business the engine of provincial economy When it comes to growing our economy and creating jobs, small businesses are often the unsung heroes.

That’s why our government has proclaimed October

and hitting their stride.

And while they might face a lot of ‘downs,’ the ‘ups’ prove very worthwhile. Watching a business go from an idea to a success story is extremely rewarding and

into a business—with their behind-the-scenes sacrifices often going unnoticed.

They are driven risktakers, sometimes failing a number of times before getting off the ground

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I can’t think of a better example of that passion and dedication than Farmer Jeff at Old Meadows Organic Farm in my riding of KelownaMission.

This is a young man who left the corporate world behind to pursue his passion for sustainable farming.

I’m proud to say that his certified organic farm and market on Gordon Drive is situated on the Thomson Heritage farm, which has been in our family and community for more than 100 years.

Like many local farmers, Farmer Jeff’s operation has become a family affair. His parents, sisters, niece and nephew have all played key roles in helping him along the way and together they have created something truly unique.

As Farmer Jeff works hard to pursue sustainability practices, there are many other examples of innovation across the agricultural industry.

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This premium craft cider is comprised of 100 per cent BC Tree Fruits apples with no added sugars, flavouring or water—just natural goodness.

From cideries to wineries to fine dining, many Okanagan establishments are finding new ways to showcase agricultural goods that have been grown here for more than a century.

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of the resource industry here in B.C., their analytical services are in high demand in forestry, oil and gas, municipal developments, alternative energy, and other industries.

As minister of forests, lands and natural resource operations I’ve had a chance to tour their facilities and meet some of the faces behind their interesting work—like Bruce McClymont, who showed off his skills in 3D Vegetative Resource Inventory mapping. Their expertise is valued by clients locally and abroad.

Small businesses are the engine of our provincial economy.

Ninety-eight per cent of all businesses in B.C. are small businesses, generating 33 per cent of the province’s GDP and employing more than one million people.

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Kelowna metro area draws favourable review The 8th Annual Canadian Federation of Independent Business Entrepreneurial Communities report offered some great news this week for the Central Okanagan.

The Central Okanagan (Kelowna Census Metropolitan Area) is now ranked as the second best entrepreneurial CMA in Canada, having jumped from fifth place in 2014.

The region’s overall score has improved by 10.2 per cent, the largest increase for any CMA in Canada over 150,000 people.

The review is based on high concentration of entrepreneurs, high business start-up rate, optimism and success of business owners, good public policy including supportive local government tax and regulatory policies.

This report offers insight at what entrepreneurial characteristics Canada’s largest cities possess.

The CFIB collects a wide range of data to try to capture the level of dynamism of each community and then places it on a measurable scale.

Although the report

Top 10 overall scores : score (/100) 1. Calgary periphery 73.0 2. Kelowna 71.4 3. Edmonton periphery 69.5 4. Saskatoon 67.7 5. Toronto periphery 67.3 6. Guelph 63.8 7. Barrie 61.8 8. Vancouver periphery 61.2 9. Regina 60.9 10. Moncton 60.5

generates city rankings, the CFIB says it’s not trying to define a singular concept of entrepreneurship.

Instead, the report wants to identify the relative entrepreneurial strengths and weaknesses of cities across the full range of measures.

No city is strong across the board, but all cities have at least one relative set of strengths.

It may seem obvious, but one of the surest signs of an entrepreneurial hot spot is the presence of a high concentration of entrepreneurs and a high business start-up rate.

It is also important that business owners have high levels of optimism and success in their operations. Good public policy is also critical, so we look at the presence

2014 rank 1 5 2 3 7 8 12 18 4 21

of Canadian economic fundamentals which have seen some powerful shifts lately, with rapid reductions in commodity prices filtering widely throughout businesses, and hence, communities as well.

Some have been negatively affected by lower prices or weaker demand, while others have benefited from lower costs and increased potential.

For the entrepreneurship scores that rely on business optimism, and rates of change, the results are starting to pass through to the city scores.

However, the process is slow, because many of the other entrepreneurial characteristics we track are rooted deeply and move only slowly over

time.

Although still scoring higher than average, we have noted a relative easing of the entrepreneurship indexes among cities in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

In contrast, there has been a relative rise in the scores for communities in British Columbia and parts of Central Ontario.

For the fourth straight year, the top-ranking large community remains the grouping of municipalities that surround Calgary.

The region, whch includes Airdrie, Rocky View, Cochrane and Chestermere, scored 73.0 out of a possible 100.

That it is a suburban area is no surprise—

the outer rings of major cities are usually better incubators of new businesses because of lower relative costs but still reasonably good access to large markets.

The report showcases the same for other periphery areas for Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver (Lower Mainland).

Among the other major cities in the top10, the report findings indicated that Kelowna (2), Guelph (6), Barrie (7) and Moncton (10) were climbing in the rankings from previous reports, while Saskatoon (4) and Regina (9) have fallen back slightly.

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| Owner/President Owner and President of Kelowna Hyundai, John has over 25 years of experience in the automotive industry, and looks forward to continuing to provide the best customer experience in Kelowna and the Okanagan.

| Vice President of Operations Co-owner of Kelowna Hyundai, Guy specializes in Fixed Operations and used vehicle analysis. With over 25 years of automotive experience, complimented with a degree in Business Administration, Guy looks forward to seeing Kelowna Hyundai keep growing.

| General Manager Tanner has accumulated over 10 years of experience in the car industry; during this time he has held several management positions, and has worked with the Hyundai brand for over 6 years. Tanner has become the in house Hyundai expert from sales to service and parts.

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After 13 years of established success in sales, finance, and management, for one of the largest automotive groups in Alberta, Sam joined the Kelowna Hyundai team in 2014.

With his extensive knowledge regarding various manufacturers, Sam is considered the used car expert.

Tanya started selling cars in Alberta, before transitioning to the Finance Department. With over 4 years at Kelowna Hyundai, Tanya is best known for her incredible finance approval rate.

Leah joined the Kelowna Hyundai team after skating professionally for Disney on Ice for 5 years. A perfectionist, Leah enjoys working with the team at Kelowna Hyundai to provide the best customer service experience.

When Scott pursued a career in the automotive industry, he found his passion and has accumulated over 11 years of experience in the automotive industry. Scott is proud to use his experience to provide the best customer service to all Kelowna Hyundai customers.

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Brendon started in the automotive industry at 16 years old, from detailing vehicles to selling cars to working in the Finance Office. He joined the Kelowna Hyundai team in 2013, and looks forward to helping many satisfied customers.

John’s second oldest son, Jordan has held many titles in the car industry since he was 15 years old; from Lot Attendant to Finance Assistant to Sales Consultant, Jordan is enjoying all there is to learn about the auto industry.

Born in Edmonton, Kevin moved to the United States to pursue a professional hockey career. After retiring from semi-pro hockey, he joined the Kelowna Hyundai team in 2005 and hasn’t looked back since.

A Kelowna resident since 1969 Ray has over 17 years in the RV industry and 28 years of experience selling vehicles. When Ray isn’t at work, you can find him hanging out with his wife and daughters enjoying the Kelowna lifestyle.

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From his previous experience of owning and operating his own dealership on Vancouver Island, Doug has a wealth of knowledge about vehicles he enjoys sharing with his customers.

Born and raised in the Okanagan, Steve is looking forward to a long career at Kelowna Hyundai, and in automotive sales, helping his customers make the most exciting purchases of their lives.

After moving from Saskatoon to Kelowna, Kris joined the Kelowna Hyundai team with 3 years of experience in the auto industry. Kris is always happy to provide the best customer service experience with a smile.

Nick is new to the automotive industry, and has been part of the Kelowna Hyundai team since December 2014. Nick loves selling cars and trying to get each customer into the Hyundai of their dreams.

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Since moving from Regina in 2014, Travis has worked in the automotive industry for Hyundai Canada exclusively, and joined the Kelowna Hyundai team in 2015. He looks forward to assisting Okanagan residents to find the vehicle that best suits their lifestyle.

Chris started working with cars at the age of 13, and opened his own automotive repair shop in Edmonton after receiving his Red Seal Automotive Journeyman certificate. Chris brings over 25 years of automotive repair and dealership experience when he joined the Kelowna Hyundai team in 2015.

Jenn joined the Kelowna Hyundai team with over 15 years of administrative experience.

Jenn brings many valuable talents to Kelowna Hyundai including her great attitude.

25 years ago Whylie began his career in the automotive industry at a parts counter, moving on to different roles in both parts and service. He has spent the last 15 years in various dealership management positions. In 2014, Whylie was awarded with the Hyundai Canada President’s Inner Circle Award under the Parts Manager of the Year program.

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Bob began his career in the automotive industry in 2014 at Kelowna Hyundai. He is an expert at keeping our customers happy and navigating our city to get them wherever they may need to go.

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The Sun offense was also at its best against the Broncos, with Cam Bedore passing for 328 yards and four touchdowns.

Kyle Kawamoto and Kyle Patchell had three TD passes apiece while combining for 18 catches and 374 yards.

“We just clicked,” Beatty said of his offense which racked up 605 total yards. “Cam (Bedore) did a great job.”

In particular, it was an 87-yard strike from Bedore to Kawamoto that had fans, coaches and players alike talking.

“What a beautiful throw,” Beatty said. “(Sun GM) Jay Christensen said he’d never seen a deep ball like that. It was unbelievable. It was 65 yards in the air. It was awesome.”

Kick off Sunday at the Apple Bowl between the Sun and Raiders is 1 p.m.

The winner will travel to the home of the Prairie Football Conference champ the weekend of Nov. 8 and 9 for the Canadian Bowl.

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Shane Beatty called Sunday’s B.C. Football Conference semifinal win over Kamloops the “best effort, ever,” in his three seasons with the Okanagan Sun. With a similar performance this weekend at the Apple Bowl, the Sun could well be celebrating the club’s first Cullen Cup title in 11 years.

The Sun will play host to the rival Vancouver Island Raiders this Sunday in the BCFC championship, with the winner earning a berth next month in the 2015 Canadian Bowl.

After a 10-0 regular

season, followed by a 75-7 drubbing of the Broncos in the playoff opener, Beatty said his club has saved its best football for the most crucial time of year.

“Last year, we said let’s not peak too early, let’s keep getting better and better each week,” said Beatty. “These kids buy in, they do everything we ask. These kids are special.

“It’s nice to be back (in the final),” Beatty added.

“Let’s do this.”

The Sun took down the Raiders in both regular season meetings, 27-3 in Nanaimo on Aug. 8 and 28-7 at the Apple Bowl on Sept. 13, as the Sun sacked VI quarterbacks 13 times.

