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CLIMATEUNITED CHANGE CHIEFS The Chief of the Lower Nicola

The five chiefs of the local IndianNations Band isbands bringing a wealth First signed a of experience to a provincial memorandum of understanding panel on protect climate the change. to better Nicola watershed. / Page 3

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FINES INCREASED In an effort to stem the risk of another disastrous wildfire season, the province introduced new fines for dangerous behaviour.

/PAGE 5 SHELTER OPENING The Nicola Valley Shelter Society is ready to open the doors to a newly-designated winter shelter on Nicola Avenue.

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A SPOOKY GOOD TIME There were games, prizes, cool costumes, a haunted house and — of course — a whole lot of candy at the well attended City of Merritt Spooktacular. The 2017 edition had the best attendance on record with 1,100 people taking part in the annual Halloween event held on Oct. 20. Michael Potestio/Herald A language nest program in Lower Nicola aims to keep indigenous language alive by creating a new generation of speakers. Story /Page 12 Cole Wagner/Herald

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS NICOLA WATERSHED

Five chiefs sign water agreement B.C. government and local First Nations chiefs to address health of Nicola watershed.

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Dara Hill THE MERRITT HERALD

Nicola Valley’s five First Nations bands, in partnership with the government of B.C., made waves by signing the Nicola watershed pilot memorandum of understanding (MOU) on March 23.

The project aims to utilize co-operation and sustainable management between First Nations bands of the Nicola Valley and the province of B.C., with the end goal of improved health of the Nicola watershed.

In recent years, a variety of issues have negatively impacted the quality of Nicola Valley’s water, including flooding, drought, and overall declining health.

Chief Jordan Joe of Shackan Indian Band stressed the significance of addressing these issues.

“To me, this is extremely important. Without water, we have nothing. Without water, we are nothing,” he said.

The project was born out of an agreement between the B.C. freshwater legacy initiative and the province to explore innovative models for collaborative watershed governance and management.

The initiative is funded by these two stakeholders.

George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy acknowledged the past work that’s been done, saying the agreement will build on that momentum.

“We know changes are happening in the Nicola watershed and there is a need to develop solutions together. The pilot will build on the work that has been ongoing in the watershed by communities and individuals for a number of years,” he said.

Scott Fraser, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, noted the importance of working together with First Nations in the Nicola Valley

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and said that he’s proud of the government for focusing on this new relationship.

“This is a long-term undertaking that seeks to build a robust collaborative partnership. The MOU demonstrates the government of B.C.’s commitment to true, lasting reconciliation, and to fully adopting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,” he said.

“This pilot project is going to set the standing for how we do things in the rest of the province,” Fraser adds.

Chief Harvey McLeod of Upper Nicola Indian Band said he sees the initiative as an crucial step in reconnecting with the land.

“I see this partnership as having a huge impact on our relationship with the province, but more importantly, for ourselves as Indigenous peoples as we become one with our land again,” he said.

Chief Aaron Sumexheltza of Lower Nicola Indian Band said the signing of the MOU is a “good first step.”

“I believe fundamentally that for us to take care of our territories and take care of our waters and take care of each-other we need to work together in partnership, and so that’s why I’m very excited today that we’re here, he said.

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Way off target The Nicola watershed has dealt with everything from extreme drought (above) to destructive flooding (below) over the past year. Herald files

B.C. is one of the few Canadian provinces with a greenhouse gas reduction plan, but it’s a long way from meeting even its interim targets, according to a nation-wide survey.

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Faith column One of the significant postResurrection incidents in the Easter story is that of Mary meeting with the risen Jesus, writes Pastor Narayan Mitra for Easter.

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COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE April 17, 2018 - 2:00 p.m. Committee of the Whole Meeting – Resurgence of Downtowns Video (4 of 4) April 17, 2018 - 7:00 p.m. Regular Council Meeting

to meet with Mayor Menard on April 11 from 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., in the Mayor’s Office at City Hall (second floor), 2185 Voght Street.

Interested citizens are welcome to stop by, say hello and discuss issues and opportunities for the City, its residents and businesses.

