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Health care disciplines in sync with hospital procedure made for a frost y’s smooth transition of patients from second floor to fourth at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) this week.

The move is temporary, but will last for the duration of patient-centric renovations in the region’s only Intensive Care Unit (ICU), in situ FROM since the ’70s Major upgrades ring in at $1.77 CHEAPEST & COLDEST million, and involve three high level IN THE KOOTS! infrastructure projects, expected to at the award winning be completed by mid-October.

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The Intensive Care Unit has been cleared out and patient care moved to fourth floor as Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital begins extensive upgrades to the wing. The $1.77 million project, which involves redesigning the six-bed unit into a patientcentric model , is slated for completion by the fall. The central nursing base will soon be demolished and replaced with individual work stations outside each new patient “pod.” (Inset) The former renal unit space has been gutted and will be re-built as an airborne isolation room. re-configuring the unit into patient- ern ICU design that allows nurses to capacity for an ICU patient, but will centric “pods.” work outside each room, or “pod,” also benefit less critical patients with “The whole process of moving was instead of at a main nursing station. suspected (and confirmed) airborne a huge plan that took place between “Basically, that means most of the pathogens. plant services and clinical staff,” he nursing will be done at the bedside,” “For example, if there is a medical began, noting the original plan was he added. patient in Nelson, who is suspected to to complete each project in stages, The bathroom will be re-config- have TB, they would be able to come which meant moving patients during ured, equipment storage will replace to us,”she explained. “That patient each phase. the current nursing base, and square- may not necessarily need ICU care, “It was our clinical lead for the footage will increase when crews con- but the room is a resource. site, Jane Cusden (KBRH acute health struct an airborne isolation room in “We would be able to put them in services director), who made the de- the adjacent space, which was for- isolation and care for them, where we cision once we had funding in place, merly the renal unit. are able to keep the staff safe and the that relocating the ICU was the way “We are a six bed ICU but we will patient safe.” to go so we could do the renovations end up with seven physical beds inMcLeod has been in the nursing properly.” cluding the airborne isolation room,” profession for 30 years, 18 of those Jingoe said all six rooms will be clarified McLeod. at KBRH. CONTINUED ON A3 demolished and re-built in a modThe isolation room will have the

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Swift justice for ‘all-around crooks’ in 1910

The Trail Historical Society has kindly shared stories of the region’s past.

A pair of bungling burglars who terrorized residents of the lower Columbia River valley between Nelson, Castlegar and Trail in the fall of 1910 were quickly caught and locked up.

According to the Trail Times of Oct. 22, 1910, the crooks’ first escapade occurred when they gained access to the C.P. Rail building in Trail by prying open a window in the rear.

“At. 2:30 this morning Messrs. Hoffman and Trav. Latham were in the vicinity of the station and heard an explosion. A remark was passed that ‘it sounds like someone cracking a safe,’ and the two gentleman went up and looked in the window.

No evidence of anything having occurred were noticed and the two went on up town, saying nothing about the incident until after the discovery had been made in the morning.”

According to evidence left at the scene, it looked like the burglars had run off before completing their work. However, the combination on the outer door of the safe was blown off, and an old gunny sack was

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used to deaden the sound. They did make away with $25 in cash plus a .38 Smith & Wesson.

A few days later, the safe at the YaleColumbia Lumber Company at Westley, a small community on the Lower Arrow Lakes, was also blown up. Forty dollars was stolen, along with a quantity of clothes and other articles.

On Nov. 5, the Trail Times reported that the busy burglars had been stopped in their tracks.

“Constable Wightman, of Nelson, was sent to investigate, and with the assistance of John Whitehead, a trapper at Westley, the alleged burglars were captured at the point of a gun about four miles up Shields Creek where they had pitched camp.

“The men gave their names as Eugene Martineu and Charles Morrison. Both men were heavily armed and equipped with the paraphernalia of the professional safe cracker.

“The men were taken to Nelson and on Thursday were given a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Bullock Webster and were sent up for trial. In addition to the loot which the men secured at Westley

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and which was on exhibition in the court, was a .38 Smith & Wesson, bearing the same number as the gun stolen from the C.P.R. Agents office in Trail on the morning of October 22.

“On Morrison and Martineu when they were arrested was found $55.50 in cash.

The amount corresponds with the exception of about $2, with the sums stolen from Westley and Trail.

Swift justice was handed down a week later, as reported in the Trail Times of Nov. 12.

“Eugene Martineau and Charles Morrison, the dynamiters, safe-crackers, house-robbers, robbers of shacks and allaround crooks were Wednesday morning sentenced by his honor, Judge Forin to serve two years in the provincial penitentiary. The men pleaded guilty to four charges, breaking into the C.P.R. office at Trail, breaking into the Yale-Columbia company’s store at Westley, robbing a shack near Blueberry Creek and robbing a second shack near the Nelson gasworks.

They were sentenced to two years on each of these four charges, the terms to run concurrently.”

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Tiny western toads put economic, environmental squeeze on Nakusp THE C ANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA - A migration of toads described as a croaking, moving carpet and one of the world’s environmental wonders is dividing a southeastern British Columbia village over forestry jobs and the protection of tiny amphibians.

The western toad migration near the Village of Nakusp attracts tourists every summer to the Toad Festival at Summit Lake, where people fill buckets with the toads and carry them safely across Highway 6 to forest habitat.

More than a million brown toads migrate at once, moving en mass from the lake across the highway to forested habitat where they live for four or five years before returning to the lake to breed.

The B.C. government spent almost $200,000 to build a toad tunnel underneath the highway, which is used by the toads, but many take the overland route and risk death on the highway.

“Hundreds of people go out and help them across the road,” said Kootenay West New Democrat MLA Katrine Conroy who represents Nakusp residents. “It looks

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The annual Toad Festival at Summit Lake Provincial Park in August is creating adversaries between the logging industry and environmentalists in Nakusp. Every year, volunteers help tranport the young toadlets across Hwy 6 in an effort to preserve the blue-listed Western toad population. like a carpet of toads going across the road, especially these little babies trying to get across the road.”

Conroy said the village of about 1,600 people is conflicted between protecting the jobs associated with Nakusp’s community-run forest company and the possible threats logging poses to the amphibians.

“The community forest licence is an economic driver in a small community like Nakusp, but it’s also a concern

for the community because the toads are an endangered species,” she said. “They put a large amount of energy into ensuring those little guys get across the road.”

Nakusp organic vegetable grower Janet Spicer said many of her customers are forest companies, but she’s pushing to have the toad migration route protected from logging.

“This is an extremely special site, holding an extremely fragile animal,” she said. “It is unique in Canada, probably

North America and perhaps the world.”

Wilderness Committee spokeswoman Gwen Barlee said the B.C. government is playing Russian Roulette with the survival of the toads by permitting logging and road building.

