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SD20 budget projections predict $1.35 million shortfall next year VALERIE ROSSI Trail Times

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Mistletoe Market was bustling with shoppers eager to get their hands on locally made creations or hear about the newest product available from vendors.

Crafters unite, raise funds for incrEDIBLE Trail VALERIE ROSSI Trail Times

The season of giving arrived early this past weekend with local crafters combining efforts to raise funds for IncrEDIBLE Trail.

Over 20 vendors at Mistletoe Market donated 10 per cent of their sales, $1,800 total and counting, including market entrance fees toward the organization’s community garden in the Gulch.

For the first time, the annual Christmas market was spread over two days — a nighttime slot Saturday and a morning to afternoon shop on Sunday — to ensure everyone had a chance to check out some local talent.

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Baked treats, clothing, pottery, glassware, winter wear, jewelry, and soaps were just a few items that were picked up, according to organizer Rachel Jansen.

Her message continues to be shop local all while raising funds for groups and organizations that benefit the area.

“Mistletoe Market has made it easy to accomplish both of these goals since the first event in 2008,” she said.

“Shoppers are able to give back to the community, support local artisans and vendors and cross items off of their holiday shopping lists all at the same time.”

The market started as an idea to increase customers between local crafters. The first year it was held at the

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Warfield Hall, before moving downtown to open up space to more vendors. The spring addition, Blooming Creative, has also been a success story, says Jansen.

“As organizers, we are so pleased to say that in the years of organizing both the Mistletoe Market and Blooming Creative events that we have been able to offer a venue to support such a wonderful and diverse group of local artisans and vendors in their business success,” continued Jansen, “while at the same time also supporting the donation of nearly $20,000 back to local organizations.”

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Balancing a budget is going to be a future tightrope act for School District 20.

The SD20 board is finding the $250,000 needed to balance this school year’s preliminary budget, but more alarming is the 2016-2017 school year projection of an estimated $1.35 million shortfall.

“That $1.3 (million) is going to be a real kick in the ass,” CUPE president Roger Smith told the board at Monday night’s regular meeting in Trail.

He’s hopeful secretary-treasurer Natalie Verigin’s projections are right on the money for the following year (2017-2018), where enrolment numbers are set to stabilize and add ease to budgetary lines.

The board is using $250,000 earmarked for the 2016-2017 budget to balance the current year after recalculating its funding protection supplement, which is based on the previous year’s base funding.

“We had a (special education enrolment) audit and had students that weren’t in compliance so we had to return our money last year,” explained Verigin.

“Overall, we received less money last year so this year our formula, our supplement that we used when we created our preliminary budget, was wrong because we used an estimate from the year before, which was inaccurate.”

There are rules around who gets special education support in terms of students and there is a dollar value attached, explained Darrel Ganzert, board chair.

“They (auditors) looked through our entire system and found that we were letting kids into special ed and receiving funding for them and in the strict definition of the criteria, as they saw it, we were not complying with the rules,” he explained, alluding to some discussion around special education underway.

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Students at Webster Elementary School are out and about in the community, helping the school’s Parent Advisory Council raise money for a new playground structure. The group took opportunity to fundraise Saturday at the Warfield Craft Fair, selling T-shirts, Kootenay Pass Books, pizza (in partnership with Rustic Crust) and more. (Front to back) Nadine Gerein, Jendaya Shields, Grace Hurl, and Sabrina McMillan.

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Canada Post needs new ways to increase revenue: union SHERI REGNIER Trail Times

Canada Post should think outside of the box.

Instead of taking away services like door-to-door delivery, the corporation could be finding new ways to increase revenue and encourage growth, says the Local 842 CUPW (Canadian Union of Postal Workers) president.

Back in town after recent union meetings in Victoria, Ingrid Tyson explained CUPW will soon begin contract talks and its membership has a few proposals.

“The union is about to start negotiations,” she said, referring to the collective agreement which ends Jan. 31 , 2016. “And our suggestions for expansion of services including postal banking, would help ensure CPC (Canada Post Corporation) continues to be sustainable now and in the future.”

Described as a “bank for everyone” the union maintains Canada needs a postal bank to service rural towns and villages across the country.

Until 1968 post offices did offer a national saving bank, and CUPW says bringing back that service could increase financial inclusion, fund economic development and generate revenue to preserve public postal service and jobs.

Canada Post’s announcement that its controversial community mailbox program is ‘on hold’ is a step in the right direction, Tyson says, but any forthcoming decisions should be broader based and involve everyone who buys postage and sends by mail.

“The suspension of CPC’s misguided plan to eliminate door-todoor is a good thing for our communities,” she said. “And (we) hope the new government will ensure this is not a temporary measure, but will quickly hold a public mandate review to ask Canadians what their priorities are for the future of the public post,” Tyson reiterated. “There are many other ways to increase CPC’s revenues and we are encouraging

positive expansions instead of reduction of service.”

