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ZERO CASUALTIES Vacationers from California have trip cut short by accident on Highway 97C. Male driver facing charges.

The driver involved in the Highway 97C collision which occurred this past Monday (Dec. 28) a few kilometres east of Merritt is facing several Motor Vehicle Act charges, according to police.

At about noon that Monday, Merritt RCMP, Central Interior Traffic Services and BC Ambulance Services were dispatched to a collision near Hamilton Hill.

A full size black SUV, driven by a 47-year-old man, left the road into the right side ditch. The man was travelling with his family and another family, all of whom were on vacation

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A man has been charged with arson and trespassing after two pickup trucks parked in driveways along Hamilton Avenue were set ablaze last Monday morning (Dec. 28).

The adult male suspect was arrested at a residence without incident, RCMP Const.

Jerry Davey told the Herald.

At about 5 a.m. that morning, Merritt Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) and RCMP responded to a call of a truck fully engulfed in flames.

While firefighters responded to that fire a second vehicle about a block away at another residence on the same street was found to be on fire.

Davey said the homeowner, who also

suspect took from fire one to fire two to the residence,” he said.

“We didn’t want anybody else stepping on or going near that, to ensure that we could maintain both the integrity of the foot tracks for our identification team as well as the police dog.”

The heavy snowfall Merritt received the day before helped police find their suspect.

“As silly as this may sound, we simply followed the fresh footprints in the snow from both locations to a resi-

owns the vehicle, saw the suspect and scared him off.

The owner managed to extinguish this fire by shoveling snow onto the flames, he said.

“Both vehicles were completely destroyed,” Davey said.

Merritt RCMP closed down the area of Hamilton Avenue and Chapman Street – which surrounds Merritt Secondary School – at about 7 a.m. as a police dog searched for a track.

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The streets were reopened at about 11 a.m.

Davey said there’s no question that the fires were set deliberately, but at the time said police are not sure how they were set.

“There was something criminal here this morning,” Davey said.

The suspect has since been charged with two counts of arson and three counts of trespassing. He was released on recognizance and his next court date is Jan.19.

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REMEMBER WHEN? From the Herald archives: November, 1983

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One of the groups of birders scanning for birds at the edge of Nicola Lake. Corey Burger/Submitted David Dyck THE MERRITT HERALD

This past Sunday’s Nicola Naturalist Society’s 17th annual bird count garnered a record number of participants, at 35, as well as a record number of bird species spotted, at 73.

“It seems that calm, sunny weather brings out the birders and the birds,” said Merritt count compiler Dr. Alan Burger in an email.

He said that there were eight groups of birders who attended,

including some from Kamloops, Victoria and the Lower Mainland.

There were two species, the Wood Duck and the White-throated Sparrow, which hadn’t previously been seen in Merritt. Other unusual species that were spotted were the Tundra Swan, Western Grebe, Golden Eagle, Gray Jay, Pacific Wren and Pine Grosbeak.

“With 17 years of count data for Merritt, we can see some interesting trends in bird populations,” said Burger. “Some species,

like Mourning Doves, seem to be declining, while others, like Steller’s Jays and Spotted Towhees, are increasing. But most species show relatively stable or fluctuating numbers.”

There were a total of 3,044 birds tallied, which Burger said was about average for the Merritt count.

The data that the group collected will contribute to the world’s largest running wildlife database, with some counts running continuously for 116 years.

PLANNING AHEAD

Council, First Nations Chiefs want detox centre Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

Merritt city council and the chiefs of the area First Nations bands are working together to try and establish a trauma and detox treatment centre in the Nicola Valley.

At a Committee of the Whole meeting held back on Dec.15, members of Merritt’s city council and four of the five chiefs discussed the idea, agreeing to put together some numbers and other information to show the provincial and federal governments that this type of facility is needed here and to gain their support.

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A fire on Boxing Day destroyed a home in Lower Nicola and displaced two residents.

