Castlegar News, November 19, 2015

CASTLEGAR NEWS Thursday, November 19, 2015

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The City of Castlegar has initiated an Air Market Analysis of the West Kootenay region.

The study will analyze how people use the West Kootenay Regional Airport (WKRA) and other airports to travel to and from the region.

“We are working to provide the information that air carriers need,” said Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff in a press release. “The city wants to provide data rather than conjecture.”

An initial step in the project is surveying regional businesses with an online survey. Working with chambers of commerce and other organizations in the West Kootenay, a survey link is being forwarded to businesses

and government organizations to understand how they use air services in the region. The survey is going out to businesses within an area that spans from Midway to Creston and from Nakusp to Rossland.

The survey is basically looking at the business sector to see what type of trips are currently done, where they go and how they get there.

Castlegar CAO John Malcolm explained, “It is a piece of work that the city is doing in its continuing efforts to improve air service to the West Kootenay region.”

“We are evaluating the potential for generating new business trips out of the West

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The survey asks businesses questions such as their number of employees, number of annual trips from their office, which regional airports they use for air trips, and if services to WKRA were improved how many more flights per year would they book or how many road trips would they change to air trips. The final question asks, “If you could change three things at WKRA, what would they be?” Participants have until the end of November to complete the survey.

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FortisBC technical advisor Doug Lamminen (left) presented a rebate cheque to the city of Castlegar. Receiving the cheque is Castlegar civic works director Chris Barlow (center) and Mayor Lawrence Chernoff (right).

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Making a departure from the usual routine, Castlegar city council received money instead of just spending it at Monday’s council meeting.

Representatives from FortisBC were on hand to present the city with a rebate cheque for $24,500. The city received the money for the energy efficient improvements it made to the South Sewage treatment plant. This cheque is the first half of the incentive. FortisBC will verify the actual savings over one year and present the City with a second incentive next year.

“The city of Castlegar has really demonstrated they are really forward thinking in reducing operating costs through improvements,” said Doug Lamminen, FortisBC energy management technical advisor.

By modernizing the venting system at the plant with variable speed drives and controls on the compressed air system, they are now able to control and adjust venting to meet the need and

avoid venting heated air, which wastes energy.

The upgrade will save an estimated maximum electrical savings of 490,000 kilowatt hours per year, saving up to $38,000 per year at current electricity rates.

The example Lamminen gave was that the previous system would be similar to overheating a home and then opening a window to adjust the temperature. Technology has improved so these systems can now be replaced with more efficient equipment and better controls. In a sense they can now adjust the thermostat, instead of throwing open a window.

The sewage treatment plant is the ninth project Castlegar has completed since they started working in FortisBC in 1998. Other significant projects include energy efficient street lighting and the new city hall. The next project they plan to work together on is the second phase of the street light project.

To date, the city has reduced electricity use in their facilities by 840,000 kilowatt hours, enough to power about 65 single family homes for a year.

Salmo officer faces charges Nelson Star Staff

A police officer from Salmo has been charged in relation to alleged improper handling and disposition of exhibits at the detachment.

Cst. Dave Dyball has been

charged with theft under $5,000. A lawyer appeared on his behalf in court in Nelson on Tuesday. The matter returns to court Dec. 8 for an arraignment hearing.

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no further comment while the matter is before the courts.

According to online court records, Dyball, 44, is alleged to have committed the offences on April 9. The charges were sworn on Oct. 6.

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FIRE Castlegar Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 3100 block of 4th Ave. The call was received at 6:15 a.m. Wednesday. The detached garage along with three vehicles were fully involved when the fire department arrived.

There were no injuries to either the residents or fire crew members. The cause is still under investigation.

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Flags waved in the breeze, uniformed men and women stood at attention, O’ Canada rang through the air and Castlegar remembered.

Numbering more than five hundred, a large crowd gathered in Kinsmen Park at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day to pay their respects and show their gratefulness for those who have sacrificed for the freedoms we have in Canada today. Master of Ceremonies Com. Bob Brommeland summed up the sentiments of the day, “We thank all of the veterans and all of the people that have served our great country so that we can live in freedom and happiness,” he said, “and yes, we will remember them.”

After the singing of the national anthem, MLA Katrine Conroy and Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff both addressed the crowd. “It is important for all of us to remember the unity of Canadians in wartime enabled all of us to enjoy freedom,” said Mayor Chernoff. “We no longer share difficult times with a sense of unity; the poppy then is a reminder of that need.

A challenge to each of us to seek out the spirit of unity which sustained our forefathers and our country.”

After trumpeter David Leffelaar played Last Post the traditional two minutes of silence was observed and masses of yellow balloons were released, each one representing 1000 lives. “Our brave comrades who have given their lives for you and me,” said Brommeland, “these brave individuals made the supreme sacrifice to preserve this great country and the freedoms we take for granted.”

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There was a good turnout for Remembrance Day Ceremonies last week in Castlegar.

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Selkirk College gets $14 million

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PUBLIC NOTICE Disposition of land Pursuant to Section 26 of the Community Charter The City of Castlegar gives notice of its intention to Dispose of lands legally described as: “a portion of Sublot 31 District Lot 4598 Kootenay District Plan X34, Except (1) Parts Included in Plans 2293, 2406, 2407, 4520, 4776, 5000, 5556, 5557, 5600, 5709, 7469, 10560, 11989, 12376 and 15338 and (2) Parcel A (Reference Plan 123070I) (approximately 650 m²) lying adjacent to Lot 4 Block 7 District Lot 4598 Kootenay District Plan 2293” to Debera J. Cawte and Alan L. Cawte.

The transaction will be a Transfer in Fee Simple.

The Subject Property will be consolidated with “Lot 4 Block 7 District Lot 4598 Kootenay District Plan 2293” The City of Castlegar will receive $14,000.00 as well as a portion of Lot 4 Block 7 District Lot 4598 Kootenay District Plan 2293 (approximately 315 m²) from Debera and Alan Cawte in consideration for the disposition.

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When Selkirk College president Angus Graeme announced last Thursday that the provincial government is investing $14.2 million in the trades training facilities at the Silver King campus in Nelson, welding and metal fabrication student Katia Costanzo was one of the hundreds of students welcoming the news.

“I can genuinely say there’s no other campus or facility that deserves this more than Selkirk College,” said Constanzo, who has already found work as a tradesperson and is now upgrading her skills.

“I moved here from Vancouver, and I didn’t go to BCIT or Kelowna because they have better facilities. I came back here because people really care about this school, and everything we have here we use completely. Everything I’ve learned has been right here on this campus.”

She believes the investment is money well spent.

“I’m so thrilled to have everybody here to announce what’s in my mind one of the next big steps Selkirk College is taking into the future,” Graeme told those gathered.

“One of the things about today is it represents a tremendous vote of confidence in what we do here.”

The funds are coming from the provincial government, and though advanced education minister Andrew Wilkinson couldn’t be there, he shared his enthusiasm in a press release.

“Ensuring trades students have access to the best training available in modern facilities such as the new Silver King trades facilities will help

Board members, teachers and students of Selkirk College celebrating the funding announcement last Thursday.

Will Johnson photo students get the right skills they need,” Wilkinson wrote.

The funding is part of the government’s commitment to invest $185 million in trades training facilities and equipment.

“Selkirk College is focused on meeting the training needs for a range of high-demand trades,” said Selkirk College president Angus Graeme. “With the growing demand for skilled trades people, there has never been a more important time to help students get the training they need.”

Demolition and renovation is expected to get underway in the spring with construction completed in fall 2017. An estimated 84 direct and 56 indirect jobs are expected to be created.

The province is providing funding of up to $14.2 million of the $18.9 million cost, Selkirk College will contribute $1 million, and the Columbia Basin Trust announced a $1 million contribution in March 2014. The remainder is expected to

come from donations.

Silver King campus opened in 1964 as the British Columbia Vocational school and became part of Selkirk College in 1975.

The funding will allow Selkirk College to renew and repurpose three existing buildings, demolish an old cafeteria and administrative services building and construct a new building for the cafeteria, multi-purpose open study area and aboriginal gathering place.

The renewal, replacement and demolition of existing buildings will make way for a new, updated training facility that can accommodate existing demand as well as future growth by being more efficient and use space more effectively, the government said.

Most of the trades training programs offered by Selkirk College are delivered at the Silver King campus, where there’s about 500 trades seats.

“This is a really exciting day for Selkirk College,” said Graeme.

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Ron Verzuh visits the CUPE picket line during filming of Remembering Salt.

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Remembering Salt, a short documentary by Trail-born filmmaker and historian Ron Verzuh, was shot in Castlegar on Nov. 16, 2014 at the Castle Theatre during a historic showing of Salt of the Earth.

