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Hydro, ICBC, MSP fees up in 2016

By Tom Fletcher, Black Press Medical Services Plan premiums, electricity bills and vehicle insurance rates are up in 2016, reviving criticism of the B.C. government's constant boast about keeping taxes low.

MSP premiums rise from $144 to $150 as of Jan. 1, for a family of three earning more than $30,000 a year. For a single person in the same income group, the rate goes from $72 to $75, with lower rates for lower incomes down to $22,000 a year, where premiums drop to zero.

B.C. is now the only province in Canada with a health care fee, and it has risen about 40 per cent since 2010. Premier Christy Clark has defended the fee as a signal to citizens about the enor-

increase to cover increasing costs of personal injury claims and fraud, but the province gave it permission for a one-time transfer of $450 million from its optional insurance business to subsidize the basic rate.

In a year-end interview, NDP leader John Horgan stopped short of promising to eliminate MSP premiums, but he called it a "regressive tax" that would be part of a broad review of B.C. taxation fairness if he wins the 2017 election.

The Canadian Taxpayers' Federation says people who benefit from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promised middle-class tax cut will see most of those savings eaten up by provincial and municipal tax increases.

Trudeau vowed to reduce the federal income

mous cost of providing health care.

BC Hydro rates have been politically dictated since Clark and Energy Minister Bill Bennett intervened to cap rate increases in 2013. Hydro rates jumped six per cent after the 2013 election, and are capped at no more than four per cent for 2015 and 2016, after which Bennett has promised to return rate-setting authority to the independent B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC).

Insurance Corporation of B.C. basic vehicle insurance went up by 5.5 per cent on Nov. 1, an increase still subject to review by the BCUC. That works out to an increase of $3.70 per month added for the average driver.

ICBC had proposed the maximum 6.7 per cent

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ICBC rates are up 5.5 per cent, with the corporation citing increased injury claim costs as part of the reason. Black Press photo

tax bracket between $45,282 and $90,563 from 22 per cent to 20.5 per cent, and increase the rate for income over $200,000 from 29 to 33 per cent.

The change would provide up to $2,000 in tax relief for middle-income earners, with dual-income households benefiting most, CTF federal director

Aaron Wudrick says.

Municipal taxes are expected to increase across the province in 2016, with local councils preparing to set budgets for the new fiscal year that starts April 1.

Port Alberni has proposed a seven per cent increase, and the CTF says it hasn't found any B.C. municipalities yet that propose to

Put bridge-building skills to test Kamloops This Week The 13th annual Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition is planned for Saturday, March 5.

Registration forms are available at tru.ca/ science/news/annual/ popsicle.html.

The event is sponsored by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists

of B.C. and by Thompson Rivers University.

Entry is free and cash prizes will be awarded.

There are several categories available, from elementary students to professional members.

Another act named for summer festival Singer-songwriter Amy Helm — yes, she’s Levon’s daugh-

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freeze or lower property tax rates.

With the rapid rise in property prices continuing in parts of the Lower Mainland, the B.C. Assessment Authority sent out 37,000 letters in December, warning singlefamily homeowners to brace for a big jump in their assessed value.

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ter — released a chart-topping debut album, Didn’t It Rain, this year to glowing reviews.

The solo release wasn’t her first foray into the music business, however; she has recorded with the group Ollabelle and worked on her late father’s shows and recordings until his death three years ago.

Levon’s drumming can be heard on three tracks on the album.

Next year, Helm will be on the road and one of her stops will the Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival, bringing along her band The Handsome Strangers.

Also recently announced for the event is Canadian indie-folk-roots band Great Lake Swimmers — Tony Dekker, Erik Arnesen, Miranda Mulholland, Bret Higgins and Joshua Van Tassel.

The band’s been recording and performing for more than a decade and, in agreeing to come to the festival, told organizers it wants to do more than perform so it will front some of the workshops that help make up the weekend.

The festival runs

from Aug. 19 to Aug. 21 at the Salmon Arm fairgrounds.

Stay classy, enter contest The Piano Hero contest sponsored

by CBCMusic.ca and IciMusique.ca is back.

The competition, open to any pianist, will accept videos of musicians performing a classical piece beginning on Monday, Jan. 11.

The top prize this year is a Steinwaydesigned Boston professional upright piano, plus a trip for two to Montreal from April 21 to April 24, where the winner will have private lessons with pianist David Jalbert and a video-recording session produced by the CBC/RadioCanada.

Videos can be submitted online at http://music.cbc. ca/#!/Piano-Hero.

The public will be able to vote for their favourite performer after the competition begins. The online voting site is cbcmusic.ca/pianohero.

Also judging will be classical pianists Angela Cheng, Jan Lisiecki and Yannick Nezet-Seguin.

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B.C. Liberal staffer quits, faces charges in Ontario

By Tom Fletcher, Black Press B.C. Liberal Party executive director Laura Miller has resigned and returned to Ontario to face criminal charges stemming from deletion of government email records belonging to the Ontario government.

Miller was deputy chief of staff to former Ontario Liberal premier Dalton McGuinty in 2013.

She and former chief of staff David Livingstone have been charged with one count each of

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breach of trust, mischief in relation to data and "misuse of a computer system to commit the offence of mischief," the Ontario Provincial Police said in a statement Thursday.

The charges relate to email records that were sought by opposition parties after the Ontario government abruptly cancelled two planned gas-fired power plants that were facing strong local opposition. Miller and Livingstone were accused of bringing in Miller's partner, computer technician Peter Faist, to erase hard

drives in McGuinty's office that contained the records.

Miller left the Ontario government when McGuinty retired and came to B.C. to work for the B.C. Liberal Party.

Miller posted a statement on her Twitter account Thursday, saying she has retained lawyer Clayton Ruby to defend her. She said the charges come after she filed a complaint against two OPP officers over their investigation into the handling of the gas plant documents investigation.

(L-r) Wayne Sunderman of Clearwater's Buy-Low grocery store draws a ticket on Saturday as RAFT (Refugees and Friends Together) members Katrina Link, Melanie Harwood, Sandra Holmes and Judy Shipley look on. Nearly all of the 1,200 tickets made for the raffle, which was sponsored by Rotary and RAFT, were sold. The money will go towards helping a refugee family from Syria that is due to arrive in Clearwater soon.

Raffle winners were: 1, Abbey Bates, Clearwater; 2, Airini (no last name), Kamloops; 3, Val Jeck, Clearwater; 4, Jim Jones, Clearwater.

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This holiday season give the gift of life Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services VICTORIA - As families and friends gather together this holiday season, the B.C. government is encouraging everyone to take the simple step of registering their decision to become an organ donor, because there is no gift more precious than the gift of life.

It only takes a moment to join the 34,197 British Columbians who have answered the call since Service BC and BC Transplant launched their unique awareness partnership this past April.

Friendly staff at all 62 Service BC centres in communities throughout the province now provide information on organ donation and help residents register their

decision on-site. Those with online access can also register at: www. transplant.bc.ca The process is simple, confidential and registering may well be the reason someone waiting for an organ transplant can celebrate the holidays with their family this time next year.

"As I gather with the people I cherish in my life this holiday season, I know that someone will have that same opportunity in the future because I have signalled my intent to become an organ donor. I hope other British Columbians will also consider giving the gift of life to someone who so desperately needs it," said Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services, Amrik Virk.

Parliamentary Secretary for the BC Jobs Plan, Greg Kyllo

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says, "Registering as an organ donor is one of the best ways to celebrate the season of giving because there truly is no better gift than the gift of life."

