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Creston’s Matthew Sonntag isn’t a firefighter, but he jumped at the invitation to play as an associate for the Canadian Firefighters Ice Hockey Club in the sixth annual International Police, Fire and Military Winter Games in Lewiston, Maine.

His invitation came from the team’s captain, Eric Peace, who played last year in the same Calgary adult men’s hockey league as Sonntag. He was having trouble coming up with enough firefighters to fill out the team’s roster last year. “I was one of the top D-men in the league and he knew my background,” Sonntag said. “We paid

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our own tournament fees, the team got a good deal on Air Canada flights and the equipment was purchased by the team’s fundraising.” The experience of playing in the World Games was unforgettable, Sonntag said, as was playing teams from California, New York and Florida. A total of 22 teams travelled from points around the U.S. and

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For anyone who hasn’t heard the St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church choir or the church’s two organs, Sunday’s concert is sure to be a treat, with choral and instrumental music, as well as a few sing-alongs. “All the groups I conduct have to do concerts,” said conductor Eric Johnson. The seven singers will be joined by five of their six rotating accompanists — Joanna Wilson, Lorraine Smith, Lorraine Doeleman, Patricia Robinson and Tom Reid (Anita Stushnoff was unavailable for the concert) — as well as Brenda Draper on flute and Poul Christensen on trumpet, in a variety of spiritual music. “The choir will sing anthems that are favourites of theirs,” said Johnson, who has taken over for his wife and longtime choir

director, Lynn. “She purchased a lot of very challenging music. It’s not like we’re just singing hymns. We’re doing music as challenging as any group in town. “We will also be doing some more folksy things. We’ll be doing, believe it or not, Hank Williams’ ‘I Saw the Light.’ ” The Williams tune will be one of the sing-along numbers, which will be interspersed throughout the program. The concert is a fundraiser for maintenance and tuning of the church’s pipe organ, which is about 115 years old. The church recently spent about $800 on it, but more work is required to keep it in working order. “I think of the organ as the musical equivalent of a steam engine,” said Johnson. “It is basically simple but is a technology several centuries old with some ‘modern’ improvments.” It was originally placed in the First Presbyterian Church in

Nelson around 1900, and moved about 60 years later to the Fairview United Church. When the Baptist Church bought that church in 1998, the pipe organ was headed for the dump before St. Stephen’s saved it. “Bruce Harny, the accompanist at the time and an organ specialist himself, arranged for the organ to be disassembled and moved to the St. Stephen’s church here in Creston,” said Johnson. Preserving the instrument is a priority for the church, and Johnson is pleased that the Valentine’s Day concert will offer the audience a chance to hear it, as well as the choir, performing for the first time outside of church services. “Even though it’s a small group, they sing very well,” Johnson said. “And they’ll enjoy actually strutting their stuff.” Admission to the 3 p.m. Feb. 14 concert is by donation.

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FAMILY TIME — The annual Children’s Festival was part of the Family Day activities at the Creston

and District Community Complex on Monday. Sponsored by the Town of Creston, Regional District of Central Kootenay and Lower Kootenay Band, the festival featured a range of activities and entertainment, including a children’s play area courtesy of Success By Six (above right) and an old-fahsioned school session by the Creston Museum (below). More photos at www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca/ourtown.

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RCMP calls include attempted tractor theft

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Creston RCMP responded to 76 calls for service from Feb. 1-7, Staff Sgt. Darryl Hammond said on Monday. February 1 •Damage resulted when thieves attempted to steal a tractor from a Northwest Boulevard business. An anti-theft device thwarted the theft and police are reviewing video images for clues. •A small dog bit a Canada Post delivery contractor on 23rd Avenue North. The owner is being co-operative with police, Hammond said. •A vehicle with a flat tire was reported to be blocking a driveway in the 6900 block of Highway 3A. February 2 •Police were called to assist with a violent patient at the hospital. •Although the victim is not co-operating, police are recommending charges following a domestic assault on Eighth Avenue South. A male is in custody pending a court hearing. •Bear bangers were heard in the Eighth Avenue South area at about 3 a.m. •A renter on Sixth Avenue

