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Trail Legion set for haggisfilled Robbie Burns event SHERI REGNIER Trail Times

As local groups celebrate the life and work of Robbie Burns this week, a Scottish delicacy the bard found especially pleasing, will take centre stage before the Highland dancing and bagpiping begin.

“Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware that jaups in luggies: “But, if ye wish her gratefu prayer, Gie her a Haggis.”

Robbie Burns has been six feet under for 220 years.

But his written work titled “Address to a Haggis,” forever links the famous poet to his appreciation for haggis, a traditional Scottish fare.

Widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, Burns’ words translate to, “Old Scotland wants no watery stuff, that splashes in small wooden dishes. But if you wish her grateful prayer, give her (Scotland) a haggis!”

Friends of the Bard of Ayrshire began gathering after his untimely death at age 37, reciting his ode before digging into the offal dish.

Therein began the long held practice of reading the address before Robbie Burns commemoration affairs.

The custom jumped continents as immigrants made their way to North America and became part of localized events - like the annual Robbie Burns dinner at the Trail Legion on Saturday.

For 15 years the job of sourcing up to 100 pounds of haggis for community events has fallen to Trail bagpipe legend, Gordon Titsworth.

“Sheeps and cows are the vessel and the contents are the things they (Scotsmen) would grow locally,” he said. “And being Scottish,they don’t waste a lot,” Titsworth chuckled. “There would be offal and a mixture of other things, sometimes mutton. But more what we’ve come to flavour ours with, is beef.”

Depending upon who you ask, haggis is described as a savoury pudding or grand Scottish sausage, though Titsworth says it’s the latter.

Tasting the meaty delicacy and choosing the final product is somewhat of an art. But for the Trail Pipe Band president, the practise is as sentimental as it is connoisseurial.

“I remember when I was a kid the band held the Burns night at the Local 480 Hall,” he recalled. “There was always haggis from somewhere, though I don’t CONTINUED ON A3

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Friday, January 22, 2016 Trail Times

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One of the top stories trending in social media this week is the exorbitant price of cauliflower - in most North American grocery stores the cruciferous heads have skyrocketed to $5.99 each.

In fact, at one point, five heads of cauliflower actually cost more than a barrel of oil here in the Great White North.

Not so at a downtown grocery store - where the seasoned produce manager says it’s not about trends but more about a constant monitoring of weather conditions, related predictions and basing produce prices on a more even keel.

“The bottom line is to get the best produce for the best price,” explained Danny Ferraro from Ferraro Foods.

“And it’s all about the weather and timing.”

When conditions, such as too much rain, slow the growth of a crop or too much sun ripens the product too quickly -that’s when consumers will notice shifting prices at the tills.

Or the opposite, an optimal forecast can lead to bumper crops and bins overflowing with a certain vegetable or fruit that can be sold at bottom dollar.

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Cauliflower prices have been trending in social media this week after crop failures bumped the price to as high as $5.99 per head. (like with cauliflower the past two weeks), they raise the price to slow people from buying,” said Ferraro. “That way everyone will have cauliflower until the next crop becomes available.”

Another example is when Florida’s citrus crops were hit with below freezing temperatures a few years ago, and fresh fruit took a hit.

“The weather ruined the crops, and scarred the fruit,”

Ferraro explained. “But they made more juice, so consumers may have noticed the price of fruit juice dropped. That’s how it all works.”

Each day, Ferraro continuously monitors updates on his computer and reads about weather conditions from Mexico, through California, Oregon and B.C. (depending on time of year) and notes predictions of when crops will mature or if weather will delay growth.

“Why is produce the way it is?” he said. “Weather - it all comes down to the weather.”

Where there’s a gap the price goes up to slow sales down, he added.

Ferraro Foods is an independent store so the outlets can work with many different suppliers and prices don’t often fluctuate to the extreme.

“Like celery, too much rain slows the growth,” said Ferraro, mentioning the product comes in washed, but lately it arrives with a build up of mud on the roots.

“It needs water but also needs sun and heat, which reflects in the price,” he reiterated, checking his inbox for the most recent weather updates and forecasts.

“My job is to make sure, using different suppliers, that we always can get the best quality and the best price. And it’s all based on weather.”

Students prepare to enter Junior Dragons’ Den CHELSEA NOVAK Castlegar News

Junior Dragons’ Den is returning to the West Kootenay.

Put on by Community Futures Development Corporation since 2014, the competition is for youth from Grade 8 to post-secondary school and is based on the popular CBC show, Dragons’ Den. Asked what the idea behind the competition was, John Reed, junior initiatives coordinator for Community Futures of Greater Trail, said, “To create an opportunity for students to be creative,

inventive, learn leadership skills. We’re big advocates of financial literacy, so it’s a really nice, fun challenging way for students to either create a business or to expand an existing business, if they have one.”

Youth submit applications pitching a business idea or a business improvement idea.

Short listed applicants — five from each category, including Junior (Grades 8-10), Senior (Grades 11-12) and College/ University/Trades — are then assigned a mentor from the local business community who will help them refine

their business concept and turn it into a one-page business plan with financial statements. Those who make it this far will also have to create a video elevator pitch.

Students will only have so long to prepare, because they’ll have to present their business plans at a regional competition in Trail on Thursday, April 21, in front of a live audience and a panel of local business leaders.

The first, second and third place winners from each age category will be rewarded cash prizes and awards to go toward the start-up costs of

their business, or to expand their existing business.

“The cash prizing portion needs to go toward business start-up and/or expansion, and it can also go toward continuing education or tuition,” says Reed.

Winners of the regional competition will then advance to the Junior Dragons’ Den Championship 2016, also in Trail on Saturday, April 30, where they’ll face the winners from the other two regions.

Interested students can apply at juniordragonsden. com; the deadline has been extended to Tuesday, March 1.

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Haggis a staple of annual event CONTINUED FROM A1 know where it came from prefers the steaming methback then. Haggis is made od to lock the moisture in differently depending upon the casing. who’s making it - but it’s “I tend to like mine that always been a tradition.” way,” he added.

Titsworth usually orders “At the Legion we serve his haggis from a producer extra gravy because a lot in Fife. Logistics forced him of people like to have the to find another local source flavour of the haggis mixed this year, though the end in.” result was just as pleasing Besides haggis, plates at - flavoursome haggis made the Trail Legion dinner are by a meat market in Kaslo. piled high with roast beef, “It will be part of the “neeps and tatties” (turnips main plate on Saturday and potatoes) and for some, night, and some people like a dram, otherwise known me, will take much more as a glass of Scotch whiskey. haggis than others,” he emThough servings are phasized. “But I really like usually polished off at it.” the Robbie Burns event, National dish aside, it’s Titsworth says haggis is not a stretch to say the key particularly tasty the folingredients of traditional lowing morning. haggis, being sheep’s pluck “If by any chance you (heart, liver and lungs), can find leftover haggis,” he minced onions, oatmeal shared. suet and spices all con“You put it in your frying tained in an animal’s stom- pan and then fry your eggs ach - may not immediately on top of it - it’s wonderful.” appeal to younger palates.

For information about But some adventure- the Robbie Burns dinner some local youth recently and dance, presented Jan. had a taste, and Titsworth 23 by the Trail Legion and says a few of them even Trail Pipe Band, contact the came back for seconds. branch at 364.1422.

Last fall, he was special Another little known guest for an after-school fact is that haggis has been program at the Trail and unavailable south of the District Public Library, border since 1971. The called “Passport to the ban was issued when the World.”

USDA (U.S. Department of “They invite someone Agriculture) declared livefrom a different culture stock lungs could not be each week,” Titsworth ex- used as human food. plained. “So I cooked up The reasoning is not for some haggis and brought the squeamish - fluids from it down. the stomach, for example, “After I told the kids could make its way into the what it was, there were lungs of an animal during some who didn’t want to the slaughtering process. try it at all,” he chuckled.

Because sheep lungs are “And some who came back a key ingredient in Scottishfor several plates.” made haggis, the product Haggis can be steamed cannot be imported to the or baked, though Titsworth States.

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The dollar may be sinking and the price of food rising but nothing puts a smile on a person’s face more than seeing the price of gas go down. Thursday morning motorists were filling up on gas at 96.9 cents per litre in Trail, which was one of the lowest prices in the region according to bcgasprices.com.

