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The search for missing Merritt man Dean ean Morrison has never ended for his mother. Elizabeth Faber hasn’t seen her son in almost three years, but has continued to make efforts forts to search for him. She’s recently posted missing ing person signs in Merritt, and conducted multiple searches earches of his last known whereabouts. This springg she even had a billboard placed in the Kamloops ops area. Morrison has been missing since the morning of Oct. 22, 2013 after being fired from hiss contracted painting job at the Stump Lake Ranch, anch, located south of Kamloops. To date there has been no sign of Morrison, rison, but his mother — who currently resides in n the Lower Mainland — is now receiving help from private investigation firm. Dennis Gagnon, president Vancouver-based based BCSI Investigations has begun preliminaryy work on the case such as phone interviews, and believes the chances of Morrison being alive are 50/50. 0/50. “Based on the interviews we’ve conducted ted so far, he may have walked away, and ran away way from his problems, or he’s deceased somewhere in the Merritt region or somewhere else,” he said. d. Gagnon plans to conduct a new groundd search of the Stump Lake Ranch, pending permission ission from ranch management, in July. Gagnon expects Kamloops Search and Rescue to join the search, as his firm is more accustomed ustomed to urban investigations. “We wanted to bring in some people who have expertise of the outdoors,” he said. After hearing of Faber’s story, Gagnon — who is a former police officer — said he decided too offer BCSI’s services to her free of charge up to $30,000. 00. “I saw a mother who is hurting badly,” Gagnon said. “I’ve been looking all along. I’ve never stopped looking,” Faber said. “I want to know what happened ed to my son.” She said it’s wonderful to be receiving the help of a professional PI. “It takes some stress off me because I just ust feel so alone looking for my son,” she said. d. According to Faber, Morrison called a tow truck at about 9:30 a.m. that fateful October morn-
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The B.C. government has announced a new “rural education enhancement fund� designed to allow local school districts to keep rural schools open that were expected to be closed. Districts will have to apply for provincial funds with an estimate of savings they would realize from closing a school. The fund is specifically offered to districts where school closures are pending, including Quesnel school district, where Kersley and Parkland elementary schools were set to close. Premier Christy Clark announced the fund at a chamber of commerce meeting in Quesnel. Education Minister Mike Bernier said the expected cost of the program is $2.7 million this year, and will be ongoing in future years. It is available to districts outside the Lower Mainland, Greater Victoria and Kelowna areas. In Merritt, School District 58 is not closing any schools or cutting any staff, but it passed yet a second straight deficit budget this spring. Board chair Gordon Comeau said that unless the ministry increases its funding to SD58, the school district will be facing very difficult decisions about closing schools and/or reducing teaching staff and support staff. “We have enough funds in our reserves to continue running deficits for another two or three years, but at some point the well is going to run dry,� he said. Secretary treasurer Kevin Black told the Herald that if SD58 was ever in the situation of having to close a school that they’d be able to have the same opportunity as the districts that are receiving this funding now.
REMEMBER WHEN? From the Herald archives: June, 2008
WALKING FOR A CURE
STRIKE A POSE The streets of Merritt were alive with honks, hollers, and cheers as the graduating class of 2016 marched from Merritt Secondary School to the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena for commencement on June 24. More than 100 graduates attended the ceremony, and more than $60,000 worth of scholarships were handed out to Merritt’s grads. On Saturday, the class took over Rotary Park for more pictures ahead of the prom — for more photos visit the merrittherald.com, and look for a special pull out section in Thursday’s Herald. Cole Wagner/Herald
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The City of Merritt has acquired the domain tourismmerritt.com from Tourism Nicola Valley in an effort to take advantage of a credible name. “For one that website already existed, and it’s advertised on billboards as you enter town,� said Chief administrative officer Shawn Boven. This type of domain name is conventional for city operated tourism sites to have, said Boven, noting tourismkamloops.com as an example. “Tourism is an important part The City of Merritt obtained the domain name tourismmerritt.com from Tourism Nicola Valley without of economic development for a spending a single dime, though an overhaul of the site is in the works. Photo courtesy of the City of Merritt. city and we recognize that,� he and economic development committee meeting held last said. week. Boven said he has the economic development manager Economic development manager Will George said he devoting about 40 per cent of his time to tourism initiatives. plans to make many changes to the website, and anticipates “We wanted to take [the website] and make it better,� he it will take until next summer to get the website up-to-date. said. The current website is dated as much of it’s content conBoven told the Herald no money changed hands in taking tains information from 2013, 2014 and 2015. possession of the new website and the city is looking at new Having this city-run website will create a one-stop shop templates for the site. for tourism information, Boven told the Herald. “That is a prime website name,� Boven said at a tourism
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PUBLIC NOTICE – 2015 ANNUAL REPORT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 99(3) of the Community Charter that Council will consider the 2015 Annual Report at its June 28, 2016 Regular Council Meeting to be held at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, BC. The Annual Meeting will be held July 12, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, BC.
