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A backcountry tradition of providing shelter for hikers, skiers and hunters came to a sad end recently when a cabin at Joe Lake burned to the ground. “I was just sick to think about it,” said Roy Harker of Princeton, who has maintained the cabin as a volunteer for BC Parks for the past two decades. As recent improvements including a new stove and new chimney pipe were made to the cabin, Parker is convinced the place was deliberately torched. “I’m disgusted and shocked that anyone would do that,” he said. “This thing didn’t burn down by itself. Even if it was just an accident someone should come forward and say ‘Guess what we had an accident and burned down the cabin.’ But nobody is going to come forward. I’m sure of that.” The cabin – which according to its logbook received as many as 30 visitors each year – was originally constructed as a survival shelter for game wardens in the 1950s. There are only two ways to access Joe Lake – one 2.5 hour trail and one seven-hour trail – so the spot was popular among people who liked to spend a night or two in the bush, he said. The site can only be reached by foot or horseback. “It got a lot of hikers and the

horse people, but not as many of them as there were in the past. And of course there were hunters during the season because there are Bighorn sheep in the area. There were no locks on the doors, and the cabin was equipped with cots, foam mattresses, dishes, pots, pans and even containers of dried food. In September it received a fresh coat of paint. Almost all of the materials purchased for the cabin were courtesy of Harker and a group of his friends, who travelled to the area at least four times a year to maintain the building and haul away garbage. In 1998 the team won a Volunteer of the Year award from BC Parks for its efforts. “Because we loved doing it, that’s why,” he said by way of explaining the hundreds of hours of labor that went into maintaining the property each year. “It was to help people.” The cabin was destroyed between October 20 and October 30. Its charred ruins were discovered by hunters from Keremeos The cabin at Joe Lake, maintained by local volunteers who even provided dishes and stocked food, was who had intended to bunk there burned to the ground sometime in late October. overnight. Lake and stay the night. They get would have to be moved to the area point the mystery of the fire will Harker has already posted signs there late in the day and if all they by helicopter. be solved. at access points to the trails leadhave is their day packs they are The fire was reported to “People talk. Sooner or later ing to Joe Lake to warn people the stuck for the night.” Princeton RCMP. While Sergeant someone will say something. It cabin is no longer an option for Harker said there is no chance Barry Kennedy told the Spotlight might take a month, it might take shelter. the cabin will be rebuilt because the incident is unfortunate, there is a year or it might take ten years “That’s the main thing here is of the costs involved. Even if the little police can do to investigate. for eventually someone will brag to get the word out. Cross country materials were available, they Harker believes that at some about it.” skiers often go out that way to Joe

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Princeton’s dark past comes to life in new release suspect that there are memories in our town which will be dislodged on reading this book, and perhaps the memories will not be pleasant ones. For that reason, we have not included in the book any oral histories: our sources are all public documents, either the presses (pro and con), court documents, or specialist books.” Readers whose specific interest is local history will appreciate Soviet Princeton for its precise sketch of the community. In 1932 the town’s population was 1,000. There was a theatre, six cafes, a bowling alley and an undertaker. Copper Mountain Mine had recently closed, throwing hundreds of men into unemployment. Workers at the Tulameen coal mine earned $4.50 a day and worked one day a week, while a newly constructed federal relief camp housed 130 men and paid them $7.50 a month for – among other things – building the airport. Princeton’s branch of the KKK was formed on the eve of the coal miners’ strike for the purposes of routing out subversion in the working classes and intimidating labor union supporters. The names of the dozen men at the inaugural meeting – including some members of the Board of Trade – are listed on page 47. However the book is redolent of broader themes. It sets the struggles of BC’s small town interior within

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The Klu Klux Klan, communists, a hydrophobic newspaper editor, kidnappers and thugs – also the indomitable spirit of striking coal miners. They all lived in Princeton, BC. And it was only 80 years ago. Soviet Princeton: Slim Evans and the 1932-33 Miners’ Strike is a carefully documented and welltextured chronicle of a class’ dangerous struggle for livable wages set against a landscape of political and social unrest. Authored by historians John Bartlett and Rika Ruebsaat, Soviet Princeton was released this week by New Star Books to an appreciative buzz in a broad cross-section of academic and political circles. Already a BC BookWorld Editor’s Pick, Soviet Princeton was discussed Sunday on CBC’s North by Northwest. The book was officially launched in Vancouver on the weekend, and the local launch is set

for this Friday, November 27 at 7 p.m. at the Princeton Museum. Events in Princeton in the early 1930s have nearly disappeared from living memory. Still, sensational tales of the miners’ strikes – when police on horseback bludgeoned picketers and crosses burned on hills – have passed through the town’s generations like sepia portraits. While there is no shortage of drama and intrigue, do not look for gossip, rumors or half-truths in the pages of Soviet Princeton. “In small towns such as Princeton there is often knowledge which is “secret” or shared among a few people. Sometimes it means that A hasn’t spoken to any member of B’s family since 1947, when…you can draft the plot in your own mind,” say the authors in their introduction. “Often they are libelous, never actually complete, such knowledge can poison the atmosphere between new and old residents of the town.” “We

the fledging communist movement across the country, the advancement of organization labor and how those events were perceived and influenced by the press. Soviet Princeton follows the activities of Arthur Herbert “Slim” Evans, a powerful union organizer and proclaimed communist who was invited to Princeton by workers at the Tulameen mine after management backed out of a promise to reinstate a 10 per cent wage roll back. Evans was twice kidnapped and forcibly shipped out of town, warned to not return. He was later convicted of advocating the overthrow of the government by force. Soviet Princeton is Bartlett and Ruebsaat’s second book based on local history. It was while the couple was collecting material for Dead Horse on the Tulameen, (2012) that they unearthed information about the strike from the pages of the Princeton Star. “We knew we were going to do something with it,” recalls Ruebsaat. “We just didn’t know what.” The ensuing research was compelling for two people who have devoted much of their lives to social justice through music, activism and education. The importance of telling the story today, they agree, is to examine the still-relevant questions about how class interests form tension between management and

