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The colour party led the Remembrance Day parade to the cenotaph where they stood at attention behind markers commemorating Rosslanders who gave their lives to keep Canada free.

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Hundreds of Rosslanders stood in the snow and cold on Wednesday morning to pay their respects to those who sacrificed so much to secure Canada’s freedom.

Fo l l ow i n g the Remembrance Day parade from the Legion to the Rossland Library, Rosslanders gathered at the

cenotaph for ceremonies that included the singing of O Canada, a moment of silence and the Act of Remembrance.

Ceremonies also included a roll call. Greg Granstrom read aloud the names of Rosslanders who served in the First and Second World War, as well as the names of three Rosslanders who served in the Second Boer War, while Scouts laid poppies in front of crosses bear-

ing their names.

Ceremonies at the cenotaph were preceded by a Remembrance Day service at the Legion, given by Reverend Ken Siemens.

Siemens reflected on why Rosslanders might have originally chosen to hold a religious service at the Legion on Remembrance Day, and connected the reason with Father Pat, whose monument stands along the parade route.

“He served the community at a time when a lot of people were quite irreligious, skeptical, not a great deal of faith, and yet they appreciated his ministry and they recognized that there was something in what he was doing,” said Siemens. “I was suggesting that it was probably something of that attitude that moved people to want to have the Legion church service, whether they shared

the faith being expressed by whoever was leading it, but in some way I think that they almost hoped that it was true.

Back then or now, we certainly do not have unanimity of faith in the room, but we have people who want to be here.”

Both the service and the ceremonies at the cenotaph concluded with the singing of “God Save the Queen.”

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IMPORTANT NOTICE CHANGE TO REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE Notice is hereby given that the Regular Council Meeting scheduled for Monday, November 23rd has been cancelled and rescheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 24th, 2015.

The meeting will occur at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, City Hall, 1899 Columbia Avenue, Rossland BC. If you have any questions, please call Cynthia Anonuevo, Deputy Corporate Officer at (250) 362-2323

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Rossland Reads down to final two CHELSEA NOVAK Rossland News

It won’t be long until the new champion of Rossland Reads is declared, after yet another book was eliminated on Thursday, Nov. 12.

This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki was the second book to be voted out of the competition.

It was once again a very close vote, with panelist votes ultimately determining the final outcome. Moderator Jennifer Ellis revealed that one book — the same book that was safe last week — was definitely in the lead, but wouldn’t reveal which one.

Penny Johnson, who was defending Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden, voted against This One Summer, as did Jane Therriault, who was defending The Cellist of Sarajevo, and Lise Levesque, whose book The Birth House by Ami McKay was voted out in the previous debate.

Maddie Snelgrove, who was defending This One Summer, voted against Three Day Road, just because she thought it would be funny to hear Johnson talk about everyone else’s books without having to defend her own.

During the debate, Levesque used her more neutral position to share her honest opinion of the other books, praising what she felt were their strengths.

When Ellis asked defenders to use their two-minute intro to explain why their book was not just the best, but why specifically it was better than the others, Levesque used her time to champion Three Day Road.

“I think that Three Day Road, it’s more than the story. It’s the writing,” she said. “Three Day Road is full of fantastic symbols, repetition, things that are pulled through the book.”

The Rossland Reads champion — either Three Day Road or The Cellist of Sarajevo — will emerge at the final debate on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. at New Edition Café and Books. Podcasts of the first two debates are available on the Rossland Library’s website.

Rekindle is coming to town CHELSEA NOVAK Rossland News

The 21st annual Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas event will take place on Saturday, Dec. 5.

Rekindle is a festival in downtown Rossland to kick off the Christmas shopping season for Rossland retailers.

“The retailers will have different activities and specials going on in their shops, [and there will be] a number of booths set up with teams or organizations that are using Rekindle for fundraising,” said Kristi Calder, marketing manager for Tourism Rossland. “So there’s some that will be selling wreaths and garlands, and others will be doing a bake sale.”

There will also be special food vendors downtown so shoppers can keep their strength up.

In addition to kicking off Christmas shopping, the event also gives retailers a deadline to get their Christmas windows ready.