Dr. David Landsberg, medical lead, BC Transplant quoted, "The impact of organ donation goes far beyond the individual patient who receives a transplant; each recipient's family, friends and community all benefit from one organ donor's tremendous gift. BC Transplant would like to encourage every British Columbian to

register their decision on organ donation and share their wishes with their loved ones."

Hopeful liver transplant recipient, Tony Maidment said, "Speaking from experience, I can say that a new liver would absolutely change my life. I encourage all British Columbians to think about how they can give back, after they are no longer living. From death can come the gift of life and that gift will make you a hero for those chronically ill people, like me, who are waiting for an organ transplant."

For the Record The article titled “Virus attacks District of Clearwater” in last week’s issue incorrectly stated that District of Clearwater council had approved spending $58,000 to upgrade its computer system plus $65,000 on a service contract with Sea to Sky. In fact, the contract with Sea to Sky includes upgrading the computer system as well as a service agreement and so the total amount being spent is $65,000. We apologize for the error.

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The offices of the District of Clearwater “Municipal Hall” and ICBC/Motor Vehicle are located at: Dutch Lake Community Centre, 209 Dutch Lake Road, Clearwater, BC, V0E 1N2 Mailing Address: Box 157, Clearwater, BC, V0E 1N0 Tel: 250-674-2257 Fax: 250-674-2173 Open Burning Prohibited within the District of Clearwater

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“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.” - Winston Churchill

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editorial by Tom Fletcher

Clark on carbon tax, government ads Premier Christy Clark sat down with Tom Fletcher for a year-end interview at her Victoria office Dec. 9. Here are excerpts. For the full version, see the Opinion tab at www. clearwatertimes.com

Obama showing good sense in fight against ISIS Editor, The Times:

At the very worst time (is there ever a good time?) in history, a time when we are going to bring some 25,000 Syrian refugees into this country, a pair of ISIS inspired Moslem fanatics had to open fire on Americans, killing 14 of them. What terrible timing!

In the aftermath, U.S. President Barack Obama gave a speech on Sunday in which he pointed that the 'all out war' that many were calling for in the aftermath of this terrible attack really didn't make much sense.

After all, it was his predecessor, George Bush, whose crusade (along with the coalition of the willing, Ship of Fools) went into Iraq looking for non-existent weapons of mass destruction and led to the creation of a real weapon of destruction in the form of ISIS. Obama called once

again for better gun control. In 2015 there have been 353 mass shootings in the U.S of A. The right to bear arms shouldn't mean the right to blow U.S. citizens away.

All this has translated into Obama, that Moslem Socialist, is going to take our assault rifles – Kalashnikovs (although a patriot should not use a Russian rifle) – stun grenades and 50-caliber machine guns away from us. How are we ever going to defend ourselves from ourselves?

And that awful Obama has sided with ISIS. After all, he will not put American boots on the ground to support a moderate Syrian opposition — a force that, as Robert Fisk has pointed out, is mainly imaginary.

Or are Americans supposed to fight the Russians? After all, Russia is supporting Syrian President

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Assad. Just what would American solders do?

Talks about the epitome of Albert Einstein's definition of insanity — doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

What I find so perplexing is the utter hatred that the Right here in Canada has for Barack Obama.

South of the border this is understandable.

After all, Negroes were bought in as slaves to be worked to death in the cotton fields. After the war there was Jim Crow racism and then a hard-fought civil rights movement. But one wouldn't think that racism would play that great a role in the land of the Maple Leaf.

Thankfully, we have Barack Obama.

But I guess the Canadian Right would rather have Donald Trump.

Dennis Peacock Clearwater, B.C.

TF: At the UN climate conference in Paris, did you speak about natural gas as a transition fuel, and did you find support for that idea?

PCC: Yes and yes. The new government in Ottawa is a big supporter of our LNG plan, and part of the reason for that is that they also see it as a way forward for Canada to make a huge contribution to fighting global climate change.

There are 150 coal plants on the books in China today. The only way that those plants and the ones that come after will be stopped is if they have a transitional fuel to move to.

TF: B.C.’s 2020 greenhouse gas target, reduction of emissions by a third, is another target that isn’t going to be met. Why? PCC: When the government brought in the carbon tax, it was based on the assumption that other jurisdictions around us were going to eventually catch up. And none of them have.

There comes a point where the carbon tax can only get so high before we start chasing all those jobs out of the province.

TF: Your advisory committee says the carbon tax needs to go higher starting in 2018 if it’s going to have an effect. Do you have any other choice?

PCC: Let’s figure out what the national goal is going to be, which we don’t know yet.

TF: On a related topic, transit spending.

Your new minister Peter Fassbender has talked about a “new day” in Ottawa and he’s downplaying the idea of another referendum for new funding sources. Is that off the table now?

PCC: It may be possible that the federal government wants to invest more in transit, and take up some of the slack from the local government level.

TF: On LNG, oil and natural gas prices continue to go down, and supply continues to go up around the world. Did you see any positive signs this year?

PCC: What I saw this year was developing countries, especially China, making a firm commitment to reduce their emissions. The only way for them to do that is to move to a greater degree to natural gas, and the bulk of their industry is still located on the east coast of their country, a long way from Russia and close to B.C. TF: Are we going to see some policy action on high housing costs in 2016, and will there be some relief from the property transfer tax?

PCC: You’ll see in the February budget, but we are looking for ways to provide some relief for home buyers.

TF: We’re starting to see government advertising ramp up. We saw a lot of Jobs Plan advertising before the 2013 election, we saw the federal government do it with their Economic Action Plan, which was very expensive, and to most people’s eye selfserving or political in nature at taxpayers’ expense. Is that what we’re going to see in the next year and a half ?

PCC: It won’t be political. I think some of that was, really, political. You will see more information-based advertising out there, talking to people about for example, the Registered Education Savings Plan.

TF: Not Jobs Plan 2.0?

PCC: I don’t think that’s in the plan. I wish I could say to you no, never, but I, you know….

– Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@ blackpress.ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

North Americans cannot have it all Editor, The Times:

People continue to argue for cheaper fuel prices at the pump, yet this works inversely to the goals of lessening climate change by reducing greenhouse gases.

A U.S. government report due out soon is expected to indicate that surging demand for trucks and SUVs fueled by cheap gasoline is holding back improvements in U.S. fuel economy and greenhouse-gas emissions.

This from the secondlargest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world.

No matter what the global leaders decide, it will always come down to individual consumers to reduce emissions.

That will mean reducing our freedom to make purchases and have a lifestyle to which we have become accustomed and, instead, living more constrained and simpler lives.

But, how do you impose less freedom onto a population in North America that is used to such a high level of comfort?

And, how do we tell the rest of the world it cannot have all of these things we take for granted here in Canada and the U.S.?

That is the climate-change conundrum.

Perry Grunenberg Kamloops, B.C.

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Question of the Week

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Do you think 2016 will be a good year for Clearwater and area?

Larissa Hadley:

Yes. Businesses are thriving and lots of Albertans are coming here. It's a great place to live.

Brennan Cressey:

Yes, because tourism is going to be amazing this year.

Cecilia Charbonneau (with mom Melissa Jensen and little sister Simone Charbonneau): Yes, because people are giving to people who are in need.

Mike Politis:

It will be a different year than expected.

Whether it's good or bad, we'll be the last to know.

Theresa Gunster:

Absolutely. Well, maybe not the whole year but for sure the summer. Spring, summer and fall all will be okay.