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Declining revenue from the Civic Centre’s ice arena is prompting questions about the historic building’s future.

The Nelson Regional Sports Council, which manages the city-owned facility, has asked for a $20,000 increase in funding from council ahead of the 2016 budget to keep the venue afloat. The proposal, made to city council Monday, cites a $40,000 drop in ice rental revenue since 2010 as the primary reason for the request.

Sports council chair Mari Plamondon downplayed suggestions the rink could close within a few years but said the annual decline in revenue is troubling.

“I don’t have a crystal ball. I don’t know,” said Plamondon.

“I know there are way more people who will fight to keep the Civic arena open and come up with creative ideas to do that than there are people who just want to close it.

Unless there is a huge crash in ice use, I don’t anticipate that.”

City council has not increased funding for the rink’s upkeep from $55,000 since 2006. That number, according to the proposal, should be $66,510 after an adjustment for inflation.

Ice rental revenue peaked in 2010 at $140,000 but has steadily fallen since to $98,317 for the fiscal year ending March 2015, contributing to an overall $3,537 loss for the year.

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Friday, January 22, 2016 Trail Times

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Crowe hosts New Year’s Debate Classic

SUBMIT TED Final results are in for the 7th annual JL Crowe Secondary Debate Tourney last Saturday.

Teams participated from Nelson, Rossland, Castlegar and Trail.

This year’s tournament consisted of two rounds of cross- examination in the morning and a round of impromptu style in the afternoon.

The topics were: “Be it resolved that consumerism is responsible for climate change.” for the crossexamination rounds and the students had a choice of “Be it resolved that laughter is the best medicine or intelligence is enough.” for the impromptu round.

In the impromptu style students were given the topic one half hour before presenting both the proposition and opposition cases.

Local results for each of the schools and categories are as follows. In the novice competition, Chloe Zacharias and Bethany Worsnop of JL Crowe placed first, Dylan Gyr/Jack Ross and Suki Simmington of Wildflower School in

Nelson placed second and Jessica Smithies paired with Carter Erickson of Kinnaird Elementary of Castlegar third.

Individually, Chloe Zacharias was first, Bethany Worsnop, second and Suki Simmington was third.

For the debate portion of the competition the junior and senior categories were combined due to the number of teams registered in both divisions.

The results for the junior category, Sophie Edney and Margaret Saville from LV Rogers Secondary came in first place, second place went to Justin Ma and Chris Mountain from JL Crowe and third place went to Hita Manhas and Jaden How from LV Rogers Secondary.

Individually, Sophie Edney of LV Rogers placed first, Justin Ma of JL Crowe was second, and Hita Manhas of LV Rogers was third.

Chris Mountain was fourth ((JLC), Margaret Saville (LVR) took 5thplace and Jaden How was 6th.

In the senior category, the team of Maggie Chan and Hannah Flick

placed first and Shaurya Sharma and Liam Walters of JL Crowe Secondary placed second.

Individually, Shaurya Sharma placed first, Maggie Chan second, Hannah Flick third and Liam Walters fourth.

In the end, strong arguments were presented for the reasons behind climate change and the while the topic appeared one sided at the onset students realized the implications of time and how cyclical variations have played a role. “Intelligence is enough” brought forward interesting and fun discussion and lightened the course of the day. And yes, the negative team triumphed a number of times!

Congratulations were extended to all participants and a very big thank you was given to the helpers, chairpersons/timers and the members of the community who contributed to the day’s events.

The students now look forward to the last local novice tournament to be held in Castlegar and the junior and senior competition in Nelson at the end of January.

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Junior Division (from the left); Chris Mountain, Justin Ma, Margaret Saville, Sophie Edney, Hita Mahas, Jaden How

Novice Division (from the left); Brian Chan, Scarlet Guy, Jessica Smithies, Carter Erickson, Bethany Worsnop, Chloe Zacharias

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B.C. economy to grow despite global turmoil Poll finds pessimistic residents hunkering down JEFF NAGEL Black Press

B.C.’s economy is forecast to grow at a healthy clip of three per cent this year despite growing global financial uncertainty that has seen stock markets plunge and the Canadian dollar swoon in tandem with the dive in oil prices.

That prediction comes from Central 1 Credit Union senior economist Bryan Wu, who says the province will lead Canada in growth and should weather the global economic turmoil well, thanks to improved exports and tourism due to the weak loonie.

“B.C. will continue to benefit from

low interest rates and a lower currency, despite challenges presented by a weak commodity sector,” Yu said.

“Lifted by household demand and housing investment, economic growth will ease slightly from 2015 but remain moderate.”

Yu also expects economic growth to average three per cent from 2017 on, with steady consumer activity and higher business investment tied to major project construction.

His forecast assumes one large liquefied natural gas terminal will be built in B.C. and Yu cautioned growth would be slower at about 2.5 per cent and unemployment higher by 0.5 per cent if a new LNG plant fails to materialize.

He predicts unemployment will edge up slightly in 2016 to 6.3 per cent before

declining in subsequent years.

The forecast is in contrast to a new Insights West poll that shows B.C. residents have become considerably more pessimistic about the economy and many are adopting a frugal mindset as they hunker down for financial trouble.

Two-in-five of those surveyed expect B.C.’s economy to decline and at least 40 per cent said they plan to slash spending on entertainment, new clothes or dining out to prepare for tougher times.

The poll found 93 per cent expect to pay more for groceries over the next six months and 71 per cent expect higher real estate prices.

Nearly half of respondents said they’ve worried frequently or occasionally about the value of their investments.

Smart meter system finishes under budget TOM FLETCHER Black Press

BC Hydro’s wireless grid system was officially complete at the end of 2015, with a total cost the Crown utility now projects to be $777 million.

That’s $153 million below the original budget, said Greg Reimer, executive vice president, transmission, distribution and customer service for BC Hydro. It includes all the elements required by the B.C. government when it ordered the installation of the smart meter system as part of its Clean Energy Act in 2010.

Reimer said in an interview the system has also exceeded the $70 million in savings projected for the first three years of operation.

“We’ve realized about $100 million in benefits during that time, particularly from

operational savings,” Reimer said.

“Customers are getting more accurate bills. We’ve reduced our manual meter reading reads and our bill estimates. Meter reading and billing is automated through the system.”

The smart grid had its severest test at the end of August 2015 when a windstorm brought down thousands of drought-weakened trees, leaving 700,000 customers on southern Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland without electricity.

Power was restored to all areas in five days, which was half the time it took to recover from the December 2006 windstorm that flattened trees in Vancouver’s Stanley Park, Reimer said. The 2006 storm blacked out only half the number of homes of the 2015 event.

Reimer said the ability to test an entire power line after one break is repaired means the crew doesn’t have to drive the rest of the line, and can move to the next confirmed problem when repairing storm damage.

BC Hydro has defended its power theft savings after NDP energy critic Adrian Dix questioned them. In a recent letter to BC Hydro CEO Jessica McDonald, Dix said the company’s estimate of power theft by marijuana growers was “magically” inflated by then-energy minister Rich Coleman in 2006, then increased again in the utility’s 2011 business case for the wireless system.

Reimer said the business case projected a 75 per cent reduction in power theft, and the reduction for this fiscal year is projected at 80 per cent, as the smart grid de-

tects actual power consumption and compares it to billed amounts.

While it’s officially complete, the smart grid requires ongoing maintenance and annual testing of meters to meet federal accuracy regulations. BC Hydro also plans to install more than 4,000 meters that use commercial cellular phone networks to send in readings.

Those are for locations with concrete basement meter rooms that can’t reach the grid, or rural areas where it is too expensive to extend the BC Hydro wireless grid, Reimer said.

There are still 1,320 BC Hydro customers who have refused to accept smart meters, opting to pay a monthly fee for manual meter reading of a mechanical meter or a wireless meter with the radio transmitter turned off.

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DISPOSAL OF CHRISTMAS TREES 2016 The City of Trail in cooperation with the J. L. Crowe High School Grad Class will be conducting a pick-up of Christmas trees throughout Trail.

On Saturday, January 23rd and Sunday, January 24th, students will pick up trees where you normally put your refuse out for collection and at designated drop off areas within each neighbourhood.