Forest Minister Steve Thomson said he’s confident the migration route will be protected.

“In my perspective, the community forest is taking all the steps to deal with the presence of the toad and appropriate management of their activities,” he said.

Community forest manager Hugh Watt said he can guarantee Nakusp will hold future toad festivals at Summit Lake.

“I feel we’re being as diligent as we can be,” he said.

Watt said the community forest operation contributed $1.2 million to the local economy in 2014.

He said some local residents and environmental groups are using the toad issue to lobby for expansion of provincial park boundaries at Summit Lake.

“It goes beyond the toads,” Watt said.

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“We have a really engaged staff and a really great staff,”added McLeod. “We do the nursing, the physicians, our team of pharmacists, physios, respiratory therapists - everybody works together and we have a great team. I think this infrastructure (renovation) values and reflects the work we do.

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when your work environment is improved - it’s a great thing, it really is.”

The Ministry of Health is contributing almost $1.3 million through Interior Health for the renovation, including $500,000 for the glass doors, walls and fixture replacement.

The West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital District has directed $485,200 toward wall and window replacement and $190,000 for the isolation room. The

KBRH Foundation is currently fundraising the remaining $57,000.

“My feeling, as a non-clinician, is that it’s the staff that provide the care, not the building,” Jingoe said.

“The building helps, but it’s the staff. And the staff hasn’t changed, they just went to a temporary location like going to a summer cottage - it may be a bit more crowded but the level of care and quality of care remains unchanged.”

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All told, and accuracy judged; robot soccer 1-on-1, 28 teams comprised of where competitors vied 48 youth from within against an opponent the West Kootenay to try to grab the most competed in the five soccer balls to their side different events.

Nelson had the largin two minutes. est representation, with In the special trick 12 teams and 20 youth, competition, competitors programmed their followed by Castlegar robot to do their evil, or with seven teams and 12 not so evil, bidding by youth. New Denver and coming up with some- Rossland also contribthing cool and crazy — uted teams, as did the for example, dancing, Lower Columbia Tech telling a joke, or fetch- Club based in Trail.

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Marlene Ranson (nee DeRosa)

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Marlene Ranson. Marlene was born January 24, 1935 in Trail, BC and passed away February 21, 2016 in Port Coquitlam, BC. She is survived by her children Debbie (Ken) of Merritt, BC, Gerry (Heather) of Port Coquitlam, BC, and Wayne of Prince George, BC, grandchildren Carla (Bill), Nicole (Stu), Carissa, Candice, David (Emily), Katelyn (Rob) and Brandon, and great-grandchildren Taylor, Payton, Sophee, Jaxson, Elizabeth, Avery and Samuel.

She was predeceased by her husband Lawrence in 1994, her sons, Darrell in 1983 and Brent in 1977.

Her parents Luigi and Alma DeRosa and siblings Mel DeRosa, June Vanness and Louisa Harris.

A grave side service will be held at Mountainview Cemetery in April.

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Participants in the fourth annual RoboGames, held Saturday in Nelson.

Winners from each event, and winners within specialized categories including design, assembly, programming or creativity, won prizes donated by local businesses, the Nelson Tech club, and sponsors.

The top individual winner was Ben Carter,

followed by runners-up Gavin Deane; top team Lucas Russell and Isiah Kotaras, with runnersup Caradoc Brennain and Dylan Peil, and Justin Ma and Brian Malito. Carter won the obstace course, the team of Lily Kompass, Oliver Ridge, and Pablo Rivas

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won the line following, and Sydney and West Furman won the special trick competition.

There was a tie between Carter and Deane tied in the robot battles.

Other awards went to A.J. Roberts (top programming and top awesomeness), Carter (top

design and assembly), Kyle Craig and Myles Peterson (top creativity), Lucas Russell and Isaiah Kotaras (top problem solving), and Isaiah Brighton (top restarts and excess time).

There was a three-way tie for top robot battle wins between Roberts,

Carter, and the team of Aleks Ratynski and Braydon Heaney.

About three-quarters of the teams used the official kit provided by RoboGames, while the rest built customized robots.

More than 170 people attended the event.

Five facts about leap year and why there is a Feb. 29 this year

THE C ANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Ever wondered why we have leap year? Or exactly what it means for people born on that day?

Here are five fun, if complicated, facts to bring you up to speed on the most unusual day of the year: Why does leap year exist?

Leap year is the reason that seasons occur at the same time each year.

According to the Honor Society of Leap Year Day Babies, the Earth takes 365.24 days to make a complete cycle around the sun. Every four years, therefore, the world would be a full day out of synch with the calendar.

The society says a person who lived to be 90 would see their birthday drift by three weeks over the course of their lifetime. One extra day added to the end of February every four years prevents this from happening.

How does it work?

According to Irv Bromberg at the University of Toronto, “the Gregorian calendar has a 400-year repeat cycle, in which every year number divisible by four (2016, for example) has a leap day appended to February, except if the year number is divisible by 100, in which case it is a leap year only if the year number is also divisible by 400.”

For instance, the year 2000 was a leap year, while 1900 was not. Got that?

Are there any drawbacks of being born on leap day?

The estimated five million people with Feb. 29 birthdays, also known asleapers, once had to face a number of day-to-day administrative hassles, according to the society. Insurance companies, banks and other major organizations often didn’t recognize

leap day as a valid date, forcing people to choose either Feb. 28 or March 1 as their birthday. Evolving technology has made this less of an issue, but some websites still won’t accept Feb. 29. Some leapers also complain that companies offering birthday promotions don’t wind up delivering for those born on the extra day.

Have any cultural traditions evolved around leap year?

While the origin of the tradition is unknown, leap day became the day on which women of several different cultures were allowed to propose to men rather than waiting to be asked.

Some folklore has it that a man was supposed to compensate a woman if he turned down her offer of marriage.

Compensation could include everything from silks to kisses. The society insists, though, that this shouldn’t be confused with the similarly themed Sadie Hawkins Day, which takes place on Nov. 15.

Are there any celebrity leapers?

According to the society, there have been a handful of famous leapers, some of whom have strong Canadian ties. These include General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, whose defeat during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham looms large in Canadian history. Others include actress Dinah Shore, film director William Wellman - whose movie “Wings” became the first ever best picture Oscar winner and rapper Ja Rule. Several Canadian hockey players also celebrated Feb. 29 birthdays, including Henri Richard (brother of the legendary Maurice (Rocket) Richard), Cam Ward and Simon Gagne.

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‘Godfather’ of freeride ski photography hosting workshop in Rossland next week TIMES STAFF The Godfather of freeride ski photography will be sharing his insight with young Rossland filmmakers next week.

Youth 12-18 years old are invited to participate in a ski film workshop instructed by Mark Shapiro.

Powder Magazine branded Shapiro the Godfather with over 40 years of experience documenting the free-skiing movement.