If you would like to schedule a particular time to meet with the Mayor at a Drop-In session please call reception at City Hall 250-378-4224.

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STREET SWEEPING IS UNDERWAY Spring has arrived and the City of Merritt will be celebrating by bringing out the street sweepers! Weather permitting, crews will commence a City-wide street sweeping program running from March 19th, 2018 to April 2nd, 2018. Thank you for your patience.

NOTICE - TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES, DETOURS AND ALTERNATING TRAFFIC PATTERNS As spring quickly approaches, the City of Merritt would like to formally announce the continuation of the Coldwater Avenue Phase II project that will commence two (2) weeks ahead of schedule.

The Contractor will resume work on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018 for a duration of approximately ten (10) weeks.

Please note that temporary road closures, detours and alternating traffic patterns will be in effect daily from Monday to Saturday, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm. We kindly ask that all parents and students plan their morning commute accordingly, and give themselves plenty of extra time to make it to classes. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and your continual patience is much appreciated.

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If you would like further information regarding the Coldwater Avenue Improvement Project - Phase II, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned.

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BUSES NOW RUN 7 DAYS A WEEK INCLUDING STATUTORY HOLIDAYS Did you know that the Merritt Transit System now runs two buses during the week, including statutory holidays?

Bus 1 Monday to Saturday: Scheduled runs between 6:15 am and 11:00 pm. Includes four scheduled runs daily to Lower Nicola.

Bus 1 Sunday: Scheduled runs between 8:15 am to 6:15 pm. There are no scheduled runs to Lower Nicola. Extra runs to Diamond Vale and Collettville.

Bus 2: Monday to Friday: Shares two bus service functions; namely, scheduled transit to the North End and Lower Nicola, and a curb-to-curb on-request service to and from destinations in the Merritt area. runsnew between am and andsocial 3:45 media. pm daily. To Connect withBus us on2 our tourism8:12 website request the curb-to-curb bus please phone (250.378.4080) 24 www.tourismmerritt.com • #ExploreMerritt hours in advance.

This is an excellent bus service for seniors and those with wheelchairs.

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Hosted by the Girl Guides of Canada Sponsored by the City of Merritt Need more information call the Merritt Civic Centre 250-315-1050 or the Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre 250-378-6662

CURBSIDE RECYCLING The City of Merritt was recently advised by the TNRD, that some curbside recycling containers were contaminated with items that are not permitted in the recycling containers, such as yard waste i.e. leaves, twigs etc. - this contaminated the entire bin container load.

Items that are not accepted also include, glass, hazardous waste, plastic bags and overwrap, dishes and cookware, paint, form packaging, garden hoses, scrap metal and toys.

The TNRD can charge a penalty of $50.00 per metric tonne for contaminated loads.

These penalties could result in an increase to garbage fees for residents.

Please be cognizant and do not contaminate your curbside recycling container with materials that are not permitted.

The City and the TNRD appreciates your cooperation.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS PROVINCIAL REGULATIONS

Wildfire penalties upped

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Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

The provincial government increased the fines for improper use of off-road vehicles, in an effort to curb the wildfire risk in B.C.’s backcountry.

“These changes reflect the tougher stand that our government is taking to eliminate unnecessary wildfire risks, encourage compliance, protect communities from harm and help keep British Columbians safe,” said forests minister Doug Donaldson.

The revised regulations require all offroad vehicles to come equipped with a spark arrestor — a small screen installed in an exhaust system to prevent sparks or exhaust residue from exiting the tailpipe.

Most new off road vehicles are already equipped with a spark arrestor, but older models will have to have them installed if drivers wish to operate the vehicles on Crown land, stated a press release from the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.

Penalties for vehicles without a spark arrestor will range from $460 up to $10,000 depending on the location and the wildfire risk at the time of the violation.

If a wildfire starts, the operator could receive a violation ticket fine of $575, an administrative monetary penalty of up to $10,000, or a court fine up to $1,000,000 and/or up to three years in jail.

The person responsible could also be ordered to pay all firefighting and associated costs.

