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GRISLY DISCOVERY

Conservation officer service is investigating after a local mom and her son found five dead birds of prey on their property.

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A vigil will be hosted on Tuesday at the Crossroads Community Church to pay respect to the victims of the attack in Quebec.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS WILDLIFE WATCH

Investigation follows bird deaths Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service is investigating the suspicious deaths of five birds of prey, whose bodies were found over the course of a few days on a property in Merritt.

The bodies of five birds — one great horned owl and four red-tailed hawks — were discovered on Ollie Harasym’s property on Quilchena Avenue near the Coldwater River by her son Treven between Jan. 20 and Jan. 22.

Carcasses of four red-tailed hawks were found near a Quilchena Avenue property between After examining the birds’ Jan. 20 and Jan. 22. Jupiter images carcasses, Harasym made the decihawks most often hit windows).

She added that her home’s sion to call in Joe Garay, a conserThis has been a hard winter for proximity to the river means that vation officer who works out of raptors are a common sight in the predators because the snow cover the Merritt field office. has been deep and exceptionally skies above her property, as birds “I couldn’t find any bleedoften find their food near the river, prolonged, making it difficult for ing on them,” said Harasym. hawks and owls to get to the mice, or wooded areas on her property. “[Garay] couldn’t find anything voles and pocket gophers they Dr. Alan Burger, a professional either because he phoned us back normally prey on,” he wrote. ornithologist and president of the and said ‘No they weren’t shot.’”

He noted that “the fact that all Nicola Naturalist Society, proWith the cause of the birds’ these birds were concentrated in posed a couple explanations for deaths still unknown, Garay colthe birds’ deaths in an email to the one yard does make the mortality lected the carcasses for further unusual,” and could be an indicaHerald. examination. tion that poison was being used “In most cases birds like larger Harasym, who has lived in nearby. raptors and owls have starved to Merritt since 1990, said she’s Burger added that the death (smaller birds and small never seen anything like it.

Naturalist Society has received two other reports of dead owls found around town.

The bodies of the birds found on Harasym’s property are currently in cold storage, awaiting examination from the provincial veterinarian, Garay told Herald via email.

“It’s just really sad. There’s nothing in my yard — I don’t put poisons out,” said Harasym.

“There are other birds here and we haven’t found any of them dead.”

Each year, the Naturalist Society conducts a Christmas Bird Count in December. The group’s most recent count on Dec. 18 revealed a record high number of red-tailed hawks in Merritt (the group counted 52).

“All the other large raptors (16 rough-legged hawks, 74 bald eagles and three golden eagles) also had high counts. So we do have an exceptionally high number of big hawks and eagles in our area this winter for some reason — possibly because the harsh winter is driving them out from higher elevation areas where they might normally spend the winter,” explained Burger.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Vigil planned for victims of shooting Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

In the wake of the fatal shootings at a Quebec City mosque on Sunday night, a Merritt woman has teamed up with the Crossroads Community Church to show their support for the victims.

People of all faiths are welcome to attend the vigil that is being held on Tuesday (Feb. 7) at 2 p.m. at the church.

Merrittonian Wendy Boraas said she decided to spearhead the initiatives after seeing the news coverage of other vigils held in response to the tragic incident.

“I thought ‘Gee, I wish I was back in the Vancouver area, so I could go to something like that,’ and then I began to think [that] just because this isn’t a big town doesn’t mean that [a vigil] can’t be here too,”Boraas told the

Herald.

Just before 8 p.m. on Sunday (Jan. 29), a gunman stormed a mosque in Quebec City and opened fire on men who were attending prayer, killing six and wounding 19 others.

The suspect, Alexandre Bissonette, has been charged with six-counts of first degree murder and five counts of attempted murder. He returns to court on Feb. 21.

On Tuesday, Merrittonians are welcome to attend the church for what Crossroads Community Church will host the vigil. Cole Wagner/Herald Boraas said will be an informal gathering. one can attend.

There is also a separate event being The mosque is at 2805 Highway 5A South. held in Knutsford this week in response to the The victims of the mass shooting at the shooting. At the end of the noon service at the Quebec City mosque were fathers, businessAyesha Mosque a session will be held to offer men, a university professor and others who had prayers for the victims and their families. It’s gathered for evening prayers. expected to begin at about 1:30 p.m. and any-

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to meet with Mayor Menard on Febraury 8th from 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., in the Mayor’s Office at City Hall (second floor), 2185 Voght Street.

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This workshop is intended for all photographers using digital SLR camera and point & shoot cameras. Each participant is expected to bring a digital camera with a fully charged battery, manual and memory card(s).

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NOTICE The City of Merritt would like to remind residential property owners and occupiers that they are responsible for the removal of snow and ice from sidewalks or pathways abutting their property within twenty-four (24) hours of accumulation (except on weekends and holidays). Business and Industrial owners are required to have snow and ice removed from sidewalks or pathways abutting the property by ten (10) a.m., and as needed, following the accumulation of snow or ice.

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Council meetings can be streamed live online at: http://www.merritt.ca/live-streaming-council-meetings or seen on Shaw Cable (Channel 10) on Thursdays and Sundays at 11 a.m.

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BUDGET All members of the public are welcome to attend.

Merritt City Council started the 2017 Budget deliberations at 6:00 p.m. on January 16. During the meeting they dicussed the budget overview and there was a presentation from BC Assessment.

Final tax rates will be set by Council in May. The City of Merritt’s annual budget aims for a balance between setting a reasonable tax rate and delivering services anticipated by residents and businesses.

FUTURE BUDGET DATES: Feb 7 meeting is at 6 pm and the subject will be Budget Discussion Feb 21 meeting is at 6 pm and the subject will be the Budget / Open House / Public Input Feb 25 (Saturday) meeting is at 8 a.m. and the subject will be Budget Discussion Mar 7 meeting is at 6 pm and the subject will be Budget Discussion / Final Input For further information regarding the budget, the process and to provide your personal input please contact Sheila Thiessen, Director of Finance & IT at 250378-4224 or by email sthiessen@merritt.ca.

2017 DOG LICENCES ARE NOW OVERDUE Renewal notices were mailed at the end of November and the amnesty period for incurring fines expires January 31st. Having a dog licence means your furry friend can be home safe and happy much sooner than without. The cost is only 16 dollars for neutered or spayed dogs, and 32 dollars if they are intact. A reminder that there is a two (2) dog maximum and ALL dogs over 6 months of age require a licence. Your dog isn’t just a dog; they’re a part of the family and the City of Merritt wants to help get them back in your care as soon as possible.

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Fraudulent spending spree leads to arrest Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

A 35-year-old woman faces a litany of charges, including identity fraud, after attempting to make $500 worth of purchases at two Merritt stores using stolen credit cards.

Merritt RCMP apprehended the woman last Wednesday morning (Jan. 25) after an astute store owner became suspicious of her while she was making a purchase.

RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore said police received a call from the owner of the Coldwater Store on Coldwater Avenue just before 10 a.m.

She said the owner became suspicious of the woman based on the way she punched in the PIN and how she was acting during the transaction.

“The transactions did go through, but he still reported it, and then eventually there were some issues with the credit card,” said Dunsmore.

She said police located the suspect vehicle and pulled it over near Gasoline Alley shortly after receiving the call from the store owner.

“There was a male and a female [in the vehicle]. The female was the suspect that we were looking for from Coldwater Store

and the vehicle was stolen out of Calgary about a month ago,” said Dunsmore.