Horgan on trade, carbon tax and LNG Tom Fletcher, Black Press NDP leader John Horgan sat down with Tom Fletcher for a year-end interview in his Victoria office Dec. 10. Here are excerpts.

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TF: In the recent federal election, national NDP leader Thomas Mulcair rejected the Trans Pacific Partnership sight unseen, endorsing letters from Unifor and CUPE saying this is a bad deal. Is your party seen as against Pacific Rim trade?

JH: No, I don’t think so, and what I said at the time was that I support trade.

We’re a trade-centred province. We’re looking across the ocean at the largest market the world has known, and I support getting our products to higherpriced markets.

But having said that, the B.C. Liberals embraced TPP without even having seen it.

TF: The NDP and unions have historically been protectionist.

Do you see any need to modernize the B.C. party?

JH: When it comes to trade, I think we have modernized.

And who was the first premier to go on a trade mission from British Columbia? It was Dave Barrett. And now there has been a succession of premiers make regular visits to other markets to try to stimulate economic activity here at home.

TF: Your party supports the carbon tax now, but not the revenue neutral approach. Do you support increasing the rate?

JH: I’ve looked carefully at the report tabled by the premier's [advisory] group, a vast array of British Columbians, and there was a lot of water put into the wine to get to the position they got to. What I’m comfortable with is that the date that they've selected for a ramping up of the carbon tax is 2018, which will be a year after the next

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provincial election. So if I’m successful and form a government, I’ll have time to look at tax policy broadly to see if we can make improvements in the carbon tax.

For me, and I think for most British Columbians, the model that Alberta has adopted of taking revenues and driving them into industries, or activities like transit, that will reduce emissions over time.

TF: Natural gas price and volume continue to go down, along with commodities generally, and supply of oil and gas keeps going up. What's your take on the prospects for LNG after the year we’ve had?

JH: Not good. I’ve always said price will determine whether investors drop down multi-billions of dollars in a far-away place to provide a product that is not developed here. Brownfield opportunities have moved very quickly

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in the U.S. Changing LNG import facilities to export facilities is a whole lot easier and cheaper than starting from scratch.

Getting to the coast is a challenge for fossil fuels, and the last LNG price point I saw delivered in Asia was $5.70 a unit. You're not going to make money at that price, even with rock-bottom prices here in B.C. TF: We’ve just had a couple of announcements as part of the government’s Jobs Plan, $100 million in financing for tech startups, which your critic was pleased about, and an agriculture and food strategy.

Are we going to see more Jobs Plan advertising in the new year?

JH: It’s the Christmas season, the federal election is over, there are two sets of ads running now.

I think these ads are self-promotion. These are not informing the public on information that they really need.

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Members of Wells Gray Country Writers Circle (back, l-r) Noelle McCorriston, Sandra Holmes, Kay Knox, Valerie Luger, (front, l-r) Doug Leighton and Norma Watt enjoy a Christmas get together on Dec. 17 as they celebrate sending their fourth book to press. Photo by Darlene Cowie

Wells Gray Writers Circle's Collected Works is a sell out Sandra Holmes

"Wells Gray Writers Circle 2014 Collected Works" was a sell out. Building on that success, circle's fourth book has gone to press. Watch for the launch of the circle's new book in 2016.

The writers pictured above, Noelle McCorriston, Sandra Holmes, Kay Knox, Valerie Luger, Doug Leighton and Norma Watt, all contributed to the latest book.

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When measuring cholesterol levels, doctors often calculate a “risk ratio” when interpreting results of your cholesterol tests. This is simply a ratio of the total cholesterol (TC) to the HDL cholesterol (i.e. TC divided by HDL). Ratios of less than 3.5 are thought to put one at a lower risk for coronary heart disease.

People that are truly allergic to gluten have celiac’s disease. A component of gluten, called gliadin is what causes the main problem. Researchers in Alberta are working on a supplement which will bind with gluten in the stomach and prevent the symptoms of celiac disease. The hope is that the product will be available in about three years after further testing is done.

With so many smartphones cameras in pockets or purses today, it is very easy to snap a picture of a medical condition like a rash or mole. Even a short movie can be taken then shown to your doctor, particularly if the problem comes and goes. It’s a good example how taking a “selfie” can be of benefit to your health.

If losing weight is on your list of resolutions for the new year, think of this: even a five to 10 per cent loss in weight will result in health benefits. The secret to weight loss is to lose it slowly and steadily and to maintain the lifestyle you followed to lose it in the first place.

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A previous effort aimed at immigrant investors, the B.C. Renaissance Capital Fund, was criticized for a lack of both.

In one case it provided money to a San Francisco company that opened an office in Calgary but not B.C. "The taxpayer subsidizes all sorts of things that relate to job creation," Heyman said. "In the case of the tech sector, these are the jobs of the 21st Century.

B.C. has a sector that's performing well but could perform a lot better, and it needs investment to do that."

B.C. also offers $33 million in tax credits to "angel investors" who put up money to develop a business that has attracted seed money.

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Irene Gouchie, Barbara Ferguson, Fran McRae and Pattie Woods.

Lynne Frizzle compiled, edited and managed the publication of the book.

Thompson-Nicola Regional District's Clearwater Library contributed by providing the Writers Circle with a comfortable space in which to meet.

Wells Gray Community Forest granted money to publish Collected Works 2014. The successful sale of those books provided the circle with the funds to send its current book to the publishers.

The B.C. government is putting up $100 million for a real-life version of the TV show Dragon's Den, providing seed money to entrepreneurs who convince experts their new techology ideas will grow.

Premier Christy Clark announced the new fund recently at the Vancouver offices of Mobify, a marketing company for retailers to advertise on mobile devices.

The first step was to invite proposals for a venture capital company to administer the fund.

"We don't want to be influencing that, except that we want them to be in British Columbia, and we want the fund manager to have a manag-

ing partner based in B.C.," she said.

Clark said high technology is performing better than other parts of the economy, and now directly employs 86,000 people who make higher wages than the industrial average. The taxpayer investment is to give startups the recognition they need to attract private venture capital.

Clark said banks look to invest in "guaranteed bets," but technology companies are higher risk with higher rewards for those that succeed.

NDP technology critic George Heyman said the industry has been lobbying the province for this kind of assistance, and he supports it if the money is delivered in a transparent way and results are tracked.

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For you players who see monster hands often when you play on the internet, it is not quite so simple at a live game.

Monster hands are few and hard to come by. Some of the high hands this past season have been: Four of a Kind (Quads) 3`s twice and Quad 7`s.

Some of the best full house hands have been Aces over 10`s (three times), Aces over 3`s and Kings over Aces.

We had no straight flushes this season.

Season 16 players placing in the top eight positions are: Fred Roach 9,250 points, Goldie Krawec 9,000,

(l-r) Chris Morre, Millie Rempel and Cheryl MacHale celebrate their win at the poker tournament held on Wednesday, Dec. 23 at the Wells Gray Inn. A total of 17 players participated in the Season 16 weekly poker games. Photo by Goldie Krawec

Millie Rempel 8,950, Chris Moore 8,000, Cheryl MacHale 7,650, Deb Watson 6,650, Cody Hodges 5,300, and Colby Doerkson 4,250. The wild card player deter-

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With having extra points awarded each week to players for the best hand of the evening, as well as a bounty on the previous week`s winner, players seem to be quite keen at trying for these elusive extra points each week.