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Sun receiver Kyle Kawamoto slips a tackle en route to his third of three touchdowns in Saturday’s BCFC semifinal win over Kamloops at the Apple Bowl.

Still, Beatty isn’t about to take the Raiders— coached by former CFLer Jerome Erdman—lightly. “(The Raiders are) wellcoached kids, it’s going to be a great game,” said Beatty.

“They’re good on

defense and have some talent on offence, we have respect their quarterback. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”

After giving up 38 points to the Broncos two weeks previous in the final game of the regular

Kamloops,” Beatty said of the Sun defence,” so we went back to the roots, made it easy for the kids and let them play fast.”

Cord Delinte had two of the Sun’s three interceptions, including an 86-yarder for a major.

season, the Sun defense put in a vastly superior effort on Sunday.

The only Kamloops score came on a kickoff return in the fourth quarter.

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Not surprisingly, Rourke Chartier was disappointed to be among the final cuts from last year’s Canadian national junior men’s hockey team.

With an added year of experience and plenty of motivation on his side, the Kelowna Rockets’ centre is about to get a second chance.

Chartier and Rockets’ teammate Nick Merkley were both been named this week to Team WHL’s roster for the 2015 CHL Canada-Russia series.

The games—Monday,

Nov. 9 in Kelowna, and Tuesday, Nov. 10 in Kamloops—serve as part of Hockey Canada’s evaluation process for this year’s national junior squad.

Chartier, who was released from last December’s selection camp following the final practise, is anxious to prove that this time, he belongs.

“Watching them win was nice, but to know you were that close to being part of it was hard,” Chartier said of being left off what became the gold-medal winning Canadian team.

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“But at the same time, it’s motivation for me get back there and make it this time. I’m looking forward to it.”

Merkley, 18, who has previous international experience with Team Canada at the Ivan Hlinka

Memorial Tournament, is also hoping to earn an invitation to the junior team’s final selection camp in December.

Although a somewhat brief audition, the Calgary native said the two-game series against Russia is

an important step in the process.

“It’s a big honour to be named to the (WHL) team, you look up and down the rosters of both teams and there are some really good players,” Merkley said. “I was hoping to make it (on Team WHL) last year but didn’t, so it’s nice to get the chance.

“It’s nice to have one of the games in Kelowna, too. It should be fun.”

Chartier, 19, who has been out since Oct. 6 with an upper body injury, remains sidelined on a day-to-day basis.

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series three weeks away, the Saskatoon native expects to be ready to go.

“I’ll be really surprised if I’m not 100 per cent by then,” Chartier added.

“You never want to miss time, but I’m staying positive and hope to be at my best for (the Russians).”

Hockey Canada will hold its final selection camp in early December, with 22 players making the final grade.

The IIHF World Junior Championship will be played Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in Helsinki, Finland.

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Top-ranked Heat opens with sweeps nights on the Kelowna campus.

On Friday, UBCO prevailed 3-0 (25-10, 2511, 25-16).

Heat fifth-year senior Brianna Beamish finished the game with nine kills in 16 attacks, while Megan Festival had seven kills on 14 attacks and nine digs.

Fifth-year libero Kailin

Jones had seven digs, while Siobhan Fitzpatrick made an impact off the bench with nine attacks on the Cougars and created exciting rallies and saves for the Heat.

The Immaculata grad closed out the first set with her only kill.

On Saturday, a repeat performance by the Heat

in a 3-0 win (25-21, 2519, 25-21).

Kaitlynn Given paced the Heat with 11 kills, while Megan Festival and Brianna Beamish finished with eight an seven kills respectively.

Emily Oxland and Katy Klomps each contributed three aces.

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HEAT ATHLETICS

The UBC Okanagan Heat lived up to its billing as the No. 1-ranked team in CIS women’s volleyball with a pair of convincing wins on opening weekend of the Canada West season.

The Heat took care of the visiting University of Regina Cougars with sweeps on back-to-back

The Heat women celebrated a pair of 3-0 win over Regina to open the Canada West season.

0) will head to Saskatoon this weekend for two matches, Friday and Saturday against the Saskatchewan Huskies.

HEAT MEN

Greg Poitras’ Heat men rebounded from a loss in the season opener to earn a weekend split with the Regina Cougars in Canada West action at UBCO. On Friday, U of R scored a 3-1 victory (28-26, 1825, 25-23, 25-20).

The Heat’s Lars Bornemann had 16 kills for and 10 digs, while

middle Joshua Harvey followed with 11 kills and two digs.  Two players playing in their first CIS match showed a promise of good things to come for UBC Okanagan. Rookie Eli Risso got the start at libero on Friday and had an extraordinary first regular season game with eight digs. Risso’s KSS teammate Devon Cote had a block and a pair of kills, while Jory Dickie recorded a dig and hit his spot from the service line.

On Saturday, the Heat

returned the favour with a 3-1 win over Regina (25-17, 13-25, 25-21, 2516).

Jim Bell led the Heat with 11 kills and seven digs, while Lars Bornemann had 10 kills and seven digs. Josh Harvey had nine kills on 13 swings. Rookie libero Eli Risso, starting in his second straight match, topped both squads with 12 digs.

The Heat (1-1) will join the UBCO women in Saskatoon this weekend for two matches with the U of S Huskies.

Warriors visit Vees tonight The West Kelowna Warriors will see the rival Penticton Vees for the third time early in the BCHL season when the teams meet tonight at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

Face off is 7 p.m.

The Vees took the first two games, including a 4-3 overtime win Oct. 9 in Penticton.

The Vees lead the

Interior Division with 121-0-0 record, while the Warriors sit fourth at 7-4-0-2, but are just two points out of second.

The Warriors next home action is Sunday afternoon against the Victoria Grizzlies, a 2:30 p.m. start at Royal LePage Place.

West Kelowna earned a split of games on home ice over the weekend,

opening with a 4-3 loss to Salmon Arm on Friday.

On Saturday, the Warriors rebounded with a 5-2 victory over the Prince George Spruce Kings.

Liam Blackburn scored a pair in the win, with Jake Harrison, Jonathan Desbiens and Kyle Marino also scoring for the Warriors who outshot P.G. 50-19.

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UBC Okanagan golfer Carolyn Lee capped off the 2015 collegiate golf season in style, capturing the women’s title at the PING CCAA national golf championships.

The Calgary product closed out the seasonending tournament with a 2-under par 74 to close with 213 score (+13) at the Chilliwack Golf & Country Club.

Lee’s eight-shot victory also paced the Heat women to a silver medal in team competition.

“It has been a pleasure to watch Carolyn Lee lead the team and to be a part of her journey of self-belief in her golf,” said Cass Hritzuk, thirdyear coach for the Heat following the week’s results.

HEAT ATHLETICS

Gold for Lee, silver for Heat

Carolyn Lee is the CCAA national women’s golf champ for 2015.

“This win is unreal,” said Lee who shot 79-7674 over three days. “Cass and Robert (Letvinchuck, assistant coach) really helped me get in the right

mindset for the week.”

Lee has been a CCAA all-star selection in each of the last two years.

Heat teammates Lauren Siemers finished

10th overall, while Emily Adams was 16th. The threesome helped UBC Okanagan finish second, eight strokes back of Humber College.

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In men’s competition, the Heat finished seventh overall.

James Casorso was the top UBCO golfer tying for 15th place with a three round score of 3-over par.

Casey Sullivan and Ollie Rizun tied for 22nd place, while Jacob Stewart and Grant Dollevoet rounded out the Heat team.

“We’re so proud of the way everyone on our team has played this entire year,” coach Hritzuk said. “The men’s team played solid golf all week with the exception of a few holes that took them out of medal contention. As for the women, [the coaching staff] is not in the least bit surprised at their outstanding result.”

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Heat soccer teams out of playoff picture A playoff berth for the second straight season wasn’t to be for the UBC Okanagan Heat men’s soccer team.

The Heat closed out its 2015 Canada West schedule on the weekend with a tie and a loss at home to finish at 3-54 and in fifth place the Pacific Division.

The top four teams will make the postseason.

On Sunday, the Heat’s fate was officially sealed in a 6-0 loss to the No. 2-ranked UBC Thunderbirds at Nonis Field in Kelowna.

Sean Einarsson scored two goals and added an assist in the first half to lead the T’Birds attack.

The Heat, which has a bye for the final weekend, bid farewell to five graduating players with the program on Sunday— Harrison Shrimpton, Brandon McCallum, Logan Ellis, Manny Straith and Jorden Leib.

On Saturday, the Heat played to a 0-0 draw with the Victoria Vikes.

Tate Cuthill made seven stops in the Heat goal for the shutout.

HEAT WOMEN

Like the men, the UBC Okanagan women have officially been eliminated from the playoff picture in Canada West.

The Heat (1-7-4) failed to score a goal in a pair of home-pitch defeats on the weekend.

On Saturday, Edmonton’s Grant MacEwan scored three times in the opening half en route to a 4-0 win over UBCO.

On Sunday at Nonis Field, the Mount Royal Cougars blanked the Heat 3-0.

The Heat will close out its season this coming vat home.

UNBC will visit Kelowna Saturday for a noon start time against the Heat.

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On Sunday, UBCO will wrap up the season against the Alberta Pandas.

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KSS Owls football holds own with Fox I The KSS Owls suffered their first loss of the season but proved again they belong with the top teams in B.C. high school football.

Friday night in Coquitlam, the Owls put up a fight before going down 27-13 to the perennial powerhouse Terry Fox Ravens.

Touchdowns by Matt Blanchard on a fumble recovery return and a 74yard pass from Parker Simson to Adam Diabase had KSS even with Fox 13-13 at half time.

But the second half belonged to Fox, as the Ravens (3-0) scored a pair of majors to put the game away.

“They were great tacklers and gave us pressure all game, particularly in the second half and we could not find a rhythm,” said Owls head coach Ben Macauley.

The Owls compiled a season-low 228 yards of total offence.

The KSS defence had

its moments against Fox, making a pair of goal line stands and forcing turnovers.

Despite some turnovers of their own and some untimely penalties, Macauley was pleased with his team’s effort.

“We showed we can play with one of the best teams in the province

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OK Rockets sweep away ‘Tips After dropping back-toback games to the South Island Royals the previous weekend, the Okanagan Rockets returned to home ice to post a convincing sweep over the North Island Silvertips in B.C. Major Midget League action.

On Saturday at CNC, the Rockets ended a

three-game slide with a 4-2 win over the Tips.