South complained about rent increases. •An abandoned vehicle was reported on Kootenay River Road. •A purse containing a passport was left at a Canyon Street business. The owner was en route to the West Coast and arrangements were made to get it to her. •Four adult males and two children who were overdue on their planned return from a snowmobile trip in the Maryland Forest Service Road returned safely the following day in the company of search and rescue volunteers after spending the night in a cabin. February 3 •Police executed an arrest warrant in Kitchener on behalf of another police department. •Police spoke to both parties in an ongoing dispute on 11th Avenue North. •A vehicle collided with a deer on Highway 3 east of Creston. No injuries were reported. •Police are investigating an assault involving two males in Kingsgate. •Charges are being pursued in a domestic assault case on

Scott Street despite a non-cooperative victim. •A dog theft report on Mallory Road was resolved when the dog was returned. The owner does not want to pursue charges. February 4 •An injured elk near Yahk had to be destroyed. •A Whimster Road resident complained about a neighbour’s dog running loose. •A landlord-tenant dispute was reported on Eighth Avenue South. •A complaint was made from Mallory Road about threats made with regard to a vehicle purchase. •A warning letter has been sent to a driver reported to be speeding and passing on a double solid line on Highway 3 near Yahk. •Unwanted visitors were reported an 11th Avenue South residence. Alcohol was a factor. February 5 •A suspect has been identified following a road rage incident near the intersection of Highways 3 and 3A. The driver is accused of driving dangerously and assaulting two occupants of another vehicle. Charges are pending.

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The Regional District of Central Kootenay is updating parcel tax rolls for the following service areas: South Slocan Water Service Parcel Tax Duhamel Water Service Parcel Tax Ymir Water Service Frontage Tax Lucas Road Water Service Parcel Tax Voykin Street Lighting Service Parcel Tax Sanca Park Water Service Parcel Tax Riondel Water Service Frontage Tax McDonald Creek Water Service Parcel Tax Balfour Water Service Parcel Tax Woodland Water Service Parcel Tax West Robson Water Service Parcel Tax Burton Water Service Parcel Tax Edgewood Water Service Parcel Tax Fauquier Water Service Parcel Tax Grandview Properties Water Service Parcel Tax Rosebery Highlands Water Service Area Woodbury Water Service Parcel Tax Local Conservation Fund Service Area (Areas A, D and E) Pursuant to section 205 of the Community Charter, owners of property located in these parcel tax areas may request that the roll be amended, in relation to their own property, on one or more of the following grounds: • there is an error or omission respecting a name or address on the assessment roll; • there is an error or omission respecting the inclusion of a parcel; • there is an error or omission respecting the taxable frontage of a parcel (for water or sewer service areas that use frontage for taxation); and • an exemption has been improperly allowed or disallowed. The parcel tax rolls are available for inspection at the Regional District of Central Kootenay office in Nelson during regular office hours. Requests for amendments must be made in writing to the Regional District of Central Kootenay, Box 590, 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, BC V1L 5R4 on or before Friday, February 19, 2016 @ 4:00 p.m. If requests are received, a Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel will meet at: 10:00 a.m. on February 22, 2016 in the RDCK Board Room in Nelson 10:00 a.m. (Creston time) on February 23, 2016 in the Erickson Room, Creston & District Community Complex, 312 19th Ave. North Heather Smith, Chief Financial Officer/Appointed Collector

•A vehicle occupant sustained minor injuries after it went off an icy Highway 3 near Topaz Creek and down a 25-foot embankment. •Minor damage resulted after a two-vehicle collision in the 1200 block of Canyon Street. •Flares and ammunition were turned over to police for destruction by an Erickson resident. •A disturbance was reported on Dogwood Street. •A vehicle without a licence plate was impounded near Canyon Street and Railway Boulevard. •A well-being check on Mallory Road indicated the resident was OK. February 6 •A vehicle stolen from Blackmore Road was located soon after on a field near Lyons Road. Police are investigating video evidence and fingerprints. •A witness reported a theft at a Canyon Street business. •A Kingsgate resident reported threats. •A wallet found on Packing Shed Road is being returned to the owner. •Police were unable to locate the source of possible shots fired in the 20th Street area. •A bullying report at a school is being investigated. •No injuries were reported after a vehicle went off Highway

