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Photo and caption by Korie Marshall Editorial: Dust bowl days A wind from the south on Friday morning, April 8th, blew a lot of dust around Valemount including from the dry lake bed of Kinbasket reservoir. Gavin King, air quality meteorologist with the Ministry of Environment, says the PM 2.5 monitor at the Valemount Greyhound Fire Station catches silica in its real-time hourly average reading, though it does not measure how much of the particles it catches may be any certain material. The readings from the monitor did not show a spike that morning, though the dust was visible throughout Valemount.

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Representatives of Borealis Geopower were again in Valemount last week to let residents know about a unique opportunity which could make Valemount the “geothermal ambassadors” to Alberta and Canada.

On March 31st, Alison Thompson, this time representing Borealis Geopower, though she is also the chair and co-founder of the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association, and Craig Dunn, principal and chief geologist with Borealis, spoke to about two dozen people at a quickly arranged meeting at Three Ranges Brewing Company.

Borealis is applying for what Thompson is calling a “super fund.” It’s a joint program between a federal non-profit organization called Sustainable Development Technology Canada and an Albertan organization called the Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation. Borealis’ project is to build a demonstration geothermal energy industrial park in Valemount, or a “geopark” (not the UNESCO type of Geopark, which is currently being considered for the McBride to Barriere corridor area).

Through the program the funders are offering a total of $40 million dollars to projects that will demonstrate how Alberta can

Buehler pleads not guilty Climbing Tete Canyon A08

by KORIE MARSHALL

Last week Shanna Buehler plead not guilty to seven charges in Valemount court, including threatening to use a weapon, pointing a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm and break and enter.

The charges stem from an incident in 2014 when the RCMP’s Emergency Response

Team was called to a remote spot on the west side of Kinbasket Reservoir, some 50 kilometers south of Valemount. Buehler and her father had been camped out in a local family’s trapping cabin. She was shot several times, and her father John was killed on Sept.

17th, 2014.

The provincial Independent Investigations Office (IIO) was called in, and has not yet

reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The project can be anywhere in Canada, it just has to be replicable in Alberta, says Thompson.

“We want other communities in Canada to do this,” says Thompson. “Valemount will be geothermal ambassadors to Albertans and all Canadians.”

Borealis is proposing a small power-generating project at the Valemount Community Forest’s Industrial Park in Cedarside, with other small businesses using the “waste heat.”

Borealis has the permit to explore the Canoe Reach area for heat high enough to generate electricity – over 80 degrees Celsius, Cont’d on A02

released any information or recommendations on the case. The IIO was set up in 2012 to investigate incidents where the police are involved in a death or serious injury. It can make recommendations to the Crown if it believes charges against RCMP members are warranted, or make a public report. Only one of the IIO’s 50 or so currently open investigations has been open longer.

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Geothermal park plans though they want to find much higher. Dunn says that project is still three to four years off. After the geothermal workshop in February in Valemount, he realized the community was interested in the potential jobs that could be created with direct-use geothermal heat (direct-use heat can be a lower temperature than the kind used to make electricity). He says helping develop heat in the Industrial Park for community use will let them keep working on their electrical project. This fund program was announced on Feb. 29th, after the workshop, so they’ve been working quickly to try to pull it all together.

Thompson says only small to medium sized enterprises are eligible, and projects also have to be partnerships.

Borealis already has a number of small businesses interested in their application, but wanted to ensure anyone in Valemount who might be interested has the opportunity to be involved as well, especially since the fund matches what each business puts in 2-1. But the deadline is coming quick – completed applications have to be in before April 12th, and the competition will be tough. Thompson says she thinks there will be thousands of applications, and each of the two organizations will create their own shortlists. If your project is on both lists, you will stay in the running after May 24th, and you will find out about the funding late in 2016.

Michael Lewis, owner of Three Ranges Brewing Company, says he is going to be one of Borealis’ partners on the project, to use heat for the brewing process at an

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expanded brewing facility. He’s done his own research, and his main concern is the question of who will run the utility – the system of connecting the heat to various buildings, setting and collecting the rates from the users, and maintaining the system – in the long term.

“I don’t want to be your utility,” says Dunn, “I want to explore geothermal.”

But could the Valemount Community Forest provide the utility service? Could the Village? Could a new nonprofit association do it? The answer to those questions remains uncertain. Valemount Council has set up a new committee to advise them on geothermal direct-use (the application is open until April 7th) and expects to appoint members to the committee on April 12th, so that will be too late to make any decisions for the application.

Members of the community are currently incorporating a new non-profit called Valemount Geothermal Society, aimed at supporting the development of geothermal resources locally (the group planned to meet April 10th at to discuss membership fees and elect the first board), but they also won’t be far enough along to commit anything but support to the project.

Thompson says there will still be opportunity later for others to get involved in the geopark project; they just won’t have the opportunity for funding to be matched from this program. She says municipalities may have access to other funding though, specifically for utilities, and non-profit organizations will have opportunities as well.

Rural Dividend applications now open

by KORIE MARSHALL

Applications are now open for the Rural Dividend, a new program from the Province to help rural communities diversify and strengthen their economies.

The three-year, $75 million fund is open to local governments, not-for-profit organizations and First Nations in communities with populations less than 25,000. Each year, $25 million will be available in four categories: community capacity building; workforce development; community and economic development; and business sector development.

Single applicants can apply for up to $100,000 for community-driven projects and must contribute at least 20 per cent of the total project cost. Partnerships involving more than one eligible applicant can apply for up to $500,000, and must contribute 40 per cent of the total project. Applications can include up to 10 per cent inkind contributions.

The Rural Dividend also includes a project development funding stream, which will provide up to $10,000 to help communities with limited capacity build business cases and feasibility assessments to support the development of strong projects and future project applications.

“Rural communities struggling to reinvigorate and diversify their local economies will be supported in building and implementing their own solutions, based on their community’s values and needs,” said a news release last fall from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, which is responsible for rural development. “The Rural Dividend will support innovative and ambitious ideas and solutions with potential for the greatest impact on rural communities.”

The criteria for the Rural Dividend was designed with input from the Rural Advisory Council, which was formed in March 2015. McBride resident Rick Thompson was chosen last spring to be one of the 14 members of the Council from around the province. Members were also re-appointed in March for another two years. Key areas of interest for the Council’s initial focus include building better rural access to capital, stronger business development support, and the advancement of the Rural Dividend.

Downloadable application forms, program guidelines, as well as detailed instructions on how to apply are available on the new Rural Dividend website at www.gov.bc.ca/ ruraldividend. Deadline for the first intake is May 31, 2016.