Although fewer players turned out this past season, donations to the food bank have been steady. Last year (2014) our club donations to the Clearwater Food Bank was

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Season 16 winners Winners of Season 16 Poker tournament held Dec. 23 are: 1st, Millie Rempel; 2nd, Cheryl MacHale; and 3rd Chris Moore.

Season 17 begins Play begins again in the new year starting on Jan. 6, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Wells Gray Inn. If you have never played poker before, or think you are good at it, why not come out and try a game with our club.

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Artists use innovative program to create Times Staff Arts Alive is in its 10th year this year. A project of the North Thompson Arts Council, it was co-founded by Joanne Wright and Pat Sabiston in 2005.

Their vision was to have several local artists create artworks based on a single photograph.

In the first year nine artists created nine artworks inspired by a photograph by Sabiston called “Lichen on Seaward Rocks.”

This year 10 artists chose different media to give their interpretations of a photograph

by Doris Laner.

The 10 included five members of Wells Gray Writers Circle.

The creations ranged from finger painting to mixed media to free verse and a short story.

Darlene Cowie, Noelle McCorriston and the arts council are credited with keeping Arts Alive going over the 10 years.

Cofounder Pat Sabiston unfortunately passed away in 2009.

The above photograph by Doris Laner served as the inspiration for the 2015 Arts Alive. A total of 10 artists gave different interpretations of the picture.

Photo by Doris Laner Right: Irene Gouchie shows the mixed media artwork she created as part of this year's Arts Alive project. Now in its 10th year, the project sees artists create their own interpretation of a photograph.

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Tom Fletcher – Black Press The B.C. government's new training and employment program for single parents has enrolled more than 1,300 people since it began Sept. 1.

The program covers tuition, daycare and transportation costs for up to a year of on-the-job training or education towards in-demand jobs for single parents on social assistance or disability payments. The benefits can continue for up to the first year of employment, including extension of government-paid dental and other health benefits.

It replaces the previous system, often referred to as the welfare trap, where single parents would lose their assistance payments and benefits if they went back to school to train for a job.

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Social Development Minister Michelle Stilwell called the results of the program's first four months "a very good sign," particularly since about 400 of the voluntary participants are not in the ministry's "expected to work" category because their children are under the age of three.

Of the 1,330 people signed up to the program as of mid-December, 50 are already on the job in construction, retail, health and community service positions. More than

Donald, a 22-year-old single father, is receiving daycare and other support to allow him to study electronics at University of the Fraser Valley. B.C. government photo

90 per cent of participants are single mothers, reflecting the fact that women are 90 per cent of the 16,000 single parents receiving income and disability assistance in B.C. "When they come into a WorkBC office, there is an assessment that takes place to determine the best path for that individual," Stilwell said in an interview.

"The case managers look at aptitude and

background as well as what's going on in the local job market, and try to figure out how to individually map the supports that are needed for that person. It's a very flexible program."

When the single parent program was launched, Stilwell described it as "one of the most significant social program shifts this government has ever introduced." It came with

a financial commitment of $24.5 million over five years.

The ministry cites research showing children who grow up in an income-assistance family are up to three times more likely to become dependent on income assistance themselves later in life.

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On New Year's Eve, an average of two people are killed and 200 are injured in more than 600 crashes every year on B.C. roads.

During the holidays, CounterAttack roadchecks are in full swing across the province to help keep impaired drivers off our roads.

If you'll be enjoying a few drinks while you ring in the New Year, plan ahead for a safe ride home. There are so many options to get home safely – from arranging a designated driver or limo service to calling a taxi, taking transit or calling Operation Red Nose which operates in 25 B.C. communities by donation.

In an ICBC survey, designated drivers across B.C. shared their funniest experiences getting their friends and family home safely.

Designated drivers play an important role and ICBC is sharing these stories to encourage everyone to take their turn as the designated driver over the holidays.

From mistaking a police car for a taxi to dropping an intoxicated friend off at the wrong house, here are the best stories shared

by B.C. drivers:

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"I delivered an intoxicated friend to an address he gave me only to find out the next day that he didn't live there. The residents looked after him and I drove him to his actual home the next day."

case the RCMP was the designated driver and I have no doubt the next day many questions about the trip home must have been going through the passenger's mind when he saw the police card."

"Many years ago in Prince George I was [doing a ridealong with the] RCMP. We were parked outside a bar. A person came out of the bar, opened the rear passenger door and sat down. Believing they were in a taxi, they gave their address.

The officer noticed the address was close so he drove him home. When he tried to pay, the officer gave them his business card and said, "Tonight's ride is on us – thanks for calling a cab." I guess in this

"I was designated driver for my brotherin-law in Belgium this summer. I got to drive his Mercedes CLS 320. If only I had more friends with high-end or exotic cars. Anyone with a Porsche Turbo need a driver?"

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"Listening to my friends sing 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' over and over again."

"I was driving someone home and he was giving me directions. When we arrived, he got out and was met at the door by a woman who refused to let him in.

Turns out, they had been divorced for two months and in his drunken condition, he forgot he no longer lived there."

"My wife's 20-year reunion. Some of the

occupants thought they were in a taxi and tried to pay me."

"I was the designated driver for 12 ladies celebrating a birthday. I rented a van and drove them to several bars. I was surrounded by all these beautiful women and they would only dance with me… I never had a better night in all of my single life."

Regional New Year's Eve statistics Every year during New Year's Eve, an average of 130 people are injured in 410 crashes in the Lower Mainland.

Every year during New Year's Eve, an average of 10 people are injured in 50 crashes in the North Central region.

Every year during New Year's Eve, an average of 30 people are injured in 100 crashes in the Southern Interior.

Every year during New Year's Eve, an average of 30 people are injured in 90 crashes on Vancouver Island.

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The Angels One day I was flying along in the clouds with my friends I spotted a bird.

It had a broken wing and was lying on the ground. I flew down and picked it up.

It had a bad injury on its left wing.

Quickly I flew home and gathered material to put a cast on its wing. A couple of weeks later my friends and I took the cast off and let the bird go. It flew towards the setting sun.

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The Lost Reindeer On one frosty Christmas eve there was a huge crash coming from the back porch. The little boy gazed out his window in amazement, there was a bulky tough reindeer.

Looking at the boy, the boy named Norman said, "where did you come from?"

The big huge awesome looking reindeer said, "I come from the North Pole!"

Norman decided to go hop on his super fast ultra sled.

It goes about 400 km per hour. They got to the North Pole by 10 pm The reindeer were happy.

Santa came over and brought Norman back to his house on his reindeer driven sled.

It is amazing it was faster than Norman's ultra sled! Normans sled was out of gas so that's great that Santa could help him.

The reindeer and Santa left saying HO HO HO HO Merry Christmas and threw candy canes out to all.

By Nick Anderson Grade 4 Division

Christmas at my House I put an angel on the tree.

By Owen Christensen Grade 1

Angel said, “Come on let's go to my house, so they went.

When they got there the tree that she lived in was gone.

They went to go tell Santa what had happened. But Santa was gone too.

Then they saw a shadow, it was a thief and he had a sack and they heard a cry for help. It was Santa then they called the elf police.

The elf police wrapped the thief in wrapping paper, then he grabbed the sack and got Santa out of it.

Santa said thank you and he said who is this.

The Angel said this is Natasha. I turned her into an Angel because she was being so kind to me. After that everything was fine and they had a good Christmas!

By Lily Age 7

Reindeer and Santa A reindeer with Santa landed on my deck. The reindeer liked the carrots I left.

