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The Kelowna business community wants to eradicate the homeless problem in Kelowna, but former Kelowna mayor Sharon Shepherd says city hall has dropped many strategies her councils championed to address the problem.

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The province may be willing to spend millions of dollars to improve two highway intersections in West Kelowna, but that doesn’t mean West Kelowna council thinks it’s a good idea.

City council has made its disdain for the transportation ministry’s plan to spend an estimated $40 million each on the Highway 97 intersections at Boucherie Road and nearby

Westlake Road clear by refusing to even entertain a staff-recommended motion of support for the projects. “No one (on council) would move it or second it,” said Mayor Doug Findlater. “I guess it was a diplomatic way of showing non-support.”

The mayor said he and his council feel the province would do better putting the money it would spend on improving the intersections towards coming up with a plan to, in Findlater’s words, “remove Highway 97 from West Kelowna.”

The council wants a new portion of Highway 97 built to the north, in the hills overlooking the municipality. And it points to a concept originally proposed 20 years ago after the Okanagan Connector was built that proposed a new “highline” highway run from the Connector, near the existing provincial Tourist Information building, to Westside Road, just north of the William R. Bennett Bridge.

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While the promise was made during the campaign, the test will come when Trudeau’s government unveils its first budget later this month. Will the fiscal commitment still be there?

Roy is confident it will be based on preliminary discussions with the bureaucrats back in Ottawa.

He said the other change is one of priorities, that adequate housing should be the first priority for homeless people. “The academic research from the past 20 years is showing us that we should provide housing first, then provide the resources to deal with health or addiction issues and finding a job. We’ve been doing it the other way around—deal with your addiction problem and then we’ll find you a place to live—and that isn’t working,” Roy said.

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A former Kelowna mayor says time should not be wasted “reinventing the wheel” when it comes to dealing with the issue of homelessness in the city.

Sharon Shepherd, who served as Kelowna’s mayor from 2005 to 2011 after a nine-year stint as a city councillor, has written to the executive director of the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce after the chamber cosponsored a symposium on homelessness earlier this week that featured a call for a Housing First strategy here to help alleviate the problem in the city.

Housing First focuses on getting the homeless into long-term affordable housing before dealing with other issues they Sharon Shepherd may be facing because it has been shown having their own home helps those in need successfully tackle other issues they are facing, including addiction and poverty.

In her letter, Shepherd reminds Grover—who was not here at the time—that the city had a number of programs aimed at helping the homeless in place during her time in office, used a Housing First approach at that time and was successful in getting funding from higher levels of government for four different types of social housing, including Cardington Apartment’s on St.Paul Street downtown, Willowbridge which is operated by the Canadian Mental Health Association, the New Opportunities for Women Canada (NOW) apartment building in South Pandosy and Rutland’s New Gate Apartments run by the John Howard Society.

Also, at that time, the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society operated temporary apartments at the former LaMission Motel.

Operating under a four-pillar approach in 2005 that included enforcement, treatment, prevention and crime reduction strategies, housing for the homeless was one of 28 goals that were identified. So too was a regional coordinator to address the issue of substance abuse but that position has since been eliminated.

“So what has happened?” writes Shepherd. “ A 4 pillar strategy is no longer in place. The coordinator position is no longer in place. Community court led by

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Homeless people huddled on the sidewalk across from the Gospel Mission shelter on Leon Avenue in downtown Kelowna.

Roy said the stats bear out that Kelowna is an expensive place for people on low incomes to live. He said 70 per cent of single moms live under unaffordable rent conditions, and that 37 per cent of seniors here spend more than 50 per cent of their income on rent and utility costs. The average rental rates here are the highest in B.C. and therefore among the highest in the country.

Kelowna is at about 22 per cent for private rental housing, whereas Victoria and Vancouver are at 50 per cent, and the national average is about 33 per cent.

He said the overspending on rental housing is at a crisis level.

You can’t fix all those issues at once, so Roy said the pathway to a solution is to start with the people in the worst of the worst conditions—those who are homeless and dealing with mental or medical health issues.

He said the federal government underwent

a shift back in the early 1990s and stepped away from social housing as a spending priority. This is not one we can blame on Stephen Harper, he said, for it goes back to when Jean Chretien was elected prime minister and Paul Martin was the finance minister.

Fresh off an election victory and committed to restoring fiscal responsibility in Ottawa, one of the outcomes was the downloading of past financial commitments to the provinces, most notably at the time for education and health care. But also caught in that fiscal budget squeeze was funding for social housing.

What Trudeau has Roy and others excited about is his election commitment of $1 billion towards social service spending, regardless of the budget deficit.

And Roy is among those advocating for the lion’s share of that money to be directed towards social housing needs.

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was Kishone Tony Roy, chief executive officer of the BC Non Profit Housing Association, which represents 600 housing providers who operate more than 60,000 units of low end market and supportive housing in our province.

Roy’s message was that a paradigm shift is occurring on how to deal with the homeless issue, one that is fueled by social science academic research knowledge accumulated over the last 10 to 15 years, coupled with promises made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the campaign trail last fall that, if elected, his Liberal government would make a renewed commitment to address social issues such as affordable housing.

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The Kelowna Chamber of Commerce and the Urban Development Institute brought together some of the movers and shakers in the Kelowna business and social service networks Tuesday morning.

The point of the meeting was to form a consensus on how to move forward to end homelessness in Kelowna.

“Enough is enough” was one of the consistent messages reflected at the symposium, and acknowledgment that all the innovative forces in Kelowna need to come together to address the problem now.

The international standard of income dedicated to housing for homeowners and renters is 30 per cent, and in the Central Okanagan that figure tends to creep up toward 50 per cent.

In our region, there has been a convergence of high housing demand coupled with low supply, causing low vacancy rates and high rents that the average worker, never mind those who are homeless, can’t afford.

This housing squeeze its pressure in all sorts of directions and has unintended economic and social consequences.

For example, a homeless person fighting a drug addiction problem contributes to policing costs, court costs, health costs and social services costs.

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Judge Anne Wallace, who recently passed away, and was supported by the RCMP, health and social service representatives is no longer in place. Homelessness Awareness Week is no longer in place. A community and provincial priority to deal with homelessness is no longer in place.”

The city has said it plans to hire a social issues coordinator.

Homelessness is not unique or new to Kelowna, said the former mayor.

“As a city and region we must recognize that when the homelessness issues improve, as they did a number of years ago, the work should not have stopped. It is time to review those strategies and rehire a (substance abuse reduction) coordinator. It is time to once again have community action and ongoing government commitment that did make a difference. The

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“Please pull out the documents that were used, dust them off, and move forward,” she said in an accompanying email to her letter.

She said she is sad to see the organizations that have continued to participate in dealing with homelessness with minimal support of government and businesses have not been acknowledged and the work started 11 years ago not continued.

“There needed to be a continuation of long-term housing units built so that space would be available for the acute needs of individuals on the street in our community,” said Shepherd.

“There needed to be more treatment facilities made available —such as detox—mental health priorities and more professionals assigned to give the one-on-one (attention that is) so needed.” @kelownacapnews

Frustration about homeless problem effective in Alberta, where the provincial government committed additional funding for social service resources.

Richter said Edmonton has reduced its homeless problem by 25 per cent since adopting this philosophy, Lethbridge by 60 per cent and Medicine Hat has eliminated what was its homeless problem.

Calgary has seen the first reduction in its homeless numbers in 20 years.

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homelessness strategy that was in place should never have ended. “ Grover, said she was happy to learn about what had been done in the past and said the chamber is looking at what was done.

But she added a Housing First approach does not have to mean building new apartment buildings.

She said existing rental suites could be used but they have to be affordable. Because of that, it will take provincial and federal assistance, likely in the form of rent subsidies, to make such a plan work.

Grover is hopeful money can be secured through the social spending component of the new federal government’s new infrastructure funding plan.

Meanwhile, Shepherd, whose two councils were considered much more socially active than any before them, said she hopes the work done in the past here will not be forgotten, as it was not only

in Kelowna and on a national scale is Tim Richter, president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness.

Richter said he was impressed by the consensus among those at the symposium that the affordable housing issue in Kelowna has to be addressed.

He said taking people off the street and moving them into normal rental accommodations rather than shelters, and provide the support for them to be successful, has proven

what is appropriate housing for their needs whether it be existing social housing or rental market apartments, and start to develop a longer-term strategy for Kelowna that involves government support, local philanthropy and incentives for developers to build affordable rental housing,” he said.

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be enthused at the opportunity to rent an apartment to a homeless person because it is low risk. “The rent will always be paid, the individuals are screened prior to placement, will have the support resources they need, the rent won’t be skipped on and if there is any damage the repairs are covered,” Richter said.