The workshop will be in two parts, a classroom session on Thursday, March 3 and on-snow filming on Saturday, March 5. The workshop, presented by Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (RCAC) in partnership with the Rossland Youth Action Network (YAN), is part of RCAC’s U19 Film Programming.

Shapiro has strong beliefs on what makes a good ski film, storyline is a must and GoPro footage does not do it for him. In the classroom portion of the workshop, participants will learn the secrets to good ski films and have a chance to view examples.

The on-snow portion of the workshop will take place at Red Mountain Resort.

Participants will get the chance to work with freeride skiers and learn how to capture the best shots. They will spend some time getting

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The art of capturing epic ski moves on film will be part of a workshop next week in Rossland.

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Participants do not have to be amazing skiers, they just have to have the desire to make films.

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The ski film workshop is the first in a series of workshops RCAC and YAN will be

presenting in 2016. This year marks the ninth year RCAC has been running youth film programming. Traditionally, the program has included one to two workshops a year followed by the West Kootenay U19 Film Festival.

“We wanted to try a slightly different format this year,” says Tara Kowalchuk, RCAC executive administrator. “We asked the youth in what direction they would like to see U19 go, and the response was they wanted more opportunities to learn and develop their skills.” RCAC listened, and this year will be presenting

four film making workshops, followed by a film showcase at the Youth Variety Show on May 5.

The workshops, as requested by youth, will be: • Ski Film Making (Mark Shapiro) — March 3 and 5 • Claymation (Shelley Painter) — April 9 • Special Effects Make-up (Carolyn Ferraro) — April 16 and 17 • Film Directing (Jason Aspell) — April 23 All workshops have limited availability. Pre-registration is required, and can be done at www.u19filmfest.com.

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W

e just completed the by-election in Montrose and I would like to welcome Mike Walsh back to Council.

I would also like to thank the other three individuals that ran for the vacancy on our Council.

This year is the Village of Montrose’s 60th anniversary and the planning for a great weekend is well underway. The Montrose Council and the recreation commission are looking for volunteers to help them out for this special event! Please contact the village office if you are interested in volunteering for this anniversary event.

Just to remind everyone, we will be having an Easter party for our children on March 19, 2016.

Currently, we are also planning our annual Seniors Dinner which will be held on April 27, 2016. If anyone would like more information on these two events please call the Village Office.

Last September at the UBCM conference, we met with the Ministry of Transportation and Highways to discuss the safety issues related to the four crosswalks

that cross Highway submitted an ap3B. Later this year plication, on bewe will be improvhalf of our three ing the visibility by local communities, adding LED lightMontrose, Area ing, increased sigA and Fruitvale nage and paintthat would enable ing the crosswalks major upgrades to across the highway. the Beaver Valley These measures Regional Skatepark JOE should increase the which is located in safety of all crossMontrose. The prowalks. posed project inHowever, the Community Comment cludes the installaMinistry suggested tion of new permathat we eliminate the 6th Street nent features and structures, while crossing because of the limited also improving other park ameniusage by residents. Council has ties such as lighting, fencing, acconsidered this suggestion and is cess, signage and tables/seating. in the process of the initial plan- Montrose Council believes that ning stages of closing this current completion of this project would highway crosswalk. be great for all communities, so With springtime just around let’s keep our fingers crossed! the corner, we want to remind Planning is now underway with everyone that MYATS have com- True Consulting to determine the pleted the preparation of our new best course of action to either community garden feature, which repair and/or replace our current is located beside the tennis courts. water reservoirs.

Please make sure to contact the We have initiated pre-planning Village Office if you are interested exercises to assess the feasibilin participating in working with ity of taking each reservoir out the community garden in 2016. of service, and determine what Beaver Valley Recreation has operational alterations (and costs)

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would be required in addition to the structural repair costs. We will then review the costs and benefits of continued operations / maintenance / repair of the existing reservoirs against the cost to construct new tanks due to the existing ages of both reservoirs (aged 37 and 57 years old respectively) as typical service life expectancy for coated steel tanks is in the range of 60 years. We will be sure to keep you posted on future developments of this project.

In closing, some residents may have noticed the tarps over the roof of the Village Office. As we have experienced some leakage, we will be replacing the roof in the early spring as part of some office upgrades slated for 2016.

Joe Danchuk is the mayor of the Village of Montrose Community Comment is an opportunity for elected officials from our local municipalities to update citizens in the region on the events, plans and progress in their respective communities. Every Friday, the Trail Times will present, on a rotating basis, a submission from councils, school trustees or regional district directors.

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s the NDP critic for less to say, haven’t kept up with post-secondary educa- those costs, so many students tion, I’ve met with a are forced to take out loans. In number of groups over 2013 almost a half million stuthe past weeks and months to dents borrowed from the Canada discuss the opportunities and Student Loans Program and othchallenges facing universities, ers took out private loans. The colleges and techaverage student nical institutions, debt increased as well as with the 40 percent bestudents who are tween 2000 and working hard to 2010, and is now better their futures. $26,300 for stuAnd the benefits to dents graduating post-secondary edwith an underucation are many. graduate degree.

MP RICHARD It gives young peoStudents know ple a much greater how important chance for employhigher educaFrom the Hill ment; it is estimattion is for their ed that 80 per cent futures, but are of all jobs will soon require edu- being saddled with crushing cation beyond a high school di- debts at the start of their careers. ploma. And those jobs are higher Much of the cause of this draspaying; university graduates earn tic increase in tuition fees lies an average of $79,000. in a significant decrease in govThe challenges are also daunt- ernment funding for universities ing. Tuition fees have risen in and colleges, especially on the real terms by 137 per cent over federal side. In 1995, the federal the past 20 years alone. Housing Liberal government slashed procosts have skyrocketed as well. vincial transfers for social proThe cost of a post-secondary ed- grams, including post-secondary ucation is now well over $10,000 education, by $7 billion, one of per year and is often more than the deepest cuts in Canadian hisdouble that. For medicine and tory. law programs the cost is often a Accounting for both inflation mind-boggling $75,000 per year. and enrolment growth, federal Wages for summer jobs, need- funding for post-secondary edu-

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cation is still $2.4 billion less than it was in 1993, a 50 per cent drop. Adding to this loss of federal funding is the fact that these transfer payments are no longer tied to agreements for spending on post-secondary education, and provinces often cut back on university and college funding even when the federal transfer payments they receive are increasing.

So what should be done? One obvious fix would be to create a transfer of federal funds to provinces that is directly targeted to post-secondary education, similar to what is done for health care.

This would relieve the need of many universities and colleges to continually raise tuition fees.

We could also make changes to the federal student loans and grants so that the burden the students bear is less onerous. We also need to continually work to ensure that young Canadians receive an education that readies them for today’s jobs.

And what is clear is that we must fix this system quickly to ensure that Canada has a welleducated workforce to make our country competitive in the global economy.