The province also took steps to ensure utility companies and businesses operating in the backcountry are held accountable for wildfires.

A new administrative penalty of up to $100,000 was introduced for violations

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Wildfire firefighters battled a grass fire on Hamilton Hill just outiside of Merritt in 2015. Herald files

related to utility transmission operations.

“Examples would be when a wildfire is started by a downed power line, or when vegetation near a utility line has not been adequately maintained and a tree falls on an energized line, starting a fire,” stated the press release.

Fines were also introduced for com-

panies which fail to comply with a stopwork order. Businesses face a penalty of up to $10,000 should they continue to engage in high risk activities after the province has issued a stop-work order.

Lastly, three existing fines were increased from $767 to $1,150 for: • failing to comply with

restricted area requirements; • failing to comply with an order restricting an activity or use; and • failing to comply with an order to leave a specified area.

All of the changes to wildfire regulations are effective immediately, stated the press release.

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LATER BUS SCHEDULE for School District No. 58 Students

Beginning April 3, 2018, School District 58 (NicolaSimilkameen) will begin a trial of running a late bus to help support high school students participating in after school extra-curricular, tutoring or other activity.

The busses will run on

Tuesdays and Thursdays with pick up from Merritt Secondary School.

Tentative pick up time 5:10 p.m. at Merritt Secondary School.

Busses will run on the Nicola Lake to Douglas Lake route, Lower Nicola to 14 Mile route and the Coldwater route.

We will monitor participation rates and ridership over April and May to determine whether this is a service we should continue for the 2018-19 school year.

If you have any questions or would like some more information please feel free to contact the School Board Office at 250-378-5161.

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VIEWPOINT EDITORIAL

Horgan sees the LNG light In January I reminded readers that for all the bluster of the Christy Clark years, with TOM FLETCHER LNG and B.C. “debt free VIEWS B.C.,” John Horgan never actually opposed chilling and exporting northeast B.C.’s abundant shale gas to Asia.

He’s fine with hydraulic fracturing too. He just promised an independent study, like he did with the Site C dam.

As NDP opposition leader, it was politically convenient to sound like he detested both of these time-tested industries, the better to calm urban voters raised on a steady diet of environmental scare stories.

Now that he’s premier, the real Horgan emerges. It’s a more abrupt transition than I expected, considering his government hangs by the thinnest of green threads. Horgan seems to have found one of Clark’s old LNG hardhats in the premier’s office, and he likes the fit.

The Shell-led LNG Canada project, $40 billion worth of pipelines, processing and shipping out of Kitimat, is now Horgan’s top priority.

The “LNG income tax,” brought in by the B.C. Liberals, will be repealed.

Construction will be exempted from sales tax as with manufacturing plants, and LNG Canada will even be exempted from carbon tax increases.

B.C. Hydro power will be sold at the industrial rate, as it should be, although the old Horgan used to call that a subsidy from residential ratepayers.

When Clark and the B.C. Liberals were in full flight, summoning the legislature in the summer of 2015 to set conditions for the Petronas-led Pacific Northwest LNG, Horgan called Rich Coleman “the gas man.”

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Dictators and elections: why bother?

Why do they bother?

Last week, Vladimir Putin, the Russian dictator, got himself ‘re-elected’ to his fourth six-year term by a 76 percent majority on a 76 per- GWYNNE DYER cent turn-out. This The international week (26-28 March) STAGE the Egytian dictator, former general Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, will be ‘re-elected’ with close to 100 percent support, although probably on a very low turn-out. A quarter-billion people are being inconvenienced in order to wield what amounts to giant rubber stamps.

So why do they bother? Both dictators control the mass media in their countries, so they can be reasonably confident that most people will not be exposed to much criticism of their actions. They both can and do have people who oppose them arrested or killed (and Sisi’s enforcers also torture people). Yet they feel the need to go through these fake democratic elections in order to validate their rule.