There was no official information on how many jobs would have been affected Trail’s 18 employees and 12 letter carriers had the community mailbox area entered the city.

But Tyson says there would have been at least a 50 per cent reduction of letter carrier jobs in the city, had door-to-door- delivery been eliminated.

Following discussions with the new Liberal government, Canada Post released a statement Oct. 26, reporting temporary suspension of the controversial community mail box program.

Canada Post spokesperson Anick Losier said the corporation will work collaboratively with the government of Canada to determine the best path forward given the ongoing challenges faced by the Canadian postal system.

“Efforts are now underway to place the comprehensive program on hold in an orderly fashion,” Losier said. “This involves roughly 460,000 addresses across the country which are currently in the process to be converted to community mailboxes.”

CPC cited competition from couriers, technology and growing popularity of paying bills on line were behind a growing deficit.

Postal workers, including Local 842, were blindsided two years ago when Canada Post made the announcement that within five years, 6,000 to 8,000 positions would be eliminated as home delivery was phased out and replaced with community mail boxes.

“Our system is emptier than it use to be,” Losier told the Trail Times in an earlier interview. “This company was built on letters and an affluence of letters across the country.”

She said company has seen a rapid decline of letters and increased loss of revenue since the introduction of the tablets (Apple) in 2008.

“I understand the union’s concerns but our business has changed dramatically.”

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Isabelle Desmarais (left), treasurer of the KCTS, and Frank Ramovs (right), director of the KCTS, presented a cheque for $16,450 to Louise McEwan (center), chair person of the LeRoi Community Foundation, to establish the Kootenay Columbia Trails for Tomorrow Fund.

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Ganzert attributes most of this projected deficit to the one-time funding of $250,000 moved to this year’s budget, $500,000 doled out for the funding protection supplement

and close to $400,000 of pressure to administrative savings.

“There is a light at the end of the tunnel around declining enrolment,” he said.

“If all projections are correct, we will have steady enrolment starting the 2017/18 year,

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Calgary man says giant wave knocked over Tofino whale-watching boat THE C ANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA Dwayne Mazereeuw knew lives were in peril after a giant wave hit the Leviathan 11 and tossed him, his wife and 25 others into the chilling, rolling waters off the west coast of Vancouver Island.

“As soon as the boat went over, as soon as people started flying into the water, I knew we were in a bad situation,” said the Calgary man about the Oct. 25 tragedy near Tofino that claimed six lives.

“I knew it was very possible lives were going to be lost that day,” he said.

Mazereeuw, 36, said he and his wife, Elisa, 34, were on their first weekend getaway together since the births of their young children when disaster struck on an afternoon whalewatching voyage that turned deadly.

He said Monday that he and his wife survived the ordeal by clutching a life ring for anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour in the frigid waters before being pulled aboard a water taxi that came to their rescue from the nearby First Nation village of Ahousaht.

Mazereeuw said the whale watchers were viewing sea lions on

Florence Moulton was born on December 12, 1951 in Fernie, BC and passed away suddenly on November 17, 2015.

She was predeceased by her husband Emile and by both of her parents.

She is survived by her brother Ron, niece Crystal (Lorne), nephew Chad (Jo-Anna), great-nieces Kayleigh, Emilee and Sydney and her great-nephew Eric.

Florence was known for her love of all animals. She also loved to spend time gardening and walking in Gyro Park.

She was a caring, fun loving and hardworking lady who lived life to the fullest.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 11:00 am at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, 1347 Pine Avenue, Trail with Canon Neil Elliot officiating. Gwen Ziprick of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with the arrangements.

As an expression of sympathy, your donations to the SPCAwww.spca.bc.ca in Florence’s memory would be greatly appreciated.

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

Branton, Harold Francis July 25, 1923-November 18, 2015

A loving and kind man, Harold Branton passed away on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at the Rockyview General Hospital in Calgary, Alberta. He was surrounded by his family and his passing was peaceful and calm. Harold will be lovingly remembered by his two daughters: Sheila Connell (nee Branton) and Susan Andersson (nee Branton). He is also survived by his sister Rose, brothers Ken and David, along with his six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and countless other loved ones and friends. Harold was a proud World War II veteran and served his country well. He also volunteered with many organizations, including the Kiwanis Club, for as long as he was able. His tender spirit, passion for music, and desire to help others left an everlasting impression on all who knew Harold; through the memories of his kindness, he will never be forgotten.

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the rocks near an area called Plover Reefs about 15 kilometres west of Tofino when the boat capsized.

“I remember looking over to the right side of the boat and seeing a fairly large wave coming but didn’t think a whole lot of it,” he recalled.

“We were on a pretty big boat and would never have expected anything like that.”

Mazereeuw said the wave tipped the boat and it wasn’t until he saw people being flung overboard that he realized the danger of the situation.