Richard Cannings is the MP for South Okanagan-West Kootenay

Trudeau government invests in deficits

An editorial from the Winnipeg Free Press Canada is just under a month away from seeing the Trudeau government’s first budget -- how it will start making good on election promises that are estimated to tally something like $10 billion. But this week, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau lifted a corner for a peek on the fiscal blueprint he is projecting a deficit in 2016-17 of $18.4 billion.

That delivers in spades on at least one campaign promise: to run deficits to fuel spending, as a counterweight to the economic pressures facing the country.

The deficit projection blows the $10-billion cap the Liberals promised to hold to when vying for voters’ support last fall.

Part of the reason is the Liberals appear to be hedging their bets. They have shaved $40 billion off their projections for gross domestic product (GDP), in what looks like an abundance of caution. Also, unlike the former Harper government, which built its revenue targets on unlikely, overly optimistic oil prices (to support rosy financial yearends), the Liberals are using a more realistic estimate of US$40 a barrel.

The cut to GDP projections alone pushes up the 2016-17 deficit by $6 billion. In other words, if the economists are nearer right than wrong, the year may come in at $12 billion in the red.

This could give Prime

Minister Justin Trudeau a cushion. Mr. Trudeau can either look good, ultimately, by beating the projection with a better bottom line or, alternatively, he could use the room to accommodate spending -- much of the Liberals’ estimated $10 billion in campaign promises has not been factored into the deficit projection.

Canadians will have to wait for the budget, on March 22, for the details on which promises will be funded.

While none of this can be characterized as good -- or “sunny ways,” as the prime minister likes to say -- Mr. Trudeau’s job is to ensure the deficit-funding greases the wheels of a sluggish economy. That is where his promised hike to infrastructure spending comes in.

The prime minister has consulted the premiers on their wish lists. Again, the details on how much will flow in which years remains to be seen. But the general wisdom is -- paid out carefully to get bigger capital projects with sustained employment off the drawing board -- stimulus spending can stoke the economy in years when the private sector pulls back on employment and investment.

This is the plan Canadians voted for. Voters chose a very different government than that offered by the Harper administration, in spending priorities, in tone and in governing style.

The mounting deficits will help pay for pending changes to the

tax system to help middle-income families, critical spending on indigenous affairs and higher transfers to the provinces for infrastructure works. All big-ticket items.

As precarious as the economy may feel, it is the right time to run deficits, with interest rates on borrowing at bargain prices, national unemployment at seven per cent and spending in the private sector depressed. Canada’s debt-to-GDP level is an envy in many parts of the world and there’s no immediate threat to its triple-A credit rating.

Yet as Manitobans can attest, deficit-funding can prove addictive. Mr. Trudeau has backed away from his promise to hit a balanced budget again within his first term. Nonetheless, he should be able to tell Canadians if not then, when.

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Beaver Valley Nitehawks goalie Tallon Kramer stops Nelson Leafs forward Eamonn Miller on this secondperiod penalty shot, as the Hawks skated to a 4-2 victory over the Leafs on Wednesday.

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Former Nelson Leaf Nolan Percival scored the winning goal as the Beaver Valley Nitehawks skated to a gritty 4-2 victory over the Leafs on Wednesday at the Hawks Nest, taking a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Neil Murdoch division semifinal playoff.

“I thought we played a really complete game,” said Nitehawks coach and GM Terry Jones. “We got down early and we just didn’t panic. I really like the fact that we didn’t panic and it was a big goal from Terpsma to tie it up, and I thought the second and third period we played really well.”

With the score tied 2-2, Leafs goalie Patrick Ostermann denied both Dylan Heppler and Dylan Ghiradosi on close-in shots, but the rebound bounced out to Percival in the slot, and the Nelson native made no mistake rifling it high over the sprawling goalie for a 3-2 Hawks lead 59 seconds into the second period.

“It feels good,” said Percival. “I mean it’s no different than scoring on the other goal now. I have a lot of friends over there, and they love the game as much as I do so we’re going out and doing the same thing, so its good.”

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Beaver Valley opened the scoring 1:46 into the first period when Michael Pruss parked in front of the net and converted a Jace Weegar setup. However, less than 90 seconds later Leaf ’s forward Eamonn Miller’s shot deflected in the air and past goalie Tallon Kramer to tie it at one.

Like past Hawks-Leafs playoff matches, the first period was intense and physical with the Leafs incurring three minor penalties in the frame, but manufactured their best chances while shorthanded. With Nelson’s Nicholas Ketola off for holding, Rayce Miller netted a shorthanded marker when his aggressive forecheck stripped the puck from the Hawks defenceman and he walked in alone, wiring a shot over the glove of Kramer to give the Leafs a 2-1 lead midway through the period.

The Hawks struck back before the period was over, as Ryan Terpsma’s blast from the point deflected by Ostermann to tie the game with 5:07 remaining in the first, as the Hawks outshot the Leafs 12-6 in the period.

Less than a minute after Percival put the Hawks ahead, Allan Pruss drew the goalie out of position, circled the net, and

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wired a shot from the right dot for the insurance and a 4-2 B.V. lead.

The Leafs had a glorious chance to get back in the match when Miller was awarded a penalty shot after being hauled down on a breakaway. The Nelson forward went backhand forehand on the deke, but the puck slid harmlessly off his stick and by the net.

Quick puck movement and solid back-check from the Hawks forwards helped the defence thwart a concerted Leafs attack in the third period; and while Nelson outshot B.V. 14-10 in the final frame, most of those shots were from the perimeter and easily handled by Kramer.

“I thought our team played excellent,” said Hawks forward Blake Sidoni who had a goal and an assist in Game 1 and was a physical force for the Nitehawks on Wednesday. “We were smart with the puck, great dumps, and good defence, and Kramer back in the net was just awesome for us.”

Hawks defenceman Karsten Jang made a great defensive play late in the game, when he slid across and blocked a shot on a Nelson forward looking at a CONTINUED ON A9

About 120 Kootenay Zone athletes will join over 1,700 high-performance competitors and coaches from across the province for two days of competition in 17 sports at the 2016 BC Winter Games this weekend in Penticton.

And for the first time in many years, Greater Trail will send a karate team to compete at the event.

Five athletes and coaches from the Beaver Valley Chito Ryu Dojo and the Salmo Shotokan Dojo will join the Kootenay Zone team.

“It has been a very long time since the Kootenays has sent anyone to the Games,” said Chito Ryu Sensei Scott Hutcheson. “I’ve already mentioned to the team, we’ve already reached our goals by attending this level of event, now anything that comes is just a cherry on top.”

Competing for the Karate team are Salmo’s Kobi Stephenson, Fruitvale natives Tyson Nelson and Meagan Campsall, with Sensei Hutcheson and Sensei Rob Aylwin coaching the team.