The Lower Nicola Fire Department responded to Woodward Road at about 7 p.m. that night to a house that was almost entirely engulfed in flames, Deputy Fire Chief Tony Allen told the Herald.

Allen said the house burned down when a resident attempted to use gasoline to light a fire in a wood stove.

“When you’re talking liquid fuel, a little bit can get away from you pretty easily,” Allen said.

He said there were no injuries and the two residents along with two pets in the house escaped the flames before the fire department arrived.

The makeup of the house made for a ferocious fire, he told the Herald.

“It had a lot of heavy timbers and wood shaving insulation, so it burned quite fiercely,” Allen said.

No other structures were damaged by the fire.

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week of January and we’re going to put something together in terms of a needs assessment,” Lower Nicola Band Chief Aaron Sam told reporters after the meeting.

He said once that’s in place, he hopes the chiefs and city council can meet with local MLA Jackie Tegart and/or MP Dan Albas in February to discuss the possibility of establishing this facility.

“I’m really excited about this. I don’t even have a vision of what it’s going to take to get something like this into reality, but I’m willing to make a commitment to bring it into reality,” said Upper Nicola Band Chief Harvey McLeod to his fellow chiefs and city council.

At the meeting, Sam pointed out that when it comes to drug and alco-

hol issues there isn’t anything currently accessible in the Nicola Valley, forcing those who need help to look outside of town.

“What I would like to see in this valley is for us to have these kind of treatment options be even more accessible so people don’t have to travel to Kamloops or the Okanagan,” he said.

Coun. Mike Goetz said that when he first arrived in Merritt in the 70s, the town had a detox centre, and today it’s “one of the most important things we need.”

Chief of the Shackan Band, Percy Joe, said that he’s seen some of his community members dealing with drug and alcohol issues sent to treatment centres only to see them relapse.

“The issue I’m starting to see is when they come out they enter right back in to the same environment that they left,” Joe said.

The chiefs and city council also agreed to meet on a quarterly basis and work collaboratively on other issues that affect them.

“When we sit down with our [provincial or federal] representatives, if we’re sitting together united, and have a unified voice, we feel we’re going to be able to accomplish many different things,” Sam said.

In addition, the meeting was a first for these current chiefs and Merritt’s year-old city council.

“We haven’t had a meeting like this before, so it was really an introductory meeting with the mayor and council,” Sam said.

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City council is planning to send Alderman Harry Kroeker along with Chamber of Commerce representative Sherwin Kelly, to the next meeting of the Yellowhead Highway Association, in an order to redirect the group’s emphasis to the completion of the Coquihalla Highway. At the January 11 meeting of Council, Alderman Bill Reid expressed his displeasure at the tone of the reply received from Highways Minister Alex Fraser concerning Merritt Council’s suggestion that the possibility of creating funds for the Coquihalla by making it a toll road be investigated.

Fraser reminded Council that charging tolls on B.C. highways was not part of provincial government policy, “and therefore any study to look into the feasibility of collecting tolls would be a waste of time and money.”

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Dec. 15, 2015 Regular Council Meeting recap GENERAL MATTERS Delegations and Recognitions Shawn Sanders, MTS Maintenance Training Systems Inc. pinning ceremony for Kevin Vilac awarding Kevin his Professional Operators Certificate through the Environmental Operators Certification Program Ms. T. Hadwin, Chief Operating Officer, Gold Country Communities Society made a presentation to Council highlighting the Gold Country initiatives for the upcoming year. Ms. Hadwin also showed Council the Gold Country YouTube Video for their viewing pleasure.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS THAT the report from MMM Group titled Phase 1 Central Park Review be received for information; AND THAT the procedures associated with the Requests for Proposal process be reviewed to prevent this situation from happening in the future.

THAT Council direct Administration to prepare a Council Policy workshop to review the City’s revitalization tax exemption programs; AND THAT Council direct Administration not to accept further applications for such exemptions until that review is complete.