Santa gave presents to me and my sister. I got hockey toys. My sister got Barbies.

When I woke up Christmas morning I went downstairs and I saw our presents by the tree. I opened my presents. It was Christmas!

By Austin Pelton Age 7

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I Found a Reindeer OK I need to tell you about my crazy Christmas so much.

OK, where do I start?

Oh yeah ... It all started on a cold Christmas eve when Mom told me to go to bed. But I said I want to see Santa so I can't.

She ignored me and she and went to bed. Suddenly, I heard a weird sound on my porch. I bet you already know what I”m going to do, probably .Yeah, I went to go and see what it was.

When I got there you probably don't believe what I saw.

I wouldn’t believe you if you told me this okay.

I will tell you I saw a REINDEER! At first I had no idea what I was going to do and I thought and thought and thought then I had a idea .

So I went to get my dads huge fishing net.

But when I came the reindeer wasn’t there.

Just then I heard a sound like this, CHRUNCH and you no what the reindeer was doing? It was eating my neighbour,s mail. I was so done with that reindeer.

So I got the phone book and scrolled the

a's, b's, c's, d's e's , f's and every other letter but I missed one Page and there I saw Santa's.

I went to the phone one minute later I was printing beep bop boop. then I went out side I felt something on my arm it was Santa's magical dust from his sleigh.

Finally Santa had landed in my back yard. He said “HO HO HO Merry Christmas” he picked up the reindeer and gave me a sweet candy cane and flew off into the night sky.

By Cleo Coates Grade 3

The Reindeer One night I heard a strange noise on my deck and I went to see what it was.

I saw Rudolph standing right in front of me and I suddenly heard a whistle.

I looked on the roof and there was Santa and he was standing right beside his sleigh and Rudolph jumped onto the roof and Santa hitched Rudolph up and they flew away.

By Evan Cooke Grade 2

The Littlest Angel It was a snowy night. The tiniest Angel crashed into Natasha's window.

Then Natasha woke up. She looked out her window and saw something wiggling in the snow, then she saw an Angel. She said, “It can't be true,! but it was.

She went to get her snowsuit on and went outside and picked up the angel. The angel had a broken wing.

She said, “Are you alright?” The Angel said, “My wing hurts.

Then she taped her wing. She said it felt better.

Then I said, “I better keep you a secret.”

Then I took her into my room. I said, “You can stay in my dollhouse until you have to go back to the North Pole.”

It was now time for the Angel to go, but before she left she said, “You have been so kind to me.”

Then poof the Angel turned Natasha into an Angel and they flew off to the North Pole.

It was Christmas Eve. The Elves were getting ready for Christmas! Natasha said, “Wow.” The

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Christmas at My House On Christmas, we sing carols, decorate the tree, bake cookies and buy presents for others.

On Christmas night I stay up all night and watch the Christmas tree but some times I go to sleep for an hour.

When I wake up, its 5:00. I wake up mom and then open presents.

Then I play and play and play !!!!!!!!!

Hooray Hooray Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This year we will make ginger cookies and put up old decorations. It will be fun.

My favourite decorations are the pink and silver ones. I love Christmas!

give Christmas gifts to everybody in her village to have a nice Christmas day.

One day Mary was flying in the village when she saw a little girl was crying on the side of the hill.

Mary went to see what was wrong. Sam just was sad because all of her friends were not being nice to her.

So Mary and Sam became best friends.

And Sam felt much better once she had her friend Mary.

The Angel Mary One snowy morning the littlest Angel, Mary was playing her flute around the magical town of Fair Village.

Her sisters were the biggest Angels in Fair Village. Mary was a very kind Angel.

If one of her sisters wanted some thing of hers, Mary would give it to them.

All of Mary's sister were very very nice to her. Mary would

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Christmas Traditions I put up a tree.

I give Santa milk. I open presents when my mom and dad wake up.

The Little Angel Once there was a little angel and it was lost so it was sad. So it was trying to find a home. Then it found an owner and then it spent Christmas with his owner.

By Sophie Collins Grade 1

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Eve, Timmy was at his aunt's house. Then he woke up in surprise and jumped up out of bed!

When he jumped out of bed and slipped his shoes on and opens the door to see 7 reindeer with Santa's sled in the yard.

But it's a miracle he said. Can I have a present please. Ok! Ok! Here you gooo!

Hoo ho hoo ho hoo.

By Jordana Age 8

Blizzard The Reindeer My dad went out to the back porch on Christmas Eve. Then I heard him scream with fear. Dad ran back inside and yelled THERE IS A REINDEER ON OUR BACK PORCH!!!.

I sprinted out side and shrieked with joy.

I was so happy and excited I fainted and hit my head.

I woke up on Christmas Day and ran to the back porch.

I thought it was all a dream the reindeer is real. I sat down and thought and thought and thought.

All of a sudden it came to me Blizzard the reindeer's name

is Blizzard. I ran to tell my mom but she didn't listen she told me to make coffee so I did and she came and screech and called the zoo.

And the zoo came and took Blizzard to live in the zoo for ever.

By Jayne Cole Grade 5

We Found a Reindeer our Back Porch I woke up one morning. I saw something in the snow.

It had a red nose and a brown body it was a reindeer. My mom was coming and I did not know what do to with the reindeer.

So I quickly put the reindeer in my fort and gave it some hay and water and went inside.

My mom was making cookies and I forgot all about the reindeer.

Oh my I quickly got on my snow gear and ran outside the reindeer was running took me to the north pole and Santa said I found him I said to Santa I have to to go home.

I have to go home to my family and they lived happily ever after.

By Owen Thon Grade 3

Part of the show (L-r) Georgia Lamond, Abby Christenson and Bailey Murray take part in Raft River Elementary School's Christmas concert on Dec. 17. Photo by Keith McNeill

We Found a Reindeer On Our Back Deck One Christmas Eve Marisa was baking cookies with her mom.

As they were baking cookies Marisa heard a noise out on the back deck. She ignored it.

She heard it again

so she opened the back door and there was a Reindeer. When Marisa saw the Reindeer she was surprised.

She asked her dad, “Can I keep him Please?” Her father looked at Marisa.

Look honey he's fly-

ing. “Where is he going daddy,” Marisa wondered.

He replied he probably is going back home to his family, like how you have a family right here.

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Joe The Reindeer It was Christmas Eve and I was baking cookies.

I was thinking what I wanted for Christmas. I know – a puppy. All I wanted was a puppy.

I heard a thump on the roof. I ran as fast as I could out to our back porch.

Wow, I was shocked, I couldn't believe my eyes, A Reindeer.

There was actually a little reindeer.

I named him Joe. Joe lived with me in my room in a little box that held furniture.

I carved out a door and windows with my knife. But first I trained Joe to not run away or hurt people.

That morning I slowly tip toed to my mom and dads' room and explained that it was Christmas morning. Then I raced downstairs and in a little box was a puppy.

I named him Billy.

One year later Santa came to our house and sneaked Joe out of the little box.

That morning I opened my presents I got a stuffy Reindeer.

I wonder what I'll get next year. For now all I want is to snuggle my little stuffy Reindeer.

By Jaden Phillips Age 9

The Christmas Eve Christmas traditions at my house are I open my presents.

After I open my presents we go in front of the Christmas tree and get our pictures taken.

By Courtney Prince Grade 1

The Littlest Angel Far in a forest a little Angel lived. Her name is Ellyse.

She was decorating her house for Christmas. It was tommorow December 25.