Police arrested the 35-year-old, who is believed to be from Calgary, along with a 30-year-old man who is from the Kootenays.

The woman is also accused of making fraudulent purchases at Bob’s Mini-Mart that day.

Between the two stores about $500 worth of lottery tickets, gift cards and cigarettes were purchased fraudulently, Dunsmore told the Herald.

The woman is facing with a laundry list of charges including breach of recognizance, possession of stolen property over and under $5,000, obstructing a police officer by giving a fraudulent name, identity fraud and possession of a controlled substance under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. No charges were approved against the man found in the vehicle with the woman, said Dunsmore.

Back in October, the woman had been released from police custody in Calgary with an accompanying order to not be in a vehicle without the registered owner and not possess credit cards or debit cards, Dunsmore said.

The woman is expected to appear in court on Feb. 6 in Kamloops.

Window smashed at community policing office Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

The City of Merritt’s community policing office (CPO) in downtown Merritt was vandalized sometime over the weekend.

A baseball-sized rock was thrown through the window of the former Fireside Centre at Spirit Square, but lucky nothing else was damaged.

“I was in the office on Friday night and it was fine then, so it happened sometime between late Friday night and [Monday] morning,” said RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore.

“There aren’t really any rocks like that around [the office] on the ground, so I’m not sure where they would have picked it up from,” said Dunsmore.

She said this type of incident isn’t a common occurrence at the office.

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Responsibilty during crisis Days after a gunman killed six people in Quebec City who were in the midst of their Cole Wagner prayers at a COLE’S NOTES mosque in the SainteFoy neighbourhood, the blame game continues to be played.

The fact that only one man has been charged in connection to the murders — a 27-year-old who will go unnamed in this column as not to propogate his status among already-deplorable online communities — seems to matter little for those engaged in the world of high-stakes divisive politics.

Less than 24 hours after the shootings happened, White House press secretary Sean Spicer invoked the shootings to defend his president’s ludicrous overreach of an executive order, which banned travel to the U.S. for people from seven-muslim majority countries.

Said-27-year-old who carried out the attacks was born in Canada. Not to mention that he was a well-known Trump supporter at his university, who was known to troll online Facebook groups welcoming refugees to Quebec City.

But if we’re going to play the blame game, some shame deserves to be cast on the media organizations that covered the story.

In the face of the mayhem, chaos and tragedy of a mass shooting or terrorist attack, responsible reporting can be a monumentally difficult task.

But irresponsible editorial practices allowed an innocent man’s name to be circulated worldwide as a possible suspect — creating the narrative in the hours after the shooting that the massacre was carried out by radical islamic terrorists.

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Christy Clark’s ‘jobs plan’ spins faster Premier Christy Clark’s “jobs plan” propaganda is gearing up for another election, complete with heavy-rotation TV ads assuring B.C. hockey and TOM FLETCHER football fans that “our opportunity is B.C. here.”

VIEWS The stated purpose of these feel-good ads is to highlight overdue investments in trades and technical education, and extol the virtues of the government’s housing policies.

The jobs plan has been Clark’s marketing vehicle since she assumed the leadership of the BC Liberal Party in 2011. It was inspired by former prime minister Stephen Harper’s “economic action plan,” faded billboards for which can still be seen around B.C. This marketing must work regardless of government ideology, because Alberta NDP Premier Rachel Notley now has an “Alberta jobs plan” that also involves her standing in front of smiling people wearing hardhats.

Unfortunately, in most areas of B.C. as well as Alberta, what’s lacking are actual jobs.

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Clark constantly repeats the figure of 191,000 net new jobs in B.C. in the past five years, and glosses over the fact that all of that job growth has occurred in southwest urban areas around Vancouver and Victoria.

The rest of the province has seen a net loss of jobs. Mills and mines have shut down or reduced production, and the gas fields of the northeast hit a low ebb with a series of delays to liquefied natural gas export proposals.

There is recovery in energy and commodity markets. I’m assured by Dawson Creek Mayor Dale Bumstead among others that drill rigs are returning to the Montney shale, a rich source of petroleum liquids that can be mixed with the Alberta heavy oil that will eventually start moving south and west in greater quantities.

The forest industry is in uncertain times, with declining timber supply and U.S. trade threats, and it’s looking for a break from the B.C. government in the pre-election budget that will be revealed in February. A legacy of B.C.’s resurrected provincial sales tax is that we’re the only place left in Canada where PST is charged on electricity bills.

And for all of Clark’s rhetoric about the lowest personal income taxes, the business tax environment is not attractive.

According to the government’s own

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Commission on Tax Competitiveness, sales tax still lands on most machinery and equipment, for which B.C. has the third lowest investment rate in the country.

Combining corporate income tax, sales tax and non-residential property tax, B.C. comes in well above the national average, with a “marginal effective tax rate” of 27.9 per cent compared to 18.9 per cent for the rest of Canada.

In the urban southwest, there is a building boom, an increase in service and technology jobs and steeply increasing cost of living driven by real estate prices. So we have areas with jobs but no place to live, and areas with cheap housing and no jobs.

The latest official version of Clark’s “jobs plan” was rolled out last week. The deadline for three LNG plants moves to construction underway by 2020, and mine opening and expansion goals are also kicked down the road.

The new headliner is “innovation,” with UBC president Santa Ono heading an effort to stimulate growth of new technology businesses through university research.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress. ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

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Mistakes Ban makes no sense Small acts of kindness shine through erode trust in media Editor,

Editor,

On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order blocking immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, and banning Syrian refugees from entering the country. One of the primary drivers of the decision was protecting America from attacks such as 9/11.

It was interesting to note that of the seven countries listed in the ban, none of them actually were engaged in 9/11. The overwhelming majority of foreign terrorists were from Saudi Arabia, which doesn't happen to be on the list. Perhaps because it's one of Trump's business partners?

President Trump is continuing to create divide amongst the citizens of America and as a result we find increasing civil distress. The violence is also starting to cross borders up north to Canada with the recent shootings at the Quebec Mosque.

We must work together to overcome the hate rhetoric perpetrated by President Trump and prove that love overpowers hate.

Tragedies get the front page because bad news sells papers. Small acts of kindness often go unreported, or are tucked away on the inside. The morning after the shootings at a mosque in Quebec City, a man set a bouquet of flowers beside the front door of the Vernon mosque and quietly left. Later, a couple arrived with another bouquet. The lady slipped inside, the door now being unlocked, and quickly reappeared. As she and her partner were heading for their car, an elder, who had arrived several minutes earlier, hurried out of the door to thank them. For more than ten minutes, the elder Muslim stood on the concrete steps in his bare feet, talking with that sympathetic couple.

Were these acts of kindness appreciated? Standing barefooted, indifferent to the freezing cold concrete, says it all. The thoughts behind these two floral gifts is certain to help the local Islamic congregation deal with the pain and anxiety created by that irrational, cruel and cowardly event in Quebec City.

Lloyd Atkins Vernon

Poverty not an effective business model Editor,

Jariullah Adnan Toronto, ON

Tragedy in Quebec Editor, It seems that the trend of Islamophobia that had been magnified since last year’s U.S. election, has reached its summit in the Quebec City shootings. The lives of six innocent human beings — forget being Muslim — were taken away on the grounds of their faith. No Muslim, Christian, Jew or atheist deserves any sort of persecution or marginalization. We are all human, and we each have a right to express ourselves in whatever form we please.

What’s important now is to recognize that this unfortunate tragedy was a result of an ignorant attitude, and we must protect ourselves against it. We must learn to accept religion, cultural and ethnic differences and work towards unity.