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NOTICE OF VOTING PROPOSED ROBSON VALLEY EXPLORATION AND LEARNING SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT AND LOAN AUTHORIZATION PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of the proposed Robson Valley Exploration and Learning Service Establishment and Loan Authorization that a vote will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2016 on the following question: “Are you in favour of Robson Valley Exploration and Learning Service Establishment Bylaw No. 2970, 2015 and Robson Valley Exploration and Learning Service Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2971, 2015 which propose to authorize the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George to: •

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establish the Robson Valley Exploration and Learning service within the Village of McBride and participating area of Electoral Area H shown outlined in bold on Appendix “A” attached to Bylaw No. 2970; set a maximum annual tax requisition limit amount as the greater of $74,550 (Seventy Four Thousand, Five Hundred and Fifty Dollars) or the amount obtained by applying a property value tax rate of $0.0004 against the net taxable value of land and improvements within the service area; and borrow a sum not exceeding $620,530 (Six Hundred and Twenty Thousand, Five Hundred Thirty Dollars) for the purpose of purchasing a facility for the Robson Valley Exploration and Learning service.”

The above is a synopsis of Bylaws No. 2970 and 2971 and is not intended as an official interpretation of the bylaws. The full bylaws may be inspected at the Regional District office, 155 George Street, Prince George, B.C. between 8:45 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays, on the Regional District website www.rdffg.bc.ca, and at the Village of McBride, 100 Robson Centre, McBride, B.C. between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays.

GENERAL VOTING DAY General Voting Day will be open to qualified electors between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, 2016 at the following location: • Robson Valley Community Centre, 441 Columbia Street, McBride, BC ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITY An advance voting opportunity for qualified electors will be between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at the Robson Valley Community Centre, 441 Columbia Street, McBride, BC. SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITY A special voting opportunity will be open to qualified electors on Saturday April 30, 2016 at the following locations: • Saturday, April 30, 2016 between the hours of 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the McBride & District Hospital, 1136-5th Avenue, McBride, BC • Saturday, April 30, 2016 3:05 p.m. to 3:35 p.m. at the Beaverview Lodge, 10845th Avenue, McBride, BC Only those qualified electors who are admitted as patients are eligible to vote at these special voting opportunities.

MAIL BALLOT VOTING Mail Ballot Voting is available to qualified resident and non-resident electors who: 1. have a physical disability, illness or injury that prevents them from attending in person at another voting opportunity; or 2. reside within a remote voting jurisdiction more than 50 kilometres from the closest voting location at which they are entitled to vote; or 3. expect to be absent from the Regional District on general voting day and at the times of all advance voting opportunities.

Applications for mail ballots are available online at www.rdffg.bc.ca, in person or by contacting the Chief Election Officer at (250) 960-4400 or by email at elections@rdffg.bc.ca Applications for mail ballots in the prescribed form will be received by the Chief Election Officer from Wednesday, March 31, 2016 until 12:00 noon on Wednesday, April 27, 2016.

It is the responsibility of the person applying to vote by mail ballot, to ensure that the mail ballot application is received by this date and time.

ELECTOR REGISTRATION To register as an elector, a person must meet the following qualifications: • 18 years of age or older on day of voting (registration); • Canadian Citizen; • resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months at the time of registration; • resident of the voting jurisdiction for at least 30 days immediately preceding voting day; and • not otherwise disqualified by law from voting.

Elector registration will be done at the time of voting. There is no advance registration for voting purposes.

SCRUTINEERS Applications to volunteer to act as scrutineer for voting will be received by the Chief Election Officer starting at 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, and ending at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 15, 2016 at the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George office.

Only those persons who will qualify as electors for the above voting are entitled to be considered for the position of scrutineer. One scrutineer in favour of the above voting question and one scrutineer opposed to the question will be appointed for each voting location. In the event there are more applications received than there are positions to be filled, the scrutineer appointments will be determined by lot in accordance with the Local Government Act. Further information concerning the application process and the responsibilities of scrutineers may be obtained by contacting the Chief Election Officer or Deputy Chief Election Officer for the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, or by visiting www.rdffg.bc.ca.

NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTOR REGISTRATION To register as a non-resident property elector, a person must meet the following qualifications: • not eligible to register as resident elector; • 18 years of age or older on day of voting (registration); • Canadian Citizen; • resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately before day of registration; • registered owner of the real property within the voting jurisdiction for at least 30 days immediately before day of registration; • an individual not holding the property in trust for a corporation or any other trust; and • not disqualified by law from voting.

Non-Resident Property Electors may not vote more than once within a voting jurisdiction regardless of the number of properties owned.

If more than one person owns the property, the person wishing to cast the vote for that property must provide, at the time of registration, written consent from a majority of the property owners.

Non-Resident Property Elector registration will be done at time of voting.

Further information concerning the Non-Resident Property Elector Registration may be obtained by contacting the Chief Election Officer or Deputy Chief Election Officer for the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, or by visiting www.rdffg.bc.ca VOTER IDENTIFICATION Resident electors will be required to produce two (2) pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification is not necessary. The documentation must prove both residency and identity.

Non-resident property electors will be required to produce two (2) pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity (picture identification is not necessary), proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property and, if there is more than one owner of the property, written consent from the majority of the property owners.

Classes of documents that may be accepted as evidence of identification are: a British Columbia Driver’s Licence, a BCID card, an ICBC Owners Certificate of Insurance and Vehicle Licence, a British Columbia Care Card or Gold Care Card, a Ministry of Social Development Request for Continued Assistance Form SDES8, a Social Insurance Card, a Citizenship Card, a Real Property Tax Notice, a Credit Card, Debit Card, or a Utility Bill.

Dated at Prince George, BC this 22nd day of March 2016.

K.Jensen, Chief Election Officer

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Editorial Urban hyperbole and

the big, bad bus

Laura Keil Publisher Rural people are used to brushing off naïve assumptions about where they live – especially from urban media.

It must be the sensationalism of this latest story that has pushed me to my limit.

Many people seem to have lost their minds after a 12-year-old and 16-year-old were left at the 24h PetroCan station in Valemount at 4 a.m. after it was discovered the girls’ tickets were expired and the connecting bus was full.

Here’s a quote from BC’s Transportation Minister who has ordered an investigation into Greyhound.

“No reasonable individual would leave two children in a potentially unsafe location on the side of the road,” Mr. Stone told reporters Thursday.

By “side of the road” I’m guessing Mr. Stone is referring to Valemount’s 24h gas station. Other news articles referenced how the two teens were left at a “remote” stop – as if that word carries all the weight of judgment needed for something to be news. Even the Globe and Mail hopped onto the sensationalism train with this quote: “That location is isolated and dangerous, infamous for young women going missing,” family friend Maeve Hanna said. “It’s ludicrous they were left there.”

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For a national newspaper to quote someone unchallenged stating that Valemount is “infamous for young women going missing,” is sad and takes away from the real issues.

As far as I have learned, none of the girls and women who have gone missing or were murdered in the Interior in the last 40 years were picked up at the Valemount Petro-Can. As a seasoned Greyhound bus rider, I would argue the girls were probably safer in the gas station at that hour than they were on a packed, dark bus. The gas station was well-lit, has surveillance cameras, washrooms, is warm and is staffed by friendly, responsible attendants.

They were just as “unaccompanied” in the gas station as they were on the bus.