“Retailers like it because they get their Christmas windows ready for Rekindle, and it makes downtown very busy and it kicks off the winter season, and all the downtown decorating is done,” said Calder.

Rekindle will also mark the opening of two new art galleries in Rossland.

Stephanie Gauvin Art Studio will hold a grant opening, with hot mulled cider and free posters from 1 to 4 p.m.

The Jenny Bailie and Louise Drescher studio and gallery space will also celebrate its official opening during Rekindle, and Drescher will be hosting a story reading in the space at 3 p.m.

There will also be a story reading at New Edition Café and Books, and carolers walking around downtown.

Kids will be excited to have a chance to talk to the big man in red.

The Santa Clause parade, known as the Reindeer Prance, will makes its way down Columbia Ave. from Esling Park to the Rossland Public Library, where kids can have their photos taken with Santa.

The event will culminate in a tree lighting and draw for a large gift basket, contributed to by all of the local retailers.

The event starts at 10 a.m.

There will be a number of special food vendors downtown during Rekindle. Rekindle will culminate in the lighting of the Christmas tree.

Photos by Shelley Peachell, courtesy of Tourism Rossland

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Grappling with water and sewer rate questions CHELSEA NOVAK Rossland News

City council held a meeting on Thursday, Nov. 12 to answer questions about water and sewer rates that were raised through the Thoughtexchange process that the city used to engage the public in this issue. While council has decided to postpone changing the rates, they felt it was important to provide answers to citizens’ questions in the mean time.

Mayor Kathy Moore picked out a sample of some of the most common questions to answer at the meeting, although she also took questions from the floor.

Here is just a sample of some of the questions Rosslanders asked during the Thoughtexchange process, and summaries of the answers provided by Moore.

“Why are people charged for capacity available and not just the amount they use?”

The plan to raise the water and sewer rates was put in motion after the city received a report from a consultant hired to assess the city’s water and sewer services. According to the consultant, it’s considered best practice to charge based on capacity, but the city wants to make sure it finds an equitable solution and reports back from staff indicated that charging based on capacity may not be fair for all of Rossland’s downtown businesses. That being said, meters on larger pipes are more expensive to replace ($1300 for a 2” meter versus $300 for a .75” meter) and the meters need to be replaced every 15 years, so the cost of replacement needs to be built into the rate structure somehow.

“Forty-three per cent water loss seems high. Do you have any plans to investigate and remedy these losses? You should be able to reduce costs significantly if you do so.”

Some of the city’s lost water is unmetered water that the city doesn’t get paid for. For instance water used to flush the hydrants and water lines, clean the reser-

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Mayor Kathy Moore wasn’t on her own. Several councillors were also in attendance including Andrew Zwicker, Andy Morel and Lloyd McLellan.

Photo by Chelsea Novak voirs, and water used in street “Taxes are often cited as an sweeping, road construction and issue in Rossland compared to repair, fire fighting, and land- our neighbors. It’s true, our taxes scaping around town are includ- are higher but it’s not an apples ed in the 43 per cent. Whereas to apples comparison,” she said. there is some water used by the “Other local governments either city that is metered and is ac- have large industrial taxpayers counted for internally. Some of or utilities to help defray their the 43 per cent is also from leak- costs or they don’t offer a lot of age and the city has plans to con- facilities or services. Rossland is duct a night flow water analysis unique in that we offer a full — where they’ll look for unex- range of facilities and services plained water use in the middle but we only have residential taxof the night — to locate some of payers to cover the costs.” the leaks and have them repaired.

Moore also acknowledged that “Eleven per cent and 15 not everyone uses every facility per cent per year increases are or service, but said that for all the certainly attention-grabbing. people who wouldn’t mind seeWork hard on those other ing a facility closed down, there grant applications and final were still many who valued and cost reductions because I doubt used the facility.

