Kimberley Daily Bulletin, July 15, 2016

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With mediation failing; work stoppage looms C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

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Dunes Open.

The Arizona State University Sun Devils’ golf star is off to a fantastic start this summer, having already won the Glencoe Invitational (Calgary) after landing a third-place finish at the Monroe Invitational (Pittsford, N.Y.).

Pat Fletcher was the last Canadian to win the RBC Canadian Open back in 1954.

Other notable Canadians set to participate at the 2016 RBC Canadian Open include David Hearn, Graham DeLaet, Adam Hadwin and Mike Weir.

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“It is going to be a very unique experience and my first PGA Tour event, so I’m just excited to see how I level out with the big boys.”

Golf Canada announced the tournament exemptions Tuesday afternoon.

Du Toit will be surrounded by a host of well-known PGA professionals, including Jason Day — the RBC Canadian Open’s defending champion and topranked golfer in the world.

This will be du Toit’s first PGA Tour event and second professional event after he participated in the SIGA Dakota

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The City of Kimberley has put out a press release in response to one from the United Steelworkers Local I-450 on Tuesday, which announced that two days of mediation with a Labour Relations Board mediator had failed.

The City, in its press release, issued by City CAO Scott Sommerville, said it will be applying to have some services designated essential during a potential labour dispute. If the Labour Relations Board designates them as essential, that means the City is required to provide them and the Union is required to allow its members to perform those services during a lockout or strike.

See CITY, page 4

RCMP urge ‘wise choices’

Have a safe JulyFest weekend CPL. CHRIS NE WEL For the Bulletin

Kimberley RCMP recognize that Julyfest is a major event and there are a lot of fun activities to participate in, but also remind people to be safe and make wise

choices.

Over the years police have noted that persons attending the events are well behaved and out to have fun. But there is often a few who consume a bit too much alcohol and cause the police or security to intervene.

See RCMP, page 5

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Preparations underway for Cranbrook Multicultural Festival TRE VOR CR AWLEY

unique regions within countries that include: Canada, Ktunaxa, Metis, China, Philippines, Japan, South Africa, India, Great Britain, Serbia, Russia, Slovenia, Dominican Republic, Syria, Romania and Indonesia.

A few other groups have been in contact with organizers as well,

The Cranbrook Multicultural Festival gearing up for another showcase of Cranbrook’s diversity and is putting out the call for any interested groups or nationalities to get in touch with the organizers.

So far, there are 16 groups representing different countries or

which include Germany, French Canada, Korea and The Netherlands.

Taking over Rotary Park on August 19 and 20th, the Cranbrook Multicultural Festival will include booths featuring each individual culture along with some authentic food and performances.

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Kimberley Kaleidoscope Festival Saturday, August 6th 7:30pm

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Any cultural groups interested in participating in the Cranbrook Multicultural Festival should contact Coco Seitz at 250-581-0678

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This year, the festival will run for two days; on Friday evening there will be a traditional textile exhibition while there will be booths and plenty of activities for everyone from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

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“We’ve invited an artist from Vancouver, she’s Indonesian and she’s going to bring in a traditional Indonesian fabric and she’s going to do a presentation on Indonesia,” said Coco Seitz, an organizer with the festi-

val. “Also, we’re going to have a workshop making Batik…this is a material, a painting of fabric and they use the fabric for clothing. It’s made from wax and cotton fabric.”

If there are any unrepresented cultures or na-

tionalities that wish to be involved, contact Seitz at 250-581-0678. Seitz also encourages any interested food vendors or artisans who wish to be a part of the festival are also encouraged to contact her.

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LOCAL NEWS

Friday, July 15, 2016 Page 3

Why no 911 response? resident asks C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

Kimberley resident Orin Hoglund has some questions about 911 service in the area, after an incident last week — the main question being why are we paying for it if they aren’t going to respond?

Hoglund works at the Elko sawmill and he says last Tuesday night (July 5, 2016) he was headed to work from Baynes Lake, where he was staying with his daughter.

“I turned on to Hwy 3 and in the distance I see a truck with its four-way flashers on. I slowed down and I see another truck on a side road and its fully engulfed in flames — at least six feet high.”

Hoglund says he drove past the vehicles slowly but didn’t stop at first because there was someone there.

“Then I changed my mind and pulled over and called 911 and told them what I saw. They asked me

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Orin Hoglund doesn’t understand why 911 didn’t dispatch fire fighters to this vehicle fire near the Elko sawmill. the location, I said about five kilometres from Elko. I didn’t know which fire department was closer, Elko or Baynes Lake but I said probably Elko. They asked me if I knew the name of the

road. I wasn’t sure. I know the local name for it. She (911 operator) said is there potential for a forest fire?

I said there are flames six feet high, you tell me.”

After hanging up,

Hoglund went on to work. He said he knew someone at the mill who belongs to the Elko fire department so he called him and told him about the truck and the 911 call.

During his shift, at

coffee break, Hoglund decided to drive back to the site of the burning vehicle.

“I saw the fire was out and there was no one around. About a half hour later at the mill, I saw the guy

from the Elko fire department and I asked if he went to the fire.

He said no so he drove down to have a look.

When he came back he said it looked like nobody fought the fire. The ground wasn’t wet, there was no foam. There were still hot spots on the truck. He phoned the Elko fire department and found out later that there was no call.”

Hoglund believes that the vehicle fire could have turned into a much larger problem and he doesn’t understand why no fire department was called.

“Is there a price on safety? Why don’t they have a local dispatcher for the Kootenays who would at least know the location? When I found out they didn’t fight this fire, I thought why do we pay for 911 when they don’t even respond?”

The Bulletin put that question to Travis Abbey, Emergency Services Coordinator, Regional District of

A GOOD PLACE TO BE. City of Kimberley Smoking Bylaw – City Council adopted a Smoking Bylaw on January 25th. The new bylaw regulates smoking within the City of Kimberley. There is no smoking inside Public Buildings, within 7.5 metres of an entrance, air intake or window of a Public Building, in or within 7.5 meters of a Public Municipal Open Space, and in or within 7.5 meters of an Outdoor Special Event area. Please obey the signage that has been installed at numerous locations within the City.

Please visit our website at https://kimberley.civicweb.net/filepro/ documents/73?preview=32032 to view the full bylaw.

Fireworks Ban – With the dry weather, fireworks pose a fire hazard to the community. The City of Kimberley’s Fireworks Bylaw (1558) prohibits the use of fireworks within the municipality. No person shall sell, discharge, explode, set-off, detonate, dispose of, or be in possession of fireworks within City limits. The penalty for committing a firework offence is up to $250. Any fireworks display requires a permit and approval from the Fire Chief. A licenced Pyro Technician must hold a valid Fireworks Supervisor’s Certificate issued by Natural Resources Canada, Explosives Regulatory Division. For more information on the use of fireworks within the City of Kimberley, contact the Kimberley Fire department at 250.427.4114.

Kimberley Kaleidoscope Arts & Culture Festival received a 3-year grant from the Kimberley Alpine Resort Community Summit Fund. A cheque was handed over by Kimberley Alpine Resort’s manager Ted Funston to Kimberley Arts Council’s president and Kimberley Kaleidoscope committee chair Mike Redfern. The Kimberley Kaleidoscope committee is very happy to receive this donation that will help further their cause and in turn, aid in helping to enhance the local community.

Outdoor Burning - All outdoor burning within the City of Kimberley is regulated under Bylaw No. 2364 and must be approved by the Kimberley Fire Department. Special occasion burning permits will be issued by the Fire Chief for fires in parks or recreation areas, burns for land clearing, and for approved barbeque pits for cooking purposes. It is unlawful to burn without a permit, to burn construction materials, to burn yard debris, or to burn in an outside barrel or outside incinerator. All approved burning within the City of Kimberley must be supervised at all times and have sufficient equipment on site to extinguish or control the burn.

Summertime is Construction Time - To ensure the safety of all concerned, please keep a respectful distance in construction zones (minimum 90' / 30 m) from any City crews or contractors, open ditches and heavy equipment. The City is urging motorists to please be extra cautious and obey all road speed signs within City limits. Thank you for your cooperation.

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“A phone call to 911 results in the caller being asked “Fire, Ambulance or Police”.

“Ambulance” will get you to BC Ambulance for them to be dispatched, the same with “RCMP”. In regards to “fire”, the area in question didn’t reside in a formal Fire Protection Area, so no response would be provided.

The exception to that is if the fire happens to be spreading into the forested lands, then BC Wildfire would be dispatched through the “Fire” side of 911 to keep the fire from spreading further, but not to extinguish the vehicle itself. If there is an indication of spread, BCWildfire would certainly be notified and their dispatch would decide whether to send someone out or not. If it’s wet, pouring rain or outside of a time where there is any wildfire threat, they would likely not attend either.”

EYE ON YOUR CITY Building Permits & Inspections - Planning a renovation or addition to your home?

Dreaming of a new deck or garage?

Remember to first obtain a Building Permit before starting your project. The permit and inspection process helps to ensure compliance with health, safety and zoning requirements.

Building Permit application forms may be obtained at City Hall or the website. The Building Inspector can help you navigate the application process and discuss the relevant building code and other municipal requirements. If you have questions about the permit and inspection process, please contact the Building Inspector at 250.427.9655 or building.inspector@kimberley.ca.

Hot Weather Reminder - Watering must be done between the hours of 4:00am to 10:00 am AND 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Residents of properties with odd-numbered addresses should water only on odd-numbered days.

Residents of properties with even-numbered addresses should water only on evennumbered days.

NorthStar Rails to Trails - Morning, afternoon or evening…the time is right to get out and enjoy this great trail connecting Kimberley and Cranbrook! Trail Maps and more info available at www.northstarrailtrail.com and also on Facebook. To report an issue with the condition of the trail, please contact: 250-427-9660 (Kimberley) or 250-489-0218 (Cranbrook).

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LOCAL NEWS City, USW say they are still prepared to negotiate

From Page 1 Sommerville says services that might be deemed essential would be Water and Wastewater Treatment, as well as RCMP Clerical.

Mayor Don McCormick said that in addition snow removal services would be included in the request.

The press release also for the first time offered some insight into the negotiations so far.

“There are many issues with the current job evaluation system, which has been in place since 2009,” it said.

“Council’s mandate for the negotiating team is to provide long-term viability for the City, reversing a trend of ever-increasing labour costs and declining investment in City infrastructure.

“The City remains committed to negotiating a mutually acceptable agreement that strikes a balance between our taxpayers’ ability to pay and a fair offer to our valued workforce.”

Jeff Bromley from the Steelworkers stated in Tuesday’s press release that the main factors for

the union were the new hours of work language; training language for the operations yard; losing earned vacation and the elimination of the job evaluation system.

“The City’s management team, Mayor and Council are “demanding” that the unionized staff of Kimberley take concessions as a way to provide long-term viability. But nowhere do they mention the decisions they have made that our members have had no control over and that has cost thousands of dollars to the taxpayers of Kimberley. Now our members, the hard-working employees of the City of Kimberley are forced to pay the price,” the latest USW press release says.

“We withdrew hours of work,” Sommerville says. “We are not rolling back wages. We don’t want to take existing special vacations away, we were prepared to move on that. We are still open to bargaining.

A couple of little concessions and we’ve got a deal.”

“The USW Bargaining Committee remains committed to stand

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ready to negotiate a fair collective agreement, however it’s our belief that the offers – or rather, concessions, are anything but fair,” said Bromley. “They want partners in trying to solve this problem, but do not want to treat us like one.”

City Position “The City has offered a 4 per cent increase over 4 years to existing wages (based upon the current job evaluation system). The Union has demanded 3.5 per cent per year for the next three years. In order to reflect competitive market realities and to attract and retain employees, the City has offered additional wage increases to three positions key to driving revenues from new construction and to planning infrastructure renewal.