“Kobi is very new to competition and has attended only the Beaver Valley Karate Championships while Tyson has experienced a little higher level of competition attending Taneda Sensei’s Friendship Tournament and Regionals before,” explained Hutcheson. “It is only Meagan who has reached the provincial level before and is actually last year’s BC Provincial Kata Bronze medalist for her division.”

Senseis Hutcheson and Aylwin ramped up their training regimen to prepare the young karate kas for the Games, and go into the tournament confident their athletes will perform well.

“Without a sense of an upcoming match, there is no urgency to train hard, or harder,” explained Hutcheson.

“The Games are a great benefit to competitive training.”

For the athletes and coaches, the Games offer a unique opportunity, not only for the high-calibre competition but a chance for young athletes to be part of a major event and, even more important, build enduring friendships and relationships with other athletes and coaches.

“It’s more than a tournament,” added Hutchison. “It’s an event and experience unlike any other they’ll have in sport.”

Front from left: Tyson Nelson, Meagan Campsall, and Kobi Stephenson will compete along with a dozen other Greater Trail athletes at the BC Winter Games in Penticton this weekend.

Back from left: Sensei Hutcheson and Aylwin coach the Karate team.

Athletes and coaches participating from the Greater Trail area include Black Jack skiers Sophie Edney and Jasmine Drolet and coach Fred Bushell, Rossland alpine skiers Kristof Panke, Hanna Shulze, and Sage Stefani, and biathlon coach Michael Heximer. In Diving, coach Ian Sibbald and Shannon Sullivan will accompany athletes Darya Avdeyev, Katrine Jones, Clive Weston, Neko Woollard and Andrew Sibbald, while Salmo’s Haley Olynik will compete in cross-country skiing.

Volunteers in Penticton have been preparing for the past 18 months to host the Games – the fourth time this community has done so. There will be over 1,800 volunteers working to ensure the participants have exceptional competition and a first-rate experience with Opening and Closing Ceremonies, special events, and wonderful hospitality.

“Penticton is where the BC Games began in 1978, and we are so pleased to be back and benefiting from the history of sport and event hosting in this community,” said Kelly Mann, President and CEO of the BC Games Society in a release. “The athletes, coaches, and officials coming to these BC Winter Games are taking their first step towards future national and international level competitions and the expertise of the volunteers will make a mark on their journey.”

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redicting things kids playing games will do is usually a plainly foolish exercise.

To whit below.

Nobody thought the Smoke Eaters would even still be in contention for a playoff spot with a game to play.

Nobody expected a double overtime loss to the Vernon Vipers in late January, which seemed just another frustration in a frustrating month, would/ could play a critical part in Trail’s chances for post season play.

But, there it is. If Trail had held on to win that game on Jan. 23, Saturday night’s finale on Trail ice, against those same Vipers, would be a winner-takes-theplayoff spot contest. It still might be, but the Smoke Eaters failing to gain two points that night means we will not know the Smokies’ potential fate until the scores come in from games tonight.

IF the Wenatchee Wild can get a regulation time win over the Vipers tonight that will mean the Smoke Eaters, amazingly, can still secure a recently rare post-season spot which would be a serious coup for the reshuffled coaching staff - with a win Saturday night in Cominco Arena. Any other result in Vernon Friday will end the Smokies’ chances.

Funny old thing, life is. Wenatchee has been seriously better than Vernon in the past couple of months and enter tonight’s game 6-2-1 in February while

the Vipers just barely ended a six-game losing streak with a double overtime win over the BCHL’s bottom-feeding Surrey Eagles.

The Wild, however, have just a win and a tie since their chase for the mainland title ended, and already know their first round opponent and schedule. Their motivation level, however much the coaching staff may want to build momentum for the post-season, is suspect.

The Vipers know what is at stake, so motivation shouldn’t be an issue for them. The Wild are more talented and generally better organized. Vernon, however is a bunch of cornered snakes and will be in their own pit.

Etc. Trail’s recent play, particularly the seriously gutsy battle they produced in Tuesday’s win against a talented and apparently quite motivated Salmon Arm team, makes one wish they get the opportunity tomorrow to compete for something big.

No way I am into predicting whether or not that will happen.

If it does, or even if it doesn’t, I am hoping to see a big crowd at Cominco Arena Saturday night. The kids on this edition of the Smoke Eaters have battled serious head winds to get this close - we should be proud of their efforts - and half a dozen, at least, of them will be playing their last game in Orange and Black.

Then there are the facts that: Smokie games generally provide high quality, exciting, entertainment for little money; it is a very good thing to have a Junior A franchise in Trail and that requires money from game days; the giant 50-50, and the regular game day one, will both be on offer; and lots of your friends will be in the building.

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yawning cage.

The Nitehawks remained calm and remarkably disciplined at times, and avoided the pitfalls of the previous night’s Leaf comeback.

“I thought the key was just the momentum switches last night,” said Jones. “It went back and forth, back and forth and I didn’t think we played well enough defensively, stopping and starting, and it seemed like every time we were in our zone we were in trouble. Tonight we had a lot more poise. We were in lanes to block shots, and Tallon was there to make the save when we needed him.”

With two minutes to play, the Leafs pulled their goalie for an extra attacker, when Kramer made his best save of the night. The Hawks’ netminder wandered behind his net to play the puck but was caught by the Nelson forward who stole it, swung out and fired it at the goal from

the side of the net. But Kramer somehow recovered and dove across the crease to make an incredible stop and keep the lead at two.

“He’s a great goaltender, he’s been good since he’s been here, and he’s confident in handling the puck which is a nice element as well,” Jones said without a hint of irony. “But both he and Brett (Clark) have been great and we have rotated them all year and we’ll continue to do that.”

Beaver Valley outshot the Leafs 40-29 on the night with B.V. going 1-for-6 on the power play and Nelson 0-for-4.

Jang had a great game on the back end and was named the Nitehawks’ game star, while Eamonn Miller was Nelson’s star of the match.

The Nitehawks travel to Nelson for Games 3 and 4 on Friday and Saturday at the Nelson and District Sports Complex with the puck drop at 7 p.m.

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G W L T OLPt Penticton 56 49 6 1 0 99 WKelowna 57 37 17 1 2 77 Salm Arm 56 29 18 4 5 67 Vernon 56 23 30 0 3 49 Trail 57 23 32 0 2 48 Merritt 56 21 30 1 4 47 Friday’s games Chilliwack at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

Cowichan Valley at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.

Wenatchee at Vernon, 7 p.m.

Powell River at Victoria, 7 p.m.

Salmon Arm at West Kelowna, 7 p.m.

Penticton at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.

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Powell River at Alberni Valley, 7 p.m.

Coquitlam at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.

Nanaimo at Cowichan Valley, 7 p.m.

Surrey at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Penticton at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m.

Wenatchee at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 28 Powell River at Alberni Valley, 2 p.m.

Surrey at Prince George, 3 p.m.