Rosslanders saw these large an“When reading the infornual increases coming ‘down mation on justification for inthe pipe’.” crease, I understood that manMayor Moore said that while datory water meters HAD to the consultant recommended 11 be installed at a certain time. and 15 per cent increases, coun- I recently read in one of the cil feels those increases are not newsletters that a few houseaffordable and don’t anticipate holds are not on meters and still that happening. The city plans to are paying the old rates. How is work hard at getting infrastruc- this justified?” ture grants and is looking for According to Moore, Rossland ways to lower costs. has 45 homes that have picked “Rossland has the highest up their meters, but haven’t inproperty taxes in the region. stalled them, and two homes that The proposed increased costs haven’t yet picked them up. for water and sewer negatively “We have sent many letters affect affordability. Will chang- out with little to no response as es to the water & sewer rates to why they are not installing deter new residents & business- the meters,” she said. “Under the es?” new rates, properties that do not Mayor Moore was conscious have meters will pay very high of Rossland’s higher taxes, but rates for water. Some are just pointed out that Rossland also non-compliant and new rates for differs from its neighbours. unmetered will hit them hard.”

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First time riding the Rossland bus CHELSEA NOVAK Black Press

On Friday I took my first bus ride in Rossland.

Transit BC is currently undertaking a transit service review of the Greater Trail Transit System, and I was curious to take the system for a test drive, as I’ve been driving my car since I arrived in town over four months ago.

I had no particular reason to want to go to Trail that afternoon, but that seemed like the best (only?) trip to make, so I headed out to Columbia Ave. to jump on a bus.

What I found was that my trip was pretty uneventful once I’d gotten on the bus, but that figuring out when and where to get on the bus was a tad confusing.

Headed to downtown Rossland, I at

least knew where I wanted to get on the bus, but since both downtown Rossland stops are called Columbia/Spokane I somehow got the times confused and showed up to watch the bus go by the other way, which left me with around 30 minutes to kill while I waited for the bus I wanted.

In downtown Trail, I got the time right, but had trouble finding the stop.

As a city slicker this was frustrating because it all seemed so avoidable. Why couldn’t I just go stand at a bus stop and text to get the time the bus was coming like I could in Vancouver?

The answer is pretty obvious. When buses sometimes come as far apart as an hour and a half, you don’t just go stand on the side of the road and hope for the best.

As someone who’s only recently left behind frequent bus service (but who also

didn’t grow up with it), I have to say I really did appreciate it.

Since I’d gone all the way down to Trail, I decided to make the most of it and do a little shopping in the downtown area, but by the time I was finished I’d missed the bus back to Rossland by 15 minutes, and then had an hour to kill (part of which I used to find out where the bus stop was).

I wasn’t in any particular hurry that day, so I just went and found a place to warm up and have something to drink, but I hate to think what would have happened if I’d been depending on transit to get me to work on time, or even to get me home at the end of a long work day.

From my previous experience growing up in small town BC, I know that’s when the desperate phone calls usually begin.

All in all, I’m very glad I brought my car to the Kootenays.

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Green shift returns, goes global CHELSEA NOVAK Black Press

We will soon learn what Premier Christy Clark and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have in mind for Canada’s renewed effort to influence climate change.

As they prepare to join the 40,000 people jetting to Paris for the next big United Nations summit to deal with human impact on the world’s weather, here is some context for what is to come in December and beyond.

Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion served as environment minister under former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin. Then, as Liberal leader, Dion’s proposed “green shift” carbon tax was pivotal only in ending his leadership. With a majority government this time, he promises the entire federal cabinet will be involved.

Dion gave a revealing interview to The Globe and Mail last week about his experience in government.

“The old system was to give

the file of the environment to the minister of the environment and say, ‘deal with it, be the hero of the environment groups, but don’t bother us because we have jobs to create and an economy to grow’,” Dion said. “That will not work.”

It certainly didn’t work, which is not surprising since Dion is admitting the Liberals considered the environment ministry a mere public relations tool. This was the period when Canada signed on to the Kyoto Protocol, then pretended to care about it as the United States rejected it in a unanimous vote of Congress.

We now understand more about those environmental groups, most funded by U.S. billionaires to target the Canadian oil and gas industry while the U.S. booms. Their tactics were on display in the defeat of the Keystone XL oil pipeline to the U.S., with arguments that even President Barack Obama acknowledged were exaggerated.