Despite not being required to do so, the bus driver liaised with Greyhound dispatch to arrange for the girls’ passage on the next bus two hours later (one that was unfortunately a much longer ride to their destination), asked the girls if they were ok being left at that location, and talked to the gas station attendants about keeping an eye on the girls – girls that were initially ok getting on a bus in the middle of the night by themselves, are both old enough to babysit, and are not considered “unaccompanied minors” under Greyhound’s strict policies.

But for some reason, the fact that they were left in a “remote” location made it a national news story.

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Edmonton Greyhound station is no doubt measurably worse and less safe than the Greyhound agent in Valemount. Plus, it is likely easier to go missing in a city – which is busy and more anonymous – than in a small town.

But there is this assumption that a small-town gas station is more dangerous than an urban one. Why? Equally embarrassing and problematic is the invoking of the Highway of Tears in these stories. First of all, the roughly two dozen women and girls who have gone missing or were murdered in the B.C. Interior since 1969 were nowhere close to Valemount. Most were between Prince George and Prince Rupert – three to nine hours from here. It is outrageous to imply that the entire 1300km stretch of Hwy 16 as well as connecting highways are crawling with kidnappers and murderers.

I can understand why the mother and girls suffered anxiety and distress. It sucks being left somewhere – anywhere – in the middle of the night, when you thought you would be somewhere else.

But the reality is, they were left at a safe location, not “at the side of the road” and not even along the Highway of Tears.

I believe Greyhound did its due diligence by arranging safe passage on the next bus and the girls were not placed in harm’s way in any reasonable sense of the term.

So please, urban media, please stop using the terms “rural and remote” as if they are inherently bad or worse.

It is fearmongering, plain and simple, and makes us simple rural folks shake our heads.

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Village of Valemount 5 Year Financial Plan Preparation

PRESENTATION April 25, 2016 @ 7:00 pm Council Chambers 735 Cranberry Lake Road All interested members of the public are invited to attend the Presentation. This Presentation is an information meeting regarding the Village of Valemount’s 5 Year Financial Plan and Budget.

In support of 521 Main There will be an opportunity for the public to vote on April 30 on whether the citizens of this area wish to support the McBride and District Public Library and Museum to relocate to 521 Main Street.

This would be a golden opportunity for McBride to pick up economically, as McBride used to be in a more vibrant state than now.

What some people are concerned about is that they think their taxes will increase. What they are not thinking about is that even if the amount of the figure on their tax bill will be higher, it is that most everyone who owns a home, and claims and receives the homeowner grant, will NOT actually be PAYING anything more than before. The homeowner grant should cover it. So

in effect the home owners would be getting a nice new Library and Museum absolutely FREE, and also helping the economy to pick up in this area. One example is to entice tourists to stop and investigate this area, and therefore add to and improve this depressed economy.

So I do hope, and encourage people to vote YES on April 30, to support the move to 521 Main Street, or as I see it, McBride and area will be even worse off if this does not happen, and the re-location is turned down and rejected.

Many people are not aware that the McBride and District Public Library is the steward for the Community Literacy Outreach Contract. It is through this mandate that the Open Gate Garden has been created. We are grateful for the support the Staff and Board of the Li-

The true value of our library Dear Robson Valley Residents, I have been an employee of the McBride & District Public Library for the last 15 years. That is just about half of my life...which makes libraries very important to me. I was born and raised in this valley and McBride is where my husband and I call home with our two boys. I plan to raise my family here and the library is a very important part of that. Without a library, not only would I not have a job, but this town would feel like a big void is missing. A library is the HEART of a community, and without HEART, this town would no longer be my home.

A question that has been haunting me lately... does the average person realize what level of FREE service a library provides? Does the average person realize what OUR library provides? In my 15 years of employment our library has done an endless amount of programs for all ages. I would like to outline some of my favorite programs and memories: - Over 60 children registered for our Robson Valley Explorer Program. A program where children explore their community by earning badges. We partnered with 27 local businesses for this program.

- A core group of seniors who learned how type, send an email, search the internet, scan an old family photo. We also offer 1/2 hour one-on-one sessions for anyone needing

help with their device.

- A group of 18 children & their caregivers meet to socialize, play & learn. We give them the space to be able to connect & learn from eachother.

- A 4-year-old boy learning to cope with his emotions by practicing breathing to calm himself down using a “feather breath” that he learned in kids library yoga class.

- A group of 20 nine-year-olds being introduced to lego robotics - A young family spending their Friday night reading in the “library boat” - Watching people reminisce over my grandmother’s saddle in the local museum display.

To me these things are priceless! Things that a dollar value cannot be placed upon. I am pretty sure I’m not alone in saying that the average person often spends money where it is not a necessity. For example, my family has a subscription to Netflix. We don’t need Netflix, but we pay $7.99 per month for the service. We get entertainment value out of that $95.88 per year.

I would also like to encourage residents to take a look at their current tax breakdown. You will soon find that we are paying a significant amount of $$ each year to all the other great services that this area has to offer... so why does it seem like the value of a sustainable building for the library

For those who are interested and/or unable to attend the Presentation, you may pick up a copy of the above mentioned at the Municipal Office during business hours on April 22, 2016.

Lori McNee Director of Finance

brary have provided for this very successful community project. The garden is an example of positive community collaborations that our Librarian Naomi Balla-Boudreau promotes throughout the community.

Vernon Pawloske and Nancy Taylor McBride and Dunster

and museum is too much to ask? I value my library and so do the multiple families, numerous seniors and youth of our valley. My biggest fear is, if this doesn’t happen now, then when? Our buildings are deteriorating quickly, and it will only be a matter of time before our buildings will reach the end of life. I want our generation and the generations to come to be spending time learning, growing, socializing in a healthy environment. If we don’t get a a different space, the future of the library and museum is uncertain. I for one do NOT want to take that chance.

So I now come to the point of all this. Our library needs a new home. Our museum needs A HOME. We have outgrown our current space. I don’t think the average person realizes the current state of our buildings. I want my children to have a library in their future. I want my future grandchildren to have a library. If something is not done, we WILL NOT have a home for the library or museum. All small town politics aside, the fact is we need a new space. Endless hours spent by volunteers have proved that the most economic and sustainable choice is 521 Main Street. Save our library & give our museum a home for the future... before our current home runs out of life.

Martina Wall McBride

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Why move the library?

Why do we need to move from the present library & museum building?

The present building which is 49 years old with two 30 year old additions requires extensive renovation to extend its life and would still not provide adequate space.

The museum stages history shows, art workshops, traditional skills workshops and interactive demonstrations in a 20 ft. by 24 ft. room. There is no additional room for storage of artifacts and archival papers; no room for workspace and certainly no room for staff. Any downloading of historical pictures and information onto the museum website would be done in a cramped back room in the Annex building with no access to either drinking water or to a washroom. These amenities are located in the library building. Another option would be to work four blocks away from the museum at the CREDA office.

The library provides new books, magazines and DVDs on a monthly basis. On any given day people are prowling the stacks looking for the latest book in a series, the latest season of their favourite TV mystery, or just a movie to provide an evening of relaxation. Friends are socializing among the stacks and discussing the lat-

est Canada Reads offering or a new gardening idea in a magazine. Children are sitting around their table laughing, chatting while colouring or looking a picture book.