THAT Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer to execute a three-year Tourism and Visitor Information Services Agreement with the Nicola Valley Heritage Society as per the attached proposal.

BYLAWS City of Merritt Five Year Financial Plan (2015-2019) Bylaw Amendment Bylaw No. 2203, 2015 was adopted.

City of Merritt Fees and Charges Bylaw Amendment Bylaw No. 2204, 2015 was adopted.

NEW BUSINESS THAT the City rescind Resolution #298 dated May 12, 1980 that states: “THAT the letter from Mr. A. Moffat dated May 3rd, 1980 be received and filed and that Mr. Moffat be advised that a lease is not required as the

town will provide a bowling green in perpetuity for use by the community” Voting Opposed: Councillor Christopherson THAT the motion that the City separate the Lawn Bowling facility into the lawn bowling green and the building, and lease the bowling green to the Lawn Bowling Club and look for other uses for the building be deferred until Administration can address concerns raised by Council from a previous In-Camera Council meeting.

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SUMMARY OF CITY OF MERRITT SNOW REMOVAL POLICY This procedure outlines the responsibility of the City, residents, businesses and contractors as it pertains to snow removal in Merritt.

NOTE: For purpose of this procedure “Area 1” is designated by heavy black line and “Area 2” is all remaining streets..

Service Level based on Snow Accumulation: 0 – 5 cm: Area 1 only sanded AS PRIORITY 5 – 20 cm: City streets are graded and sanded in the following time frame: Area 1 – within eight (8) hours Area 2 – within thirty (30) hours Over 20 cm: Exceptional Snowfall – will call out such manpower and equipment as may be available and required to maintain city streets in as passable conditions as possible.

Priorities: No.1 Emergency access routes to essential services such as hospital, police, fire, ambulance, City services. Dangerous roadways including hills and intersections.

No.2 Schools; No.3 Downtown Business Core; No.4 Highway Commercial properties; No.5 Residential properties Disposal: Residents, businesses and contractors are not permitted to blow or plow snow from private property onto right-of-ways, streets, lanes or walkways.

Residents and businesses in areas with City sidewalks adjacent to roads shall be permitted to place snow from the walk on the road.

Sidewalk Clearing: Every owner or occupier of residential zoned property shall remove snow or ice from sidewalks or pathways abutting the said property within twenty-four (24) hours of accumulation except for weekends and holidays.

Every owner or occupier of real property shall immediately remove snow, ice or rubbish from the roof or other part of a structure adjacent to a highway or pathway or sidewalk where such snow or ice or rubbish presents a hazard to vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

Every owner or occupier of commercial or industrial zoned property shall remove snow or ice from sidewalk or pathways abutting the said property by ten (10) a.m. of any day and, as needed, following the accumulation of snow or ice.

Complete copies of this procedure can be obtained at City Hall during regular business hours.

As part of an overall goal to achieve a clean and safe city, removing unlicensed or derelict vehicles and trailers from public property and City streets is a public safety priority. Unlicensed vehicles on public property are illegal, can pose a hazard, and are a liability to all taxpayers. A derelict vehicle generally implies a state of damage, disrepair, disablement, and is uninsured.

The City’s Traffic Bylaw states that any derelict vehicle or any uninsured vehicle occupying a public roadway or public place will be towed and impounded.

Similarly, the Province has a Motor Vehicle Act which is enforced in the City by the RCMP and by the City’s Bylaw Enforcement Officer which authorizes “the removal, detention or impounding of vehicles unlawfully occupying a portion of a highway or public place, and a scale of fees, costs and expenses for that purpose”. The Motor Vehicle Act fine for such an uninsured vehicle is $598.

Not everybody likes surprises. So if you conduct a quick assessment of your vehicles, make sure they have valid plates and current insurance if they are on public property. And remember, derelict vehicles cannot be stored on private property in a residential neighbourhood. Otherwise don’t be ‘surprised’ if they get impounded as part of making our City safer and cleaner.