The charade goes even further in many African countries. At some point in the past,

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often after popular protests or even a revolution, term limits were imposed on the presidency, but later the man in power (it’s always a man) realizes that he actually wants to rule the country for life. Once again, however, abolishing the term limits is done with due ‘democratic’ decorum, generally involving a state-managed referendum.

China is the latest dictatorship to end term limits, making Xi Jinping in effect presidentfor-life, although it skipped the referendum part. Indeed, even China pretends to be a democracy, more or less, although the Communist Party must always be in the ‘leading role’ and there are no direct national elections. Why do they go through all this rigmarole, when the outcome is invariably a foregone conclusion?

Egypt’s pharohs felt no need to ask the people’s opinions on their performance as rulers. The kings of 18th-century Europe ruled by ‘divine right’, not by the popular will (and they didn’t actually ask God’s opinion on their performance either). But at some point in the past century, democracy has won the argument world-wide.

It has not won all the power struggles, and many dictators survive in practice, but they are all obliged to pretend to have popular support.

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This is a very big change from the past, when tyrannical power was generally based on a combination of religious authority and brutal armed force. Why, and in particular why now?

The anthropologists may have an answer. It is now pretty widely agreed in their profession that pre-civilised human beings almost all lived in bands where all adult men, at least, were treated as equals, and all had an equal right to share in decision-making.

They even had well-established methods for making sure that nobody got too big for his boots.

These primitive ‘democracies’ all collapsed in the early stages of civilization, when the huge rise in population (from dozens to millions in a thousand years) made it physically impossible for everybody to take part in the discussion about means and ends any more.

At the same time all the traditional social controls that kept ambitious people from seizing power failed too.

You can’t shame people into respecting the opinions and personal freedoms of other people if the numbers get so big that you don’t even know them personally. Result: five thousand years of tyranny.

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OPINION LETTERS

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Youth on the right side of change Editor, We retired to Merritt four years ago from Victoria. I taught junior high and middle school for 33 years there. During that period, we continually taught against the bias, prejudice and violence shown to students and teachers who were secretly members of the LGBTQ+ community.

During the last 10 years of my career, we were finally seeing improvements. I taught many gay students and worked alongside several openly gay teachers.

The inclusive community of school provided a safe environment for everyone. School district 62 (Sooke) regularly participates in the Victoria pride parade. In fact, most pride parades in Canada have school district participation.

Today I was heartened to see the centre spread of the Merritt Herald showing that our business community supports inclusiveness. They don’t seem to be worried that some other interest group might want to have access to the newspaper.

The rainbow sidewalks in Vancouver have not given rise to other special interest sidewalks. Why does Merritt city council use that as an excuse to prohibit a rainbow sidewalk here?

The letter to the editor by Melody Dawn Johnson broke my heart (‘Change has to start somewhere in Merritt’ page 7, March 15). Here in Merritt I see confederate flags and warnings on the front bumpers of vehicles. Does council see this as a good thing? When we as a community reject our redneck attitudes, Merritt will become a welcoming place to live.

As of now, I am beginning to regret ever moving here. Come on Merritt.

Now is the time to show other communities who we really are.

Ken Wayne Merritt

Addiction services valued in Merritt Editor, We would like to reply to the letter Ken Achter wrote in the March 22 edition of the Merritt Herald (‘Say no to rehab centre in Merritt’ page 7).

We took offence to what you have written about dealers, addicts and their addictions.

Having an organization in Merritt that helps rehabilitate addicts does not bring on more addicts to play havoc on our community. Without this organization there would be a lot more addicts wandering the streets and I would have been one of them. I am an alcoholic and am in recovery thanks to the organization that helps rehabilitate the addict and their addiction. They do not contribute to the problem.

They try to help the addict so they do not can be a productive member of society. As for the housing, yes we get funded but we do pay part of the costs. Not everything is free. I wonder if you could live on $235/month. It’s darn hard but we do it because we appreciate the organization and what they stand for. Maybe you’re one of the fortunate who has never needed help in your lifetime but to insinuate that we just collect a cheque and are a burden to the taxpayers just isn’t true. Maybe you might want to speak with kindness instead of bitterness.