Teens are at the back table for one-on-one tutoring. In the boat a parent is reading aloud to his children while two tourists are emailing to loved ones back home about their wonderful Rocky Mountain holiday. The Library is a busy day to day scene.

The library also provides weekly programs for toddlers, Minecraft for kids, the Textile group, the Jam session and monthly events for teens, book club, seed library, free Legal advice, author workshops and much more. Many of these events are held in the Annex: an old building without adequate seating, water or washrooms.

Our elderly building is bulging at the seams with children and adults who look on the Library/Museum as a second home. In order to adequately serve our citizens we need to move from our present building.

Stefi McLean On behalf of the Library and Museum Boards

Kinder Morgan responds further

On March 31st we printed a response from Kinder Morgan Canada’s senior director, Michael Davies to our recent editorial on pipeline safety. We hadn’t yet received a response to further questions about local personnel and response times by our press time, but a Kinder Morgan spokesperson has since provided the following information.

Kinder Morgan says they have emergency response equipment stationed strategically along the pipeline to ensure it can arrive on the site of a spill within a maximum of two hours, and crews can respond more quickly to most points along the line. The equipment includes 2000 feet of boom and an Oil Spill Containment and Recovery Unit, which contains the protective and recovery equipment required on a spill site, including equipment required for a winter spill response.

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Kinder Morgan says they have 30 emergency management personnel and pipeline maintenance crews between Edmonton and Kamloops who are trained in emergency response, and there two personnel located in Valemount. They can also call on additional resources such as environmental consultants, spill response experts, emergency response consultants, medical aid and wildlife rescue consultants to help them act quickly and effectively in the case of a spill.

Kinder Morgan says pipeline operating conditions are monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week by personnel in the control centre. If a spill was reported, an operator would immediately activate a safe pipeline shutdown. A series of emergency procedures would be launched, including shutting down pump facilities and isolating the suspected spill area by closing valves, says the spokesperson.

The location of the valves or the maximum amount of product that might leak from between closed valves has not yet been disclosed.

Robson Valley Regional RCMP Police Report

Moving violations

In an effort to better keep the community informed the Robson Valley Regional RCMP will be providing weekly press releases to the local papers. The list is not inclusive of all calls of service the local RCMP detachments receive, but provides a cross section of what is happening in the Robson Valley.

• On April 6th a McBride RCMP officer arrested a Prince George man for an outstanding warrant regarding a Fisheries Act offence. The man was released on a Promise to Appear in Prince George Provincial Court on May 11th.

• On April 7th a McBride RCMP officer was conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 16 West of Dome Creek.

The officer stopped a West bound truck after catching it speeding at 156 km/h. The vehicle was impounded for seven days and the driver received a violation ticket.

• On April 7th a McBride RCMP officer stopped an Alberta man driving at an excessive speed on Highway 16 near the Ancient Forest. The officer utilized a radar unit and found the man was driving at 150 km/h. The vehicle was impounded for seven days and the driver was issued a violation ticket.

• On April 8th a McBride RCMP officer conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle which failed to stop at the intersection of Bridge Road and Highway 16. The driver provided a false name and was subsequently arrested for obstruction. The female passenger was also arrested after she also obstructed the officers. A search subsequent to arrest located almost 25 grams of methamphetamine. Both the male and female were also found to be breaching various court imposed release conditions. The male and female, both Prince George residents, appeared in McBride Provincial Court and were held in custody to appear in Prince

George Provincial Court on April 11th.

• On April 8th the Valemount RCMP received a request for assistance from a CVSE officer at the Tete Jaune weigh scales. The CVSE officer had conducted a check of a vehicle and detected the odour of marihuana. The Valemount RCMP attended and arrested the male occupant and seized a small amount of marihuana from the vehicle. A field sobriety test was conducted and the male was found to be sober and was released from custody.

• On April 9th a McBride RCMP officer was conducting patrols on Highway 16 near Alder Road when he located a speeding vehicle approaching from behind him at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was caught on radar at 147 km/h. The rental vehicle was impounded for seven days and the driver received a violation ticket for speeding.

• On April 10th a McBride RCMP officer was conducting speed enforcement on Highway 16 near Walker Creek.

The officer caught a Prince George male travelling East at 188 km/h. The vehicle was impounded for seven days for excessive speeding and the driver was issued a violation ticket.

• On April 10th a McBride RCMP officer was conducting patrols on Highway 16 near Small River when he located a vehicle travelling West at a high rate of speed. A radar unit confirmed the speed at 145 km/h. The vehicle was stopped and impounded for seven days. The driver was issued a violation ticket.

NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION TEMPORARY USE PERMIT No. 195

Notice is hereby given that the Regional District Board will consider issuance of Temporary Use Permit No. 195 at the next Board meeting scheduled for: 1:30 p.m., Thursday, April 21, 2016 Regional District Board Room 155 George Street, Prince George, BC Temporary Use Permit No. 195 is proposed to allow aggregate crushing and screening on a part of the subject parcel for a three year period. The subject parcel is legally described as Part of the Remainder of NW ¼ District Lot 7152 Cariboo District. The subject parcel is accessed through Crown Land north of Horsey Creek Road. The owner is the Province of British Columbia and the agent is Myron Baer.

Copies of proposed Temporary Use Permit No. 195 may be examined at the office of the Regional District of FraserFort George, 155 George Street, Prince George, BC, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., until April 21, 2016.

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Village hires new Corporate Officer

by KORIE MARSHALL There’s another Mark at the Village office now – Mark Brennan will be Valemount’s new corporate officer starting later this month.

A biography provided by Mark Macneill, chief administrative officer for the Village, says Brennan has worked for municipalities, regional districts and first nations for over 25 years, including locations as diverse as Oak Bay, BC and the Village of Acme in Alberta. The positions he has held have also been diverse, including approving officer, planner,

bylaw enforcement officer, and director of public works, in addition to his more accustomed roles as administrator, treasurer and corporate officer.

The bio says Brennan has been actively involved in the Local Government Management Association, in a number of capacities, including treasurer and president. It says Brennan has a degree in business administration from SFU, a law degree from UBC, and he is currently enrolled at the University of Victoria, pursuing his Master’s degree in public administration.

The bio notes that municipal man-

Mountain bike club approved for pump track

agement does not occupy all of Mr. Brennan’s time, however. Brennan has published a novel and numerous short stories. He also works as a freelance writer, reviewer and music critic for magazines such as Exclaim (Toronto) and Feedback (Victoria). Finally, he dabbles in music production, recording as the post-rock/electronic artist The Purveyors of Free Will.

Brennan starts his new position on April 18th. He replaces Valemount’s former CO Andrew Young who took a job as CAO in Wells, BC, last month.

Facebook photo Mark Brennan starts at the Village Apr. 18th.

Library-museum relocation meetings draw a crowd

by LAURA KEIL McBride Village Council approved a request from the Robson Valley Mountain Bike Club to build a new pump track around the skate park in McBride.