Please call (250) 378-8628 for more information.

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Ejected passengers not wearing seatbelts at the time From Page 1

PREVENT THEFTS FROM YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE Here a few helpful hints to help prevent motor vehilcle break-ins: 1 Don’t leave purses or valuables inside vehicles overnight.

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Police say speed relative to weather conditions combined with inexperience of the driver were contributing factors.

The driver is charged with driving without due care and attention, permitting passengers under 16 to be improperly seated without seatbelts, and carrying too many passengers for designated seating.

Winter road conditions vary throughout the province at this

time of year, all requiring drivers to lower their speed and increase their distances between vehicles while driving,” stated Lyons in the release.

“We remind drivers that posted speed limits are for optimal road and weather conditions and to please drive according to the weather and road conditions.

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The four ejected passengers were not wearing seatbelts, the investigation found.

“The impact was severe enough to eject two of the unbelted children out of the vehicle and across the four lane highway into the opposing snow covered ditch,” read a press release from RCMP Traffic Services Cpl. Tim Lyons.

Four road ambulances and one air ambulance attended the scene.

An 11-year-old girl who was ejected from the vehicle was initially airlifted to Kamloops, then flown to Vancouver in serious but stable condition.

The driver and his 14-yearold son were taken to Kamloops with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

“The other six occupants were transported to Merritt via road ambulance, with three of them being moved to Kelowna for care. All are currently recovering from their injuries,” read the release.

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HERALD OPINION EDITORIAL

Passages of 2015: Bill Bennett The death of former B.C. premier Bill Bennett on Dec. 4 prompted the traditional round TOM FLETCHER of polite B.C. tributes.

VIEWS He was the man from Kelowna who remade Vancouver, with SkyTrain, BC Place stadium and Expo 86 to put the city on the world map. He won three majority governments before handing over the steering wheel of a smoothly running Social Credit Party to Bill Vander Zalm.

Outside B.C., the wire service obituaries ran to a few paragraphs, defining Bennett first as the “architect of financial restraint in the province.”

It seems an ordinary notion today, but when Bennett unleashed his “restraint program” on the B.C. government in 1983, it was presented as a right-wing coup on a socialist utopia.

I was in journalism school in Vancouver when unions organized a general strike and mass street demonstrations under the banner of Operation Solidarity, appropriated from the struggle against Poland’s communist dictators. Their goal was to bring the recently re-elected government to its knees.

The newly tabloid Vancouver Province, itself largely controlled by some of B.C.’s most militant unions, was a screeching banshee of the biglabour left.

“Socred hitmen swoop on rights workers,” its front page declared after 400 layoff notices were issued to provincial staff. This propaganda was the public’s guide and my professional role model.

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Surveying the political landscape DAN ALBAS View from the HILL From a Canadian political perspective 2015 has been a big year as Canada now has a new 42nd Parliament with a change in government, a change in the Official Opposition and a change in the third party.

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Aside from these obvious changes come new Ministers, a new Speaker in both the House of Commons and the Senate along with roughly 200 newly elected MPs. From a provincial perspective a number of elections have also resulted in a change in government and opposition, most notably in Alberta where for the first time an NDP government is now in power.

Political change is a sign of a healthy and vibrant democracy as citizens have the freedom to vote for those they feel will do the best job in providing good governance.

I was reminded of the

significant changes in federal and provincial governments in late December as all provincial and territorial finance ministers gathered in Ottawa to meet with our new federal Finance Minister, the Hon. Bill Morneau.

Many of the finance ministers in attendance at this meeting were relatively new, a point that was picked up on in many media stories.

Unfortunately there was another point that in my view was overlooked by many: of the 14 finance ministers at this meeting (including the federal Finance Minister and territorial

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ministers) currently only two ministers are presiding over a balanced budget — British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

Ironically, neither of these provinces have recently had a change in government.

I raise this point largely because of the growing number of governments that are increasing debt and deficits while media attention often seems focused on other subjects.