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The new gas man From Page 6

He railed for years against what we now know are much more modest LNG tax breaks. “Shell does not need handouts from government,” he told a Victoria’s CFAX radio in 2013.

“Christy Clark reassures us that moving India and China away from coal-burning facilities to LNG facilities is the cleanest, greenest answer,” NDP MLA Michelle Mungall told her hometown Nelson Star in 2016. “I can’t believe how ridiculous that is. It’s still a fossil fuel.”

Guess who is now Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources? (Much to her own surprise I suspect.) And guess who’s the new gas man, as LNG policy is directed by the premier’s office?

Horgan made his first visit to China in January, where he experienced the smog-choked air in a vast country that is still building hundreds more coal-fired electricity plants to power its mind-boggling urban development.

“I stood on the bank of the Pearl River and I couldn’t see the other side,” Horgan said.

I toured China two years ago and I agree with him. It has to be seen, and smelled, and tasted, to fully appreciate the scale of the building boom and the pollution crisis.

Green leader Andrew Weaver has been proven right for once. If this deal goes ahead, Site C power will be used to green up B.C. LNG, sold at the same discount industrial rate sawmills get.

Weaver was

briefed on the government’s talks with LNG Canada, a rare consortium of Shell, PetroChina, KOGAS of South Korea and Japanese giant Mitsubishi. He insists that B.C.’s 2030 and 2050 targets can’t be met with LNG. They can’t be met without it either, barring some miraculous technological breakthrough.

Weaver will vote against the tax breaks, especially the carbon tax relief, when legislation comes this fall.

For now, that doesn’t matter, because the B.C. Liberals have to support LNG. We’ll see how outraged Weaver is next February, when he is asked to support another NDP budget.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

Mass media essential to democracy From Page 6 But give these mass societies mass media, and they regain the ability to communicate with one another. It turns out, unsurprisingly, that they want to be treated as equals again.

The first successful democratic revolution happened in the American colonies in 1776 because printing presses were everywhere, and over half the population was literate.

Now mass media are everywhere, and even the dictators have to pretend that they are in power by the will of the people. It will be a long time before they actually disappear (if they ever do), but they already rule less than half of the world’s people, and they all have to go through a charade of democracy to legitimise their rule.

When the first results of the Russian election were coming in

last week, a reporter asked Vladimir Putin if he would run again in six years’ time. “What you are saying is a bit funny,” Putin replied. “Do you think that I will stay here until I’m 100 years old? No.” But that’s what Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s former ruler, would also have said when he had been in power for only eighteen years.

In the end Mugabe stayed in power for 37 years, and he was 93 and planning to run for another term when he was finally overthrown last year. Putin would be a mere 85 years old when he broke Mugabe’s record, although China’s Xi Jinping would have to live until he was 97 to do the same. I’ll bet neither one makes it.

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Council considers planner Dara Hill THE MERRITT HERALD

City council debated the implementation of a social planner position to co-ordinate with agencies in Merritt dealing with issues in the community such as homelessness and accessibility.

It was reported at the city council meeting on March 20 that the position would cost approximately $50,000.

Sheila Thiessen, director of finance for the City of Merritt, explained that the initiative would be funded by public taxes or by dipping into the city’s reserves.

“There is no grant funding available at this time for this position, so it would be funded with taxation or prior year’s surplus,” she said.

Coun. Diana Norgaard expressed her support for the position at the last city council meeting.

“We have significant social problems in our community that we need to be addressing,” she said.

She explained that social issues are not being addressed in the community because many social agencies in Merritt work with limited budgets and lack the time needed to work together.

“We need to be showing the public that we care about our social issues in the community,” she said.

Coun. Linda Brown urged council to remove the item from the 2018 budget, noting they can revisit the proposal later on when more information about the position becomes available.

“We’re nowhere near ready with this to bring it to this table for this particular fiscal year,” she said.

Brown went on to express her concern about funding the position at the city level.

“I think a social planner is more of a health-funded position than city-funded position,” she said.

Norgaard noted that working with funding partners is a viable option.