“Landlords now often are already dealing with people with addiction or mental health issues who are behaving badly without any backup resource support.”

In Calgary, Richter said between 2008 and 2011, affordable housing was provided for 4,000 people and 90 per cent of them were placed in market rent apartments.

Richter’s group has launched a nationwide campaign aimed at permanently housing the most vulnerable homeless in Canada—20,000 people by 2018.

The campaign was inspired by a similar initiative in the U.S. In Canada, Richter said 35,000 people sleep in a shelter or on the street on any given night, while more than 235,000 people will be homelessness over the course of a year.

He said 30 communities have agreed to participate in this challenge and is hopeful that Kelowna will join the campaign, a move that Mayor Colin Basran indicated he will bring before council for adoption.

“We’re hoping that Kelowna will become the 31st,” Richter said.

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Changes to Kelowna housing density are coming Kathy Michaels kmichaels@kelownacapnews.com

The vast majority of Kelowna residents aren’t fans of high density neighbourhoods—a point made clear by the opposition mounted every time a highrise proposal goes to city council.

According to some recent UBC Okanagandriven research, however, a little more education on the benefits of densification could go a long way to swaying the public mindset.

The topic will be touched upon during Urbanizing Okanagan, a day-long event being held at the university today, where speakers from UBC, the University of Victoria, and experts from the City of Kelowna, BC Housing, and the Urban Land Institute will speak on a variety of subjects.

The discussion on

Attitudes Towards Urban Density in Kelowna, will be led by UBC Okanagan’s Carey Doberstein and Ross Hickey.

They were interested in whether delivering positive messages to citizens about increasing housing density, influenced attitudes, so they conducted a survey to get to the bottom of things, explained Doberstein.

They sent out a survey to around 3,000 residential addresses in Kelowna that were randomly selected with a computer program and, in turn, they received 200 responses.

Of the 200 respondents, only six said they would be willing to have very high density developments in their neighbourhood.

“So, there was little support for that,” said

Doberstein.

With a baseline set, researchers went about figuring out if there was some wiggle room in mindset, if the issue was introduced differently.

“If we were to foreground the positive benefits of residential densification, the potential benefits, not just the cost, would that cause them to adjust their preferences?” he said, pointing out just a couple of the public benefits to increased residential density are reduced emissions and reduced

traffic congestion.

When presented with new information, the answer was yes, although they were largely swayed in favour of buildings under six storeys.

“It’s not about manipulation, it’s about telling the whole story,” Doberstein said. “When we are proposing residential densification, we should emphasize the whole story, not just the negative.”

Although there is resistance to some efforts to densify the city, it is already happening.

The Canadian Housing and Mortgage Corporation (CMHC) released its housing starts data this week, which emphasized the changes.

There were 1,647 housing starts in February which is up from 1,195 in January, according to CMHC, with the surge being attributed to multifamily housing.

It’s a shift that many see as beneficial to Kelowna’s long-term economic health.

It’s not a secret that Kelowna has oftentimes wrestled with housing,

in all its forms. It’s most recent rental vacancy numbers were pegged somewhere in the area of under two per cent, while home ownership is equally difficult to attain for many, as prices and wages aren’t exactly on the same page.

“Housing should be viewed as an ecosystem,” said Eric Li, who will be part of the UBC Okanagan panel on Affordable Housing—Regional and International Perspectives.

There needs to be a balance of housing for

vulnerable populations, young professionals, families and seniors leaving the housing market. For that, there needs to be a spectrum available and, locally, a rise in the number of multi-unit housing.

“I do believe we will see a major shift to 20 to 30 per cent condo and townhouses in Kelowna,” said Li. “That kind of change will deal with some challenges we face and we will have a very different landscape in the future.” @KelownaNewsKat

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Kelowna resident Duane Thachyk has been in his Dilworth Mountain home for 12 years, but never did he think he would be tearing up his yard, chasing after a groundwater issue that has him asking questions about who is responsible.

Water has saturated his yard, found its way into his basement and continually streams out

of his front yard onto the street.

This week, he brought in a contracting crew to start digging up his yard and investigate what has happened to his perimeter drainage system and figure out how he can stop water from getting into his house.

“There’s so much water and it has nowhere to go,” he said as crews began to dig a 10-foot deep hole down to the

bottom of the foundation of his house, built in the late 1980s.

“My yard is sinking, there are cracks in the foundation and water is coming in. We’re going to dig down to the foundation. We’re hoping we can get to the water and put a sump pump in.”

In his case, Thachyk’s property is at the base of a steep slope leading up to the highest point of Dilworth Mountain.

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Homes were built above him and he says for 10 of his 12 years, there was no issue. But last April, he first contacted the City of Kelowna when he noticed his yard sinking. From then on it’s been an ongoing issue.

“It’s frustrating,” he said. “I have a job that I have to be at and all I’m doing is thinking about this. This could be a second mortgage, probably $30,000 to fix.

My daughter loves this house but…”

It’s likely not any comfort as his landscaped yard gets torn apart, but Thachyk isn’t alone in his battle with groundwater.

Residents around the Okanagan are dealing with groundwater issues for a variety of reasons: An early spring and higher than average snow pack, irrigation issues,

Dilworth Mountain homeowner Duane Thachyk (right) watches as a crew dig to figure out to divert water drainage flooding his property. or failures in perimeter drainage systems could all be causes of excessive water on properties in the Okanagan.

Drainage companies contacted by the Kelowna Capital News say they are fielding calls on the issue and say some major jobs could go as high as $20,000 to fix.

“It’s been a really weird year,” said Brian Beach,

hill has to have a really good on-site permitter drain system.”

Years ago, when the city first heard from a resident dealing with groundwater problems, the city asked for a legal opinion of who is liable for those kinds of problems, said Beach.

In the case of Thachyk’s yard, Beach says crews

the City of Kelowna’s infrastructure delivery manager, adding the city has fielded calls from residents in the South Mission, in Wilden and other areas with groundwater issues this year.

“The extra snow and the quick melt basically was the equivalent of a monsoon. Anyone that lives at the bottom of a

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City not responsible for drainage issues CLEANUP FROM A6 have checked the systems above his property and are confident the water is not coming from a water main or leaking sewer.

“The city has an extensive legal opinion that clearly indicates we are not responsible for on-site private property drainage issues,” he said. “Builders and homeowners…need to install and maintain robust on-site foundation drainage systems to prevent problems, especially when excavating into the base of the slope.

“Unfortunately, contractor installation practices for on-site drainage systems do not have a great track record.”

Beach added that perimeter drainage systems are usually piped to a buried rock pit in the lower portion of the yard, saying the location of rock pits are rarely recorded and are not usually accessible for maintenance.

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work with them to install a storm drain at the road.

“We can’t help on the property but if the water can’t be absorbed and if the owners have done everything properly on their site then we might be able to help with work in the street, but they need to be make sure their own system is working,” he said.

In Thachyk’s specific case, he said it will be investigated further to see if a storm drain would help in front of his home. For Thachyk, his frustration continues as he faces the problem head on with his own contracting crew, looking to shore up the drainage around his property.

He says the problems never started until development above him, which included blasting, began. “I didn’t approve those houses and inspect them, the city did,” he said. “But their hands are tied, if they start saying they are going to fix the problems in my yard, they’re opening up a can of worms for everyone else.”

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Mediation aimed at trying to bridge the impasse over a review of a plan that could dictate the future of water in the City of Kelowna has started.

Provincially appointed mediators, former Liberal MLA and cabinet minister George Abbott and former B.C. civil servant and deputy finance minister Chris Trumpy, have met with representatives of the city, Rutland Water Works, the Glenmore-Ellison Irrigation District and the South-East Kelowna Irrigation District.

At the heart of the dispute between the city and the water districts is the inclusion of a section on governance in the Kelowna Integrated Water Supply Plan.

While the city considers the inclusion critical and wants to see just one integrated water system for all of Kelowna, not the five separate waters systems that currently serve different sectors of the city, the water districts do not.

They feel the water supply plan is a technical document and governance has no place in it.

The dispute has held up the provincially ordered review of the plan, and that, in turn, has dried up millions of dollars of potential funding that could have been applied for by the city for the water districts to fund projects contained in the plan.

Last month, Mayor Colin Basran went public with the city’s desire to see one, city controlled, integrated water system for all of Kelowna.

That drew the expected opposition from the water districts, which for years have been independent bodies with their own taxation powers.

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Council received information about proposed amendments to the Development Cost Charge Bylaw, and directed staff to hold an open house to receive feedback about the changes before final readings and adoption of the bylaw. Stemming from land and construction cost increases, the DCC rates in all areas of the City have increased since the last update.

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To view the complete list of activities and programs or to register online, visit kelowna. ca/recreation. Set up your online registration by calling 250-469-8800 to get your account pin and client barcode.