workers, and how those dynamics impact a community. “We look at the whole arena,” says Ruebsaat, “at the relationship of the strike to the workers and of the strike to the mine and to the members of the community. You can’t put the strike in a box and just talk about the strike. You have to look at the whole community.” Bartlett, an admitted “red-diaper baby” adds, “Of course we have a point of view. You can’t write history without a point of view. If you do that, why are you even writing history?” Had Bartlett lived in Princeton in 1932? “Oh, I would have been right there with Slim,” he chuckles. Ruebsaat connects particularly with the stories of intimidation within Princeton’s borders. “Something that set off sparks in me were the threats from the KKK. I imagined what it would be like to be in a community where people were threatening me and in terms of an emotional resonance, that was a moment for me. I felt it was really sick.” Ruebsaat and Bartlett are now embarking on an ambitious promotional calendar for Soviet Princeton. In the next three months they are scheduled to appear at libraries, museums and schools in Vancouver and Kelowna, as well as in smaller communities around the province.

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Historians Jon Bartlett and Rika Ruebsaat spent six years researching and writing Soviet Princeton. The book’s local launch takes place this Friday at The Princeton Museum at 7 p.m.

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Naked teen hides Police seek assistance from cops A naked teenager was the subject of a police search in the early hours of Saturday morning near Princeton General Hospital. According to Sergeant Barry Kennedy hospital personnel called RCMP after a patient “ran out of the emergency room, completely nude, and was hiding somewhere in the trees” at about 5 a.m. The boy was impaired by alcohol, said Kennedy, “and there was concern he might pass out and succumb to hypothermia. The 15-year-old male was eventually located in the trees and returned to the hospital, and then proceeded to escape a second time and had to be retrieved again by police. He was released into his parents’ custody.

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The rocks came tumbling down on Coalmont Road last Wednesday, closing the road for several hours and necessitating a quick response from Argo. Diane Sterne, who lives and operates a business in Coalmont, told The Spotlight she had high praise for the workers who cleared the road and got traffic moving.

Police investigating the report of a woman dozing in her car in the Chevron parking car Friday night netted more than they bargained for when they found a vehicle full of stolen property. RCMP sergeant Barry Kennedy said the property had been stolen earlier that night from a Penticton residence. A 34-year-old woman from Oliver faces charges. “She said she stopped and was tired and needed to have a nap,” said Kennedy.

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Conservatives want to compete in 2017 B.C. Conservative leader Dan Brooks stopped in Victoria last week on a tour of the province to prepare the party for the next election. Here are excerpts from his conversation with Black Press legislature reporter Tom Fletcher. TF: There was a rumour that you’re in Victoria to join the B.C. Liberal Party. DB: I don’t know where that started. It’s false. I’ve never talked to a Liberal about anything of that nature, ever. TF: I only bring it up because the eternal question is whether your party and your efforts can only help the NDP. DB: On the contrary, I think what we’re doing is critical to the health of B.C.’s political system. We need Conservatives in that legislature. It’s more important now than ever before. This is the opportunity to make wholesale change in B.C. It’s always been the lesser of two evils, the NDP and the Liberals. With a Conservative alternative, this is a chance to change the whole province. TF: What’s the first thing you would change? DB: Let’s strengthen our democracy right off the bat by banning corporate and union donations. That would take a lot of the power out of the hands of big unions and big corporations and their influence in the ministers’ offices. Let’s catch up with the rest of the world and modern democracies that do it too, including the federal government. TF: Are you recruiting candidates? We’re up to 87 constituencies for the 2017 election. Can you field candidates in all of them? DB: We are recruiting candidates, and we’re in the process of finding people who are going to help us build a better province, and help us win that election in 2017. I’m touring the province to listen to British Columbians so we can develop a platform that really speaks to what they want to see in the next government, and with the platform and candidates in place, we’re going to be prepared well in advance. TF: The B.C. Liberals have a big push on for industrial development, particularly in the North. Do you support what they’re doing there? DB: I support some aspects of what they’re doing. The liquefied natural gas dream, if it ever comes to fruition, I think is a good thing for B.C. I support pursuing that dream. But the B.C. Liberals have really neglected northern communities, and the reason is you’ve got communities that are in decline. You’ve got population declines, schools closing. You’ve got a timber supply that’s in crisis, and they’re a decade behind in dealing with that crisis. They’ve been solely focused on LNG and they’ve excluded all the other economic opportunities in northern B.C. And that’s the problem with the B.C. Liberals up there. We’ve got to get a new economic vision for the North, for the Interior, that’s going to see a diverse economy, secondary value-added manufacturing, that looks at how we’re going to sustain communities long term, and not just a one-off, one project that’s going to result in shortterm employment for construction and then a couple of people in operations. TF: What else would you like to see in B.C.? DB: We need alternatives in B.C. politics. The B.C. Conservative Party is the best hope for British Columbia to make real, substantive change, economically, politically and I believe even socially. These old recycled ideas from the NDP and the B.C. Liberals are going nowhere. The B.C. Liberals have really poisoned the well, so to speak, with this open government and triple deleting and all those scandals. They’ve overstayed their welcome. People are looking around for alternatives, and they don’t trust the NDP.