Mike Hamilton says the track will include hilly features, berms and jumps and provide another source of entertainment for local mountain bikers.

Hamilton says support for the project is coming from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, which is donating material from one of their gravel pits near McBride. Volunteers from the mountain bike club will help build the new track.

“It shouldn’t take long once the actual materials are there.”

Hamilton says they have already purchased an engineered plan for the new park features. He says he and his kids were recently at the Prince George bike park and the McBride plans will have similar features, but on a smaller scale.

He says they hope to start construction in a few weeks, once a backroad closure is lifted and they can access the needed supplies.

He says the track will provide entertainment for years to come.

“There will be no wood so in theory it could last for decades if it’s maintained.”

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by KORIE MARSHALL with files from MIKE PODINA Public meetings were held late last month in McBride, Dunster and Dome Creek, to provide information to residents on an upcoming vote on a plan to move McBride’s library and museum to Main Street.

A steering committee was set up last year by the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George to address the need for more space and the dilapidated buildings currently occupied by the Library and Museum.

The committee explored three options: renovating the current properties, building new, or purchasing and renovating 521 Main Street, and concluded the third option is both the most economical and meets more of the needs of the two organizations.

Proceeding with the purchase and renovations requires a public assent vote (formerly called a referendum). A positive vote will allow the Regional District board to adopt a set of bylaws that will set up a new service area, allow the Regional District to borrow the capital for the purchase, and provide an operating budget for the Robson Valley Exploration and Learning Service, funded by property taxes in an area similar to the area that funds the Robson Valley Recreation Centre.

The meeting in McBride was held at the Elks Hall, and was well attended by local residents. Many questions centered on the concern of raising taxes for the project, and why residents of areas like Dome

Creek, Dunster and Crescent Spur need to be taxed for a building in McBride.

Regional Districts work differently from Village governments; services are set up to cover and be funded by a certain area, which often includes a village or city.

According to the feasibility report for this project, funding a service through taxation of land and improvements is both the most common, and the most fair method, since the facility will benefit all the properties in the service area (just as the existing Robson Valley Library Service and Robson Valley Recreation Centre do, for example).

Some residents commented that the library and museum are closed most evenings and weekends, and they don’t attract enough tourists or locals. There was also a concern over ownership of the building, and whether it would be difficult to repurpose the building if it is owned by the Regional District. Some also expressed concern that McBride is already the highest taxed area in the Regional District, and that business owners (who pay higher property taxes) have very few votes to oppose the project (only residents and owners of property not held for or by a company get to vote).

If the vote is successful, it will mean an additional $27.47 per year, per $100,000 value for residential property, or $67.30 per $100,000 for business property.

Voting will be held on April 30th 2016, with advanced voting on April 20th 2016.

Look for more info in the Regional District’s ad, page 3.

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Tete Canyon: the last of the ice

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By ROSS BALLARD

2016 marks my eleventh season ice climbing. For the past two seasons my goal has been the same: become a better ice climber. Climb harder and higher, pack lighter, bring less. Focus on honing my technique until it is second nature, and my #1 rule: to climb as many days as possible, to climb until my knuckles are busted and my toes are bruised and I’m so wasted tired that I don’t want to climb anymore. In all of these endeavors I was successful. Between December 9th and the end of February I put in close to forty days on the ice. Happily embracing my motto of “climb now, work later” I doubt if there is a richer man with less money.

One of my favorite things about climbing is going to different areas and discovering all the stunning ways in which time and nature have carved out a path for me.

This season started with a weeklong trip to the ice fields parkway where my partner Tyler and I visited six areas I had never been to before. My strongest memory of this trip was the elation I felt after leading my hardest climb to date; up and through a dead vertical ice chimney. I cried out a wolf chant for my family and sat at the top for a few minutes soaking in the sunshine, feeling truly alive.

On our last day of the trip we climbed the 100 meter beauty “Melt Out” then drove down the road to nab what we think was the first trip of the year up into the Wapta gullies climbing several hundred meters of steep snow and low angle ice to the base of a beautiful pillar in a limestone grotto. The climb was well worth the sweat tax we had to pay to get there. Back at the truck we were so punched tired and hungry we could barely see straight. I have a distinct memory of this. “The very best of the Scorpions” had been our theme music for a large part of the trip.

Klaus Meine was belting out “here I am, won’t you send me an angel!” all I heard was “here I am, won’t you send me a pizza!”

Other than a few day trips to Maligne Canyon I did not go back to the Rockies.

Instead my partners and I focused our attention on the Robson Valley. On the 19th of December we decide to check out Tete canyon even though it’s a little earlier in the season then we usually go. Tyler and I each carried a selection of ice screws and a thin sixty metre cord.

Our snowshoes punch through a thin crust into deep powder making progress slow and energy sapping. Early season conditions force us to get over and around blow down that we would be walking over in January. Twenty minutes of slipping, tripping and swearing bring us to the canyon floor. The ice on the opposite side is thin and unconsolidated; what is usually a hundred meter long behemoth is no more than an ice skin clinging to stone bones.

Disheartened we drop our rucksacks and snowshoe down canyon to see if there is anything climbable. We trudge uphill through the cedars to the base of a climb we did last season. “The Joker” looks to be in good shape higher up, but the lower pitch looks thin and rocky. I decide to give it a go; it would be a pity to carry all this kit down here for nothing, so we go and grab the packs and trudge back to the base of the climb. I rack up while Tyler flakes out the twin cords; one hot pink, the other neon green. I have one ten centimetre screw and two thirteens; the rest are seventeen or longer. There is a spruce tree rooted into the rock and ice about thirty meters above me and it will provide a natural anchor. I climb through steep rime snow before eventually finding a good screw placement at about ten metres. As I climb higher I see how thin the ice is getting and place two more screws in short order to help disperse the weight of a potential fall. I am four body lengths away from the tree when I run out of ice and the rime falls away to reveal bare rock. My last screw is at my feet and I can’t down climb.

Shit. I yell at Tyler to watch me good and before I lose my nerve and start to shake I knock more rime off to reveal the mixed climbing puzzle above me. Hooking a thin edge with my right tool I find a small crack with the left; probing the blade in I crank the handle towards me, locking it in position. My crampons skitter down the face until they find purchase on small edges. Higher up the crack disappears and I am forced to unlock my left hand tool and make a last sketchy move teetering up thin edges on mono points and pick tips. I stretch out and snag the tree with one tool then the other, secure in with my safety lanyard and let the stress flow out of me with deep breaths.

In just a couple weeks the weather would change and so would the ice. Our next trip into “Tete” revealed rolling waves of silver-blue ice that reached higher up the canyon wall than we had ever seen. Most of the routes in the canyon are a hundred metres or higher, making for a great day of adventure. One of my fondest memories is of climbing the “Sugar Daddy” with my friends John and Tyler. The route got its name in 2012 when Tyler and I first climbed it.

That season it was a hundred metres of deep sugar snow and rime ice. This season it was a hundred meters of rolling chrome. We each led a perfect pitch of WI3 in the sun and ended the day with a cold pint at the Three Ranges.