Work will be done on crack and crevice areas of, center medians, traffic islands, sidewalks and curbs, as well as landscaped center medians. Planned treatment areas include, but are not limited to;

Registration is also available in person at the Parkinson Recreation Centre or by phone at 250-469-8800.

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Spring Street Sweeping

Street sweeping has begun. Help make for a clean sweep by moving vehicles and portable items (such as basketball hoops and hockey nets) off the roads. Residents can also sweep

The City of Kelowna will be conducting its annual chemical weed control program from March 11 to Oct. 31 (weather dependent) according to Bylaw 9920.

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Those currently registered under the City’s Pesticide Notification Registry do not need to apply for an exemption.

For more information on the exemption or the proposed spraying locations, please contact the Park Services Office at 1359 KLO Rd or 250-71PARKS, by March 18.

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Residents often know what is needed to enhance the quality of life in their neighbourhoods, and proved it in 2015. Last year over $9,000 in matching grants was awarded to support 12 neighbourhood projects ranging from boulevard beautifications to free little libraries.

Have fun while building relationships and addressing the unique needs of your neighbourhood. If you have an idea of how you can enhance your neighbourhood, we can help.

Summer project grant applications are online at kelowna.ca/neighbourhoods. Deadline to apply is April 1.

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Every summer complaints filter through the Okanagan of gawkers getting in the way of firefighters battling back flames and campers failing to comply with campfire bans while the forest is tinder dry.

These behaviours aren’t OK, we continually are told from officials, but the story remains the same from summer to summer.

Now the province is trying to change the narrative with proposed legislative amendments as part of the Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 12).

Among other things, changes will result in significantly increased ticket fines for 19 different violations under the Wildfire Act and for seven different violations under Wildfire Regulation, meaning B.C. now has some of the highest wildfire-related violation ticket fines in the country.

For example, the fine for failing to comply with a fire restriction under the Wildfire Act is increasing from $345 to $1,150, a 333.33 per cent increase over the old fine for that offence.

The bill also clarifies what is considered to be “interference,” in terms of actions that could hinder firefighters.

Of particular note, interference does not have to be intentional to constitute contravention of the wildfire act, so drones and lookieloo drivers may want to take heed.

The latter offenders are usually the bane of B.C. wildfire crews,

but city firefighters have had some experience with them as well.

“Last summer we had a fire on top of Knox Mountain, and it’s a skinny windy road up there,” said Lou Wilde, of the Kelowna Fire Department.

“And there was a parade of vehicles going up there to have a look at it.”

The time it took to get to the blaze was lengthy and the drive itself ended up being treacherous as fire trucks had to navigate around a traffic jam on what’s little more than a forest road.

“Eventually we had RCMP stop people at the bottom of the hill, there was a huge bottle neck,” said Wilde. “It’s naïveté—people don’t really realize the impact it will have.

They’re not intentionally trying to hinder operations.”

Another way the public creates a hindrance is getting in the way of BC Wildfire water bombers.

“There are two problems there.

There are boaters who just want the birdseye view of wildfire on hillside get in the way of water bombers,” said Wilde, explaining police end up telling them to get out of the way.

“The other was the drones.

Last summer B.C. Forest Service, on the West Kelowna side, had to cease aerial operations because somebody was out there with a drone. It would be catastrophic if one of those bombers hit a drone and was pulled down.”

Education, Wilde said, should go a long way to dealing with these issues.

And for those who don’t learn as easily, he said, the increased fines

will make up the difference.

“Obviously if you are going to get a fine that is $345 and now it’s $1,150, maybe more people will take note of that, it carries more weight and shows the province is serious about this and it’s something we need the public to comply with,” he said.

Across the lake, West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Brolund echoed much of what Wilde said.

“I think it’s great that the province is paying attention, and these fines draw attention to what a serious matter it is,” said Brolund.

“But, my first thought is that the public in our region is generally well educated and cooperative when it comes to us to dealing with wildfires.”

Particularly notable, he said, is the lack of resistance the public greets firefighters with when they’re asked to evacuate.

That said, Brolund did say he hopes the province’s announcement about increased penalties does serve as a reminder to the public to how serious these situations can be in the summer.

On average, 30 to 40 per cent of wildfires in British Columbia are human-caused.

The 2015 fire season was one of the busiest and most expensive in recent years, with over 283,400 hectares burned and over $278 million spent on wildfire management.

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a first nations journey into the heart of darkness Written & Performed by Cliff Cardinal A Native Earth Production

Friday, March 11 & Saturday, March 12 | 8 pm At the Mary Irwin Theatre (RCA), 421 Cawston Ave, Kelowna Cliff Cardinal portrays more than a dozen characters in this one-man tour-de-force— a darkly comic tale of Wind and his grieving brothers, caught in a torrent of solvent abuse.

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The Kelowna Fire Department received a 911 call at about 2:58 a.m. from a security employee reporting smoke coming from the structure in the Rutland area.

When fire crews arrived on scene, they saw heavy smoke billowing from the building at 150 Highway 33 West. After entering the building and extinguishing the fire, an extensive overhaul found the fire had extended into the attic. After the fire was out, the KFD said the building suffered major damage.

The cause of the blaze had not been determined as of midday Wednesday and investigators continue to probe the scene.

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Wickenheiser is currently working towards obtaining her masters degree in medical science, and her experiences with the medical industry both as a student and a hockey player have given her a common interest with QHR. “It’s something that I’ve had a lot of recent experience with, being around doctors and shadowing doctors in the field,” she explained, “seeing the transition that’s going on within health care and how technology can help improve our lives.

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Founded in Kelowna in 1997, QHR is Canada’s leading electronic medical software vendor, providing programs that allow patients to connect with healthcare providers online, and solving the fragmentation of medical records across Canada.

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Chronic fatigue sufferer very ticked with columnist Open letter to Tom Fletcher, Black Press legislative columnist: I take great resentment at your ignorant, uneducated

LETTER OF THE WEEK remarks regarding chronic fatigue Syndrome (Bowing to the Power of Judges, March 2 Kelowna Capital News and Lake Country Calendar).

I have lived with this very painful debilitating condition for over 20 years and, yes, there have been many times that I could hardly get out of bed, many days I have spent in bed, at clinics, hospitals, etc., but I have not and do not sit around smoking pot, eating chips and watching TV. And no one else has paid my bills nor did I get any disability pension.

Wake up call Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere grew more in past 12 months than at any time in the past 56 years. bbc.com/news/science

Regenerate sight An operation described in Nature activated stem cells to grow a new lens in the eye of someone with cataracts. bbc.com/news/health

Holding back African farm crop yields would be improved with ‘greater engagement’ from global seed companies. bbc.com/news/science

Cancer shrinker UK doctors have shown how a pair of drugs can dramatically shrink and eliminate some breast cancers in just 11 days. bbc.com/news/health

In fact in my fight to find answers I have spent over $109,000 and that does not include any other expenses traveling to hospitals and doctors our of country.

I had my first income tax paying job at the age of 16 and have worked and paid income tax every year since. I turn 80 years old in July and every hour I am able to move at all I am working as I have my own business interests.

And you have the uneducated nerve to suggest that anyone who suffers with this illness is “what we used to call laziness.” Well, Mr. Fletcher, not that I have to report to you, I am not and have not ever been lazy. All of my years of hard work have resulted in the CRA taking away my OAS. And you have the nerve to refer to me as lazy.

Could you—no you could not— imagine what it would be like to have pain every day of your life for

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Canada’s premiers do the carbon shuffle Tom Fletcher Black Press Legislative columnist

Premier Christy Clark had her dancing shoes on as yet another “climate change” meeting ended in disarray in Vancouver last week.

“This is not the end,” Clark assured reporters after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the premiers emerged with no agreement on a national minimum carbon price. No kidding.

Trudeau declared victory by announcing the unanimous consent to a “Vancouver Declaration,” which basically pays lip service to the concept of “carbon pricing” and kicks another grand federal election promise down the road.

As the rest headed for jets waiting at Vancouver airport, Clark expressed the hope that the public would say “they got together and they made progress.” Did they? Let’s take a look.

Going into the Whistler-Vancouver stop on Trudeau’s globe-trotting glamour tour, Clark correctly noted that it’s other provinces that need to make progress. B.C. has a clear price on carbon emissions; it’s been held at $30 a tonne since Clark succeeded its creator, Gordon Campbell.

Clark’s advice for other premiers is to follow Campbell’s example of a revenue-neutral carbon tax,

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offset by income tax reductions. You won’t build public support for a carbon tax that makes people poorer, she said.

Of course that’s what Alberta is doing, at a time when many residents are getting poorer already.

Alberta’s NDP government plans to match the rate of B.C.’s carbon tax within two years and spend the proceeds.

Other premiers have more creative definitions for pricing carbon.