One day she came back from picking berries and when she went inside there was a wolf in her bed she ran out the door.

And the wolf chased her into the dark forest.

And she got scared an then a snake bit her and she got poisoned and she died.

by Savannah Carr Grade 3

The Reindeer I was asleep and I heard a sound. The sound got louder I went outside. It sounded like somebody screaming a reindeer on the road. I was so excited I wanted to keep it.

I yelled everybody there's a reindeer on the road. Everybody came out of their houses. I think they want to keep it too.

The reindeer ran away. I followed the reindeer into the forest. It led me to Santa's sleigh. It was glowing like the sun.

There were toys in the sleigh. The toys had names on all them.

The reindeer ran away soon as Santa appeared. I wanted to follow the reindeer but it disappeared in a flash of light and I did not know where it went.

By Dylan Vaisnis Grade 4

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We Found a Reindeer on our Porch When I was sleeping I heard a funny noise and it was Rudolph. I saw Santa on my roof.

My Christmas tree is decorated. It is cool.

By Lucas Jones Grade 2

We Found a Reindeer on our Porch I saw Rudolph the red nosed reindeer last night. It was Santa’s reindeer Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.

I love you Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.

Spelling out Christmas

By Morgan Matwick

Kaiden Jones attaches lights to the chainlink fence next to Highway 5 by Rotary Sports Park recently. The lights were used to spell out “Merry Christmas” and “Joyeux Noel” as part of Clearwater Rotary Club's annual Christmas Light-Up. Photo by Keith McNeill

The Littlest Angel I see a little angel.

But the angel hid. I don’t know where it is. I think it is in the freezer.

But it is not there. I don’t know where it is.

Where, where, where?

I know where it is. It is in the house.

By Milo Hindle Grade 2

Bob The Reindeer I had just woke up and was laying in bed when suddenly I heard a loud crash.

I ran up stairs, I looked around, I couldn't see anything that could have made a noise.

I was walking down the stairs when I heard another crash. I ran to the window and looked at the front porch, I couldn't see anything.

I heard the crash again, I raced to the

back porch. I opened the door and I noticed a reindeer. His head was stuck in a garbage can.

I named him Bob and helped him get his head out. He looked hungry so I got him a carrot. Bob gobbled the carrot and started walking around my yard.

I tried to wake up my mom and dad but they kept sleeping so I brought him into my back yard. I forgot that we didn't have a fence and he ran away.

I went out into the forest searching for

him. It was getting dark and I was about to go home when I observed something in the bushes.

It was Bob. I brought him into my basement and woke up my brother. We built him a house in the forest and brought him into the house we left him alone for the night.

When we woke up he was gone. We looked for hours but we couldn't find Bob. We gave up and went inside.

By Ethan Smith Grade 4

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The Littlest Angel I have a little angel.

My angel's name is Gabby.

My little angel goes on the Christmas tree.

It always goes next to the star.

My Mom's a star.

And my Dad has a shooting star.

My angel was named after my best friend Gabby.

One day my little angel came to life. It was 8:58 pm. My family was in bed already.

When my angel came to life I woke up.

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B.C. joins clean vehicle club in Paris

By Tom Fletcher, Black Press With 2,000 electric vehicles and charging stations in place and a program to keep subsidizing their purchase and use, B.C. has joined an elite club of countries and U.S. states.

Capping her second week at the United Nations climate change conference in Paris, Environment Minister Mary Polak announced Thursday that B.C. has joined the International Zero-Emission Vehicle Alliance.

The alliance hopes to reduce vehicle emissions 40 per cent by 2050, promoting use of battery-electric, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

Its members include Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, the

U.K., California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Quebec.

In 2011, B.C. replaced its earlier $2,000 subsidy for hybrid cars with a clean energy vehicle program that pays between $2,500 and $5,000 in point-of-sale rebates for new battery electric, plug-in hybrid, fuel cell or natural gas vehicles.

It also offered a $500 subsidy for installing a dedicated vehicle charging station at home through LiveSmart BC, a program that ended in 2014.

With sufficient home service, modern electric cars can be plugged into a standard outlet.

Natural gas power has mainly been limited to shorthaul truck fleets based around a central fuelling station. B.C.

ran pilot projects with hydrogen fuel-cell transit buses in Victoria and Whistler, but they were wound up after the 2010 Olympics.

Energy Minister Bill Bennett acknowledged that electric vehicles are mainly confined to urban areas in the Lower Mainland and southern Vancouver Island.

Asked how the program appears from rural areas, where taxpayers with muddy pickups subsidize sleek electric cars driven by wealthy West Coasters, Bennett said the program is funded out of natural gas royalties, not general taxation.

He noted that B.C. is better suited to electric vehicles than many places that burn coal or natural gas to generate electricity.

NORTH THOMPSON SPORTSPLEX Hockey Lives Here!

The Sportsplex will be closed January 1st

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Above: Sheila and Fred Colter get some exercise on the Candle Creek cross-country ski trails recently. Fresh snow created good conditions on the trails for the holidays.

Right: Steve Ludwig speeds along the Candle Creek cross-country ski trails near Clearwater. The network has a total of 28 km of trails.

Photos by Keith McNeill

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Friday @ 4:45PM & Sunday @ 4:15PM

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Two weeks to Reino Keski-Salmi loppet Kamloops This Week The countdown is on for the 32nd annual Reino Keski-Salmi loppet in Salmon Arm. The full-day family event aimed at both recreational and com-

petitive skiers goes on Jan. 16 at Larch Hills ski area.

Almost $400,000 has been raised for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. and Yukon in the loppet’s 31 years.

Entry is $7 for participants seven and

under, $17 for skiers eight to 17 years old, $37 for competitive racers over 18 and $32 for recreational racers over 18. Races vary in length from one kilometre to 34 kilometres depending on age and competitiveness.

New Years Eve Bullarama

An annual fundraiser for the North Thompson Agriplex & The Farm Kids Scholarship Fund December 31, 2015 at the North Thompson Agriplex, Barriere, B.C. Bullarama & New Year’s Party (19+): $50 • Bullarama only: $30 • 12 & under (Bullarama only): Free Doors open at 6pm • Bullarama 7pm •New Year’s Eve Dance to follow Tickets available at: The Star/Journal, Barriere Country Feeds, or the Horse Barn (Kamloops) For online tickets go to: http://www.eventbrite.ca and type in: New Years Eve Bullriding

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Mesmerized by objects that float On a typically blah November morning, my light hikers took me to Brookfield Creek. It hadn’t snowed yet, but this was a frosty morning. Peering carefully over at the rushing water, I stared down at a large collection of snow-white, flat-bottomed, saucer-sized circles pushed up against the steep rocky wall.

More kept coming. I checked the upstream size of the bridge. Nothing, so somehow, these fragile floaters formed under the narrow bridge. Perhaps a piece of floating ice from upstream rubbed against the creek’s frigid edge beneath the bridge and gathered frost.

As the water moved it forward, the scrap rotated to form the perfect circlets I was viewing. Continued rubbing fractured the outside edge, pushing shards of ice up to make the raised sides before the current pushed them aside.

There they floated.

After looping nearby Wylie Creek, some bush-whacking enjoyed, I was back at the bridge.

Temperature now rising, my saucers were obviously softening.

“No point in driving you round to see them,” I mentioned to my husband John when I was finally home again. “They will be melted by now.”

Two or three weeks later, those “made-for-walking” shoes had me back at Brookfield Bridge.