The old system was to give the file of the environment to the minister of the environment and say, ‘deal with it, be the hero of the environment groups, but don’t bother us because we have jobs to create and an economy to grow’,

Dion’s ill-fated “green shift” wasn’t just about greenhouse Christine Esovoloff Sales Associate

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gases. He intended to impose a national carbon tax and use the proceeds to eliminate child poverty.

This concept is back, on a global scale. If you’ve been to the movies lately, you may have seen a slick animated commercial sponsored by the UN, featuring animals running the world from the seats of the General Assembly. “We have a plan,” trumpets the elegant llama at the podium, not only to fix climate change but to eliminate poverty as well.

One problem with Kyoto was that it left emerging economies like China and India untouched.

And while Canada endures false allegations of subsidizing fossil fuels, actual subsidies are huge in petro-states like Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Algeria and Indonesia, where gasoline sells on average at a third of Canadian prices.

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one reason why Canada’s share of global emissions has now fallen to below two per cent.

Here in BC, Clark intends to unveil her “Climate 2.0” plan before heading to Paris. We’ll see if it includes another increase in BC’s vaunted carbon tax, which now translates to about seven cents on a litre of gasoline.

Even without carbon taxes, about a third of the pump price Canadians pay is federal, provincial and local tax. In Metro Vancouver, it’s closer to 40 per cent. In Venezuela, a big winner in the Keystone XL decision, gas sells for around two cents a litre.

The BC government admits its post-carbon tax reduction in greenhouse gas emissions was largely due to the global recession of 2008-09. Now with crude oil at historic low prices, BC’s carbon tax is a weak signal lost in the noise of a world-wide glut of oil and gas.

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STUDENTS SCARE HUNGER The Grade 7 to 9 student leaders (pictured) at Rossland Summit School would like to thank all RSS families for their support of a very successful We Scare Hunger food drive. Over 1200 non-perishable food items were collected and will be donated to the Rossland Food Bank. RSS student leaders would also like to thank Teck Metals Ltd. for their annual financial support of their trip to We Day in Vancouver. The annual event inspires youth to take on initiatives such as this, that have a positive impact on our community. Photo courtesy of Rossland Summit School

FIVE-PIECE FOLK ORCHESTRA GETS ROSSLANDERS ON THEIR FEET Left to right: The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra got Rosslanders up on their feet and dancing to some heavily folkinfluenced tunes on Saturday night. After the band left the stage, the audience demanded an encore despite having already convinced them to play two more songs.

The band happily obliged.

Pictured here: Mack Shields (fiddle/vocals) and Keith Rodger (double bass).

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Rossland City Council Brief: November 10

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Emcon Lot Mike Kent from Rossland Youth Action Network and Robin Strachan and Heath Clement from the Rossland Skatepark Association both made presentations to council regarding the Emcon Lot. YAN would like to move the Space to a city building on the Emcon lot, which would complement the Skatepark Association’s plans to turn the southeast corner of the lot into a skatepark.

Strachan and Clement also asked council if it would be possible to piggy back on the Washington St. construction. Since the city will be buying large amounts of concrete, the Skatepark Association would like to take advantage of their buying power to order their own concrete.

Similarly, since there will be heavy equipment on site for Washington St., the association would like to take advantage of that and reduce costs by using the same equipment. The Skatepark

Association will still pay for their own concrete and equipment fees, but piggy backing off the city will allow them to reduce overall costs.

Water and sewer rates Council officially voted to rescind its motion to introduce new water and sewer rates by Jan. 1, 2016. Council also voted to have staff look into options for getting a planning tool for setting new rates at a cost of up to $3,500.

Sustainability Commission Councillor Andrew Zwicker made a motion that staff should look into an a separate funding procedure, outside the community group funding application, for the Sustainability Commission. As it stands, the commission has to submit an annual budget before receiving strategic direction from council. Allocating funding for the commission outside the community group funding would allow them to put off constructing a full line budget until after they had an idea of their objectives for the year.

It would not effect the

overall funding the commission receives.

The motion passed with only Councillor Lloyd McLellan opposed.