“I managed to hang onto the boat for a

while as it was going down, but I too was quickly in the water,” he said. “It happened super quick. After that, I ended up underneath the boat.”

Mazereeuw said he was able to swim to the surface and saw a man in the water hanging onto a life ring from the vessel.

“I had no idea where my wife was at the time,” he said. “I heard my name being called.

I think it was one of the crew members who was with my wife. She was able to swim over and latch onto the life ring with me.”

Mazereeuw said he and his wife and three

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A celebration of life will be held at Foxy’s fine food and drinks (Best Western), in Trail, Friday, November 27th at 3pm.

others clung to the life ring as waves crashed over their heads. He said the water was coated with oil and diesel from the capsized vessel.

Mazereeuw said the survivors saw a life raft from the boat, but the waves were too rough to allow them to get near.

He said the sight of a rescue flare fired in the near distance gave the survivors hope help was on the way.

“After a bit, it didn’t seem too long when we saw the first boat come,” said Mazereeuw.

“We were frozen solid, exhausted. They literally had to pull us out of the water.”

He said the Ahousaht residents who launched a rescue effort likely saved numerous lives.

“It could have been a lot worse out there,” said Mazereeuw. “They risked their lives to come out and save us.

The waters weren’t calm.”

Mazereeuw said he and his wife have already personally thanked Francis and Michele Campbell who arrived in their water taxi to pull eight survivors from the water.

Mazereeuw said he plans to return to Ahousaht in the spring to help with the community’s efforts to build a skateboard park for local youth.

Mazereeuw works as a skateboard park designer in Calgary and wants to help repay the community with a new skate park.

Vancouver Island outreach worker Grant

Shilling said the Get On Board project to build the skate park can use Mazereeuw’s help and donations from others by visiting the website gobyouth. com, which is raising money for the effort.

Five Britons died in the sinking: David Thomas, 50, and his 18 year-old son Stephen; Jack Slater, 76, a British national living in Toronto; Katie Taylor, a 29-year-old Briton living in Whistler, B.C., and 63-yearold Nigel Hooker of Southampton, England.

Surfers discovered the body of Australian tourist Raveshan Morgan Pillay, 27, last week off Vargas Island.

“We lost a lot of sleep over the last month,” said Mazereeuw.

Real estate, low dollar keep B.C. in the black

BY TOM FLETCHER Black Press

The B.C. government expects to finish the fiscal year next March with a $265 million surplus, thanks to surging property transfer tax revenues and a lower Canadian dollar that helps everything from tourism to the movie and TV industry.

Government revenues have declined due to lower natural gas, metals and other natural resources, Finance Minister Mike de Jong said Tuesday in his second quarter financial update. But with a continued hot real estate market in southwestern B.C. and housing starts running above average, property purchase tax revenue is $150 million ahead of the February budget forecast.

Retail sales are running 7.2 per cent ahead of last year for the period of April to August, with vehicle and parts sales up 9.5 per cent and food and beverage up 7.5 per cent.

De Jong said the Canadian dollar, currently trading at 75 cents U.S., has cut down on cross-border shopping

trips from B.C. and contributed to a rebound of tourism, which along with stronger employment has helped increase retail sales.

The dollar exchange rate has also led to an increase in movie and TV production, which costs the province because of the big tax incentives offered to lure foreign productions here.

Foreign movie companies get a 25 per cent tax rebate for all spending on labour in the province, and the latest estimate is those credits will climb to a record $514 million for the current year. De Jong said B.C. remains competitive in the movie business despite Ontario increasing its tax credits in 2009 to cover 25 per cent of all spending by foreign movie and TV production companies.

Forest fire expenses were higher than average this year, but not as high as expected earlier in the season.

Exports from B.C. are down overall, with economic growth projections downgraded for the U.S., Canada, China and Japan, which de Jong said is now back in a recession.

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SUPPORT FOR GORDY STEEP FUND AND UROLOGY CAMPAIGN

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Above right - Teck Trail Operations donated $25,000 to support the regional Urology Campaign at the KBRH Health Foundation. Community Engagement Leader, Carol Vanelli Worosz (left), presented Mike Conci and Lisa Pasin, KBRH Health Foundation Board Director and Director of Development, with this generous donation.

Above - Rick Basso, Vice President Trail Smoke Eaters (right) presented a $500 donation in support of the Gordy Steep Sick Children’s Fund. Funds were raised through proceeds from a 50:50 draw at the Smokies vs. Selkirk College Saints Exhibition Game. Debbie Martin, Board Director KBRH Health Foundation and Norm Murdoch Financial Secretary USW Local 480 gratefully accept this donation.

Interact active in the community

BY CL AIRE CONLIFFE October and November are always very busy months, and they were especially busy for the RosslandTrail Interact Club.