The Annual report will be available for public review at City Hall and on the City’s website at www. merritt.ca on June 24, 2016. The Annual Report includes; Departmental Reports, Audited Financial Statements and Permissive Tax Exemptions. Council will consider submissions or questions from the public in relation to the Annual Report at their Regular Council Meeting on June 28, 2016 and the Annual Meeting on July 12, 2016.
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Horgan commits to $15 minimum wage NDP leader John Horgan is promising to “give British Columbians a raise” by raising the province’s minimum wage to $15 by the end of his first term as premier in 2021. Horgan made the announcement at a party conference in Kamloops Sunday. “Minimum wage is no longer NDP leader John Horgan dines with supporters at a party conference in Kamloops on the weekend. something earned Photo courtesy of the B.C. NDP 2017. Assuming another 10-cent cost of living just by teenagers in their first jobs,” Horgan said. “Students, parents, increase, the wage would be $11.25, which Clark seniors, new Canadians in every part of the econo- said would give B.C. the third highest rate in Canada. my are paid minimum wage.” The B.C. Liberal formula discounts the miniIn May, Premier Christy Clark announced a mum wage by $1.25 for restaurant and pub servers, 40-cent top-up to her government’s minimum to reflect the income they receive from tips. wage formula, bringing it to $10.85 effective Sept. The B.C. Federation of Labour immediately 15. The B.C. Liberal government’s cost-of-living issued a statement Sunday congratulating Horgan formula called for a 10-cent increase this fall. for backing their long-running campaign to move Clark said her government will add another 30 the minimum wage to $15 an hour. cents to the next scheduled increase in September
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When we look at God’s plan all over the God smile. world, He had to do things to provide for His The vegetables that are so nice and tasty, family. He created rivers, Áat lands, farm and the Áowers that we grow in our gardens. lands, pasture lands, and recreation lands for Just think of all the vegetables and their His people. nutritional value. God planned for all that. The spoke and He had a world. What These grow in almost every kind of climate next? Probably the Àrst thing in the plan was and area. the tree. All kinds of trees. The cedar shingles Now, the Áowers have many different for roofs of buildings, power and phone poles. kids and types. Every one has its own size Because of it’s durability the Àr tree for it’s and shade. Flowering trees, shade and small strength and other trees for buildings. ones, and also the fruit trees in bloom. While we are talking trees, let’s look at the When God had all this planned He let fruit tree. Just look at all the different fruits that the earth bring forth and there it was. What grow on trees. Why so may different kinds? a beautiful sight. A garden of healthful food God is a God of love and He wants His and one to gladden the heart. Surely God is family to have a choice as to what they a lover of the beautiful. want. We don’t all like the same things so God then brought up the land and sea He provides for all. The next was the fruit on creatures. Think of all the birds, their chirping, bushes: grapes, blueberries. and song. All kinds of birds, the colourful thing. These berries grew up in the north country How beautiful they are getting from branch in northern Saskatchewan. The low bush to branch with their pretty colours. Then we berries grew. Some with the saskatoons. God have the good and other large birds. Things provides for people in all climates of Earth. are looking good. Then He also planned for those close to What a God to be so interested in my and the ground, the strawberry. Now God had your happiness! See you next week. one more plan and I believe that made
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The stats on Parliament The House of Commons was scheduled to sit for three days last week before DAN ALBAS adjournView from the ing for the HILL summer recess, however, the vote to adjourn took place last Friday (June 24). This allows all MPs to return to their ridings and spend the summer working locally and being in touch with their constituents. As this was the first full spring session of the 42nd Parliament I thought I would take the opportunity to provide some statistics as they pertain to the work Parliament has done in the last six months. By the numbers, the government has now introduced 23 bills. Of those 23, four have gone through the house and the Senate and are awaiting royal assent while seven more are currently in the Senate, meaning there are still 12 government bills remaining in the house when debate resumes on Sept. 19. As for private members bills, there are already 99 what we call PMBs, that have received at least first reading in the House. Of these 99, only one bill, Bill C-210 “An Act to amend the National Anthem Act” (for gender) has passed through the house onto the Senate while just four bills have reached second reading. Meanwhile in the Senate there are currently just two Senate sponsored bills and a further 25 Senate private member bills. In total there are currently almost 150 different legislative bills proposed to date between the Senate and the House of Commons. I often like to mention the volume of Bills being brought forward because I believe it is an important factor when discussing any proposed
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GWYNNE DYER The international STAGE “The EU is dying. I hope we’ve knocked the first brick out of the wall,” exulted Nigel Farage, leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party. He proposed that June 23, when the British narrowly voted (51.8 per cent of the votes) to leave the European Union, should be a new national holiday called Independence Day. But author J.K. Rowling, who wanted Scotland to remain in the