Guest house Following a public hearing on Monday, council approved a new guest house at 2075 Thompson Ave. at Tuesday’s regular meeting. Council received two letters regarding the guest house — one for and one against — and heard from two speakers — Angela Price and Janie Simister.

Price, who runs a guest house and B&B, questioned whether or not Rossland could support another guest house, and Councillor John Greene suggested that it would be best to let the market decide.

FireSmart grant Staff recommended that the City of Rossland apply for a 2016 FireSmart grant that will cover 100 per cent of costs up to $10,000 to support residents in undertaking FireSmart planning activities on private lands. Council felt this was a no brainer and voted to have staff apply for the grant.

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Location: Home office (B.C.), based in the SIBAC Region Application: For position details, please visit the SIBAC website at: www.sibacs.com Closing Date: Before 4:00 pm December 15, 2015 Address to: Rhona Martin, SIBAC Chair Please send your response electronically to: Email: admin@sibacs.com We thank all candidates for applying, however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

ROSSLAND GIRLS GET GUIDING Clockwise from top: Many girls were welcomed into Guides at the enrolment ceremony on Monday. Rossland’s Girl Guiders presented Doug Halladay, president of the Legion, with thank you cards in appreciation for the Legion offering them a free space for their meetings.

Many new girls joined Sparks at the enrolment ceremony.

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DOG DAYCARE NOW OPEN Top: The colour party prepared to lead the parade. Left to right: Doug Halladay got the Scouts lined up for the Remembrance Day parade.

Doug Halladay lined up Legion members for the Remembrance Day parade. Members of the Rossland Legion and Fire Department formed ranks for the Remembrance Day parade.

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NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING: Tuesday, November 24, 6 p.m.

GOING BATTY! BAT TALK November 19, 4-8 pm at Cominco Theatre, Trail.

Special bat activity for school aged kids. Bring the kids to the museum’s Bat Hibernaculum for some tactile bat education with Jess Williams, our bat conservation ambassador.

Followed by (7pm): Bat presentation by Juliet Craig, founder of the Kootenay Community Bat Project, to learn more about these misunderstood creatures of the night. Limited seating in the bat cave.

FREE BOX LACROSSE TRY-IT CAMP November 21, 12:30 to 2:45 p.m. at the Willi Kraus Fieldhouse, Rossland.

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REEL YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL November 21, 1-3 p.m. at the Miners’ Hall.

The Reel Youth Film Festival pulls together an insightful, compelling and humorous collection of short films from across the globe – all made by youth. Chosen by a youth selection panel from over 700 submissions and 20 countries around the world, this collection will show you the world through the eyes of an incredibly gifted emerging group of filmmakers. Whether a psychological thriller from India, a music video about love and diversity from Georgia, or an Australian romantic comedy

about insects, laughing and learning are guaranteed at the Reel Youth Film Festival. Cost: $3. *Some films contain mature themes and may not be suitable for viewers under 12 years of age.

MUSEUM SILENT ART AUCTION Participate in the Rossland Museum and Discovery Centre’s Silent Art Auction fundraiser. Many local artists have donated pieces for purchase. Their art is on display at the NCDU and Salon Kula Bidding done at either place, or by email to info@ rosslandmuseum.ca. The auction ends at 5 p.m. on Monday, November 30.

ADVENT MUSIC CELEBRATION Sacred Heart Church in Rossland will host it’s annual Advent Music Celebration on December 3 at 7 p.m. There will be music and meditation followed by hot chocolate and cookies. Everyone is welcome!

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Parents can feel free to look around the museum while we craft with the kids. The Museum is open all winter Wednesdays-Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Coffee, tea, and hot chocolate available to keep you warm!

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Drop in $5. School bus stops at the museum.

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Library Bingo: 2nd Thursday of the month. Pick up card at the library.

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Whooping cough rate remains high in Kootenay Boundary SHERI REGNIER Rossland News

Pockets of whooping cough cases continue to pop up across the Kootenay Boundary leading to overall numbers significantly higher than other regions.

Of the 38 pertussis (whooping cough) confirmed cases in the region this year, Dr. Kamran Golmohammadi says the majority of those have been in the Castlegar area.