3A in the 12000 block and collided with a tree. •A cellphone found at a business in the 1000 block of Northwest Boulevard was returned to the owner. •An erratic driver was reported on Highway 3 in Ericson. •A police visit to a party that included youths on 18th Avenue South found two intoxicated people, one who is being charged for being drunk in public. February 7 •A report was received about a loud bang and bright light flash on Sixth Avenue North but no source was found. •A vehicle went off Highway 3 near Blazed Creek and had to be towed. •Police were called to a Fourth Avenue North resident to assist emergency medical personnel with a patient. •A iPad and book were stolen from a Sixth Avenue South residence. •A well-being check on an elderly female resident on Ash Street revealed that she was in the hospital. •A person reported to be driving while impaired was located but was not driving at the time. •A stop of a vehicle on 15th Avenue North found a driver who had been consuming alcohol and a 12-hour driving prohibition was issued.

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community is very grateful for this meaningful funding.” The West Kootenay regional In late January, the province director for the BC Search and announced the one-time funding Rescue Association is delighted the to “help bolster training, adminisprovincial government is injecting trative support and equipment $10 million into ground search and renewals.” The investment is on top of the rescue services. “This is a good news story for $6.3 million the government already [member] groups and volunteers provides each year to cover ground around the entire province,” Chris search and rescue operational costs Armstrong said in a news release. for deployment, training, equip“The ground search and rescue ment, and insurance. Eighty groups exist in BC, including Nelson Search and FOREST STEWARDSHIP PLAN #512 Rescue and several others in West Amendment #1 Kootenay. “This is a very posiCanadian Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor) recently tive step,” Armstrong concluded the purchase of Meadow Creek Cedar’s said. “First steps will Forest License A30171 in the Kootenay Lake be to receive the Forest District. funds, develop a solid plan, look at a needs assessment with our Please be advised that as per Section 3 (1) b of the partner agencies and Forest and Range Practices Act, the Forest look at how these Stewardship Plan #512 (FSP) for this license is funds can have the being amended to include Canfor as the holder of greatest impact for the plan and remove the previous holder of the plan. ground search and rescue services around This amendment will permit Canfor to operate in the province, includthe approved Forest Development Units (FDUs) ing prevention.” under this plan until the Kootenay Lake operating Armstrong said the areas are amalgamated into the Kootenay BC Search and Rescue Region’s FSP. Association laid the foundation for the money when it preIt should be noted that there are no content sented the minister of changes proposed to the FSP at this time, and justice with a discusonly the holder of the plan is changing with this sion paper in 2013 amendment. outlining on an alternative funding model If you require more information please contact for search and rescue Grant S. Neville, R.P.F in BC. Their goal was at 250-426-9252 or grant.neville@canfor.com to reduce fundraising and administrative VISIT US ONLINE AT WWW.CANFOR.COM demands on volunteers. Nelson Star

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Sonntag’s two goals and one assist effort in the final against Lewiston Police helped lead his team to a 6-3 win. “It was a very competitive tournament and the teams really knew what they were doing. We played teams that had three or four full lines. Playing with such a small group is a good workout, that’s for sure!” It was the first time that a Canadian team had won gold in the annual tournament. Equally as important to Sonntag was the fact that the tournament was a fundraiser that raised more than $10,000 for the Shriners Hospital for Children in Boston.

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“We wore suits everywhere we went, and the people were so friendly that it is almost indescribable.” The championship trophy is now in Ontario, being toured around fire departments, and will go to Alberta next before being returned to Maine. Sonntag, who will earn his Gold Seal carpentry certification this spring, said he is already making plans to join the team to defend its title next year. He said that his participation in the World Games is proof that hockey opens up doors to unexpected opportunities, and teaches important life lessons. “It’s good to see local kids playing hockey with their friends and schoolmates,” he said. “I encourage them to keep up with hockey later in life. It’s a great form of recreation.”