Victoria at Chilliwack, 4 p.m.

In the other Neil Murdoch division match up, the Grand Forks Border Bruins evened their series with the Castlegar Rebels with a 4-1 victory on Wednesday.

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he last column showed a case where the preempter was twosuited and bid again when partner was silent. This week, the pre-empter has the same hand and bids again after partner makes a raise of the pre-empt suit. He does this at favourable vulnerability and with the assumption that partner makes a raise with three-card not two cards or fewer.

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the top suit and another, but over minor pre-empts, a direct cuebid shows the majors because of the shortage of bidding space.

North raises to Five Diamonds, taking away Blackwood. East bids 5 .

South hears his partner say his hand is offensive and with his lack of defense, he bids Six Clubs, his second suit. North likes Clubs and makes a seven-level sacrifice.

Opening Lead: Heart

King. West cannot lead a minor and hopes to maybe get a Heart trick in addition to his three minor tricks.

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Trail & District Churches Lent, a special time of prayer and fasting in the desert part 2 But now, during Lent, we focus on progressive sanctification. Having already been justified and definitively sanctified by Christ’s atonement on the cross, which we received as a free gift through our faith, whereby we accept him as our Savior, we now need to grow progressively in sanctification. And this means that we now need to integrate this gift of justification and salvation into our life, and really put off the “old man” and put on the “new man” (Ephesians 4:22-24). We do this by a life of prayer and fasting in the desert, resisting the ever-present and ever-new temptations and snares of the devil that are all around us, while doing good to others (almsgiving) and preaching the good news of God’s salvation in Jesus Christ to all we can reach.

During Lent we also focus on Christ’s suffering and death on the cross for our salvation and justification, for Lent is a preparation for the celebration of Holy Week; but our primary focus is on doing our part now to assimilate Christ’s justification and definitive sanctification through a process of progressive sanctification.

Specifically, this means focusing on prayer and fasting in the desert, resisting the snares and temptations of the devil, and almsgiving, that is, helping those in need, and especially helping to spread the preaching of the gospel, the “good news” of God’s salvation in Jesus Christ, among those who have not yet heard it.

So now during Lent we pray and fast. Contemplative prayer is a particularly important and meaningful part of the Christian life. We need to sit comfortably for half an hour, an hour, or an hour and a half, with our eyes closed, and the lights off, focusing directly on God, preferably in the early morning hours, long before dawn, repeating in our mind and coordinating with our breath a very short, simple prayer, like the Jesus Prayer (“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me sinner”), thanking God for all he has done for us in forgiving all our sins and making us righteous and resplendent before him through the work of his Son on the cross, the results of which are communicated to us through our faith in him. This is how we experience God’s heavenly peace, divine love, and the splendor of his righteousness shining within

THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Communities in Faith Pastoral Charge Sunday February 28th 10am Joint Communion Service At Trail United Church 1300 Pine Ave. CIFPC AGM to follow There will be no services on February 28th At St. Andrew’s United Church in Rossland, Beaver Valley United Church or Salmo United Church

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But to pray contemplatively in an effective and successful way and experience God’s love during this time of prayer, we need to fast in the desert. This means living only for the Lord in all that we do, and eliminating worldly recreations from our life that only divide our heart and thereby weaken our ability to experience God’s love and peace and the glory of his righteousness shining within us during our contemplation.

That is why the great contemplatives of history were desert dwellers, living a very simple and austere life, far from the pleasures, distractions, noise, temptations, and attractions of the world.

So we eat only very basic, healthy, simple, and plain food, renouncing delicacies, fancy desserts, and sumptuous dishes, doctored up to enhance their flavor. We do this because we want to find all our delight in the Lord; not also in unnecessary worldly pleasures that only divide our heart from a pure, undivided love of God alone with all the love of our heart, with an undivided heart, for the more our heart is divided by worldly pleasures, the less we are able to experience the love of God in our heart. So we live simply, because we want all the love of our heart to go directly to the Lord, and because we want to be sensitized thereby to experience his love in us.

This is why we live in the desert, which also means avoiding worldly recreations and pleasures, such as secular movies and pleasure trips.

Lent is a special time to focus on all this, that is, on living in a way that is conducive to progressive sanctification, which is a way of living in which contemplation can flourish. We therefore live in the desert, especially during Lent, because we want our total focus to be on the Lord.

Especially during Lent, we also increase our efforts to resist the temptations of the devil that are all around us, and of those who make themselves into the snares of the devil to lead us astray from a pure and undivided love of the Lord alone with all the love of our heart, with an undivided heart in our love for him. We do this because we do not want to be obsessed by people or activities or things that give us unnecessary worldly pleasure, for such obsessions defeat our purpose of progressive sanctification. We know, furthermore, what the temptations are that obsess us, and so we avoid these so that we can grow in progressive sanctification and not impede God’s work in our life.

Finally, we must be active in almsgiving, for the Lord has given us what money we have in THE order to use it in his service; not SALVATION selfishly to squander it for our ARMY own pleasures and recreations. ® We should particularly use it to Sunday Services spread the preaching of the gospel 10:30 am throughout the world and for 2030-2nd Avenue,Trail people in need of the basics of life.

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he international media was recently abuzz with “a feud” between Pope Francis and Donald Trump. Of the media’s making, the attention grabbing headlines made for some entertainment while at the same time shining a spotlight on Christianity and politics in the United States.

On board the papal plane flying home from his trip to Mexico, reporters asked Francis about Trump’s plans to deport illegal immigrants and build a wall along the LOUISE American-Mexican border. Francis’ reply drew the ire of Trump Everyday Theology and his supporters; “A person who thinks only about building walls – wherever they may be – and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not the Gospel.” Francis went onto give Trump the benefit of the doubt.

Trump fired back describing himself as a “good Christian”, and calling the Pope’s comments “disgraceful.” He carried on, rather like a petulant child threatening retribution after his parents have scolded him. When ISIS attacks the Vatican, the Pope will be sorry; the Pope will wish he had listened to Donald Trump and prayed for him to become President. Trump must have forgotten that the Vatican doesn’t need a savior; it already has one.

Unlike in Canada, religion continues to play a significant role in American elections. Trump and other presidential hopefuls are courting the religious vote. To win the Pope’s endorsement would be a coup d’état. Unfortunately for the candidates, Francis has no intention of telling American Catholics how to mark their ballots. However, he has no problem talking about socio-political issues that affect the common good and do harm.

This annoys the Trump camp for which walls are more desirable than bridges. It wants a Christianity that advances protectionism and makes no demands. It is much less keen on a Gospel that “comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable.”

While the Pope’s comment about what it means to be a Christian clearly hit a nerve, it was not surprising. Francis has never been easy on Christians, particularly clerics, who pay lip service to the Gospel but fail to walk the talk. And his comment on building walls instead of bridges is in keeping with his consistent and unequivocal support for migrants and refugees.