Following a Nov. 12 Interior Health (IH) review of statistics, Dr. Golmohammadi confirmed 24 new cases have been reported locally, adding to 140 diagnoses throughout IH facilities since January.

The bulk of those cases are children ages 10 through 14, which is a similar demographic to other regions in the province and across the country.

“The Kootenay Boundary area from an epidemiological perspective is very interesting,” the doctor told the Trail Times. “We continue to see scattered cases…in 2013 the highrates were in Trail,” he added.

“We had high rates in Nelson in 2014, and nearly half the cases this year were in Castlegar. So far this year, Castlegar has the highest rate.”

The contagious disease is spread person to person through droplet contact (sneezing, coughing) and is very preventable with vaccine, says Golmohammadi.

Infants are most at risk for developing serious complications from pertussis, so he strongly advises parents maintain immunization schedules, which includes a “DPT”(diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus) vaccine at two months.

Intramuscular injections are repeated three more times until the child is 18 months, again at four to six years, then as a booster in Grade 9.

The preparation is extremely tolerable and effective, he says, but the trade off is an immune response that weakens over time.

That means adults and adolescents who have not received a booster vaccination are at risk of infection and can be the source of infection for infants and young children.

Public health has advised J.L. Crowe Secondary School that Grade 9 immunizations will take place Dec. 2, so students are reminded to wear a shortsleeved shirt that day.

“If you are exposed to the germ after a few months your immune response is brisk,” Golmohammadi clarified. “It is estimated within three to five years there is a waning phenomena so one booster dose at any age in adulthood is also recommended.”

Infection is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, so those afflicted require treatment of prescribed medication to lessen the infectious period from two to three weeks to as little as five days.

First symptoms of whooping cough are similar to those of a common cold, and may include runny nose, sneezing, mild fever and a low-grade cough.

After one to two weeks, the dry cough evolves into severe coughing spells that can last for more than one minute, causing breathlessness.

Inhalation of air post-cough can produce the telltale whooping sound.

Besides vaccination, other practises can greatly reduce risk of infection.

Frequent hand washing, cough etiquette and a sick day from work or school minimizes contact and spread of the respiratory germ.

“It’s important for parents to immunize,” Golmohammadi concluded. “And it’s very important to maintain hand hygiene and to stay home if a person is sick, and limit transmission of the disease.”

One to three deaths related to pertussis occur in Canada each year, particularly in infants who are too young to be immunized, or partially immunized and unimmunized children.

Provincial panel recommends restoring ABE SHERI REGNIER Rossland News

Often the perception of college students is they are young thinkers fresh out of high school and still living at home.

There’s a fair amount of those students, says the Local 4 Student Union organizer.

But she points out that the average student at Selkirk College is an adult, aged 27.

“There are those young kids coming out of high school,” said Robin Legere from the Local’s Castlegar office. “But there’s also those with mortages, families and kids. There’s a whole bunch of commitments, so having to find hundreds of dollars to go back to school would be tough.”

Selkirk College is one of the few provincial post secondary institutions that made a conscious decision not to charge students for Adult Basic Education (ABE) after the province cut $6.9 million from the program this year.

But the money has to come from somewhere. So news the non-partisan finance committee has recommended reinstatement of ABE funding in 2016 is wel-

come to Legere, who says basic education is a fundamental that every student deserves.

“Some of the students didn’t finish high school or maybe high school wasn’t their thing and they didn’t do well,” she explained. “But this also affect students who were good atschool but didn’t take the requirements they need to go on in post secondary. “ Paying to upgrade basics like math, English or science can impede further education, says Legere.

“For a lot of students it’s being able to pursue what they want to do or not,” she said. “Because it’s not just $25, it can be up to hundreds or thousands of dollars depending on how many courses you need.”

Education is a top concern among British Columbians, according to the budget consultation report released Friday by BC’s non partisan finance committee.

A select standing committee of MLAs host public consultations across BC every fall, giving citizens an opportunity to present ideas for next year’s provincial budget.

In total, 572 submissions were received before the Oct. 15 deadline, then 63 recommendations compiled based on public responses. Notably, all recommendations were unanimously agreed to by committee members.