As an Ahmadi Muslim, who has personally felt the the effects of Islamophobia, I sympathize with the victims of these attacks, and offer my most sincere condolences and prayers for their families.

Khizar Karim Alliston, Ontario

I started a small B.C. high-tech firm and was an integral part of its 30 year success. We were a non-union operation that paid livable wages and benefits to our 20 to 25 employees. We looked after our team and they, in turn, looked after us. It was a successful business model.

A new business model has crept into Canada that demands people be paid poverty wages and treated as dispensable cost items. The owners of these companies claim they can’t survive unless their employees live in poverty at the current minimum wage of $10.85/ hr and usually less than 40 hours per week. Even raising the minimum wage to $15/hr falls short of the $18/hr stated minimum to stay above the poverty line in B.C. The stated minimum for Vancouver is even higher than the Okanagan.

I find it interesting that the employers pushing this poverty model are generally large multinationals and their

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franchisees in the food service and retail sectors. They have minimal ties to the community holding that as a threat to pull up stakes if they don’t get their minimum wage way.

Ultimately, this poverty model is not sustainable. Already food bank lineups are lengthening with working families.

B.C. continues to have one of the highest child poverty rates in Canada. How do children learn when their stomachs are empty? Numerous studies tell us that poorly educated children become a burden to society while well educated ones become an asset.

We do not have to perpetuate this situation. On May 9 there will be a provincial election. This is your opportunity to vote for the party that most strongly pushes for a $15/hr minimum wage. This is concrete action you can take to change regressive poverty models into sustainable, successful business models.

Steve Burke West Kelowna

Merritt Herald @MerrittHerald

From Page 6 The race to find out who was responsible for the attack prompted a number of news organizations, including the CBC and Fox News, to report that police in Quebec had apprehended two suspects — only one of whom turned out to be the shooter.

The other man had been assisting victims in the mosque, when police approached him.

Unable to identify them as police, he told reporters that he initially ran, fearing the officers were more attackers.

When it became clear that there had only been one shooter, some organizations scrambled to purge the innocent man’s name from their stories — some faster than others (Fox News moved remarkably slowly to correct its ‘Islamic Terror’ angle, earning a rebuke from the PMO this week.)

But corrections aren’t enough anymore — increasingly, it has become obvious that public trust in journalism is at an all-time low.

With an administration in the White House that is now openly hostile towards the newsmedia, organizations cannot afford to make critical errors in reporting, and further erode public trust.

Society needs good journalism now more than ever — and we need to know we can trust it as well.

From the Herald archives: Feb. 2, 1966

FAMILY PLAGUED BY CRANK CALLS There is a “goon” operating in Merritt.

He is cruel and sadistic because he gets his kicks from threatening a father and from frightening a mother and her children. He is also a coward because he does these things from behind the cloak of anonymous phone calls.

Last weekend, the Vancouver Sun published a story

by Pat Carnev, telling the plight of a number of Merritt families and businesses. Since then, one of the families has been plagued by these threatening calls.

They began on Saturday.

Answering one call, the father of this family was told he was going to “get his neck broken” for the statements he made about the strike and the Union.

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B.C. considers business tax cut Corrigan lands in Merritt Tom Fletcher BLACK PRESS

B.C. is the only place in North America that charges sales tax on business electricity bills, a cost the finance ministry is considering removing to help the struggling forest and mining industries.

The issue was identified in November when an expert panel on tax competitiveness reported back to Finance Minister Mike de Jong. It noted that the province takes in $160 million from provincial sales tax (PST) on electricity bills, part of a generally high-tax environment for business and investment in B.C. relative to Harmac pulp mill near Nanaimo: forest products companies are major users of electricity.

Tom Fletcher/Black Press the national average.

Last week, mayors of eight B.C. Business Council, the B.C. forestry industry and the jobs forest-dependent communities Chamber of Commerce, the it supports, but will also benefit wrote to de Jong and Premier Vancouver Board of Trade as the mining industry and other Christy Clark, asking for PST well as mining and forestry assoenergy-intensive job creators in relief for lumber, ciations. our province.” pulp and paper proIt would be a cabinet deciThe finance ducers in their comsion that would only be revealed ministry issued a munities. when de Jong tables the provinstatement acknowl“Communities cial budget Feb. 21. edging that de Jong in rural B.C. are “Taking PST off the puris “considering this not experiencing chase of electricity would help proposal along with the same economic pulp mills, would help the sawmany other spendgrowth enjoyed in mills, would help the mines,” ing priorities as we Lower Mainland Bennett said Wednesday. “It prepare the upcomcommunities,” wrote would help small business, and ing provincial balthe mayors of North B.C. is one of the only, if not anced budget and Cowichan, Quesnel, the only jurisdiction that charges longer-term fiscal Vernon, Port sales tax on purchase of electricplan.”

Bill Bennett Alberni, Mackenzie, Energy Minister ity.”

Energy Minister Powell River, Taylor The commission found that Bill Bennett said and Port Alice.

B.C.’s PST is an impediment the issue has come up over the “Eliminating the PST on to investment in machinery years, but the Commission on electricity for businesses is and equipment, which it found Tax Competitiveness report meaningful action you can take to be the third lowest of any has created a “unified focus” that would not only help the Canadian province. among groups including the

Aerial survey finds ore resource industries.

Robert Archdekin, CEO of GeoscienceBC, said the latest survey region is a good candidate for mineral exploration because of existing road, rail and The latest aerial survey of mineral potential has found indications of copper, silver and molybdenum hydroelectric networks that make it more feasible to establish a mine. The area has already hosted the deposits in west-central B.C. Huckleberry and Endako mines, with the proposed GeoscienceBC has released results of its third Blackwater mine in developsurvey since 2013, measurment just south of the latest ing magnetic field changes survey region. that indicate the presence Earlier surveys mapped a of magnetic minerals in the region east of Terrace and upper layer of the Earth’s further south, the Chilcotin crust.

Plateau west of Quesnel. The The latest project was three survey areas together flown last summer by cover 55,500 square kilothree aircraft with sensitive metres, and area the size of magnetometers, coverOne of three Cessna Super Caravan aircraft that coning a region including ducted the magnetometer survey last summer, flying out of Nova Scotia.

The magnetic survey has Smithers, Burns Lake, Smithers and Burns Lake airports. GeoscienceBC more uses than identifying Houston, Vanderhoof areas for mineral prospecting. It can locate freshand Fraser Lake. The B.C. government provided $5 water aquifers for water supply, or deeper saline million to GeoscienceBC, a non-profit agency that collects data for governments, local communities and aquifers and gas pools in shale formations.

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Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

A relationship brought Ashley Corrigan to Canada, but it was her love of firefighting that kept the American in the Great White North.

Corrigan was born and raised in La Verne Calif., located just outside of Los Angeles, and attended Colorado State University-Pueblo where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

WEP firefighter Ashley Corrigan. Michael Potestio/Herald She attended the post-secondary institution on a softball “It struck me,” said Corrigan, notscholarship, and met her Canadian ing that she became intrigued with boyfriend through the sport. the job and the lifestyle.

“He was from Canada, of all “It is hard, it’s competitive and it places,” she said. is strenuous — I mean I’m not the Fresh out of school, Corrigan biggest person,” she said. “It can be began working as a marketing direcdifficult, but the push makes me want tor and soon realized it was’t the to do it even more.” career for her.