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Instead of floating saucers, foamy bubbles were collecting in the same spot. Now, the ones close to the rocky cliff were circling upstream. At the Kettle, we have watched huge logs do the same thing.

Visitors to Dutch Lake “Got time for a walk by Dutch Lake today?” asked a friend.

“I’m free,” I responded, jumping the chance.

As we set off through the campground of Dutch Lake Resort, she told me of her happiness in learning that four daughters were gathering in Kamloops where she would be meeting them on her birthday.

Starting to respond as we continued walking toward the trail head, I was distracted by movement on the calm lake. “Look at the two swans out there!”

Walking along the trail just above the lake, fall colours reflected despite the dull sky, we watched the swans swim towards us as we continued chatting. With one bigger than the other, they were obviously a pair, mated for life as they do.

Eventually they did a gradual about face, probably hearing our voices more distinctly.

They were not in the least bit anxious as they floated away towards the large island. Since we did not see them again, we assumed they were taking the full tour round behind it. Like the floating saucers on the fast-flowing creek, they would not remain in our pretty lake for long but we felt privileged to have seen them.

Crowd turns out for Skate with Santa Three elves help Saint Nick take wishes and give out presents during Skate with Santa at the Sportsplex recently. Pictured are (l-r) Lily Dulaba, Salina Dodd (on Santa's knee), Santa Claus, Cleo Coates and Sienna Foster. Photo by Keith McNeill

Clearwater Christian Church Non-denominational congregation in fellowship with the broader Christian community in the area.

Meeting at: 11 Lodge Drive Wayne Richardson (Pastor)

Sunday Worship Service 10 am On the Web: www.clchch.com For information 250.674.7073 or 250.674.2912

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St James Catholic Church Sunday Service Mass 11am - 12pm

324 Clearwater Village Road 1-250-372-2581

Your places of worship Clearwater Seventh-Day Adventist Church Pastor John Masigan Saturday Service - 10am Clearwater Christian Church Ph. 250-674-3468

TRINITY SHARED MINISTRY Anglican, Lutheran & United Meeting at St. James Catholic Church

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Church Directory Clearwater Living Streams Christian Fellowship Meeting at New Life Assembly every Sunday 4:00pm

Contact Dave Meehan 250-674-3217 email: livingstreams@hotmail.com Clearwater Community Church open to everyone - all denominations

CLEARWATER NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY Dan Daase - Pastor Sunday Morning Worship 10:30am

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CLEARWATER COMMUNITY BAPTIST 24E Old North Thompson Hwy

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Welder Foundation program – February 1, 2016 - ONE seat available Introductory program that prepares learners for entry level positions as apprentice welders in most sectors of the economy including manufacturing, construction, transportation, resource extraction, & resource development.

Students engage in a variety of classroom & shop activities. In the classroom, they learn theoretical principals of welding.

Health Care Assistant Certificate program - March 2016 This 27 week program is designed to prepare the graduate to function, under supervision, as a Health Care Assistant. Learned skills will be applied in the community utilizing care facilities, assisted living facilities & private homes. The focus will be on training the health care worker to assist the older adult in meeting his/her basic physical, emotional, environmental & social needs.

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Jan. 3: WGOC 2nd annual Sno-cial, meet at Candle Creek trails cabin, ski time 1:30, appies 3 pm, for info call Charlotte 250-566-4433

ONGOING EVENTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT • Indoor Market: Every Saturday May – Oct, 9 am – 12 noon, Elks Hall.

• Tuesday Morning Coffee (TMC): Meets 10am – 11:30 @ Clearwater Community Baptist Church. All women and children welcome.

(9:30-10 am Bible Study). Info 250-674-3624 • Women in Business Luncheon: Last Wed. of the mth at Wells Gray Inn, 12–2 pm. Preregister at 250-674-2700 • Crafts & Conversations with Cheryl. Tuesdays 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at the North Thompson Aboriginal Sharing Center. Phone 250674-3703 for more info.

• Clearwater Farmers’ Market May – Oct. Saturdays 9am– Noon. For more info please call Anne at 250-674-3444.

• M&M (Mrs. & Ms.) Social. Last Sun of the mth Wells Gray Inn. 1pm: 250-587-6503 • Blackpool Community Hall Coffee House; Local musicians – 2nd Fri. of the mth. 6:30pm. Concession, $3 or 2 for $5.

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• Fun Darts Fri. at the Royal Canadian Legion. 6 pm.

• Upstream Community and Heritage Society open house Tuesdays: 9am-9pm @ Avola School House, various activities. Info ph Fay 250-678-5302.

• Voices United Community Choir- every Wednesday, 4:30-5:30 at the Catholic Church of St. James.

• Thompson Valley Quilters. Meet 2nd Wed. and 3rd Mon. of the mth at NTAC in the DLCC, 9 am - 4 pm. Info Linda 250-674-3437 or Dorothy 250-676-9270 • Vavenby Needle Arts Group. Meet every Tues. 11am - 4pm at Vavenby Community Center. Info Dorothy 250-676-9270 CHILDREN & FAMILIES • Racoon StrongStart - Raft River Elem school days Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri 8:45-11:45am • Racoon StrongStart - Vavenby Elm school days Wed 8:50-11:50am • Clearwater Breastfeeding Group: 3rd Wed. of every month 7:30pm @ YCS • Mother Goose - Monday mornings, reg. Kerry 250-674-3530 HEALTH & HEALING • Hospice Grief Support: 2nd Thur of every mth, NT Funeral Home 1-3 pm, info 250-674-2400

• Shambhala Meditation Group: meets every Tuesday at Forest House 6:30-8:00 pm. Info: 250-674-3233.

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• Healthy Choices – Tues 9am Clearwater Christian Church bsmnt (behind Fields). $2/wk drop-in free. Kim 250-674-0224 • Clearwater & District Hospice 3rd Mon. Sept-Jun 10am Legion 778-208-0137.

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• Youth Group: ages 12-18, Fri. 7-10 pm Dutch Lake Community Center, arts & crafts, gymnastics, games & special events, info 250674-2600 • Yoga Tree – Call or email Annie 250-674-2468 annie.pomme@ hotmail.com • Core Strength Fitness. Tuesdays. 10-11am 250-674-0001 • Badminton: Mon & Wed, Oct – Mar, CSS gym, 7:30-9:30 pm, $3 drop-in fee, info 250-674-2518 • Drop in Basketball: Winter, dates TBA, $2 drop in at Clearwater Secondary School Gym. Info: 250-674-1878 • Slo-Pitch: Clearwater mixed Slo-Pitch league May – July. Contact Carmen Archibald 778-208-1773, 250-674-2632 • Drop in Soccer: June -Sept, tues and Thurs, 6:30-8:00 PM, CSS field, $2 drop in, grade 8 to adult SENIORS • BUNCO: 3rd Tue of every mth, Dutch Lake Seniors Drop-in Centre, 1:30 – 3 pm, info 250-674-2400 • Wells Gray Country Senior’s Society 3rd Sun Social Meet at the Wells Gray Hotel at 12:30pm for lunch or dessert, & chat • Wells Gray Country Senior’s Society Book Club Last Thursday of the mth 2pm at the library. All seniors welcome.

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In the Matter of Part 3.1 (Administrative Forfeiture) of the Civil Forfeiture Act [SBC 2005, C. 29] the CFA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: On August 5, 2009, at Highway 5 and Park Drive, Clearwater, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Southeast District Traffic Services RCMP seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: a 2003 GMC Savana, ABLP: SJU654, VIN: 1GTGG25V931139620, on or about 19:20 Hours.