Students will pass through your area only once, so please ensure your tree is placed in a convenient location prior to Saturday, January 23 so students do not have to walk on private property.

If your tree is missed during our pick-up, you may dispose of it yourself at the McKelvey Creek Regional Landfill Site. Landfill fees may apply.

NEIGHBOURHOOD DESIGNATED DROP OFF AREAS: Waneta Area ...... Waneta Village Park ...... Intersection Theatre Road & Hwy 22A Glenmerry ...... Glenmerry Underpass - Carnation Drive East Trail ...... Butler Park at Grandstand ...... & Gyro Park Parking Lot Sunningdale ...... Hillside Drive at the Y West Trail ...... Bocce Pits ...... Old Elks Parking Lot Tadanac ...... Stoney Creek Rd - old Pool Site ...... Parking Lot Public Works ...... Outside yard @ 3370 Highway Drive Miral Heights ...... Miral Heights Park Thank you, City of Trail Public Works Department

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Province aims to hire 1,600 more nurses by March TOM FLETCHER Black Press

The B.C. government is planning to catch up on its long-standing nursing shortage by hiring 1,643 full-time Registered Nurses by the end of March.

Health Minister Terry Lake and B.C. Nurses’ Union president Gayle Duteil announced they have reached a staff increase agreement that has been the main obstacle to signing a new contract. The previous deal expired nearly two years ago, and the dispute over staffing was headed for arbitration.

Duteil said the last BCNU contract in 2012 contained a commitment to fill these positions, but more than 1,600 have not been.

“To the nurses working 16-hour shifts today, to the nurses working short in the emergency department and operating rooms across B.C., to community nurses with overwhelming caseloads, this agreement means relief is on the way,” Duteil said.

Lake said the first priority is to offer full-time positions to some of the 7,000 casual nurses working in B.C. Nurses

“To the nurses working 16-hour shifts today, to the nurses working short in the emergency department and operating rooms across B.C., to community nurses with overwhelming caseloads, this agreement means relief is on the way.”

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from other provinces would be the next choice, and international recruiting would take place after that.

“I think there will be a pool of nurses who may be moving back with their families to British Columbia, given the economic downturn in Alberta,” Lake said.

By region, the plan targets recruiting of 400 nurses for Fraser Health, 300 for Interior Health, 290 for Island Health, 100 for Northern Health, 235 for Vancouver Coastal Health, 238 for the Provincial Health Authority and 80 for

Providence Health Care, which runs St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver.

Fraser Health CEO Michael Marchbank said each nursing position costs the health authority about $100,000 a year, and the new positions can be accommodated from existing budgets.

NDP health critic Judy Darcy questioned whether that many nurses can be hired in little more than two months, after the original 2012 promise to hire more than 2,000 nurses has only resulted in about 500 up to now.

“We know that the long waits for hip replacement, knee replacement, you name it, has been due to shortages, including nursing shortages,” Darcy said.

“We’ve been paying incredible overtime. Huge burnout, high injury rates, wait lists, hallway medicine, all of those things are a consequence not having met this promise.”

Duteil said 16-hour shifts have become “the new normal” for many RNs, and the agreement is a relief. She urged casual nurses in B.C. to contact the union by email immediately at hireanurse@bcnu.org to express interest in the new positions.

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Should we care if the rich are getting richer?

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o just 62 people own as much wealth as the bottom half of all humanity put together. That number decreases every year, but it’s like we’re waiting for the point where it’s only one person who is as rich as half of humanity before we’ll be impressed.

Either we’re becoming jaded by constant reports of income inequality, or we’re not paying attention because we’re being asked to draw the wrong conclusions. Probably both.

International charity Oxfam releases a report on global wealth inequality every January. This year’s report just happens to come right before the rich and powerful gather at Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. Oxfam’s report is giving the politicians there a gold-plated opportunity to talk about the wrong things.

It is true, the share of global wealth is concentrating in evergreater extent on the top percentile of people. In 2010, it took 388 people to amass as much wealth as the bottom 50 per cent of people in the the world, according to Oxfam.

That dropped to 177 people in 2011, then 159 in 2012, plummeting to 92 in 2013, and in the global economic struggles beginning in 2014, a slight drop to 80. Now, it’s 62.

But that’s not the information that should outrage us the most, or the item that decision-makers should concentrate on. The report

is just data. and it includes all the What should usual suspects. But outrage is how smack in the middle little this group of that list is Garrett gives back, conCamp, owner of the sidering their Canadian arm of Uber vastly disproporand a major web detionate wealth. veloper.

Oxfam reAs fellow Troy Media ports that of the columnist Robert GREG fortunes of this McGarvey wrote, Uber group, about $7.6 doesn’t pay taxes. The trillion resides in drivers are expected Troy Media the accounts of to, but 20 per cent of tax havens. every Uber ride goes to a holding Are you weary of being asked to company in the Netherlands, which contribute, over and over again, to pays another holding company in alleviate the worst effects of pov- the Netherlands for the right to erty in Africa? Oxfam reports al- Uber’s intellectual property, which most a third of the total wealth is not taxed in that country. From of that continent is held offshore. there the money goes to an offshore Gabriel Zuchman of the University haven owned by the top holding of California Berkeley estimates company in San Franscisco. that $14 billion has been lost as The scheme is used by a lot of inrevenue for African countries to ternational companies whose payimprove their own economies and ments occur online and which don’t infrastructure for education and become real money until they’re health care. out of reach of the tax departments In my view, that’s more impor- of the countries where the paytant than the data of mere inequal- ments were made. ity.

In fact, Oxfam says 188 of 201 But don’t think it’s just Africa leading global companies use offthat offends in this way. shore havens to avoid helping to A sidebar to the Oxfam report keep the infrastructure of the econtells us that five Canadians hold omies that generate their wealth in the equivalent wealth of the bottom good condition.

30 per cent of all Canadians. That’s Uber drivers use the road, they more than 11 million people. block the parking stalls and the Global News has the list posted, bike lanes of big cities - why doesn’t

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the parent company contribute like their licensed taxi competitors and everyone else?

That’s where the anger should be focused. Canada’s former Conservative government refused to accept data offered to them listing the biggest Canadian tax cheats, who collectively owe hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars to the nation. Canada helped build their wealth, why shouldn’t they support our nation according to law?

There’s plenty of criticism of Oxfam’s methodology and reporting. Yes, CEO salaries increased almost 1,000 per cent since 1982, while worker salaries increased a mere 10.9 per cent.

But wealth is not a finite pie.

In that time, the value of S&P 500 companies increased by more than 500 per cent. That’s a whole lot of new wealth, reflected in the value of millions of Canadians’ RSP accounts - at least those who invested and held through the numerous cycles over the years.

I don’t like seeing the egregious wealth-taking the world talks about. But what I hate more is how we ignore the ability of the superrich to thumb their noses at taxpaying slobs like us who build the economy that makes them so rich.

Greg Neiman is a freelance editor, columnist and blogger living in Red Deer, Alta.

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here’s nothing like an economic downturn to remind westerners why they resent some of the attitudes emanating from the smug, self-righteous elites of Ontario.

Some of this clique - not all, but an annoying minority - are exhibiting signs of schadenfreude: you know, barely concealing the glee they feel at Alberta’s and Saskatchewan’s oil-glut driven reversal of fortunes. As thousands of westerners (and, by the way, Ontarians, East Coasters and others) lose their jobs and see their termination packages run out, there is talk in Ontario about how Canada DOUG should seize this opportunity to “rebalance the Troy economy.”

Rebalancing is code talk: It means that with a low, low Canadian dollar (hovering a bit below 70 cents US), central Canada’s manufacturers have a chance of recovering.

The theory goes that they would do this by cranking out products offered to the world at prices discounted by Canada’s sagging currency. Armed with these theoretical new fortunes, Canada can accelerate its shift away from being a commoditybased economy.

A particular target for the economic revolution, not surprisingly, is the beleaguered oilsands industry.

“Certainly, it makes no sense in climate-change terms to keep the Alberta oilsands,” writes Toronto Star columnist Thomas Walkom.

“Increasingly, it makes less sense economically.”

Let’s pause for a moment to consider those words.

Underlying them is the assumption that: a) the “tar sands” are ethically wrong, b) that low commodity prices are somehow bringing about a good,

and c) central Canada’s manufacturing sector can recover enough to lead a recovery.