Union Position The Union has never “demanded” anything other that keeping what is already contained in the collective agreement. The Union’s opening proposal was 3.5 per cent but money has never been a stumbling block to getting a fair deal and the employer knows that. Not once has the topic of wages been mentioned as a hurdle to a new agreement. Not once during mediation was it even discussed.

employees that receive special vacation. The Union countered to agree to that proposal however to adjust it to cover all current employees including Aquatic Center employees, the City did not agree.

From the City “Despite the Union’s assertion that the employer did not change their position through the mediation process, the City withdrew their demand for new hours of work and was also willing to “grandfather” special vacation benefits, so that workers currently entitled to this benefit will not lose any vacation.

“The special vacation benefit consists of an extra 15 days of vacation for every five years of service, on top of the annual vacation entitlements. Special vacation was first bargained into the contract in 1981, when the City was competing with Cominco for workers. Extending this benefit to new workers is not financially sustainable for the City in the long-term.

“The Union is also demanding that both the special vacation and job evaluation system be extended to the Aquatic Centre staff.

This will further increase the cost of operating the Aquatic Center, which is contrary to council’s recent efforts to reduce operational costs. $700,761 of the $957,358 this year’s Aquatic Centre (73%) budget is related to wages and benefits.

From the Union Currently the regular employees of the City of Kimberley that have completed five years of service are eligible for this benefit. However, regular employees of the Aquatic Center do not enjoy this benefit.

The last position of the City in mediation was to “grandfather” current

Just a bit of background on the job evaluation system; Sommerville explains that it is a specialized software system developed by the Steelworkers.

“Basically there is a pot of money for unionized workers,” he said.

“The program scores all positions with 17 factors and rates them between

The issues as presented in press releases from the City and the Steelworkers

WAGES

SPECIAL VACATION

JOB EVALUATION

10 and 50. Management provides a score and so does the Union. Those scores are averaged.

The program scores and compares positions.

Some will score higher, others lower. Eventually it spits out a wage code and develops a wage for each department and wage code. There’s a multiplier for inside workers.”

City Sommerville says the mandate given the city bargaining committee from Council was to get rid of the job evaluation system.

“One of the issues that has arisen with this job evaluation system is that departments are competing with each other over a finite amount of wage increases, with some de-

partments better represented than others.

Some departments have received wages that are out of touch with comparisons with wages in similar-sized municipalities, says the City press release.

Mayor Don McCormick says that this can create a problem.

“Certain jobs are way under the market rate and we don’t have the ability to pay more. The job evaluation program is responsible for the erratic comparison to market rate. The system compares jobs internally with no regard to market rate.”

Union The City’s assertion that program isn’t working for them is curious, because they agreed to the implementation of

the program in 2006 and enshrined it in the collective agreement in 2009. The fact remains that they are the ones that “lost” the software and wiped clean the laptop with all the materials to implement the system. Prior to the current evaluation system, there was a predecessor evaluation system.

There’s always been an evaluation system.

However, when it is convenient for the City, they have no problem going outside the collective agreement and awarding a position a 18 per cent raise without blinking an eye. They want to do the same to two other positions.

How is that a cost-effective measure?”

City will make decision on reopening Aquatic Centre C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

In the most recent press release from the USW Local 1-405, representing union employees at the City of Kimberley, were questions around the reopening of the Aquatic Centre and around the loss of the job evaluation software.

“The Aquatic Center is ready to reopen and generate revenue for the City, however the City has chosen not to open the facility at this time,” said the press release, issued on Wednesday, July 13.

City CAO Scott Sommerville said that the major repairs to the pool are complete.

“Dave Clark (Manager of Parks, Recreation and Facilities) just returned from vacation Monday. The insurance adjuster told him the pool is good to go. But there are still some safety issues brought up by employees at the June Parks and Rec meeting. Once those are done and the engineer gives the green light then we have to make a decision. Will we open? With imminent job action, the pool requires monitoring. No one on the management team has the expertise to balance the pool.”

As for the job evaluation software,

the USW press release says “The City’s assertion that program isn’t working for them is curious, because they agreed to the implementation of the program in 2006 and enshrined it in the collective agreement in 2009.

The fact remains that they are the ones that “lost” the software and wiped clean the laptop with all the materials to implement the system.”

Was the software lost? Yes, says Sommerville, it was, and the union has known it was lost for quite some time.

“During the transition in IT and HR the laptop with the software program was repurposed unbeknown to us. We talked to the union about it right away. They’ve known for months. The union was going to track down a copy of the software. It was provided to us Monday this week. But the access codes are not working.

“It’s embarrassing that it happened. But what is the point of wiping it deliberately when another copy is available?

“Right now the access to the system doesn’t work so we can’t use the system to cost a new contract.

“Philosophically we are opposed to the system but we do need access to it to do research on whether it’s a deal breaker or not.”

Kimberley Bulletin

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LOCAL NEWS

Restoration work continues at St. Eugene Church TRE VOR CR AWLEY

Restoration work continues out at the St. Eugene Mission church, which is getting an exterior facelift before shifting to more work in the interior of the building.

The outside work, which includes structural components with the steeple and roof systems, a roof replacement, repairing the wooden siding and facade, is expected to be completed by the end of the summer.

The building, constructed in the late 1800s, features a tall steeple, stained glass windows, buttresses at each corner and cut shingles as well as priceless artwork and statutes inside the building. In fact, the stained glass windows were imported from Italy and are still in their original condition.

Built by local Aq’am band members, the interior was pieced together using a tongue and groove methodology, opening for worship on Palm Sunday in 1898.

The building is one of the few remaining Victorian-era wooden churches in the prov-

place for the celebration and honouring of all the significant events of life.”

Restoration work on the church began in 2011, as the building was lifted, underpinned and given a new foundation. MDG Contracting is the contractor on the current project and is utilizing local subcontractors to complete the various aspects of the restoration.

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The historic church was built in the 1800s.

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In a statement by band elders developed in 2008, the church represents significant heritage value.

“The church symbolizes the spiritual values of the past and illustrates the importance of religion in the late 19th century community,” reads the

statement. “The church represents the spiritual evolution of the community and it is a symbol of the imposition of the European culture onto the area.

“The site has a history of 10,000 years of settlement. There is a continuous history of this site being a place of gathering and brining

people together from around the region to celebrate and congregate. It is a traditional ceremonial gathering place. The size of the church reflects the size of the community at the time the church was built. The church is part of the legacy of the community and it continues to be valued as a

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CITY SEEKS PUBLIC IDEAS ON FUTURE OF BRICK BUILDING In order to tailor restoration work to meet the intended final use, the City of Cranbrook is seeking input from residents and local organizations for possible uses of the brick garage situated behind City Hall.

You may submit your ideas in writing by email to info@cranbrook.ca, please refer to “Repurposing the Brick Garage” in your subject line, or by mail to: 40 – 10th Avenue South, Cranbrook, BC V1C 2M8.

ATTENTION: “Repurposing the Brick Garage” All submissions must be received in City Hall no later than 4:30 MDT, Friday August 12, 2016.

A location map of the brick building and an information backgrounder document are available on the City’s website – www.cranbrook.ca.

Police always maintain a visible presence at JulyFest.

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RCMP urge wise choices From Page 1 Spending time in jail or attending court probably isn’t in anybody’s plan, but it happens.

Please drink responsibly and make the right decisions early on.

One of the most common offences police encounter over the weekend is, consuming alcohol in public. The consumption of alco-

hol must be in a designated area, licensed premises or private property. The fine for consuming alcohol in public is $230. The most heard excuse; it’s Julyfest, it is but Liquor laws still apply.

Police also note a huge increase in after parties. Although residents are very tolerant of noise over the weekend, please be cour-

teous to your neighbors. The noise bylaw is in effect, but the city has granted Julyfest organizers an exemption Friday and Saturday night for the event only.

Extra officers including Traffic Services have been brought in to assist the Kimberley Detachment.

Police want everybody to have a safe, enjoyable weekend.

Please note that submission of your ideas to the City does not constitute any form of contractual agreement or understanding between the City and respondents to this invitation. By submitting your ideas to the City you are giving the City an unrestricted right to use your ideas at the City’s discretion with no form of compensation from the City.

To help in formulating your ideas for repurposing of the garage, an open house of the garage will be held on Monday July 25, 2016 from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm (MDT). City staff will be in attendance at that time to answer your questions regarding repurposing of the garage.

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A bounded–set group is concerned with people today, belonging must precede besetting and keeping strict boundaries: lieving.

It seems to us that this was Jesus’ way of who’s in and who’s out. What this has meant for the church is that many church- doing things. Contrary to what some peoes make sure you believe the right things, ple believe and some churches preach, behave the right way, and then you can Jesus didn’t tell people that if they didn’t believe in him, they would go to hell. Rathbelong.

On the other hand, a centre–set move- er, he invited everyone to join him “on the ment focusses on the relation of people in way”. Jesus invites us to “Follow me.” That’s the group to the centre. For the church this it. Hang out with me. Walk with me. Travel begins with the deep understanding that through the world and your life with me.

God graciously invites us to be part of a we belong from the get–go, and what is community, to be part of a important is how we relate group of people who are with the centre who is Jesus. growing in faith and learning I believe that the congrewhat it means to live with gation I serve, Christ Church each other with grace and Anglican, is such an open, Rev. Yme compassion. Jesus calls us to accepting and welcoming congregation. We invite peoWoensdregt be companions with one another on a journey. The gosple to come with their doubts and questions. We welcome people who pel encourages us to live together as we try are trying to figure things out for them- to figure out what’s important in life.

In such a community, we recognize that selves. We talk and listen together as we seek to live more faithfully as followers of none of us will ever “believe right”. We are growing … learning … changing together.

Jesus.

We don’t require people to believe the We make mistakes, and that’s all right. We right things. It’s okay with us to struggle have doubts, and that’s ok. The important with questions of faith. It’s perfectly fine to thing is to grow and learn and love. We have doubts. It’s acceptable to wonder. In journey together in this world as people fact, we encourage that kind of question- who want to be faithful to God in all that ing. We want to be together in community, we do.

This may seem obvious to many, but trying to work out together what a relationunfortunately it’s not so obvious to other ship with God looks like.

For us, it’s a matter of trying to “moti- Christians. Most of our present church devate by acceptance”, which is Brian McLar- nominations arose as a result of conflict en’s felicitous phrase. We try to practice a and controversy. As a result, they tried to radical hospitality which welcomes every- define carefully who was in and who was one. We want to foster a church communi- out. But when the controversies died, the ty where Christians and not–yet–Chris- fences remained standing, and churches tians can come together. We strive to culti- thought they were called to tend the fences vate an atmosphere in which believers and as carefully as possible. The result was an seekers and questioners and people who environment of control, which was reinwant to be in love with God, but aren’t forced by what Brian McLaren calls “motiquite sure about all the baggage that comes vation by exclusion”.

These churches control carefully who is along with “church” all feel welcome and

in and who is out. Motivation by exclusion says, “We’re right and you’re wrong. If you want to belong, you have to be right. So, if you believe right, think right, speak right and act right, we’ll let you in.”

I would rather live another way. Instead of trying to exclude people and maintain fences, I would rather be more accepting of all God’s precious people. I want to be part of a community with such a passionate desire to be faithful to God, and which wants to share that with as many others as possible by being as open as possible. I would rather have people join us on this journey, to explore their own vision of faithful living. Some will decide that the way we live it out works for them. Wonderful. Others will decide it is not their way.

That’s fine as well. You’ll still be our friends.

As I read the gospels, this was Jesus’ way. He was criticized for being a friend of sinners, for being a glutton and a drunkard, for not doing religion the way everyone else did it. Jesus befriended the outsiders — the Samaritans, the tax collectors, people who were just “wrong”. They didn’t “believe right, think right, speak right or act right”.