The 1954 film, blacklisted not only because the filmmakers had been exiled from Hollywood under McCarthy, but because it supported the labour movement, was first shown in Castlegar 60 years earlier in 1954.

Verzuh is a published labour historian and a current PhD student at Simon Fraser University.

His thesis, which is currently in progress, is titled The Smelter Wars and is about “the changing social relations that occurred in 1937 to 1955 in Trail.”

“I call it The Smelter Wars because the late days of the Depression led to a union organizing campaign, and that campaign lasted for the entire length of the World War, after which there were continuing disputes and wars, including the Cold War and … the Korean War in the early ’50s. So it was quite a war time period all the way through either philosophically, on the political level, or just people shooting each other.”

A lot of the soldiers returning home to Trail ended up working in the smelter and eventually formed a union, Mine-Mill Local 480 (now the United Steelworkers), and it was this union that organized the first screening of Salt of the Earth in Castlegar.

At the time the film had not been shown in more than 13 theatres across the continent because it had been blacklisted. Local 480 had tried to show the film in Trail, but both theatres there declined, ironically because the Projectionist Union had threatened to ban any projectionist who showed the film.

The owner of Castle Theatre, who agreed to show the film, was Les Campbell, who at the time also owned Castlegar News.

In addition to being a labour historian, Verzuh is also connected to the labour movement through his former life as a longtime employee of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and headed the union’s international solidarity program.

In what could almost be called a stroke of luck, CUPE em-

ployees in Castlegar happened to be on strike during the showing of Salt of the Earth, the picket lines giving Verzuh a clear visual connection between past and present, and the film itself.

“I didn’t come up for that reason and I didn’t know there was a strike on, but it turned out to work to my advantage for the film,” said Verzuh.

After watching Salt of the Earth at the theatre, Castlegar residents went out to support CUPE strikers, making the connection between past, present and art that much stronger in Verzuh’s documentary.

“People came and they laughed, and they cried and they talked and then they wondered down to the picket line at City Hall,” he said.

Asked about how a film made over 60 years ago remains relevant today, Verzuh pointed to the suppression of the film for political ends.

“Canada’s Bill C-51 and the US Patriot Act are clear indications that if a film like Salt of the Earth were to be made today, it could again suffer widespread political suppression,” he said.

“The story of whistle blower Edward Snowden is proof positive that we are being officially spied upon as were many people in the 1950s, including the Salt filmmakers.”

Remembering Salt is part of a trilogy of documentary films focused on history in the Kootenays.

Verzuh’s first film was Joe Hill’s Secret Canadian Hideout (2014) and focuses on the time the famous labour organizer and singer/songwriter spent in Rossland. Like Remembering Salt, this film highlights connections between the past and present, this time by using the Joe Hill Coffee House.

The third movie, not yet made, will be about Project 9 and the role Trail played in making the atomic bomb.

While the research behind the films came out of Verzuh’s PhD work, the impetus to make the films was also deeply personal.

“Growing up in that area, these were things you hear about, right? Your dad and mom would talk about things that are the subject of my trilogy of films and I was curious as I got older whether there was any truth to any of it and what it meant. What it meant on a larger geopolitical scale,” said Verzuh.

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Editor: Chuck Bennett Publisher: Chuck Bennett Published Thursdays by Black Press Ltd. at Unit A - 1810 8th Avenue, Castlegar, BC V1N 2Y4 Publication Mail Agreement Number 40012905

LETTER TO THE EDITOR On November 12 you published an article on the “peer to peer training program” involving City of Castlegar staff and some volunteers from the Glade Irrigation District. I wish to thank all partners who make this type of program work and help smaller communities receive technical training locally without the cost of attending special courses outside our region.

However I was surprised the article also stated that there was more maintenance work done at the Glade Irrigation District in 18 months than in the last 20 years. This statement needs clarification. The waterworks in Glade was and is being well maintained for the last 41 years since being

installed. Some critical components within our distribution system were due for major overhaul and were ably done with the assistance of public works personnel from the City of Castlegar. Our district is responsible for delivering safe drinking water to over one hundred households and as such we are accountable to the local medical health officer of IHA. All activities included routine maintenance, water quality analysis is submitted to this authority having jurisdiction. I am quite certain if our district lacked any imperative maintenance in the last 20 years we would not be able to supply water to our community.

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Sometimes the plans of mice and men…

9-11. Paris. Israel. Iraq.

I guess it doesn’t matter where you are, it’s time to face it: the reality is your odds of being a victim of terrorists are exponentially greater than, let’s say, the 1950s.

When I was growing up our childhood peace was rocked by the horrifying knowledge that the newest threat to human being was not “the bomb” but serial killers.

Of course, coming from the age Karen Haviland where children sat in their flannel pajamas in the mornings and carefully read each and every word on surprise-pillaged packages of breakfast cereal, the only “cereal” type word we had in our innocent vocabulary was spelled with a C and not an S. Such was the fear of serial killers in my early teens and growing up in Seattle, that it drove my friend and I to devise a plan by which we would escape a serial killer/rapist should it ever become necessary during our hitchhiking days.

Mom and dad warned us about hitchhiking. But come on! We were living in the idyllic ‘60s in which peace and love were extolled and practiced to the extreme. Ted Bundy? He was just a boogie man that our parents threatened us with so that we would abide by their curfew rules.

But just the same I still checked under the bed and in the closet for boogie men each night before bed, and despite my ripe old age of 15, my friend and I still devised a bubble gum plan in which we would foil any attempts upon our nubile young bodies.

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Because I was the taller and thus the heftier of the two, my friend Jeannie and I decided that should we find ourselves in a less than satisfactory situation while riding in a stranger’s car while hitchhiking we would become like Superwoman or some other mythical or comic hero and foil the would-be murderer/rapist.

The plan was simple. Because, as mentioned above, I was the heftier of the two, when offered a ride when hitchhiking, I would get in first, putting myself in the front seat beside the would-be perpetrator. Jeannie would ride beside the door.

Being the best of friends we had all our looks down pat.

I knew what that frown of hers was; what that slight shift of the eyes to the right meant, and I certainly could read emotion, such as fear upon her face.

Thus we agree that should we find ourselves in such a precarious situation, we would signal each other with our eyes. That would be the cue where she would open the car door and begin bailing out, and I would grab the keys from the ignition, bail out right behind her and then quickly toss the keys in the opposite position of which we were likely going to be travelling.

Silly huh? We might as well have carried Kryptonite.

But guess what? Sometimes the plans of mice and men….

I remember the day clearly. It was a Saturday and the big thing to do on Saturday afternoons was to hitchhike down to the U District (the university area). Once down there, we would do what the other teens were doing. We sat on the hill in our faux hippy clothes, smoked pot and shot everyone the peace sign.

That day our worst nightmare became true. As usual, we

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had no trouble getting a ride. The only problem was after about 10 minutes it became frighteningly clear to us that we were not heading towards the U District. In fact, we were heading in the opposite direction into some heavily forested area.

Jeannie and I shot quick looks at each other and knew we were in deep trouble. With a slight nod of the head and an understanding blink of the eyes we put our plan into place.

As soon as the driver slowed the car to make a turn, a turn which we knew would seal our fate, Jeannie threw the door open, I jammed my foot near the brake and when the driver threw the car into park I grabbed the keys from the ignition and dove out of the car right behind Jeannie who was a good 10 feet in front of me by then.

Quickly throwing the keys without hardly looking where they landed I beat feet right behind Jeannie, my heart pounding like crazy and tears of fear running down my face.

Interestingly enough, we were never pursued by our would-be molester. I supposed he was too busy trying to find his keys. Luck was with us that afternoon.

To this day I am surprised that our half-baked, hairbrained idea worked. Unfortunately for Jeannie and I, that was the day that our rose-coloured glasses were adjusted to true blue.

Thinking back, I now realize that with what is happening in our world, the boogie man is still alive and well. But now, instead of hiding under beds and in closets and driving young girls into woods, it is right there in front of us, our children and our grandchildren in horrific colours on TV. What a sad thing.

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Come as you are For two weeks, my husband Mark and I have been crawling out of bed at 5 a.m. so that we can study our Bibles together before hitting the 6:30 “Early Bird Swim” at the Community Complex. We are enjoying meeting new friends and loving how fantastic we feel after swimming our laps and unwinding in the whirlpool. With a whopping six swim sessions under our belts, we’re feeling on top of the world and wondering what took us so long to take the plunge.