Lights out for opponents of Site C VICTORIA – The fall session of the B.C. legislature petered out two days early last week, as the ruling B.C. Liberals and the opposition NDP agreed to turn out the energy-efficient lights and head for home. NDP leader John Horgan skipped the last day and headed to the B.C. Institute of Technology campus in Burnaby. There he announced “PowerBC,” billed as the NDP’s “bold, progressive plan for the future of B.C. energy, with a strong focus on jobs.” Reporters asked, how many jobs? Horgan said retrofitting public buildings and homes for energy efficiency would create jobs all around the province, but he can’t say how many. How much does the plan cost, and does it include subsidizing homeowners to fix their windows and insulation? “The costing will be more apparent when we get closer to the election,” Horgan replied. Whatever the cost, the NDP plan apparently rests on the assumption that the $9 billion Site C dam project on the Peace River can be stopped by an NDP government after the 2017

election. That money would be company has started work on a used to build Site C contract. wind and solar West Moberly generation, Chief Roland and to install a Willson staged a sixth and final dramatic protest at water turbine the legislature last at Revelstoke spring, bringing a dam. cooler of frozen The chancbull trout from a TOM FLETCHER es of Site C river below the being stopped two existing Peace are approachdams, telling media ing zero. they were too conConstruction taminated with of an access road started two mercury to eat. months ago, site clearing Flooding land for hydro and work camp construction dams does elevate methyla month before that. Energy mercury levels in water, but Minister Bill Bennett says the BC Hydro provided me with main dam construction contract the latest study that included will be let shortly, followed by fish samples collected by West the powerhouse contract next Moberly members. It shows year. average methylmercury levels Horgan said remaining legal remain below federal guidechallenges could slow or stop lines for limiting consumption the project. of commercially sold fish. The West Moberly and It’s an odd coincidence that Prophet River First Nations Willson suddenly made this have lost their case against Site claim, 47 years after the first C twice, in the B.C. Supreme Peace dam was completed, and Federal Courts, and are when he happened to be in appealing. The Doig River and court trying to stop Site C. McLeod Lake Indian Bands A coalition of U.S. and dropped their challenges, and Canadian environment groups McLeod Lake’s construction is also demanding that Site

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C be stopped, using typical arguments to appeal to their low-information donor base. According to the Sierra Club and others, Site C is not renewable energy because the (largely idle) farmland it floods is a “carbon sink.” Forests do store carbon, albeit temporarily, but farmland where the trees have been cleared? This is glutenfree gobbledegook. They also trot out the claim that Site C will be used to power liquefied natural gas operations. Most proponents so far have said they will use gas for LNG processing, and if they don’t have hydro available for ancillary power, they will have to burn more gas. BC Hydro has just finished its latest grid upgrade, a second high-voltage transmission line from Merritt to Coquitlam. It adds disaster reliability to the system that brings power from the Peace and Columbia dams to the Lower Mainland. If you’re arguing that hydroelectricity isn’t renewable power, you’ve already lost. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@ blackpress.ca

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Cleaning up with integrity in vacuum sales brow. “Your old vacuum must be about due for retirement,” I suggested hopefully. “Oh,” she replied, smiling sweetly, “I don’t think it’s that old. In fact, the warranty might still be on it.” Although I hadn’t seen her vacuum, I knew my high roller manager would have dismissed it as a piece of junk. But just the same, her words didn’t encourage me. “Why don’t we go to your kitchen table anyway, and I’ll show you how it looks on paper,” I suggested. She followed me willingly, but when I pulled out a contract and pen, and asked for her name, she protested. “Oh my gracious, you mustn’t waste your paper on me. I’m not buying anything.” “Don’t worry about the paper.” I said, chuckling at her frugality. She gave me her name but said, “You really shouldn’t spend your time on me.” She got up and poured us each another cup of tea while I filled in the contract. I then laid it and the pen in front of her, albeit, rather half heartedly. She glanced at the bottom figure with no apparent interest. Then, inexplicably, that little butterfly lady picked up the pen, signed the contract and wrote a cheque for the entire amount. My stunned expression produced a mischievous smile and she said, “You don’t think I invited you in just for your company, do you? I knew all along I wanted the vacuum. I had to be sure you weren’t a slick operator, like that manager in your store. I was in there the other day, and when I saw all the jewellery on him, I thought he’d scam me.”

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There was a time in my life when you might say, I lost touch with all things rational. I confess I once signed up with a doorto-door vacuum sales company. Not just any vacuum company, mind you. I signed up with the best. I knew it was the best because my smooth talking, clean shaven, spicy smelling manager assured me it was the best. “These vacuums sell themselves,” he told me very confidentially my first day. It was as though he was Warren Buffet, sharing with me his personal formula for financial success. How I dreamed of being just as confident and sophisticated as that manager. But after my first week of knocking on doors, my tail twitching between my trembling legs, I had sold nothing. “Don’t sweat it, Tiger,” the great one confidently assured me, his jewel bedecked arm around my slumping shoulders. “Once you get the knack of it, your picture will hang in our company’s hall of fame.” One wet, dreary evening at about 9 o’clock, I knocked on the door of an older house at the very end of a dead end street. Dead end. That’s where I felt my sales career was. A little silver haired lady appeared at the door. And, as luck would have it, a monstrous, grouchy looking yellow dog at her side. I could see right off I’d better make peace with that big jowled canine. “Hey buddy,” I said, trying to sound nonchalant. “Relax, I don’t bite.” He dismissed me with the careless contempt the omnipotent reserve for mere peons. Next to that pugnacious appearing hound, the little silver haired lady was like a lovely, delicate butterfly. “Oh,” she said very sweetly when I had explained my mission. “Really, I do have a good vacuum.” How my heart plummeted within me when I heard that. But then, pointing a firm finger at yellow old El Groucho, she banished the beast to a fittingly lowly spot in the hallway. “Young man,” she said, “you look like you could use a cup of hot tea. Won’t you come in for a few minutes?” Dispirited from the cold and lack of

success, I accepted. Before long she said, “Now tell me, what’s so special about your vacuum?” “Just one minute,” I said, jumping to my feet and almost spilling my blackberry tea on her light coloured carpeting. I rushed out and proudly carried in a sleek

new gray and blue machine. In less than 15 minutes of frenzied activity, I’d surrounded the little silver haired butterfly lady with a half moon arrangement of black cloths, each with a small mound of grey dust from her carpet. Ceasing my labours, I wiped my sweating

Getting the sale was awesome. But, it was cranky, conniving yellow El Groucho that got the last word. He’d been sulking, biding his time in the hallway. Now, while the silver haired butterfly lady admired her new acquisition, and I was bending over to tie my laces, the old cuss leapt up with unexpected vigour. Before I could slip through the door, he nipped me smartly in the behind. Once outside, I consoled my bruised ego with the thought that I’d gotten a sale my high roller manager had missed.