The Pope is not making up stuff about being Christian to irritate the Trump camp. Francis is reminding all of us that building walls, “wherever they may be”, reinforces unjust economic and social structures. These things imprison millions of people around the globe. Building bridges, on the other hand, helps individuals live with dignity.

While some in the Trump camp want the Pope to shut up and butt out, there is an inherently political element to the Gospel. Despite the confident assertion of evangelical Jerry Falwell Jr. (a Trump supporter) that “Jesus never intended to give instruction to political leaders on how to run a country”, the Gospel does challenge the attitudes and policies of “good Christian” leaders.

Religion is not a tool for garnering votes to secure personal power. Nor is faith a matter of convenience, but of discipleship. Sometimes, the demands of discipleship are just plain irritating.

Trail BC resident Louise McEwan is a freelance writer with degrees in English and Theology.

Her blog is www.faithcolouredglasses.blogspot.com.

Contact her at mcewan.lou@gmail.com

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opinion of Tess has been substan- stage for keeping Ian away from his tially lowered. I asked my other two family after the marriage. daughters-in-law whether You need to discuss they thought I was creepy this openly and your and they were astonished wife has provided the that anyone would think perfect excuse to do so Marcy Sugar so. They both want to talk without compromising & Kathy Mitchell to Tess, but I asked them your son. With other not to. My son said that family members presTess shared her feelings about me in ent, especially Ian, tell Tess what confidence and he doesn’t want her your wife overheard. Ask her why to know he told me. she thinks you are “creepy” and how Should I wait until after the mar- the two of you can overcome it in riage and try to talk to Tess? My order to have a better relationship. other family members say to let it Frankly, we would be wary of any go and that she’ll get to know me young woman who turns her fubetter with time, but I’m not so sure. ture father-in-law into an object of Ian has been dating Tess for nearly derision with her girlfriends. Tread three years and she’s had plenty of carefully. opportunities to get to know me.

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Dear Annie: My youngest son, “Ian,” is soon to marry the “love of his life.” I haven’t had much of an opportunity to get to know “Tess,” but my wife has spent time with her and really likes her. Around me, however, Tess seems to be reserved and quiet. I asked Ian about her reticence and after some hesitation, he told me that Tess finds me “creepy” and is uncomfortable being around me.

I was flabbergasted. I cannot think of one thing I’m doing to make this woman feel this way. I have never touched her or leered at her. I don’t find her particularly attractive, so I cannot imagine that I’m being lascivious without realizing it. I don’t make off-color jokes.

I dress conservatively. When I speak to her, I look her in the eye, not the chest. I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong.

I mentioned it to my wife, and she admitted that she overheard Tess and two of her friends laughing about how creepy I am. Her

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MOVING SALE Fruitvale, 455 Barclay Road.

Sat. Feb. 27th, 8am-1pm.

Volunteers

Volunteers

Buying Collector Coins, Accumulations, coin collections & Old money. US Canada & world coins.

Plus anything made of gold or silver. Todd’s Coins. 1-250-864-3521 I can make House calls!

Local Coin Collector Buying Collections Gold Silver Coins Estates 1-250-499-0251 Chad

Community Futures Greater Trail is a dynamic, volunteer board-driven organization looking to increase its Board of Directors. Interested individuals should be regionally-minded with experience in one or more of the following areas: commercial lending, accounting, business management, community economic development, significant entrepreneurial experience. Previous volunteer experience and/or board participation is considered an asset.

In order to ensure equitable regional representation, we are looking for applications from individuals who work and/or reside in Rossland, Warfield,Trail, Montrose, Fruitvale, and RDKB Areas A & B.

NEW PRICE

2531 Columbia Avenue, Rossland

$269,000

Beautiful 3 bdrm heritage home with upgrades.

Houses For Sale

Houses For Sale

NEW PRICE

NEW PRICE

2074 Butte Street, Rossland Lots of character in this great family home.

$340,000

Ermalinda Estates, Glenmerry, spacious 1-2bdrms. Adults only. Secure building w/elevator. N/S, N/P. Ph.250-3641922 E. Trail. 2 bedroom. F/S, W/D. 250.368.3239.

E.TRAIL, nice 2 bdrm 250368-8897

Glenmerry, 2bd. apt. Friendly, quiet secure bldg.

Heat incl.n/p,n/s.250-368-5287 GLENVIEW APTS. Spacious, quiet 1&2 bdrm. apts. Avail.

Mar.1st. 250-368-8391 SUNNINGDALE, spacious, bright, 1bd, perfect for couple/ senior, heat/laundry inc., n/p,n/s. 250-367-9607 TRAIL, 1BDRM. Glenmerry.

N/P. Utilities included. 250368-1312.

TRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apt. Adult building, perfect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, comfortable.

Nicely renovated. Must See. 250-368-1312, 250-364-0352

Find A New Home To Buy

Real Estate Houses For Sale TRAIL, 4bdrm., 2bth. renovated home with single garage in Shavers Bench. Private yard great for kids and pets. Price reduced for quick sale to $158,500. Call or text 250231-7357.

WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 1-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888 The Salvation Army LEPRECHAUN TEA 2030 2nd Ave. Mar.12, 11am-1pm. $3.00

Houses For Sale

Houses For Sale

OPEN HOUSE

Successful candidates will have community and client values consistent with those of the current Board of Directors, committees, and staff.

Interested individuals are encouraged to submit a resume, personal biography, and cover letter to the attention of Don Freschi, General Manager: don@communityfutures.com or mail to 825 Spokane Street, Trail, BC,V1R 3W4.

Closing date for the application process is March 31, 2016.

Community Futures’ services and programs are made possible with the assistance of the Government of Canada via Western Economic Diversification Canada.

For more detailed information about the organization, please visit www.communityfutures.com.

202 Kootenay Avenue, $ 389,000 Tadanac

Sat, February 27 Hosted by Jack McConnachie 250.231.5222

•

11am to 1pm

Coldwell Banker

Rosling Real Estate 1252 Bay Ave Trail, BC

By shopping local you support local people.

Kootenay Insurance Services Ltd. Is owned in equal partnership by East Kootenay Community, Kootenay Savings, and Nelson & District credit unions

Houses For Sale

Bella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250-364-1822

Francesco Estates, Glenmerry,spacious 1-3bdrms. Adults only (45+). Secure building w/elevator. N/S, N/P. Ph. 250368-6761

Affordable Steel Shipping Containers for sale/rent 20’ & 40’ Kootenay Containers Castlegar 250-365-3014

CALL FOR BOARD OF DIRECTOR(S)

“At Castleview Care Centre our residents do not live in out workplace, we work in their home”

Resumes

By March 6, 2016

heating

BIG

PERMANENT & CASUAL POSITIONS

Kootenay Insurance Services Ltd. provides a full line of insurance products and services in the Kootenays with locations in Cranbrook, Crawford Bay, Nelson, Trail and Invermere, BC

plumbing

Small Ads Get

LPN & RN

Kootenay Insurance Services Ltd.