You see, we’ve been promising to do this for the better part of three years. But you know how life is…busy and exhausting with distractions, unexpected detours and delays. And then there are the excuses and fears. I’ll have to admit that part of my procrastination may have had something to do with the fact that my swimsuit seems to have shrunk a wee bit. Okay, a big bit. I’m a little self-conscious making that long walk from the change-room to the pool and even more embarrassed about my “lack of form” when it comes to properly executing the front crawl. However, once I slip into that water, all those anxieties melt away and I feel one with the water — free, light and strong.

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When a bunch of religious leaders gave Jesus a hard time for hanging out with “sinners and tax-collectors” he responded, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor — sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.” Looking over the crowds of people who were plain worn out from jumping through “religious hoops,” Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

If you’re longing to find your way home to God, please know Jesus invites you to come, just as you are.

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Upcoming NOVEMBER CASTLEGAR SENIORS ACTIVITIES AT THE COMPLEX Mon 10:00 Darts 1:00 Whist Tues 9:30 Floor Curling/Carpet Bowling 1:00 Crafts 1:30-2:30 Line Dancing 7:00 Pool Wed 9:30 Floor Curling Nov 11 Closed Remembrance Day 9:00-11:00.Tech Learning Centre 4th & 25th 10:00 Raspberry Hi Coffee 18th 1:00 Rummoli Thurs 9:30 Floor Curling 10:00 Zone 6 AGM 19th 1:00 Bingo (No Bingo Nov. 5) 2:00 Nov 5th General Meeting 2:00-4:00 Nov 19 Tea Dance with Don Hollis Fri 10:00 Qi Gong ?

1:00 Crib Sat 11:30-1:00 Soup Day Nov 21 onday: 10:00 Darts 1:00 Whist 9:30 Floor Curling (starts 14th) NOVEMBER 19: Castlegar Nordic Ski Club - Fall General Meeting 7:30 pm at the Castlegar & District Community Complex. All members and non-members welcome. www. castlegarnordic.ca NOVEMBER 21: Free Box Lacrosse Try It Camp from 12:30-2:45 p.m. at the Willi Kraus Fieldhouse, 1801 Highway 3B, Trail. Contact Suzanne Belanger at masbelanger@hotmail. com or 250-231-2287. Come try box lacrosse, the fastest game on two feet, and the faster growing sport in Canada! This free camp is an opportunity for youth 4 to 15 years old to try Canada’s national game, and learn about our local program.

Camp participants must bring gym strip, good running shoes, a hockey helmet with cage and hockey or lacrosse gloves. 12:30-1:30 for age 4-10 1:45-2:45 for age 11-16 This event is hosted by certified coaches from West Kootenay Minor Lacrosse and sanctioned by BC Lacrosse Association.

NOVEMBER 21: The Kootenay Gallery of Art is holding a linocut seasonal cards workshop from 10-1 p.m. at a cost of $45 /$40 for gallery members. Materials will be provided. Please register by November 14.

To register and for more information call 250-365-3337.

NOVEMBER 21: Minto Chapter #79, Order of the Eastern Star Fall tea and bake sale. 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Castlegar Legion. Door prizes and Hamper Raffle.

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dic Ski Club - Registration Day & Ski Swap on Saturday, November 21 at 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Castlegar & District Community Complex. Includes registration for Rabbit program! Entry fee for Ski Swap is $2. Gear dropoff is from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Open to buyers from: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Pick up unsold items from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Membership Purchases: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Program Registrations: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. For more go to www. castlegarnordic.ca NOVEMBER 22: 108th Anniversary Service, Robson Community Memorial Church, 2953 Waldie Ave., Robson. 2 p.m. Everyone is welcome to celebrate the history of the church and to remember those who died serving our country. For more info phone Elaine 250-3656506.

NOVEMBER 25: Kootenay Gallery is holding a fresh table centrepiece workshop at 6:30 p.m. at a cost of $45 /$40 for gallery members. Materials will be provided. Please register by November 18. To register and for more information call 250365-3337.

NOVEMBER 28: Kootenay Gallery is holding a felted Christmas decorations workshop from 10-1 p.m. at a cost of $45 /$40 for gallery members. Materials will be provided.

Please register by November 21. To register and for more information call 250-365-3337.

DECEMBER 4: Castlegar & District Hospital Foundation LIGHT UP 2015: The Castlegar & District Hospital Foundation is working towards supporting renovations to the medication room in the Emergency Department at the Castlegar Health Centre. Additional funds raised will be directed towards areas of greatest need at the Castlegar Health Centre and/or Talarico Place. Phone: 250-304-1209. www.castlegarhospitalfoundation.org. Remember your donations boomerang back to you! * Official Tax Receipts will be issued DECEMBER 5: Kootenay Gallery is holding a quilted Christmas tree napkin workshop from 10-1 p.m. at a cost of $45 /$40 for gallery members. Materials will be provided.

Please register by November 28. To register and for more information call 250-365-3337.

DECEMBER 7: PCRES meeting on at 7 p.m. at Castlegar Complex - Columbia Room - everyone welcome. For more information see website passcreekfair.com or phone 365-7273.

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Castlegar Complex $2 Admission (kids 12 & under free)

Ongoing FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELLING: for problem gambling; Castlegar Community Services Call 250-608-2254.

THE NEW LIFE CHURCH: (behind the Castlegar Primary School) will be serving hot nutritious meals for people in the community every Thursday. Doors open at 3:45 and the meal will be served at 4:30 p.m.

Please use the basement entrance at the back of the church. For info phone 250-365-7500.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS BOTTLE DRIVE: The annual Castlegar Special Olympic bottle drive is on now. Drop off at 2908 Columbia Ave. Special Olympics promotes an active lifestyle and better quality of life for persons with disabilities through their participation in sport. Thank you for supporting our Special Olympic athletes.

ROBSON FLEA MARKET is open every Sunday 9am to 2pm . Breakfast served until food runs out. Crafts, collectables, Borscht, and much more.

Call Kathy to book a table: 250-3653796 BLUEBERRY BOTTLE DRIVE: Please drop off refundable bottles and cans at the Blueberry School.

All donations go towards funding programs and events at the school.

MYRA DUFF WILL BE HOSTING SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS: For information about the Heart Support Group please call Myra at 250-365-6369.

GRACE COMMUNION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH: Meets Sunday mornings at 11 a.m. at the Resker Hall in Robson (next door to the Robson Community Church) on Waldie Ave. Phone 250-365-6405 for more information.

HEART SUPPORT GROUP will meet the last Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. at Kinnaird Park.

For more info call Myra Duff at 250608-0625

is having a sale of 20% off all brand new summer stock. The new winter clothing for infants and children have arrived for your shopping pleasure. Hours of operation: Mondays thru Thursdays 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. For inquiries please telephone 250304-1274.

ABOUT BREASTFEEDING: Informative support group for breastfeeding moms. Neighbourhood House in Castlegar, Tuesday 10:30 to noon.

More info: 250-365-3662, or see kootenayfamilyplace.org

COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK & DROP-IN CENTRE: Monday Food Bank 11 a.m. to 1:30 Wednesday Drop-in centre 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (free). Lunch served 11 to 1:30 Friday Drop-in centre 10 to 1:30 (free). Lunch served 11 to 1:30. Food donations can be dropped off on any of these days at St. David’s Church.

Call 250-608-2227.

SELKIRK WEAVERS AND SPINNERS GUILD: meets the third Wednesday of each month at the Doukhobor Discovery Centre, 10 to 11 a.m. followed by show and tell.

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS: Classes for adults, Conversation Club, Family Drop-in for families with young children, one-on-one tutoring. Free.

Call Corinne at 250-687-4714.

COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK: The food bank needs donations. Cash, cheques and food items can be dropped off during food bank hours or at the Station Museum.

THE SHARING POT DINNER: The Sharing Pot Dinner begins serving its hot dinners on Tuesday Sept 29 at 12 p.m. downtown at the Cadet Hall. The hot meals will be offered every Tuesday throughout the year.

No charge.

ST. DAVID’S & UNITED CHURCH THRIFT SHOP located at 605 Columbia Ave. Stock include clothing,shoes,bedding,linens,boo ks,household items and sewing, knitting & craft supplies. MANY CHRISTMAS ITEMS NOW IN STOCK. Buy a ticket for our raffle of dolls and ovenware and support the Food Bank. Reg.hours. Tues.to Thurs.10:00am to 4:00pm; Fri. & Sat. 10:00am to 1:00pm. A big thanks to all our customers for their support!”

CASTLEGAR-ROBSON LEGION MEAT DRAW: Every Sat in the Lounge. 4-6 p.m. Guests must be signed in.