Chase Stevenson, with a pair, Matt Kowalski and Alec Zawatsky scored for the home side.

Nic Bregeda played the first period for the Rockets, stopping eight of nine shots he faced while Cole Demers finished the game with 16 saves on 17

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#KC04000701 – 60 Papers Altura Rd, Caramillo Crt, Caramillo Rd. 31 to 57, Monte Rd, San Cabrio Crt, Spruceglen Dr. 1628 to 1709 #KC04000702 – 24 Papers Cara Glen Way 1501 to 1533, Caramillo Rd. 8 to 20 EVEN, Clifton Rd. S. 523 to 599 #KC04002500 - 30 Papers Glengarry St, High Rd. 1575 to 1599, Mountain Ave. 1512 to 1696 EVEN #KC04002702 - 42 Papers Montrose Pl, Waldie Crt, Mountain Ave. 1110 to 1250 #KC04003000 - 40 Papers Cerise Dr, Kelview St, Koby Crt. #KC04004903 - 52 Papers Alder Crt, Stockwell Ave. 1100 to 1199, Wilson Ave. 1107 to 1357

Kelowna South & Mission #KC02010000 - 44 Papers KLO Rd. 1000 to 1155, Lowe Crt. #KC02010100 - 68 Papers Conlin Crt, Groves Ave. 500 to 599, KLO Rd. 500 to 790 EVEN, Pandosy St. 2979 to 3099 ODD, Richter St. 2855 to 3099, Tutt St. 3000 to 3099 #KC02014401 - 55 Papers Holland Rd, KLO Rd. 1160 to 1559, St. Amand Rd. #KC03010301 - 17 Papers Watt Rd. #KC03010303 - 52 Papers Meikle Ave, Walnut St. #KC03010502 - 58 Papers Athalmer Rd, Barnes Ave. 1022 to 1088 EVEN, Francescutti Crt, Invermere Crt, Invermere Rd, Windermere Rd. #KC03010601 - 71 Papers Barberry St, Silverberry Rd, Vickers Crt, Wintergreen Cres. 980 to 1091, Wintergreen Dr. 864 to 1082 #KC03011000 - 22 Papers Lakeshore Rd. 3500 to 3699 #KC03011501 - 68 Papers Lakeshore Rd. 4010 to 4191, Logie Crt, Armour Cres. #KC03011701 - 61 Papers Dunvegan Crt, Edinburgh Crt, Kensington Dr, Kirkby Crt, Lysons Cres, Metcalfe Ave. #KC03011702 - 20 Papers Hobson Rd. 4200 to 4397 #KC03011901 - 29 Papers Duke Crt, Eldorado Crt, Eldorado Rd. 402 to 467, Walker Rd. 4508 to 4529 #KC03012000 - 37 Papers Brome Cres, Eldorado Rd. 471 to 569, Swaisland Rd, Swaisland Crt. #KC03012100 - 64 Papers Lakeshore Rd. 4429 to 4489, Nottingham Rd, Rattenbury Crt, Sherwood Rd, Sherwood Crt. #KC03012500 - 47 Papers Gordon Dr. 4260 to 4346 EVEN, Paret Pl, San Juan Crt, San Michelle Rd, San Michelle Crt.

had a goal and four assists, while Jordan Todd and Ethan Trampuh had the other markers.

Demers made nine saves for the shutout.

The Rockets (5-4-1) will host the Kootenay Ice for two games this weekend, 3 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday at CNC.

#KC03014003 - 48 Papers Conally Lane, Main St, Winslow St, McCarren Ave. 351 to 436 #KC03014201 - 60 Papers South Ridge Dr. 5026 to 5114, South Crest Dr. 700 to 786, Cantina Crt. 700 to 799

#KC08001812 - 31 Papers Collingwood Rd, Harmon Rd, McKay Rd. #KC08001911 - 23 Papers Anders Rd. 890 to 930 EVEN, Skyline Rd, Boucherie Rd. 2650 to 2689

#KC03016708 – 37 Papers Dillon Crt, Dillon Pl, Quarry Ave, Quarry Pl.

#KC08002610 - 38 Papers Addison Rd, Cox Rd, King Rd, Regal Rd, Thacker Dr. 3137 to 3194

#KC03017102 – 69 Papers Crozier Ave, Kuipers Cres, Kuipers Crt.

#KC08002910 – 50 Papers Boucherie Rd. 3200 to 3299, Gregory Rd. 1100 to 1199, Mission View Crt, Sunnyview Rd, Vector Dr. #KC08003011- 38 Papers Menu Rd. 1105 to 1181 ODD, Neale Rd, Ourtoland Rd. 3000 to 3099, Saturn Rd. #KC08003012 - 53 Papers McCallum Rd, Menu Rd. 1108 to 1435, Timothy Pl, Topham Rd.

#KC05021900 - 81 Papers Creekside Rd, Gerstmar Rd. 900 to 999, Graham Rd. 1508 to 1517, Kiniski Rd. 850 to 855, Springfield Rd. 2551 to 2705 ODD

#KC08003110 - 14 Papers Ogden Rd. 1000 to 1099, Ourtoland Rd. 2790 to 2999, Trevor Dr. 1070 to 1129

#KC05023201 - 63 Papers Dougall Rd.S. 520 to 910, Benchview Rd. 125 to 325 ODD

#KC08003213 - 47 Papers Lakeview Cove Pl, Lakeview Cove Rd, Rock Rose Pl.

#KC05024401 - 46 Papers Autumn Rd, Fulmer Rd, Loseth Rd. 1600 to 1799, Lynrick Rd. 1634 to 1843 #KC06025400 - 133 Papers Fleming Rd, Hein Rd, Homer Rd, Homer Crt, Houghton Rd. 980 to 1131, Leathead Rd. 1135 Only, McPhee St.

#KC10004114 - 47 Papers Braeburn Crt, Ridge Blvd. 3316 to 3530

#KC06026901 - 79 Papers Hartman Rd. 110 to 440, Maygard Rd. 935 to 970, Richards Rd, Solly Crt. #KC06028700 – 60 Papers Hayashi Rd. 1625 to 1700, Horning Rd, McKenzie Rd. 1551 to 1775, Panorama Lane, Stayman Rd.

West Kelowna #KC07000919 - 56 Papers Marathon Crt, Olympus Way, Pinewood Pl. #KC07001014 - 27 Papers Aurora Hgts. #KC07001015 - 48 Papers Peak Point Crt. 1800 to 1899, Peak Point Dr. #KC08001610 – 34 Papers Hayman Rd. 2200 to 2377, Keefe Rd, Thacker Dr. 2210 to 2438, Thacker Dr. 2215 to 2469 #KC08001711 - 23 Papers Hayman Rd. 2445 to 2505, Stuart Rd. 705 to 760, Thacker Dr. 2448 to 2525 #KC08001811 - 42 Papers Boucherie Rd. 2545 to 2555, Brenmauer Rd, Rumney Rd, Sinclair Rd, Stuart Rd. 842 to 995, Winnipeg Rd.

The Kelowna Chiefs will take on the Okanagan Division rival Summerland Steam in a KIJHL home-and-home set this weekend.

On Friday, the teams will face off at Summerland Arena, followed by the rematch Saturday, 7 p.m., at Rutland Arena.

The Chiefs are coming off a pair of ties on home ice over the weekend.

On Friday in Rutland, Kelowna and the Revelstoke Grizzlies played to a 1-1 draw.

Josh Baird scored the lone goal for the Chiefs who enjoyed the edge in play with a 45-24 advantage in shots.

On Sunday, the Chiefs s and Castelgar Rebels tied C i 3-3 in Kelowna. o Ryan Lawson had a goal and an assist for the Chiefs who again had plenty of pressure on their opponents with 53 shots on goal.

Tyler Love and Kevin Roth also scored for the home side.

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#KC08002510 - 80 Papers Boucherie Rd. 3110 to 3191, McCartney Rd, Montigny Rd, Wales Rd, Thacker Dr. 3015 to 3131

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#KC03014800 – 26 Papers Dunsmuir Rd, Maquinna Rd.

#KC05021701 – 63 Papers Hwy. 33 W 735 to 815 ODD, Balmoral Rd. Barber Rd, Hollywood Rd. S 215 to 285 ODD, Hollywood Rd. S 270 to 546 EVEN, Petch Rd.

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Salmon Arm’s final drive C with an interception.

Jacob Kalshnikoff lead e t the Voodoos defence with nine tackles and a C I sack.

“Our defense tackled B well and bent at times, but they didn’t break,” o s said Rutland coach Peter McCall. “Salmon’s b j defense was excellent, also. The had a lot of two-w p way players that never came off the field. Hats off to their toughness and c f effort.”

The Voodoos will travel C to the coast this Friday to a take on the Handsworth w Royals. p p b p w p o

#KC08002012 - 24 Papers Anders Rd. ODD, Olalla Rd, Stevenson Rd, Teal Rd, Boucherie Rd. 2705 to 2775 ODD

#KC08002410 - 52 Papers Beverly Pl. 3012 to 3090, Brookfield Crt, Graymar Rd, Ogden Rd. 800 to 999, Thacker Dr. 2927 to 3010, Westbrook Dr, Westview Rd.

#KC05021401 - 39 Papers Theodora Rd. 845 to 1135

Rutland 9 Salmon Arm 8 It was a slippery and

cold night as the Voodoos (2-0) emerged with the win in a defensive battle Friday at Little Mountain Park in Salmon Arm. The Golds jumped on top early, scoring on a muffed punt, then adding a safety for an 8-0 lead.

Jonas Gering put Rutland on the board before halftime with a 25yard field goal to make it 8-3.

The score held until the fourth quarter when Matt Klak broke free for an eight-yard touchdown run to put the Voodoos on top to stay.

Tyson Sigler snuffed out

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#KC03014204 – 50 Papers Benmore Crt, Benmore Pl, Burnell Crt, Dougherty Ave. 630 to 672, South Ridge Dr. 5161 to 5251

Rutland South & Rutland North

but also proved that we can be our own worst enemy with unnecessary penalties and turnovers,” he said.

The Owls (3-1) return to action on Saturday, Oct. 31 when they host the Centennial Centaurs.

Kick off at the CNC turf is 2 p.m.

Meanwhile, the Mt. Boucherie Bears (1-1-1) return to action Saturday when they travel to Abbotsford to take on the Mouat Hawks.

#KC10004411 - 108 Papers Boucherie Rd. 1700 to 1999, Boucherie Rd. 1860, Quail Crt.

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International bronze for KSC’s Colthorp assignment based on strong summer results.