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The gift of life

I spent much of Saturday afternoon with a tiny seven-pounder on my chest and lap. And I could not have been happier. We made the drive to Calgary on Friday to meet our fourth grandchild, Griffin, a son to our oldest, Evan, and his wife, Kate. He is also brother to their first child, who now seems likely to shed her nickname (courtesy of her cousin Wilson), Baby Isla. Griffin was 15 days old on that lovely Saturday, and he spent much of his time lying tummy down on my chest, his little legs pulled up beneath him and head as close to my heart as it could get. That bonding time transported me back nearly 36 years, to a warm June evening — Friday the 13th, actually —when I first held Evan. The next day I balanced him, head in my left hand and body along my forearm, so I could take his first portrait, using my right hand to snap the photo. A damaged left hand made that particular pose impossible with Griffin, but thanks to my Apple cellphone, I was able to take a number of selfies while his miniature body cuddled in against me. There is something especially intense about the warmth of a baby, the regular shifts in position, soft mewls and variable breathing rates that make for a deep, indescribable sense of peace and wellbeing. Each time he got a bit restless I shifted him onto my lap, my feet up the coffee table edge so that he could lie facing me. Somehow, Evan, Kate and Griffin’s adoring

grandmother knew how much I wanted this time with the newest Eckersley. Within days of Evan coming home from the Creston hospital, his grandparents — my parents —

Lorne Eckersley arrived at the door to meet their first grandchild. He was a restless baby, already showing signs of asthma and allergies, though a diagnosis was years away. To help relax him we took long walks, the bouncing of the baby carriage on Stocks-Jackson Road providing a calming effect. Evan was born after a long period of labour, and his face showed every bit of his struggles to make it out into the world. We jokingly referred to him as Killer Kowalski because he looked like a wrestler who had been through a tough match. By contrast, Griffin, born by Caesarean section, looks especially relaxed and unmarked. There is a poem that begins “I never knew I could love so much, until the day I felt your touch.” So true. As a single young man I can’t say that I gave much thought to being a father. But marriage changed all that and wanting kids seemed as natural as breathing.

We made the move to Creston in anticipation — we wanted a small community to be home to our children, a place where they could grow up playing outside, make friends and have a sense of independence that the city did not seem to offer. I feel a touch of sadness when I watch how hard our sons and their wives have to work to give their children a balanced, interesting life as they juggle childcare and jobs. Small backyards are really the only places that offer independence and while playgrounds are close by and abundant, escape from adult supervision is many years away. We were a working couple, too, though, and I don’t think our own boys suffered from the shuffle. We made an effort to arrange our work schedules so that we each had time with the kids on our own. It saved on daycare costs but it also helped create close bonds. Few of the dads we knew had as much time alone with their babies as I did, and I felt lucky to have the opportunity. And each time we visit them as adults and see these young men with their little ones, it provides a profound sense of satisfaction. Our sons’ homes are close together and it is a joy to see the little ones so happy when Uncle Evan or Uncle Ryan arrive on the scene. It is confirmation that the circle of life is not a poetic construct, but instead a tangible gift. I am grateful for the role, however small, I have in this marvelous process. Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of the Creston Valley Advance.

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ber of smokers outside, all bundled up against the current cold wintry weather. It makes me angry that they aren’t provided a place to smoke, out of the elements, that’s conveniently and safely accessible. Repeated exposures to low temperatures and sometimes inclement conditions may be as harmful as exposure to burning tobacco itself. I agree that employees and visitors at Creston Valley Hospital should be prohibited from smoking on hospital property. The hospital is a medical facility. I also agree that smoking patients who are expected to be shortstay residents should be made to smoke off the grounds, unless their conditions prevent smoking. Likewise, I agree that employees and visitors at Swan Valley Lodge should be required to abide by the IHA policy. However, I think that residents should be treated differently. My reasons are as follows: •Unlike Creston Valley Hospital, Swan Valley Lodge is primarily a residence, not a medical facility. It is the residents’ home. I daresay, though, that it is one that none of them probably would’ve chosen as their long-term, and likely final, home. As nice a place as SVL is, and as competent, caring and compassionate as the care staff is, I doubt that residence at SVL has been any resident’s fervent goal. Instead, it is their default residence because their physical and/or mental health circumstances dictate that they live where round-the-clock personal care is available should it be needed. •Smoking is an addictive behaviour that many people find difficult to over-