Please send items to

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TOPS GROUP MEETS EVERY WEDNESDAY 8:30-10 a.m. Kinnaird Hall, 2320 Columbia Ave. Round table discussion. Get motivated to eat healthy, lose weight. Call 250-365-7956.

CASTLEGAR A.A. MEETINGS AT THE PIONEER ARENA Sunday at 10 a.m.; Tuesday at 7 p.m.

(Dennis 250-365-2738); Wednesday at noon (Dan 250-359-7817) Thursday and Saturday at 8 p.m. (Jim at 250-365-6216 or Alex 250-359-7031) and Saturday at 8 p.m (Len at 250365-7805).

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AL-ANON MEETS EVERY MONDAY NIGHT for people whose lives have been affected by someone’s drinking. Mondays 8 to 9 p.m. at 2224 6th Ave. (Kootenay Society for Community Living building.) Info: Sydney 250-608-1867.

COLUMBIA BASIN ALLIANCE FOR LITERACY (CBAL) FALL PROGRAMS:S Community Learning Place Castlegar Library Tuesdays from noon - 3 pm Mother Goose (0-12 months old) Castlegar Library Wednesdays 10-11 am (Starting Oct.14 ) Mother Goose (toddlers & preschoolers) Castlegar Primary Campus Thursdays 9-10 am Starting Oct.15 Tech Learning Place (iPad support) Castlegar Seniors Centre 9-11 am Sept. 23, Oct. 14, 28 Nov. 4, 25, Dec. 2 , 9) English Language Classes Castlegar Library Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:30-11:30 am (Childminding on Thursdays) Settlement Services for Newcomers Contact Corinne at 250-687-4714 castlegarsettlement@cbal.org ESL Family Time Kootenay Family Place Fridays 10-12noon Scrabble Club Castlegar Library 6:15-7:45 pm 2nd Tuesday of the month Love 2 Learn Castlegar Primary Campus Fridays 8:45-10:00 am (Starting Oct.9) For more info Contact Alana at 250--687-4983 or email: castlegarcoordinator@cbal.org

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An interesting year stage Center

Well it has been almost one year since I retired from the City of Castlegar and started my new endeavor of being a City of Castlegar Councilor.

It has been an interesting year that has flown by.

Retirement has brought many changes to my life.

Some of those changes have been good. I have gotten to spend more time with my wife, my children and most especially my grandchildren.

I have learned to value that time.

My year as a City Councilor has been an interesting change. There is a lot to learn, and I have read more

in the past year than I did in my 12 years of school and my life since. There are a lot more meetings to attend than I had been expecting. I have found these meetings very interesting and informative, although there is a lot I am still trying to figure out. The political protocol is another aspect that I am struggling with, being the odd man out,

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but I am confident that I am slowly getting the hang of it and I will continue to strive

to be a great advocate for the City. My biggest fear is still public speaking but I am getting more and more comfortable with this as my confidence in City issues increases.

My biggest surprise and enjoyment has been meeting other Councilors from other Communities near and far.

It is really interesting to find out that we all share similar concerns and issues. Learning how other Communities deal with these issues, strengthens my resolve that working together anything can be accomplished. We have a vast region of knowledge around

us and I hope that we can strengthen those ties in ways that will benefit our City.

I feel that Council has made some very good decisions in the past year and as I am sure you are aware I have strongly disagreed with others. I have learned that patience is a virtue, but I am not one for giving up.

I stand strong in my belief that we have a great community for raising families, for building business, industry and tourism. I hope that I have been and will continue to be accessible to my fellow Castlegarians and I look forward to another 3 years.

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A mess of trash and bullets CHELSEA NOVAK Castlegar News

A little past the two kilometre mark on Rialto Rd., on the lefthand side, is what looks like a gun range crossed with a garbage dump.

This isn’t the rifle and pistol range run by the Castlegar and District Wildlife Association and the Castlegar Pistol Club, which is much earlier up the road. This is something else.

This is piles of trash riddled with bullet holes, extending from the side of the road into a field and then up into the hills and trees.

This is hundreds of bullet casings, of various shape and colour, discarded all over the ground.

Near the side of the road is what looks like a fire pit (one of many) and thrown on top, but not burned, are various animal parts, including a deer’s head wrapped in a plastic bag. One of its legs lies nearby and various scraps of its hide.

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Sgt. Tobe Sprado from the conservation office in Castlegar says that this type of dumping is illegal.

“Under the Environmental Management Act there is a littering provision that people aren’t supposed to dump waste into the environment, right? Unless they have a permit or approval of some kind,” says Sprado.

He says it’s not uncommon for hunters to leave animal parts

in the field where they can be scavenged, but “dumping plastic bags with deer heads in them would be prohibited under that legislation.”

But to charge someone under the act there needs to be a witness to the dumping who can alert the conservation officers.

“If nobody actually sees it happening, and we have no witness that can give a license plate number to be able to identify the dumper,

there’s very little that we can do from an enforcement point of view,” said Sprado.

The area falls into Electoral Area J of the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK), but it’s unclear if it’s on Crown land or land that’s privately owned. There were no private property signs posted.

The RDCK was contacted for comment, but had not replied by press time.

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If you would like your event mentioned in this event calendar please e-mail the information to Castlegar Recreation Department at casrec@rdck.bc.ca or call 365-3386 ext 0.

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Castlegar rallies for climate action CHELSEA NOVAK Castlegar News

On Sunday, Nov. 29 communities around the world will come together for a massive environmental protest, including right here in Castlegar.

Held the day before the UN climate conference begins in Paris, the Global Climate March is a way for citizens to put pressure on their representatives to make real change, and to show their support for climate action.

“It’s kind of just to show our support and that our community, as well as the others that are having events, are in support of our leaders that are talking in Paris about climate change, and that we care and want it dealt with in a serious way,” said Kaitlin Warren, who’s in grade 12 at Stanley Humphries Secondary School.

For the Castlegar’s Climate Action Rally, organizers have been building a wooden tree to help people express themselves.

“The leaves will be for people to write their ideas,” said Warren.

“Basically the purpose of our tree … [is] we’re gonna have people write on it, and it will be how they’re helping the world transition into cleaner energy now, and then making a clean energy pledge, like personally, and then sharing their ideal vision for a clean energy Castlegar,” said Michelle Matson, also in grade 12.

The idea for the rally came out of a Castlegar citizens concerned about climate change discussion group, and those organizing are from a number of different organizations in Castlegar. The West Kootenay EcoSociety is helping plan, and Matson and Warren are with the Stanley Humphries Social Justice League and have invited

Kaitlin Warren and Michelle Matson posed beside the as-of-yet unpainted climate action tree on Monday, Nov. 16. The Stanley Humphries wood shop class built the tree, and the art class will be painting it. other members of the league to help out with the rally.

They also recruited the wood shop class to build the tree, and the art class will be painting it. Students from Kinnaird Elementary will be painting the leaves.

After the rally, Matson and Warren hope they can install the tree somewhere public, like outside City Hall.

The rally itself will feature a number of speakers and live music at Millennium Park.

Both MP Richard Cannings and MLA Katrine Conroy have been invited and have said that if they’re unable to make it, they will at least send letters.

Councillor Deb McIntosh will be there on behalf of the City.

A number of choirs have agreed to perform, as well as Motes and Oats, and a member of the Social Justice League

will perform slam poetry. There will also be an open mic, and Sunshine Café is providing hot chocolate.

But before the rally begins at 2 p.m., everyone is invited to form up at City Hall and march to the park.

“People can bring like percussion instruments and signs in they want,” said Warren.

The march begins at 1:30 p.m.

Matson and Warren wanted to thank all of the sponsors who are supporting the rally.

“We needed help with this event, and it’s really great to see community businesses that have stepped up, and said ‘Yes, I will help,’” said Warren.

It’s still not known if the rally in Paris will be allowed to take place following the terrorist attacks of Friday, Nov. 13, but the rally in Castlegar will definitely continue as planned.

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Blueberry Creek Commuity School thanks supporters BETSY KLINE Castlegar News

Blueberry Creek Community School (BCCS) held a community celebration prior to their AGM last week to show their appreciation to those who have helped them throughout the process of trying to obtain the school site from School District 20.

“We wanted to thank everybody that was a part of getting us to where we are today. We know it has been a long road and a lot of effort and a lot of hands to get here,” said outgoing BCCS board chair Arlene Gallo.

“We are really happy to be here tonight to celebrate us, the community of Blueberry Creek Community School,” said BCCS community liaison Rebecca McDonnell.

“You have worked and supported this society tirelessly through the

process to retain this site. Congratulations, you succeeded. Your community spirit and united front sent a strong and vital message to the powers that be. It is important that they know that this community will continue to rally around this site and this organization.”