It’s time to do a reality check on these assumptions: Evil oilsands: There is no question that the oilsands in Alberta and Saskatchewan have been high-emission sources of crude oil. The trend, however, has been steady progress in reducing those greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over time. An industry group, the Canadian Oil Sands Industry Alliance, reports that member companies have shared 814 distinct technologies and innovations that are improving environmental performance.

Between 1990 and 2011, oil sands GHG emissions per Media barrel were reduced by 26 per cent, according to Natural Resources Canada.

Globally, the oilsands produce a tiny fraction of the world’s GHGs. In 2010, for example, GHG emissions from European electricity generation alone were more than 25 times greater than emissions from the oilsands. There is even greater growth in emissions from emerging economies. Around the world, GHG emissions grew by 40 per cent between 1990 and 2011. In the same time period, Canada’s share has been less than two per cent.

Low commodity prices: Whether it’s B.C.’s softwood, Manitoba and Saskatchewan’s grain and pulses or Alberta’s oil, commodities have sustained Canada’s economy throughout much of its history. Low prices gut the economy and leave large portions of the country with no economic foundation.

It forces the country to look to manufacturing as a go-to saviour, but . . .

Manufacturing’s chances: It

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is a misguided fantasy to think that manufacturing can achieve a sustained recovery.

Take the auto industry in Ontario as a telling example. Canada’s share of North American auto output is at its lowest level since 1987. In 2014, global auto makers announced investments of US$7 billion in Mexico, including three new assembly plants.

In the same year, the industry invested just more than one-tenth of that in Ontario, according to the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), an industry think tank in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Will a low dollar turn things around? Not now, when Mexico’s wages are about US$8 an hour while Canadian autoworkers receive US $50 in wages and benefits. In addition, Mexico offers location and market access advantages.

The aerospace industry is doing no better. Last year, aircraft (and train) manufacturer Bombardier needed a $1 billion bailout to keep the doors open.

So, back to reality. Canada’s economic health still hinges on the export of commodities, and the largest portion of that has been oil and gas.

Further, companies in Canada are developing technologies to deliver these products sustainably - technology that can be used by others around the world.

There’s no going back to the myth of the good old days of a manufacturing-driven economy. We must recognize how the world has changed around us. Trade deals like the TransPacific Partnership will take our traditional markets (primarily the U.S.) away from us if we don’t rise to the competition.

For the foreseeable future, there is no viable way to “rebalance” the economy. We have no choice but to get in the game.

The revenue from robust commodity prices will get us there.

Doug Firby is Editor-in-Chief and National Affairs columnist for Troy Media.

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The Senior Womens Kootenay Playdowns came down to a thrilling finish on the weekend at the Grand Forks Curling Club, with Marnie Matthews’ Trail-Nelson rink taking top spot.

The BC senior women’s qualifiers are a new rink that combines skip Marnie Matthews and third Rose Beauchamp from Trail and Nelson curlers Carol Bennett as second and Cathy McLeod lead.

Matthews and Beauchamp play in the Kootenay Savings Super League together, and teamed up with Bennett and McLeod for the playdowns.

“We put this team together just a few months ago, and went to the competition and won it,” said Beauchamp.

The Matthews rink completed a stunning eighth end comeback in the final, Sunday, to beat the Heather Nichol rink from Castlegar, 7-5, and win the Kootenay playdowns and a berth to the Senior Womens BC Curling championship next month.

Down 4-0 after two ends, Matthews counted

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From left: Skip Marnie McLeod, third Rose Beauchamp, second Carol Bennett, and lead Cathy McLeod won the Senior Womens Kootenay Playdowns on Sunday and will go on to play in the provincials in Richmond next month. one in the third end, and practice or play many three in the seventh for bye into the final,” said stole in the fourth. games but we were able the victory.

Beauchamp.

Nichol made it 5-2 in to pull it off in the end.”

However, Nichol In the semifinal, the fifth, but Matthews The Matthews rink went on to beat Baker Nichol beat Baker 8-2 made an unbeliev- stumbled out of the in her second match by to advance to the final able run scoring one in gate dropping its first scoring three in the final against Matthews. the sixth, and stealing match against Creston’s end to steal a 9-8 victory, The Matthews rink a single in the seventh Cherie Baker rink, be- and leave all three teams will have a little more to make it 5-4 heading fore rebounding with tied with identical 1-1 time to practice before into the eighth and final a convincing 11-3 vic- records. traveling to Richmond end. With Nichol hold- tory over the Nichol “All three teams Feb. 15-21 for the B.C. ing hammer, the Trail- rink. Matthews broke ended up with one win Senior Womens Curling Nelson foursome stole open a tight 3-3 game, so they did the draw to championship. for a third time, scoring by counting three in the the button to see who “We’re hoping to do three for the 7-5 victory. fifth, then stole two in got the bye into the as best we can,” added “We didn’t have much the sixth and another final, and we got the Beauchamp.

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Retiree skips take rare day off

TIMES CONTRIBUTOR The Mens Retiree Curling Club gave their skips a day off on the five-man teams and on four-man teams the skips played lead, often poorly.

Such was the case with the Tom Hall rink, playing the Ernie Brown foursome. The turning point early in the game, was skip John Dyer’s draw to the top

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four foot buried. A steal of one for the Hall team against possible four or five for Brown. Make the final Hall 7, Brown 6.

Skip Murray Walsh, playing lead set up the first few ends perfectly against team Kevin Oliver. (Kevin also playing lead.) Sergio Peloso playing second for Walsh was deadly accurate cleaning house for skip Cliff Tyson.

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got off to a strong start against team Primo Secco, leading four nothing after three ends. The turning point for the Secco rink was the sixth end when they scored a duce. Then stealing two in seven and three in eight sealed the deal. Make the final 8–5 for Secco.

Team Forrest Drinnan made a tough draw for one in the first end against team Dan Horan. It proved to be

an insurmountable lead, as they stole the next five ends. Handshakes after six ends.

The Harvey Handley foursome one’d team Serge Pasquali into submission. Up 4-0 after four Handley gave up three in the fifth to make it close. Harvey followed up with one in six and one in seven.

Team Pasquali could only manage a deuce in eight to come up one short.

The Selkirk College Saints received a decent grade on the weekend as the BC Intercollegiate Hockey League team crammed three games into three days on the road The Saints took 5-of-6 points on the coastal road trip, beating Trinity Western Spartans 2-1 in Langley Friday, before losing 4-3 in a shootout to Simon Fraser University (SFU) Saturday, and bouncing back with a 4-3 victory over the University of Victoria Vikings in the B.C. capital on Sunday.

Matt Martin and Trail native Dallas Calvin scored in the final three minutes to overcome a 3-2 deficit against the Vikes and win their 10th game of the season. Calvin netted the winner with 42 seconds to play, converting a nice setup from Ryan Edwards and Jamie Vlanich for the win, as James Prigione stopped 27 shots in goal for Selkirk. Dane Feeney and Tyler Branzsen scored the other goals for the Saints, while former Trail Smoke Eaters Cody Bardock and Ryan Edwards each had two CODY BARDOCK assists.

Bardock is a new addition to the Saints, coming from Lethbridge, the 22-year-old six-foot-four, 220-pound defenceman has three assists in his first three games.

Bardock played in 11 games for the Smoke Eaters in 2013-14, scoring a goal and adding four assists.

The victory puts the Saints within one point of the league-leading 11-4-0 SFU. Simon Fraser’s Mathew Berry-Lamontagna scored in a shoot out, while goalie Jordan Liem denied all three Selkirk shooters in a match against the BCIHL’s top two teams. Jono Ceci scored twice to put SFU up 2-0, but two goals from Vlanich and one from Edwards gave the Saints a 3-2 lead early in the third period.

However, Ceci set up Tyler Basham with 8:30 remaining to tie it and send the game to OT. Liem stopped 42 shots for SFU, while Brett Huber made 21 in net for the Saints.

On Friday, Ashton McLeod broke a 1-1 tie, scoring the winner on the power play with 8:37 to play for the 2-1 victory over TWU. Feeney scored the other Saints goal to tie it at 4:45 of the first, as Prigione stopped 24 shots in net for the win, while Silas Matthys stopped 32 for the Spartans.