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil pointed to transmission lines and power purchases from the Muskrat Falls dam under construction in Labrador, to substitute hydro for coal-fired power. The highest electricity prices in Canada are their “carbon pricing” plan.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall pointed to SaskPower’s Boundary Dam carbon capture and storage project. It is the world’s first coal-fired power station to capture carbon dioxide after combustion.

The CO2 is sold to oilfield operators who inject it into declining wells to push more oil out, and the project intends to capture sulphur dioxide and fly ash to process and sell for other industrial uses.

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Clark’s stand-pat strategy on the B.C. carbon tax t is going to change this year, as positioning begins c for the 2017 election. A B.C. government advisory a panel has recommended a 33 per cent increase, conveniently starting in 2018, with annual increases m l after that. y The current seven-cent-per-litre carbon tax on gasoline sold in B.C. is hardly a deterrent these days, h as pump prices have tumbled and could stay low for y years to come. And with a fragile economy, it seems w “ unlikely that a big boost in carbon taxes will find favour with voters a year from now. s The B.C. NDP is trying to rebuild its credibility a on climate policy. NDP leader John Horgan tried p to revise the party’s history, claiming in year-end interviews that the NDP didn’t oppose the carbon tax, only making it revenue neutral rather than spending the money on green initiatives, as Alberta wants to do.

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Pot users are still discriminated against To the editor: [In a recent column Black Press legislative columnist] Tom Fletcher wrote “The Federal Court decreed last week that people have the right to grow their own ‘medical’ marijuana.”

(Bowing to the Power of Judges, March 2 Kelowna Capital News and Lake Country Calendar.)

If he read the decision he would of said the right of liberty gave persons protection to grow medical marijuana against unreasonable police power, discriminating against recreational users.

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Charter of Rights weakens Canadian law To the editor: A good column by Tom Fletcher which really shows how much political correctness is overtaking our world. (Bowing to the Power of Judges, March 2 Kelowna Capital News.)

It has always been my belief that it is our government who is given the authority (by us the people) to write the laws of the land; why else would they be called the Legislature—the law making body of the state.

We in Canada suffer from the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, yes I repeat, we suffer from the Charter—Trudeau Senior’s creation that now takes precedence to our regular laws, enabling the courts to override the laws that were put in place by governments that we elected to do this job.

So because of dad (Pierre), the son (Justin) has little choice than to obey the court’s decision—unless he can find a way under the

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Extra lanes won’t stop congestion along Hwy. 97

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To the editor: I read with interest the contract and announcement regarding the “upgrading” to six lanes [from four] of Highway 97 from Highway 33 to Edwards Road. (Highway 97 Upgrades to Proceed, March 4 Kelowna Capital News.)

Why oh why, after all the hoopla that came with it, did the government not put a cloverleaf at Reid’s Corner and the highway?

This to me is a no brainer. That intersection will remain a bottleneck for 16 hours a day with this proposal.

This improvement is needed but falls

20 years, feel like you have the flu everyday of your life. Wake up in the morning in pain, spend the day in pain, go to bed in pain, wake up during the night in pain, then start all over again. And no matter how hard you try not how much you pay, no medical person can tell us what infection or whatever causes all of this.

And if you are so fast to infer that it only makes common sense to call us all a bunch of lazy pot smoking, potato chip eaters, maybe you could research and write an article on how unfunded this illness is. Better yet, if you are so well informed, could you ‘identify’ what causes this illness other than mere “laziness.”

Failing the above, maybe you should do some research and send a public apology to all of us for making your unjust, erroneous public announcement.

Marion Berg, Kelowna

well short of looking into the future. I have traveled it for 25 years and it is more and more the main choke-point on Highway 97, with the university, the airport and Lake Country all seeing huge expansions, I can only imagine what it will be like 10 years from now.

And, sorry Kelowna, but from Lake Country’s standpoint doing business in Vernon will be a better option for many people in our area. As it is, Kelowna’s road system is a nightmare to begin with. Why make it even less attractive?

Tobias Smit, Lake Country

NDP blame GHG on Clark FLETCHER FROM A10 plan “increases taxes for average families by tripling the gas tax” to its current level.

Last week the NDP issued a news release denouncing Clark for presiding over

Many types of roundabouts To the editor: Modern roundabouts are the safest form of intersection in the world (much more so than comparable signals). Visit http://tinyurl.com/iihsRAB for modern roundabout FAQs and safety facts.

Modern roundabouts, and the pedestrian refuge islands approaching them, are two of nine proven safety measures identified by the FHWA, http://tinyurl.com/7qvsaem The FHWA has a video about modern roundabouts on Youtube, or check out the IIHS video (iihs.org).

Also: http://priceonomics.com/the-case-formore-traffic.../ http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/inters.../

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No doubt the Capital News will receive a lot of response to the apparently anti-Trudeau nature of Fletcher’s column, I for one fully agree with him and sadly there is no longer anything we (Canadians) can do because we have our Charter of Rights and Freedoms which pretty much make any laws impossible to uphold.

Malcolm Roberts, Kelowna

innovative/roundabouts/ Many people confuse other and older styles of circular intersections with modern roundabouts. East coast rotaries, large multilane traffic circles (Arc D’Triomphe, Dupont Circle), and small neighbourhood traffic circles are not modern roundabouts.

If you want to see the difference between a traffic circle, a rotary (UK roundabout) and a modern roundabout (UK continental roundabout), go to http://tinyurl.com/kstateRAB to see pictures. And here’s another site that shows the difference between an older rotary and a modern roundabout: http:// tinyurl.com/bzf7qmg.

Scott Batson

increasing greenhouse gas emissions.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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From modest beginnings, YMCA Cycle for Strong Kids has emerged to become one of Kelowna’s favourite family fundraising events.

And the Y says this year’s 10th edition promises to be the biggest and most exciting yet.

Registration is now open for individuals, teams and families to take part in a fun 45-minute stationary cycle class and enjoy a kid zone, vendors, a silent auction, music, prizes and more.

To celebrate the decade plateau, the YMCA of Okanagan changed the date from September to May and is adding a fun family ride along a portion of the Mission Greenway.

YMCA Cycle for Strong Kids will take place on

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ride, people from two to 92 can have some fun, raise funds and cycle to support vulnerable kids in our community.”

The event started as a way to get Kelowna companies more involved with the YMCA. “Back in 2007, we had a couple of YMCA employees and volunteers round up some stationary bikes and transport them to various offices in the city where employees would cycle for an hour,” Zakala said.

“In that first year we raised about $5,000. The growth of this event has been phenomenal.”

In 2015, YMCA Cycle for Strong Kids attracted more than 250 participants and raised $77,000.

The money goes to support underprivileged children in the Okanagan.

Currently, one in five kids requires assistance to participate in YMCA programs such as child care or swimming lessons.

The Okanagan Y serves more than 45,000 children, families and seniors every year in your community.

Participants who sign up for YMCA Cycle for Strong Kids before April 29 will be entered into a draw for a Specialized bicycle donated by Fresh Air. YMCA Cycle for Strong Kids is presented by Fresh Air and Delcourt Advisory Group at Scotia Wealth Management.

Visit ymcaokanagan. ca/cycle-for-strong-kids for more details and to register.

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Lakehouse earns world recognition Kelowna can now boast having one of the top housewares stores in the world.

Lakehouse on Bernard Avenue has been named one of five winners of the International Housewares Association Global Innovator Award for 2015, and was recognized with the four other recipients at the International Home + Housewares Show awards gala on March 5 in Chicago.

Lakehouse competed against 25 home and housewares retailers from 23 countries and was named one of the five Global Honorees for Retail Excellence.

Also named were Illums Bolighus, Denmark; Kitchen Shop, Malaysia; K’OOK, Netherlands; and Lords, United Kingdom.

Opening its doors five years ago, Lakehouse is locally owned by the husband and wife team of Ben and Sue Boschman.

“We’re overjoyed to be recognized on the world stage for what is truly our passion,” said Ben. “We owe a great deal of gratitude to the many people who helped us execute our vision for Lakehouse, including our suppliers and professionals, but in particular our loyal and committed staff,

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Highway 97 blamed for lack of ‘sense of place’ in West Kelowna REMOVED FROM A1 Findlater said the current location of Highway 97 bisects West Kelowna, especially the widely hated oneway couplet through Westbank.

“Planners tell us West Kelowna has no sense of place and I think it’s because of (the highway),” said the mayor.

The other problem council has with the planned intersection improvements is by

announcing them, West Kelowna feels the ministry is predetermining its own ongoing, twoyear study looking at ways to improve Highway 97 through the Central Okanagan, work that includes looking at the possibility of a second lake crossing.

But the ministry’s Murray Tekano said last week that is not the case. He said work done so far on the corridor study has pointed to the need to improve the two intersections, particularly

from a safety point of view.