My last day of the season was spent with Tyler on the enormous “King Tete” wall. This season the ice had fattened to form both a left and right hand falls. Our goal was the unclimbed right hand side. The day before we had scoped the route through the view finder on my camera; it was thin in the middle. How thin we would not know until we were there. That evening we honed our tools to perfect points to help keep the thin ice from shattering. We also switched the rack up, taking a healthy selection of small screws and slings.

The next morning we hiked down the well packed trail and were at the base of the climb in fifteen minutes. As

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www.therockymountaingoat.com planned, Tyler led the first pitch climbing just over thirty metres to the base of a short traverse. He brought me up and I selected all the gear I would need for the thin climbing above and beside us. I started out by side stepping the traverse placing a solid screw before turning a corner and losing sight of Tyler. I am confronted with a steep ramp of ice that gets thinner the higher up I look. The first ten metres are solid gray ice and I climb with ease placing two good screws. A few swings higher and I punch a hole through the ice and water squirts me in the face. Then I hear it; the sound of rushing water. I look in the hole and find half a metre of space between the rock and the ice.

Not good. Placing a screw now would be fruitless as it would either pull out or pull the whole dam wall with me in the event of a fall. My only saving grace is the corner seam which forms when two different angles of ice meet and form corners where the ice is thicker and softer. Thankful for my super sharp picks, I stick the corner seam with my left tool and hook open holes in the ice with my right, stepping ever so lightly up the shell to avoid breaking it. The gap between the ice and rock is a meter before I finally find a piece of good protection. Ice has dripped from a boulder to form a small pillar.

I girth hitch a sling to it and clip my rope to that. It’s my first protection in more than ten metres. A couple more body lengths and I turn a corner to find solid blue ice and a perfect belay stance on a nice flat spot. I place a super strong three screw anchor backed up by both tools which are buried solidly in good ice above me. The entire system is connected so that all five pieces carry weight and disperse the load evenly.

Climbing is a game of redundancies, and ice climbing doubly so. Though Tyler is quite a bit heavier than I am, he uses my pick holes to hook his way up the corner seam and step up to my super anchor with a big smile. “I loved the girth hitch on the pillar!” was his first comment, then “WOW! Bomber anchor!” “Nice lead, that was sketchy!”

Thirty more metres of steep blue plastic, and we were standing at the highest point in the valley. It was a perfect day.

My thanks to Tyler Stayer and John Crowley for a season to remember!

This is Ross Ballard reminding you to work a little less and play a little more! You won’t regret it!

Photos this page and opposite by Ross Ballard Ice climbing in Tete Canyon offers some breath-taking scenery - and some breath-taking moments!

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Photos and captions by Beth Russell There was something for everyone at the Valemount Anglican/ United Church Garage sale last Saturday. Proceeds from the day’s sale go towards the ongoing support of two charities: The Primates World Relief Development Fund and The Mission of Service (and the ongoing everyday running of the church).

Top left: Nicole Dryden is happy with her new-found treasures. Lower left: Wanda Edzera enjoys all the wonderful selection of clothes in the church.

Top right: Dee McEachern, former minister, is happy cooking hotdogs for the hungry shoppers.

Right: Jean Froescul with her soon to be enjoyed piece of strawberry shortcake.

Centre: Beautiful baking!

Gardening with Pete Vertical gardening

by PETE AMYOONY Have you ever thought of “growing up”? (I am not being a smart-alec, but just suggesting that you consider adding some vertical grow areas to your gardens!)

In both the flower garden and the vegetable garden, there are many opportunities to train plants and shrubs up a vertical support. The reasons for “growing up” can be to cover an unattractive fence, to save space with vine crops such as cucumbers, to create a focal point for the garden, to break up a long path or a boring view or to protect cold-sensitive plants by placing them against a south facing wall.

The supports for a vertical gardening can be anything from a chain link fence that you would like to cover to netting, to a wooden trellis to a willow arbour, to a tepee of brush poles, to a well-made wooden obelisk made by a local carpenter or ordered from a garden supply source.

I have also seen clematis trained up a small ornamental crab apple tree. The possibilities are only limited by your imagination.

An arbour placed over a path at the halfway point will break up the flat straight line of sight when you begin

down the path. It also tends to add a touch of mystery if placed in a manner that it hides some of the garden beyond. It makes you wonder what lies in wait for you and your visitors just beyond view.

For the vegetable garden, a simple A-frame trellis is so easy to put up in the spring and to take down for winter storage. You can make a 4 by 8 foot (1.25 X 2.5 m) frame out of light wood. Attach garden netting or stucco wire to cover the frame and add two or three hinged legs along one side of the frame. It can be placed in the garden with the legs and frame at a 45-degree angle for support.

Cucumber vines, beans, peas, etc can be trained up the trellis. This gives them more exposure to the sun, better air circulation to prevent disease, and keeps the fruit off the ground away from the slugs and other chewy things!

A second planting of lettuce or spinach can be planted in the partial shade under the vines.

Ready-made trellises of wood, plastic, metal or bamboo are available to attach to walls for climbing roses, clematis or honeysuckle vines. You can also make your own from strips of wood or from wood lattice sold at hardware stores and lumber suppliers. Try to attach the trellis so it is not directly against the house. Small battens of wood

Pete has lived, worked & gardened in the Dunster area for 35 years. He tries to deal with the “down to earth nuts and bolts of organic gardening” in his columns.

can be attached to the house and the trellis attached to these. This allows more air circulation behind the plants.

If you take the time to attach the trellis to the battens with small hooks and eyes, it makes it so much easier to remove them when it is time to paint the trellis or the house.

Some suggestions of plants that like to “grow-up” are Black-eyed Susan Vine (Thunbergia alata), Cup and Saucer Vine (Cobaea scandens), Scarlet Runner Bean, Morning Glory (Ipomea purpurea), Cypress Vine (Ipomea quamoclit), any hardy Clematis, hardy climbing Roses, Hops, Vine Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) and if you are a real adventurer, you may want to try a hardy Kiwi (Kolomikta or Issai for this area.)

The next time someone suggest that you “grow up”, just head for the garden!

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Boulianne. 7pm at 521 Main Street. Celebrate National Poetry Month with an evening of spoken Register now for The Vital Connec- word and local art! A feast for your tion video discussion workshops, ears and eyes! Bring your favourite supporting childhood attachment. poem to share ... all welcome!

Thurs Apr 19: Valemount Public Saturdays, May 14th and 21st, 9:00 Library presents author Jay to 4:30, Valemount Seniors Lodge.

Sat. Apr 16th Ducks Unlimited Sherwood 7pm at the Catering, child-minding (limited) Dinner and Auction. Tickets at Community Theatre included; $25, some assistance Advantage Insurance, McKale available. Registrations: Valemount Gifts or through any committee Thurs April 21: 7-9pm and McBride Libraries. member.

Succession Planning workshop for small businesses. Location: Best Thurs May 26th: Columbia Wed Apr 20th: 7-9pm Succession Western. Free. To register email Basin Rural Development Institute Planning workshop for small info@valemountchamber.com presents Social Sector Solutions: businesses. 521 Main St. Free. To Community Conversations on register email lindafry@telus.net.