Colthrop finished fourth at the nationals

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Kelowna Skating Club’s Mckenna Colthorp earned her way on to the podium at the Skate Canada Autumn Classic International last week in Barrie, ON. Colthorp, a 14-yearold Okanagan Mission student, skated to a bronze medal finish in the junior women’s division with a total of 129.25 points.

An ISU Senior B competition, the event featured skaters from Canada, USA, Europe, and Asia.

Colthrop began the week with a fourth place finish in the short program, but stormed back with a winning free program on Thursday, which left her just over a point shy of winning the overall title.

Colthorp is the first skater in Kelowna Skating Club history to win an ISU international medal, and only the third skater in the

The Kelowna United U15 boys team: (top, left) coach Kelly Sherman, Jagger Thomas, Hunter Blucke, Cameron Wilson, Joseph Parsons Wright, Christopher VanDenHeuvel, Bailey Lovich, Parmveer Parmar, Cameron Sorensen, coach Doug Herron, (bottom) Jonah Donahue, Harjun Gosal, Riley Neal, Reid Herron, Gavin Edall, James Wiebe, Gavin Sherman and Braeden Cangiano.

U15 boys golden in Richmond tourney

The Kelowna United U15 boys celebrated the October long weekend with a gold medal victory at the Richmond FC Thanksgiving Tournament.

United was at the top of its game for most of the tournament, posting a 3-0-1 record while outscoring their opponents 11-4.

After opening with a 2-2 tie against Penticton, Kelowna rang up three straight wins—3-1 over Guildford FC, 3-0 over Richmond and 3-1 over Royal City.

United performed well defensively and backstopped by a solid goal keeping effort from Gavin Edall. The transition and build up were complimented by

a strong scoring attack with excellent finishing skills. Scoring at this year’s tournament was led by Hunter Blucke, with additional goals

contributed by Braeden Cangiano, Joseph Parsons Wright, Jagger Thomas, Cameron Sorensen and Cam Wilson.

We’ll be working in your neighbourhood As part of regular maintenance of our natural gas system to ensure the continued safe and reliable delivery of natural gas to our customers, we will be upgrading a section of our system in Kelowna.

Work is scheduled on Spall Road, between Harvey Avenue and Enterprise Way, from October 18 to October 25, 2015, between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.

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Challenge for Liberals will be to maintain the red wave Kathy Michaels kmichaels@kelownacapnews.com

Could history be repeating itself?

Only time will tell. But Kelowna-Lake Country MP-designate Stephen Fuhr, 47, seems to be riding a red wave in blue territory, much like Bruce Howard, the only other Liberal MP to have been elected in this area.

Howard was elected in 1968 when Kelowna, like

the rest of the country, came down with a case of ‘Trudeaumania.’

The then-45-yearold was one of the 155 Liberals elected to the House of Commons that year. The Conservatives took only 72 seats.

On the night of his win, Howard attributed his success to Pierre Trudeau’s appeal in an interview with a Daily Courier reporter, pointing out that the newly elected prime

minister had a way with connecting with people and galvanizing their political will.

Four years later, however, the prime minister’s star had faded in the west and Howard, along with the vast majority of B.C. Liberals elected in ‘68, was ousted.

A search of Elections Canada’s record of riding histories shows that Howard’s win

is a standout for the better part of 60 years, otherwise the region has voted in Social Credit, Reform and Canadian Alliance MPs. When the Progressive Conservatives merged with the Canadian Alliance, the Okanagan Valley officially became Conservative.

Fuhr’s Monday night win with 46.1 per cent of the vote marks the party’s official return to the

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Central Okanagan, and whether he can stretch out his mandate for more than one term may depend largely with what happens nationally, says one political analyst.

“Before the election I was having coffee (with a friend) and we said, ‘if the Liberals can get six seats in B.C., that will be great,’” said Hamish Telford, who’s authored several books on Canadian politics.

“We couldn’t see where they would get any ridings other than downtown (Vancouver.)”

They did, however.

Liberals racked up 17 wins in B.C. this election, which is far more than they’ve had since Trudeaumania 1.0.

“The challenge will be keeping them,” said

Telford, pointing out that the current PM-designate is well aware of his father’s issues with B.C. They may be something he’s able to overcome, however, as he has a better fix on what this province wants.

“He has deeper roots in B.C, having lived here… and his mother’s side of the family lives here,” he said.

Issues that British Columbians will be watching Trudeau closely on, said Telford, have almost everything to do with pipelines.

He’s come out opposed to Northern Gateway, but has been vague on his stance with Kinder Morgan.

He also has to tackle Canada East and Keystone.

Fight for infrastructure funding With the Liberals promising a tremendous amount of infrastructure spending and West Kelowna having infrastructure needs, Findlater said the city will need to be prepared to make its case for funding.

“One key is to have shovel-ready projects, to have plans in place to put together an application for funding.

Secondly, to do that lobbying through our MP and others that we need to cultivate a relationship with.”

West Kelowna Mayor Doug Findlater isn’t concerned that the city’s new MP will be sitting in the Opposition. “(Conservative Dan Albas) will represent us in Opposition very well,” Findlater said. “He’s the kind of guy who would go and see ministers and officials of other parties if need be and carry our message.” But Findlater acknowledged that local politicians such as himself will now need to work a little harder to make sure their issues are heard.

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“The big question mark for Justin Trudeau is the Kinder Morgan pipeline, that’s his problem now,” he said, pointing out that Conservative support of that pipeline is one do the things that upset a number of urban voters.

“It will be difficult for him to approve it, but if he doesn’t he will have other problems…like disaffecting the natural gas sector.”

Also key to future party success in B.C. will be how the MPs elected stack up.

Although Telford doesn’t know much about Fuhr, he said that the Lower Mainland candidates are a largely well-qualified bunch of individuals, and that could bode well for their future in politics.

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Economy WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN

New surprises can always be found on Bernard I went for a downtown stroll on What’s Up a recent sunny fall Downtown day.

As usual, I was utterly gobsmacked JAN JOHNSON by the amazing businesses that our downtown entrepreneurs have created—there’s always new and exciting energy here.

I was drawn to Unless Market, at 534 Bernard Ave., which opened a few months back.

Owner Sarah Coffey was excited to tell me about her concept, a place where local artisans and eco-friendly products can be displayed and sold, all under one roof.

And what a variety of wonderful products at the market as Sarah has added a VOC free, non-toxic paint in over 30 colours that is made in Merritt and becomes a chalkboard once it’s painted on. How much fun is that?

Then there are the beautiful wooden homewares by I’m Board Rustic (boxes, wall arrows and display ladders); and Burnish Designs (cutting/serving boards and coaster sets) and stunning photos printed on canvas by Sarah’s husband, Marc Coffey.

You’ll also find food items like

Little Creek salad dressings and local organic eggs.

The market also carries hand-made clothes, woven felt hats and tops by Besoreal, unique cotton tops by SUP Lovin’ (who also make a clever SUP anchor from recycled materials).

Top this all off with striking jewelry by local artists and you have a shop with a great concept that’s really fun to browse through. Definitely a hot spot for gift shopping.

Just a few blocks down the street, I found Alchemy, at 345 Bernard Ave., where I chatted with owners Sheila Estephan and Jeff McGregor.

Here is a shop where you could happily lose yourself for hours, checking out the myriad of fascinating and unusual homewares.

It has the feel of a lovely European boutique, where even the display fixtures are fascinating— whitewashed wooden pallets and shelving that let the merchandise shine. It’s a pleasure to wander among the one-of-a-kind light fixtures, pillows, vases, huge bamboo lanterns, home decor books, body products and soaps. What a delight for the senses.

There’s even a Sandrine Bar featuring Sandrine chocolates and macaroons, soon to feature an expresso machine as well, so you can fortify yourself for all the shopping you’ll want to do.

One of the most interesting products was giant wall art based on famous artworks from “IXXI” of the Netherlands that you put together from a package of small cards. Very striking. Alchemy is definitely a mustdo downtown experience.

Right next door to Alchemy is Antico Pizza Napoletana, 347 Bernard Ave., where I was greeted by the warm aroma of fresh pizza.

I had a great visit with owner Tony Katsabanis. This fascinating guy has been in the pizza business for 30 years.

He started his career by studying and working in a pizza restaurant in Naples, where they make the unique Napoletana crust which is soft and light and has to be made according to strict rules.

Tony actually has the certification of pizzaiolo, which means he was trained to make the unique Napoletana pizza.

I was lucky enough to have a demo of pizzas being made and cooked in their incredible wood-burning oven.

It’s made from volcanic clay from near

Pompeii and it cooks the food at 900 degrees.

It retains heat so well that it will fully bake a pizza in 90 seconds. Talk about fast food.

The pizzeria is also licensed for wine and beer, which makes them a great spot for either lunch or dinner.

Annegret’s Chocolates and Alexander Cutlery & Gifts, in the Towne Centre Mall on Bernard Avenue, have recently made some changes.

Annegret’s has expanded to offer more tables and a door to the outside (look for the red door and awning) which enables them to be open for longer hours.

They now offer fresh cakes made daily (cheesecake and German marble cake when I was there) as well as croissants.

Soon will come crepes and stuffed croissants to allow for serving a full lunch menu.

Of course, there are their marvelous freshly-made chocolates, a selection of teas and a new fair-trade coffee line called Doi Chaang which is 100 per cent Arabica organic coffee produced by the Akha Hill Tribe in Thailand. Delicious.

To top off the whole experience, Ron Alexander, of Alexander Gifts, has teamed up with them, so you’ll

find his beautiful giftware throughout the shop—jewelry, candles, glassware, trinket boxes, figurines.

Better drop by and see what all the excitement is about in this bright new spot.

Don’t miss out on the fun this Saturday, Oct. 24, as the Downtown Kelowna Association brings you the last Small Shop Saturday of the year.

The merchants of downtown will be doing all sorts of exciting things from free demos to giveaways to oneday special sales.

You’ll also get a chance to win a $250 gift certificate for a downtown shopping spree. Just look for the balloon bouquets outside the 103 participating shops and you’ll find a whole lotta fun inside. Parking is free for the day on the street, at parkades and all city-owned parking lots.

It’s our local merchants’ way of saying, “Thanks for the support.”

Jan Johnson is the co-owner of TigerlilyFashion at 541 Bernard Ave. in downtown Kelowna. If you have any news about downtown business openings and/or events, email them to her at tigerlilyfashion@shaw.ca or call 250-762-8384.

BOOST FOR TOURISM

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The merger of two tourism businesses in Kelowna should have a positive impact on the local economy, says a director of the new venture.