Open the door, close your eyes, and let them go Choose your battles. It is without doubt the most significant parenting advice a young mom can embrace. And it always comes up at this time of year, as the morning mercury sinks to several degrees below brrrrrr. The relative benefits of having children leave the house properly dressed for the weather are far outbalanced by the familial stress that conversation creates on a daily basis. Zip up your coat. NO. Where’s your hat? IT’S ITCHY. Don’t forget your mittens. MITTENS ARE FOR BABIES. By late June the futility of these demands is always apparent. Any school hallway north of 49th parallel looks as though it’s suffered the explosion of a Wal-Mart winter clearance rack. All those clothes you thought your kids were actually wearing out for recess are retrieved from their hidey holes and piled up for parents to pick through, take home, and fight about again in six months time. Keep your eye on the ball. It is far more important to raise a child who is smart

enough to come in out of the rain mom and four kids, – that’s than it is to grow one whom you eight hands to two – lunches can force into a pair of rain boots. need to be packed, homework When their hands are red, raw has to be signed, toast and and numb, they will at least shove toothpaste fly in every directhem in their pockets. tion. As long as their attire The cold, you know, does not wasn’t actually breaking any give children colds. Those are laws it was sheer survival to germs. push them out the door. The young have rapid metaboOverheard in the DeMeer ANDREA DEMEER kitchen at 7:40 a.m.: But why lisms. They don’t feel chill in the old dog CAN’T I wear my pajamas if same way as adults. new tricks I want to? Also, when kids hit a cerSilence while Mom tries tain age it is generally accepted to think of a sustainable arguthat it’s not “cool” to be dressed “warm.” There is no acceptable explanation ment as to why a kid can’t wear pajamas all day. You know something? There isn’t one. for that fact, but it remains true. At least, those are the things I tell myself Over the years this approach resulted Monday to Friday as the DeMeer boys head in some truly bizarre ensembles and more out to meet the bus in their sneakers with their than one phone call home from the teacher’s laces trailing behind them and their jackets lounge. (Well, the pajama day for starters.) flapping open, bending their uncovered heads On the bright side closing your eyes and against the elements. biting your tongue buys a lot of peace in a Irrespective of cold weather, the DeMeer family. Always I limited comments to noncubs have dressed themselves from the time judgmental, fact-based observations, ie: Your they were each able to open a bag of pull-ups. shirt is on backwards. Do the math. A typical morning for one Some days were harder than others.

There is always at least one Mom and tot in every Kindergarten cloakroom who arrives every morning looking as they just stepped out of a photo shoot for the Sears catalogue. Colors coordinated, seams are pressed, accessories match and they are smiling. Don’t take pity looks from these people. Think: Stepford called, they want their foundation garments back. There was an awkward Sunday morning, when the DeMeer’s own tiny princess sat, knees akimbo, on the steps of the chancel for “Children’s Time,” frocked in a frothy dress with a tooled skirt and absolutely no underwear. Perseverance is the key. Today each of the next-generation DeMeers is capable of putting together a smart outfit without assistance. For those parents who still insist on stressing about what their kids wear when they go out of the house, consider the most important suggestion might be... ...condoms. Oh, and don’t come home in handcuffs. Choose your battles.

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There will be at least one more meeting before town council settles the thorny issue of amending its Official Community Plan [OCP] and zoning bylaw at the request of local business owners. Following a public hearing last Monday councillors passed the third reading of bylaws to make changes to zoning for properties on Old Hedley Road and Jacobson Road from residential to service commercial. Official plan designations were changed in both cases from business transition to service commercial. A decision on similar applications pend-

ing for four properties on Burton Avenue, however, was deferred after several area residents made presentations to council critical of the move. Councillor Rosemary Doughty cast a dissenting vote on the motion to defer. “We gave spent hundreds of thousands of dollars improving our homes,” Burton Avenue resident Ken Carlson told the public hearing, adding that new zoning plans for the area would devalue residential properties. Carlson warned councillors they will lose control over the area if the business properties revert to commercial use, after they were designated residential in a 2013 zoning bylaw amendment that fell out of a five-year-

old OCP review. Municipal staff has recommended council approve the Burton Avenue transitions, but is asking the applicants meet conditions including designing and building a landscape buffer. Susan Robinson, co-owner of Ace Hardware who is making two of the Burton Avenue applications, said she is uncomfortable with that idea. “I don’t see why we are being held to a higher standard than the rest of the neighborhood,” she said. Robinson added the request for conditions is ambiguous. “We don’t really know what

Time to get your passports out!

At a previous meeting council voted to reserve funds for a complete review of the OCP in 2016.

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The 2015 Christmas Passport Program is underway. The Princeton and District Chamber of Commerce has once again invited merchants to participate in this promotion. Forty-seven merchants are participating and invite residents to shop local. The program ends at noon on December 21. There will be a draw of merchant donations on December 22, 2015. Completed passports can be dropped off at Cowboy Coffee/CoCo’s Bistro, Everything Pets, Fletchers Building Supplies, The Source and The Winking Pedlar. Participating merchants are: A & W,AutoTac Signs & Embroidery, Billys Restaurant, Bridge Street Family Pawn, Brown Bridge Pub, Canada’s Best Value Inn, Chevron, Christmas Store, Cool Beanz, Coopers Foods, Country Kitchen Restaurant, Cowboy Coffee/ CoCo’s , Dairy Queen, Eikonic Hair Salon, Everything Pets, Fields Store, Fletchers Building Supplies,Funky Monkey, Heartland Restaurant, Home Hardware, IDA Pharmacy, Jam Busters, Lordco, Mel’s Barbershop, Pasha Pizza, PetroCan, Pizza Party 2 for 1, Princeton Esso, Princeton Outdoor Supply Princeton Paint & Decorating, Princeton U Brew Brewing Co, Round The Corner Café, Sandman Inn, Shirley’s Arts & Crafts Shoppers Drug Mart, Sunflower Gallery, Suzies Dress Shop, Sweet Sensations,, The Loonie Bin, The Similkameen Spotlight, The Source, T h e Style Chamber, The Winking Pedlar Thomasina’s, Valley First Credit Union, Villager Motel, Work n Play

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we’re dealing with. They are asking for landscaping but they are not being clear about what that will entail.” Following the public hearing councillors are not permitted to receive new information about the applications or comment on them. CAO Rick Zerr said staff is preparing a further report for council’s review that should be ready to be heard at the December 7th meeting.