But faith isn’t just a head trip. Faith is not just a set of right beliefs, right doctrines, right dogmas. Faith does not mean “thinking the right way” or “saying the right prayers” or “believing the right set of beliefs”.

Faith is a way of life. Faith is a journey of trust in God, and living in the world with hope. Faith has to do with how we live together with our neighbours — all our neighbours in this world. Faith means to learn to live in a community, showing authentic love for others.

And I’m convinced that as we motivate by acceptance, others will recognize authentic love for what it is, and want to be part of a community that tries to live it out day by day.

Yme Woensdregt is Pastor at Christ Church Anglican

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South Sudan is not Africa What’s Up?

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his is not an article on South Sudan, which is just as well because the conflicts there are almost fractal in their complexity. The mini-war last weekend between the forces of President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar, which killed more than 270 people and saw tanks, artillery and helicopter gunships used in the capital, Juba, is part of a pattern that embraces the whole country.

The four days of heavy fighting began on Friday, 8 July, with a disagreement between the two men’s large forces of bodyguards outside State House where they were meeting, and rapidly escalated to an all-out clash between all of Kiir’s and Machar’s troops in the capital. Nobody was surprised, because the peace deal last August, which ended a two-year civil war that killed tens of thousands across the country, was never very secure.

After a shaky ceasefire was agreed, President Kiir said: “Making South Sudan glorious will only happen if we see ourselves as South Sudanese first rather than tribal or political groupings,” which is the sort of thing that leaders are obliged to say after a pointless clash like this. It’s true, too, but in South Sudan it is very hard to do.

Last weekend was the fifth anniversary of South Sudan’s independence from Sudan, but celebrations had already been cancelled before the shooting started because the government couldn’t afford them. The country has some oil but virtually no other exports, and was hard-hit by last year’s collapse in the oil price.

The real reason for its poverty, however, is war: the country that is now South Sudan has been at war for 42 of the past 60 years.

British colonialists included it in what we now call Sudan for administrative convenience, but the dominant population in

the much bigger northern part was Muslim and Arabic-speaking, while the south was mostly Christian and culturally, ethnically and linguistically African.

The fighting began a year before Sudan’s independence in 1956, with the southerners resisting the Sudanese government’s attempts to Islamise and Arabise their part of the new country. That civil war lasted until 1971, and the second (1983-2005) was even longer. By the time South Sudan finally won its independence in 2011, it had long been a fully militarised society.

It didn’t take long after independence before the two biggest ethnic groups, the Dinka (led by President Salva Kiir) and the Nuer

by Vice-President Riek Gwynne (led Machar) were at each other’s throats. Those are just Dyer two of South Sudan’s sixty ethnic groups, each with its own language, culture and territory – and even within the two big ethnic groups, different sub-groups sometimes find themselves on opposite sides of the fighting.

One-fifth of South Sudan’s 12 million people are currently refugees within their country – the lucky ones in United Nations camps, but many hiding in swamps and badlands from local ethnic militias. Kiir and Machar are both brutal, untrustworthy men, and neither is fully in control of his own generals. And the outside organisations that have poured foreign aid and peacekeeping troops into the country are losing patience.

US National Security Adviser Susan Rice said: “This senseless and inexcusable violence - undertaken by those who yet again are putting self-interest above the well-being of their country and people puts at risk everything the South Sudanese people have aspired to over the past five

years.”

Two Chinese peace-keeping soldiers were killed in the most recent fighting, causing UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon to abandon his usual diplomatic caution. “Yet again, the leaders of South Sudan have failed their people,” he said.

“Rarely has a country’s conduct squandered so much promise so quickly.”

The current ceasefire may not last: seven others were broken during the course of the recent civil war. South Sudan is unlikely to achieve a lasting peace settlement any time soon. But South Sudan is not representative of sub-Saharan Africa.

Out of 48 countries south of the Sahara, only Somalia, Burundi, and South Sudan are currently suffering from large-scale internal violence.

A dozen others have experienced similar upheavals at some point in the past fifteen years: sub-Saharan Africa is unique in the extravagant diversity of its population, with two hundred ethnic groups of more than half a million people and only three with over 15 million people. But mostly they manage to co-exist fairly peacefully, and over time broader national identities are being built over the post-colonial wreckage.

The image of a continent ravaged by war is an optical illusion perpetuated by the international media’s fixation with violence. For example, during most of 201415 the headline news coming out of Europe, as far as the rest of the world was concerned, was theEND warOFinAPRIL Ukraine alRUN TIL - STOP –FOR SUMMER THEN RESTART SEPT.6TH though all of the -continent’s other fifty Cantabelles, an all-female singing group, countries were at peace. meets Mondays 7-9pm. Join us and South Sudan is desperately learn how to sing with unfortunate 2, 3 and 4part in its historyharmonies. and itsContact: leaders, but it is250no Sue Trombley, or suetrombley53@gmail.com more typical426-0808 of Africa than Ukraine is of Europe.

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Delicious seafood! Delicious doughnuts! Delicious politics!

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et’s take a quick turn around this great country of ours before we look any further afield this week. Out on the East Coast, Parks Canada is trying to deal with an influx of the invasive green crab in the Kejimkujik National Park’s Seaside region. The crabs are likely hitching a ride to Canadian waters in the bilge water of ships arriving from other countries. Now you may ask aren’t crabs good? Even delicious? However, these particular crabs tend to rip up crucial eelgrass beds which provide habitat for lobster and halibut, also delicious.

So the crabs have to go and Parks Canada is offering tourists an opportunity to harvest as many green crabs as they want. Wow. Put me in a boat and tie a bib around my neck! I’m there!

Oh wait, there’s a catch. There’s always a catch, isn’t there?

The catch is that because the green crab is not a fish stock recognized in Canada — though it is a delicacy in Korea and Portugal — you can’t eat it. You can only harvest it for use as bait or compost. I’m taking my bib off.

Let’s stick with the seafood theme for a moment. Here’s an interesting one.

Monks from the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society on PEI spent a day buying up live lobster from various locations around the island and then took them out to sea to release them in areas where they hoped there were no traps.

Sort of a variation on catch and release.

The monks hope to ‘cultivate compassion’ for all living creatures. I had briefly put my bib back on hoping that they were Carolyn going to cultivate comGrant passion for a lobster starved creature such as myself, but removed it upon finding out about the release.

Meanwhile at the Baseball All Star Game, the Canadian Tenors caused quite a stir when one rogue tenor (rogue tenors are the worst) decided to change the lyrics to the Canadian national anthem to address political issues. During his solo, Remigio Pereira held up a sign that said All Lives Matter, and changed the lyrics to ‘We’re all brothers and sisters. All lives matter to the great’. That’s some tortured syntax but even more tortured is Pereira,

who has been tossed from the Tenors. No more singing for you! Maybe now that he has time to spare he could head to the Maritimes and harvest some green crabs.

Or how about a doughnut? U.S. based Krispy Kreme is preparing to take another run at ‘the No. 1 dominant doughnut player in Canada’, Tim Hortons. They’ve tried before but failed. It’s a tough task in Canada to take down the mighty Tim. I look forward to a delicious battle. Bib back on.

South of the border, it’s also been an interesting week. Scuttlebutt had it that Donald Trump may pick Newt Gingrich as his Vice President choice. And really it makes perfect sense. Why shouldn’t the Donald have as his VP a man accused of various ethics violations during his political career, a man who diligently tried to impeach President Bill Clinton for adultery while committing adultery himself and who wants to build a Moon Colony?

But now word is it will be Mike Pence, so Newt may have to retire to the moon.

Say isn’t the moon made of green cheese? This column has made me hungry. Newt! I want to move to your colony!

I’ll bring the crab! And the doughnuts!

You bring the sleaze! Er… cheese.

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UPCOMING Friday, July 15 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nova Bannatyne will be at the Kimberley Library promoting her book Just Think, I Could Have Been Normal: Growing Up Extraordinary with Cerebral Palsy. Drop by to meet Nova and pick up a copy.

Every Saturday from June until the end of August, Home Hardware Cranbrook will be lending out the use of our custom made Lemonade Stand to sell lemonade at our store from 11am3pm. Home Hardware will supply the Lemonade and Cups, and Culligan Cranbrook will supply the Ice and Water. Your group sells a cup of lemonade for $1.00 and you keep the proceeds as a fundraiser. Saturday spots are filling up quick so if your group is interested, please call Margaret at the store 250-426-6288 to reserve your date.

The Kimberley Farmers’ Market on Howard Street from 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm every Thursday rain or shine from June 23 - September 8.

Moyie Highhouse Museum, open every Sunday through July and August, 1 to 3 p.m. Watch for signage. Hwy 3/95.

Military Ames will hold a flea market during JulyFest to raise funds for the new Veterans’ Memorial park. Friday, July 15 7 p.m., Saturday, July 16, 8 a.m. Sunday, July 17, 1 p.m. Kimberley

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ONGOING Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon -1:00 Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication & leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911.toastmastersclubs.org.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24; Friday Meat Draw: 4:30-6:30, Saturday Meat Draw: 3:30-5:30.

Canadian Cancer Society- if you have spare time and would like to volunteer, interested applicants can call 250-426-8916, drop by our office at #19-9th Avenue S, Cranbrook or go to www. cancervolunteer.ca and register as a volunteer.

Mark Creek Lions meet 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at the Kimbrook.

Supper 6:15-6:45, meeting 7:00-8:00pm. Contact Larry 250-4275612 or Bev 250-427-7722. New members welcome – men & ladies!

The Cellar Thrift Store Open Mon. to Sat., noon to 4:30 p.m. Our revenues support local programs and outreach programs of Cranbrook United Church. Baker Lane Entry at 2 – 12th Ave. S. Cranbrook, B. C. Donations of new or gently used items welcome.

The Chateau Kimberley Art Gallery is featuring the art of Karen Arrowsmith, Mary Ann Bidder, Joseph Cross, John de Jong, Lynne Grillmair, Ann Holtby Jones, Teresa Knight, Jeanie Miller, Jeanette Oostlander, Jean Pederson, Darlene Purnell and Marianne Rennick.

The Gallery at 78 Howard St. is open 9-7 daily until October 15th, 2016.

BINGO at the Kimberley Elks – Mondays, 6:30 start. All welcome.

The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation invites anyone expecting bone and joint surgery to make contact with local volunteers for peer support. 1-800-461-3639 ext 4, and ask for Lauralee.

Al-Anon Family Group meets weekly. Monday at 7-8 pm at Marysville Community Church. (730 302 st.) The only requirement for membership is that there may be a problem of alcoholism in a relative or friend. For further information call Susan 250-427-0212 or email afglearning2live@gmail.com Thursdays from 5:00 to 6:00 pm; Focus Meat Draw at the Elks Club, Kimberley. Proceeds to Emergency Funds and non-profit organizations.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) non profit weight loss support group meets EVERY Thursday at 5:00 pm, at Sr Citizen’s Centre, (downstairs) 125 17th Ave S, Cranbrook. Drop in, have fun while losing weight gradually. This Chapter has won an annual B.C. Provincial Award for “Best Avg Weight Loss Per Member”. Info: Marie 250 417 2642 Bibles For Missions Thrift Store, 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook serving our community to benefit others - at home and abroad. We turn your donations into helping dollars! Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm.

Phone 778-520-1981.

The Friends of the Kimberley Public Library used book store in Marysville is open Wed to Sat; 10:30 to 3:30 & Sunday 1:00 to 4:00.

Noon every Wednesday, downtown United Church & Centre for Peace, the bells will call you to a time of calm. This is NOT church, rather it is a time to gather in a circle in a welcoming and harmonious space to practice the way of Taize. Wouldn’t you cherish a time to stop? to gather when the bells ring? to join with others in silence, in prayer, in meditative song?