The Saints are on the road this weekend in a match in Eastern Washinton University, before returning home Jan. 29 for a tilt versus Trinity Western.

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idn’t take empty net clincher at l o n g . the death.

Less than An utter collapse, two minagainst a team playing utes, actually. its third road game The Smoke in less than 48 hours Eaters went from a - and with it perhaps DAVE team looking like a the collapse of our strong contender for hopes for BCHL playan Interior Division off action at Cominco Sports ‘n’ Things playoff spot to a Arena for the first likely also-ran in time in quite a while. just that limited time.

Vernon is here tomorrow (last Playing without three of their night’s game happened between top seven scorers, Trail carried a the writing and publishing of this two-goal lead very late into the piece) and a win in that game third period Sunday, with what would keep playoff hopes alive. looked like a good chance to It will be a tough slog, even for stay tied with Vernon for fourth a healthy roster, regardless of last place, the final playoff berth, in night’s score, however, because their division. A minute and all but two of the remaining 12 43 seconds later, they were los- games on the Smoke Eater scheding by a goal - they gave up an ule are against the top teams in

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the division, including three, beginning with a home-and- home set next weekend, against the number one junior A team in Canada, the Penticton Vees.

It was deflating for the spectators Sunday and had to be crushing for the players who had handled roster adversity fairly well for almost 55 minutes. Reality is, however, real, and the team that buoyed our expectations through December with strong results will have to be even better the rest of the way to stay in touch with playoff contention.

The games are still very entertaining, exciting even, and I will continue to support the team by showing up at games. I will, however, arrive at the rink with my optimism tempered unless the circumstance improves.

NFL: final-four indicators

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The NFL has its final four, and the oddsmakers are forecasting tight games.

Considering that the divisional matchups all finished with onepossession results, this weekend’s championship games should be just as close, right?

Well, maybe not in one case.

The 17th and possibly final installment of the Peyton ManningTom Brady saga appropriately takes place in a conference title game. This one is in Denver, where Brady is 2-6, including a loss this season when Manning was injured and Brock Osweiler was taking snaps.

So yes, there are some raised eyebrows when the betting line is placed at New England favoured by 2 1-2 points in the Mile High City.

But there are also these elements to consider: -Of the four winners last weekend, New England looked the strongest.

-Brady’s post-season pedigree is better than Manning’s overall.

He is 22-8 in the playoffs, including 4-2 in Super Bowls. Manning is 12-13, 1-2 in Super Bowls.

-Brady also is 10-6 overall facing Manning, but the record is 2-2 in the playoffs.

Of course, the Patriots quarterback is in his 10th AFC championship game, fifth in a row, and has gone 6-3. Denver’s QB is in his fifth and is 3-1, including 2-1 against Brady. That offsets the indicators favouring New England just a bit.

-Health. Brady has a nagging ankle problem, but he didn’t seem affected against Kansas City, and he’s certainly closer to peak form than Manning.

-Broncos coach Gary Kubiak has never been in charge of a Super Bowl team. Bill Belichick has made a habit of it.

No quarterback has won five Lombardi Trophies, and Brady has that in his sights, too.

It seems as if much of America dreads another trip to the big game by Belichick’s team. Time to swallow hard and ...

BEST BET: PATRIOTS, 24-13 Arizona (plus 3) at Carolina Both clubs left their fans, neutral observers and probably themselves shaking their heads last weekend.

The Panthers, who had the

league’s best record at 15-1, pummeled two-time defending NFC champion Seattle 31-0 in the first half. Carolina’s defence got consistent pressure on Russell Wilson and shut down the ground game.

Cam Newton, Jonathan Stewart and Greg Olsen were dominant on offence.

Then it all soured, the Seahawks scored the next 24 points and probably were an onside kick recovery away from forcing overtime. Newton admitted his team needs more killer instinct.

Arizona displayed that trait in overtime against Green Bay, sparked by Larry Fitzgerald’s weaving 75-yard catch and run.

But the Cardinals never should have needed the extra work, allowing a 60-yard completion on fourth down, then a 41-yard desperation TD pass on the final play of regulation.

Each team has an outstanding defence, but the feeling here is lots of points will be had in Sunday’s late game.

The majority of those points will be scored by the hosts, who have won 12 in a row at home.

PANTHERS, 33-28

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RELIGION Holy Trinity CWL members challenged to ‘Pay it Forward’ Following the Jan. 16 evening Mass at Holy Trinity Church, President Marjorie Nutini welcomed members to the Annual General Meeting of the CWL. Committee chairs presented highlights of the year’s work which included spiritual enrichment, educational speakers, community outreach and fundraising projects.Nutini appreciated the inspirational value of the three day Diocesan Convention hosted by Holy Trinity in May, and thanked members for their continuing dedication and collaborative efforts.

Organization chair Sandra Stajduhar reported that new members will be installed at the February meeting.

Spiritual advisor, Fr. Bart van Roijen, invited parishioners to attend an afternoon Lenten Reflection, Feb. 7 at Holy Trinity Church, with Parish Potluck Dinner to follow.

There will be a Deanery-wide Year of Mercy Retreat on Sun. Feb. 28, at St. Rita’s Church in Castlegar, featuring guest presenters Sister Nancy Hurren, Bother Gerry Craig and Sister Phyllis Giroux. To register, contact Elizabeth at the parish office by Feb. 21.

Parish activities co-chairs Linda Zol and Lorna Perri will organize the Lenten Soup and Bun lunches, with proceeds going to Development and Peace.

Resolutions and Legislation chair Mary Billingsley updated members on the physician assisted suicide concern.The Supreme Court has granted the federal government a four month extension to craft new legislation.Billingsley noted that only 30% of dying people in B.C. have access to good palliative care. She encouraged members to sign the online declaration on euthanasia sponsored by the Canadian Council of Catholic Bishops and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada at www. ethanasiadeclaration.ca During the Jubilee Year of Mercy declared by Pope Francis, CWL councils across Canada will focus on palliative care projects that express mercy towards our brothers and sisters as they reach the end of their lives. As an extension of the mercy theme, Nutini further challenged members to “pay it forward” in the month ahead by performing random acts of kindness towards fellow citizens.

Spiritual chair Marlise Gattafoni led the group in a closing prayer, remembering sick members with the refrain from the Year of Mercy song, “Give us new hearts, oh Lord.” The next CWL general meeting will be Feb. 16.Parish intern Bonnie Fanaiye will speak on his “Journey to the Seminary.”

Pope changes rule for gender friendly pre-Easter rite

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has changed church regulations to correspond to his rulebreaking celebration of the Easter Week ritual of washing the feet of men and women, Christians and not, in a sign of universal service.

Vatican rules for the Holy Thursday rite had long called for only men to participate, and popes past and many priests traditionally performed the ritual on 12 Catholic men, recalling Jesus’ 12 apostles.

Shortly after he was elected, Francis raised conservative eyebrows by performing the rite on men and women, Christians as well as Muslims, at a Roman juvenile detention facility in Rome.

On Thursday, the Vatican published a decree from the Vatican’s liturgy office.

The decree said the rite can now be performed on anyone ``chosen from among the people of God.’’ It specifies that the group can include ``men and women, and hopefully young and old, healthy and sick, clerical, consecrated and lay.’’

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Jubilee Year of Mercy Pope Francis has called for a Jubilee Year of Mercy, a year in which the Church contemplates the fullness of the Father’s mercy in the person of Jesus Christ and is transformed by him.

In his own reflection on Scripture, the Pope rejoices in the patient and merciful love of God, who reveals himself to a particular people and enters into intimate relationship with them. Despite their sin and their failure to remain true to him and to one another, God never gives up, but renews his commitment day by day and reveals his almighty power, not in anger or judgment, but through his infinite mercy and willingness to forgive. “Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy.” (#1). It is, by his words, his actions and his entire person the Jesus brings to fulfilment the mercy of God. At times our response may be lukewarm.

We’ve been deeply hurt. We’ve witnessed the indignities that humans suffer at the

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hands of their brothers and sisters. We are overwhelmed by our own sin and the sin of the world. We want to show mercy, but the moment is not opportune. We hold back that which has been shown us. We hesitate because we are afraid to risk it - afraid to pay the price.