On Halloween, we did Halloween for Hunger, which meant that we went house to house in Rossland collecting non-perishables for the local food bank.

It was a very successful fundraiser—we collected over 400 items!

We thank the community for their generosity. We also raised money through our leaf raking fundraiser; you may have noticed the posters up around town.

We raked eight yards that were beautifully covered in autumn leaves. Thank you to the families who took part and gave us extremely generous donations.

Looking ahead, there are also many fundraisers coming up in the next few months.

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Interactors in the Rossland Food Bank with the food items they collected during Halloween for Hunger. from the left; Fiona Martin, Brian Chan, Hannah Kroeker, Maddi Vockeroth-Fisher, Maggie Chan. Not pictured; Alisha Thatcher, Chloe Fike, Claire Conliffe, Destiny Lattanville, Clarice Tuai, Mahea Hill. at Crowe from Nov. 5 to a challenge that is to the items by comment27. Each grade is divid- be negotiated with the ing on each post until ed into girls and boys winning team. bidding ends on Dec. so that each group has All the money that is 15. The money will a jar, and the aim is to raised will be donated to go towards our volunput as many loonies in the refugee families cur- teer trip to Guatemala, your own jar as possible rently in Rossland (or to where we are going to because only loonies be sponsored to live in help out the families, count as positive value. Rossland through the children and overall You can put non-loo- West Kootenay Friends community. nies (paper bills, nick- of Refugees) and the We are looking for els, dimes ) in the oppo- UN Refugee Agency donations, and many site teams’ jars because (UNHCR), which is an businesses have already they count for negative international agency responded with enthuvalue and are deducted mandated to help re- siasm. If you would from their total positive solve refugee problems like to help by donatamount of loonies. and protect refugees. ing an item or supportFor example, if one The last fundraiser ing us financially, or if jar has one loonie and we are currently work- you would like to conone quarter, their total ing on is a Facebook tact us, please do so at: would be seventy-five auction; we have done rosslandinteractclub@ cents. The jar that raises this before and hope gmail.com the most money will that it is as successful.

The club’s goal is get to pick a crazy and Starting Dec. 1, we to help out both our fun task from a list of will be uploading pic- local and global comchallenges that teachers tures of various items munity. Thank you to have agreed to do. to the Facebook page all the families who Some items on the “Interact Online have already helped list include dying eye- Auction” that business us with our goal. We brows pink, wearing a owners from Trail and hope you look forward clown costume for the Rossland have very gen- to the months to come day, and even challeng- erously donated. From because Interact is just es entitled “anything”— there, you can bid on getting started.

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Terrorism: A relatively minor issue

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y sheer coincidence, a book I wrote called “Don’t Panic: Islamic State, Terrorism and Today’s Middle East” was published just before the terrorist attacks in Paris. So naturally everybody interviewing me about the book asked me if it is time to panic now. They couldn’t resist it.

And of course I replied no, it is not time to panic.

If a train derailed in the Paris Metro, killing 130 people and injuring over 300, the story would dominate the news in France for around 24 hours, 48 hours tops. In other countries it would definitely be only a one-day story: just one more transport accident, in a world where trains collide, planes crash and ships sink from time to time.

But if it’s not an accident – if human beings deliberately caused those deaths – then the media feeding frenzy starts. The story is twenty times as big, and it can dominate the news schedules for a week. Most people in Europe, North America and the Middle East have watched at least several hours of coverage of the Paris events and their aftermath – as long as a feature film – and even in more distant parts of the world it has been the event of the week.

There is nothing puzzling about this phenomenon. It’s perfectly natural for people to be more interested in murder than in mere mechanical malfunctions. But the

sheer volume of the who carry it out are coverage makes a termostly locals. You rorist attack feel like deal with that sort a much bigger event of thing just the way than it actually is. you dealt with other Even if you live a very terrorist threats long way from where in the past: border the real action is. controls, enhanced If you live in Syria, security measures GWYNNE the threat isn’t just at public events, and terrorism. Islamic good intelligence.

State is already a If Western air major threat to the forces want to bomb World Affairs many Syrians it hates Islamic State too, by (Shias, Christians, Druze, and even all means do so, but they will be all Sunni Muslims who have worked alone in that job. for the government or fought in The Arab states that are allegthe army). If IS gained control of edly part of President Obama’s “cothe whole country, the number of alition” have all withdrawn their Syrian refugees would double or air forces and are bombing Yemen triple. instead. And the Turks are almost If you live in Iraq, you are much exclusively bombing the Kurds (inless at risk, for Islamic State has lit- cluding the Kurds fighting Islamic tle hope of expanding into the Shia- State), except when they shoot dominated parts of the country still down a Russian plane. under Baghdad’s control, or into the The Russian and “coalition” areas under Kurdish control. (mostly American) bombs falling If you live in Turkey or other on Islamic State have stopped its Arab countries – indeed, in any expansion, at least for the moment, other Muslim country – you may and the recent air attacks on the face a serious threat from home- tanker-trucks that carry the blackgrown extremists, but all they get market oil out have certainly cut from IS is encouragement and into its income, but it is not about maybe a bit of training. It’s really a to fall. domestic problem.