Masonic Lodges of B.C. and Yukon will supply transportation to cancer patients who have arrived at Kelowna or Vancouver. This free service will be at the destination point. Example: from airport to clinic and clinic to airport on return, also around the destination city.

Info may be received from your doctor, Canadian Cancer Society, or by phoning Ron at 250-426-8159.

Quilters meet in Kimberley on the 2nd Monday at Centennial Hall at 7:00 PM and the 4th Monday for sewing sessions in the United Church Hall at 10 Boundary Street.

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Du Toit to join nation’s best at RBC Canadian Open Kimberley native in hunt at Trans-Miss Championship, set to swing at prestigious PGA Tour event next week

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Life is pretty peachy for Jared du Toit right now.

After receiving official confirmation on Tuesday that he was headed to the prestigious RBC Canadian Open on a tournament exemption, the 21-yearold Kimberley amateur golf sensation celebrated on Wednesday by firing a jaw-dropping seven-under-par 63 during the second round of play at the 113th TransMiss Championship at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.

The big day in California took du Toit to eight under, giving him sole possession of second place through 36 holes of play at the 7,016-yard, par-70 track with 36 holes to go.

While the Arizona State Sun Devils’ star is focused on hunting down a title at The Olympic Club — a course he states is one of his favourites — he can’t help but eagerly anticipate next week’s RBC Canadian Open (July 18 to 24) at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont. “When I heard that, I was very excited to say the least,” du Toit said Wednesday over the phone from San Francisco following his

lights-out performance at The Olympic Club. “I just thought back to my junior golf days and all that. It kind of put everything in perspective. It’s pretty cool I get to play with the big boys now.

It’s going to be fun.

“I don’t want to worry… If I just play solid Jared golf, I think it should take care of itself.

It is going to be a very unique experience and my first PGA Tour event, so I’m just excited to see how I level out with the big boys.

“I’m sure the first time I see a guy like Jason Day warming up on the range beside me, it will kind of hit me a little more. But I’m just going to try to keep it feeling like a regular event, go out there, have fun and play some golf.”

The RBC Canadian Open is a PGA Tour event and the third-oldest national golf championship in the world, behind only The Open Championship and U.S. Open.

First played in 1904, it has seen a host of phenomenal names grace its greens, with Day having won the event in 2015 and others such as Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods, Greg Norman, Arnold Palmer and Byron Nelson previously collecting titles as well.

It’s a big stage for a

nounced du Toit’s exemption into the annual event via press release Tuesday, making him one of 12 Canadian golfers currently lined up to participate.

“We are excited to have these 12 deserving Canadians compete in the 107th playing of Canada’s National Men’s Open Championship,” said Brent McLaughlin, tournament director of the RBC Canadian Open, in a Golf Canada news release.

“The passion that these talented players have shown in representing Canada is a true inspiration to the country’s young golfers and we are proud to welcome them to the field for the RBC Canadian Open.”

Amongst the collection of Canucks, notable names include topranked professionals David Hearn (75th in FedEx Cup standings; 127th in World Golf Rankings), Graham DeLaet (105th in FedEx Cup; 146th in WGR) and Adam Hadwin (89th in FedEx Cup; 182nd in WGR).

Mike Weir — the 2003 Masters champion and eight-time PGA Tour winner — will also be competing in his 25th RBC Canadian Open.

Du Toit, who is a member of the Canadian National Amateur

kid from a small town in the East Kootenay, but du Toit isn’t letting any of that faze him as he continues his sky-high trajectory towards world golf stardom.

“The thing with golf is you can over prepare yourself,” du Toit said. “I found that out this year.

I don’t really want to hype it up too much. I just want to go out and focus on playing my game, having fun and if I can do that, then I think I can look after my own scores, hopefully they take care of themselves and I get four rounds out there.”

Golf Canada an-

Squad, will be joined at the prestigious event by two of his teammates — Hugo Bernard of Mont St-Hilaire, Que., and Blair Hamilton of Burlington, Ont. Outside of a long list of accomplished Canadian golfers, the field will also include Day — defending champion and the world’s topranked golfer — as well as PGA pros Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Furyk and Brandt Snedeker, just to name a few.

To top it off, one of du Toit’s old Sun Devils’ teammates will head north of the border. Jon Rahm — who recently

turned pro after a long run as the world’s topranked amateur golfer — will also take part.

This will be du Toit’s second professional event of the summer. In June, he was granted a sponsor’s exemption into the SIGA Dakota Dunes Open — a PGA Tour Canada event — where he missed the cut by one stroke, finishing two-under par after two rounds of play.

“It was a really cool experience,” du Toit said.

“Getting your first pro event is obviously a pretty important time in your golf career. It was definitely exciting for me.

“From a personal learning standpoint — I didn’t play my best in Saskatchewan. To not play my best and still only miss the cut by one [stroke] was kind of nice to see because I know if I do play my best I can compete out there.

“From a preparation standpoint, I’ll be more comfortable… Preparing for pro events is a lot different.”

For now, preparation for the RBC Canadian Open is on relative hold as du Toit has his eyes locked in with proceedings still on-going at the 113th Trans-Miss Championship, intent on holding off the field at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.

Through the third round of play Thursday, du Toit held a threestroke lead over the competition.

As of press time Thursday, du Toit’s had fallen three strokes back of leader Will Zalatoris (five under) through 13 holes of the final round of the Trans-Miss Championship.

Du Toit is off to a fantastic start this summer, having won the 2016 Glencoe Invitational in Calgary, which followed hot on the heels of a third-place finish at the Monroe Invitational in Pittsford, N.Y. The 2016 edition of the RBC Canadian Open is the 107th in tournament history. The last time a Canadian won the national championship was in 1954 when Pat Fletcher claimed the crown.

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Lady Avalanche set to defend title as PACWEST volleyball schedule released

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TAYLOR ROCC A Sports Editor

In sport, they say the only thing tougher than winning a championship is to defend one.

With Wednesday’s release of the 2016-17 PACWEST volleyball schedule, the College of the Rockies Avalanche women’s squad knows exactly what lies ahead if they’re to chase down a second consecutive provincial crown.

The Pacific Western Athletic Association (PACWEST) unveiled the itinerary for its upcoming college volleyball season Wednesday, with both the Lady Avs and men’s Avalanche squads slated to open the campaign on the road against the Camosun College Chargers on Oct. 13.

The 2015-16 PACWEST season went down in history for the women’s volleyball program at College of the Rockies, as the Lady Avalanche embarked on a cinderella run to the conference title, claiming gold after entering the tournament as the No. 6 seed with a 9-15 mark through the regular season.

Not only did the sixth-seeded Lady Avs take the crown, they did so by upsetting the Vancouver Island University Mariners — the tournament’s top seed after an astounding 20-4 regular season run.

Representing PACWEST as well as the East Kootenay at the

2016-17 PACWEST Schedule Pre-season & Training camp

Aug. 13-14: ID camp (Parkland Middle School) Sept. 9-10: Exhibition vs. Ambrose College (men & women; at Parkland) Sept. 30 to Oct. 2: Exhibition tournament (women at Red Deer College)

Regular season

October Oct. 13 at Camosun College Oct. 14 at Camosun College Oct. 15 at Vancouver Island University Oct. 16 at Vancouver Island University Oct. 28 vs. Douglas College — home-opener & banner raising Oct. 29 vs. Douglas College

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John Swanson, head coach of the College of the Rockies men’s and women’s volleyball programs calls out a play during home action this past PACWEST season.

CCAA Women’s Volleyball National Championships, the Lady Avs put forth an admirable effort en route to finishing 1-2 at the tournament.

On the men’s side of the net, the Avalanche enjoyed a bounce back year in 2015-16 going 9-15 and finishing fifth in regular season competition. A return to post-season play saw the men finish fourth at the 2016 PACWEST Championship in Abbotsford after missing out on the big dance in 2014-15.

While both Avalanche squads will open

the season with consecutive weekends on the road, the party comes back to Cranbrook on Friday, Oct. 28. Not only does a weekend with the Douglas College Royals serve as the home-opening dates on the schedule, Friday evening will see the Lady Avs raise a banner to the rafters at College of the Rockies, celebrating their 2016 PACWEST championship.

Other notable dates on the schedule include an identification camp Aug. 13 and 14 at Parkland Middle School as the Avs’ home gymnasium at College of the

Rockies undergoes renovations in preparation for the upcoming season.

From there, both Avalanche clubs will welcome the Ambrose College Lions (Calgary) for exhibition games (expected to be played at Parkland Middle School) on Sept. 9 and 10.

Wrapping up pre-season play, the Lady Avs will hit the highway their final tuneups at Red Deer College during exhibition tournament action from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2.

The Avalanche will conclude regular season play with a double dose

of home action in the month of February, hosting the Columbia Bible College Bearcats and University of the Fraser Valley Cascades, before the 2017 PACWEST Volleyball Championships run from Feb. 23 to 25 at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo.

PACWEST will also serve as the host conference for the 2017 CCAA National Volleyball Championships, as Camosun College welcomes the country from March 8 to 11.

With files Barry Coulter

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November Nov. 4 vs. Capilano University Nov. 5 vs. Capilano University Nov. 24 at Columbia Bible College Nov. 25 at Columbia Bible College Nov. 26 at University of the Fraser Valley Nov. 27 at University of the Fraser Valley January Jan. 6 vs. Vancouver Island University Jan. 7 vs. Vancouver Island University Jan. 13 vs. Camosun College Jan. 14 vs. Camosun College Jan. 26 at Douglas College Jan. 27 at Douglas College Jan. 28 at Capilano University Jan. 29 at Capilano University February Feb. 3 vs. Columbia Bible College Feb. 4 vs. Columbia Bible College Feb. 10 vs. University of the Fraser Valley Feb. 11 vs. University of the Fraser Valley Feb. 23 to 25 — PACWEST Volleyball Championships (at Vancouver Island University) March March 8 to 11 — CCAA National Volleyball Championship (at Camosun College)

Jacklin, Shiftd look to introduce new approach to hockey analysis TAYLOR ROCC A

For years, Kimberley native Scott Jacklin has played hockey under a variety of coaches, in a variety roles and in a variety of places.

Now, he’s returning home with a wealth of knowledge and a new program — Shiftd — to help other aspiring hockey players make the most of their individual abilities.

“We’re a video-analysis company geared towards younger kids,” Jacklin said. “We have their parents videotape the games, they send [the footage] to us, we take stats from [within] the game and the stats

we take are a little bit different from normal stats.

“You have current stats and relevant stats.

We take the relevant stats and bring them to life so that the kids can see their progress within the game.”

The 26-year-old Jacklin is one of a team of professional hockey players involved in bringing Shiftd to life, joining Brandon Mashinter (Chicago Blackhawks) and Mark Barberio (Montreal Canadiens) amongst others.

On the ladies’ side of the puck, 2014 Canadian Olympic gold medallist Jennifer Wakefield is

also a part of the Shiftd team, making for a well-rounded and balanced group of experienced experts.

SHIFTD Jacklin is set to host an information on Wednesday, July 20, at the Kimberley Civic Centre (6 p.m.) in an effort to introduce East Kootenay minor hockey players to the benefits of Shiftd. Players interest-

ed in the program are simply encouraged to show up at the Civic Centre at 6 p.m.

Having graduated from the NCAA ranks, Jacklin just completed his rookie season of pro hockey in the ECHL, splitting time between the Elmira Jackals and Brampton Beast.

“I learned a lot, it’s a little bit of a different world than lots of people might think,” Jacklin said. “It’s not all roses.

But I learned a lot and kind of played in a couple different roles that I haven’t played in the past six years.