The subject property was seized because there was evidence that the subject property had been used in the commission of an offence (or offences) under section 5(2) (Possession for purpose of trafficking) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada.

Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2015-3297, is subject to forfeiture under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will be forfeited to the Government for disposal by the Director of Civil

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Leslie is lovingly remembered by: His mother, Ruth Hansen His children: Leslie Hugh Hansen (Amanda) of Saskatoon, Sk; Jason Hansen (Denise) of Sherwood Park, AB and children Tyson and Kaylee; Jimmy Hansen of Prince Albert, Sk. The mother of his children, Margaret Stiglitz.

His brothers and sisters: Gloria Schindel, Hugh Hansen (Beatrice), Robert Hansen, Marilyn Thompson, Roger Hansen (Marcy), Arnold Hansen, and Ronda Hansen.

He is predeceased by: His father, Alvin Hansen; a brother, Owen Hansen; his brothersin-law: Fred Schindel, Lester Thompson and Michael Treseng; a niece, Tammy Treseng; his grandparents: Nancy and Clarence Hansen, Norman and Maria Fraser Born: June 2, 1945 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Died: December 15, 2015, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Age: 70 years Funeral Service: Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, 2:30 p.m.; Shell Lake Lions Hall, Shell Lake, Saskatchewan Officiant: Bryce Smith Honorary Pallbearers: “All who shared in Leslie's life.”

Pallbearers: Hugh Hansen, Jason Hansen, Jimmy Hansen, Dwayne Treseng, Alvin Hansen, and Arnold West.

Final Resting place: Hawkeye Cemetery 9:5 For the living are conscious that they will die.

But as for the dead, They are conscious of nothing at all.

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The Littlest Angel When I was sleeping I woke up and saw a little angel was flying around. And she said, “My name is Lily.

What's yours?”

I said, “My name is Natasha.” She said, “Do you want to be an angel?” I said, “Why ask.” “Because I am alone. There's no angels left. They're missing.”

“Well, ok then. I can be your friend too.”

“Thank you.”

So she turned Natasha into an angel and became Lily's friend. Lily said, “Do you want to see my home?”

“Sure.” They flew up up to the sky and flew to the North Pole.

“This is my home the North Pole. My house is a doll house, it's dirty too.” “I can clean it up.”

“Thank you.” So they cleaned it up.

Lily said, “Do you want to live in it with me?” “Sure.”

They lived in the house for a week. They had so much fun! But what did they eat?

Small food it was good! Mini fries and hamburgers on Wednesday! We got a message in the mail saying the North Pole was in danger.

Devil angels were coming to destroy the last two living angels. I thought that was us so we have to hide.

They went out the back door so they would not see them, they saw a cave, they flew into the cave and found a map to the Spirit of Christmas.

They started following the map to Santa's sleigh.

They found another map that leads to where the Spirit of Christmas was now. They flew as fast as they can go before the devil angels find them.

Then Natasha said, “Look over there, there's a cave, come on let's go find the Spirit of Christmas.” Then when they got into the cave they saw red eyes glowing in the dark it was a devil angel.

They grabbed the

Spirit of Christmas and flew as fast as they could and flew far away.

They accidentally flew into a portal, it led into a dark castle with red thunder it cubash! It struck the ground.

Then they saw a crowd of red eyes in the dark. Lily said isn't that the same red eyes who chased us? “Yes,” said Natash. “That's right we need to go back but now the portal closed.

We're doomed, help!

Don't say that the devil angels will hear us and attack.”

“Oops,” said Natasha. “Natasha don't we still have the Spirit of Christmas,” said Lily. “Yes, we do!”

“Thank you for saying that.” “Let's open the portal.” “How?” said Natasha.

“The Spirit of Christmas can open anything.” “Cool!”

“Now let's open that portal!” Then they opened the portal and then they made all the devil angels to a big cash so they would never harm anyone again, they lived so happy! The end.

By Natasha Brcko Age 7

I Found a Reindeer Today is the best day of my life because my Auntie Val is coming.

I am going to surprise my auntie Val. My plan is to have a sleep out on my trampoline.

OMG my auntie Val is all ready here surprise. Ready come on lets go to sleep.

Brook Brook wake up what! Look a reindeer wow! Take a ride on the reindeer OK. Wow I am actually flying. I jumped on to my trampoline. The reindeer flew away with a puff of magic.

By Brook-Lynn Fowler Grade 3

The Littlest Angel The whole flock of angels Twelve came and sat by the door.

The last angel was so small she could barely even fly. The other angels teased her for

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how did he get lost?

He relayed to me that he was delivering presents and his saddle fell off and he landed on my porch.

Comet asked me if I could help him get back to the North Pole.

What's that on your back? It' a portal. Turn it on!

The reindeer goes back to the North Pole and all is well and to all a good night!

By Soren Coates Grade 4

Santa makes special visit Santa and Mrs. Claus stop for a photograph before leaving the Sportsplex in a firetruck after taking part in an event for District of Clearwater council members, staff, volunteer firefighters and their families on Sunday afternoon.

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being so small.

So one night the littlest angel was on her way to the very first angel meeting and then when she was just about to enter the door she heard that she was going to be banned from the meetings.

So when she walked in she asked why did you say that I was going to be banned from all the meetings?

And the head angel replied because you are too small and you can barely even fly.

The head angel said, “Sorry but you can't maybe next time,” So the littlest angel was on her way home and on her way home she sobbed because she was absolutely banned from her activity.

So when the littlest angel got home she said, “I'm never every going to be in another activity again.

So when she went to lay down and she thought that she could maybe see Santa tomorrow so the next morning she woke up and she got dressed then she went out the door and got to the mall and she saw that Santa Clause was wearing glasses and she started to laugh and laugh.

By Joey Ressler Grade 4

Saving the Reindeer One clear night I went sledding and I saw a ... REINDEER!?

What was a reindeer doing on my porch?

He said, ''Can you help me? I fell out of the sky and was lost.”

I said,''Ok lets go!''

I bet this reindeer was from the North Pole I thought.

So I tied a rope to the reindeer that connected to my sled.

We were on our way!

After five hours of searching we found ...

SANTA! My sled could fly!

We had a big party because the reindeer found his way home.

I especially like all the good food. I sure am glad I could help Santa and the reindeer.

name was Comet.

He told me that he was lost. I asked him

Bella The Reindeer BANG!! As I was making cookies something fell on my back porch. We went outside and saw a Reindeer shaking snow off her back.

After she was done I noticed a tag which said Bella.

My dad went inside and called the vet.

The vet said she had

By Kylie Blackmore Grade 5

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By Isabell Wright Grade 3

The Reindeer that Took Off Today was Christmas the whole family (and that is a lot of people) were at my house in Clearwater, BC. My mom told me I couldn't open my presents till tonight.

Well I was waiting I went outside.

It was unbelievable!

I saw a reindeer. The reindeer told me his

a sprained ankle. We thanked the vet and took Bella inside and put her on a dog bed then we put up signs with a picture of her on it and words saying, ”Lost Reindeer.”

Nobody claimed her so we kept her.

We showed her how to jump over 5 ft. jumps and soon she could fly higher than Santa could ever imagine.

On Christmas night before I went to bed Santa came to see if we had Bella.

He noticed Bella's sprained ankle and had a big gasp and asked, “What happened?”

“She fell on our back porch and sprained her ankle.”

So he took Bella home and before he left he said, “Merry Christmas.”

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