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toric blunder will also trigger the disintegration of the EU itself, but there are plenty of right-wing nationalists in other EU countries who hope there will be a domino effect. Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s Front National, called the UK referendum “a key moment in European history” and said “I hope the French also have a similar exercise.” And “Frexit”is just the start. Geert Wilders, whose anti-Muslim, anti-immigration Freedom Party is predicted to win 46 of the 150 seats in the Dutch parliament in next year’s election, promised that if he were elected, the Netherlands will hold its own “Nexit” referendum. Italy’s anti-immigrant Northern League and the populist 5-Star Movement
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a return to the old Europe of beggar-my-neighbour trade policies and savage wars. The EU’s leaders will have to take a very tough line in the negotiations about the European Union’s post-Brexit relations with the rump of the UK. A horrible example will be required to show the nationalists and populists in other members that leaving is hard and painful. And to preserve the EU they will have to abolish or drastically restructure the Euro currency (but that had become necessary anyway). The odds are, however, that the EU will survive. Its biggest problem will not be the loss of Britain, its second-biggest economy, but rather the fact that
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Parliamentarians coming home From Page 6 reduction of the amount of sitting time in Ottawa. Few take note that less time in Ottawa will result in fewer bills being scrutinized and debated. It should also be pointed out that opposition day debate and motions, as well as parliamentary committee review and other events such as question period also consume our time in Ottawa in addition to time spent debating various bills. It is for these reasons that I continue to remain opposed to a shortened work week or any reduction to the amount of sitting time in the House of Commons. Later this month the house will reconvene back in Ottawa to hear a speech from our special guest,
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Brexit will make for messy break up From Page 6 post-Brexit Germany will dominate the Union even more than it does already. As for the English, they have made their bed and they will have to lie in it. The pound sterling has already lost much value and will probably lose much more. The last of the three major global ratings agencies, Standard and Poor’s, will downgrade the UK’s AAA credit rating. Foreign investment will dry up, in recognition of the fact that the country will probably lose duty-free access to the EU’s “single market.” Further down the road more pain will follow, as jobs disappear abroad, the English economy goes into recession, and the City of London starts to lose its status as a global financial centre rivalled only by New York. That will make domestic politics nasty enough, but the anti-immigrant fervour and outright racism that disfigured the “Leave” campaign are unlikely to dwindle in the ugly aftermath. Scotland will vote to secede from the UK, but it will face major legal and Can you believe it, our owners will have to treat us!
political barriers in its campaign to remain a member of the EU in its own right. Spain in particular will give it a hard time, as Madrid does not want it to provide a precedent for Catalonia seceding from Spain and painlessly reemerging as an independent EU member. Northern Ireland will face an even harder time, as the Republic of Ireland will continue to be a EU member and so it will have to re-establish border controls. One alternative, of course, would be for Northern Ireland (which voted strongly in favour of EU membership) to unite with the Republic — but Northern Irish Protestants would still fiercely resist such a proposal, and in that context a revival of armed conflict in the province is not unthinkable. The triumph of Brexit is a most regrettable outcome for everybody involved and possibly even for the world economy. But perhaps it isn’t really all that shocking: Charles De Gaulle vetoed British entry to the Common Market, the EU’s ancestor, for five years on the grounds that it didn’t really have a “European vocation.” Turns out he was right. Gwynne Dyer is an international journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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A bizarre, suspected theft has left children attending daycare at the Merritt Youth and Family Resource Society stuck inside for the time being. Two gates to the to the fenced off yard of the daycare disappeared sometime between June 18 and June 20. The daycare was open that Saturday afternoon, but closed all day Sunday. “It’s the strangest thing. Of all things to take,� said the society’s executive director Lenora Fletcher. The loss means two of Two gates were stolen from the Merritt Youth and Family Resource Society daycare. Photo contributed. the daycare’s programs that would typically veillance cameras. engage in outdoor activities in the Fletcher said she cannot afford to yard cannot do that due to safety purchase two new gates, which would concerns. cost about $600. “We can’t until we get something The daycare’s funds are limited to cover up the holes,� Fletcher said. as there is no operating funds to help She said having no gates poses too replace the gates. She said they were great a risk that a child may run out custom made to provide wide openon to the street or into the Railyard ings for firefighters to accessing the Mall parking lot even with staff building and for the children to get in supervising a group. with ease. “I’m not willing to take the The two gates look new and are chance,� Fletcher said. shiny with no paint giving them a silShe said police looking to see if ver look, she said. there is any video camera surveillance Fletcher is asking for public assisfootage from neighbouring businesses tance in retrieving the gates and that might provide assistance in this asks that anyone with any informainvestigation. tion regarding their whereabouts The daycare is located on Coutlee call 250-378-4878 or the RCMP at Avenue and Fletcher said not many 250-378-4262. People can also call businesses along that route have surCrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