He said the intersections are rated as the two worst for accidents on the west side of the lake and the 20th and 24th worst in the province.

Findlater said the municipality is “factchecking” that claim, adding even if the numbers are still high, the severity of accidents at both intersections is way down now compared with the past, given that there are advanced left-

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Ballet fans will be in for a treat tonight when the Kelowna Community Theatre hosts a presentation of Giselle,

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Greater Victoria Police Chorus coming to Kelowna The Greater Victoria Police Chorus will perform Wednesday, May 18, 7 p.m., at the Christ Lutheran Church, 2091 Gordon Dr., in Kelowna.

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The view from the train from Geneva, Switzerland.

A last, then a first while visiting Switzerland Alan Behr contributor

As do many others, I have savoured my travel firsts: There was the first time I saw the Eiffel Tower (when I was 16). I could never forget my first foreign romance (scant hours after first seeing the Eiffel Tower—”vive la France”).

Some firsts were unintentional. (I was surrounded by distinguished Korean business associates in Seoul when I first tried traditional, spicy kimchi—an acquired taste for which preparation is advised.)

Some firsts can be hard to explain. (Why did I go out of my way, in Germany, to ride in a train pulled by a steam locomotive or to fly, in California, in a hot air balloon? I had always wanted to—that’s why.)

I was reminded of the personal nature of some travel firsts as the train pulled into the main train station in Zurich after a week of skiing in Courchevel, France, and I began unloading the family’s suitcases. Over the years, we had stayed in every five-star hotel in and around Zurich save one. We had enjoyed the Baur au Lac, Eden au Lac, The Dolder Grand and the Widder—but not the Park Hyatt, which, at not yet 12 years of age, is quite the youngest of the premier hotels of the city. We were to complete my personal Zurich hotel checklist at last.

We were weary from a long trip, made longer by an impromptu rail strike in France.

Expectations had recovered once, in Geneva,

we returned to the excellent care of the Swiss Federal Railways (which gets my vote for the world’s best), but a new yet all too familiar hurdle now awaited: When our 6-year-old son was a toddler, we had lost his trusted blanket, Meeno, in that very same train station and under similar circumstances, which is to say, as we rolled a freight car’s worth of luggage toward the taxi stand. (I recovered Meeno hours later, and after a good scrub by the staff at the Widder, it was ready for its obligatory evening cuddle with our boy.) As before, our nine (yes, nine) bags of all sizes contained our son’s toys and books, my stone-heavy professional photo gear, all the usual ski paraphernalia, the 20 per cent of her packed wardrobe that my wife told me she had worn during the week and the 80 per cent she claimed not to have touched.

Getting our caravan the short distance to the Park Hyatt took two taxis. This time, everything got into the cabs. But not out.

On arrival, we were shown to a newly and tastefully redecorated suite, our son’s bed already brought in and ready for him.

The Bang & Olufsen stereo was soon playing contemporary hits. Our son taught himself to work the electronic toilet in the master bathroom—from the heated seat to the fountain of water that, “cleans your butt!” as he accurately put it. He claimed he would not let us exit until we had experienced our own sprays of technological sanitation, but we persuaded him to join us in the fitness room and perhaps next the spa. When, however, he found out

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that the hotel did not have a swimming pool, negating my hasty speculation that it probably did, he declared it a one-star property.

His mind quickly changed at dinnertime at parkhuus, the main restaurant. The chef prepared exactly what our son wanted (plain spaghetti—no sauce or butter—grilled chicken and peas). An old and dear friend from the Zurich area joined us. A fire blazed from the nimbly handled grill in the open kitchen just beyond. My wife and I enjoyed bison steak paired with a smooth and balanced Merlot from the Italian-speaking Canton of Ticino, to the south.

It was all quite lovely until my wife asked me to bring down the tote bag with our son’s toys and books. I checked the suite and, on conducting a roll call to which only eight pieces of luggage answered, I realized that a grave error had been made. Back in the lobby, I charged straight to the concierge. In all likelihood, it had been left in the taxi I had ridden but the others had not, and Daddy was sailing straight into hot water if those toys and books were not found.

Fortunately, we were at a Swiss five-star hotel. Somehow, within one hour, after telephone calls to the train station and the taxi service, a young hotel staffer was able to come to our table with a smile on her face. Then she pulled from behind her back the missing bag.

I thanked her, gave her reward money to pass along to the good Samaritan taxi driver who had driven the bag over on his own time—and

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ordered a copious Swiss chocolate dessert in celebration.

Our “last” among the fine hotels of Zurich now having been accomplished, we set out the next afternoon for a first: we were to fly aboard the inaugural trans-Atlantic passenger flight of Swiss International’s new Boeing 777300ER flagship. Unlike the case of our last, our first took no special planning: the “Triple Seven” just happened to be what our son’s absolute favourite airline (he continues to shout “Swiss!” at any airport where he sees the Swiss cross on an airplane tail) had chosen for flight LX14 back to JFK that Sunday afternoon. We found out about what a special event it was to be when we came to the gate to hear live jazz being played and to enjoy Champagne and sandwiches offered as if for a VIP gathering.

The aircraft having been picked up at the factory outside Seattle only three weeks before, it had that freshly delivered smell of a new car. Recessed above the thankfully large overhead bins were parallel rows of soothing lavender lights. The seats, covered in taupe fabric, were particularly comfortable. I decided to be the first U.S.-bound passenger to use the port mid-fuselage interior rest room— being careful to leave it Swiss clean for the next occupant. According to the video we were shown, somewhere ahead of us, firstand business-class passengers were lounging

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The open kitchen at parkhuus, the main restaurant at the Park Hyatt Zurich. one of the folding crew seats, I helped the woozy fellow into it, and she brought him water. He mumbled groggily that he was not diabetic and was not sure why he had fallen over. I stayed with him until he had finished using the bathroom and, at his request, helped him back into the folding seat.

Another flight attendant came by. He looked big enough to manage if needed, so I briefed him

in German, and there ended another airborne first for me.

When the plane landed, the passengers applauded long and hard, as if at Carnegie Hall. We even got goodie bags on leaving the plane— gifts as if we had been to a birthday party, which, when I think about it, we had indeed done, in a way. Now, how to figure out paying for business class next time…

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personally baptized airborne rest room. No sooner had I arrived in line than a large young man standing in front of me collapsed to the freshly carpeted floor. I knelt, took hold of him, and called to the nearest flight attendant, “Wir brauchen Hilfe hier.” (“We need help here.”) She opened ALAN BEHR

in indolent luxury, those in first having the ability to raise partition walls

Business class offered seats that reclined fully into beds. Our son’s favourite treat in coach was, as always, the Moevenpick ice cream served near the end of the flight.

It was just about ice cream time when I decided to reprise my performance in my

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Blazers up first on three-game weekend Defending B.C. Division champion Rockets face rival Kamloops tonight to start a busy weekend.

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Cal Foote (left) and the Kelowna Rockets will take on Jiri Smejkal and the division rival Kamloops Blazers for the third time in eight days Friday night at Prospera Place.

The Kelowna Rockets didn’t have much luck solving goalie Connor Ingram and the Kamloops Blazers last weekend.

The defending champs will get another crack at their B.C. Division rivals when the teams face off tonight at Prospera Place.

Ingram stifled the Rockets with 97 saves over two nights, as the Blazers won both games 3-2.

Kelowna rebounded nicely on Wednesday with a 3-2 shootout win over the Prince George Cougars and will carry a better frame of mind into the weekend, which

features three games in as many nights.

“It’s a huge weekend, three in three are never easy,” said Rockets head coach Brad Ralph. “We’ve been through it here over the last two months, so hopefully we’ve learned how to manage our game, be efficient and stay out of the penalty box.

“The guys were a little edgy about those losses (to Kamloops), and I thought they bounced back well (against Prince George.)

“We need to make sure we come back with another great effort on Friday.”

With a just a half dozen games remaining and the playoffs just around the corner, Ralph said nothing will come easy at this time of year.

“We’re learning that lesson here pretty quickly

but that’s the way it goes, the hockey tightens up, everyone tightens up defensively and we’re seeing some goalies step up and show what they can do,” he said.

“I think we’re getting there as well. Our shots were way down (Wednesday) so there’s a lot of good signs we’re seeing.”

The Rockets (4518-3-0) are trying to chase down the Victoria Royals (45-16-3-3) for first overall in the WHL. Kelowna trails the Royals by three points but does hold a game in hand.

The Rockets and Victoria will meet head on for the last time in the regular season next Wednesday at Prospera Place.

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Rockets forward Tyson Baillie scored his teamleading 39th goal of the season in Wednesday’s win over the Cougars and now has 304 career points, good for fifth alltime in franchise history.