“Obviously, my goal is to make it to the next

level. Hopefully I can get an American League call up this year and try to show my worth up there, see what happens. That’s my goal this year is to do well on the Coast [ECHL] and get called up at some point during the year.”

While he continues to chase his love for the game, intent on moving up within the pro world, Jacklin also knows he has to plan for a life when playing the game is no longer an option. It happens for everyone and will happen for him at some point. He just isn’t sure when.

It’s his combined love for the game, desire

to mentor tomorrow’s stars and an eye on his own future that helped bring Jacklin into the fold with Shiftd.

After reviewing footage and breaking down a player’s game, the experts at Shiftd provide detailed analysis, com-

pletely backed with relevant statistics and notes.

From there, an individual player report will be compiled, including recommendations from the Shiftd professionals.

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Self-Care is often a part of life that gets overlooked and taken for granted.

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Self-defence is a broad set of life skills JOEL HUNC AR For The Townsman

Many people misunderstand what self-defence is.

They usually picture pajama-clad people screaming and breaking lumber with their feet or hands or two people wearing boxing gloves or MMA gloves and beating each other up in the ring.

These are marital arts or combat sports and they should not be confused with self-defence.

Self-defence is a broader spectrum of skills yet, physically, much simpler skills than most martial arts systems and unlike martial arts and combat sports it is a life skill everyone needs to have to get by in the world.

Literally, self-defence is a legal term governing the use of force we are allowed when it comes to protecting ourselves from assault. What most people consider self-defence actually comes under the label “personal protection.”

Many people use “self-defence” skills and are not even aware of the fact that they did. If you’ve ever avoided a person because they give you an uneasy feeling, or got out of a public place because the “vibe” didn’t feel right, or even

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Self-defence can be any type of skill that you use to avoid or overcome violence or other forms of criminal activity. Looking at it that way it is easy to see that self-defence is more than a hobby — it is very basic life skills that we use on a daily basis.

Self-defence training starts young, teaching children the basics of safety such as stranger danger and how to deal with bullies is all basic self-defence.

Even teaching children to be aware of danger when walking to school or to a friend’s house is preparing them to protect themselves, which is what self-defence is really all about.

Self-defence is not just about fighting. Violence only happens after all other self-defence skills have been exhausted or you have made the wrong choices leading up to an incident. Awareness and avoidance are the majority of skills you will use daily when it comes to personal protection.

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people usually consider self-defence the physical act of fighting, this is obviously a very important part of personal security in the minds of most people and something that many people fear. Quite honestly, if the idea of being in a violent conflict does not cause you a little fear you probably are ignorant to how vulnerable a human being is when it comes to violence.

Even though many fear this kind of conflict, few truly prepare for it.

We wrestle as children, much like cubs do in the animal kingdom. Playing with our friends, siblings and parents, we learn some rudiments of movement and how to overcome our peers.

This is as much animal dominance play as it is instinctive training; but regardless, this instinctive play is part of our emotional make up and because it is still part of our behaviour it must be a positive survival trait.

This behaviour may give us some very primary skills in moving and fighting, but the problem is that even though we have some rudimentary self-defence skills from our upbringing we do not have the higher skill sets that

can really get us out of a horrible situation.

If you were ever in a life or death struggle I am sure you would want a higher level of skill than that which life handed you by happenstance. This is where a good coach can come in.

By learning from a decent coach wellversed in reality-based personal-protection training, you can develop a higher skill set, both physically and mentally.

A good coach will give you not only the physical skills for when a situation gets bad but also the tactics that not only can help you avoid the worst case scenario but also to make sure you attack your attacker from the best tactical advantage you can find.

If your instructor is doing his job you will have some conflict resolution skills, the ability to use deceit and ruses and the knowledge of how to initiate an attack with the best possible advantage if all your other options have been taken away.

Things like use of force examples will be taught along with other important tactics such as after the incident selfcare, responsible actions before, during and

after the incident. You don’t get to be violent in isolation, even when you are defending yourself; there will most likely be authority figures who ask questions. This is why self-defence is more than just kicking butt. Self-defence is a group of very important life skills.

Life experience can give you some very rudimentary skills for this type of situation, it is better to go much deeper with a qualified self-defence instructor.

Because when it comes to something so broad and encompassing as personal protection and safety it is better to be overtrained rather than unprepared.

The trained mind will act; the untrained mind will at best react and at worst will freeze or panic. Like learning how to drive or swim, self-defence skills are an important part of our basic life skills and are best learned under the tutelage of a qualified instructor.

Joel Huncar is the chief instructor of Huncar’s Warrior Arts, which has its headquarters in the Rocky Mountain Martial Arts Family Centre.

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TROON, Scotland On a gorgeous, sunny day along the Scottish coast, the Americans resumed their domination of Royal Troon.

Patrick Reed took advantage of the benign conditions Thursday to start the British Open with a 5-under 66, leaving him one stroke ahead of Justin Thomas and Steve Stricker.

Reed got his round going by holing out from 139 yards at the par-4 third hole for eagle. That sparked him to a 5-under 31 on the much easier outward nine, which generally plays downwind and was especially ripe for going low on this day.

On the return leg, playing tougher holes into the wind, it was all about survival.

Reed managed to shoot even par coming in and had no complaints. Asked to describe the difference be-

tween the two nines, he replied, “David vs. Goliath.”

After a week dominated by who is - and, more notably, isn’t going to Rio next month for the first Olympic tournament in 112 years, it was finally time to put the focus on the sport’s oldest major championship.

As usual, the Americans were having their way at Royal Troon, where the last six winners going back to Arnold Palmer in 1962 have been from the U.S. “I’ve heard that stat as well, but honestly with how competition is these days, it doesn’t really matter where you’re from or anything like that,” Reed said. “You have to be on your game, you have to stick to your game plan. I think the main thing is to stay with my game plan because the odds of me going out and eagling 3 right out of the gates again, to go and hole out, it’s rare.”

Then again, the 25-year-old Reed certainly doesn’t lack for confidence. Two years ago, he raised plenty of eyebrows by declaring himself to be one of the top five players in the world. That same year, he seemed to thrive on the heckling he received during the Ryder Cup in Scotland.

But Reed has yet to live up to his boasting, leaving him clearly on the outside of a Fab Four that includes Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy. They’ve won six of the last eight major championships and were on nearly everyone’s list of favourites coming into the week.

“It doesn’t really matter to me. I’m not the one that’s writing the articles or doing anything,” Reed said. “At the end of the day all I can control is what I do and how I play the game. Honestly, for me, I don’t mind flying underneath the radar.”

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CONTINUED from page 9 Finally, a one-onone consultation between coach and athlete will be arranged.

As happened in baseball many years ago, there has been an awakening to the world of advanced or relevant statistics within the game of hockey over the past five years.

One of the more commonly heard terms within hockey relevant statistics is Corsi, which measures the shot attempt differential of a player while he or she is on the ice. This means every shot on goal, blocked shot, wide shot — at both ends of the rink — combines to give a player his or her Corsi rating. Ultimately, this is intended to provide an athlete or coach with an indication of how a player can generate chances at the offensive end of the rink, while also preventing them at the defensive end.

Corsi ratings are

simply one relevant statistic Jacklin and his crew of coaches will pinpoint and timestamp within a player’s game in an effort to help highlight good decisions and where improvements can be made.

Jacklin and his crew bill Shiftd as the next step in the evolution of hockey alongside technology.

“The coaches we have are all current or ex-professional hockey players,” Jacklin said.

“Some of the guys have NHL experience that are on this coaching staff.

“Most of them have been to the highest level…[We have] knowledge of the game as far as how kids can improve on an individual basis.

Most coaches are just trying to improve the team game.”

Jacklin played a total of 90 KIJHL games — split between the Kimberley Dynamiters and Columbia Valley Rock-

ies — accruing 27 goals and 75 points before graduating on to a successful career in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL).

In 209 career BCHL games (Cowichan Valley Capitals, Trail Smoke Easters), the 6-foot, 185pound left-winger registered 65 goals and 194 points, vaulting himself into a four-year college career at Robert Morris University (48-59-107 in 143 games).

He spent the 2015-16 in the ECHL, splitting time between the Elmira Jackals and Brampton Beast, collecting eight goals and 21 points in 46 games.

More information on Shiftd is available at www.shiftd.io. Interested players and/or parents unable to attend the July 20 information session can contact Jacklin directly via phone (647-574-3029) or email (scottajacklin@ gmail.com).

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NEWS Army headed for Africa, says top Canadian general

OTTAWA - Canada’s army will soon be bound for Africa, Canada’s top soldier said Thursday, fuelling speculation that it will be deployed on a peacekeeping operation to control the spread of terrorism on the continent.

“The army’s been preparing for the future ... preparing for a wide range of future tasks,” Gen. Jonathan Vance, the chief of the defence staff, told a rain-soaked change of command ceremony for the army on the lawn of Parliament Hill.

“Internationally, the

army is at the forefront, managing conflicts around the world, contributing to operations in Iraq, building capacity with allies and partners in Poland, Ukraine, and very soon in Africa.”

Vance did not elaborate in front of an audience of several hundred that included military officials, politicians and diplomats.

But the remark comes one day after Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said containing the spread of terrorism across Africa is a consideration for Canada as one possible contribution to a UN peacekeeping mission, a core foreign policy goal of the

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Sajjan said the need to control the spread of Islamic militants across the Middle East and Africa is part of the government’s calculation in determining where Canada’s eventual peacekeeping mission will be focused.

Multiple sources have told The Canadian Press that Mali, where the French are leading a UN mission that has seen at least 19 peacekeepers killed this year, is one destination that’s being carefully considered.

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the government.

“We will be able to deliver whatever the government wants us to do,” said Lt.-Gen. Marquis Hainse, who formally ceded command of the army to Lt.-Gen. Paul Wynnyk during Thursday’s ceremony.

“There’s room to manoeuvre there, to contribute to somewhere

force has raised questions about whether the Canadian Forces can still make good on mounting a major UN peacekeeping mission.

The former commander of the army is backing up those political assertions, as is a leading Canadian peacekeeping expert who is helping to advise

RCMP apologizes over harassment episode, promises national effort JIM BRONSKILL Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The RCMP will launch a new national effort to eliminate sexual misconduct in the workplace after an internal review criticized the police force’s response to an “egregious” case involving nudity and harassment.

The review concluded the RCMP’s initial investigations into behaviour at the Canadian Police College were “fraught with missed opportunities” to effectively deal with the misconduct, protect the victims and witnesses and heal the workplace.

RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson accepted a special steering committee’s 28 recommendations based on the findings, and he apologized to those who experienced distress over the episode.

Paulson has been wrestling for years with problems of bullying and harassment within the national police force by introducing a “respectful workplace”

the allegations, Solesme and Calandrini were allowed to return to work in the explosives field, with minimal repercussions.

Two years before the allegations were pointed out to Paulson, various internal investigations had been initiated into the events.

The latest review, ordered by the commissioner, found that incidents of nudity and unwelcome touching had occurred at the explosives unit. However, the incidents were not immediately reported by the victims for a variety of reasons, including “discomfort and fear.”

“This type of behaviour in the workplace is unacceptable, regardless of the intention, and must be eradicated from the workplace,” said the review report.

Prompt reporting of sexual misconduct in the workplace must be encouraged so that it can be addressed immediately with an appropriate response, the

course, setting up employee advisory committees, encouraging settlement of complaints at the earliest opportunity and promoting more women to senior posts.

Earlier this year, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale expressed outrage to Paulson when allegations surfaced about unwanted sexual touching, bullying and rampant nudity in the explosives training unit of the RCMP-administered police college in Ottawa.