In his Pastoral Letter, Pope Francis urges us: “The time has come for the Church to take up the joyful call to mercy once more. It is time to return to the basics and to bear the weaknesses and struggles of our brothers and sisters. Mercy is the force that reawakens us to a new life and instills in us the courage to look to the future with hope.” (#10).

The world needs a credible witness to mercy, people who are willing to go beyond prejudice or a strict application of law, in order to fulfill our roles as stewards of creation, our brothers’/sisters’ keepers and witnesses to God’s mercy in our willingness to comfort, to be THE patient, to forgive SALVATION ARMY and be attentive to the genuine needs Sunday Services 10:30 am of others. ®

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Trail Seventh Day Adventist Church

3365 Laburnum Drive Trail, BC V1R 2S8 Ph: (250) 368-9516 trail_alliance@shaw.ca www.trailalliance.ca

1471 Columbia Avenue Pastor Leo Macaraig 250-687-1777

Sunday worship service 10:30am

Saturday Service Sabbath School 9:30-10:45am Church 11:00-12:00 Vegetarian potluck - Everyone Welcome -

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It cannot all be about the husband’s peccadilloes, even though he certainly is undermining his wife’s trust and needs to stop. But you cannot neglect your spouse, regardless of the reason, and expect things to be just fine. It doesn’t matter which one of them is more to blame. The point

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My dilemma is that he complains all the time about aches and pains.

Not a day goes by that there isn’t some ailment bothering him. I have tried to think back to earlier in our relationship, and I don’t recall whether he’s always done this and I had blinders on, or if his complaints have become more frequent.

Granted, he has had his share of minor health problems, but so have I and many other people. I don’t want to overlook anything serious, nor do I think he is a hypochondriac, but I have found myself becoming more and more callus and dismissive of his complaints and have even caught myself rolling my eyes. This is not in my nature and I don’t like responding this way.

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Trail Times Friday, January 22, 2016

MONEY Canadians’ vulnerability to debt set to climb in coming years: budget office

THE C ANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - The federal budget watchdog says in the coming years increasingly indebted households are poised to become the most financially vulnerable Canadians in decades.

The parliamentary budget office released a report Tuesday predicting the ratio of debt payments - including principal and interest payments - relative to disposable income will creep upwards over the next five years as interest rates rise.

The office projects that by the end of 2020, this ratio will increase to 15.9 per cent of disposable income from its late 2015 level of 14.1 per cent.

“Household debt-servicing capacity will become stretched further as interest rates rise to ‘normal’ levels over the next five years,” the report said.

“Based on PBO’s projection, the financial vulnerability of the average household would rise to levels beyond historical experience.”

The increase would mean households would be even more vulnerable to negative shocks to their income or to interest rates, which could also have an adverse effect on financial institutions.

The budget office said the ratio’s highest level over the past 25 years was 14.9 per cent - a mark reached in late 2007.

Since 1991, the report said the total

financial obligations of households has broken down, on average, in the following way: mortgage debt has represented 63 per cent of all debt, consumer credit 29 per cent and other loans eight per cent.

Over that period, household debt has increased each quarter, on average, by almost seven per cent on a yearover-year basis, the document said.

The budget office also noted that indebtedness has continued to edge higher in Canada, which has seen the largest increase in household debt relative to income of any G7 country since 2000.

Household debt loads have climbed during an era of low interest rates. The budget office said the effective household borrowing rate - which the Bank of Canada describes as a weighted average of interest rates on various mortgage and consumer loans - declined to 3.1 per cent in December from 6.7 per cent in January 1999.

The Bank of Canada has pointed to the potential hazards linked to high household debt - particularly if the country were hit by a severe recession or a prolonged period of increasing unemployment.

But the central bank has argued that the likelihood of household debt levels becoming a serious problem remains low and the situation is likely to improve once the economy starts to

recover.

The bank has said there’s been little evidence of significant increases in delinquency rates.

Still, the Bank of Canada has described the country’s mounting household debt level as the most important vulnerability in the financial system’s armour - and this susceptibility has continued to grow.

Governor Stephen Poloz has said the weak spot is concentrated among 720,000 households that could struggle to make debt payments in a significant economic downturn.

The bank has found that the proportion of households holding debt higher than 350 per cent of their gross income - a high-risk category - has doubled to about eight per cent since the 2008 financial crisis.

People in this situation tend to be younger Canadians under 45 years old who usually earn less money. Poloz has said they are part of “emerging pockets of concern.”

On Tuesday, the budget office highlighted findings from 2012 Bank of Canada research that revealed that households headed by an individual aged 31 to 35 years old held the highest levels of debt.

That research also found that debt levels decreased steadily as the age of the person heading the household increased.

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Savings at the pump not offsetting soaring produce

THE C ANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Canadians may be pocketing a little extra change at the gas pump and on their heating bills thanks to the plummeting price of crude, but experts say soaring food prices are more than offsetting those savings.

“The percentage of our budget that goes to transportation is much smaller than the percentage of our budget that is consumed in food,” said Ian Lee, an economics professor at Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business. “Yes, we’re saving at the pump, but the savings are more than offset by what we’re paying in the food stores.”

The Bank of Canada’s efforts to stimulate the economy last year by slashing its overnight lending rate has been one factor in the loonie’s slide, in turn nudging the cost of fresh produce - which is predominantly imported - higher.

The price of fruits and vegetables climbed between 9.1 and 10.1 per cent last year and that is expected to continue rising.

“So much of what we buy as a consumer is imported,” says Perry Sadorsky, associate professor of economics at the Schulich School of Business at York University.

“A lower dollar just makes the cost of importing more expensive.”

Meanwhile, gasoline prices have not fallen as dramatically as the price of crude, which is down roughly 75 per cent from its peak in June 2014.

“When you hear about lower oil prices, it does not necessarily translate into lower gasoline prices,” Sadorsky says. “The integrated oil companies have a tendency to keep the price at the pump higher in order to compensate for some of the lost profits they’re incurring on the production side.”

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LOCAL SUNSHINE AND FRESH POWDER Guy Bertrand photo

Wednesday’s weather dealt some sunshine and 18 centimetres of fresh snow for the skiers and boarders at Red Mountain. More snow is expected over the weekend for the resort, which is enjoying an abundance of the white stuff this season.

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SCHEDULE COMINCO ARENA 8-9:30 Atom B Jamboree 9:45-12:00 Sr. Novice Jamboree 9:45-10:10 Storm vs. Nitehawks 10:10-10:35 Warriors vs Snipers 10:35-11:00 Storm vs Crush 11:05-11:30 Nitehawks vs Warriors 11:30-11:55 Crush vs Snipers 12:15-2:30 Jr. Novice Jamboree

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12:15-12:40 12:40-1:05 1:05-1:30 1:35-2:00 2:00-2:25 2:45-4:15 4:30-6:30

Hawks vs Lightning Canadiens vs Flyers Raptors vs Lightning Hawks vs Flyers Canadiens vs Raptors Bantam House 1 vs Bantam House 2 PWT4 vs. Kimberley

PANCAKE BREAKFAST 8:15-11:30...please have all teams meet (preferably as a group) and attend.

Even teams who are playing later in the day in BV or the PWH tournament are encouraged to attend.

KIDS RINK 10:00-11:00 11:15-12:15

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SN Shootouts Bantam T2 3 on 3

SMOKIES GAME VS. VERNON 7:30- All kids wearing jerseys and coaches get in free.

SENIOR NOVICE SHOOTOUT FINAL will take place in between periods of the Smokies game.

5 shooters, 2 goalies will compete to be our MH Day shootout winner.

B2 www.trailtimes.ca

Friday, January 22, 2016 Trail Times

The Kootenay

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Supporting Youth Sports in the Kootenays for Over 30 Years!