Special thanks were given to BCCS original founder Bev George, Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff, the BCCS board and staff.

SD 20 trustees Roseann Brunton and Mickey Kinakin were also acknowledged.

“You made a huge leap of faith in our society and understood when we shared our heart with you and shared our community with you,” said McDonnell. “You trusted in us and invested in us and I hope that we will repay you for that by continuing to be part of this amazing

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2. Remove snow and ice from sidewalks fronting their properties.

3. Park vehicles off City streets / avenues while snow removal is in progress, or when snow removal signage is in place.

4. DO NOT shovel, plow or blow snow from driveways onto City streets – snow should be removed to the right side of the driveway (facing the street), to reduce the amount of snow deposited across driveways during street clearing operations. City equipment travels in the direction of traffic flow.

VIOLATIONS WILL BE SUBJECT TO BYLAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION. 5. The City will not clear windrows from private driveways.

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7. Children should be advised not to play on snow banks adjacent to roads, and to remain well away from snow removal equipment.

8. Do not place steel posts or rocks on boulevards as markers.

Those responsible for any such installations will be held liable for injury and/or equipment damage they cause.

Castlegar’s Transportation & Civic Works Department is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday.

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Sunday afternoon found me lying on the floor of the Castlegar United Church cuddled up to five other adults, listening to Sarah McLachlan.

I was attending my first cuddle party, which happened to be the first cuddle party thrown in Castlegar. Erica Scott was the party’s facilitator, and I first met her over two months ago when I interviewed her about this very party.

Scott is not yet an official Cuddle Party facilitator. She needs to host three review parties — each with a minimum of eight participants — before she can complete her certification.

Unfortunately Sunday’s party was a little short on participants — there were six adults, including Scott and myself — but she’s already hosted two parties in Nelson, one of which had eleven people attend.

The party started with the opening circle, where Scott explained the rules, and my fellow participants and I started getting to know each other through a few simple exercises.

In the first, I had to look my fellow cuddler in the eye and ask if I could kiss them, and they were supposed to tell me no. We also did this the other way around, and then paired off with different people to repeat the exercise, this time asking “Will you kiss me?”

It was slightly uncomfortable, but there was something reassuring about knowing that you were going to say no, and they were going to say no, and no one’s feelings needed to be hurt because that was the exercise.

Later things got a little weirder when we had to come up with our own requests and the person being asked had to say yes to everything. The exercise was just to practice saying yes, there was no commitment, but it still felt odd when at one point I agreed to hand over my car and job to another participant.

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Once we’d practiced saying no and yes, and being rejected, and gone over the rules, the opening circle came to an end and we were free to use our new consent building skills to facilitate some cuddling amongst the group.

At first I just lay on my front in the cuddle area — an area covered in mats and blankets with some pillows and teddy bears thrown in — and was content to listen to music and talk to my fellow participants while they gave each other foot rubs.

Eventually I accepted a food rub and a hand massage, and then a back rub, but I didn’t end up offering any of these things to other people, principally because my husband has informed me that my back rubs are not great.

I was invited to be part of a cuddle sandwich, but politely declined. It was a little outside my comfort zone.

And the whole point of the cuddle party is to help you find that zone, and to help you communicate where that zone is to other participants.

For myself, I found that I was fine at saying no.

I might have thrown in a “but thank you,” but I don’t think I really felt the need to excuse my no’s too much. As it turns out my yeses could use some work.

Whenever I accepted something I’d say “okay,” which came off a bit tepid. This led to a small discussion, amidst the cuddling, of whether or not an okay was really the same as a yes, and eventually led to a discussion of “sure.” Consensus seemed to be that sure always seemd to have an implied “why not?” behind it, which wasn’t quite what we were going for at a cuddle party.

At cuddle party, if you’re a yes, then you’re a yes, but if you’re a maybe then you’re a no. It’s rule number five.

Eventually the party started to wind down (about an hour ahead of schedule, but it was a small group) so it was time for a cuddle puddle, which is how I found myself lying in a heap cuddling five other people and listening to Sarah McLachlan.

If you’d like to try out this experience for yourself, Scott is hosting another Cuddle Party on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 2:30 p.m. Details are available on the Facebook event page (Kootenay Cuddle Party in Nelson).

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Ben Shaw: Myth and Reality When he failed to return from his trap line in December 1934, Ben Shaw’s friends in Rossland started to worry. It was unthinkable that the gregarious Sheep Creek septuagenarian would pass up the merriment of the season at his Walter favourite Rossland pub.

A search party set out on Volovsek snowshoes, to discover his A Retrospective Sheep Lake (Nancy Greene Lake) cabin empty, and no evidence of recent activity.

By this time, Ben was a living legend. He left his native New Brunswick to answer the call of the untamed West. Near Colville he found his life partner in Olive La Fleur, a half-native woman that accepted the name of Babe. He owed her his life as she was able to nurse him back to health after he took several bullets while interceding in a gunfight on their ranch. As her brothers were not too keen on the union, the couple fled across the border and entered Canadian soil in Boundary Country. Both were subpoenaed to the subsequent murder trial held in October 1890, but refused to cross the border to attend.

This version of the story is supportable by documents. Other sources seem to have spun the story into myth: that Ben was one of the original stakeholders of Grand Prairie (Grand Forks); that he turned down an offer to join the Hall Brothers in the staking of the Silver King claim; that he was similarly invited to join the original discoverers of the Red Mountain riches, but lost out by the unfortunate gunfight. Supposedly he had volunteered to obtain supplies for Joe Morris and his partners while they guarded their claims.

In the process he took on a packing partner, who convinced him to accompany him to Colville to retrieve money that was owing to him by a man named Jenkins. Instead of squaring up, Jenkins shot Dailey dead, and then riddled Ben with five bullets as he tried to intercede. Thus he lost a chance at a fortune, but gained a faithful wife.

Packing supplies to mining operations brought in some much needed income. The Dewdney Trail drew them westward, and in 1894 they built a fine log house on a fifty acre lot several miles upstream from the Trail’s crossing of Sheep Creek. They largely lived off the land, and occasionally walked the Dewdney Trail to Rossland to obtain supplies and connect with civilization. The latter connected with Ben a little too strongly and he found a second home in Sam Irwin’s hotel and pub. Although Sam profited from his business, much of it was on credit. The hotel owner was, however, a faithful friend.

Ben’s packing activities were gradually supplemented by the development of a fishing camp at his ranch, and — in the off-season — by trapping in the

Babe, who was missing an eye, is seen in the rowboat, while Ben (with rod) shows off his dugout at the Sheep Creek ranch. (Photo courtesy of Rob Dorey.) headwaters of Sheep Creek.

Two children were born to the couple: Josephine, and later, a boy named after his father. He died in infancy and was buried in a grove of evergreens on the property. Rob Dorey’s boyhood is punctuated by remembrances of Josephine’s tender care and solemn visits to the lonely grave during his family’s stays at the ranch.

Late in October 1934, Sam Irwin and his son John accompanied Ben to his Sheep Lake cabin with his winter supplies. John and a friend returned the next day with the final shipment. They found Ben in an anxious state as part of the cabin roof had collapsed, soaking his sleeping gear. After lunch, the boys departed. They were the last to see him alive.

The following May plans were launched to prepare a float plane that would bring a search party to the lake as soon as ice was gone. That attempt was not necessary, as Sam Irwin and Wilfred Dorey set out on foot early on May 22 and the next day located Ben’s body in shallow water about a mile east of Sheep Lake outlet. A raft was nearby, suggesting Ben had used it to move to the site with trapping equipment. As the body was badly decomposed, death must have come not long after Ben had settled in. It may have been the day after arrival, as John Irwin found the dishes on the table as they were during their last lunch together.

Had Ben died in January, as was suggested, little decomposition would have occurred during the cold of winter. Most likely he died in late October or early November 1934.

One of Ben’s cabins survives, close to the ski trail that commemorates his name.

(I am indebted to Rob Dorey for his files and reminiscences.)

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Castlegar Rebels netminder Jacob Kemp watches this shot from the point during the Tier 2 Midget hockey game against the Penticton Vees at the Memorial Arena in Penticton Sunday.

The Vees doubled the visitors 4-2 in a hard-fought battle.

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Local family to run Kenyan youth mentorship program

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Heritage Credit Union – serving our communities for over 67 years Branches serving Castlegar, Slocan Valley & West Boundary Castlegar Minor Soccer Association representatives Dave Grantham (right) and Leanne Osokin (left) present Kelvin Opiyo (center) with a pile of soccer equipment that is headed for Mombasa, Kenya.

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me, so I have seen (it work),” said Opiyo.