In February, a former employee of the explosives unit wrote to Paulson about the behaviour of two colleagues. The member alleged that Staff Sgt. Bruno Solesme and civilian member Marco Calandrini had repeatedly engaged in sexual misconduct and harassment from approximately June 2012 through December 2013, said the review report, made public Thursday.

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The more than two dozen recommendations flowing from the report addressed issues including human resource management, accountability and communication practices in the RCMP. Paulson has committed to providing Goodale with a “comprehensive action plan” within 30 days on implementing the recommendations.

In a 2013 report, the watchdog over the RCMP said the force must take swift and effective action on complaints of bullying and harassment to reassure both members and the public.

The force said Thursday it must continue to strengthen and promote workplace wellness, ensure RCMP employees are safe from harassment and give them confidence in the internal processes to deal with misconduct.

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Union hails high court ruling as victory for federally regulated employees JIM BRONSKILL Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Employers must have just cause for firing a federally regulated worker who lacks union protection, the Supreme Court of Canada says.

In a ruling Thursday, the high court said the dismissal of an Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. employee without a valid reason was pro-

hibited under the Canada Labour Code.

The Canadian Labour Congress hailed the decision as a win for all federally regulated employees, particularly half a million nonunion workers at banks, telecommunications firms, transportation companies and some Crown corporations.

The Supreme Court ruled in favour of Jo-

seph Wilson, who was dismissed without cause by Atomic Energy of Canada in 2009 and given a severance package.

Wilson had a clean disciplinary record during more than four years of employment, first as a senior buyer and later as procurement supervisor. Wilson claimed he was fired in reprisal for fil-

allowed - only to be later overturned in the Federal Court. The Federal Court of Appeal upheld that decision, prompting Wilson’s appeal to the Supreme Court.

In reasons for the high court ruling, Justice Rosalie Abella noted that for many years under common law, a non-union employee could be dis-

ing a complaint about improper procurement practices.

A labour adjudicator concluded that an employer could not resort to severance payments, however generous, to avoid a determination under the labour code about the dismissal.

Because the employer did not rely on any cause to fire Wilson, his complaint was

missed without reasons if he or she was given reasonable notice or pay in lieu.

Abella said the issue in question was whether Parliament, in making amendments to the Canada Labour Code in 1978, intended to offer protections much like those available to employees covered by a collective agreement.

“In my respectful

view, like almost all of the hundreds of adjudicators who have interpreted the scheme, I believe that is exactly what Parliament’s intention was,” Abella wrote in her reasons.

Labour congress president Hassan Yussuff said he hopes the ruling sends a “wakeup call” to employers.

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Feds signal annual increase in health transfers to drop ANDY BL ATCHFORD Canadian Press

OTTAWA - A familiar sore spot between Ottawa and the provinces is beginning to flare up once again: how much money should the feds be handing over for health care?

As efforts continue to forge a new federal-provincial health accord, Quebec’s health minister says Ottawa intends to let the annual increase in health transfers fall to as low as half its current rate at the end of the fiscal year.

Gaetan Barrette said his officials have been told Ottawa has no ap-

petite to keep the escalator at its current level of six per cent. Starting in 2017-18, the transfer is scheduled to grow only as much as Canada’s nominal GDP, with a guaranteed minimum increase of three per cent.

Barrette argued in an interview that such a shortfall in health transfers would create a “scary situation” for cash-strapped provinces that face emerging heath-care costs linked to factors such as aging baby boomers.

The thorny debate over federal health transfers has been dor-

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The discussion is expected to dominate the agenda at next week’s meeting of provincial and territorial premiers in Whitehorse.

Barrette expects Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard to deliver a strong message during the Council of the Federation talks because the Quebec government considers a three-per-cent escalator a “freeze” in the level of health services.

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cussing - we are being told - that the escalator will go from six (per cent) to three,” Barrette said of the messages his staff has received from the federal government.

“It hasn’t been said (quite this) way, but it was close to: ‘Don’t expect too much and don’t call us.”’

The annual increase in transfers was part of the of last health accord that expired in 2014.

The previous Conservative government refused to renegotiate it and unilaterally declared it would end in 2017.

Barrette said while his federal counterpart Jane Philpott has been attentive during the discussions, he believes the federal Liberal government as a whole appears headed in the same direction as the Tories were.

Other provinces are also worried about the fate of the health transfers.

Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins said

the premiers previously called on Ottawa to boost transfers so they cover at least a 25-percent of share of health costs.

Currently, Hoskins said the federal government’s share is about 22 per cent.

Allowing the escalator to drop would move Ottawa further away from the 25-per-cent target - and even that level is too low for Ontario, he added.

“Ontario would like to see that federal share continue to increase beyond 25 per cent,” Hoskins said in an interview, noting that the provinces are now waiting to hear how much funding they can expect.

Asked about the escalator, Philpott would only say that the transfer provides a “stable funding base” and that any additional cash would be focused on priority areas like home care and mental health.

“Decisions on federal funding linked to a new health accord will

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be made once the areas for reform are identified through negotiations with the provinces and territories,” she said in an email.

The federal government, which aims to sign a deal with the provinces by the end of 2016, has said it remains committed to boosting health-care funding.

Its maiden budget, however, contained no money for a new health accord with the provinces. The budget also omitted cash for the Liberals’ “immediate” campaign commitment to invest $3 billion over four years to deliver more and better home care.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau has said the health funding was left out of the March budget because negotiations with the provinces had yet to provide a clear direction.

Hoskins said Thursday that some commitments, such as the Liberal home-care vow, may ultimately be included in the health

transfers.

Nova Scotia Health Minister Leo Glavine said the provinces and territories would make use of the home-care investment.

The health transfer, however, is the “stumbling block” in the talks, Glavine said.

He said Ontario and Quebec are “certainly driving hard” to see the escalator stay at six per cent, while his province - with its rapidly aging demographic - is seeking a formula that provides funding based on the percentage of residents over 65.

“So far, Ottawa really has not shown their cards,” said Glavine, who called the Whitehorse meeting “very, very critical” to the negotiating process.

“We’re down to just a speck over five months and there’s a lot yet to be accomplished and I think it’s critical before the end of 2016 that we have a very, very clear direction for the next number of years.”

Toronto approves three supervised injection sites C ANADIAN PRESS

Toronto city council has approved three supervised injection sites in the city.

Council voted 36-3 Thursday to support supervised injection services at existing healthcare facilities in downtown Toronto.

The services are aimed at providing a safe and hygenic environment where people can inject pre-obtained drugs under a nurse’s supervision.

Earlier this month, Toronto’s board of health

unanimously accepted a recommendation for three small-scale supervised injection sites.

Between 2004 and 2014 there was a 77 per cent increase in the reported number of people dying from overdoses in Toronto, according to a report presented to the board of health.

The three sites will be set up at Toronto Public Health, the Queen West-Central Toronto Community Health Centre and the South Riverdale Community Health Centre.

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Police forces across Canada warn of Pokemon Go risks DIANA MEHTA PE TER C AMERON Canadian Press

TORONTO - Police forces across Canada are warning of the risks involved in playing augmented reality games such as Pokemon Go as reports mount of people getting injured or landing in trouble as they play the wildly popular game.

The cellphone-based game sends players into the real world to search for digital monsters known as Pokemon, who appear on screen when users hold up their iPhones or Android devices in various locations at various times.

While not officially released in Canada yet, many residents have found workarounds to access the game that’s become a blockbuster hit since launching in the United States, Australia and New Zealand last week.

Police forces, however, are worried about the game luring people into potentially dangerous situations and are cautioning players to use their common sense.

In Quebec City, police said two officers suffered minor injuries when a car they observed driving strangely reversed into their cruiser in a parking lot.

“The driver said ‘I’m sorry, I was playing Pokemon Go,”’ said Const. Nancy Roussel, who said police are calling on players to be aware of their surroundings.

“Be careful, watch out, even if you are in a car, on your feet or on a bicycle, be careful and watch where you’re going, please.”

Every time the Pokemon Go app is opened, a warning from game maker Niantic pops up, telling players to be aware of their surroundings. Players must also agree to fine print saying they cannot enter private property without permission.

There’s also a disclaimer that says Niantic is not liable for any property damage, injuries or deaths that result while playing.

But despite the warnings, some people playing the game have wandered into private yards, driveways, cemeteries and, in one U.S. case, even an off-limits police parking lot in search of the app’s cartoon monsters.

In Vancouver, police have observed the game’s colourful digital characters inside their own headquarters and have cautioned city residents over what they termed the “Pokemon

Go invasion.”

“Are you about to step into traffic? Are you going to crash into someone or something?

You could end more than just your game,” they said. “It is very easy for any stranger to know your gathering spots.

Make sure you go with a group, and that younger kids tell parents or another adult where they’re going.”

Some police forces have also been employing the hashtag #DontCatchAndDrive as players roam community streets.

“Please do not look for #Pokemon while driving. If you’ve gotta catch ‘em all, do so safely. #DontCatchAndDrive,” tweeted Edmonton police.

Winnipeg police and Manitoba RCMP sent out similar missives, urging players to be responsible.

In Ontario, provincial police have put out a short video on Twitter in response to the “potential risk and harm” they are seeing related to the game.

“People are getting injured, people in the U.S. are having their cellphones stolen when they show up at given locations where Pokemon are supposed to be in hiding,” said Sgt. Dave Rektor.

When asked if police have received any reports of incidents in Ontario, Rektor replied: “I haven’t heard of any but I’m sitting here pulling what little hair I have left out of my head wondering when common sense will catch up to this crazy world.”

The cops aren’t the only ones issuing warnings - Montreal’s metro-

politan transportation agency has asked riders to respect safety rules when going in search of Pokemon near its facilities, posting a photograph of one of the game’s monsters by a railway track as a train approaches.

South of the border, police in the U.S. have cautioned players that trespassers could get ar-

rested or worse, especially if they cross paths with an armed property owner.

In Utah, a teen was slapped with a trespassing ticket that he worries could cost him up to $200 after he and a couple of friends went on an early morning Pokemon chase at an abandoned grain silo.

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Nintendo is leaping into the nostalgia market by bringing back the classic Nintendo Entertainment System.

The NES Classic edition comes complete with 30 built-in games, including all three “Super Mario Bros.,” ”Donkey Kong,“ ”The Legend of Zelda,“ and ”Punch-Out.“ Nintendo says it’s bringing back the wildly popular system that launched in the 1980s so those who grew up with it can

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The device looks almost exactly like the original NES, but smaller. It will be able to be hooked up directly to high-definition TVs. The system goes on sale on Nov. 11. Redmond, Washington-based Nintendo of America says it will retail for $59.99.

Game of Thrones nabs 23 Emmy nods LYNN ELBER Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - Power-andblood fantasy saga “Game of Thrones” ruled the Emmy Award nominations Thursday with a leading 23 bids, including best drama, while a real-life epic of murder and celebrity, “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” was close behind with 22 nods.

“Game of Thrones” gets the chance to win its second top Emmy, while “Veep,” last year’s

top comedy winner, also will get another shot at holding office and with 17 nominations was the comedy leader.

Breakthrough nominations include a best comedy series nod for sophomore “black-ish,” which brought the African-American family sitcom back to network TV, with bids as well for its stars, Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross.

They were among a number of black actors recognized by TV

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Suspect in Calgary girl’s disappearance not co-operating with police BILL GR AVEL AND L AUREN KRUGEL Canadian Press

CALGARY - A suspect arrested in the disappearance of a fiveyear-old Calgary girl is giving “zero co-operation” to investigators, police said Thursday as officers scoured a rural area east of the city.

Insp. Don Coleman said Thursday the man is believed to be the same one witnesses saw Monday with a girl matching Taliyah Marsman’s description.

The man and girl were in the same Calgary neighbourhood where Sara Baillie’s body was discovered Monday night in the basement suite she shared with her daughter.