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If Q101 program director and morning radio host Corey Fischer had his way, Merritt would become the Croquet Capital of Canada. Just kidding. Fischer would, however, love to share his passion for the littleknown game with the citizenry of our community and just maybe muster up a loyal following. To that end, Fischer is organizing an inaugural Corey’s Croquet Challenge, to take place on Canada Day at Rotary Park, immediately following Q101’s annual Games in the Park. “I’m hoping for as many as 24 participants of any age for the opening round,” said Fischer, who already has a sponsor for this year’s event in Mill Creek Cabinets. “We’ll set up four to six courses and have at ‘er.” The benefits of croquet are numerous, said Fischer. “It’s a very simple, social game that can be played by anyone, and by any number of players. It gets you outside, doesn’t require a great deal of stamina, is
easy to understand and learn,and easy to set up and take down. “As with any game, there are nuances and certain strategies that you can eventually deploy, but when you’re starting out, you’re just basically hitting a ball with a stick.” Fischer said that he’d like to parlay the Canada Day event into a local club that will get together on a regular basis during the summer months. “Up till now, there’s been a handful of us playing on Tuesday and Thursday nights at the lawn bowling club in town — at the same time as the lawn bowlers. They’ve been very welcoming. I’ve never played on such a nice surface.” Fischer’s enthusiasm for the game of croquet dates back to the beginning of the century and his student days at the
University of British Columbia. “One of my friends there suggested that we start a croquet club on campus. I guess there had been one in the 1940s, but nothing since. So, he went to the Alma Mater Society, got approval and the UBC Croquet Club was born. “We would play four points-based tournaments over the course of the school year, and whoever had the most points at the end of the season would win the trophy (named the Wile Cup after the club’s first president, Daryl Wile). “The UBC club lasted for three years after I graduated. When I heard it wasn’t going to continue, I contacted the final president and asked if I could have the trophy because I wanted to keep the tradition alive. That was in 2010, and every year since, a bunch of us have got
together for a reunion of sorts to compete for the Wile Cup.” Ironically, the first reunion tournament, in the summer of 2010, was held out at Monck Park on Nicola Lake, long before Fischer had moved to Merritt and signed on with Q101 radio. “It was just a random decision,” he said, “because the park was centrally located. Some of us were living in Vancouver, in Kelowna and in Kamloops. This year, the tournament is on August 27 in West Kelowna. Each year’s winner gets to decide where the next Wile Cup will take place.” Fischer would love to see a similar croquet tradition evolve in Merritt, and it become a part of the fabric of the Nicola Valley. And it can begin by people signing up for his Canada Day event. “They can go online to Q101.ca and register, or call the radio station (250-378-4288) and leave their name,” said Fischer. “They can even just show up on the day. There might be some spots still open.” One thing Fischer guarantees: it’ll be a lot of fun.
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(1) Full-time Aboriginal Child & Youth Mental Health Clinician Scw’exmx Child and Family Services Society (SCFSS) is seeking a highly motivated and dynamic individual to join our team as an Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health (ACYMH) Clinician. As an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team, the Clinician will provide culturally appropriate services and information which enhance the relationships and wellness of children and families who are experiencing signiÀcant challenges, in the Merritt area. The position is under the direct supervision of the Executive Director. Evening and weekend work as required. RESPONSIBILITIES: • Connects and collaborates with appropriate referral sources • Conduct intakes • Conduct mental health assessments and develop assessment reports • Conduct provisional DSM diagnosis • Develop and execute treatment plans • Maintain appropriate Clinical and administrative records KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: • Awareness of First Nations culture and issues affecting First Nations families and communities • Develop and maintain working knowledge and relationships with natural partners and supports in the communities • Demonstrated expertise and knowledge in Clinical Mental Health assessment, diagnosis and treatment • Ability to conduct suicide assessments and assist with crisis interventions • Comfortable with conducting both Psycho-educational and treatment focused group sessions to various ages • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: • Master’s Degree in Social Work, Educational Counselling, Clinical Psychology, Child and Youth Care, or comparable degree with strong clinical skills • Education in DSM diagnosis and related treatments for common Mental Health challenges • Registered with a professional association • Related experience with responsibility for providing mental health services to children and families • Experience working with Aboriginal communities • A valid BC class 5 driver’s license and criminal record check are mandatory
Start Date: ASAP As Needed Pay: Rate will be negotiated based on experience Please submit your applications. Those who are short listed will be invited for an interview. For full job description contact SCFSS.
Apply by submitting your cover letter and resume by E-mail Attn: Yvonne Hare, Executive Director ExecutiveDirector@scwexmx.com Scw’exmx Child & Family Services Society thanks all those who apply, however, only qualiÀed candidates will be contacted for an interview.
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