As for “boots on the ground”, If you live in France or the United forget it. The only people fighting States or China, your only worry Islamic State on the ground are is the occasional terrorist attack the Kurds and what’s left of the that may have been encouraged Syrian army after four years of war.

by Islamic State – but the people The Syrian army was on the brink

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of collapse last summer before the Russian bombing campaign saved it, and it still lacks the strength to recapture much territory. Islamic State is going to be around for a while.

Stopping Western air attacks on Islamic State might save some Western cities from terrorist attacks, but even that is not guaranteed. Islamic State is competing with al-Qaeda for support in the Muslim and especially the Arab world, and spectacular acts of terrorism are good recruiting tools.

Islamic State also thinks it is following a divinely ordained script, which makes it relatively impervious to normal calculations of strategic advantage.

Does this mean terrorist attacks inspired by Islamic State will continue for months or years no matter what the West does? Probably.

Within living memory Western countries have fought real wars that killed millions of their citizens, and they didn’t buckle under the strain. The scale of the threat they face now is so much smaller that it is ridiculous to call it a war at all, and yet they flap about like frightened poultry.

If terrorist attacks on the scale of Paris are the greatest threat facing the West, then these are very fortunate countries.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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B.C. trade missions fail to deliver bang for buck

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or those not counting, gation’s composition – neither there have been eight then education minister Peter B.C. trade missions to Fassbender nor then advanced China alone in the last 18 education minister Amrik Virk months. Forests minister Steve accompanied Wat. Thomson is set to leave on a Quickly remedied. ninth mission this Friday.

Five months later, the new Premier Christy Clark came advanced education minister, home from her third trip to Andrew Wilkinson, led another China, in early November, proud- trade mission to China, with four ly waving one letter of intent, post-secondary institutions and one strategic cooperative agree- the B.C. Council for International ment, two strateEducation. Four gic partnership of the five had just agreements and returned from 18 MOUs, signed Wat’s trade misby 28 companies sion. on the mission.

How has all One company rethis jet-setting announced a 2014 worked out for investment agreethem? ment.

According to DERMOD Add the new Citizenship and dollar announceImmigration ments in the misCanada, the numIntegrityBC sion backgroundber of internaer all up and they tional students in total $25.9 million.

B.C. on study permits has inMeanwhile – as Clark was creased from 26,483 in 2009 to warming up for the Terry Fox run 28,400 in 2013. in Hong Kong – Ontario premier Nothing to brag about, parKathleen Wynne announced $1.2 ticularly when you consider that billion in new agreements on the in the same period, B.C.’s share of first stop of her trade mission to international students fell from China.

31 per cent to 25 per cent of By the time Wynne left, she Canada’s total. Ontario’s share was clutching $2.5 billion in rose from 36 per cent to 44 per agreements. cent.

Trade missions aren’t cheap, Each mission comes with they set the B.C. government pomp and ceremony. back $767,000 in 2014 and that Clark has opened the Hong doesn’t include the bill for local Kong Stock Exchange, plaques governments, universities and have been unveiled at a school in other agencies.

India and at the China Canada Think $15,000 to $20,000 per Clean-Tech Innovation Centre. person for flights, transportaThere have been tête-à-têtes tion, hotels and meals. with Joon-Yang Chung, then B.C.’s education sector is cer- CEO of Korean-based steel protainly no slouch when it comes ducer POSCO, and Malaysia’s to tagging along.

Prime Minister Najib Razak.

In 2014, international trade While some mission anminister Teresa Wat led a mis- nouncements do come true, othsion where nearly half of the 53 ers don’t and some were never member delegation were from about B.C. the education sector, 22 from the Much was made of POSCO’s public side and four private.

2011 announcement that it Strangely – given the dele- would invest $181 million at the

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Mount Klappan coal mine in northern B.C. Little was made of the government’s decision this year to buy back 61-disputed licenses associated to the mine from POSCO and Fortune Minerals for $18.3 million.

The Douglas Channel LNG project was a key part of Clark’s 2013 trade mission, even though the proponents plan to build their $300 million floating terminal in China, if they can get around a 25 per cent federal tariff.

Of the dozens of MOUs signed on missions, one – between the Vancouver Airport Authority and the Shenzhen Airport Group – is “to share information and knowledge, learn and benefit from each other.”

Mission updates drip with catchy phrases: top priority markets, high-level meetings, cooperation agreements, accelerate research collaborations.

For Clark’s trip this month there were 12 updates, but only seven came from the government itself and two of those were focused on Clark running the Terry Fox Run. They’re thin on results too.