Called BlueStar, Mark Krehle said the new company is comprised of what was Western Bus Lines and SouthWest Tours.

He noted it’s a merger that will be of economic benefit to the Okanagan.

“A lot of the tours we have take people from here to other locations and we’re also starting to bring people that are visiting Vancouver from all over the world into the Okanagan region,” he said.

“So we’re bringing a lot of outside

passengers here and hopefully they’ll leave their travel dollars here.”

BlueStar’s goal is to expand into new demographics and new locations in North America. Krehle said they have already begun to look into reaching that objective.

“We’re even aiming at different demographics,” he added.

“We’ve had inquiries for younger groups to go on adventure tours like white water rafting, kayaking, things like that. So that’s our goal, to expand it.”

The merger took place four months ago and BlueStar has been operating since then, with the grand opening a way for them to show off their new bus and other investments and, most importantly, thank all of their customers.

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Succession planning options on Nov. 4 workshop agenda

Public input sought for redesign of ‘Stop of Interest’ signs

Privately-owned small- and mediumsized businesses are the backbone of the Okanagan economy, yet a study by the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission showed that only 40 per cent of local businesses have any kind of succession plan in place.

Transferring a business to a family member or the outright sale of a business, are commonly thought of as the only options available.

But successful businesses have other options. Even if succession is still a number of years away, there may be ways the owner of a successful business can take cash off the table, while still retaining a significant stake in the company.

So an event about succession planning has been organized for Wednesday, Nov. 4, 8:30 a.m. to noon, at Woodhaven

Boardroom in Regional District of Central Okanagan headquarters, 1450 KLO Rd. In Kelowna.

If you are the owner or majority shareholder of a private business, the Nov. 4 workshop is an opportunity to learn about options such as divestiture, management buyouts, recapitalization and the unique benefits of Employee Share Ownership Plans.

The registration cost is $15 plus GST. For more information, see info@ investkelowna.com.

The guest speakers will be Simone Brunton, a senior manager with the Kelowna office of Grant Thornton LLP and Camille Jensen, the vice-president of ESOP Builders Inc., Canada’s leading designer of employee share ownership plans (ESOPs) for privately-held companies.

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Heritage BC wants to give Central Okanagan residents the chance to shape what “Stop of Interest” should look like to commemorate historic people, places and events.

There are many ways to participate in this process and prizes can be won.

Heritage BC wants help to locate and visually assess the condition of the Stop of Interest signs found throughout British Columbia.

Starting in 1958, Stop of Interest signs were erected across the province.

More than100 signs were erected from the 1950s through the 1990s.

Since that time, some of those signs have gone missing and some have

been moved.

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Forms can be submitted online until Dec. 18. The information

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The city reports that some residents have been neglecting to cover their landfill loads, which can allow debris to fall out, creating a safety hazard to vehicles driving behind as well as pedestrians and cyclists who share the road.

“It’s important that residents remember to cover and secure their loads regardless of how far they’re traveling,” said Ken Muller, landfill supervisor. “ Bylaw enforcement staff have been monitoring and handing out fines to those who neglect to cover and secure their load. There are also cameras located at the landfill that can be used to impose fines.”

The fine for an uncovered or unsecured load is $150 under the city’s Solid Waste Management Bylaw.

Further provincial penalties may also apply, the city says.

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Dealing with anxiety of a child hurt in an accident What do we do when a child is hurt?

We hear the cry or scream and do our best to remain calm while we assess whether or not there is anything “serious” like a broken bone.

We do our best to hide frantic feelings of anxiety because we have learned that if we appear concerned, the child will become even more upset and concerned.

Alternatively, if we display a complete lack of concern and are able to distract the child from whatever has occurred they’re often back to giggly play within minutes, if not moments.

We respond in a similar way if, perhaps the next day, the child continues to complain about whatever was hurt.

Once again, we do our best to hide whatever anxiety we might have while we consider, again, if there is something “seriously” wrong. If not, we try again to steer the child’s attention away

Achieving Justice PAUL HERGOTT from the hurt, reassuring the child that he or she will be just fine.

We don’t want our child to become fixated on the injury for fear that it will take on a life of its own. We also desperately want to believe what we are telling our child, that everything will be just fine. Our greatest fear is that our child might be hurt in a way that he or she might never fully recover.

This common approach to children’s “hurts” creates a huge challenge for protecting children’s rights when the “hurts” arise as a result of a motor vehicle collision.

Children are incredibly resilient and adaptable. With enough dismissiveness on our part, whatever hurt they

are experiencing will become their new normal and they will stop complaining about it.

If careful work isn’t done to identify and record the symptoms, and to monitor whether or not those symptoms continue and how they progress, imagine the challenge of trying to prove that the struggles a 15-year-old is having sitting through class in high school has any relationship to a crash that occurred at age 6.

Certainly, it will be impossible for the 15 year old to give a coherent history of his or her symptoms going back to age 6. How much do you remember of your own early childhood?

Parents are often lulled by an extended “limitation period” that dealing with the child’s legal rights can be put off until much, much later. A limitation period provides a deadline for

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For booking details and don’t wait because there is now a limited time to come aboard. *** I want to wish a very dear couple all the best as they celebrate a special anniversary this week.

Lyle and May Saby, of West Kelowna, were married 71 years ago.

Lyle was part owner of Ly-Al’s Shaver Shop located in downtown Kelowna in the 1960s.

While Lyle and Al fixed and sharpened shavers, the impact they had on the teenage boys and girls actually happened in the back room of the shop where the slot racing track was set up.

I spent hours and hours in that back room racing and building cars, and just hanging out as did many others of my era.

In those days, there were no smart phones, no Internet and only two channels to watch on television. So having a place like that for teenagers to gather was a special gift.

Thank you again Lyle and congratulations on your 71st wedding anniversary. *** Lately I have noticed a bit of forgetfulness on my part like most of us as we reach our mid-60s, but I did something I have never done before last Monday.

After arriving at a mountain lake to go fishing, I discovered I had forgotten by fly rod.

But I did have my reels, so I was able to cut a piece of red twigged dogwood, attach a reel with a zap strap and shoelace and create a serviceable trolling rod which got me through the day. I may be getting a little forgetful, but I still have some creative skills to get me out of a jam when I need them.

Visit a pediatric physiotherapist to assess impact HERGOTT FROM A29 By then, though, the opportunity to collect and preserve the “evidence” of symptoms that began after a crash many years previously has been lost and, with it, the ability to prove that a lifetime of symptoms was caused by the crash has also been lost.

Any time I am consulted by the victim of a crash, I ask about whether or not there were any children in the vehicle. If so, regardless of how mild the symptoms might be, and even if there are no active complaints of symptoms, I recommend that they be assessed by a pediatric physiotherapist. The assessment can be completely benign, without telling the child that it has anything to do with the crash itself.

A pediatric physiotherapist is skilled at assessing those who might be too young to articulate symptoms, carefully assessing the tissues and joints to determine if there are any objective signs of injury. Email me if you would like the name and contact information of a pediatric physiotherapist.

Of course, a pediatric physiotherapist would best supplement, not be a substitute for, having your child assessed by a medical doctor which should occur as a matter of course.

Watch for my next column in the Kelowna Capital News, as my topic will be a limitation period for certain legal rights arising from a motor vehicle crash that starts ticking at the date of the crash, even if the injured victim is a child. It’s a limitation period pertaining to rights the child has directly against ICBC, which ICBC has not been warning people about.

Paul Hergott is a personal injury lawyer at Hergott Law in West Kelowna. paul@hlaw.ca

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The latest in her hardware collection are a silver and a bronze earned at the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles this summer.

Diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a baby, doctors had prepared Greif’s parents for the probability that their daughter would never be able to walk and likely never speak. She proved them wrong.

Like many students this fall Greif is back on campus with a focus on a career beyond competition.

She is in the midst of earning a Preparing for Access to Careers and Education (PACE) certificate from Okanagan College’s Adult Special Education department.

“Right now, I want to focus on my education and on my future,” said Greif.

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Rebranding to promote family skiing With the ski season quickly approaching, Big White Racers has unveiled a new name, logo, website and fresh communication materials in an effort to encourage more families to participate in alpine skiing and ski-cross.

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Positioning wineries for global growth With the international wine industry constantly changing, wineries in British Columbia are facing tougher competition at home and abroad.

These challenging times require adaptation to new practices, understanding of new trends and markets and repositioning of the industry.

Jacques-Olivier Pesme, director of the Wine and Spirits Management Academy at KEDGE Business School in Bordeaux, France, says the B.C. wine industry will face many more challenges in the years to come.

Pesme, who is a specialist in international business and sustainable competitiveness and a world-leading academic authority on the business of wine, works directly with UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Management.

With nearly 300 wineries in British Columbia, tough international competition and new changes to provincial liquor licencing laws, Pesme says the sustainability of this popular industry is being challenged.

“The wine industry is truly a global market and

the local situation can’t continue as it is because the competition, whether it’s local or international, is fierce,” said Pesme.

This summer, as part of an innovative partnership between the University of British Columbia and B.C.’s wine industry, UBC received $630,000 from Western Economic Diversification Canada to help strengthen cooperation in the industry, enhance export readiness and develop its global identity.

The funding is to help establish task forces on wine labeling and presentation and on the industry’s identity; provide analysis of intelligence from international trade shows; help identify and assess options for organization, modeled from other advanced wine regions in the world; and to help develop online tools to strengthen collaboration and industry knowledge.

Deborah Buszard, UBC deputy vice-chancellor and principal of the Okanagan campus, says universities have a fundamental role to play in driving economic development.

“Working with the B.C. wine industry, UBC

will serve as a convener for the sector and international experts to come together to create an expanded, globally competitive wine region,” said Buszard.

Pesme is one such expert. He promotes collaboration between local wineries and the notion of ‘identity’ as pillars of success, key to the viability of the industry.

“The industry has to ask ‘what does the idea of the British Columbia wine region mean?’ Can all these people work together to create a commercial message that describes our wine region and the signature of our wines?” he said.

“To be competitive on the international market, this region’s wineries need to have a firm identity.

And the region needs to have the ability to launch itself successfully internationally.”

Wine regions have specific identities and he says the Okanagan wineries need to come up with an identity that they all share and then promote the entire area and its products.

“The industry does exist and we have the players—the big, the

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Jacques-Olivier Pesme, director of the Wine and Spirits Management Academy at KEDGE Business School in Bordeaux, France, will be back at UBC in November to help facilitate the Wine Industry Collaborative hosted by UBCO’s Faculty of Management. medium and the small.