come, despite numerous attempts. Other smokers enjoy, and choose to continue, smoking, in spite of their knowledge of its negative health effects. That is their right, as long as their smoking doesn’t impinge on the rights of other people in the vicinity. •The public street closest to SVL is not level. It slopes down towards busy Highway 3. It is sufficiently sloped that the public sidewalk between it and SVL property could become a real safety hazard should the brakes on a resident’s wheelchair fail while he/she is on it in order to smoke off SVL property. Add in frosty, icy or snowy conditions, and one can easily see how dangerous it could be. Just getting to and from the sidewalk in such conditions is both difficult and hazardous. Until a few months ago, resident smokers were permitted to smoke in an outdoor courtyard area away from public viewing, under a narrow covered portion between two residence wings. However, during warmer weather, some residents, whose windows opened into the courtyard, complained that cigarette smoke was drifting into their rooms. After that, the smokers were no longer permitted to smoke in the courtyard. I realize that smoking has become a taboo behaviour. However, I am asking that the leadership of IHA please provide a safe, easily accessed area, sheltered from all weather conditions, for the small number of resident smokers at Swan Valley Lodge. Elaine Breeden Creston

“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8 ) I have my lifetime to work out my salvation with fear and trembling. (Philippians 2:12) It’s not enough to simply say, “I believe,” and ta da! I’m saved. I have to act on that salvation. That’s where the pride comes in. Every time I take a step closer to becoming more ETREAT FROM RIDE Christ-like, I pat myself on the back: “Look at that. By Anastasia Bartlett This time last year I would’ve been so upset at what happened, but now I St. Aidan’s can take it with patience Orthodox and peace of mind.” Yeah, it’s good that I have more Church patience and that things don’t ruffle my feathers the way they once did, but Pride has always come between being proud of it is like one step forward man and God. The Old Testament is and two steps backward down the path full of examples. Jesus tells of the towards the Pharisee. And just the fact Pharisee who stood before God prais- that I can see that, and acknowledge it ing himself in comparison to the pub- publicly, can lead me down the spiral lican, “I’m better than that guy.” I staircase of pride to failure. Pride can be know I do the same. “Well, at least I’m really sneaky. And now I’m proud that I not as bad as…,” I say to myself or can recognize that… others as I look for praise in all the According to the world, I’m supposed wrong places. The only standard for to take pride in what I do, especially if I’m behaviour I should be using is Jesus doing it for the Lord. Even the most atheChrist, measure of all I should be. istic of people have a grudging respect for All of creation carries the image of someone like Mother Theresa. God, but sin tarnished that image. Jesus “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, cleansed creation and restored the Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, image for all who want it. Even though but he who does the will of My Father I want it, as long as I am alive on this who is in heaven will enter. Many will say Earth, I will always be a sinner whether to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not I like it or not. prophesy in Your name, and in Your name

cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness.’ (Matthew 7:21-23) I personally think these people started out by doing many miraculous things in the name of Jesus, but then, unfortunately, pride got in the way. Initially, they may have served God out of love but gradually they learned to love the praise of men more. “If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:2) Pride and love can’t exist together. Pride can result in anger, legalism and even murder for the sake of honour. Love means mercy, forgiveness and reconciliation. When I love others, I love God and if I love God then I will love others. “If someone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.” (1 John 4:20) If I can focus on God and His creation, if I can do for him without worrying what others think, if I can retreat from pride instead of embracing it, then humility and meekness are within reach. But resisting pride is an ongoing battle, a constant biting of the tongue, vigilance in all things and keeping my eyes only on Christ, the standard for life. Creston resident Anastasia Bartlett is the author of Glimpses of Glory and a member of St. Aidan’s Orthodox Church in Cranbrook. St. Aidan’s Pastor Andrew Applegate can be reached at 250-420-1582.