As an example of my concern, Ontario is now the largest sub-debtor in the world with a debt of $294 billion. That is more than double that of California, which has a

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much larger population.

Our newly-elected Liberal government, which during the election promised to run “modest deficits” has already revised this promise to indicate it was only a goal — not an actual promise in the face of rising deficit spending.

My point is not to revisit the election or single out specific governments, but rather to remind citizens that this is our debt that continues to grow, and payments on the interest of that debt leaves less capacity for spending on other much needed government services.

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From Page 6 A bit of background: the B.C. economy was in the grip of an international recession, hitting resource industries and government revenues hard.

Bennett had ousted the Dave Barrett NDP government in 1975, but the legacy lived on. During its three-year reign, for example, education spending increased 13 per cent in the first year and 23 per cent in each of the next two.

The blitz of restraint legislation reasserted government’s authority to control the size and wages of provincial staff, reinstated the province’s ability to pay, eliminated various boards, and increased the provincial sales tax to seven per cent to pay the bills.

Another Bill Bennett legacy was dismantling the monopoly chokehold of big international unions on public heavy construction.

Growing up in northeastern B.C., I had seen the impressive pay for jobs on highway construction, about twice what I earned labouring for a non-union contractor doing city work.

A couple of friends discovered the inside track to securing labouring jobs on a provinciallyfunded highway project. After joining the union, those in the know could visit a business agent and hand over $500 cash. Within days, the lucky winner would be “name requested” to join the crew, vaulting over those who thought paying dues and working their way up the seniority list would be enough.

This struggle over public construction continues today, with BC Hydro’s decision to make the Site C dam an open shop. The main contract was awarded to a consortium working with the Christian Labour Association of Canada, an alternative union known by more colourful names among old-line building trades.

After graduating from journalism school, I landed my first full-time job as a reporter for the Kelowna Capital News, shortly before Bennett announced his retirement from the premier’s office to finish his term as a backbench MLA. Bennett and I would sometimes arrive for work together, parking our rusty 1976 Chevrolets on Bernard Avenue, where he kept an office above the family furniture store.

I found out later that Bennett’s modest old sedan was the government-issue car he had used during his entire 10 years as premier.

The party bought it for him as a humourous retirement gift, and he continued to drive it to work. No frills. That was Bill Bennett.

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Are you optimistic about the resource economy in the Nicola Valley coming into 2016?

About 40 people showed up for the 2016 polar bear swim, but only nine brave souls rang in the new year by taking a dip in chilly Nicola Lake.

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Decide your fiscal priorities From Page 6 It is often pointed out that while we have three levels of government in Canada, there is only one taxpayer.

Democracy allows us to vote in governments at all levels.

One question we should all ponder as we head into 2016 is: what fiscal priorities are most important to you.

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The Penticton Vees’ Tyson Jost scored the game winner with three minutes remaining in the third period as Team Canada West edged Russia 2-1 in the gold-medal game of the 2015 World Junior A Challenge, played on December 19 in Cobourg, Ont. A total of nine players from the British Columbia Hockey League were on the 22-man roster for Team Canada West at this year’s WJAC. It is the fourth title for Canada West in the 10-year history of the WJAC, which showcases many of the top junioraged players in the world.

This year’s event, hosted by Cobourg and nearby Whitby, was comprised of teams representing Canada West and Canada East, Russia, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and the three-time-defending-

champion United States.

Canada West and Russia played through 42 minutes of scoreless hockey before Bobby McMann (Bonnyville Pontiacs, AJHL) finally jumped on an errant drop pass and managed to beat Russian goalie Mikhail Berdin, who had his shutout streak snapped at a tournament-record 134 minutes and 54 seconds.

Jost increased Canada West’s lead to two, jamming home a rebound off a point shot by Vees’ teammate Dante Fabbro with exactly three minutes remaining in regulation play.