We also have professional institutions. Apart from few exceptions, I don’t think the local wineries are ready to position themselves on the international market and become international players,” said Pesme.

“The potential is here, clearly. Some additional work is required to intensify the collaboration amongst B.C. players.

“The world of wine imposes, at first, a collective approach and it offers many opportunities

as the wine industry is truly a global market that needs to be explored.”

Roger Sugden, dean of the UBCO Faculty of Management, says connecting regional wineries and wine makers with experts from around the world to assist with the growth is part of the faculty’s commitment to community engagement.

“The presence of UBC and KEDGE as impartial allies to the local wine industry creates a new avenue for territory-wide growth,

as values, standards and collective strategies can be coordinated and developed for the benefit of all wineries in the region,” said Sugden.

Pesme will be back in November to help facilitate the Wine Industry Collaborative, being hosted at UBCO on Nov. 2 and 3.

Before the event, UBCO and KEDGE will conduct a survey of the industry on wine labeling and the preliminary results will be discussed at the collaborative.

SPCA opens new barn to house abused farm animals That fund has since been assisted by the provincial government, which donated a further $5-million.

BC SPCA chief executive officer Craig Daniell said the new $250,000 facility in Kelowna would not have been possible without the provincial funding commitment, as $100,000 of the $5-million was put towards the new barn.

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The Kelowna SPCA unveiled its newest addition to the Casorso Road animal shelter last Wednesday.

The new Recovery and Adoption Barn will provide shelter for abused horses and farm animals .

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Training for the Special Olympics World Games had Greif in the gym six days a week, two hours a day. She describes competing on the international stage as an incredible experience and the chance of a lifetime.

During the two weeks spent in L.A. as one of 114 Canadian athletes (22 on the track and field team) she also attended a baseball game, took part in the opening and closing ceremonies and met pop superstar Justin Bieber. “What was most inspiring though was meeting the athletes from different countries,” she said. “It made me realize how fortunate we are in Canada for the resources we have available to us as athletes with special needs, from health care to equipment, that enable us to practice our sport.”

The silver Greif earned was in the 4x100m relay where she was the anchor. As well, she earned a bronze in shot put.

“These Games were definitely more challenging, with more countries and more levels to compete against. But what I’ve learned is that if you set your mind to it, you can achieve it.”

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Culture ENTERTAINMENT: WHAT’S ON

HorrorFest catches Halloween spirit on film CONCERT The Vidos Saturday, Oct. 24 9 p.m.

Doc Willoughby’s 353 Bernard Ave. Kelowna

The Okanagan Society of Independent Filmmaking will present the 7th annual HorrorFest festival.

The twisted minds of the Okanagan’s filmmakers will unite to present a frightful night of films, live music and refreshments. More than a dozen films will be screened during the evening.

For the audience, HorrorFest is a costume party so show up in your best Halloween attire and be eligible for costume and door prizes.

Tickets available at Leo’s Videos, 2680 Pandosy St., The Film Factory, 1126 Richter St. or Calowna Costumes, 538 Bernard Ave. Online available at www.osif.org/horrorfest.

For more information about the Okanagan Society of Independent Filmmaking, check out www.osif.org.

The Vidos are an independent rock band from Vancouver.

The group consists of Nolan Nielsen (drums, vocals), Brett Hornall (Lead vocals, bass), and Kirk Musfelt (guitar, vocals).

The group was formed in 2011 and within a year and a half, the band selfrecorded and released an album of demos from Kirk’s attic.

The majority of that debut album was recorded with an electric drum kit. Also notable about one song is the vocal track, which was recorded by putting a small microphone inside a toaster, which was then sung into.

Dubbed “2012,” the album contains a number of songs that are used in the soundtrack for Jack McQuistin’s independent film, “The Next Step.”

CONCERT Cario Thursday, Oct. 29 9 p.m.

Fernando’s 279 Bernard Ave. The energetic Canadian rock/ folk band Cario will make a stop in Kelowna this month as part of a Canadian tour.

Fresh off a highly successful European tour, the band will showcase songs from their debut album “A History of Reasons,” including their current single “With You.” Since its release, the album has generated almost half a million spins on Spotify.

The five-piece group consists of vocalist/ guitarist Nate Daniels, lead guitarist Dante Berardi Jr., violinist Caitlin Grieve, drummer Matt Sullivan and bassist Joel Dalton.

The band has been described as “the love child of Gotye and Arcade Fire.” by Sirius XM. Cario has also had songs featured on TV shows such as “Catfish” and “Awkward” along with the film “We Made This Movie.”.

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Jane Everett is a highly skilled artist, and accomplished at her craft, of rendering naturalistic loons, and the fleeting effects of light on water, and ripples and waves as they form and dissipate.

The exhibition is entitled Raft and is a tribute to the loon, an iconic Canadian animal.

An installation of 10 wooden canoe paddles that have been beautifully painted with images of loons provides the central element of this exhibition.

The paddles are mounted together on a raised platform, as though on a raft, which is the collective term for a group of loons.

In the surrounding windows are suspended large-scale waterscapes in oil on drafting film, while fragile wings constructed of rice paper and willow hang from the ceiling.

Finally, a video by filmmaker Daniel Cameron documents the movement of light on the surface of a lake anticipating the loon’s appearance. Together these elements celebrate an experience of Canada’s woodland that is fast disappearing.

Everett has a fine arts degree from Queen’s University. Her work has been exhibited across the country and is held in both private and public collections. The artist

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The Westbank Country Opry is the longest running live show in the Okanagan, going into its 21st year. Besides great country music, the Opry also has door prizes and a 50/50 draw. Pictured here, MC Wayne Blair and Carole Armstrong present a $200 cash prize to the winner of the September draw. The next Opry Show is Sunday, 3 p.m., at the Emmanuel Church in West Kelowna 2600 Hebert Rd. divides her time between her home in Kelowna and her cottage on the north shore of the Shuswap.

An opening reception to celebrate this exhibition will be held on Friday, Oct. 23, from 7 to 9 pm, at the Kelowna Art Gallery.

CONCERT Shane Koyczan Thursday, Oct. 22 Kelowna Community Theatre 1375 Water St. Silence Is A Song I Know All The Words To is another chapter in the continuing story of artist, poet and author Shane Koyczan.

After a successful crossCanada tour this year, Koyczan will be making a stop in Kelowna as part of a followup swing around B.C. this fall.

Koyczan was also on tour as part of the David Suzuki Foundation’s Blue Dot Tour, sharing the stage with the likes of David Suzuki, Neil Young, Feist, Margaret Atwood, Raine Maida, Chantal

Kreviazuk, Joel Plaskett, Robert Bateman and Stephen Lewis.

He wrote the poem “Shoulders” specifically for that tour.

“When I first heard Shane perform ‘Shoulders’ it brought tears to my eyes,” said David Suzuki. “Poetry, like music, connects people in a powerful way and Shane lifted entire audiences to their feet with his incredible words.”

In the fall of 2014, Koyczan’s much lauded novel Stickboy was the subject of both an art exhibit and an opera with the poet himself playing the role of Librettist.

The world premiere of the opera Stickboy was met with critical acclaim during its one month run at the Vancouver Playhouse.

“Stickboy was a milestone for Vancouver Opera and a huge achievement for Shane, composer Neil Weisensel, and the entire creative team,” said James Wright, general director,

Vancouver Opera.

“Eight thousand people saw the show and leapt to their feet to applaud the artistry. We continue to hear from audience members who were as deeply moved by the production as we were.”

CONCERT Murray McLauchlan Friday, Oct. 23 7:30 p.m.

Kelowna Community Theatre 1375 Water St. Tickets go on sale today (June 26) at noon for Canadian troubador Murray McLauchlan tour stop in Kelowna this fall.

McLauchlan’s musical career spans 40 years, during which he has recorded 18 albums and received 11 Junos.

Among his musical repertoire, Farmer’s Song, Down by the Henry Moore, Whispering Rain and Sweeping the Spotlight Away are now considered Canadian

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Seniors FITNESS FOR SENIORS

Regular exercise key to losing weight, gaining energy There was a time in my early 20s after having my babies that I felt very tired and struggled with 50 pounds of extra weight.

I remember distinctly going in to see my doctor wanting to ask how I could increase my energy level.

His first response was to ask if I was exercising.

I thought that to be a ridiculous question as I had just told him I was feeling tired.

How did he expect I would exercise if I didn’t have energy? He told me that once I started to exercise, I would feel better and in time my energy levels would increase.

Fitness For Seniors BOBBI MOGER So I began the journey to discover if what he said was true. I wasn’t particularly healthconscious in my life up to that point, but what I was about to discover set me on a new lifestyle path and ultimately into a career as a fitness professional.

I began to read about nutrition and started to make better food choices.

I made exercise a

priority in my life, starting with daily walks and then walking turned into running.

I lost the 50 pounds leaving me wanting to help motivate and inspire others with my newfound experience.

The fact is: Regular exercise increases energy levels.

Contrary to popular belief, exercising doesn’t make you tired—it literally creates energy in your body.

Your body rises up to meet the challenge for more energy by becoming stronger.

The explanation for

this goes deep into the cellular level of the body, where we find the mitochondria, those tiny, energy-producing organs found in every body cell.

The more you move around, the more mitochondria your body makes to meet your energy needs.

The more mitochondria you have, the greater the boost to your metabolism, and the greater your ability to produce more energy.

Research has found that inactive people who normally complained of fatigue could increase energy by 20 per cent while decreasing fatigue by as much as 65 per

cent, just by simply participating in regular, low-intensity exercise.

It may seem counterintuitive, but expending energy by engaging in regular exercise will pay off in the long run.

With exercise, the hardest thing to do is scheduling the time for it.

Choose a consistent time that you can exercise daily.

Make your goal to exercise three to five days a week and never go more than one day without exercising. That way, you’ll never get out of the habit.

I have personally found that keeping a workout

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During his entertainment career, McLauchlan has also been a painter, an author, an actor and a radio talk show host, sporting a biography of accomplishment befitting someone who has been appointed to The Order of Canada.

“As a songwriter I know that it’s not enough to sit in your kitchen and write. Your songs need to be heard,” McLauchlan said.

“Music is a communicative art and if it isn’t brought in front of people there is no way to tell if that end has been met. I like to think of a concert tour as a kind of roving gallery to test your art and your ideas.

“I try to do my very best to make it worthwhile for folks to be there and to perhaps look at things in a new way when they leave.”

And this, in a nutshell, is the Murray McLauchlan concert experience.

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CONCERT Ryan Lidstone and James Masz Friday, Oct. 23 7:30 p.m.

Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art Rotary Centre for the Arts 421 Cawston Ave. Strings and electronics will create a rich sonic tapestry at this new experimental jazz series being hosted by the Alternator gallery.

Guitarist Ryan Lidstone and electronics musician James Masz will be the featured musicians for the Oct. 23 concert.

Their performance will be the second installment of the Skin and Bones Music Series, which presents experimental jazz to an Okanagan audience by musicians.

Lidstone is considered a maverick guitarist who freely plumbs the depths of jazz, ambient and postrock.

Originally from Vancouver, Lidstone is now based in Kelowna.

An entrepreneur in his own right, Lidstone runs

Postmodern Records, a label devoted to the release and proliferation of alternative jazz and music with an experimental approach.

Lidstone has performed with the likes of Juno winning drummer Skye Brooks, composer Tony Wilson and Canadian favourite Gordon Grdina.

For this performance, bass clarinetist Mike Allen and bassist Jazz Palley will join Lidstone.

Masz is an interdisciplinary new media musician and visual artist. By using prerecorded music and sounds, signal processors, and physically manipulating speakers, Masz creates novel compositions, often described as auditory hallucinations.

Having performed locally at the Alternator and on a national scale for CBC Radio, Masz’s sound travels the wide gamut of downtempo, noise, and improvisational minimalist techno.

He has previously collaborated with cellist Natalia Leigh, avantgarde saxophonist Darren

Williams and Berlinbased filmmaker Matthias Fritsch.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Alternator gallery or at the door.

The Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art is an artist-run centre

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CENTRAL OKANAGAN

Home furnaces in need of care Many people rely on their natural gas furnace, boiler or fireplace to keep them warm all winter.

So it’s important for them to be aware that all natural gas appliances need to be serviced each year by a qualified natural gas contractor.

“Too few furnaces get attention until they malfunction, likely at the worst possible time—during the winter heating rush when the temperature drops and contractors’ time is at a premium,” said Ian Turnbull, damage prevention and emergency services manager at FortisBC. “This can add up to a big

expense or worse, create an unsafe situation for the home’s occupants.”

Regular maintenance is key to keeping people safe and warm all winter.

An appliance service will help maintain healthy air quality by preventing appliances from creating carbon monoxide.

Servicing will also help appliances last longer and can determine if a furnace is running at its optimal efficiency to help save on heating costs.

“Like a car, furnaces and other natural gas appliances require regular servicing to operate safely, efficiently and

trouble-free,” said Turnbull.

“Most manufacturers recommend an annual service and may even require it to maintain the warranty.”

The annual service should be done by a natural gas contractor who is licensed by the BC Safety Authority.

They’ll follow the BC Safety Authority’s Service Checklist which includes inspecting the system for leaks and proper venting, making sure the area is clear of fire-hazards and cleaning or repairing components.

A licenced contractor can also identify if an appliance needs to be replaced before an emergency occurs and

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In winter, more than 600,000 natural gas furnaces are switched on throughout B.C. CONTRIBUTED will install the new unit safely with all the appropriate permits in place.

Through its Trade Ally Network, FortisBC maintains a comprehensive, search-

able directory of qualified natural gas contractors at fortisbc.com/appliancesafety.

There are also incentives for energy-efficient appliance upgrades.

Positive report for local housing sales Royal LePage’s Q3 House Price Survey and Market Survey Forecast has revealed that Kelowna’s real estate market has been on a significant upswing.

The study says standard condominiums increased in price by 2.1 per cent, to an average of $304,943, while two-storey homes have increased in price by 9.4 per cent, to an average of $601,828.

Detached bungalows have also increased in price 2.2 per cent to an average $464,038.

The Royal LePage report’s conclusions are that a strong Kelowna sales market is being driven by retiree buyers moving into the region.

“Kelowna continues to be perceived as a highly attractive western Canada destination for retirees,” said Francis Braam, managing broker/owner, Royal LePage Kelowna.

“We are still seeing a large number of buyers from Alberta and Saskatchewan in spite of the slowdown in the oil sector as well as from the Lower Mainland region.”

Braam adds that Vancouver buyers are realizing that they can achieve much better value in the Kelowna market currently.

Nationally, home prices showed moderate to strong year-over-year price increases in most markets in Canada.

According to the report, the price of a home in Canada increased eight per cent year-over-year to $502,643 in the third quarter.

The price of a two-storey home rose 9.9 per cent year-over-year to $615,304, and the price of a bungalow

increased 6.8 per cent to $421,757.

During the same period, the price of a condominium increased 2.8 per cent to $338,684.

“Economic slowdowns in energy-dependent markets, most notably in western Canada, have in part been offset by both renewed industrial activity in other parts of the country and the Bank of Canada’s recent interest rate cuts,” said Phil Soper, chief executive officer for Royal LePage.

“In line with recent quarters,

strong national home price increases are largely being driven by continued double-digit percentage increases in the Greater Toronto Area and Greater Vancouver, where housing affordability is already becoming a growing challenge for many individuals and families,” Soper said.

“Home ownership remains a bright light amid unsettled investment and savings options in volatile global capital markets.

When purchasing a home, it’s important to ensure that the contract is written in such a manner as to protect both the vendor and purchaser.

Quite often in a real estate transaction, before an agreement on the sale is reached there will be back and forth offers and counter-offers.

When using a realtor, their profession has set rules and protocols that are followed throughout that process.

But in a private sale, it is paramount to have a contract written up by a lawyer or a notary both of who know the legalities when acting on behalf of the purchaser and vendor.

Of prime importance is ensuring any changes made to an offer are initialed by both parties involved in the process.

For example, the initial offer is a starting point of the negotiation for the final agreement in the price of the property.

The contract will set out the completion and possession dates.

The completion date is the day funds will be transferred to the vendor and the possession date is just that—when the property actually changes hands and you can move in.

There will be various subject clauses attached to the contract. Subjects are placed in the contract to protect the purchaser’s initial deposit and allow time to arrange financing, have a home inspection and various other components that form part of the offer to purchase.

There will also be additions to the contract to protect the vendors of the property.

A property disclosure statement is a necessary part of the contract. This statement will be initialed and signed by the vendor and will provide information with regards to the property. It will state some of the following: • if the property has been or is a former grow operation • is there a problem with the septic tank and field if the property is not on a municipal system • are the furnace and hot water tank in good running order and when was the last time they were replaced.

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ILLIG, CHRISTEL ERNA Christel Erna Illig went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 13,2015 in Kelowna at the age of 98. She will be lovingly remembered by her sons.

Jerry (Helga) Illig, Ray (Heidi) Illig; daughter, Rose (Jim) Oliver as well as ten grandchildren, Charmaine (Chris) Harris, Crystal (TJ) Robinson, Gary Martin (fiance’ Anita), Toby, Blake, Donovan, Joshua (Courtney) and Josiah lllig, Megan and Matthew Oliver; two great granddaughters, Amelia and Hailey as well as many nieces, nephews, extended family and dear friends. Christel was predeceased by her husband Winfried as well as by two brothers and two sisters. A celebration of life will be held in honor of Christel Illig at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 24, 2015, at Grace Baptist Church, 1150 Glenmore Dr., Kelowna. In lieu of flowers, donations to Green Bay Bible Camp, 1449 Green Bay Rd, West Kelowna BC V4T 2B9 would be appreciated. Arrangements in care of Everden Rust Funeral Services, (250) 860-6440.

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Len Chahley passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at the Kelowna General Hospital surrounded by his devoted family. For the past 7 ? years he fought heart disease and the last 2 years a courageous battle with cancer. He will be lovingly remembered by his beloved wife of 38 years, Elsie, and his 4 children Bonnie, Mike (Shelley), Janet and Sally-Anne (Jay), also his 8 grandchildren Bron, Johnathon, Kaitlynn, Alyssa, Kevin, Jonas, Keili, Ryker and many other close family and friends. Following Lens service in the Canadian Air Force he worked for the BC Telephone Company from 1968 to 1996. In his younger years (1977/1995) he was an avid bowler throughout the BC Interior where he won many awards. For 26 years he was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie #3557, in Vernon, BC and he was also a 39 year member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #25 also in Vernon.

His enjoyment of computers inspired him to help others with their computer inquiries. For the last seven years, Len also gave of himself, in spite of his illnesses, as a volunteer at the Kelowna General Hospital. A celebration of his life will be held at the First Memorial Funeral Service at 1211 Sutherland Avenue Kelowna BC V1Y 5Y2 on Saturday October 24, 2015 at 1:30pm. In lieu of flowers the family has requested donations be made to the Kelowna Cancer Foundation or Kelowna General Hospital Heart Unit.

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Help Wanted

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Drivers/Courier/ Trucking

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QualiďŹ ed Canadian and Local Drivers required Immediately.

We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualified drivers for the Western Provinces. 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.

All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude. Please fax resume and abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

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.

Collators & Inserters Duties include hand collating, straightening papers and pocket feeders on Alphaliner Machine.

Shifts start at 8:00 pm.

Minimum 2 to 3 days a week.

Approx. 16 to 24 hours per week.

Good, safe working conditions.

Interested applicants may drop off resumes to:

Kelowna Capital News c/o Glenn Beaudry 2495 Enterprise Way Kelowna, BC V1X 7K2 or Email: gbeaudry@kelownacapnews.com No phone calls please.

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Creative Designer Black Press and its growing group of newspapers is looking to fill a full time position on our Creative Services team at our Kelowna Division.

Are you PROFICIENT in Adobe InDesign CS6, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe Photoshop in a Mac environment?

If so, an opportunity exists for you to thrive in our very fast-paced creative department.

The successful candidate must have strong design skills, be a quick and accurate typist, and have a keen eye for detail.

Interested applicants may apply by letter, fax or email to: Kelowna Capital News c/o Tessa Ringness 2495 Enterprise Way Kelowna, BC V1X 7K2 Email: tringness@kelownacapnews.com Absolutely no phone calls please.

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Are you into exercise, motivated and wanting some extra income?

Capital News is looking for a person or persons with a reliable vehicle to deliver newspapers door to door in the Kelowna and Westside areas. Various sized routes on Wednesday and Friday.

Your papers would be dropped at your home early in the morning for you to deliver, which leaves the rest of the day free.

Work as much or as little as you want.

To apply for this position, please call Capital News Circulation at 250-763-7575 and ask for Richard.

CAPITAL news Alphaliner Assistant Operator Duties will include helping operate an Alphaliner Collating Machine as a backup operator to the Shift Supervisor. Wage negotiable depending on experience.

Should have some mechanical knowledge.