JR. NOVICE CANADIENS

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JR. NOVICE LIGHTNING

Back row (left to right): Coach Heather Simm, Neely Robinson, Grayson Anderson, Alyssa Dickson, Lucas Simm, Luke McNabb, Assistant Coach Dan Eheler Front row (left to right): Daniel Conradie, Aftyn Hill, Danika Eheler, Charles Clarke, Tommaso Gelber Missing: Evan Plamondon, Mason O’Handley, Ava Prough

Back row (left to right): Safety Rhet Lyall, Head Coach Trevor Thirsk, Assistant Coach Brian Youngson Middle Row (left to right): Jayce Beauchamp, Grayson Carey, Kennedy Lyall, Ethan Caputo, Alex Youngson Front row (left to right): Lilah Parrilla, Nolan Morch, Easton Fowler, Magnus Baker, Aydin Fayant, Luke Karn, Ben Thompson Missing: Erika Miller​

JR. NOVICE HAWKS

JR. NOVICE FLYERS

Coaches (left to right): Head Coach Mike Morissette, Assistant Coach Shane Drake Back row (left to right): Noah Fontes, Mya Morissette, Treyton McKenzie, Corbin Flux, Logan Speer Front row (left to right): Chelsea Drake, Holden Nelson, Kade Waterstreet, Rawley Ortman, Tristan Hill, Isaiah May, Chase Feddersen Missing: Teagan Ortman

Back row (left to right): Assistant Coach Gord Aiken, Nathan Rudnitski, Fischer Christensen, Noah Rudnitski, Nash Hurl, Ryder Cain, Head Coach Sean Rudnitski Front row (left to right): Bailie Jones, Micah Conci, John Aiken, Hugh Robinson, Porter Morris, Mason Dobie, Eli Fricke Missing: Cooper Bolen

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SR. NOVICE WARRIORS

Coaches (left to right): Coach Trevor Fennell, Assistant Coach Andre Gagnon and Coach Mike Walker Back row (left to right): Carter Langman, Zach Nichol, Grayden Fennel, Rylie Parker, Austin Parker Front row (left to right): Jaxon Peet, Riley Gagnon, Nolan Salvador, Zach Hayton, Jake Davis, Levi Walker, Rylan Rieberger Missing: Niko David

Coaches (left to right): Darren Williams. Terry Hartford, Mike Williams Back row (left to right): Nate Johnston, Ben Guthrie, Maddox Gandha, Chayse Johnson, Aiden Wallace, Raiden Dobie Front row (left to right): Connor Robertson, Griffen Wallace, Jace Williams, Ryder Williams, Roman Zanussi, Tristan Belleperche

SR. NOVICE SNIPERS

SR. NOVICE NIGHTHAWKS

Coaches (left to right): Dale Smyth, Trevor Thirsk, Jim Maniago Back row (left to right): Tate Robinson, Nolan Smyth, Darick Khadikin, Cohen Derksen, Mya Griffiths Front row (left to right): Emily Maniago, Noah Thirsk, Molly Makway, Seth Watmough, Evan Parrilla, Hudson Makway, Jordana Jones Missing: William O’Handley, Mike Makway (coach)

Coaches (left to right): Nathan Ehman, Shane Drake Back row (left to right): Cole Kopp, Lincoln Kelly, Felicia Girardo, Rowan Morris, Griffin Ehman, Deegan Kyle Front row (left to right): Avery MacAuley, Connor Drake, Mack Karn, Charlie O’Hearn-Stone, Wade Gallamore, Thane Joyce, Karis Siddall Missing: Corbin Karn (coaches: Glen Gallamore, Ken Siddall)

Thank You Minor Hockey!

The City of Trail would like to thank all the coaches, volunteers and players who make minor hockey fun. www.trail.ca

Have a great hockey season!

B4 www.trailtimes.ca

Friday, January 22, 2016 Trail Times

McLean’s idea becomes a national celebration GUY BERTR AND Trail Times

It’s only fitting that the man who got Minor Hockey Week started epitomized everything the celebration stands for.

Charlie McLean was a young, industrious man who never tired of helping minor hockey’s growth.

“He always had an idea,” said the late Jake McLeod in an interview with the Trail Times in 2007. “He

was an excellent worker with anything he got involved in.”

Art Misisco was a member of the Trail minor hockey executive back in the 1940s and 50s and he remembers McLean as an

eager worker who put everything he had into his endeavors.

“He was definitely the guy that started it all.”

It began quite innocently enough.

Members of the Trail hockey community already had a long and storied history of involvement at the regional and provincial level.

“He was definitely the guy that started it all.”

ART MISISCO

SR. NOVICE ORANGE CRUSH Back row (left to right): Robyn Tremblay, Rick Miller, Jeff Bruce, Darren McCarthy, Devin Bilenki, Mark Heslop Middle row (left to right): Blaine Nelson, Brayden Tremblay, Connor Bruce, Jaden Stuart, Kentyn Moncrief, Nolan Zanussi Front row (left to right): Wade Haessel, Owen McCarthy, Silas Jones, Aidan Bilenki, Olli D’Amour, Kolton Miller

George Murray of Trail was part of the 1921 B.C. Amateur Hockey Association executive and J. C. Urquhart of Rossland, in 1929, became the first local resident to be elected as the president of the BCAHA. Trail men like Gus Macdonald, in 1935, and Gerry Thompson in 1949, assumed the provincial leadership role as the sport began to grow in B.C. But at the local level, men like Charlie McLean

SR. NOVICE STORM Back row (left to right): Assistant Coach Dan Eheler, Noah Price, Kabir Gurm, Sawyer Bell, Head Coach Justin Adrain Middle row (left to right): Brady Walker, Ty Walker, Joffre Fraser, Max Munn Front row (left to right): Dayton Graf, Cohen Fowler, Marshal Eheler, Lane Peet, Graden Adrain Missing: Ayden Summers, Jordan Walker

wanted to do more for the kids and get parents involved. That’s when he proposed setting aside one week a year to celebrate the sport.

“We thought it was a real good idea,” said McLeod.

“We had all the kids into the rink with different games all day and the parents had no excuse not to go and watch their child play.”

A year later, 1953, the Kids’ Rink at the Trail Memorial Centre was opened for a place where youngster could rule the ice while the older groups held their games on the Cominco Arena ice surface.

Trail’s Ed Benson, an engineer at Cominco, was the BCAHA’s vice president that year and McLean was the West Kootenay representative. At the BCAHA’s annual general meeting that summer they brought forth a resolution from the Trail Minor Hockey Association that the first week in February in 1954 be declared Minor Hockey Week in B.C. The BCAHA accepted the resolution and even advertised the announcement in the Vancouver Sun and

Vancouver Province newspapers.

“It gathered from there just like a snowball,” said McLeod.

At the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association’s annual meeting in Montreal, the BCAHA’s secretary, Leo Atwell of Nelson, and Benson, now the BCAHA president, presented the resolution to the sport’s national governing body.

It passed and Minor Hockey Week became a nation-wide celebration.

Some of the latest minor hockey figures show over two million young Canadians are registered to play and nearly five million Canadians are involved in minor hockey at some level.

Meanwhile back in Trail in 1956, the announcement that an idea born in a small meeting room in town had mushroomed into a national event had people beaming.

“It was exciting,” said Misisco.

“Sure as heck there was a lot of pride in town,” said McLeod.

“You’re proud to see stuff like that happen and it all started in Trail.”

ATOM GIANTS Back row (left to right): Will Conradie, Zack Cure, Jordy Stroud, Michael Ciardullo Middle Row (left to right): Coach Bob Bradford, Coach Kyrstan Grunerud, Aiden Ripplinger, Ben Mason, Isabella Conci, Dawson Griffiths, Coach Rob Stroud, Goalie Coach Mallory Weins Front row (left to right): Zaccari Piccolo, Max Harmsma, Matthew Johnson, Chase Hollis, Olivia Johnson, Nicholas Marcos, Mason Speers

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Good luck players & thank you parents & volunteers as we celebrate Minor Hockey!