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GRADED AA OR BETTER LOCALLY GROWN NATURAL BEEF Hormone Free Grass Fed/Grain Finished Freezer Packages Available Quarters/Halves $4.90/lb Hanging Weight Extra Lean Ground Beef Available TARZWELL FARMS 250-428-4316 Creston

1106 Unit ‘A’, Hwy. 3B, Montrose

Painting & Decorating

SPRING CLEANUP, Pruning, dethatching, aerating, landscaping. Certified Landscape Horticulturalist. Call Geoff to book 250-231-5692.

Help Wanted

24 Hour Emergency Service

Houses For Sale

Houses For Sale

1490 Tulip Street, Trail

903 Scott Street, Warfield

100 Eton Road, Warfield

490 Austad Lane, Trail

1614-1616 Knight Street, Trail

This charming Glenmerry home is in a great location!

3 bdrm home with friendly layout and recent updates.

Well maintained Warfield home located on a quiet cul-de-sac.

Columbia Heights Duplex with lots of parking.

Well maintained 4-plex on over an acre of land.

$255,000

$199,000

$239,000

Houses For Sale

$129,000

Houses For Sale

$339,000

Mark Terry Tonnie Mary Richard Mary Bill Deanne Art Christine Dave Dan Powell Jody Christina Lake Wilson Alton Stewart Martin Daoust Amantea Craig Slessor Forrest Albo Thoss Audia 250-231-5591 250-231-1101 250-365-9665 250-231-0264 250-368-7897 250-521-0525 250-231-2710 250-231-0153 250-368-8818 250-512-7653 250-231-4522 250-442-6413 250-364-3977 mark.wilson@ century21.ca

terryalton@ shaw.ca

tonniestewart@ shaw.ca

mary.martin@ century21.ca

richard.daoust@ century21.ca

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christine.albo@ century21.ca

dave.thoss@ century21.ca

1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818

Kootenay Homes Inc.

www.kootenayhomes.com

www.century21.ca

Check us out on Facebook! facebook.com/KootenayHomes

powelldanielk@ gmail.com

jody.audia@ century21.ca

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FOnT DisCLAiMER: 602 ISABELLA CRESCENT , SUNNINGDALE

$185,000

PERFECT CONDITION

MONTROSE

$199,900

FULLY RENOVATED

WARFIELD

$200,000

Wayne DeWitt

250-368-1617

Molson Canadian, Old Milwaukee or Budweiser

12pk cans from

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Mario Berno

250-368-1027

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offer inCludes: $3,750 ManufaCturer’s reBate, $750 lease Cash when finanCed throuGh ford Credit, and $1,800 freiGht and air tax.

750 Bonus Cash TOWARDS All NEW F-SERIES ¥

REDUCED

MONTROSE

$249,000

Tom Gawryletz

250-368-5000

from

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598 FORREST DRIVE, WARFIELD

$285,500

GLENMERRY

$264,500 ‡‡

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valid at participating dealers. Retail offers may be cancelled or changed at any time without notice. Dealer order or transfer may be required as inventory may vary by dealer. See your Ford Dealer for complete details or call the Ford Customer Relationship Centre at 1-800-565-3673. For factory orders, a customer may either take advantage of eligible raincheckable Ford retail customer promotional incentives/offers available at the time of vehicle factory order or time of vehicle delivery, but not both or combinations thereof. Retail offers not combinable with any CPA/GPC or Daily Rental incentives, the Commercial Upfit Program or the Commercial Fleet Incentive Program (CFIP). †Until February 29, 2016, lease a new 2016 F-150 XLT SuperCrew 4x4 5.0L and get as low as 0.99% lease annual percentage rate (APR) financing for up to 36 months on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest APR payment. Lease this vehicle with a value of $36,740 (after $2,495 down payment, Manufacturer Rebates of $3,750 and Ford Red Carpet Lease Cash of $750 deducted, and including freight and air tax charges of $1,800) at 0.99% APR for up to 36 months with an optional buyout of $22,160, monthly payment is $430 (the sum of twelve (12) monthly payments divided by 26 periods gives payee a bi-weekly payment of $199), and total lease obligation is $17,975. Taxes payable on full amount of lease financing price after Ford Credit Red Carpet Lease Cash and Manufacturer Rebate deducted. Additional payments required for PPSA, registration, security deposit, NSF fees (where applicable), excess wear and tear, and late fees. Lease offer excludes variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, dealer PDI (if applicable), registration, PPSA, administration fees and charges, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. Some conditions and mileage restriction of 60,000km for 36 months applies. Excess kilometrage charges are 16¢ per km, plus applicable taxes. Excess kilometrage charges subject to change (except in Quebec), see your local dealer for details. All prices are based on Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price. ¥Offer valid between February 2, 2016 and February 29, 2016 (the “Offer Period”) to Canadian residents.

Receive $750 towards the purchase or lease of a new 2015 or 2016 F-150, F-250 to F-550 (each an “Eligible Vehicle”). Only one (1) bonus offer may be applied towards the purchase or lease of one (1) Eligible Vehicle.

Taxes payable before offer amount is deducted. Offer is not raincheckable. ‡F-Series is the best-selling line of pickup trucks in Canada for 50 years in a row based on Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association statistical sales report up to 2015 year end. ‡‡Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’S) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). ^When properly equipped. Max. payloads of 3,300 lbs/3,270 lbs with 5.0L Ti-VCT V8/3.5L V6 EcoBoost 4x2 engines. Class is Full-Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs. GVWR vs. 2015 competitors.©2016 Sirius Canada Inc. “SiriusXM”, the SiriusXM logo, channel names and logos are trademarks of SiriusXM Radio Inc. and are used under licence.©2016 Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. All rights reserved .

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OPEN HOUSE

$179,900

NEW LISTING

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BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION

$325,000+GST

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2104 – 7TH AVENUE, TRAIL

1465 – 3RD AVE, TRAIL

OPEN HOUSE

INCREDIBLE PRICE

SALMO

MLS#2406082

ANNABLE

MLS#2404769

Keith DeWitt

250-231-8187

$94,800

SENIOR SPECIAL

GLENMERRY

$39,500

Alberta Pure Vodka

$

750ml

www.bestwesterntrail.com

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$189,000

MLS#2411332

Denise Marchi

250-368-1112

Bacardi White Rum

99 ea

750ml

Available in most new Ford vehicles with 6-month pre-paid subscription.

COLOuRs: 4C

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RENOVATED

GLENMERRY

$199,900

DOUBLE GARAGE

SOLD

MLS#2409316

GLENMERRY

$329,900

NEW LISTING

FRUITVALE

$199,000

Joy DeMelo

250-368-1960