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Belly laughs and dancers make Arabian Nights a hit Review by Andrea DeMeer Spotlight Staff

Princeton’s Crimson Tine Players are serving fans a traditional British Pantomime this Christmas – complete with the requisite songs, silly jokes, and a side of salacious humor. 1,001 Arabian Nights and Matinee plays at the Riverside Theatre December 3, 4 and 5 and audiences can expect to be entertained by what amounts to a cross between a performance of the Keystone Cops and a wellloved Disney musical brought to life. Directed by Heather Anderson Arabian Nights is the most comprehensive production tackled yet by the local theatre group, encompassing the work of 43 theatre members on both sides of the footlights. “Pantomime is my favorite genre,” says producer Rhianfa Riel. “It’s bright, colorful, loud and fun and I think it will go over well.” Arabian Nights tells the story of the struggle for power and romance in a palace beset by treachery. The beautiful and slightly obnoxious Princess Jasmina – played aptly by theatre newcomer Julie Oliver – must marry before her 21st birthday or relinquish the throne. The bumbling Ali Barber, who believes himself in love with Jasmina, embarks on a dangerous journey with his brother Singbad to find the magic that will turn him into a prince and make him a worthy husband. Gabe Oliver – another first-time player for Crimsom Tine, – is a credible and sympathetic suitor, especially when he is chained to the rocks of a secret cave and forced to watch perpetual performances by a skeleton dance troupe. Dayton Wales, as Singbad, is quick with the camel jokes and delivers his usual reliable performance. Jordan Sawicki, as the little-sister princess Bobastasia, is notable in her role for such a young actor. She carries more than one scene with impressive confidence and her solos are strong and sweet. Bobby Gibb and Zach Forsyth make a believable camel. Awards for courage and most guffaws go to James Sawicki, playing Dame Barber, the

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Dayton Wales, James Sawicki and Gabe Oliver serve up colorful laughs in 1,001 Arabian Nights and a Matinee, December 3, 4 and 5 at Riverside Theatre.

mother of the would-be princes. His Teflon frying-pan battle with the palace guards is especially memorable, as are his enormous bosoms and extremely junky trunk. ‘Absolutely marvelous’ is the only way to describe the contribution of Kalie Gibb, playing the evil Grand Vizier. She is perfectly believable as a villain, never throws away a joke (“I said henchmen NOT Frenchmen”), and the final scene when she transforms from cruel and power hungry mastermind to browbeaten husband is worth twice the price of admission. Of course, no Arabian farce would be complete without a Genie. Natasha Ferdinand gives this role a hint of sex and sass – and a lot of blue makeup.

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What would Arabian Nights be without dancing girls? Showing off spectacular costuming and moves are Olivia Holloway, Abbegael Fulton, Delorian Osborne and Denise Pasco.

Emma Howe, Nathan Anderson, Jordyn McIvor, Ryzon Letts, Delorian Osborne, Olivia Holloway, Abbegael Fulton, Denise Pasco, Dick Bird, Nichole Loza, and O’Neil Loza round out the supporting cast. Pattyann Peal, the narrator and also musical director, is definitely “note worthy” as she lends a strong and beautiful voice to both ends of the production. Clever sets and sumptuous costumes are hallmarks of any Crimson Tine Players’ performance and Arabian Nights is no exception. Donna Gardner, costume designer, along with Marilyn MacKay, Anne Williams, Donna Tipton and Emily Herzog seem to do real magic with silks and satins. With their cave and market scenes set

designer Tanis Oliver and painter Ray Clements make contributions just as significant as any on stage performer. Other crew members are Shawn Cavanagh, Josh Herzog, Marylou Terryberry, Dianne Rainer, Sarah Jayne Nelson, Dave Rainer, Guadalupe Guttierez, Paul Huycke, Susan Jakubec, Lynette McClelland and Gordon Bibby. Tickets for 1,001 Arabian Nights and a Matinee are available at the door December 3 and 4 for 7 p.m. performances. Adults are $15, seniors and students $10. The matinee December 5 is pay-what-you-can and curtain is at 2 p.m.

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Jordyn Sawicki and Kaylie Gibb, as well as the camel, give strong performances in the British Pantomime.

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Valley sees real gains from tourism strategy Tara Bowie Review Staff

Members of the Similkameen Valley Planning Society (SVPS) decided to continue a valley-wide tourism strategy until at least spring 2017. During last week’s SVPS meeting all members excluding chief Kieth Crow from the Lower Similkameen Indian Band committed to continuing an agreement with Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA). Crow abstained from voting in the resolution that saw the remaining five members of SVPS (Area H, Princeton, Area G, Keremeos and Area B) vote in favour of committing $3,600 each for a total of $18,000 towards the valley-wide plan. The SVPS, which primarily deals with economic development related issues, is made up of elected officials including mayors, area directors and the chief from the LSIB. The Upper Similkameen Indian Band is currently not an active member. Crow declined to comment on why he would not fund or vote in favour of the plan. Although a commitment on the project was needed to give time to apply for grants from DestinationBC, Crow was told the LSIB could buy into the project later. The Similkameen Wineries Association committed $5,000 for the ongoing tourism project that includes an up-to-date valley-wide website, social media accounts, tourist guide and administration by TOTA of the project. Simone CarlysleSmith from TOTA explained the program offers the valley a chance to leverage funds to obtain grants from the province that individually each community would not be eligible for. “You’re basically pooling your money together, taking your investment and leveraging it with your partnership with Black Press for the guide and receiving a grant from the province for a tourism strategy you could not afford on your own,” she said. Black Press is responsible for the advertising and the distribution of