May have a bit to do with the fact that between 2011 and 2014, the value of B.C. exports to the Pacific Rim rose by 1.35 per cent to $14.212 billion and fell as a share of total exports from 42.9 per cent to 39.7 per cent.

In the same period, the value of exports overall rose by 9.47 per cent.

At $34.25 billion in annual trade with Asia-Pacific countries (imports and exports), B.C. has a ways to go to hit the government’s 2009 forecast of $76 billion in trade by 2020.

Thinking out loud here, but maybe fewer photo-ops and more elbow grease should be the order of the day on future trade missions.

Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC.

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BY C AROLYN GR ANT Kimberley Bulletin

The new city sign at the Wasa junction is certainly hard to miss.

It’s large, it’s red and it has a simple message: An arrow points in the direction of Kimberley on 95A — good times.

An arrow directs you east and south on Highway 95 — everything else.

The sign is directed specifically to tourists, says Mayor Don McCormick.

“We want to provide a message to tourists, it’s an effort to get them

to check Kimberley out.

The fact is that people these days travel point to point. They are using GPS, and GPS tells you to bypass Kimberley because its not on the major highway. We need to give them a reason to go to Kimberley.

“Good times is a catch phrase for Gen X and Gen Y. This is

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designed to drive visitors to Kimberley. We need a simple message.

The message is good, it doesn’t dis Cranbrook.

There’s lots of good in ‘everything else’.

“We had requested having new directional signage put at Wasa almost a year ago and we still don’t have that up. We are still dealing with Highways. We just wanted a sign saying you could still access Cranbrook through Kimberley.”

What it comes down to is that Kimberley has four billboards and they have had them for a number of years.

They were old and

faded and needed to be reskinned, McCormick says. There are four different signs, all with simple themes. Will any feathers be ruffled by them?

“Only if it is taken way too seriously,” he said. “We are fighting the GPS routes and need something catchy to get the attention of tourists who have the time to head to Cranbrook/Hwy 3 through Kimberley.”

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BY TIMES CONTRIBUTOR Team van Yzerloo toppled Corvus Construction from the ranks of the undefeated this past week in Kootenay Savings Super League action at the Trail Curling Club.

Corvus Construction put their perfect season on the line against a highly focused Team vanYzerloo.

Skip Bill van Yzerloo, with cousin Rich Faunt playing third this week, caught onto the tricky ice conditions early, stealing the first four ends and seizing a 6-0 lead. Corvus Skip Deane Horning made a perfect double takeout for two, to get on the board in the fifth , and another in the seventh.

But vanYzerloo countered with his own deuce in the sixth and had one buried with one rock remaining in the eighth, when Corvus took off the gloves to concede to a frustrating 9-4 defeat and the end of their undefeated season.

A couple of crafty skips faced off in the Team Beauchamp versus Team Fines tilt. After Fines took the early lead with a deuce in the second, Skip Russ Beauchamp responded with a come around tap for three in the third. Skip Ken Fines was forced to

take one in the fourth then stole the fifth to tie the game at 4-4. Fines finally grabbed the lead with a deuce in the ninth to be one up coming home without, but racked on his last rock come around, leaving Russ an open draw for two, and an exciting 8-7 win.

Team Albo continued their stellar play against Heather Nichols ladies rink. Albo’s front end of Don Williams and Courtney Schmidt continually caused havoc for the Nichol rink, contributing to stealing five ends, leading to an 11-5 win.

Team Umpherville, with Marcus Partridge throwing skip stones, waged a back-and-forth affair with Team Nichol. Team Umpherville was up 5-2 after a steal in the fourth, but skip Myron righted the ship to take 5 of the next 6 points and the lead after eight. Umpherville scored two in the ninth to be back in the lead, and looked to have a steal for the win, before Nichol made one of the shots of the year, running a double guard onto his own, chipping it onto the button for an 8-8 tie.

TIMES CORRESPONDENT In Trail Retiree’s Curling action the Ernie Brown squandered a 7-2 lead against the Clare Coleman foursome last week at the Trail Curling Club.

The Coleman side strategically blanked the fifth end. Down by only two after seven, and sitting two with Ernie’s last rock to come. The Brown’s takeout rubbed the guard and missed shot rock to make the final a 7-7 draw.

Offence was the name of the game in the Serge Pasquali and Alvin Caron tilt. Team Pasquali trailed going into the eighth end by one with hammer.

What should have been a clean end soon got messy. Out of the pile was

a steal of one for Caron and a 9-7 victory.

Tied at two after three ends, team Wayne Wyton scored four in the fourth over team Harvey Handley.

Team Handley stole their way back to a tie after seven. Determined not to let Handley steal his way to a tie or win, team Wyton kept the middle open for a draw for one, to make the final 7-6.