To the Editor: (Open letter to Interior Health Authority president and CEO Chris Mazurkewich) I am very concerned by the way the Interior Health Authority policy prohibiting smoking on IHA property is impacting a small number of long-term residents at Swan Valley Lodge. Generally speaking, it’s a policy that I can wholeheartedly support. I am a lifelong non-smoker bothered by the smoke and tobacco residue evident on the clothing, hair, and breath of smokers. So it is beyond ironic that I should be writing in support of smoking residents at Swan Valley Lodge. I am doing so as the almost daily visitor of an elderly resident. I am writing because the current situation is one that I feel strongly about. I do not feel the reluctance to speak out about this issue that has been expressed by some of the smokers. They feel, as do I, that they are being treated as secondclass citizens. Likewise, I am not an IHA employee, some of whom have expressed verbal support for the smokers but don’t feel that they can put that support in writing. It is heartbreaking for me, when I enter or exit SVL, to see the small num-

Argh! Pride, the constant stumbling block on my road to heaven. I catch myself being proud of something I have done, so try to be humble instead and then immediately am proud of my humbleness.

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Zen master Eihei Dogen, in his 13th century essay, “Mountain and Rivers Sutra”, says, “Green mountains thoroughly practice walking and eastern mountains thoroughly practice traveling on water.”

is to live a Zen life punctuated by the sound of a bell guiding our daily routine. It’s like floating through time, and if you are steeped in Zen literature, phrases from the teachings may suddenly come to mind and brighten your view. Dogen started out this essay with the phrase “mountains are mountains” in mind. So here he is thinking about another phrase, “Eastern mountains are walking on water.” We feel slightly off balance when Dogen talks like this. Our fixed idea is that mountains don’t walk; mountains Kuya Minague don’t travel on water. That’s Have you ever noticed that ani- absurd. But here he goes on like mals can’t live an unreal life? We mountains walking on water is just a humans can wake up one day and matter of fact. If you really examine realize that we’ve been living an mountains you’ll see that his words unreal life for the last 30 years. This are true. Mountains do travel on often happens when people begin water. They travel on clouds, they Zen practice or when they hear the travel on streams and they travel on wisdom of Buddha’s teachings. snowmelt. Every leaf of every plant Dogen says that mountains thor- on every mountain is water. Water oughly practice being exactly what causes constant motion, constant they are. Part of our problem is that decay and renewal. This is the mounwe don’t thoroughly practice; in tains’ thorough practice. other words, we don’t thoroughly Dogen says, “Keeping its own live our lives. But mountains do. form without changing body and Anyone who has attended a full mind, a mountain always practices.” Zen retreat knows how wonderful it This brings us back to the feeling of

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But what about mountains travelling over water? Here Dogen asks us to deepen our understanding, to broaden our view. He says, “When your understanding is shallow you will doubt the phrase ‘green mountains are always walking’. When your understanding is immature you are shocked by the words ‘flowing mountains’. Without fully understanding the words ‘flowing mountains’ you drown in small views and narrow understandings.” Dogen invites us to let go of limiting

beliefs, and view our lives through a new and deeper lens. Suggested practice: Reflect on how your conditioned beliefs limit freedom of thought. Imagine how your freedom would deepen if you dropped those beliefs, and simply observed the world as-it-is. Kuya Minogue is the resident teacher at Sakura-ji, Creston’s zendo. This column is part of a long essay on an essay by 13th century Zen master Eihei Dogen and is inspired by the teaching of Norman Fischer.

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By now everyone will have heard that our beloved loonie has lost about 30 cents to its American counterpart. So the story goes — expect to see a four to five per cent increase in your grocery bill this year. This doesn’t add up. Four to five dollars for a head of cauliflower, and almost as much for your broccoli? It is no small wonder our two grocery stores’ owners are the second and third wealthiest folks in Canada. This helps focus our attention on the retail end of produce farming. Did you know in B.C. you are supposed to have a quota for commercial vegetable crops? In other business news, it appears two home improvement store chains may be set to amalgamate. The lower dollar has essentially put Canadian companies on sale. Bigger companies have more bargaining power with their suppliers. The BNN reporter is standing in front of one of these stores with a giant garden centre sign in the background. In the horticulture industry larger box store chains have