In 2015, Corrigan attended a “I did not like sitting around in an fire academy program in Winnipeg, office all day,” she said. “It wasn’t the which had a two week training stint lifestyle I wanted to live.” in Texas.

“I’m a very active person, so sitAlthough her relationship didn’t ting around all day in front of a com- last, but she remained in Winnipeg puter tired me out,” Corrigan said. and attended paramedics school from After just a year on the job Sept. 2015 to this past August. between 2012 and 2013, she decided After completing that, Corrigan to move to Manitoba to be with her was accepted into the work experiboyfriend. ence firefighter program (WEP) in She applied for her residency, Merritt. which took a year to be processed, Corrigan said she likes Merritt and in the meantime she went to because it’s a small town.

Mexico to work at a resort.

“I grew up in a big city and It was during this time she got the I wasn’t a fan,” said Corrigan. idea to become a firefighter.

“California’s crowded — there’s a lot “When I worked in Mexico, I of people in California.” met a lot females and males who “I was born a city girl, but I’m not could not talk more highly about this a city girl.” career,” said Corrigan. “Out of every Corrigan became a permanent career I’ve had, out of every internresident in January of 2015, and said ship I’ve done, I’ve never heard anyshe intends to stay. one talk so highly [about the job].”

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With striking red and blue accents, the low-wing, two-seat, single-engine plane held down a signature parking spot at the airport on the grass for nearly a quarter century without being moved. Former pilots who arrived on Thursday morning expressed their disbelief that the aircraft had required relatively few repairs.

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it would fly again,” said Brian Cave, a former member of the Merritt Flying Club who owned the plane for about a decade. He recalled memories of taking the Piper on a trip to Manitoba, and on a harrowing journey to Healthy 100 Mile House in -40 C weather.

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From Page 9 was received by a crowd that included Robinson, his wife, a variety of Merritt Flying Club alumni and city councillors Kurt Christopherson and Mike Goetz.

As the group converged around the plane, swapping stories and examining the interior, it became clear that the aircraft was well-maintained thanks to efforts of the airport regulars over the years.

While nobody pulled the plane off of the grass until Robinson and McKeith set to repairing it, several members of the crowd admitted that they would pull the plane’s propeller through every time they would visit the airport. One pilot said he had taken to filling up the tires periodically — small amounts of upkeep, but just enough to ensure that the plane could survive two decades sitting in Merritt without accumulating rust.

“I’m an airport bum. I flew for years, owned several planes.

I like going out to airports and I spend a fair bit of time wandering around out there.

Despite the effort of some airport ‘elves,’ the Piper did have a couple issues that required elbow grease from Robinson and McKeith.

“As soon as Rae send me some pictures of it, I said ‘I can fix that sucker,’” said McKeith.

“We had to do a little hunting inside — we massacred a couple mice.”

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repairs needed, McKeith ran down a list.

“We had to put new wheels and brakes on it. Tires and tubes in the front. Pack all the bearings, lubricate everything — and generally do an annual inspection on it,” said McKeith.

A once-over?

“More like a three-times over,” laughed McKeith.

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(CRA) scams that typically pop up during tax Dunsmore also warned of phone season. calls where the person on the other line RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore will claim you owe the CRA money said the CPO office received an email and threatens to send police to arrest claiming to be from the CRA sayyou if you don’t pay up. ing that a reviewed of their tax forms “We don’t arrest people under the found they were owed a refund of $93, Canada Revenue Agency Act, so if which could be claimed by going online they’re telling you that you owe money and submitting personal information. and they’re going to send the police “We don’t submit any kind of out too arrest you that is not true,” said income tax form, so I knew it was a Dunsmore. scam,” said Dunsmore.

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The civil trial pitting the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club against the Douglas Lake Cattle Company over public access to lakes near Merritt entered its final week of court proceedings on Monday, but a verdict won’t be made until the judge sees the area himself.

Douglas Lake Cattle Company is suing the fish and game club for trespassing — and through a counter-claim the club is seeking an order, which would declare Stoney Lake Road leading to Minnie and Stoney lakes as a public road. Such an order would also declare the fish and fishery they access are public as well.

Due to snow covering the ground, the tour won’t likely occur until May, fish and game club lawyer Chris Harvey told the Herald.

“It was always planned that way. The judge said it would take him a while to get his judgment written anyway,” said Harvey.

Harvey said the judge will examine some of the areas around Minnie and Stoney lakes that have been referred to in court.

The trial itself is expected to wrap up this week with the Crown calling Al Martin, former assistant deputy minister of fish and wildlife in B.C. At the onset of the trial, Angela Davies, a lawyer acting for the province said the Crown didn’t anticipate calling any witnesses in this case, but according to Harvey “the judge told them they had a strong moral obligation to call this guy, so they did.”

The Crown is taking no position on whether or not Stoney Lake Road is public.

Closing arguments are being made this week.

The province was named as a defendant in this case along with the fish and game club.

Douglas Lake is seeking confirmation that there is no public access to the lakes.

While the company concedes that the lake beds within the original perimeter of the lakes are Crown-owned, it contends that portions of the shoreline now under water — due to damming efforts that expanded the lakes — remain private property and may not be crossed over without permission.

The ranch is also claiming ownership of the fish in the lakes, which it stocks with trout — a point both the province and the fishing club are disputing.

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PROVINCIAL NEWS LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Cabinet shuffled Tom Fletcher BLACK PRESS

NDP leader John Horgan has appointed rookie MLA Jodie Wickens to promote the party’s $10-aday child care plan, part of a realignment of his critic lineup for the upcoming legislature session and election campaign.

Wickens won Coquitlam-Burke Mountain in a by-election in February 2016, a seat formerly held by the BC Liberal Doug Horne, who quit to run as a Conservative in the November 2015 federal election.

Horgan also gave expanded critic roles to two Vancouver Island MLAs, in a shuffle of critic roles announced Friday.

Victoria-Swan Lake MLA Rob Fleming expands his education critic role to include universities and colleges, formerly held by retiring Burnaby MLA John Horgan Kathy Corrigan.

BC NDP Leader Saanich South MLA Lana Popham adds responsibility for small business to her agriculture and food critic roles.

North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice also has expanded responsibility, adding northern economic development to her northern and rural health critic area.

Coquitlam-Maillardville MLA Selina Robinson takes on mental health and addictions as the province grapples with homelessness and a rash of overdoses from potent new synthetic opioid drugs on the streets.

The B.C. legislature resumes sitting Feb. 14, where Premier Christy Clark will set out the government’s agenda for the year in a speech from the throne. MLAs will debate a budget set to be revealed Feb. 21, before the legislature adjourns for the start of the election campaign.

NDP SHADOW CABINET Agriculture & food; small business..................................Lana Popham BC Hydro; ICBC.................................Adrian Dix Jobs, labour & skills; Economic development................Shane Simpson Energy & mines..........................Doug Donaldson Environment; green economy; technology...................................George Heyman Finance............................................Carole James Forests, lands, natural resources; human rights.....................................Harry Bains Citizen services................................Doug Routley Housing; liquor; gaming; Translink; BC Housing; BCLC..............................David Eby Immigration....................................Mable Elmore Natural gas development; trade; Multiculturalism..............................Bruce Ralston Transportation...............................Claire Trevena Aboriginal relations.............................Scott Fraser Arts, tourism, culture...Spencer Chandra Herbert Children & family............................Melanie Mark Democratic reform..........................Gary Holman Education..........................................Rob Fleming Women, early childhood.................Jodie Wickens Health..................................................Judy Darcy Justice ...............Leornard Krog, Mike Farnworth Sport; seniors; addictions.............Selina Robinson Social development...................Michelle Mungall

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS COURT FILES

Sexual touching charges stayed Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

A Merritt man accused of sexually touching two girls under the age of 14 between 2010 and 2014 has agreed to stay away from them for a year after accepting a recognizance order.