The Brett Rakuson foursome faced the Primo Secco bandits. The bandits stole the first five ends by getting hits and rolls, wicks and rolls. After scoring one in the sixth end the Rakuson side put up their hands and surrendered, making the final 8-1.

Wyton holds off Handley

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Nelson Bantams take down Trail 2

BY TIMES STAFF Greater Trail Minor Hockey hosted its Bantam House tournament on the weekend at the Beaver Valley Arena.

When the dust settled it was Nelson Leafs house team beating Greater Trail 2 team 8-3 in the final to be crowned tournament champions.

Three teams from Kelowna competed against three teams from Trail, one Nelson squad and one Castlegar

team.

Following the round robin, the top-four teams met in two semifinal games, with Greater Trail 1 taking on Greater Trail 2 in one semifinal and Nelson facing the Kelowna Oil Kings in the other semifinal. Greater Trail 2 came away with a 5-1 victory over Trail 1, and Nelson won a thriller in a shoot out against Kelowna.

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Trail natives Jamie (above) and Danny Vlanich each had twopoint nights to lead the Selkirk College Saints to a 4-3 victory over the Eastern Washington University Eagles on Saturday in Cheney, Wash.

Saints make it six in a row JIM BAILEY Trail Times

Selkirk College Saints goaltender Brett Huber was sensational in backstopping the BCIHL’s top team to a 4-3 victory over the Eastern Washington University Eagles on Saturday in Cheney, Wash.

Despite being outshot 43-20 in the game, Saints forward Ryan Edwards netted his second goal of the season to score what proved to be the winning goal with 5:35 to play in the second period.

After Eagles Matt Lucero was sent off for a hit to the head, Edwards, a Trail native, converted a pass from Jamie Vlanich to put the Saints up 4-2 to earn the Saints their league leading eighth win of the season.

But it was Huber who stole the show as the Calgary native repelled a vigorous Eagle attack in the third period, stopping 18 shots in the final frame to preserve the victory.

“Every game we know we have a chance to win because of those guys between the pipes,” Saints captain Tyler Lenting told Inside the BCIHL. “We know that playing a defensive game will move us on to scoring goals, and we’ve had our coaches telling us since Day 1 that defence wins hockey games, so having those guys in net is a big confidence for us.”

The Saints jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a pair of goals from Matt Martin 20 seconds apart, with former Beaver Valley Nitehawk defenceman Danny Vlanich assisting on both markers. However, Paxton Bell would draw EWU to within one before the period was out.

Jamie Vlanich put the Saints up 3-1 on a set up from former Trail Smoke Eater defenceman Nathan Browne 77 seconds into the middle frame. But Eagles forward Trevor Zakrajsek replied, making it 3-2 at 12:35 on the power play.

After Edwards counted his 15th point of the season, Brett Mathews would round out the scoring on another power-play goal at 3:23, but that was as close as the Eagles would get.

Jamie Vlanich’s two points puts him tied for second in league scoring with seven goals and 17 points, while Edwards is right behind him with 15 points. Saints forward Dallas Calvin, who leads the BCIHL in scoring with 12-8-20, missed Saturday’s game due to a lower body injury.

Browne and Danny Vlanich were big contributors on the back end, each with two assists. The Browne and Vlancih duo lead all defencemen in the league with nine and eight points respectively.

“We have a lot of skill on the back end and the front end as well, but the defence has really stepped up their game and allowed us to shut down other teams,” said Lenting.

The Saints dodged a bullet in the third period. Down two men for over three minutes, they killed off the penalties to win their sixth game in a row. Selkirk College has not lost a game since going 2-2 to start the season and have a six-point cushion on Trinity Western and Simon Fraser University. Among their victories, the Saints beat EWU at home 9-2 on Oct. 24 and eked out another 4-3 win on Nov. 6 at the EWU Rec Complex.

“We don’t think of the winning streak, but it’s a hard barn to go play in,” said Lenting.

“They (EWU) get big crowds and they seem to play a more confident game when they’re down there.”

The Saints will hit the road to play both Trinity Western and SFU on Dec. 4 and 5 to wrap up their 2015 campaign.

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Surrey at Merritt, 7 p.m.

Vernon at Penticton, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s games West Kelowna at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.

P. G. at Langley, 7:15 p.m.

Friday’s games P. G. at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

Vernon at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m.

West Kelowna at Surrey, 7 p.m.

Nanaimo at Victoria, 7 p.m.

Trail at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.

Merritt at Langley, 7:15 p.m.

Cowichan at Powell River, 7:15 p.m.

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Salmon Arm at Vernon, 6 p.m.