High priorities range from restoration of ABE funding and adequate funding for K-12 education, to the need for balanced budgets, investment in natural resource sector with green initiatives, continued investment in provincial infrastructure, taxation reviews and addressing the high cost of housing and rental accommodations.

“The consultation aspect of the budget process is an important opportunity to engage with British Columbians,” said committee chair and MLA Delta North Scott Hamilton.“Today’s report summarizes what the committee heard and makes a number of recommendations for the provincial government to consider for Budget 2016.”

Locally, a public hearing was hosted in Castlegar, attended by 10 legislative representatives, including Dan Ashton, MLA Penticton.

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Funding benefits schools SHERI REGNIER Rossland News

The school district has a few more dollars to spread locally following a $405,000 bump in provincial funding.

The Ministry of Education announced 109 projects included in this year’s $35 million routine capital program, and on that list was one facility in School District 20 (SD20).

Earmarked for the Kootenay Columbia Learning Centre (KCLC, formerly Trail Middle School), the money will fund improvements to the school’s heating and ventilation system.

“We started the project this summer using local capital dollars,” says Greg Luterbach, SD 20 superintendent. “But now we will be able to use those local dollars for a differentproject.”

Replacing the boiler has been on the books for a few years because of ongoing problems with the geothermal unit, which was installed when the building opened 16 years ago.

“The old geoexchange system was original with the building (opened Sept

2000) but did not work well,” Luterbach explained. “We had to move from using groundwater to citywater years and years ago because the system did not work effectively and the geothermal water source constantly clogged the system.”

A new boiler and chilling tower is now installed, which Luterbach says is a moneysaver.

“The former system was engineered to use geothermal but never functioned as designed,” he reiterated. “So we had to feed the system with city water and then heat or cool accordingly which was inefficient and expensive.”

The province’s routine capital program selects projects based on need, priority and supporting student learning, according to Thursday’s news release.

Elsewhere in the region, three schools in the Kootenay Lake District received a combined $525,000 for boiler upgrades; in Arrow Lakes School District, Lucerne Elementary is being funded $339,000 for heating and air conditioning improvements and Nakusp Elementary, $245,000 for solar power installation.

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Rossland youth will remain silent for 24 hours on Friday, Nov. 20 to raise money for a women’s shelter.

Me to We Rossland, a group of socially conscious youth who are commited to making a difference in the world, will be participating in We Are Silent to raise money for the Wins Transition House in Trail.

“It’s not just talking,” says Devin Knox, age 17. “It’s also social media, so it’s anything that gives you a voice, where people can hear you and understand your opinion.”

Remaining silent is a way to raise awareness for those who have no voice, and it seems fitting that Me to We Rossland has decided to donate money earned to Wins Transition House, which shelters women who are leaving violent or abusive situations.

Me to We Rossland is part of the Rossland Youth Action Network.

“We decided that it would be an awesome idea to start a Me to We club, and it’s pretty much getting kids involved in volunteering locally and internationally,” says Knox.

Knox recently returned from a Me to We trip where she spent a month volunteering at a rural Indian school.

Now back home, she and Me to We Rossland are currenlty more focused on providing local support.

“The whole point of the Me to We club is to support a local charity and do events and volunteer for them and raise money for them, and then also pick an international oganisation,” says Knox. “So we’ve decided [that] up until about May we’re going to be doing things for local organizations and then in May we’re going to do a big thing for an international organization.”

The group is thinking of choosing an organization in-

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Monday night, Me to We Rossland gathered at the YAN Space to create Yodel pages for We Are Silent, so that they can easily collect pledges.

Mike Kent, YAN coordinator, gave the kids tips on how to set up their pages and get the word out. They also asked him questions about how they’re supposed to negotiate things like their jobs.

Because some of the youth need to work on Friday, they won’t necessarily be completing the challenge that day.

They may to do it on Thursday or Saturday instead.

Kent, who also owns Yodel, wanted to emphasize that the site is waving its five per cent site administration fees for any money raised by the Me to We group.

The group will also be doing a fundraiser during Rekindle on Dec. 5.

Me to We members will wrap gifts at the space, and all proceeds will go to the West Kootenay Friends of Refugees.

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