Minimum 2 to 3 days a week.

Approx. 16 to 24 hours per week.

Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

Good, safe working conditions.

Interested applicants may drop off resumes to:

Kelowna Capital News c/o Glenn Beaudry 2495 Enterprise Way Kelowna, BC V1X 7K2 or Email: gbeaudry@kelownacapnews.com No phone calls please.

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CLASS 1 HIGHWAY LINE HAUL COMPANY DRIVERS Van Kam’s Group of Companies requires Class 1 Drivers for the Surrey, Kelowna and Kamloops area. Applicants must have a min 2 yrs industry driving experience.

We Offer Above Average Rates!

To join our team of professional drivers please send off a resume and current drivers abstract to: careers@vankam.com For more info about Line Haul, call Bev, 604-968-5488 We thank all applicants for your interest!

Van-Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.

Education/Trade Schools BCIT/SD # 23 Diesel Engine Foundation Program Openings are available in the BCIT/SD #23 Technology Programs in Kelowna. The following program will run from February 2016 – January 2017 and is open to current high school students and graduates. Diesel Engine Foundation Program. Qualifying students may be eligible for tuition support.

For application information contact: BCIT Liaison at 250718-1635 CERTIFIED AIR BRAKE COURSE October 24 & 25.

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Farm Workers FARM Workers req’d, Kelowan. $10.49/hr. 40-50hr/wks, March 1 - October 31, 2016.

Pruning, tying, picking etc.

Contact Seven Mountain Vineyards at 250-769-9088 TREE To Me: Farm Manager (Organic) We are a new organic farm operation located in Keremeos, BC that also has a farm market, cafe, bakery and B&B. The company requires a full time Farm Manager. This is a career position with the opportunity for equity ownership in the business. The current farm operation includes tree fruits, perennial vegetables and berries, annual vegetables and a greenhouse operation. Along with increasing production in these areas, additional farming activities will be added in the future. The successful candidate will have both academic and practical farm experience, have an aptitude for equipment and building maintenance, and be capable of functioning with a management team. An attractive remuneration package will be offered. Reply by email to joewurz@telus.net.

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SHOW Home Cleaning. Let us shine for you. Residential/ Commercial, office/ construction. Bonded & insured. Call 250-212-6101

MIDTOWN RV Ltd has a position for licensed Heavy Duty RV Mechanic. Full-time, no layoffs. Benefit pkg and profit sharing. Email resume to sales@midtownrv.com TIRE Technician - Exp’d to car passenger light trucks.

Drop resume in person to KP Tirecraft #6-1952 Spall Rd.

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Drywall

DRYWALL Finisher. 18yrs experience. No job too small!

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Electrical

ALAN Dignam Electric. Resid/ Comm., Service Calls, Reno’s, Upgrades. Lic’d, Bonded and Insured. Alan: 250-808-6595

Garden & Lawn

QUALITY TOPSOIL, garden mix, sand, gravel, decorative rock. Ensign Bros. Mon-Fri. We deliver. Call 250-769-7298

Home Improvements

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Cloverdale Premium Quality Paint. NO PAYMENT until the job is completed! Free Est. (1) 250-899-3163

Irrigation/Sprinkler Systems

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Great Rates. Professional Studio. Welcoming Atmosphere.

Call Linda 250-862-3929

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Financial Services AUTO FINANCING-Same Day Approval. Dream Catcher Auto Financing 1-800-910-6402 or www.PreApproval.cc GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

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Add $25 Get Dryer vent cleaning done same time!

IRRIGATION Winterizing. Res. Reg. size lot, up to 6 zones. $45. Westcare, 250-860-2938

Kitchen Cabinets

Kitchen & Bathroom Renovations. GEMINI BATHS 250-862-6991.Free Estimates.

Landscaping

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Machining & Metal Work

Moving & Storage

Painting & Decorating

Rubbish Removal

$200 & Under

Free Items

Firewood/Fuel

2Girls1Truck Rubbish Removal.

We load/haul/sort including electronics and paint. 250-878-5210

NICE Black Queen size wooden bedframe with head/footboard $200 obo 250-869-0121

FREE Horse Manure Dilworth area. You load/we load. By appointment ONLY. Call (250)762-4600 & leave a message so we can get back to you to set up a time.

Split Birch and Apple firewood $50.00 Full apple bin size. Delivery Available. 250-765-5537

FREE kittens, looking for a good home, can deliver. 250859-9441.

MOVING Sale. MUST Sell!!!

Complete furniture package for 3bdrm show home, including pictures and accesseries.

Excellent BROYHILL furniture in like new cond. Also includes antique roll top desk (780)875-4216, 780-870-7216

GET BENT Metal Fab, fences, gates, railings, stainless, steel 863-4418www.getbentmetalfab.ca

FAMILY Movers. Moving?

Anything, anywhere. Local and long distance trips. Packing service available, weekly trips to Vancouver, Alberta, full and partial loads. Cheapest rates in the valley. Free Estimates, 250-493-2687

Moving & Storage

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(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls. Cloverdale Premium Quality Paint. NO PAYMENT, until job is completed!

OK Roofing All repairs, maint., & re-roofs. Warranty on all work. Free Est., 878-1172

Allow Payless Moving to do the lifting for you. 1 man + truck $49/hr - 250-808-2938

Painting & Decorating

DONO’S Moving. Free Estimates for ALL your moving needs. (250)801-5969

Custom Painting by Louie. No job too small. Free Estimates Call 250-826-6137

& Tree Removal.

Call 250-575-0196

2 Coats Any Colour

Roofing & Skylights

AAA Best Rates Moving $59+.

FLAT Rates long dist. Weekly trips BC/AB. 250-861-3400

NITRO RUBBISH

3 Rooms For $299

Community Newspapers We’re at the heart of things™

Window Cleaning JB’S Window Cleaning. Pressure washing, eavestrough cleaning & exterior paint. Call Jodey Shea @ 250-317-4525

Merchandise for Sale

$400 & Under 16” Pillowtop qu. mattress & base $1200 new, $400 obo.

(250)869-0121/250-300-9892

Food Products Sale Roasting chickens & pickerel fillets. Call 204-4147892.

Free Items

$100 & Under

FREE - Aquarium Fish. Call 250-769-2013

GERMAN made wooden rocking chair with cushion $100.00 obo. 250-765-8252.

FREE Horse Manure. Mail Rd Glenmore Area. Self Serve.

(250)-765-3093

Firewood/Fuel FIREWOOD For Sale. Bone dry Fir spilt and delivered $225 per cord.Jackpine $200 per cord. TNC Tree Services @ 250-575-7204.

Firewood for sale. Jack Pine, Spruce, Fir or Birch. BY CORD OR 1/2 CORD, split and delivered. 250-317-1243

Furniture

TEAK, VINTAGE AND MODERN HOME FURNISHINGS MANY IN-STORE SPECIALS! OK Estates FURNITURE & more 1960 Springfield Road, Kelowna 250-868-8108 facebook.com/okestates

Sales & Service Directory

BATHROOMS

BLUE PRINTING

CARPENTRY

CONCRETE

COUNTERTOPS

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS

A-1 DESIGNS

RETIRED CARPENTER

WINE COUNTRY CONCRETE

REFACE DON’T REPLACE

Got Bored

PLUMBING REPAIRS GEMINI BATHS

I bring your outside stairs inside Demolish your sloped driveway, etc.

Hand drawings/60 yrs exp.

Free 1/2 hr. consultation

www.kelownabathrooms.ca

250-718-0264

ELECTRICAL

GARAGE DOOR SERVICES

KITCHEN CABINETS

Black & White Electric

ABC

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250-862-6991

Licensed, Bonded, Insured

Call John

778-215-7715 www.blackandwhiteelectric.com

OVERHEAD DOORS We install, service, & repair all makes of doors & openers.

Broken Springs, Cables, Rollers...

WE DO IT ALL!

250-878-2911 abcohdoors@gmail.com

• Decks • Stairs • Railings • Gates • Fencing & Repairs • Doors • Windows • Siding • Expert Painting & Drywall • Multi Trade Skills • References on Request

250-870-8851

Certified Tradesman for driveways, sidewalks, floors, foundations, retaining walls, stairs, wheelchair ramps.

Stamped, Exposed & Broom Free Estimates • Call Dan

250-863-5419

www.okanagancountertopsystem.com

250-470-2235

Re-upholstery also available.

1040 Richter St. 250-215-1903

Kettle Valley

DONO’S MOVING

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Free Estimates For all your moving needs in & out of town.

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Seniors Discount

PAINTING/ DECORATING AFFORDABLE PAINTING

Senior’s Specials Experience & Quality Int./Ext. Painting & Ceilings Bondable. Insurance Work

250-801-5969

ROCK WALLS 250-215-4956

CELL: 250-859-4952 HOME: 250-862-3615

Rock Stairs CALL JAY

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Hedge Pruning, Tree Removal, Fence Building, Rock Work, Cement Work

MOVING & STORAGE

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LAWN & GARDENING

LANDSCAPING

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CONTRACTORS WELCOME

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Promote your business in Kelowna’s Community Newspaper delivered FREE every Wednesday & Friday to over 45,000 homes.

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Real Estate

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Rentals

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Transportation

Heavy Duty Machinery

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Mobile Homes & Parks

Real Estate

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Auto Financing

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1854 BYLAND ROAD PHONE TO VIEW. $10.75 SQ FT + TNET. CALL JIM @250-7682325 OR 250-258-2325.

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FIREARMS. ALL types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation.

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Private Coin Collector Buying Collections, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins, Estates Jewelry+ Chad 250-863-3082 Local.

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Quality Firearms Buy & Sell.

Weber & Markin Gunsmiths The Best Little Gunshop Around 4-1691 Powick Rd Kel 250-762-7575 Tue-Sat 10-6 facebook.com/WeberMarkin •

CERAMIC Urns for your loved ones or pets, hand painted.

Phone Colleen: (250)766-4405

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2000’ of retail 250-765-3295

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Sealed tenders, clearly marked on the outside of the envelope with the words “T15-090 Mini Excavator” will be received at the office of the City Clerk, 1435 Water Street, Kelowna, BC up until 3pm, Local Time, Nov. 3, 2015. Tenders will be opened publicly at that time.

The City reserves the right to reject any or all tenders, to waive defects in any bid or tender documents and to accept any tender or offer which it may consider to be in the best interest of the City. The lowest bid or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

Tender documents may be obtained at no charge from kelowna.ca or from the City of Kelowna Purchasing Branch, 1435 Water Street, Kelowna BC V1Y 1J4. kelowna.ca

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