the tourist guide produced each spring. Keremeos Mayor and SVPS chair Manfred Bauer said with leveraging, the worth of the project is about $73,000. “When we started out we basically had nothing. For such a small investment we receive a lot. With the website we are now players in a global market,” he said. Carlysle-Smith said in 2014 at least 25,000 unique visitors visited the website and it is the page that comes up first when searching for Similkameen Valley on the internet. In addition to the valley tourism strategy, members of SVPS were asked to consider joining a larger regional tourism strategy that includes a total $3,000 buy-in from SVPS. The money will be leveraged with other tourism boards in the South Okanagan to develop a larger scale tourism project. Communities that might also be included in the group include Destination Osoyoos, Osoyoos Indian Band, Oliver Tourism Association, Tourism Penticton, Summerland Chamber of Commerce and Discover Naramata. Carlysle-Smith explained Regional District OkanaganSimilkameen staff suggested a South Okaganan

board could be established including representatives from each area’s tourism groups so that they could establish a collective voice. “There isn’t one particular group that speaks for regional tourism,” Carlysle-Smith said. As there is a small amount of money leftover from previous years projects, SVPS could enrol in the regional organization by using those funds. LSIB chief Crow and Area G director Elef Christensen abstained from voting during the

recent SVPS. Crow declined to comment on his reasons for abstaining. Christensen said he would like more time to make his decision.

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Posse still battling

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The Princeton Posse split decisions last week to improve their record to six wins, 17 losses. The Posse handily defeated North Okanagan 4-2 Wednesday, and were downed Saturday 5-2 by the 100 Mile House Wranglers. Drew Carter and Mort Johnston received Game Star honors. Here Bradly Palumbo shows his frustration with the Wranglers, earning a 10 minute misconduct penalty.

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3rd Monday of every month regular general meetings - Group helps bereaved parents. Will meet as needed. Call Meets at the Chamber Basement on the 2nd Tuesday of Everyone welcome. 2nd Sunday Pancake Breakfast, 8 am Shirley Haker at 250-295-3607. sehaker@persona.ca each month at 7:00 p.m. For more info: Contact kvrridam. Daily & conversation 6:30 am to 8 am. Â Â? Â? - 10 Coffee Â Â?Â? er@gmail.com New Members welcome! CRISIS LINE: GARDEN CLUB: Â? Â? Â? Â Â Â? Â Â? Â? Every Â Â Â&#x20AC; Â? Â&#x201A; Â&#x20AC; Â? Â?Â Â&#x192; Â&#x201E; Â&#x2026; Â Â Â? Â? Â&#x20AC; Â Â? Â? Â Â Tuesday & Thursday exercise at 9 am. You can call us 24 hours a day, everyday, and your call is PXA MEETING: Meets third Tuesday of every month, 1 PM, Seniors Â&#x2020; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2026; Â? Â&#x20AC; SENIORS BRANCH #30 POT LUCK SUPPER: confidential and anonymous. The crisis line is 250-493Branch 30. Call Doreen @ 250-295-1577 Held on the third Tuesday Â? of each month. 7 p.m., at the Â? Â&#x2020;Â&#x2021; Â? Â&#x2021; Â? Â&#x201E; Â&#x2C6; Â&#x2020;Â&#x2030; Â Â&#x160; Â? Â Â&#x201A; Last Â? Friday of every month, 5:30 p.m. Seniors Centre. 6622. Or call collect Â&#x20AC; Â? from locations within the South Princeton PXA Grounds. New Members welcome! Â&#x2026; Â&#x2020; Â? Â? Â&#x2039; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x152; COUNCIL: Â&#x17D; Â&#x2020; Â&#x20AC; Â? Â&#x2026; Â&#x2020; Â? Â? Â&#x2026; Â? Â? Â? ARTS Members can invite a guest. Similkameen: 250-493-6622. Â&#x201A;Â Â&#x2018; Â? Â? Â&#x2019; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2020; Â&#x20AC; Okanagan Â?Â Â&#x192; Â&#x201E; Â&#x2026; Â&#x201A;Â Â&#x2018; Â? Â? Â&#x20AC; Â Â? Â? Â&#x2039; Â Meets at Noon on the third Wednesday of theÂ&#x2018; Â&#x2021; month. Â&#x2018; Â&#x2021; Â&#x20AC; PRINCETON FISH & GAME: Â? Â&#x201C;Â&#x201D; Â? Â&#x201C;Â&#x201D; Â? Â&#x201C;Â&#x201D; Â? Â&#x201C;Â&#x201D; Â? Â&#x201C;Â&#x201D; Â? Â&#x201C;Â&#x201D; ONLY Â? Â&#x201C;Â&#x201D; POOL TOURNAMENT: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Everyone Welcome! Contact Marjorie Holland, Pres., MEMBERS Princeton Fish and Game Association, meet the second or Â&#x2022;Â&#x2026;Â Â? Â&#x2022;Â&#x2026;Â Â? Â Â? Â? Last Â&#x192; Â Â Â Â? Â&#x2021; at Li Â&#x2022;Â&#x2026;Â Â? Â&#x2039;

Â&#x2026; Â&#x160; Â? Â? Tuesday of every month at the Seniorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Centre. Meet Friday & Saturday In Tulameen at 7:30 p.m. 250-295-6718 Joann Gabriel, Sec., 250-295-3361 Wednesday of the Month at the Princeton Library, conP

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Meets on the fourth of each month in the office Centre 10 - 3 p.m.. Everyone Welcome! Contact PM. Â&#x2013; Coffee & refreshments included. Everyone 250-295-7272 or Marena 250-295-7663 H from Â? Â? Â&#x17D; welcome. Â&#x20AC; Â? Â? Â? Â&#x2039; Â&#x2026;Â&#x201E; Â? Â&#x17D; at the PXAÂ&#x2039; Â&#x2026;Â&#x201E; Grounds at 6:30 p.m. Sharon or Rosemary 250-295-6511 N Â?Â? Â? Â&#x2026; Â? Â&#x201A; Â&#x160; Â? Â Â&#x160;