Due to court-ordered publication bans, neither the man nor the two girls can be named.

The charges against the man were stayed in court, and the recognizance went into

effect Jan. 23 for a period of one year.

Under the recognizance, the man faces multiple conditions, which includes not communicating with the two directly or indirectly and staying 50 metres away from any place known to be their residence, school, or workplace except while on a highway in a moving vehicle in transit somewhere.

The man must also periodically report to a probation officer and attend counselling.

The Crown had no comment regarding the decision to issue a recognizance rather than proceed to trial.

Charges were stayed against a Merritt man accused of sexually touching two girls. Herald file photo

PUBLIC NOTICE FortisBC Energy Inc. 2016 Rate Design Application

The Commission is initiating a review of FortisBC Energy Inc.’s (FEI) 2016 Rate Design Application, which was filed on December 19, 2016. FEI seeks, among other things, approval of adjustments to the basic and delivery charges for various rate schedules for residential, commercial and industrial customers, the implementation of daily balancing for all transportation customers and adjustments to its general terms and conditions of service for all service areas. On February 2, 2017, FEI submitted a supplemental filing which included information regarding the rate design and approvals sought for the Fort Nelson service area.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE There are a number of ways to participate in a matter before the Commission: • Submit a letter of comment • Register as an interested party • Request intervener status For more information, or to find the forms for any of the options above, please visit our website or contact us at the information below. www.bcuc.com/RegisterIndex.aspx

All submissions received, including letters of comment, are placed on the public record, posted on the Commission’s website and provided to the Panel and all participants in the proceeding.

NEXT STEPS Intervener registration – Persons who are directly or sufficiently affected by the Commission’s decision or have relevant information or expertise and that wish to actively participate in the proceeding can request intervener status by submitting a completed Request to Intervene Form by February 23, 2017.

GET MORE INFORMATION All documents filed on the public record are available on the “Current Proceedings” page of the Commission’s website at www.bcuc.com.

If you would like to review the material in hard copy, or if you have any other inquiries, please contact Laurel Ross, Acting Commission Secretary, at the following contact information.

British Columbia Utilities Commission Sixth Floor, 900 Howe Street Vancouver, BC V6Z 2N3 Email: Commission.Secretary@bcuc.com Phone: 604-660-4700 Toll Free: 1-800-663-1385

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Life-saving AEDs brought to Nicola Lake Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

Enjoying the great outdoors offers people a chance to unplug and get away from the hustle and bustle of life in the city — but when emergency strikes, being so isolated can have its disadvantages.

Part of that risk has been mitigated for cottage owners on Nicola Lake, after Dr. Ken Tekano and Evelyn Paterson each purchased an automated external defibrillator (AED) for the community. Tekano plans to train residents how to use them in an emergency in the summer.

A third AED was recently added to the community’s stock after Paterson won a contest through Iridia Medical, a company which sells AEDs and other medical equipment.

Paterson then donated the AED to the Nicola Lake program, which now has an AED in each of the three clusters of cottages in the area.

AEDs are small portable machines that analyze the person’s heart rhythm, determine whether a shock is needed and uses voice or screen prompts to guide the rescuer through the process, according to information available on the Health Canada website.

“On a great day we are at least a half an hour from emergency assistance,” Tekano told Iridia Medical in December. “That would be your quickest possible response.

Which is not compatible with life if you have a sudden cardiac arrest. As we are all getting older, myself included, I do not want to be the one up there to have a jammer and wish that I had owned an AED or that we had AEDs available in the community.”

Ensuring quick access to an AED in the event of someone suffering from cardiac arrest can be the difference between life and death, explained Elizabeth Yih, marketing and communications manager with Iridia Medical.

“Ideally, as the Heart and Stroke Foundation suggests, you should be able to access an AED — go there, get the AED, and come back — within three minutes,” explained Yih. “The survival rate decreases 10 per cent for every minute that passes.”

There are 19 cottages and a boy scouts’ lot in the area, and an AED located in one cottage in each of the clusters.

Tekano explained that in the small, tight-knit cottage community, most people have access to their neighbour’s house — meaning in an emergency, the AEDs should be accessible no matter who is home.

Learning to use an AED in an emergency might seem like an intimidating task, but Yih said the technology has progressed to the point that anybody can learn to safely use the machine in an emergency.

“One of the concerns people have is ‘What about liability? Am I going to make it even worse for them?’

The thing is, the AEDs are programmed to recogKen Tekano and Evelyn Paterson with one of the three AEDs now placed in the nize two different heart rhythms and so if it is not the Dr. cottage community of Nicola Lake. Photo courtesy of Iridia Medical correct heart rhythm, the AED won’t even shock,” As many as 45,000 cardiac arrests occur in Canada explained Yih. “All these AEDs have voice prompts, so every year — the majority of which are either heart attacks they will tell you what to do.” or stroke, according to the Heart and Stroke Foundation Yih said a basic model AED can retail between $1,300 website. Feb. 1 marks the start of Heart Month, an awareand $1,400, while more rugged models designed to endure ness campaign from the Heart and Stroke Foundation. the elements are more expensive.

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JUNIOR HOCKEY

Cents looking to get back on track versus Vees,Warriors and Vipers

Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

Going into Wednesday night’s game against the Penticton Vees at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena, the Merritt Centennials were eager to return to their winning ways following a pair of disheartening defeats in front of fanfaithful last week.

The Cents’ hopes of running the table in a six-game homestand that began back on Jan. 21 with a 5-1 victory over the Salmon Arm Silverbacks were abruptly ended by losses to the visiting Trail Smoke Eaters (Jan. 25) and Prince George Spruce Kings (Jan.27) by 5-3 and 3-1 scores respectively.

Following Wednesday’s meeting with the Vees, the Centennials complete their run of games on home ice with contests against the West Kelowna Warriors on Friday and the Vernon Vipers next Tuesday.

As important as picking up some victories in their next three games, the Cents will be eager to get back to playing some

Last week was not a good one for the Merritt Centennials as they lost 5-3 to the Trail Smoke Eaters, and 3-1 versus the Prince George Spruce Kings. (Above) The Sprucies’ Ben Brar celebrates the first of his two goals on Friday night at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. Cents in the picture are (from left to right) netminder Colten Lancaster, defenceman Aaron Murray (5) and Tyrell Buckley (7). Ian Webster/Herald

sound 60-minute hockey —– something that was notably absent in their last two outings.

Merritt’s loss to Trail on Jan. 25 was one of the team’s poorest performances all season, while the defeat at the hands of Prince George

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was highlighted by a Cents’ inability to score goals despite 37 shots directed on the Spruce Kings’ net.

The Vees came into Wednesday’s game with plenty of problems of their own, as the Interior division leaders are just

3-6-1-0 in their last 10 games. Penticton lost to both Trail and Vernon this past weekend, and fell 3-2 to the Centennials in their last visit to the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena on Jan. 13.

The Centennials

are expected to field a full complement of healthy forwards in their games this week, with Tyler Ward and Michael Regush back and rested from the CJHL’s Prospects Game in Cornwall, Ont. (see below). The

two forwards are joined

by Zach Court on the Cents’ number one line, while Stephan Seeger, Cade Gleekel and Zach Risteau represent Merritt’s second scoring unit.