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To no one’s immense surprise, the BCHL first round playoff series between the West Kelowna Warriors and Salmon Arm Silverbacks has come down to a bestof-three.

With the division semifinal all knotted up at two games apiece, the Interior rivals will meet tonight in Game 5 at Royal LePage Place. Face off is 7 p.m.

Game 6 is set for Saturday night at the

Shaw Centre in Salmon Arm. There has been little to choose so far between the longtime rivals, a fact that comes as no great shock to Warriors’ head coach and GM Rylan Ferster.

“I’m not surprised at all,” Ferster said of the series’ current status.

“These are two very evenly matched teams.

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West Kelowna won Game 3, only to see Salmon Arm rebound for a 2-1 win Tuesday to even the series up.

“To this point, I’d say the right teams, the ones who have deserved it have won the first four games,” Ferster

added. “We have to play desperate from here on in and every shift is important.

“That’s what makes the playoffs such a fun time of year.”

A seventh and deciding game, if necessary, would be played Sunday night in West Kelowna.

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Manuel CIS coach of the year

For the second time in just five seasons since joining the Canada West conference, Steve Manuel has been named CIS volleyball’s coach of the year.

The Manuel-led UBC Okanagan Heat posted a 22-2 regular season record to win their first ever conference title.

UBCO went on to host the Final Four and won silver, the first Canada West medal in the school’s history.

“Steve couldn’t be more deserving of this

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award, he is truly a professional coach,” said UBCO director of athletics, Rob Johnson.

“He has assembled a great staff and they have guided this team to a remarkable season. To

be honoured by his peers and chosen over the quality coaches that work in Canada West is a fitting reflection of how Steve is perceived.”

In addition, graduating Heat middle Katie Wuttunee was named to the CIS all-Canadian first all-star team.

The third-seeded Heat is in Brandon and will open the CIS national championship tonight against the No. 6 ranked Dalhousie University Tigers.

“There are no easy

matches at the national championship,” said Manuel, “but we are excited to play against a different team and happy that we did not draw a Canada West team in the first round.”

The Canada West champion Trinity Western Spartans are ranked No. 1, while the Toronto Blues are second, and the Monteal Carabins are ranked fourth.

The CIS national championship game will be played Saturday at 4 p.m. Pacific time.

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in Toronto.

The 22-year-old defensive back from Lethbridge, AB earned a spot at the showcase of prospective players thanks to his performance at the regional combine on Monday in Edmonton.

The Sun’s co-MVP from the 2015 BCFC season was the best in the threecone drill among all 41 players invited with an impressive time of 6.95 seconds.

Van Nistelrooy’s other results at the regional combine were: • 40 yard dash – 7.43 • Bench – 13 • Vertical – 35 • Broad jump – 9-9.5 • Shuffle – 4.21 The Sun’s other coMVP, Kyle Kawamoto, also had a strong combine and posted the following results: • 40 yard dash – 4.67 • Bench – 15 • Vertical – 38 • Broad jump – 10-1.25 • Shuffle – 4.00 • 3-Cone – 7.00 Van Nistelrooy is vying to become the second Sun player in as many years to attend the CFL Combine, then be chosen in the CFL draft.

Former Sun safety Dexter Janke was selected last year by the Calgary Stampeders.

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Five clubs records were broken as five members of the Kelowna AquaJets took to the pool last weekend at the Swim BC AAA provincial championships in Victoria.

Emily Epp, 16, Axana Merckx, 14, and Molly Hill, 14, who had all qualified and attended previous AAA championships, were joined by AAA rookies Paige Foster, 13, and Brooklyn Semashkewich, 13.

The five girls posted 17 best times, with Molly Hill improving in all her swims and Paige Foster in four of her five swims.

Hill broke club records in two of her events posting times of 29.52 in the 50 butterfly and 1:04.99 in the 100 butterfly, while Axana Merckx broke the club record in the 50 breast in a time of 35.21. The 13-14 year old girls relay team of Merckx, Foster, Hill and Semashkewich

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Paige Foster, 13, posted four best times in her debut at the B.C. AAA swimming championships. broke club records in both the 4 x 50 medley relay (2:07.46) and the 4 x 100 medley relay (4:35.83) good for 8th in both relays.

All five girls qualified for at least one swim in finals. Paige Foster finished 5th in 50 breast, 7th in 200 breast and 10th in 100 breast.

Molly Hill placed 8th in 200 fly, 9th in 100 fly and 9th in 400 IM. Axana Merckx was 6th in 100 back and 200 breast and 9th in 400 IM. Emily Epp was 13th in 200 breast and 14th in 50 breast while Brooklyn Semashkewich was 15th in 200 fly.

Pierson Piche set the pace for the Liquid Lightning Swim Club with a trio of silver medals at the B.C. AAA swimming championships in Victoria.

Piche, 11, swam to 100 per cent best times with second-place efforts in the 800, 400 and 200 freestyle events. Piche took 40 seconds off his 800 time.

He also came fourth in the 50, 100 and 200 backstroke as well as fourth in 200 and 400IM, while also setting eight club records.

Six LLSC swimmers made the trip to provincials.

Other athletes turning in 100 per cent best times were 11-year-old Ava Toyata, Dylan DaSilva, Marc Toyata—who swam to 8th place in 50 free— and Bryce Molder.

Gabrielle Hanvold who was coming off 100 per cent best times at the Western Canadian Championships, had a 7th place finish in her 100 fly and strong swims in 200 fly, 50 back and 50 free.

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Figure skaters wrap up season Women under 11 event, as three Kelowna skaters plugged the podium.

Brooklyn Cowen, 10, led the way with a personal best score of 29.75 points and the gold medal. Malayna Lesko also had a personal best score of 29.31 for the silver medal win, while Emily Sales won bronze.

Lesko, Cowen, and Sales also finished 1-2-3, respectively, in the overall end of the season Super Series standings, and represent the best in the province.

Paige Edgar also struck gold, winning the STAR4 Girls group 2 event.

Meanwhile, Kelowna’s Aurora Schultz skated to a personal best score of 18.25 points. Her training mate, Zoe Wu, finished in 6th, but place 3rd overall in the Super Series standings.

Here are the full results:

Senior Silver Women: Abbey Reiter 4th Pre-Juvenile Women U11: Brooklyn Cowen 1st; Malayna Lesko 2nd; Emily Sales 3rd; Kiera Atkins 8th; Katie Jones 10th; Taiya Knight 11th STAR5 Girls Over 13: Rachel Yee 13th STAR5 Girls U13: Aurora Schultz 3rd; Zoe Wu 6th; Jenna Penner 24th STAR4 Girls U13 group 2: Paige Edgar 1st STAR4 Girls U13 group 3: Amy Richardson 7th

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Alexandra Walker 1st, Lily Edstrom 2nd, and Olivia Henderson 3rd Just up the valley Vernon Ski Club hosted the U12/14 Teck Okanagan Zone GS and Slalom Races at Silver Star. Top ten finishers from Big White Ski Club in the U14 Women saw Hallie Jenkins taking top honors with a 6th and 3rd in GS and 1st and

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If effectively used, you don’t know that it’s happening. You get a sick feeling in your stomach, after the fact, if it is pointed out to you or you otherwise come to the realization that you have been duped.

I have come to that “sick to my stomach” realization more often than I’d like to admit. It feels awful to realize that I’ve been manipulated, however it occurs.

Since I make a living negotiating personal injury claims, it has bitten particularly hard when I have been personally manipulated in a negotiation.

Every negotiation tactic in the book has been attempted against me and my clients over the years.

A lot of my work in a negotiation is explaining to my client that this or that move made

by ICBC or another insurance company is just a tactic, and shouldn’t distract them from insisting on fair, financial compensation for their injuries and losses.

Those same tactics are used against those who are attempting to negotiate their claims directly with ICBC or another insurance company without the assistance of a lawyer.

This is the first of a series of columns to help you recognize those tactics so that you are not manipulated like so many others have been.

Recognizing negotiation tactics in the context of the negotiation of a personal injury claim should also help you recognize them in other negotiations you encounter.

I was recently consulted by a young lady who was

Achieving Justice PAUL HERGOTT given 24 hours to accept an ICBC offer, with the consequence that the offer would be reduced if she did not accept it.

It’s one of the oldest tricks in the book of negotiating, and it had the desired effect.

The young lady felt pressured, buying into the tactic and frantically reaching out for legal advice.

It can be difficult arranging a consultation with a lawyer within a 24 hour window.

Had she not connected with me or another personal injury lawyer, the tactic might well have been successful in manipulating her into accepting an offer that wasn’t even in the ballpark of fair.

Providing a deadline for acceptance is a tactic that is used again and again and again by ICBC and other insurance companies, and it’s almost always complete nonsense.