250-295-4194 Â&#x20AC; Â? Â Â? Â&#x20AC; Â? Â Â? Â&#x20AC; Â? Â Â? VERMILION FORKS PRINCETON Â&#x20AC; Â? Â Â? O.A.P.O. BR. #185: AL-ANON: PRINCETONÂ&#x2C6;Â&#x161;Â&#x2122;Â&#x203A;Â&#x2030; ROTARY CLUB: Â&#x160; @ Â&#x160; Â? Â?Â Â&#x2C6; Â&#x2014;Â&#x2018;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2122;Â&#x201C;Â&#x2030; Â? Â&#x2013; Â Â&#x20AC; Â? Â&#x201A; Â&#x201A; Â&#x2020; PRINCETON POTTERS GUILD, Regular meetings second Friday of every month at 2 Are you concerned about someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drinking? Contact Meets every Wednesday @ 6 p.m. Heartland Restaurant R Â? Â&#x17D; Â&#x2020; Â&#x160; Â&#x2021;

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F Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC; Â? Â&#x2026; Â&#x2026; Â Â&#x20AC; TRAINING Â? Â&#x20AC; Â&#x160; Â? Â&#x2020; Â&#x192;Â&#x201E; 0217. Â&#x2C6; Â&#x2020; Â&#x2014;Â&#x2018;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2030; Â&#x2039; Â&#x2020;Â&#x2021; portunities, group projects. CallÂ&#x192; Â&#x20AC; Â? Sue for more info or to SEARCH G Â? Â?Â? Â? Â&#x2021; Â&#x153; Â&#x20AC;Â&#x17E; held Â&#x2020; Â&#x2020; Â&#x2026; Â? Â&#x2021; Â&#x161; Â&#x192;Â? Â&#x2020; Â&#x2020; Â&#x17E; Â Â&#x; Â&#x2020; Â&#x160; Â&#x161; Â&#x192;Â? Â? Meetings will be on the fi rst and third Tuesday of Meets every Wednesday & Sunday at the Info Centre in COPPERHILL LANES: join. 250-295-0527 I Â&#x2026; ÂĄ Â? Â&#x2026; ÂĄ Â? every Â

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Â? Â Â? Â&#x20AC; Â? Â? Â Â? Â&#x2020; Â&#x20AC; Â? Â? Â Â? Â&#x20AC; Â? Â? Â Â? Â&#x20AC; Â? Â? Â Â? more information. Â&#x20AC; Â? Â? Â&#x2026;Â&#x161; Â? and Mixed bowling leagues. Call 250-295-6500 for more K Â&#x2020; Â&#x20AC; Â Â&#x201A; Â&#x160; Club ÂÂ&#x2013;Â? Notes: Â&#x2026; Â˘ Â? Â Â?Â&#x2020; The Princeton Traditional Music Society putsÂ&#x2018; Â&#x2021; on the Â Â? Â? Â? information. LITTLE FOLKS NURSERY SCHOOL: Y Â ÂŁ Â&#x2021; Â&#x192; Â Â?Â Â Â?Â Â&#x192;Â&#x2020; Â&#x201A; Â&#x2020;Â&#x2021; Â Â?Â Â Â?Â Â Â?Â Â? Â? Â&#x2020; Â&#x2020;Â&#x2021; Traditional Music Festival each year in August, featur- FREEMASONRY: FORÂ Â?Â MEN OF GOOD CHARACTER: Meetings are everyÂ&#x2039; Â&#x2026;Â&#x201E; third Wednesday at 7:00 at W Â?Â&#x2020; Â Â&#x2039; Â? Â&#x2026; Â&#x2039; Â&#x2026;Â&#x201E; Â&#x20AC; p.m. Â&#x2039; Â? Â&#x2026; Â&#x2039;

Â&#x2026; Â&#x160; ing traditional music from many places. The three-day Freemasonry has been active in B.C. for over 130 years. Â&#x2039; Â? Â&#x2026; Â&#x201E; Â&#x2020;Â&#x2020; It SPECIAL â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oâ&#x20AC;? BOARD; B is free Â&#x2020; Â? Â&#x2C6; Â&#x2014;Â&#x2018;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x201D;Â&#x2030; Â? Â&#x2020; Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2020; Â&#x192; Â&#x160; Â? Â? Â&#x192; Â? Â? open to Â? Â? 3rd Tuesday of the month. Â Â? Contact 250-295-7218 Meets festival and run entirely by volunteers. The 100+ LFNS. 250-295-3083 is a fraternity men of all races and religions. If Â? Â? U

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Â? Â&#x2030; Â&#x201D; Â&#x2018; Â? Â&#x201E; BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Saturdays: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 250-295-0171 GRANITE CREEK PRESERVATION P GBL Â&#x201E; Â Â?Â? Â&#x2026; Â&#x2020; Â? essary. Call Gail @ Â Â Â? Â&#x2021; Â&#x2C6;Â? Â&#x2020; Â? Â&#x2030; Â&#x2026; Â&#x2026; Â&#x2020; Â? SOCIETY: Â&#x201E; Â Â?Â? Â&#x160; Â&#x2026;Â? Â&#x192; Â? Â&#x2039; Â&#x2026; Mondays & Â? Thursdays, 7:00 pm at the Princeton Baptist Meet the third Thursday of every month at 1:00 p.m. in Â&#x160; Â&#x2026;Â? Â&#x192; V Â&#x2026; Â&#x2020; Â? CITV Â Â Â? Â&#x2021; Â&#x2C6;Â? Â&#x2020; Â? Â&#x2030; Â&#x2026; Â&#x201E; Â Â?Â? Â&#x2039; Â&#x2026; Â? Â&#x2039; Â? PRINCETON MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES: Â&#x2026; Â&#x2020; Â? DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB: Church. Contact Kyle 250-295-5489 D Â&#x2026;Â?Â&#x2026; Â&#x2C6; Â&#x2020;Â? Â&#x2018; Â&#x201E; Â the Princeton Archive Room (upstairs). EveryCBUT Â&#x2030; Â&#x201D;Â&#x152; Â&#x2026;Â? Â&#x201C; Â&#x2020;Â&#x2014; Â&#x2020;