Opiyo is trying to raise $2500 for his January trip. The money will be used not just for the usual soccer balls and trophies but for gift vouchers to a supermarket so the kids can get groceries or school supplies. Prizes for best players will be school fees. “The teams we have right now, we want to mentor. These teams are going to be charitable teams that give to other teams,” said Opiyo. Organizers will challenge the first place team to set an example and give back towards school fees for someone else.

In order to establish

a non-profit in Kenya, Opiyo must show a history of ongoing projects. Establishing ongoing sponsor type relationships will also help with the non-profit status. Castlegar Minor Soccer hopes to help with this by continuing their donations on an annual basis.

The Opiyos will be spending the next year raising permanent funding and support for their organization. They have aligned themselves with Multi-Nation Missions Foundation which is based in Abbottsford, BC. Anyone interested in helping with this project can contact Kelvin Opiyo at 608-3179.

Navigational lock closure Hugh L. Keenleyside Dam

The navigational lock at the Hugh Keenleyside Dam will be closed from Sunday, November 29 to Sunday, December 6. The lock will reopen at 8 a.m. on Monday, December 7.

This closure is necessary to undertake significant infrastructure upgrades which will ensure the long-term, reliable and safe operation of the dam. We’re sorry for any inconvenience that this closure may cause, and thank you for your support as we complete this work.

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Castlegar Minor Soccer Association has made a donation of soccer equipment to Kelvin Opiyo who will be running U13, U15 and U17 soccer tournaments in Mombasa, Kenya in January. The donation included 66 pairs of new youth soccer shorts, 20 pairs of soccer cleats, 34 soccer balls, 33 jerseys and 20 pairs of new soccer socks.

In a letter to Opiyo accompanying the donation the organization stated, “CMSA is grateful that these items will help further the game and its young players in a country where such equipment is more challenging to access.

We appreciate your efforts in bringing these otherwise underutilized items to those that could use them.”

Opiyo and his wife are currently living in Castlegar. Prior to moving here from Kenya, Opiyo had been using soccer as part of youth empowerment and engagement programs in his homeland. “To keep up with the work we were doing, every time we go back home, we are doing soccer tournaments,” said Opiyo.

Their goal is to move back to Kenya and run a non-profit mentorship program using soccer as a connection point with youth. “The area we are going to… al Shabaab is recruiting the youth… kids are being marginalized and getting lost, disappearing,” said Opiyo. “I grew up in the same community so I know the actual challenges that could lead kids that way. So for us to use soccer to help and to mentor them to make the right decisions, I think is much better than just coming in and saying we are going to put you in school or help in some other way.”

Opiyo explained that al Shabaab recruits kids with money and promises that are hard to compete with. This is why he feels it is better to mentor the kids than to try to persuade them through gifts.

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Selkirk College is marking GIS Day with an event that explores one of the hottest technologies being used in the field.

GIS Day is an internationally recognized event that demonstrates the power of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) used for better understanding our Earth. Selkirk College and the Selkirk Geospatial Research Centre (SGRC) is hosting a GIS Day event at the Castlegar Campus on Thursday, November 19.

The theme this year is Emerging Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Applications or “Rise of the Drones.”

UAVs have rapidly gained popularity for collecting data in agricultural, entertainment, business, environmental and other industries. The data collected by UAVs can include HD photo or video, LIDAR, and hyperspectral imagery. For smaller projects, the information can be collected at fraction of the cost of traditional aerial surveys.

“We are inviting people to come learn about how different players are using these technologies in the Kootenay region and beyond,” says Selkirk College School of Environment & Geomatics (SEG) Chair Brendan Wilson.

There will be exhibits by some local UAV companies, including Harrier Aerial Surveys, Hummingbird UAV, and Skydrone UAV Services Inc. There will also be a poster session involving the Canadian Society of Remote

Sensing (Kootenay Chapter and Selkirk College’s GIS students all coming together to promote data literacy and geography awareness in the province.

Some students will be presenting on upcoming research projects.

The day will be an opportunity to network with key industry professionals and demonstrate some new cuttingedge technology. The keynote speaker is Dr. John Church, Cattle Research Chair at Thompson Rivers University who will present the talk: Managing from Above: Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Precision Ranching. There will be more presentations in the afternoon, following this theme, including a presentation by Hummingbird UAV on the use of drones to fight wildfires in the Okanagan region.

Join Selkirk College for GIS Day on November 19 from 10:00 a.m.to 4:00 p.m. starting in The Pit area on the Castlegar Campus. Free registration and refreshments are provided courtesy of event sponsors. Sponsors for the event include by Canadian Society of Remote Sensing, ESRI Canada, MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. (MDA), and Columbia Power Corporation.

Go to sgrc.selkirk.ca/gisday/ to register. For more information, contact SEG School Chair, Brendan Wilson at bwilson@selkirk.ca (250.365.1393) or Selkirk Geospatial Research Centre Coordinator, Ian Parfitt at iparfitt@selkirk.ca (250.304.6524).

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Castlegar & District Public Library: Community Survey The Library is planning for the years ahead. The purpose of this survey is to gain a clear sense of priorities for the library today and in the future.

Your input will help to ensure that the library continues to serve the changing needs of Castlegar and District. The results will help the Library Board and staff in setting direction and developing plans.

Thank You! Surveys can be dropped at the Library, or in survey boxes around town including: Safeway, Kootenay Market, Common Grounds, Tim Hortons, Castlegar Recreation Complex, McDonalds, the Slocan Valley Heritage Credit Union, or the Robson Store. Fax to 250-365-7765 or email to info@castlegarlibrary.com

Deadline is December 18, 2015

You can complete this survey online at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/cdpl2016 1. Are you...

❑ Male ❑ Female ❑ Other (please specify)

13. In the past year, how many times have you...

2. How old are you?

❑ 18 or younger ❑ 19 – 25

❑ 26 – 54 ❑ 55 or older 3. Which of the following best describes you?

❑ Student

❑ Homemaker

❑ Employed Full-time

❑ Employed Part-time

❑ Self-employed/Business owner

❑ Retired/Senior Citizen

❑ Disabled

❑ Unemployed

❑ Other (please specify) 4. Where do you live?

❑ City of Castlegar – North

❑ City of Castlegar – South

❑ RDCK Area H

❑ RDCK Area I

❑ RDCK Area J

❑ Genelle

❑ Other (please specify) ______________________________ 5. In the past year have you (select all that apply)

❑ Visited the library

❑ Contacted the library by phone or email

❑ Accessed the library website

❑ Had no contact with the library 6. How often do you or members of your household use the library? (Including the library website).

❑ At least once a week

❑ Once or twice a month

❑ Once every couple of months

❑ Once or twice each year

❑ Don’t use the library (If you don’t use the library, please skip to question # 19) 7. How do you find out what is happening at the Library? (select all that apply)

❑ Friends/Family ❑ Library email newsletter

❑ Library staff

❑ Castlegar News

❑ Castlegar Source ❑ Other organizations

❑ Radio

❑ Pennywise

❑ Library website ❑ Facebook

❑ Posters in town ❑ I do not hear

❑ I am not interested

❑ Other (please specify)

8. How often do you find the books and other materials that you are looking for in the library or on the library website?

❑ Always find

❑ Sometimes find

❑ Usually find

❑ Rarely find ❑ Never find

❑ Not applicable Comments: 9. Library hours are Monday-Thursday 10am-8pm and Friday-Sunday 10am-5pm Are current library hours convenient for you and members of your household? ❑ Yes ❑ No

❑ No opinion 10. Current weekday hours are: Monday-Thursday 10am-8pm Would you prefer that weekday hours: ❑ Stay the same (10am-8pm) ❑ Change to 9am-7pm ❑ Change to 11am-9m ❑ No opinion 11. Current Friday hours are: 10am-5pm Would you prefer that Friday hours: ❑ Stay the same (10am-5pm) ❑ Change to 9am-4pm ❑ Change to 10am-6pm ❑ No opinion

12. The library is currently open on Sundays from October to March from 10am-5pm Do you think Sunday hours should... ❑ Stay the same (October- March 10am-5pm) ❑ Change to be open all year from 1pm-5pm ❑ Change to be open all year from 10am-2pm ❑ Change to be closed on Sundays ❑ No opinion

borrowed DVDs/Blu-Rays

borrowed magazines

borrowed books

used your own device in the library

donated time or money to the library

attended an author visit

gotten one-on-one technology assistance

printed/photocopied/scanned/faxed

attended a meeting or class

attended or taken a child to a library program

requested an item from another library

read or studied in the library

used library computers or tablets

downloaded library magazines

renewed your library items online

placed holds online

searched or browsed the online catalogue

downloaded library ebooks or e-audiobooks

used library online resources (EBSCO, ancestry, etc)