Playing primarily a shutdown role, but still

contributing plenty on the scoreboard is the veteran third line of 20-year-olds Nick Fidanza and captain Brett Jewell, along with centreman Henry Cleghorn. The trio combined for six of the Cents’ 12 points in their two losses last week.

Merritt’s fourth line is generally comprised of centre Chase Bell, winger Zach Zorn and one of two speedy rookies ­— either Rylan Van Unen or Nick Wicks.

The Centennials’ blueline brigade was missing Zach Bleuler in the matchup with the Spruce Kings. His health status was day-to-day going into Wednesday’s showdown with the Vees.

Who started Wednesday’s game in net for the Centennials is anyone’s guess. Jake Berger had been playing lights out up until the Trail game, while Colten Lancaster looked solid in relief against the Smokies, and in his start versus Prince George.

The puck drop on Friday and Tuesday is at 7 pm.

Regush and Ward help West beat East in CJHL Prospects Game Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

In other Cents’ news, Michael Regush and Tyler Ward’s Team West defeated Team East 4-3 at the 2017 CJHL Prospects Game on January 25, played in front of 1,700 fans at

the Ed Lumley Arena in Cornwall, Ont. Over 150 NHL, NCAA, CIS and CHL scouts were also in attendance at the event which showcases some of the best young Junior A players in the country.

Trail’s Kale Howarth

had two goals, including the game winner, for the victorious West squad.

Regush was credited with an assist on both of Howarth’s tallies.

The winning netminder was Vernon’s Ty Taylor.

Team West outshot Team East 46-22.

Michael Regush

Merritt vs West Kelowna Warriors Centennials Friday, February 3 - 7 pm

Tyler Ward

SHOW YOUR TEAM SPIRIT!

Hockey Relay for Kids

During 1st intermission we will be looking for some kids to join in a Hockey Relay, some come out and see the fun.

Merritt vs Vernon Vipers Centennials Tuesday, February 7 - 7 pm

VALENTINES SPECIAL

$20 COUPLES NIGHT with Valentines coming up on February 14th couple’s will get in on Feb. 7th for $20 per couple 2075 Mamette Ave., Merritt NICOLA VALLEY MEMORIAL ARENA

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SPORTS YOUTH SPORTS

Minor softball looking to snag some volunteers Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

After a very successful 2016 season that saw enrolment increase from 32 to 78 players, Merritt minor softball is once again on the ropes — not because of a lack of youngsters, but due to insufficient volunteers.

Minor softball president Sherry Rauch said that going into the 2017 season, her association is short on both executive members and coaches.

“We desperately need help. I want the positive momentum to continue,” Rauch said. “At the moment, the executive is barebones, and I only have one confirmed returning coach from last year.”

Rauch stated that the commitment required on the part of parents/adults is not a huge one.

“The minor softball season in Merritt runs from early April to the end of June. It’s just three months.”

Last season saw the MMSA

operate five teams, with nearly all practices and games on weekday evenings.

“Our youngest players, ages five through 10, took part in the Learn To Play program,” said Rauch.

“The focus is on teaching the fundamental skills and learning the basics of the game. Some of the older players in this group played some exhibition games with Princeton.”

Merritt also fielded teams in the 10 and 11 category and in the 12 to 14 division. Both these squads played in a league with teams from Kamloops and Barriere.

Games were held in Merritt and in Kamloops.

Registration for Merritt minor softball has begun, and can be done via Facebook or at the City of Merritt’s recreation office.

More importantly, Rauch needs to hear from parents who are willing to guide and teach the youngsters in the great game of softball. She can be reached at 250-378-1550.

MINOR HOCKEY Peewee Rep The Ramada peewee reps closed out their regular-season schedule with a 13-4 win over 100 Mile House.

Max Graham paced the Jr. Cents’ attack with eight goals and one assist. Other pointgetters were Lucas Schmid (2g, 1a), Jalen McRae (1g), Brayden McRae Chillihitzia (1g), Karson Peat (1g), Gracie Graham (3a), Robert Sterling (2a), Preston Laupitz (2a), Cortez Charters (1a) and Rylan Falcone (1a).

Nate Willey picked up the win in the Merritt net.

The Ramada peewees finished second in the league standings, and earned a bye in the first round of the playoffs. They will play the winner of the Kamloops/Summerland series in round two.

Midget Rep The Tracker Sportswear midget reps recorded a win, a tie and a loss in their most recent trio of games.

Back on January 21, the Merritt went down to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Columbia Valley in a game played at the Civic Arena in

Vernon. The lone scorer for the Tracker squad was Sunil Sahota.

On Saturday, the midget Jr. Cents battled to a 3-3 draw with Salmon Arm. Merritt marksmen were Sahota, Eric Lalonde and Anthony Tulliani.

Finally, on Sunday, Lalonde’s second goal of the game with 6:58 left in the third period proved to be the winner in a thrilling 8-7 Merritt victory over the visiting Kamloops Jr. Blazers.

Other Tracker scorers were Sahota, Justin Tighe, Keyton Laupitz, Marco Camastro, Liam Kelly and Connor Ouellet. Netminder Mack Stead recorded the win between the pipes.

Novice hockey tournament takes the spotlight

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Guest teams will be from West Kelowna, Lillooet, Princeton and Logan Lake.

Merritt’s Team White has games at 7:00 and 10:45 a.m., and at 3:45 p.m. Team Red’s games are at 8:15 a.m., noon and at 5:00 p.m.

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Former Merritt Centennial’s acting career on the rise Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

Dylan Playfair was a very popular player during the one season of Junior A hockey he played with the Merritt Centennials back in 2011-12. He was quick with a smile and a joke, and always good for a quote.

Despite his family lineage — both his dad and uncle played in the NHL —Playfair wasn’t the most talented performer on the ice. He recorded just two assists in 40 games in a Cents’ uniform to go along with 56 minutes in penalties. But he was a stand-up guy — great in the dressing room, and ready and willing to go to war for his teammates on the ice — in the corners and at the drop of a glove.

Inspired by fellow Canadian Taylor Kitsch (a former Langley Hornet player in the BCHL who went on to star in the hit TV series Friday Night Lights and the Disney feature film John Carter), the 19-yearold Playfair terminated his hockey career in the fall of 2012 and turned his attention to the silver screen. He attended acting schools in both Vancouver and Los Angeles.

Playfair’s on-screen debut took place in the full-length flick Grave Encounters 2. He got to play one of the doomed frat boys, Trevor, in the Canadian-American horror film directed

by John Poliquin and written by the Vicious Brothers.

“I got killed off on page 75,” Playfair told Calgary Herald reporter Scott Cruickshank recently. “I made it pretty far considering the ghosts were pretty pissed off.”

Not too long after, Playfair landed the role of one of Gordie Howe’s sons, Marty, in the biopic Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story.

The movie chronicles the legendary Detroit Red Wing’s return to pro hockey with the Houston Aeros at

(Left) Dylan Playfair and Andrew Herr play a pair of irreverent, hockey-playing dufuses in the Crave TV hit series Letterkenny. The show is set in southern Ontario. Photo courtesy of Calgary Herald (Below) Playfair was a valued teammate and a fan favorite during his one season (201112) in the BCHL with the Merritt Centennials. His dad and uncle played in the NHL, while his brothers, Austyn and Jackson, both spent time in the Western Hockey League.