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All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division G W L OT Pts Montreal 22 16 4 2 34 Ottawa 20 10 5 5 25 Detroit 21 11 8 2 24 Boston 20 11 8 1 23 Tampa 22 10 9 3 23 Florida 21 8 9 4 20 Toronto 22 7 10 5 19 Buffalo 21 8 11 2 18 Metropolitan Division G W L OT Pts Rangers 21 16 3 2 34 Washton 20 14 5 1 29 Pittsburgh 20 12 8 0 24 NJersey 20 11 8 1 23 Islanders 21 10 8 3 23 Philalphia 21 7 9 5 19 Carolina 21 7 10 4 18 Columbus 22 8 14 0 16 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division G W L OT Pts Dallas 21 17 4 0 34 St. Louis 22 14 6 2 30 Minnesota 19 11 5 3 25 Nashville 20 11 6 3 25 Chicago 21 11 8 2 24 Winnipeg 22 10 10 2 22 Colorado 21 8 12 1 17 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts L.A. 21 13 8 0 26 San Jose 21 13 8 0 26 Van 22 8 8 6 22 Arizona 20 10 9 1 21 Anaheim 21 7 10 4 18 Calgary 21 8 12 1 17 Edmonton 21 7 13 1 15

Tuesday Games Scores unavailable Ottawa at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Calgary at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Today’s Games Nashville at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Columbus at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Rangers, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Washington, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Ottawa at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.

Chicago at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Football

National Football League All Times EST AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct New Eng 10 0 0 1 Buffalo 5 5 0 0.5 N.Y. Jets 5 5 0 0.5 Miami 4 6 0 0.4 South W L T Pct Indianapolis 5 5 0 0.5 Houston 5 5 0 0.5 Jacksonville 4 6 0 0.4 Tennessee 2 8 0 0.2 North W L T Pct Cincinnati 8 2 0 0.8 Pittsburgh 6 4 0 0.6 Baltimore 3 7 0 0.3 Cleveland 2 8 0 0.2 West W L T Pct Denver 8 2 0 0.8 Kansas City 5 5 0 0.5 Oakland 4 6 0 0.4 San Diego 2 8 0 0.2 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct N.Y. Giants 5 5 0 0.5 Washington 4 6 0 0.4 Philadelphia 4 6 0 0.4 Dallas 3 7 0 0.3 South W L T Pct Carolina 10 0 0 1

Atlanta 6 4 Tampa Bay 5 5 New Orleans 4 6 North W L Green Bay 7 3 Minnesota 7 3 Chicago 4 6 Detroit 3 7 West W L Arizona 8 2 Seattle 5 5 St. Louis 4 6 San Franc 3 7

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Thursday’s Game Jacksonville 19, Tennessee 13 Sunday’s Games Houston 24, N.Y. Jets 17 Denver 17, Chicago 15 Detroit 18, Oakland 13 Indianapolis 24, Atlanta 21 Tampa Bay 45, Philadelphia 17 Baltimore 16, St. Louis 13 Dallas 24, Miami 14 Carolina 44, Washington 16 Kansas City 33, San Diego 3 Seattle 29, San Francisco 13 Green Bay 30, Minnesota 13 Arizona 34, Cincinnati 31 Open: Cleveland, N.Y. Giants, New Orleans, Pittsburgh Monday’s Game New England 20, Buffalo 13 Week 12 Thursday, Nov. 26 Philadelphia at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.

Carolina at Dallas, 4:30 p.m.

Chicago at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 29 New Orleans at Houston, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Wash, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Miami at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.

New England at Denver, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 30 Baltimore at Cleveland, 8:30

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101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd. 200-3107 - 48th Ave. (250) 493-3800 (250) 542-3000

2153 Springfield Road (250) 860-2600

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KELOWNA

#200 - 2180 Elk Rd. (250) 707-2600

2153 Springfield Road (250) 860-2600

WEST KELOWNA #200 - 2180 Elk Rd. (250) 707-2600

745 Notre Dame Drive (250) 851-8700

VERNON

200-3107 - 48th Ave. (250) 542-3000

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745 Notre Dame Drive 851-8700 WE(250)WILL NOT BE BEAT!

CASTLEGAR

PENTICTON

#200 - 2180 Elk Rd. (250) 707-2600

KELOWNA

Villiage Green Mall (250) 542-1496

101-2601 Skaha Y B Lake Rd. IT UYI (250) N493-3800 NG U SE TI R PE EX

1881 Harvey Avenue (250) 860-1975

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PENTICTON

M M O C

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Aberdeen Mall (250) 377-8880

CRANBROOK

215 - 450 Lansdowne Mall (250) 377-8007

200-1965 Columbia Ave. 101 Kootenay St. North (250) 365-6455 (250) 426-8927

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NELSON

Chahko Mika Mall (250) 352-7258

300 St. Paul Str. (250) 377-3773

KELOWNA

2153 Springfield Road (250) 860-2600

154 Victoria Str (250) 314-9944

WEST KELOWNA #200 - 2180 Elk Rd. (250) 707-2600