14. Please rate the library on the following Poor Building Layout

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16. Do you do any of the following online through a computer, e-reader, mobile device or tablet? (select all that apply) ❑ read books ❑listen to music ❑ listen to books ❑ None of these 17. How likely are you to download e-books or e-audiobooks from the Library website in the next year? ❑ very unlikely ❑unlikely ❑ neutral/don’t know ❑ likely ❑ very likely 18. When you have used a computer or device at the library, your own or the library’s, what did you use it for? (select all that apply)

❑ To place an item on hold or renew materials ❑ To search the library’s online catalogue ❑ To use email

❑ To read ebooks/e-magazines ❑ To use word processing or other software

❑ To access social media (Facebook, Twitter...) ❑ Have not used a computer/device at the library ❑ To browse the internet for personal interest ❑ To browse the internet for school or work

❑ To text ❑ To print something

❑ To play games ❑ To manage finances (banking)

❑ To fill out government forms ❑ To complete job applications/find employment information ❑ Other (please specify)

19. If you DON’T use the library, why not? ❑ Hours aren’t convenient

❑ Don’t have transportation/can’t get there ❑ The library doesn’t have anything I need ❑ I used to, but don’t anymore ❑ Inconvenient location

❑ I have a disability that makes it difficult or impossible ❑ I buy my books (physical or ebooks) ❑ I owe fines at the library ❑ Too noisy

❑ I prefer the internet ❑ Disagreement with library policy

❑ I don’t have time ❑ I use a different library

❑ I do use the library ❑ Other (please specify)

20. Overall, the library is ❑ Excellent ❑Good ❑ Satisfactory ❑Fair ❑ Poor ❑ No opinion 21. What could make the library better? (additional services, programs, materials?)

22. What (if anything) is missing or frustrating about the library and its services?

23. Has the library changed your life? If so, please share your story here: 24. Whether you use the library’s services or not, having it there for others is .. ❑Completely unnecessary ❑Not worth the cost ❑Just worth the cost

❑Well worth the cost

❑ Absolutely essential 25. Do you believe that residents of Castlegar and District are receiving good value for tax support provided to the library?

❑ Yes ❑ No

❑ I don’t know 26. Is there anything else you’d like to tell us about the library?

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In Loving Memory of

In Loving Memory of

George Nevakshonoff 1928-1975 Sadly Missed by Wife Elsie, Children, Susan, Kathy and Michael, Grandchildren and Great-grandchildren Gone but not forgotten

Brenda Elaine Terhune

When someone you love becomes a memory. . . that memory becomes a treasure.

M.A. White (Anne)

April 11, 1945 – November 13, 2014

Those we love don’t go away, They walk beside us every day.

Unseen, Unheard, but always near.

Still loved still missed, and very dear.

Love David, Lori, Courtney, Mathew & families

of Robson, BC

December 16, 1942 - November 14, 2015

EARL FREDRICK RATKE (1947 - 2015) It is with heavy hearts that we announce that Earl Ratke passed away surrounded by family on November 10, 2015, at the age of 68 years.

Earl was born on April 12, 1947, in Roblin, Manitoba to proud parents Florence and Fred Ratke. Along with his three siblings, he was raised to appreciate the rewards of hard work, responsibility and laughter.

Earl grew up on a farm at Chestermere Lake, Alberta where he learned his love for boating, hunting, fishing and animals. At age 12, he met the love of his life Suzy, they pledged their love in marriage on September 24, 1969 in Calgary, Alberta. They were further blessed with a family of their own and though times were often challenging, Earl was an inspiration and strength that allowed them to persevere.

Earl had many talents and abilities: he especially loved hunting, fishing and cooking. He served in the Canadian Armed Forces from 1963 – 1969, stationed in Germany. Upon returning to Canada he worked at various jobs in Calgary including at Federated Co-op and in construction. He moved his family to Castlegar, BC in 1976 where he went on to work at the Celgar Pulp Mill until retirement.

In Loving Memory

Anne passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family.

She is lovingly remembered by her many friends and family members; her children Ian (Aoibhinn) and Robin (Adrian); and grandchildren Rosanna, Odin, and Declan.

Anne was a well-known and respected Public Health Nurse in Williams Lake, Victoria, and the Kootenays.

She had many passions in life and Anne devoted her energy to a variety of causes, which helped and supported the community that she lived in. She was an avid gardener, entertainer, and had an incredible love for life, family, and friendship. She made everyone feel like family...and she could rock some seriously hot shades.

A celebration of life will be held at the Robson Community Hall at 5:00PM Saturday, November 28th, 2015. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the YouCaring webpage called “Anne White Memorial Bench” for a bench in her honour, which will be located at the future dog park in Castlegar.

Alexander B. Kositsin

February 23, 1941 - November 22, 2014 “When you awaken in the morning hush I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight I am the soft stars that shine at night Do not think of me as gone I am with you still-in each new dawn” Always Remembered Lil and Family

In Loving Memory of

In Loving Memory of

Gerry Lacasse

His positive attitude and charismatic humour will never be forgotten and he will remain in our hearts and minds forever.

“You only live once, but if you live right, once is enough.”

Left to mourn his passing and celebrate his life include his loving wife Suzy; his children, Michelle (Chad) Nearing of Sparwood, Gavin Ratke of Castlegar; his sisters Elaine (Doug Bewski) Mackenzie, Shirley Ratke; his brothers-in-law, Ted (Sharon) Switzer and Daniel (Margaret) Dyck; his sisters-in-law Laine Dyck and Gwen (George) Pruissen; his many cherished nieces and nephews, extended family and friends. Earl is predeceased by his brother Elmer.

A celebration of Earl’s life will be held on Friday, November 20, 2015, at 11:00 am at Kinnaird Church of God (2404 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C.).

Bill Clark of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements.

As an expression of sympathy, donations in memory of the late Earl Ratke may be directed to The Tom Baker Cancer Center, 1331 – 29 Street, Calgary, Alberta, T4N 4N2.

You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca

Tammy Savinkoff November 22, 1982 - September 1, 2001 Never forget… someone keeps you in mind and remembers you always in prayer, someone who hopes that angels will bless you and keep you in God’s care.

Always Love You Love Mom and Dad Lisa, Dan, Donna, Dave, Doc, Wendy and Grandpa

July 24, 1945 - November 20, 2008

GERRY He had a nature you could not help loving, And a heart that was purer than gold And to those who knew and loved him, His memory will never grow cold It was not our choice to Survive without you, So we choose to Live and honour you Remembered always with our deepest respect and love Darlene, the Lacasse and Moore families and Gerry’s cherished friends

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Automotive Service Technician Kalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC is looking for Exceptional Automotive Technicians.

We respect our automotive technicians for their knowledge, work ethic and drive to stay current with the latest vehicle technology and tools. We are seeking a technician to join our busy and productive team. You will be supported with a large parts inventory, paid training, and management determined to provide the best customer care. We believe in promoting and rewarding excellence, so we are seeking technicians who are equally motivated to grow professionally and help us deliver high-level service.

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Please submit your cover letter and resume to: Jeff Konkin, Service Manager Kalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC 1700 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, BC V1N 2W4 Fax: (250) 365-3949 Email: jeff@kalawsky.com

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Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 2-Bedroom suite for rent, available Dec 1st. $700 per month plus utilities. Ph or text 250-304-7490 in Castlegar

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School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia) ON-CALL OPPORTUNITIES School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia) is looking for multiple casual employees for the On-Call List in Bus Driving, Aboriginal Education Support and Direct Student Support. Casual staff can expect to work 3 – 5 days a week; however, casual work cannot be guaranteed. Individuals looking to work in a rewarding team environment all across our School District (Rossland, Trail, Fruitvale, Castlegar, Robson) with the likelihood of attaining a permanent position in the future should apply immediately!

Bus Drivers: • Valid Class 2 driver’s license with Air endorsement (course takes approx. 2 weeks to complete through Mountain Transport Institute 1-877-965-DRIVE) • Rate of Pay: $24.58/hr + 13.4% in lieu of benefits = $27.87 / hr Hours of work are between 6:30am and 10:00am and 1:30pm and 4:30pm with the opportunity to work charter trips in between regular routes.

Education Assistants, Child Care Workers, Child & Youth Care Workers: • Completion of Classroom and Community Support Worker Program, Special Education Assistant Certificate, Special Needs Worker Program or equivalent training and experience.

• Rate of Pay: Ranges from $23.50/hr + 13.4% in lieu of benefits = $26.65 / hr to $24.58/hr + 13.4% in lieu of benefits = $27.87 / hr.