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Builds Leave-Bryan Leave-Bryan House-Bryan House-Bryan The First 48 The First 48: Innocence Lost The First 48: Innocence Lost (:02) The First 48: Love Kills (:01) The First 48: Love Kills The First 48: Innocence Lost Ghosts ›› “He’s Just Not That Into You” (’09, Romance-Comedy) Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston. ›› “Sex and the City 2” (’10) Sarah Jessica Parker. Thundermans ›› “Ella Enchanted” (’04) Anne Hathaway. ’ Å Funni. Videos Just Kidding Just Kidding Just Kidding Game On ’ Assembly the fifth estate The National marketplace Prince Philip: The Plot Black-Canada marketplace The National Mansbridge Prince Philip: The Plot (:00) ›› “Thor: The Dark World” (’13) Chris Hemsworth. ’ ›› “Man of Steel” (’13, Action) Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon. ’ Å Man of Steel Gold Rush Moonshiners “Caved In” ’ Vegas Rat Rods Fast N’ Loud ’ Å Moonshiners “Caved In” ’ Vegas Rat Rods (:00) Après Ski First Dates First Dates ››› “Magic Mike” (’12) Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer. ’ Å ››› “Knocked Up” (’07) Seth Rogen. ’ Stories of ER Untold Stories of the E.R. ’ Sex Sent Me to the E.R. (N) Sex Sent Me to the E.R. ’ Untold Stories of the E.R. ’ Untold Stories of the E.R. ’ Criminal Minds Law & Order: SVU Colony “Geronimo” ’ Å Suits ’ Å Project Runway All Stars ’ Project Runway ’ Å Jimmy Two › “MVP: Most Valuable Primate” (’00) Kevin Zegers. Å Johnny Test Johnny Test Hercules Spider-Man ››› “X2: X-Men United” The Next Step The Next Step The Next Step The Next Step The Next Step (8:50) The Next Step ’ “The Next Step Live: The Movie” (’15) ’ Let’s Be King ››› “To Die For” (’95) Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon. Family Guy ’ Family Guy ’ Bob’s Burgers Bob’s Burgers Community ’ Community ’ Big Bang Just for Laughs Å Big Bang Big Bang Just for Laughs: All Access Just for Laughs Joan Rivers: Don’t Start Food Factory Chopped Canada (N) Å Guy’s Grocery Games (N) ’ Chef in Your Ear ’ Å Chopped Canada ’ Å Guy’s Grocery Games Å Mantracker Storage Can The Liquida The Liquidator The Liquidator Mantracker Å (DVS) Myth Hunters Å Conspiracy Theory-Ventura (:00) Vikings Real Vikings (N) Å ET Canada Secrets Vikings “The Dead” ’ Real Vikings ’ Å ET Canada Secrets (:00) Face Off ›› “Conan the Barbarian” (’11) Jason Momoa. ’ Å (:15) ››› “Troy” (’04) Brad Pitt. Achilles leads Greek forces in the Trojan War. ’ Å The Walking Dead Å The Walking Dead Å The Walking Dead Å The Walking Dead “Self-Help” The Walking Dead Å Walking Dead Border Ghost Adventures (N) Å The Dead Files (N) ’ Å Expedition Unknown Å Ghost Adventures ’ Å The Dead Files ’ Å CTV News CTV News CTV News News-Rinaldo CTV News News-Rinaldo CTV News News-Rinaldo CTV National News-Rinaldo CTV National Cat in the Hat My Big Friend Charmers Max & Ruby Toopy & Binoo Bucket-Dino (:35) Dinopaws Caillou ’ Bubble Team Umiz. Charmers Evening News 16x9 “Who Killed Nara Pech?” “15 Reasons to Live” (’13, Documentary) Å True Crime Scene ’ News Hour Sat. Night Live Antiques John Denver: Country Boy ’ Å A Tribute to Toussaint ’ Å Austin City Limits (N) Å Live From the Artists Den ’ Made in Pun Des-Pardes ’ Aikam ’ Taur Punjab Di Lashkara ’ Waqt 4 U ’ Success Story Semaine verte TJ C.-B. 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