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Twenty-four-year-old Dylan Playfair, a member of the Merritt Centennials in 2011-12, is making it big on screen in both movies and television. Photo courtesy of IMDb

the age of 45, to play alongside Marty and his younger son, Mark.

In 2014, Playfair took on the part of Malcolm Knoxford III (Knox) in the YTV children’s comedy series Some Assembly Required. “[Knox] is a happygo-lucky, energetic, crash-test-dummy kind of guy,” Playfair told Province entertainment reporter Glen Schaefer back in 2014. He was nominated for and won a Joey Award for his work on the show.

On Super Bowl Sunday of last year, Playfair returned to the screen in the premiere of Crave TV’s Letterkenny

— a raucous, raunchy sitcom about young people’s lives in smalltown Ontario. The fictitious setting is loosely based on Listowel, Ont., the hometown of Letterkenny’s creator and co-star Jared Keeso.

Playfair plays the part of (go figure) hockey-playing Reilly, one of the many irreverent, potty-mouthed characters on the show that has largely been filmed to date in Sudbury, Ont. On March 10, 2016, Letterkenny was renewed for a second season, and in August of the same year, CraveTV announced the goahead for a third season.

The Globe and Mail’s John Doyle called the series “refreshing and intoxicating, funny, mad, droll, childish and spiky. Not since Trailer Park Boys launched have we heard the flavourful, salty Canadian vernacular used with such aplomb and abandon. Almost all the conversations are raw comedy and utterly plausible as small-town guy talk.”

CraveTV has stated that Letterkenny’s debut in early 2016 was the biggest of any series on their platform since it launched in 2014, and that nearly one-third of all their subscribers have tuned into the series at some time.

Working almost nonstop since the end of his hockey-playing days four years ago, Playfair is not content to rest on his acting laurels thus far. When not on set, he likes to call Los

Angeles home. His goals are lofty, and his focus intense. He resorted to a hockey analogy to get his point across to the Calgary Herald’s Cruickshank about the audition process.

“There’s other guys there who look just like you, so you have to figure out, ‘OK, what am I going to do differently that casting directors are going to notice?’ [It’s] really similar to a tryout.

You get out on the ice … and it’s ‘I can hit a little bit harder, I can skate a little bit faster.’”

CraveTV is an online streaming service for subscribers only; however, clips and trailers from

the various episodes of Letterkenny can be viewed on YouTube. Warning: the language and content is salty. Parental

guidance is advised.

Also look for Playfair in 2017 in the films Descendants 2, Still/Born and It Stains the Sand Red.

THE SPORTS TICKER

What’s happening in and around the Nicola Valley

Feb. 3

Merritt Centennials vs West Kelowna Warriors, Nicola Valley Memorial Arena, 7 p.m.

Feb. 4

Nicola Stock Breeders’ Cattlemen’s Curling Funspiel & Dance, Merritt Curling Centre

Feb. 7

Merritt Centennials vs West Kelowna Warriors, Nicola Valley Memorial Arena, 7 p.m.

Feb. 10-11

Open Mixed Bonspiel, Merritt Curling Centre, teams still being accepted, contact Don Willson, (250) 378-6934

Feb. 17

SD57 Elementary Basketball Tournament, CMS

Feb. 10-12 Moccasin Hockey Tournament, Nicola Valley Memorial Arena

8-ENDER Monday senior’s action at the Merritt Curling Centre included a rare eight-ender (all eight rocks for one team in scoring position). The feat was accomplished by the foursome of (above, left to right) Meg Paulsen, Rick Olsen, Tom Preston and Hazel Mitchell. Olsen was sparing for regular skip Lois Ward. Olsen’s wife, Kathryn, was on the opposing team. Photo submitted

Feb. 10-12

Men’s & Ladies’ Mixed Bonspiel, Merritt Curling Club

Mar. 10

Nicola Valley Skating Club Carnival, Nicola Valley Memorial Arena, 6 - 8 p.m.

Mar. 10-12

Merritt Curling Club Year-End Club Championship

Apr. 7-9 Mixed Volleyfest, teams still being accepted, contact www.merrittvolleyballassociation.com Apr. 28-30 Ladies Volleyfest, teams still being accepted, contact www.merrittvolleyballassociation.com Want to get your event on the Sports Ticker? Send all relevant information to sports@merrittherald.com

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Time of remembrance for the shooting victims of Quebec.

Join the Crossroads Community Church on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 2:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend.

POTLUCK DINNER

The Nicola Valley Fish & Game Club will be hosting their annual potluck and trophy awards night on Saturday, March 4 starting at 5:30, dinner will be at 6:00 p.m. at the Seniors Centre. Be sure to have your trophie entries in by Feb. 15. There will be a raffle, silent auction and many categories to enter. For tickets go to Gun Fishin’ Spots Store or Ponderosa Sports or at the door. For more infromation call Paul at 250-378-4904 or Ed at 250-378-2547.

NEW TIMES

The Red Cross will be open Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays from 10 a.m. to noon. Please go to the hospital if you need medical equipment.

Please come and visit us at the Legion. We’ve extended our hours for the summer. Hours are now Tuesday to Friday 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm and Saturdays 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Come join us Saturdays for our meat draw.

Guests welcome.

MERRITT SENIOR CENTRE

Weekly schedule is as follows: Monday: senior exercises 10:30 a.m., cribbage and whist 1:30 p.m. Tuesday: bingo 1 p.m., doors open at 11:00 a.m. duplicate bridge 7 p.m. Wednesday: carpet bowling 1:30 p.m., court whist 7 p.m. Thursday: floor curling 1 p.m., floor curling (physically challenged) 10 a.m. second and fourth Thursday. Friday: rummoli and games 7 p.m. Saturday: floor curling 1:30 p.m. Last Friday of the month: pot luck supper 5:30 p.m.

ELKS BINGO

Every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Doors open at 11 a.m. Come in for lunch!

The Living with Loss drop-in support group will be meeting the first and third Wednesday of every month from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at 2025 Granite Avenue, Room 12.

250-280-4040.

THE MERRITT CHAPTER OF THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF CANADA

Invites all persons interested in restoring and enjoying vintage vehicles to join us at our monthly meeting held at the Anglican Church Hall, 1990 Chapman Street, at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month. Vintage car ownership is not required. Call Pete Ratzlaff at 250378-4199 for more information.

NICOLA VALLEY CRUISERS CAR CLUB

Are you interested in cars, cruising and joining in activities related to cars? Nicola Valley Cruisers car club would welcome you as a member. Meetings are monthly on the first Wednesday of the month at the Ramada at 7:00 p.m. For mor info call Russ or Charlotte at 250-378-2290 The Nicola Valley Explorers Society’s primary aims are to promote hiking cycling, snow shoeing, cross country skiing and other non-motorized trail use in the Nicola Valley. We also work to assist in the development and maintenance of recreational trails. Membership is open to anyone interested in non-motorized outdoor recreation in the Nicola Valley. For more information please contact Terry at 250-378-5190.

COMMUNITY CHOIR

The Merritt Community Choir is started its spring season on Monday, Jan.23 at 7:00 pm. Meeting at Colletteville school, please use the Birch Ave. entrance. Fun new music will be presented. New members are welcome to come out for an evening of enjoyment. For more information please contact Ellen at 250-378-9899 or Barb at 250-378-2678.