Aboriginal Education Support Workers: • Completion of Classroom and Community Support Worker Program, Special Education Assistant Certificate, Special Needs Worker Program or equivalent training and experience.

• Aboriginal ancestry required • Rate of Pay: $23.50/hr + 13.4% in lieu of benefits = $26.65 / hr.

NOTE: These workers have Winter break, Spring break and summers off!

For full position details including qualifications and how to apply please refer to the Careers with SD20 section of our website at www.sd20.bc.ca.

Completed applications should be sent to Mrs. Marcy VanKoughnett, Director of Human Resources, School District #20 (Kootenay-Columbia), 2001 Third Ave, Trail, B. C. V1R 1R6 (Fax: 250-364-2470) by Monday, November 30, 2015 @ 12:00 Noon. Please submit electronic applications to: hr@sd20.bc.ca. It is understood that applicants agree to confidential reference checks of all previous employers.

CLUES ACROSS 1. Powder mineral 5. Ten million (in India) 10. Culture medium and a gelling agent 14. Cain and __ 15. Bullfighting maneuvers 16. Baseball’s Ruth 17. Venice beach 18. Infirm due to old age 19. Attentiveness 20. Mortify 22. Whale (Norwegian) 23. Family Bufonidae 24. “A Passage to India” author 27. Ocean 30. Dad’s partner 31. Owned 32. Swiss river 35. Female golf star Gibson 37. Base 38. A way to summons 39. Acquit 40. Male parent 41. Brendan Francis __, author 42. Rattan 43. Aromatic hot beverage 44. Inflorescence 45. Former CIA 46. Make lace 47. Airborne (abbr.)

48. Thieving bird 49. H. Potter’s creator 52. Frequency 55. Nothing 56. More lucid 60. Riding mount 61. Deducted container weight 63. Molten rock 64. In this place 65. Ancient upright stone slab bearing markings 66. Rumanian Mures River city 67. Mentioned before 68. An heir (civil law) 69. Without (French)

CLUES DOWN 1. W. Samoan monetary unit 2. Baby’s feeding apparel 3. Queen of Sparta 4. Shut 5. Certified public accountant 6. Payment for release 7. Red twig dogwood 8. Basked in 9. Midway between E and SE 10. A way to detest 11. Mother of Cronus 12. In bed 13. Bolsheviks 21. Farro wheat 23. CNN’s Turner 25. Farmers of America 26. Small amount 27. __ and Venzetti 28. Hers in Spanish 29. Belongs to sun god 32. Expressed pleasure 33. Small terrestrial lizard 34. Regenerate 36. Own (Scottish) 37. The cry made by sheep 38. Chest muscle (slang) 40. Explode 41. Notice 43. Pitch 44. Run due to the batter 46. Fight referee declares 47. Alternate forms of a gene 49. Shifted in sailing 50. One who cables 51. Elaborate celebrations 52. Expresses pleasure 53. Carbamide 54. Persian in Afghanistan 57. 1st capital of Japan 58. Welsh for John 59. Radioactivity units 61. Tanzanian shilling 62. Hyrax

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Prevent colds and flu before they start Though the holiday season is a joyous time of year, it’s also one when many people succumb to cold and flu. Spending so much time indoors in close proximity to others can increase a person’s susceptibility to flu and cold, so it’s no surprise that the holiday season, when many people spend lots of time celebrating indoors with family and friends, marks the unofficial start to cold and flu season.

Despite what Mom might have told you about going out into the cold with a wet head or leaving home without wearing a coat, such actions do not increase your risk for cold and flu. But being cooped up indoors, where germs from others who are sick can fester, can increase that risk.

Cold weather also can be a factor, but not for the reason you think.

According to a 2007 study from researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, the influenza virus is more stable and can stay in the air longer when the air is cold and dry. Dr. Peter Palese, a flu researcher who is professor and chairman of the school’s microbiology department, examined guinea pigs infected with the flu virus to determine the connection between the flu and cold

weather. Dr. Palese varied the air temperature and humidity in the guinea pigs’ environment and determined that flu transmission was best at 41 F, while the prevalence of transmission declined as the temperature rose.

By the time temperatures reached 86 F, the virus was not transmitted at all.

Low humidity also helped transmit the virus, and high humidity stopped the spread. Flu viruses spread through the air in water droplets expelled from sick individuals’ noses and mouths. High humidity may cause these droplets to fall to the ground before they can infect someone else.

Colds are largely transmitted through surface contact with the virus or direct contact with a sick individual. The cold virus is then contracted on the hands and typically transferred to the nose, eyes or mouth through inadvertent touching of these areas. Spending time indoors in close quarters with other people, which is more common in the winter, can facilitate the spread of colds as well as the flu virus.

There are many ways to reduce your risk of contracting a cold or the flu virus this winter.

Perhaps no preventive

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measure is more effective than getting a flu shot. In addition, wash your hands frequently to prevent the spread of germs, and disinfect remote controls, computer keyboards, tablets, mobile phones, and other items that are handled by multiple people on any given day.

In addition, spend as much time outdoors as possible so you can escape potentially contaminated indoor air.

If you come down with the flu, increase the

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humidity in your home by running the shower with the door open, using a recreational aquarium or boiling pots of water.

Maintain a warm indoor temperature to reduce the likelihood that the flu virus will spread.

Other ways to reduce your risk for cold and flu include: • maintaining a healthy diet • getting several minutes of sunlight per day • exercising regularlly

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PRE OWNED PRICE REDUCTION! 2011 TOYOTA TACOMA TRD OFF ROAD 4X4 TRD Sport 4x4,

2010 DODGE JOURNEY SE 4 Cylinder Engine, Automatic, Winter Tires, Tinted Glass, Air Conditioning, Power Windows & Locks, No Accidents, includes Warranty & more!

Automatic, 46,000 km, Fog Lights, No Accidents, Trailer Towing Package, Tinted Glass, includes warranty and more!

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$29,995

2008 FORD FOCUS SE

Was $12,995

P-8444-1

$10,500

2006 GMC SIERRA 1500 SL

3.8L V6, Automatic, Alloy Wheels, Very Clean, Air Conditioning, Power Windows & Locks and includes Warranty & More!

H-4875-1

$6,250

$7,000

Was $7,995

2007 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX

5 Speed Manual, V6, 4x2, Includes Winter Tires & Rims, only 76,000 km, Tonneau Cover, Very Clean and includes Warranty & more!

9-3026-1

Was $8,995

P-5927-2

$6,995

Was $8,995

$7,995

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November Sale The sunshine vitamin

Just Arrived

Prairie Naturals® Liquid Vitamin D3 1000 IU is important for the proper absorption of calcium.

Essential for bone strength and offers protection against both osteoarthritis and osteoporosis.

• 100% Organic Cotton Towels • Bamboo Sheets & Duvet Covers • Christmas Pillows • Christmas Table Runners and

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Placemats • NEW Bedding 15 ml + 15 ml FREE

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Whole Earth & Sea™ Sunflower Vitamin E 400 IU contains d-alpha tocopherol from non-GMO sunflower seed oil. It is ideal for anyone looking to avoid soy-based vitamin E supplements. The sunflower oil is identity preserved, meaning its unique qualities are protected from seed to shelf. Vitamin E supports cardiovascular and immune health, and helps prevent premature aging.

Health First® OregaFirst attacks bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infections. Naturally contains 80% carvacrol, an active ingredient for antiviral applications.

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Vega™ Protein has 20 g of complete vegan protein and two full servings of veggies.

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ON SALE All flavours 20 g

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Fuel your morning routine Nature’s Path® Organic Eco Pac® Cereals gets your day started off on the right foot with a healthy breakfast before you get out and get active.

ON SALE All flavours 750 g

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72 vegetable capsules

Renew Life Ultimate Flora Critical Care probiotic provides 50 billion cultures per capsule. It works to improve digestive health in a convenient once daily dose.

Flax Oil is made from certified organic, non-GMO and gluten freeCanadian flaxseed. Can be taken on its own, in smoothies, on salads, or used on your skin.

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Beat the morning chill Stash Teas take your taste buds on a trip around the world with unique blends of leaves for any occasion.

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Organic Virgin Coconut Oil is a welcome addition to any sweet recipe and can give your savoury dishes an exotic touch.

Potato Chips are gently cooked to perfection in the finest oil, then seasoned with all-natural ingredients.

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Kettle Brand

Enjoy Life® Dark Chocolate Chips are great as a dairy, nut and soy-free ingredient in your baking or eaten by the handful.

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90 softgels

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Naka Nutri Greens

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