With just 36 seconds left in the third period, Russia spoiled Canada West’s shutout bid as

Kiril Slepets managed to beat netminder Matthew Murray (Spruce Grove Saints, AJHL) from in close.

Jost’s goal was his third of the tournament. He finished at the top of the scoring race with nine points, was named tournament MVP and was selected to the tournament allstar team.

The Canadians outshot the Russians 34-28.

The two teams went 0-for-7 in combined power-play opportunities.

Team Canada West made it to the goldmedal final at the 2015 WJAC by going undefeated in preliminary round play. They defeated the Czech Republic 7-3 to open the tournament on Dec. 13, then

JUNIOR A CHAMPIONS Team Canada West, with nine BCHL players on the roster, celebrates its gold-medal finish at the 2015 World Junior A Challenge in Cobourg, Ont.. Photo courtesy of Matthew Murnaghan/Hockey Canada Images

upset the Americans 3-2 in their second outing.

In one of two semifinals, Canada West topped their eastern Canada counterparts 8-5 to earn a ticket to the championship game.

In the tournament’s other semi-final, Russia bested the United States 7-4.

Canada West’s total medal count at the World Junior A Challenge now sits at four gold, three silver and one bronze in their 10 appearances.

Their last gold-medal win was in 2011 in Langley. Former Merritt Centennial Reese Willcox was a member

of that victorious team.

Eighteen-year-old Merritt Centennial forward Colin Grannary was amongst the 60 players from the five western Junior A leagues chosen to participate in this year’s Canada West selection camp, however, he did not make the final cut.

In addition to Willcox in 2011, other Merritt Centennials players who have competed in the World Junior A Challenge are Casey Pierro-Zabotel (2006, 2007), and Jeff Wight and Dane Birks in 2013. Pierro-Zabotel is a two-time gold-medal winner.

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Skating in the New Year Merritt Centennials fans at the New Year’s Eve game against the Coquitlam Express were treated to another delightful figure skating performance at the intermission by Merritt’s own Shalynne Macaulay. The Cents defeated the Express 5-4. Ian Webster/Herald

International ice hockey competition will be coming to selected B.C. Junior A arenas this month as Red Bull Salzburg’s U20 team from Austria will be touring the province from Jan. 15 to 28.

The Red Bull Salzburg squad is expected to play four to five exhibition games against BCHL clubs during their two-week stay. The exact dates and teams are still being finalized.

The last time an international team played games against BCHL opponents was in 2009-10 when the Malmo Redhawks from Sweden visited Powell River, Alberni Valley and Nanaimo.

The Red Bull Salzburg team is coached by former Boston College stand-

out and Carolina Hurricanes draft pick J.D. Forrest. The club director is former NHL head coach Pierre Pagé, and the skills director is former NCAA star and Montreal Canadien Brian Savage.

“We very much look forward to hosting Red Bull Salzburg,” BCHL commissioner John Grisdale said in a press release. “This is a firstrate organization, and I know the club they’re sending will provide a true test for our teams and great entertainment for our fans.”

In other BCHL news, it has been announced that Penticton and the South Okanagan Events Centre have been awarded the hosting rights to the 2017 Crescent Point Western Canada Cup. It will run from April 28 to May 7.

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together the champions from each of the four western Junior A leagues to see who will qualify for the Royal Bank Cup national championships.

The inaugural Western Canada Cup was held in 2013 in Nanaimo, followed by Dauphin, Man. (2014) and Fort McMurray, Alta. (2015). The 2016

WCC is scheduled for Estevan, Sask.

The Penticton Vees are the current defending Western Canada Cup champions.

“The Vees have become a brand name in Junior A hockey in our country, and have an ideal venue to host the WCC,” commissioner Grisdale said.

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Georgina Georgina Fay Fay Elizabeth Elizabeth Rea, Rea, of of Brandon Brandon Manitoba Manitoba passed passed away away on on Tuesday Tuesday November November 10th.