If they are prepared to pay a certain amount of financial compensation for injuries and losses on a Tuesday, why would the passage of another 24 hours (or any other time frame) have any impact on that?

Why do they continue to use that tactic even against me, even though they know that I can see right through it?

But they know that I have to inform my client about the imposed deadline.

They know that however clearly I explain

to my client that it is just a tactic, it is likely to cause at least some feeling of pressure and anxiety.

It is only the trust and confidence that my clients have in my advice that can keep those feelings of pressure and anxiety to a minimum so as to diffuse its effectiveness.

There are rare circumstances when a time deadline is not just a tactic and should therefore be taken seriously.

One is the two year limitation period deadline.

If the second anniversary of a crash passes without a lawsuit being commenced to preserve your rights, those rights might be lost.

Different, shorter, limitation periods can apply to different types of legal claims, including some injury claims.

If you are the least bit uncertain about the limitation period that applies to your legal claim, please consult with a lawyer for clarification.

In my next column, I plan on advising about the lowball offer tactic, the mirror opposite of which was successfully used against me when I negotiated the purchase of a stone chess set in Mexico, which gave me that “sick feeling” in my stomach.

This column is intended to provide general information about injury claims. It is not a substitute for retaining a lawyer to provide legal advice specifically pertaining to your case.

Paul Hergott is a personal injury lawyer at Hergott Law in West Kelowna. paul@hlaw.ca

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Kyle, we love you and you will always be deeply missed.

Kyle’s celebration of life will be held at the Lakeview Heights Community Hall, 860 Anders Road, in West Kelowna on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 2:00PM. More information and details can be found on the Facebook page ‘In Loving Memory of Kyle Patzer’. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the GoFundMe account set up for Kyle’s son Tristin at https://www.gofundme.com/qssm43y4.

WHITTAKER, RICK After a brief, yet interminable battle with ALS, Rick Whittaker passed away Sunday, March 6, 2016 with his family by his side. He is remembered by Wendy, his wife of 27 years; sons Darcy and Ryan; his sister Diane (Pat) haw; niece Tami Shaw; nephew Kelly (Jen) Shaw and their children.

What made this disease manageable at all was the amazing care of family, friends, the BC ALS society, the angels at both the May Bennett Wellness Centre and the Central Okanagan Hospice House along with the many doctors and their pro-active support.As he was an avid golfer and member at Sunset Ranch Golf Club, a celebration in his memory will be held there in the coming weeks.

To be personally updated, please notify the family at: rickwhittaker@hole19.ca .

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the ALS Society of BC, www.alsbc.ca or The Central Okanagan Hospice House, www.hospicecoha.org Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com 250-860-7077.

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Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1BD, 1bth grnd flr, New Appliances (5) for 55+. $800. Call 250-859-3890

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WEBBER Model 220 BBQ, cover, stand and 20lb propane tank (full) $250 250-707-3638

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New VW is so much more than a Dune buggy through the Red Rock Canyon and the mountains just outside the city. With unseasonably clear and cool weather, the snowcapped mountains were the perfect backdrops for this latest VeeDub. Even though VW has equipped the Dune with what it calls a “rough road” suspension, this isn’t an off-road vehicle in any way, the added ride height really only showcases the exterior style. The on-road manners of this car are first rate, thanks to an independent suspension and upgraded front sway bar. The handling is refined and the ride is sophisticated. The star of the show is the 1.8L turbocharged engine that pumps out 170hp on regular gasoline and the only transmission in VW’s slick 6-speed automatic.

of the car. In addition, the side mirrors are painted silver, there is a black Dune logo on the side and the front and rear lower sections have a silver skid plate inspired fascia.

Inside The Dune is available in black, white or the vibrant Sandstorm The latest version Yellow seen here. The colour of the exterior is carried inside the car of this icon is a across the doors and dash, even the instrument cluster is colour thoroughly modern matched. The Dune comes standard vehicle with refined with two-tone seats made of leathdriving characteristics erette and cloth, plus colour-matchand useful features. ing stitching. There is a surprising amount of room inside the cabin, it Zack Spencer feels open and airy, plus the back Looks cargo is very useful, thanks to an The Beetle was the car that started enormous hatch and folding back seats. The origiit all for VW, over six decades ago. The latest nal Beetles were fun and functional and this latest version of this icon is a thoroughly modern vehicle version has both in spades, or hearts, since we with refined driving characteristics and useful were in Vegas! There is only one option package features. What hasn’t changed is the sense of for the Dune; it is a tech package, which includes a whimsy that the shape of the car brings. To try to 16-centimetre screen with navigation, a wonderful capture the dune-bug area of the 60 and 70s, VW Fender sound system and blind spot detection has introduced this slightly more rugged looking system. The Dune starts at $26,990 and the tech version called Dune. The suspension sits 10mm package is an additional $1570. higher than the regular car and the track of the wheels, side-to-side has been widened by 14mm.

Drive The wheels are 18-inches and framed by black Our drive left the noisy city of Las Vegas behind cladding around the wheel arches and the bottom and within a half an hour, the Dune was carving Volkswagen used the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas as the backdrop to hold the international launch of the Beetle Dune.

The car was sitting on a stand outside the Vdara hotel, gleaming in gold paint and looking tough for a Beetle. At first, the idea of a more rugged Dune version of a Beetle made no sense, why would anyone want a Beetle with a higher ride height, body cladding and flashy exterior details? It was only after a day behind the wheel and finding out the price of the Dune that it started to make sense.

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Some models repeat as most dependable The Lexus brand captured the highest ranking in vehicle dependability among all nameplates for a fifth consecutive year in the 2016 J.D. Power and Associates Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS).

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) received six segment awards total, and four of the top 10 models belong to TMS. The study measures the number of owner-reported problems of 2013 model year vehicles in their third-year of ownership.

In addition to the brand’s highest score in the overall nameplate ranking, Lexus received three segment awards. The Lexus ES is the most dependable premium model overall, reporting the lowest average number of problems per 100 vehicles (PP100) and was ranked highest in the Compact Premium Car segment. The Lexus GS was awarded for the Midsize Premium Car segment and the Lexus GX luxury utility vehicle was awarded among Midsize Premium SUVs, with the Lexus RX coming in second in the category.

The Toyota brand was ranked 4th overall and also received three segment awards. The Toyota Prius v was awarded for the Compact Multi-Purpose Vehicle segment, while the popular Toyota Sienna received the award in the Minivan segment. The Toyota Tundra led the Large Light Duty Pickup segment with a segment

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By Jim Robinson DANA POINT, CA: The 2017 XT5 mid-size luxury crossover as the most critical launch in history of Cadillac.

Mid-size CUVs are the hottest thing in the luxury segment right now, something not lost on Cadillac designers and engineers when bringing the XT5 to market.

You might ask, doesn’t Cadillac already have a player in the SRX? The answer is really no.

The SRX bowed in 2004 before the lux CUV segment soared into the stratosphere leaving the SRX far behind and off the radar of most consumers.

The XT5 and the flagship CT6 both are the harbingers of mighty change within Cadillac with the XT5 being just the first of a new family of SUV/CUVs in the works all carrying the “XT” name.

The XT5 is definitely midsize as seen from any angle and seats five, but if you look at all the cargo room behind the second row, it’s easy to see a third row just might fit.

Cadillac says it developed the XT5 from the inside out starting with the second row seats that slides, tilts and has a 40/20/40 tilt/fold.

Cut and sewn materials are used throughout the interior with seven colours available including one called Super Maple.

There are also seven colours on the exterior that compliment the signature use of vertical front and rear lighting.

Interior volume is commodious at 1,784 litres (104.5 cu ft) behind the first row and 849 litres (30.0) cu ft behind the second row.

A nice touch as a sliding metal divider in the cargo area to keep things from bouncing around.

Properly equipped, it can tow up to 1,588 kg (3,500 lb).

The XT5 comes in four trim models with starting prices at $45,100 for the base model, $49,250 for the Luxury, $59,830 for the Premium and $8,595 for the Platinum not including a $1,950 shipping fee.

The XT5 is offered in front- and all-wheel-drive with AWD optional on the Luxury and Premium and standard on the Platinum.

The AWD features a ‘twin clutch’ rear differential that routes up to 100 per cent of traction from front to rear and up 100 per cent across the rear axle. It is driver controlled so the AWD can be switched off to improve fuel economy.

Power comes from the latest version of GM’s tried and true direct injection 3.6-litre V6 with 310 hp and 271 lb/ft of torque routing drive through an eight-

speed transmission using shift-by-wire technology.

A new feature on the 3.6-litre is Active Fuel Management cylinder deactivation that automatically switches to four-cylinder mode under light or moderate loads.

Also standard is Stop/ Start technology that shuts off the engine at rest and restarts when you lift your foot off the brake.