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SHRINERS

Shriners meet every fourth Wednesday of the month. For morei information call 250-378-2004

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2499 Coutlee Ave. (Corner of Coutlee and Orme) • 250-378-2464 Service Time/ Sunday School: Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Merritt Lutheran Fellowship

in St. Michael's Anglican Hall • 250-378-9899 Service Time: 3rd Sunday each month 1:00 p.m.

Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church 1950 Maxwell St. • 250-378-9502 Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Corner of Jackson & Blair • 250-378-2919 Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.

Seventh Day Adventist Church

2190 Granite Ave. • 250-378-2339 Bible Study: 9:30 • Service Time: Saturdays 11:00 a.m.

St. Michael’s Anglican Church 1990 Chapman St. • 250-378-3772 Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

Trinity United Church

Corner of Quilchena & Chapman • 250-378-5735 Service Time/ Sunday School (K - Gr. 4) - 10 am

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My Family: Stories that bring us together is an engaging way to capture and preserve your family story. We’ll help you record family information, including photos, names, dates, and precious family stories. Drop by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2451 Spring Bank Ave. any Thursday from either 2:00 to 4:00 pm or 6:30 to 8:30 pm. For more information contact Al Thompson at 250-212-9868.

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Tina (Kathrina) February 23, 1929 – January 22, 2017 Tina passed away peacefully at Menno Hospital in Abbotsford, BC. Tina was born in Guenfeld, Ukraine and immigrated to Vancouver where she met and married her husband, Leo, in 1951. They raised their two children, Trudy and Leonhard, in the Vancouver area. In 1973, they moved to Dawson Creek where they lived for 25 years before moving to Merritt. They lived in Merritt for 20 years and were integral in starting floor curling at the Senior Center and helped with Meals on Wheels. Tina was predeceased by husband, Leo, in June 2013 and son, Leonhard, in 2000. She is survived by her daughter, Trudy Wright (Stephen), grandsons Jesse Wright (Kim), Travis Wright, Justin Abram (Christine), Jody Abram (Laura) and seven grandchildren: Ashton, Lucas, Kayla, Aidan, Sarah, Amy and Brooklyn. A private graveside service will be held at the Maclure Mennonite Cemetery in Abbotsford. Tributes and condolences may be left at:

www.hendersonsabbotsfordfunerals.com Henderson’s Funeral Home 604-854-5534

Constance M. Tippe July 2, 1933 - Jan. 23, 2017

It is with great sadness, that on January 23, 2017, Connie passed away peacefully.

Connie was predeceased by her husband of 64 years, Raymond Tippe, son Randy Tippe and brother Len Johnson.

She will be lovingly remembered by her daughter Sandy (Tippe) Parkinson, son in law Mike Parkinson and grandchildren David Parkinson, Lisa Parkinson, Adam Tippe and Aaron Tippe, her brother Ray (May) Johnson. She will also be missed by many relatives and friends.

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Louis Therrien Eddy, Danielle Kathleen 1986 - 2017

Danielle Kathleen Eddy was born December 21, 1986 in Edmonton, Alberta to Sharon and Douglas Eddy. She was three weeks pre-mature, weighing in at less than 5lbs – this sweet angel was welcomed with joy by her big brother Sheldon (11yrs) and sister, Michelle (8yrs).

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Danielle leaves behind so many people that love her and will carry her light with them always. Her parents: Randy, Sharon and Doug, grandparents: Mervyn and Mary, siblings: Sheldon, Michelle, Christina and Douglas Ben, numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins from BC, Alberta, Sask. and Newfoundland. She also leaves behind a beautiful group of friends from every point and place in her life. Danielle was a beautiful, spirited woman who had an absolute lust for life and will forever be remembered as the little girl who hugged like there was no tomorrow and grew into a woman who lived and loved the exact same way. Rest easy, sweet girl – your work here is done.

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Mr. Louis Therrien passed away peacefully in Merritt, BC on January 24, 2017 at the age of 80.

Survived by his loving wife Maxine Therrien, daughter Yolande (Ed), son Victor (Linda), 4 granddaughters and 2 grandsons-in-law, brothers Henry Therrien and Syl Therrien, as well as nieces, nephews, and many other relatives and friends.

He is predeceased by his mother, father, and 10 brothers.

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Dealing with debt before (or during) retirement BABY BOOMERS

– one of the wealthiest generations in history1 1 www. mckinsey.com/ global-themes/ employment-andgrowth/talkin-boutmy-generation, and Doug Owram, Born at the Right Time (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997).– are heading into retirement. They’re ready to kick back Strategies to help reduce debt and keep and finally enjoy your financial goals on track the fruits of their labours. Yet despite the lure of an early and active retirement, for many, the picture isn’t as rosy as expected.

In fact, a record number of retired or soon-to-be-retired Canadians owe more than ever before.

According to Statistics Canada, 70 per cent of people aged 55 to 64 were carrying debt in 2012, an increase from 61 per cent in 1999. In the over-65 crowd, debt rates climbed to 42 from 27 per cent over the same period, with the average debt load increasing by 94 per cent.

How did this happen? One contributing factor is that we’re living longer; the average life expectancy of Canadians has grown by 24.6 years since 1921.

There are simply more years of retirement to fund. The economic environment has also changed over the last few decades, leading many baby boomers to offer their children or grandchildren financial assistance, such as helping out with down payments on a home or university tuition. On top of these changes, the 2008 financial crisis was tough on most investment portfolios.

Debt can be a source of stress during retirement, but there are ways to manage it. If you or someone you know is worried about debt, here are just a few strategies to consider.

CONSOLIDATING DEBT

Consolidation is often a feasible option, particularly if your debt is in the form of high-interest credit cards rather than a mortgage. Consolidating debt means using a lower-interest-rate option, such as a line of credit or personal loan, to pay off a higher-interest debt. A loan’s regular payment schedule means you could repay debt much faster than by making minimum payments on your credit card.

USING HOME EQUITY

A home equity line of credit could be a good way to help reduce the interest cost of your debt, assuming its interest rate is lower than the rate on your current loans. A home equity line of credit can also offer you access to money to manage unexpected expenses, helping you avoid having to sell long-term investments to meet a short-term need.

retirement by a few years, or “easing” into retirement by reducing hours or shifting to contract work.

HELPING PROTECT ASSETS FROM CREDITORS

While you are striving to pay off debts, you will want to ensure that your assets are protected. In the case of bankruptcy, as long as assets remain in a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) or Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF), they may be protected from creditors.1 1 The federal government provides protection to RRSPs and RRIFs in the event of bankruptcy with the exception of contributions made within 12 months of declaring bankruptcy which are not protected. Other protection may be available under provincial legislation.That protection applies to locked-in plans as well, such as Locked-in Retirement Accounts (LIRAs), Life Income Funds (LIFs) and Locked-in Retirement Income Funds (LRIFs). Consult a tax or legal advisor about your individual circumstances.

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HOME DOWNSIZING OR RELOCATING

Consider whether you need the size and space of your existing home in retirement. Can you afford to stay in an expensive urban centre?

A smaller, less expensive property or something in a less costly neighbourhood may suit your needs just as well. Why not take a look at listings in other neighbourhoods, or attend open houses for smaller properties near you? You might be surprised by what you find!

TAKING ON A TENANT

If your heart is set on staying in your current home, but you still have mortgage payments to make, you might want to consider the potential for rental income. Many urban areas have low rental vacancy rates, which could mean good rental income for you. But becoming a landlord is not as simple as just renting out a spare room or a basement apartment – you must adhere to zoning bylaws and consider tenant rights. It’s a good idea to consult with a legal advisor to help you understand all you need to know.

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