Sat Apr 23: “Clean Out My Strengthening Social Well-Being.

Closet”- buy & sell, coffee & treats, 5pm - 9pm, Valemount CommuFri Apr 22nd Pro-D Day Fun Zone.

12-3pm, Golden Years Lodge. nity Hall, 101 Gorse St. www.cbrdi. 1-3pm at 521 Main Street. Join us Table rental $10 (limited space). ca/event/social-sector-solutionsfor games and crafts!

Call Shirley at 566 9829 or 1766. community-conversation-onstrengthening-social-well-beingFri Apr 22nd Teen Lock-In: Movie Sat Apr 30: Home Hardware 4/?instance_id=1452 to register.

Night. TBA. 9pm at 521 Main Parking Lot Yard Sale, 10-3pm with Street. Ages 13+ VACS fundraiser BBQ 11-2pm Sat May 28th: Annual chili cookBurger, chips, and pop $5 and off, sponsored by the Best Western Thurs. Apr 28th at 1:30pm.

0/50 draw Valemount Inn & Suites. 3pm open Monthly Book Club: This month’s Bring your own table to sell your to the public. 4:30 judging starts. theme is “books about books.” wares - no charge! Call Home Stop by the library to pick up a hardware to book a space title, or bring your own to share over good conversation and Sat May 14: PARENTS, EDUcoffee.

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ONGOING EVENTS Sunday Choir practice in McBride, 2pm; Mountain Chapel on Main St. All ages welcome. Questions? contact Barb (569-8882, ringnut@telus.net).

Want to learn how to knit? Already know how and want to get together to socialize? Willing to share your knowledge? The Valemount Public Library is offering space and supplies (if needed) Sunday afternoons from 2-4pm.

Yoga in McBride with Martina Wall.

10:30-11:30am, 411 Main Street.

Anglican United Church Valemount 7th Ave and Cedar Street - Sunday 10am.

Anglican United Church McBride, 441 Dominion Street - Sunday @10:00am.

Christian Science Services Dunster Sunday Worship @ 10:00am. Phone: 250-968-4349 Valemount Community Church, Evangelical Free Church 1225 5th street Sunday @ 11:00am Ave Phone: 250- 566-0070 Good Shepherd Catholic Church 3rd Ave and Elm Street Valemount. Sunday Mass @ 6pm Phone: 250-566-4662 New Life Sanctuary 1247-1st Avenue Valemount Worship @ 11:00am Valley Christian Fellowship 1080 Main Street Valemount Worship @ 11:00am.

Ph: 250 566 9990.

Mountain Chapel 299 Main street McBride Phone: 250-569-3350 St Patrick’s Catholic Church 197 Dominion street, McBride Phone: 250-569-2606 Evangelical Free Church, McBride Worship @ 10:30 am. Ph: 569-2378

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Dunster Parent Child playgroup, Mondays 10-12 at Dunster School . Please bring a healthy snack to share. Questions? Contact: Susan at 250-569-4033

or Nancy at 250-968-4358.

Every Monday from 11:00am-1:00pm.

Resume and Cover Letter Workshop, free, at the Valemount Learning Centre.

Helping you create your best resume yet! Call 250-566-4601 for more info.

Every Monday 7:00-9:00pm Knitting @ Sandy Bernie’s House 835 Bridge Road, McBride.

Yoga in McBride with Jeanette Chiupka. Monday 5-6pm, 411 Main Street.

Tuesday RVSS Adult Literacy group Games Day. Join us for games, refreshments and some laughs. 1:00 - 3:00 in the afternoon. 942 3rd Ave., McBride. 18+ Hatha Yoga at the Valemount Community Hall. 6:30 – 8:00 PM. Dropin $10.

For more info call Brigitta = 566-9196 Ready, Set, Learn- pre-literacy program for 3-5 year olds and their caregivers.

Until June 2, 10:30-11:30 am, McBride Elementary. Call the school at 250-5692721 to register or for info.

Yoga in McBride with Martina Wall, 5:30 - 6: 30pm, 411 Main Street.

Gentle Seniors’ Exercise, 10-11am, upstairs, Golden Years Lodge, Valemount. Call Diane on 250 566 4297 for more info.

Music Jam. Tuesdays 7:00pm @ the McBride Library Annex. Want to learn new music? Tired of playing alone?

Come out for bluegrass, folk, country, rock. Phone: Dave Marchant at 250569-2569.

Badminton Tuesdays 7:00-9:00 pm @ the McBride high school Volleyball at the Valemount high school 7-9pm. Ph: Denise 566-9983 Community volleyball in McBride 7pm Nadine Shovar 250 569 2503 POSTPONED UNTIL MAR 29 Taking Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) group meet @ the McBride Health Unit.

1126 5th Avenue 6:30pm.

Council Meetings- Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 7:00pm in Valemount, 7:30pm in McBride.

Dunster Sun. May 15th APPLE TREE GRAFTING WORKSHOP with instructor Jeff Corbett at Dunster Schoolhouse. From 1pm to 4pm. You will learn how to graft different varieties of fruit onto existing trees and new rootstocks. Call Pete at 250-968-4334 or reply to this e-mail to reserve your spot.

Building Resilient Workers Free program to understand health, safety, worker rights and responsibilities

Six two-­hour sessions starting Mon, April 18 in Valemount Time: to confirm

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7:00pm Wednesday at the Valemount Golden Years Lodge.

Yoga in McBride with Jeanette Chiupka. Wed. 5-6pm, 411 Main Street.

The Valemount Childrens’ Activity Society holds board meetings on the 1st Tuesday of every month at the centre.

Flow Yoga at Valemount Community Hall with Kathryn, 5:30-6:30pm. All welcome!

Tete Jaune Community Club monthly meetings at 7 pm on the first Tuesday of the month at the T-Jaune Community Hall

Prayer meeting 7pm at the SeventhDay Adventist Church, 1075 Lamming Pit Road, McBride. Ph: 250-569-3370.

Adventist Community Services meets 1:00-3:00pm and 7:00-8:00pm @ the Seventh Day Adventist Church 1075 Lamming Pit Rd, McBride.

Anglican United Church Women’s Group Thrift Shop open 1:00-3:00pm Every Tuesday & Friday @ church hall, 459 Dominion St, McBride.

Toastmasters 7:00-9:00pm (1st and 3rd Tuesday) Bear’s Den, Best Western, Valemount.

Wednesday

RVSS Family Place Playgroup. For parents, caregivers and children from birth to 6 years old. Activities to help your child develop skills and a chance to connect with others.

10:00 - 11:00 RVSS Valley Girls. For ages 12 and up. 3:00 - 4:30 in the afternoon. Share time with other girls, enjoy activities, be heard and make a difference. 942 3rd Ave., McBride.

Winter market at 521 Main Street McBride, hosted by McBride Museum and Library. Vendors can sell between 10-2.

Coffee and tea available by donation.