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Â&#x2030; Â&#x201D;Â&#x152; Â?Â? Â&#x2C6; Â? www.princetonmuseum.org PRINCETON LADIES AUXILIARY LEGION BRANCH 56: GIRL GUIDES OF CANADA: N Â? Â? Â&#x2014; Â&#x192; Â&#x160;Â? Â&#x2026; TSN Â&#x2026; Â?Â?Â&#x2020;Â&#x2014; Â&#x201E; Â&#x160;Â? Â&#x2026; Â&#x160;Â? Â&#x2026; Â&#x160;Â? Â&#x2026; Â&#x160;Â? Â&#x2026; Health Â&#x2026; Meet 2nd Tuesday of the month @ Contact: Carol Mack 250-295-7085 @ WELCOME WAGON! MC Â&#x2026;Â? Â&#x203A;Â Â&#x2019; Â&#x2030;Â? Â&#x153; Â? Â? Â&#x17E; Â Â?Â?Â Â?Â Â Â?Â Â Â&#x2019; Â Â&#x2020;Â&#x2026;Â? Â Â? Â&#x20AC; Â Â Â?Â? Â? Â&#x2020;Â&#x2014; Â Â&#x201A; Â?Â Â&#x192; Â&#x201E; Â&#x2026;Â Â?Â&#x2020; Â&#x2021; Legion Hall at 7:00 p.m. Are you a R new to Princeton? If so, we have information CTVBC Â&#x201E; Â Â&#x2C6; Â&#x2020;Â? Â&#x2018; Â&#x2014; CANCER Â? Â? Â&#x2026; Â&#x2DC;Â&#x152; Â&#x2026; Â&#x192; Â&#x2026; Â&#x2C6; Â&#x201E; Â? Â&#x201E; Â MINOR HOCKEY: Â Â?Â Â? Â&#x201D; Â&#x201E; PRINCETON SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN: Â? Â?Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2039;Â&#x201D;Â E DISC services and facilities. Â? Â Â? in attending, Â&#x2026;Â? Â&#x201C; Â&#x2018; Â&#x2026; Â? Â&#x201C; HEDLEY Â&#x2026;Â? Â&#x201C; Â&#x2018; Â&#x2026; Â? Â&#x201C; Â&#x152; Â regarding local, Â? Â&#x201C; civic, community MUSEUM: Â? Â Â? Lori Gullison 250-295-3977 If interested please call: Barb 250-295F TOON Â&#x2020; from local Â&#x2020; Â&#x201D;Â?Â?

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ALVINA CHERNEY

Karl Slowikowski November 4, 1967

Born in Weirdale, Saskatchewan

Sheila Slowikowski November 28, 2011

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Alvina left home at 15 years old and made her way to the interior of BC. She worked hard over her lifetime in a wide variety of occupations: nurse’s aide, mill worker, upholsterer, seamstress, and apartment manager. Throughout her lifetime her hobbies included home renovations, gardening and sewing for her family. She was a talented and practical lady who was very skilled in everything that she did. Alvina is survived by daughters Tracy (Brent) Buck and Jackson Holland; grandchildren Wynter (Chris) Oakes, Rita Jules, Jacob Blais, and Levi Dube; great grandchildren Storm Buck and Symphony Oakes. She was predeceased by son Mark Holland and grandson Skye Buck and his family. No service, by request. Condolences can also be sent to the family by visiting www.Hansonsfuneral.ca.

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New facility will not erode local health services $325-million PRH project at the end of January. A finalized contract will be signed in April with construction to begin shortly afterwards. A separate contract will later be awarded for Phase 2, including a major expansion of the PRH Emergency Department. The private sector firm will pick up much

of the Province’s 60 per cent share of the $305 million in construction costs. Interior Health will make payments to the P3 partner over the 30-year life of the post-construction contract, during which the company will recoup its investment. “We’ll pay a monthly fee to them, provided they are meeting all of

our performance measures,” Malonwich said. “We have quality measures and key performance indicators which they have to meet.” Local taxpayers, through the Okanagan Similkameen Regional Hospital District, will pay 40 per cent of the construction costs. The South Okanagan Similkameen Medical

Foundation will contribute $20 million for all the medical equipment. The project also includes a new parkade with room for almost 500 vehicles, which will be an Interior Health-operated facility. Malanowich said no decision on future parking rates has yet been made. During the con-

struction period, hospital staff parking will be located on a lot at Industrial Avenue and Camrose Street, currently being leased to a private sector firm for RV storage. Patient parking will remain in areas next to the hospital. Construction of the new tower is expected to be completed by late 2019.

MEDICAL E�� Dr. Brad Raison, medical chief of staff at Penticton Regional Hospital, discusses the upcoming PRH expansion using this conceptual model of the new Patient Care Tower. The final design will be unveiled in January when the Province selects its P3 private sector partner for the $325-million project. John Moorehouse South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation

In government circles it’s known as a “Public Private Partnership”, more commonly referred to as a P3. However, many residents throughout the South OkanaganSimilkameen aren’t sure exactly what a P3 is, or how it will impact the upcoming expansion of Penticton Regional Hospital. More specifically, how could it affect the delivery of health care in our community? The bottom line, says Norma Malanowich, Interior Health’s corporate director of capital planning and chief project officer, is that a private sector firm will design, construct and maintain the new Patient Care Tower at PRH. But this will have absolutely no impact on health care services or other regional care facilities, including South Okanagan General Hospital, the Keremeos Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, and Princeton General Hospital.

“Interior Health will own this building. It’s our asset and we are responsible for all the health services delivered within that building. Our P3 partner is responsible for maintaining the facility,” she said. “All the health services within the facility remain with Interior Health in accordance with the Hospital Act and other regulations.” The initial planning process is now almost complete, after Victoria announced the names of the three shortlisted prospective P3 partners last February. All three Canadian firms – EllisDon Infrastructure, Plenary Health, and Tandem Health Partners – have spent the past several months working on their own designs for the tower. The companies’ technical proposals were presented in September and are now being reviewed and evaluated. Final financial proposals will be presented in December. The provincial government will then announce its preferred P3 partner for the

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