Katrine Conroy, MLA

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ATOM WARRIORS

ATOM A SMOKIES Coaches (left to right): Tim Bourchier, Jody Bradford, Darcy Martini, Mike Williams Back row (left to right): Calvin Morrison, Josie Dunham, Logan Bradford, Brody Martini, Sam Chartres, Willem Terwoord, Rhys Williams Front row (left to right): Jonas Bourchier, Mason Dixon, Oliver Clement, Landan Uzeloc, Asher Makway, Trevor Knight, Owen Dickson, Nathan Simm

Back row (left to right): Mark Brooks, Brett McLaren, Scott McLAren, Ashlyn DeWitt, Corbin Karn, Aaron Weishaupt Middle row (left to right): Esteban Peregoodoff, Parker Weishaupt, Matthew Clark, Damien Servatius, Chesney Flux, Carson McInnes Front row (left to right): Esteban Peregoodoff, Parker Weishaupt, Matthew Clark, Damien Servatius, Chesney Flux, Carson McInnes

ATOM WINGS

PEEWEE TIER 4 SMOKIES

Coaches (left to right): Glen Gallamore Ken Koshey Back row (left to right): Nick Taylor, Brynn Gallamore, Colten Podmorow, Davis Marino, Ethan Brunton, Bailey McNeil, Keegan Cromarty, Natalee Barbe Front row (left to right): Anson Bell, Callum Baxter, Damon Parsons, Jesse Graves, Tommy Buckley, Gavin Anderson Missing: Jason Graves, Aeden Boutin, Julia Macasso

Back row (left to right): Brett Mclaren (coach), Jim Maniago (coach), Nathan Dominici, Jake Maniago, Sam Mclaren, Jaxon Kuchar, Rhet Lyall (trainer) Middle Row (left to right): Brayden Dewitt, Lachlan McNeil, Eamon Miserak, Mitchell Daines, Marci Brooks Front row (left to right): Huddy Lyall, Samuel Owatz, Nick Scully, Connor Hardman, Andrew Sheets, David Pengelly

For all your Smokies and Nitehawks coverage, turn to Jim Bailey News • Sports • Leisure Count on us.

B6 www.trailtimes.ca

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Friday, January 22, 2016 Trail Times

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PEEWEE TIER 2 SMOKIES

PEEWEE SMOKIES

Back row (left to right): Coach Leroy Huestis, Isaac Knight, Jacob Smith, Tristan Meakes, Zachary Johnson, Assistant Coach Dale Smyth, Assistant Coach Gary Gill Middle row (left to right): Nathan Dann, Judah Makway,Cooper Ross, Spencer Dixon- Reusz, Dallas Maximick Front row (left to right): Christian Gould, Joel Smyth, Josh Mason, Austin McKenzie,Dylan Smyth,Ethan Smyth,Logan Profili, Harmon Laser-Hume

Back row: (left to right): Morgan Speers, Cohan Charette, Braeden Caputo, Trenton Winters Middle row (left to right): Coach Brian Moroney, Ass’t Coach Albert Benson, Charlotte Munn, Tyler Girardo, Alexx Stone, Abby Epp, Ass’t Coach Alastair Berglund, Safety Manager Keith Wallace Front row (left to right): Jackson Kurulok, Hudson Den Biesen, Matthew Derosa, Neil Murdoch, Aiden McKay, Carter Sedgwick, Payton Johnson Missing: Noel Morrison

BANTAM SMOKIES

BANTAM TRAIL TEAM 1

Back row (left to right): Reid Dunham, Nathaniel Riemer, Seth Sloan Middle row (left to right): Ian Finke, Greg Armstrong, Camryn Haines, Jesse Cochrane, Zion Miller, Sam Finke, Scott Huffels, Brian Riemer, Frank Lavigne Front row (left to right): Ben Scully, Logan Armstrong, Sam Miller, Mason Morrisette, Justice Lavigne

Back row (left to right): Jace DePellgrin, Ryan Swanson, Dawson Valliere, Alex Lloyd.

Middle row (left to right): Head Coach Lee DePellegrin, Aiden Hoffschild, Jordan Cherrington, Austyn Doherty, Kayden Sedgwick, (Coaches Jim Swanson, Curt Ross) Front row (left to right): Dayne Bignell, Brady Ross, Kai Tichauer, Lachlan Paulsen, Riley Jones

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Best of Luck Minor Hockey Players & Coaches

Congratulations to all minor hockey teams!

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Trail Smoke Eaters forward Ross Armour has been one of Trail’s best players this season, scoring nine goals and adding 21 assists to help the Smokies vie for a playoff spot in the tough Interior division. The Rossland native and minor hockey product took some time to answer questions for Minor Hockey Day in Trail.

Q: Where did you play your minor hockey, and how has it helped you?

A: Growing up I played in the Rossland-Trail Minor Hockey Association. Playing minor hockey helped me achieve some of my goals by instilling a good work ethic and a good attitude.

Q: What does it mean to you to play in the BCHL and for the Smoke Eaters?

A: Playing Junior A for the Trail Smoke Eaters is a dream come true for me, I was always looking up to the Smoke Eaters and now to finally be one is a pretty special feeling.

Q: What are your goals for the future?

A: My future goal is to hopefully get a scholarship in hockey then later go on to play pro.

I would love to follow in the footsteps of my cousin Jake (Lucchini) by pursing an education while playing hockey.

Q: What is your fondest memory of playing minor hockey?

A: One of my best memories was in first year Bantam Rep when we hosted the Provincials and made it to the semi finals.

Q: Did you have any particular influences whether it be a coach or player when you were younger?

A: Who influenced me the most while I was growing up playing hockey were my older cousins they taught me a lot.

Back row (left to right): Lucas Livingston, Melanie Simister, Griffin Byres, Tessy Brandt Middle row (left to right): Griffin Hogarth, Derick Ferraro, Josh Epp, Cameron Cosbey, Adam Doskoch, David Ferraro(coach), Shawn Brandt (coach) Front row (left to right): Paul Marrandino (coach), Kai Birks, Samuel Knight, Jayden Bowcock, Samuel Elwood, Hayden Livingston Missing: Derek Steep (coach)

BANTAM TIER 2 SMOKIES Back row (left to right): Jaxson Waterstreet, Lucas Anselmo, Jesse Ihas, Zach Park Middle Row (left to right): Frenchie Boisvert (coach), Michel Hjelkrem, Nolan Martini, Austin Cox, Garrit Ciardullo, Jarred Macasso, Mike Boisvert (coach) Front row (left to right): Kevin Engman, Jordan Sheets, Anthony Williams, Ethan Jang, Nate Ingram, Marty Ingram, Max Profili, Alexander Forshaw Armour with R-T Bantam Reps

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Friday, January 22, 2016 Trail Times

GREATER TRAIL

MINOR HOCKEY DAY

Saturday, January 23, 2016

MIDGET GREATER TRAIL 1

MIDGET GREATER TRAIL 2

Back row (left to right): Martin Vickers, Kyle Bartsoff, Tyler Theobald, Kelton Byres Middle row (left to right): Andy Thiemann (Assistant Coach), Dylan Gray, Dylan Page, Kevin Nutini, Noah George, Matthew Dominici, Shane Patterson (Coach) Front row (left to right): Brendon Gustafson, Nicolas Doskoch, Ryen Patterson, Adam MacKay, Freddy Mayer, Brett Watson Missing: Max Nutini, Cooper Tedesco

Back row (left to right): Brayden Swanson, Brenner Devos and Peter Grant Middle row (left to right): (coach)Austin Koerber, Kiaer Van Den Akker, Dawson Koerber, Colin Rotschy, Kian Johnston, Chase Witt, Cole Gallo(assistant Coach), Kirby Epp (coach) Front row (left to right): Jordan Allan, Dallas Cox, Colton Epp, Nolan Piche, Ryan Profili, Bodie Gallo Missing: Braeden Cherrington

MIDGET GREATER TRAIL 3

MIDGET TIER 2 SMOKE EATERS

Back row (left to right): Ross St. Jean, Owen Negrey, Aidan Crockett Middle row (left to right): Dean den Biesen (Asst Coach), Callum O’Shea, Lucas Billingsley, Matthew McConnachie, Liam Crockett, John Ferguson, Gary Gill (Head Coach) Front row (left to right): Adam Derosa, Kayla Miller, Mike Irsernia, Jordan Zilkie, Dawson den Biesen Missing: Landon Gill, Jonathan Ballarin, Nicholas Fantin

Back row (left to right): Cooper Tedesco, Dylan Stadjuhar, Aiden Browell Middle row (left to right): Walker Sidoni- asst coach, Braden McKay, Nick Colbachini, Nathan McKay, Nick Bedin, Brian Youngson-head coach, Thomas Abenante-asst coach Front row (left to right): Josh Ballarin, Christian Macasso, Blake Haines, Ty Atkinson, Derek Green, Brandon Youngson Missing: Owen Titus, Keenan Crossman, Dawson Den Biesen, Kody Stewart

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