Pickleball at the McBride high school 7pm every Wednesday that the school is open. Call 250-569-2583.

Valley Piecemakers meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month 7pm at the Quilt Shop 210 Main Street Call Barb for more info 778-258-0068 Free, one-on-one computer tutoring 4:00 pm Valemount Public Library Phone: 250-566-4367 to book a session.

Valemount Seniors’ Music Night,

Mini Game Zone at McBride Library 3pm. Minecraft, WiiU & board games.

Ages 6-12.

McBride and District Chamber of Commerce meets at 6:30pm on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, @ the Evangelical Free Church Hall.

Bingo at McBride Legion Hall, every 1st, 3rd & 5th Wednesday of the month. 6:30 Early Bird starts.

Thursday

Rhyme Time, a free program for parents and toddlers on Thursdays, 10 - 11:30am, Feb 11 - May 12 off Mar 17 and 24 at Valemount Anglican-United Church Info call CBAL Literacy Coordinator Rashmi 250 566 5219 or email RNarayan@cbal.org Yin/Hatha combo at the Valemount Community Hall. 6:30 – 8:00 PM. Dropin $10. For more info call Brigitta McDonald 566-9196 Seniors Chair Yoga at the Golden Years Lodge (lounge) 10:00 – 11:00 AM. All seniors welcome & cost if free!

For more info call Brigitta McDonald 566-9196 Yoga in McBride with Donalda Beeson, Thursday 5:15-6:15pm and 6:307:30pm, 411 Main Street.

Monthly Meeting of the Dunster Fine Arts School Society will be held on the last Thursday of each month, 7:00pm @ the school. All welcome!

Fibre Arts Group, 10am in the McBride Library annex.(previously met at Odds & Ends) Bring your knitting, crochet or needlework project and come hang out!

The OAPO Stitch and Knit will be meeting @ the Beaverview Lodge, McBride

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Seniors Bingo @ the Beaverview Lodge, McBride 6:30pm.

Valemount Ladies walking group meet at 1pm @ the Anglican/United Church parking lot.

Cribbage and other games: Everyone Welcome; @ the Valemount Golden Years Lodge lower level 1:00-4:00pm.

Badminton at Valemount high school 7-9pm. Bring running shoes, racket and birds provided. Ph: 566-4656.

Unity in Community, Thurs at 7:30pm, McBride Health Centre. 250-569-2586 Drop-in basketball for yrs 12 and up at McBride High School, Thurs 7-8pm.

Free. Christine 250-569-0090

Friday

RVSS Adult Literacy Craft Club. A new quick, easy and fun craft each week.

Come on in 1:00 - 3:00 in the afternoon. 942 3rd Ave., McBride. 18+ McBride Parent-Child Group. Meeting Fridays 10:00am @ 521 Main St. Open to all caregivers and their kids. Drop by for play time and to meet with other families! Please bring water bottle for your child. Info: 569-2411 Game Zone. Fridays at 7pm, McBride Library. Board games, WiiU & more!

Ages 13+ Legion Branch #266, Valemount. 5:307:00 pm - Dinner, menu varies.

Free One-on-One Computer Tutoring Fridays 11:00am and 1:00pm @ the Valemount Public Library. Phone: 250566-4367 AA meetings every Friday 8:00pm @ the Valemount Catholic Church. Free.

All welcome. Phone: 250-566-1139

Saturday 8:00am Prayer community 9:30am Bible study/Sabbath school 11:00am Worship service @ Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 1075 Lamming Pit Road, McBride. Phone: 250-569-3370.

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In September 2015, Crown Council Geoff McDonald said they were not yet able to disclose the great volume of evidence from several overlapping investigations including Major Crime, the IIO, and local RCMP’s original investigation of break and enter, mischief and illegal possession of firearms. He said the disclosure

contained RCMP “trade craft” which would have to be redacted before the evidence could be turned over.

Buehler did not attend court in person, but her council plead not-guilty to the charges on her behalf, and elected trial by judge and jury as well as requesting a preliminary inquiry. A preliminary

inquiry is for the court to decide if there is enough evidence to convict the accused.

Crown counsel presents their evidence to a Provincial Court judge, and the defence gets an opportunity to cross-examine witnesses. If the judge decides there is enough evidence, they will order a trial in BC Supreme Court, which sits in Prince

George.

McDonald says the defence is asking for five days for the preliminary inquiry, which will be held in Valemount, so it may take some time to set up the inquiry.

Valemount Court is usually only in session about half a dozen days a year.

Answers on A13!

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13 Christmas 14 Heavy, durable furniture wood 15 Hair holder 16 Unaffectedness 17 Drug type 19 Use the soap 21 Vintage 23 Wives in the family

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56 Of the flock 57 Tour de France downfall substances 58 Friend in the ‘hood 59 Twelfth of a foot 60 O___ Wilson 61 Puppy bark 62 Harden DOWN 1 Picks one 2 Alternative word 3 Loyal, in Scotland 4 Request (2 words) 5 People, e.g.

6 My goodness!

7 Loud Australian bird 8 Gaudy scarf 9 Hi-___ graphics 10 Pub offering 13 1940s-60s world leader 18 Completely 20 Actor Mineo 22 Small amount 24 Midterm, for one 25 Computer list 26 “Man __ Fire” 27 Skin covering 28 Decorative pitcher 29 Starchy tuber

33 Accidental movement 35 Messaging format 37 Keeps in check 38 Plus 40 That was a lie!

41 Type style 43 Churchill Downs event 46 Heavenly glow 48 Latino rock group 49 Select 50 Tooth trouble 51 Bow making wood 52 Curious George 53 Scored a victory 55 Scrub

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ROYAL 1 TYPEWRITER

Founded in 1904, The Royal Typewriter Company was formed in Brooklyn, New York by Edward Hess and Lewis Myers. Within a year the company was struggling financially and the founders sought out a financial backer. Upon demonstrating their prototype, they sold financial control of the company for a whopping $220,000 to Thomas Fortune Ryan. In today’s dollars, that equates to roughly $5.5 million – all for a company with just a prototype.

Within a year of gaining their new financier, The Royal Typewriter Company marketed and rolled out their first typewriter in March 1906 – the Royal Number 1. The design featured several unique elements including a lighter and faster typebar action, and a new paper feed, but it was the “flatbed” design of it that made this typewriter truly distinct. The flatbed design allowed words to be visible while typing on the same row. This was drastically different from older designs which would not allow words to be seen without moving the paper.

Royal gained popularity with the people, while antagonizing its competition when they started selling their machines at $65 each – a whole $35 less than their competition. This doesn’t seem like much until you convert it todays currency, the difference alone was roughly $600.

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Unlike those other companies though, Royal had the financial backing of Thomas Ryan, Solomon Guggenheim, Philip Dodge and John Crimmins – who were considered to be some of the richest, most powerful men in the world.

Needless to say, the Trust lost their war.

Number 1’s started being phased out with the introduction of the Number 5 in 1911 and the “upright” number 10 in 1914. This particular Number 1, donated by Robert Frear, can be dated back to 1911-12 using its serial number.

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