Police believe the man and the girl left a car belonging to Baillie, got into a grey sedan and drove off. Coleman said the sedan was seized in a strip mall parking lot on Wednesday night and the driver was arrested. The car

was being examined by the forensics unit.

Coleman said Baillie, 34, knew the suspect, as did Taliyah’s father, Colin Marsman. He also said the suspect is known to police and has a extensive criminal background with some violence.

Police have not closed their eyes to the possibility of other suspects, he said.

Meanwhile, between 50 and 75 city police and RCMP officers were searching for clues in a

rural area east of Calgary on Thursday.

The officers, wearing bright yellow vests, were trudging through canola fields of the same vibrant hue and combing through tall grass with poles.

The groups made their way deliberately along gravel side roads, stopping to talk to property owners and lingering when they came across a culvert or bridge.

Coleman acknowledged that the rural

search “does have a more ominous tone to it” but added it shouldn’t be viewed negatively.

“Information that comes to light through several investigative strategies led us to believe that this individual was briefly in that area,” he said.

“We’ve searched other premises in the last few days. This rural area is no different.”

A stuffed animal was found by searchers, but police have no idea if it’s significant.

Margaret Orr, who lives on a rural property on the edge of a golf course, said police came by and asked how long she and her husband have been living there and if they’d seen or heard anything suspicious.

Orr said she had looked through her barn, greenhouse and other buildings on her property and would continue to keep an eye out.

An Amber Alert was still in effect Thursday and Coleman said police expect to find Taliyah alive.

“There has been nothing to indicate the status of that has changed.”

On Wednesday, Coleman said the girl seen by witnesses around midday Monday had a reddish suitcase, suggesting whoever had

her intends to look after her.

Investigators have also said footage from a closed-circuit camera shows Baillie and her daughter at a Dairy Queen around suppertime Sunday. Baillie appears to be speaking with a man and a boy.

Police have yet to identify the people in the footage and have posted still photos of the exchange on the City of Calgary’s website.

Taliyah’s family was “doing exactly as expected,” Coleman said.

“They are very ... upset. They want Taliyah safely returned.

They’ve lost their daughter, their niece, and they’re just hoping that at least Taliyah can be returned safely.”

Her father has also put out a plea for whoever has Taliyah to “do the right thing.”

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Parts of the crescent-shaped island, situated roughly 290 kilometres southeast of Halifax, can now be seen on Google Street View.

From Google Maps, one click triggers a dizzying switch from the generic blue and green shapes of the map to crisp, 360-degree photographic images. Dozens of seals can be seen lounging in the white sand and blue surf on the expansive shoreline, and horses nibble on sparse grass among the shifting sand dunes.

An on-screen ‘x’ guides the user through a short “stroll” around a portion of the island’s midsection, with breathtaking views in all directions - but especially out over the Atlantic.

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“This seemed like a wonderful opportunity to allow people to connect to this very remote and also very special place,” said Hickey in a phone interview on Thursday.

“They’ll see the beach, the Sable Island horses, seals, the Bald Dune - which is a 90foot high sand dune. It gives these incredible vistas and a full view out to the sea.”

Hickey said Parks Canada has been working with Google since 2013 to capture Canadian sites with Google Street View technology.

Other such places that can be explored on street view include Kluane National Park and Reserve in Yukon, Forillon National Park in Quebec and the Pingo Canadian Landmark in Northwest Territories.

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Truck slams into revelers in Nice, dozens believed dead CIAR AN FAHEY R APHAEL SAT TER Associated Press

NICE, France - A truck loaded with weapons and hand grenades drove onto a sidewalk for more than a mile, plowing through Bastille Day revelers who’d gathered to watch fireworks in the French resort city of Nice late Thursday in what some officials and eyewitnesses called a deliberate attack. Authorities said at least 75 people were killed.

Nice prosecutor Jean-Michel Pretre described a horrific scene, with bodies strewn about along the roadway. However, he stopped short of using the word attack, while acknowledging that “it has many ingredients of an attack that allow us to think that.”

The ranking politi-

cian of the Alpes-Maritime department that includes Nice said the truck plowed into the crowd over a distance of 2 kilometres (1.2 miles), killing 75 people and wounding 50. Many of those on the ground were in shorts and other summer clothing.

Eric Ciotti said on BFM TV that police killed the driver “apparently after an exchange of gunfire.”

Sylvie Toffin, a press officer with the local prefecture, said the truck ran over people on a “long trip” down the sidewalk near Nice’s Palais de la Mediterranee, a building that fronts the beach. She called the incident “an attack.”

Wassim Bouhlel, a Nice native who spoke to the AP nearby, said that he saw a truck drive into the crowd. “There

was carnage on the road,” he said. “Bodies everywhere.”

The president of the Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur regional council, which includes Nice, said the truck was loaded with arms and grenades. Christian Estrosi told BFM TV that “the driver fired on the crowd, according to the police who killed him.”

Bouhlel said he witnessed the man emerge with a gun and start shooting Images being broadcast across French media showed revelers running for their lives down Nice’s palm treelined Promenade des Anglais, the famous seaside boulevard named for the English aristocrats who proposed its construction in the 19th century.

Video footage showed men and

women - one or two pushing strollers - racing to get away from the scenes. And, in what appeared to be evidence of a gun battle, photos showed a truck with at least half a dozen bullet holes punched through its windshield.

It was not immediately clear who would have been behind an attack, but France has recently seen a spate of dramatic assaults from by jihadist groups, including the Islamic State group which straddles Iraq and Syria.

President Barack Obama condemned what he said “appears to be a horrific terrorist attack.”

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and other loved ones of those killed,” he said.

France’s ambassador to the United States, Ge-

Most of Alberta’s new oilsands panel have been meeting for years BOB WEBER Canadian Press

EDMONTON - Alberta’s new panel on the future of the oilsands hasn’t held its first meeting, but most of its members have already been getting together for years.

“When I first started meeting with CEOs from the oil industry to have discussions on common ground, it was two years ago,” said Tzeporah Berman, one of three cochairs of the new Oilsands Advisory Group.

“The history of this is already a couple of years old.”

Of the 15 people in the new group, Berman said about 10 of them - or the institution they represent - have been part of informal talks that began when Jim Prentice was Alberta’s premier.

Alberta’s NDP government raised eyebrows on all sides of the oilsands debate Wednesday when it appointed Berman, a prominent oilsands critic and leading figure in Canada’s environmental movement, to help map how the industry could conform to the province’s climate change strategy.

The Opposition Wildrose Party called the decision “very disappointing.” Berman acknowl-

edged she’s heard the same, for different reasons, from her peers.

She has marched against new oilsands pipelines. One group she used to lead, ForestEthics, tried to convince Americans to stop buying oilsands-derived oil.

Now she’s talking about the importance of jobs and the need to not upset capital markets.

“I expected a pretty big backlash,” she said.

But she points out that the quiet dialogue, away from politicians and reporters, has already borne fruit. The same informal roundtable that became the nucleus of the new panel also deeply influenced the creation of the climate policy it now seeks to implement.

“When the new NDP government came in and announced they wanted to do a climate change plan, we already had a number of shared policy positions that we could bring to them. We already had principles for a strong carbon pricing system.”

Berman’s search for common ground between business and environmentalists has also brought results in other industries. She was involved in both the Clayoquot Sound agreement,

which ended the socalled “war in the woods” over some old-growth forests in British Columbia, and the Canadian

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Writing online, Nice Matin journalist Damien Allemand who was at the waterside said the fireworks display had finished and the crowd had got up to leave when they heard a noise and cries.

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The origin and authenticity of the footage could not immediately be verified.

Kayla Repan, of Boca Raton, Florida, was among the hundreds gathered on the promenade to watch fireworks.

“The whole city was running. I got extremely frightened and ran away from the promenade,” she said. “It was chaos.

We hid in a restaurant but now we moved to a separate hotel.”

Leaked proposal: US offering Russia military pact in Syria BR ADLEY KL APPER Associated Press

PARIS - A leaked proposal shows the U.S. offering Russia a new military pact against the Islamic State and al-Qaida in Syria.

The document published by The Washington Post calls for joint bombing operations, a command-and-control headquarters and other synchronized efforts.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss the proposal in Moscow later Thursday.

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Clement seeks to take Tories beyond niche politics Stephanie Levitz Canadian Press OTTAWA - Using micro-targeted policies and politics to attract specific, narrow groups of voters is a strategy the Conservatives must abandon if they are to find their way back to government, says the newest entrant in the party’s leadership race.

While longtime Ontario politician Tony Clement is proud of the federal party’s record in power, the political landscape around the world is changing and the Conservatives need to change with it, he said in an interview Thursday.

One need only look at the recent political upheaval in the United Kingdom, and the potential for it in the U.S., to know what Clement is talking about.

“People have been the victims of a number of economic forces that have converged and no one in Washington or London was listening to them,” Clement said.

“That’s what creates the dissonance, this feeling of abandonment. That’s what we have to avoid in this country.”

There will come a time in Canada when people feel about the current Liberal govern-

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Some in conservative circles don’t believe that day will come as soon as 2019, and want to focus on provincial candidates like Ontario PC leader Patrick Brown or Tory MP Jason Kenney as he seeks to unite the right in Alberta.

But Clement, who served in the Ontario government before jumping to federal politics, said politics moves too fast to count anything out. The Tories need to start rebuilding broken relationships now.

“We’ve got to do that through our leadership and through the way we comport ourselves, the way we communicate, the way we train, policies,” he said.

“All of that gets us to the table.”

The Conservatives were elected in 2006 on a tightly focused platform and maintained a targeted policy approach through their time in power, rolling out waves of niche tax breaks like those for kid’s activities or volunteer firefighters in a bid to lure small but tactically key segments of voters.

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I feel my privacy has been violated, and worse, that my husband is betraying me by being loyal to his mother at my expense. I’m not sure what to do aside from changing the lock and giving the key to one of my friends with instructions not to give it out to anyone.

We have had many arguments over this, and he is losing all credibility with me. Please help. -- Frustrated in the Northeast Dear Frustrated: What are you waiting for? Get that key away from your unreliable neighbor and give it to someone you trust.

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I would offer to baby-sit my nieces, but I live 400 miles away. Is this child abuse?

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Dear Annie: My mother will be 90 next month, and I want to have a small get-together for family and friends. We will serve coffee and Italian cookies.

I don’t know how to address the invitations to let people know that we’d like them to stop in and say hello, have a snack, and then leave. Too much company wears Mom out. We’d like people to stay long enough to share a few memories, but that’s it. How do we word that?

Thanks for the advice. I read your column every day in the upstate New York Leader-Herald. -- D. Dear D.: The way to keep people from staying too long is to make the duration of the party short. “Please join us for coffee and memories to celebrate our mother’s 90th birthday. Time: 2-3:30 p.m.” At 3:30, promptly stand up, tell your guests how lovely it was to see them, but Mom needs her rest, and you are looking forward to having them visit again another time. Then usher them to the door.

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Cheryl Jessie Schlossberger December 31, 1945 December 27, 2015 A Celebration of Life for Cheryl Jessie Schlossberger will be held at 2pm on July 18, 2016 at McPherson’s Funeral Home. Born on December 31, 1945 in Iron Springs Alberta, Cheryl passed away in Victoria BC after a long valiant battle with Alzheimers on December 27, 2015. Cheryl is survived by her children Curtis (Cristin) and Wanda as well as her grandchildren Daiya and Cael.

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April 10 1922 – July 11, 2016 Helene Jeannette Lanthier was b born iin Cranbrook, BC to the late Thurief Louis and the late Marie Eloria Aurore Elmire Perron (nee Letellier) on April 22, 1922, the second oldest of eight children. Jeannette passed away peacefully in the East Kootenay Regional Hospital in Cranbrook BC on Monday July 11, 2016 at the age of 94. Jeannette was also predeceased by her husband Felix Joseph Gedeon Lanthier who passed away on May 19, 1984. Also predeceased by two brothers and four sisters.