One of the common complaints from autowriters is lack of seat time, in other words, time spent actually driving the vehicles rather than tech briefings and sales razzamatazz.

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Yes, we got our seat time’s worth.

No matter what the road surface, the XT5 glided over it without straining itself thanks to the real time damping system developed with ZF. But one thing that really stood out was the revamped CUE (Cadillac User Experience) infotainment system.

Gone are the fussy sliders and rocker face that made it frustrating to use and difficult to see at a glance because things were below the screen on the centre stack.

No it has a big screen with simple up/down rockers for the climate control.

But what really knocked me out was the traffic update on the Navi.

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Yet the system in the XT5 took us through back streets and industrial areas I had never heard of. But we made it and the system was impressive.

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Kelowna Secondary School Home of the Owls Grad Semi-Formal 2016

Community Connection March 2016 Health Issues Related to Cellphone Use

By Jasmine Pathak

In February, the Grad class of 2016 got to experience their first Semi-Formal dance at KSS. There was a DJ, all the food you could eat, and even a sketch artist. From the fruit punch to Josh Hyland’s outrageous dance moves, everything was even better than we expected and we even had our liaison officer on the dance floor with us. Even with the disappointing balloon drop, we all have to thank Mrs. Culham for an amazing night students will always remember.

Tenille: “I wasn’t expecting it to be that great since my expectations were really low after sleepover, but it turned out really nice! I was surprised at how much people were dancing and a lot less cliquey. And my friend and I didn’t think we would stay the whole time but we ended up staying until the very end. And I loved how everyone got so dressed up and looked so nice.”

Rhys: “I expected it to be lit, but not on fire, the whole dance fire was burning—it was phenomenal. Men in ties waving their arms around frantically and ladies in $200 dresses droppin’ it low made the night one heck of a spectacle. Also, really good fruit punch. It really was delicious.”

Spencer: “I really enjoyed it, and loved how dressed up and nice everyone looked and how the majority of our grad class was there interacting and dancing. I also loved the cream puffs.”

Palmer: “It was crazed, everyone was dabbin’. 100% fire.”

Kieran: “Semi-formal was lit.”

The Blue Zones: How to Live to be 100+

By Chloe Davidson The Blue Zones are five regions in the world where people live the longest and the healthiest. Here are the stats of these places.

Ikaria, Greece: on this tiny island, people live on average 8 years longer than the average American.

Cancer rates are 20% less, heart disease is half the amount, and dementia is almost nonexistent.

Loma Linda, USA: this Californian Seventh Day Adventist community outlives the average American by a whole decade.

Sardinia, Italy: another island-based Blue Zone; Sardinia has more centenarians than any other place in the world.

Okinawa, Japan: these Japanese islands have the longest living women on earth, and the longest disability free life expectancy.

Nicoya, Costa Rica: Nicoya natives are more than twice as likely to reach age 90 than Americans.

A study showed that your genes depict only 10% of your longevity, and the rest is all dependent on your lifestyle. This means that you have as good as a chance as anyone to live to the age of 100.

So why do the people living in these places age so magnificently? Well there’s no straight up answer, but each of these places share things that suggest helping you reach the possibly youthful and healthy age of 100+. There are 5 similarities that every Blue Zone shares that contributes to longevity.

• Eat Well: all of the people living in these regions eat a very plant based diet, with almost 90% of their food coming from plants. They have a very high vegetable intake, and very low processed food intake.

Most of the Okinawans get most of their food from the gardens in their backyards and they eat until they’re 80% full.

• Celebrate the Old: in all of these places, rather than celebrating youth and perfect skin, they celebrate reaching ripe ages. In Sardinia, instead of seeing a Sports Illustrated poster in the bars, you’ll see a picture of the centenarian of the month up on the wall.

• Move Naturally: even the 110 year olds are getting their daily move on in these places. In Ikaria, the men are mostly shepherds and are hiking mountains on a daily basis, while the women are gardening and kneading bread; all exercising naturally yet very effectively.

• Purpose: every person who has reached 100 wakes up with a reason to get out of bed every morning.

In Loma Linda, you can find a 97 year old that performs surgery about 3 times a week.

• Connect: all of these places have tight-knit communities that build each other’s spirits up. Meditation and praying is also something each of these groups of people take part in. They all have friends and family they can count on.

In a society so reliant on cell phones it may be hard to see the negative effects technology has on us.

Obviously, cell phones are a very useful tool for doing things like staying connected and organizing your social life, but our overuse and misuse of this technology can actually be fairly harmful to our health. With the number of people who use cellphones increasing, it is important to be aware of these issues.

IPhoneitis Previously known as “Nintendo Thumb”, this repetitive stress injury of the thumbs has now evolved into the trendy term found on urban dictionary as, “IPhoneitis.”

IPhoneitis is the result of holding your electronic device for too long or texting too much. It consists of a sharp pain from the index finger to thumb, and can also be felt in the hands and wrists. An uncomfortable sensation derived from our over use of cell phones.

Connected to Cancer I’m sure you’ve all heard about cell phones leading to cancer. This worry is because of a non-ionizing radiation that is emitted from our cell phones and its ability to absorb into the closest tissue. However, despite many tests, this type of radiation has not yet been concluded to cause cancer. Although there have been links between heavy cell phone users and cancer, the verdict is still up in the air. But just to be safe, it’s best to watch the amount of time we are talking on our cell phones, and try to go hands free. Also try not to store your phone in your pockets.

Text Neck Text neck, a phrase created by chiropractor Dr. Dean Fishman, is a problem for cell phone users to be aware of. This health condition is caused by hunching over a computer or cell phone for long periods of time and frequent flexing of the neck when looking down at your screen. This frequent flexing commonly causes postural change and pain is felt in the neck, shoulder, back, arms, fingers, hands, wrists and elbows. This is a serious condition that can result in nerve damage, flattening of the spinal curve, onset of early arthritis and many other problems. It is important to be aware of our posture, especially while using technology; this could impact us in a very negative way.

Mental Aspect We need to draw the line between helpful tool and an excessive need. Many teenagers and adults today are much too dependent on their smart phones to the point where it has become an addiction. This makes them less productive, as things like social media distract them and also causes anxieties when they’re away from their phones. Parents should be aware that giving kids technology at such early ages could potentially harm them in many ways.

The purpose of this article is not to say that technology is evil and shouldn’t exist, but just that we should be aware of its effects on us. It is an extremely useful tool that we use everyday, and will continue to evolve to make our lives easier.

But being aware of the negative sides may help us prevent health issues and make our lives easier that way too.

Wab Kinew’s Latest Book A Must Read

By Julia Chambers

New Canadian author, Wab Kinew, published his first book, The Reason You Walk, October 2015. The book’s launch in Toronto lead to floods of photos on twitter showing fans clutching their copies of Kinew’s book. Previous to the release of his novel, Kinew spent many hours in the public eye, charismatically educating Canadians about life as an Anishinaabe. In ‘The Reason You Walk’, Kinew focuses on a still pressing issue in Canada: Reconciliation.

The Reason You Walk contains a combination of Wab Kinew’s convincing persona, and his willingness to share highly personal memories of his formerly deceased father’s past hardships. The book truly demonstrates the tremendous power of family and remission, channeling painful moments from the past as well as celebrating new hope for the future. While Kinew revisited his childhood on a reserve in Norther Ontario, he began to broaden his knowledge on his father’s traumatic experience from St. Mary’s residential school.

Wab Kinew has a foot in two cultures, being born to an Anishinaabe father and a non-native mother. His father was both a respected elected leader and traditional chief who directly engaged with Ottawa. Tobasonakwut was divided between two religions as well, therefore he embraced both his traditional native religion and Catholicism. Catholicism was forcefully thrust upon him at residential school, where he was physically and sexually abused. Later on, Wab Kinew’s father invited the Roman Catholic bishop of Winnipeg to a traditional Sundance ceremony as a grand gesture of reconciliation. There, the bishop was adopted as a brother.

Wab Kinew made the decision to spend a year to reconnect with his father, Tobasonakwut, whom he had never been very close to, until he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Kinew also shares stories of his own childhood throughout the novel. He writes about his struggles in his twenties and of discovering the right path by eventually giving up his once self-destructive lifestyle to pursue his passions of martial arts and music. His vantage point offers an inside look on his life and what it really means to be an educated aboriginal living in Canada, a country that is just beginning to understand and wake up to its aboriginal history and living presence.

Craving healing, hope, chance, and forgiveness, The Reason You Walk is a heartrending true story about a strong but damaged father and his son as they embark on a journey to recovery while refastening their broken family bond. At times, jovial and somber, Wab Kinew provides a vision of inspiration for cross-cultural and familial reconciliation, while also offering the possibility of a wider conversation about the future of the aboriginal community.

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