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Georgina Georgina was was born born on on May May 1, 1, 1936 1936 to to Lucy Lucy and and Frederick Brown in Vancouver. Georgie graduated from St. Ann’s Academy in 1954 and graduated from St Paul’s Hospital Vancouver School of Nursing in 1957. In 1960 she completed an Operating Room post graduate course at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. Georgie worked for the Sisters of St. Anne’s for two and a half years in Smithers, BC. In 1960 worked as an operating room nurse in Yellowknife, NWT. There Georgie met Ed Rea and and were were married married on on August August 7, 7, 1961.

1961. Georgie Georgie and and Rea Ed raised raised three three children children daughter daughter Kelly Kelly and and sons sons Dennis Dennis Ed and Geoffrey.

Geoffrey. and Georgie and and Ed Ed moved moved their their family family from from Yellowknife Yellowknife Georgie to Thompson, Thompson, Flin Flin Flon, Flon, Yorkton, Yorkton, Thompson Thompson and and Brandon Brandon to because Ed Ed worked worked for for the the Hudson’s Hudson’s Bay Bay Company.

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In 1983 they bought the MacLeods Store in Merritt.

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In 1990 they sold the store and from 1990-1993 were In 1990 they sold the store and from 1990-1993 were snowbirds. Married for thirty two years, sadly in 1994, Ed snowbirds.

Married for thirty two years, sadly in 1994, Ed passed away. Georgie loved to travel. At 60 years of passed Georgie lovedtoto travel.

At 60and years of age sheaway. travelled to Mexico learn Spanish then age she travelled to Mexico toacross learn Spanish and then following this she back packed South America for following she backpacked South America for over four this months.

After fallingacross love with Peru, Georgie over months. position After falling with Peru, Georgie foundfour a volunteer withlove the Mary Bloom Family found a volunteer with for thetwo Mary Bloom Family Planning Centre inposition Puno, Peru years.

Georgie Planning Centre Puno, Peru until for two Georgie made many trips in back to Puno her years. health could no made trips Puno until her health could no longer many handle theback highto altitude. longer handle theMerritt high altitude.

Georgie called home for over 28 years. Georgie Georgie called Merritt home for over 28 years. Georgie moved to Victoria Landing in Brandon, Manitoba in July moved Landing 2012 to to beVictoria closer to family. in Brandon, Manitoba in July Georgie predeceased 2012 to be was closer to family. by her son Geoffrey in 2001.

She is survived her daughter (Pete) Elphinstone, Georgie was by predeceased

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Mb, isgrandchildren and Kelly Jesse(Pete) (Lauren), her son She survived by herSarra, daughter Elphinstone, Dennis Rea of Grand Prairie, Alberta.

Georgie her will also Mb, grandchildren Sarra, and Jesse (Lauren), son be missed her good neighbour Harrington, Dennis Reaby of Grand Prairie, Alberta.Donna Georgie will also andmissed lifelongbyfriends Giselle Elam, Bubbles Bodnard and be her good neighbour Donna Harrington, Lysa lifelong Collins. friends Giselle Elam, Bubbles Bodnard and and Donna Harrington, and lifelong friends Giselle Elam, Lysa Collins.

Bubbles and Collins. by Father Ken on FuneralBodnard mass will beLysa celebrated FuneralJanuary mass will beatcelebrated

by Father on Tuesday 12th 11am at Sacred HeartKen Parish Tuesday January 12th at 11am at Sacred Heart Parish Church Merritt, BC. After interment lunch will be held Church Merritt, BC. After interment lunch will be held in the parish hall. Flowers are gratefully declined, if you in the parish hall. Flowers are gratefully declined, if you so desire donations may be made in her memory to so desire donations may be made in her memory to Sacred Sacred Heart Heart Parish Parish Church, Church, 2326 2326 Jackson Jackson Avenue, Avenue, PO PO Box Box 732 732 Merrit, Merrit, BC BC V1K V1K 1B8.

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