Jeannette is survived by son David Ronald (Lillian Faith) Lanthier of Westbank BC and son Donald Joseph Lanthier of Spruce Grove, Alberta and her brother Paul (Chloe) Perron of Victoria, BC. Jeannette is also survived by Grandchildren Stephen (Carol Landsiedel) Lanthier of Red Deer Alberta, Brian (Jennifer) Lanthier of Didsbury, Alberta and Matthew (Heidi) Lanthier of Westbank BC. She is survived by Great Grandchildren Ryan (Courtney Brown) Lanthier and Chelsey Lanthier; Breana, Nolan and Caitlin Lanthier; Kiryn and Alicya Lanthier. Also survived by numerous Nephews and Nieces.

Jeannette and Felix married October 6, 1941 in Cranbrook, BC and lived in Kimberley where Felix operated a Variety Store. In 1942 they sold the Variety Store and moved to Cranbrook. They purchased two properties on King Street in about 1948. In about 1952, they moved to and operated a Laundry business. When the building where the Laundry was housed burned down, they moved back to King Street. In 1968, they bought and operated the Green Store on 5th Street South until Felix passed away in May 1984.

Jeannette loved to travel, going to Quebec 6 times on a quest to find long lost relatives as part of her and her sister Anne Balding’s genealogy research. Jeannette enjoyed her friends and was often the instigator of get togethers. In her senior years Jeannette volunteered and supported various Charities: Cranbrook Food Bank, the Cranbrook SPCA, worked with other seniors in care facilities in Cranbrook and was a volunteer for the Fort Steele Historical Association where she spent a number of years archiving various historical artifacts.

The family wishes to thank the Nursing Staff and Doctors on the third floor of the East Kootenay Regional Hospital in Cranbrook for attending to Jeannette with tireless goodwill, care and kindness throughout her hospital stay and particularly her last days.

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Earney Robert Goetz passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2016, at the Kimberley Special Care Home. Born in Franklin Manitoba, Earney travelled west to BC in early 1949 to visit family and decided to stay. He worked for many years for Cominco in Kimberley and retired as a shift supervisor. He was a member of the Elks and enjoyed playing on the Elks bowling teams. Dad also loved to curl, ski, play pool and travel with his wife Lorna.

He enjoyed amazing his grandchildren with his card and magic tricks. Dad also spent many hours playing cards, checkers, and crib with family and friends. Dad is survived by his three children: daughter Jennifer (Steve) of Calgary, AB; son Brian of Kimberley, BC; and son Stephen (Chalsi) of North Vancouver, BC. Dad also leaves behind five grandchildren Christopher, Lauren, Bradley, Ryan and Stephanie, one great grand-daughter, Brooklyn, and many nieces and nephews and one brother, Albert. Dad was predeceased by his wife Lorna, his father, mother, three brothers and five sisters. The family would like to thank all the staff at the Kimberley Special Care Home for their exceptional care and support of our father. Dad has requested that no funeral service be held but there will be a celebration of dad’s life at the Elks Club in Kimberley on August 25, 2016 from 2 – 4pm. Dad had a friendly smile and a contagious “chuckle” that we will miss very much. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Kimberley Society for Community Living, 440 -106 Ave, Kimberley, BC V1A 1B9. Memories and condolences can also be shared with the family at www.markmemorial.com.

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Our family wishes to extend a very warm hearted thank you to many people. You have shown kindness and compassion to our Mom, Thelma Godolphin, and to us both before and following Mom’s passing.

To Dr. Du Preez and the Kimberley Medical Clinic, BC Ambulance Service and the Shoppers pharmacy team we are so grateful for the caring and respect you gave our Mom throughout many years of your service. To the staff and residents at Garden View who truly made Mom enjoy her home for so many years we thank you.

To all our wonderful friends and neighbours who showed your love and support through phone calls, flowers and other ways we are so appreciative.

Our Mom was a beautiful lady and we love and miss her so much. May you all be richly blessed.

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No Metro Vancouver housing crash this year, report predicts MARTIN VAN DEN HEMEL B.C. Local News

Is Greater Vancouver’s real estate market on the verge of a crash?

A new report by Royal LePage predicts there won’t even by a mild correction this year thanks in large part to events overseas.

Phil Soper, president of Royal LePage, said its forecasting models earlier this year called for the housing market to cool in the latter stages of 2016 because the cost of borrowing was expected to modestly increase.

But the real estate firm is now predicting the Bank of Canada will leave those interest rates alone because of Britain’s decision last month to leave the European Union (Brexit), which has led to economic and social fallout across the globe.

“Few industries are as rate sensitive as real estate,” Soper said in a news release. “We don’t see even a mild correction for either the Toronto or pistol-hot Vancouver markets in 2016.”

The report, compiled from proprietary property data from 53 of Canada’s largest real estate markets, is bullish on real estate nationally, forecasting a 12.4-per-cent appreciation in the price of an average home this year compared to the end of 2015.

TAX POLICY PERILOUS He praised government efforts to gather and analyze data and better understand housing market — such as last week’s release by the province of a threeweek snapshot of foreign buyer data — but added the further step of legislation could be dangerous.

“We remain convinced that heavy-handed use of tax policy in an effort to artificially influence asset values in an open-market economy like ours is fraught with peril, particularly in a cyclical industry like housing.”

People who buy and flip homes, for example, he said, eventually get burned.

But Vancouver isn’t waiting for that to happen.

This week, the city got provincial backing to introduce a tax on vacant homes in response to growing concerns about housing affordability and a tight rental market.

Much different from how Soper describes Toronto, which he said has a healthy appreciating housing market, families priced out of the single-family-home market in Vancouver seem to be turning to larger condos, with prices reflecting this shift.

“We have (also) seen an uptick in the rate of price appreciation for condominiums of over 1,000 square feet, when compared to smaller units in the market,” Soper said.

FOREIGN BUYERS INFLUENCE As for foreign buyers, who are often blamed for Vancouver house prices becoming unaffordable for locals, Royal LePage’s realtor survey provided a bit more insight into the situation.

Seventy-four per cent of respondents said there’s been a year-over-year increase in international buyers, while 37 per cent believe foreign owners account for less than 10 per cent of the Greater Vancouver housing market.

While some have suggested there could be a rush of investor interest from Britons who see Vancouver’s housing market as a safe haven, Royal LePage doesn’t see that happening.

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NEWS

Venomous vipers seized in Richmond shipment MARTIN VAN DEN HEMEL B.C. Local News

Three venomous Chinese Mountain Pit Vipers were seized in a package at the Canada Post distribution centre in Richmond last week.

The package originated in China and was earmarked for Manitoba.

“These snakes can be very dangerous and no anti-venom exists in Canada for this species of snake,” said B.C. Conservation Officer Service deputy chief Chris Doyle Friday.

Two of the snakes were found dead, while a third escaped its containment crate and was loose in the outer box, Doyle said.

Conservation officers were able to safely capture the snake.

“We don’t often see

this type of violation where these types of snakes are caught in transit,” Doyle said, adding it is an offence in B.C. to possess controlled alien species that are dangerous to the public. “This is probably a first where one has been intercepted in the mail.”

He did not immediately reveal whether anyone is facing charges or what would happened to the snake.

No one was hurt.

In his news conference on human wildlife conflicts in the province, Doyle also said conservation officers are investigating after a grizzly bear caught in one of their traps was recently released by an unknown person at Good Hope Lake, northeast of Dease Lake in northern B.C. Officers had planned

to relocate the bear to prevent further conflicts with people.

“Although the people may have been trying to give the bear a break, this may mean the bear is going to be more difficult to catch,” he said.

And if it encounters people again, he added, conservation officers may have to destroy it.

Conservation officer Matthew Corbett said residents of the Good Hope Lake, a community of about 50 people, described the grizzly as sickly and skinny— which might make it more dangerous—and reported it on Tuesday roaming the residential area, leaving paw prints on windows.

Unhealthy bears will look for an easy food source, like garbage, and disregard their fear of humans.

B.C. Appeal Court upholds prison sentence for Mountie convicted of perjury C ANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER—British Columbia’s highest court has upheld the conviction of an RCMP constable found guilty of perjury following the death of Robert Dziekanski.

The British Columbia Court of Appeal says the trial judge made no error in assessing the evidence against Kwesi Millington.

Millington was sentenced to 30-months in prison for testimony he gave to the Braidwood inquiry examining the October 2007 death of Dziekanski, who was jolted multiple times with a Taser at Vancouver’s airport.

Millington and former corporal Benjamin (Monty) Robinson were found guilty of colluding to make up testimony

about the police actions.

Dziekanski was felled by the Taser moments after Millington, Robinson and two other officers arrived at the airport in response to reports of a distraught man.

Robinson was sentenced last July to two years less a day, one year of probation and 240 hours of community for perjury.

The bear trap was set at 2 p.m., and the bear was trapped inside less than three hours later, according to residents who snapped pictures of the bear. But by the time Corbett got there, the bear was gone, and no bear has ever escaped this type of trap on its own, he said.

Officers are continuing to investigate who was behind the release.

Meanwhile Corbett hopes the stress of being trapped sent the bear running, and it won’t return.

The picture on the provincial level was more rosy.

Overall, human encounters with bears and cougars were down compared to a year ago, with June having some of the lowest numbers since the recording of these statistics began.

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Three Chinese Mountain Pit Vipers, like the one above, were seized in a package in Richmond.

It’s too early to say why the numbers decreased, Doyle said.

But he suggested the wetter weather and cooler temperatures

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Vancouver teacher suspended for showing suggestive music videos MARTIN VAN DEN HEMEL B.C. Local News

A Vancouver high school teacher who showed a Grade 10 class profanity-laced and sexually suggestive music videos has been suspended for five days and must now complete a ‘respectful boundaries” remedial course.

Details about the conduct of teacher Cory Ray Steeves are contained in a report by the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation.

Last September, Steeves was teaching an English class about the use of satire in music videos when he showed two, “Big Bad Wolf” by Duck Sauce, and “I’m on a Boat” by Lonely Island, the report said.

Any user wanting to view the “Big Bad Wolf” on YouTube must sign in on the website to confirm they are at least 18 years old, and are warned it may be inappropriate.

The video depicts people with human heads in the place of their genitalia, and includes numerous sexually suggestive scenes, as well as urination.

“I’m on a Boat” consists primarily of profanity, and was also shown by Steeves to his Grade 12 English class while teaching a unit on satire.

Before showing the videos, Steeves told his class the videos could be offensive to some, and if they wanted to leave, they could. One student left the room.

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Steeves acknowledged his actions, admitted they constituted professional misconduct, and agreed to a reprimand.

He’s also agreed to complete a Justice Institute of B.C. course, Reinforcing Respectful Professional Boundaries, by Sept. 30. If he doesn’t complete the course, his teaching certificate may be suspended until he does.

Steeves also agreed not to make any statement verbally or in writing, contradicting, disputing or questioning the terms of the consent resolution agreement he signed last month.

Former B.C. staffer fined on ‘triple delete’ offences TOM FLETCHER B.C. Local News

A former ministerial assistant to Transportation Minister Todd Stone has been fined $2,500 after pleading guilty to two charges for his role in a complaint about deleted government emails.

George Gretes was charged under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for “willfully making false statements to mislead, or attempt to mislead” the Information and Privacy Commissioner.

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Gretes resigned in October 2015 when Denham released her report on the 2014 incident, which found that Gretes had used another employee’s computer to “triple delete” a series of emails.

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The incident prompted Premier Christy Clark to order all political staff in the government to keep all emails as the procedure for handling electronic communications is updated.

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