“If we approve it and it’s in the budget it means that we have negotiating room for partnership funding. If we don’t have anything in the budget that says that money is there, we do not have that room,“ she said. “$50,000 is not a lot of money to deal with the social issues that we have in our community,” she added.

Thiessen said that more information is coming to council in the form of a report from the social planning committee.

The motion has been put on the back burner until then.

“This position was tabled until more information is brought to council,” Thiessen said.

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The Shackan Indian Band has been awarded $73,812 to develop a strategy for turning two remote reserves into tourist destinations. Across town, the Lower Nicola Indian Band (LNIB) received $100,000 to develop renewable energy projects.

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ment session that was at turning into tourist part of the compredestinations, IR #12 Soldatquo and IR #13 hensive community Papsilqua, are current- planning sessions that ly vacant. They are two were done by the past chief and and three council,” and a half he said. kilometres The away from plan “will Shackan’s identify the main housbest projing reserve ects that and are fall in line accessed with the by logging input from roads, he the comsaid. munity and Joe what is feaexplained Chief Aaron Sumexheltza sible to do, that the Lower Nicola Indian Band whether it proposal be a culture was born camp, campground out of dialogue with with cultural interthe community. pretive aspects, ecoThe proposal “was tourism or adventure identified through our tourism,” Joe said. community engage-

LNIB Chief Aaron Sumexheltza explained that the specific renewable energy projects their band will undertake could potentially include solar or wind.

“The money that we’ve received is more to assist us in doing some feasibility studies in terms of identifying what our next project or projects will be,” he said.

Whatever projects the band ends up executing, Sumexheltza stressed the importance of renewable energy for the future of the community.

“I believe renewable energy is very important in our band, but also the Nicola Valley at large,” he said.

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INDIGENOUS CULTURE

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nack time at the Lower Nicola Indian Band’s language nest program is a busy affair.

The table is full — kids as young as a couple months old are seated alongside their siblings, parents and elders — and until I stepped into the room, the talk around the table was strictly in nłeʔkepmxcin, the traditional language of this First Nations community.

In many ways, the scene unfolding inside the house located next to the band hall in Shulus closely resembles an afternoon any child might spend at grandma and grandpa’s house. That much is by design, explained Aiona Anderson, the person who brought the language nest program to Shulus.

The language nest program currently runs three days a week in Shulus. It is geared towards young kids — ideally under five years old — but parents and elders also benefit from the courses, said Anderson.

“We emulate the home of spápzeʔ and yéyeʔ — grandpa and grandma. It’s more like a natural home, we play games, speak in the language and eat with them,” said Anderson.

Generations of people from the Lower Nicola Indian Band have had their language stripped away from them through the legacy of the residential school system, said Anderson, who attended residential school herself. Kids were punished for speaking nłeʔkepmxcin, and gradually lost the ability to pass the language down to their children.

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as a program where elders can reclaim their traditional role as teachers within the community, said Anderson.

Lani Mackenzie counts herself among those who have seen the value in learning her people’s language.

“My mother went to residential school.

She learned a bit of the words, but not a whole lot,” she said.

“My vocabulary and my understanding has grown tons since I’ve come here.”

Her son is also apart of the language nest, and have picked up nłeʔkepmxcin even quicker than her, she said.

“He’s at the age where he’s starting to talk. Every day he says something new,” she said. “Sometimes when the elders are talking, he understands more than I do — so he’ll get the joke before I will.”

Language nest programs originated in New Zealand, explained Anderson, where indigenous groups have similarly dealt with the ongoing effects of colonization on their culture.

The idea behind the programs is to reinvigorate the next generation to help a language survive, where it otherwise may have been lost

forever.

“We have the opportunity to have something like this, where we can revitalize not only our language but our culture, our identities and our connection to each other and our community — and our

pride in who we are,” said Anderson.

The language nest in Shulus is the first of its kind among nłeʔkepmxcin-speaking First Nations. But similar programs may soon be developed in other communities, thanks in

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS PRIDE FLAG

Local businesses decked out in rainbows Dara Hill THE MERRITT HERALD

Merritt city council may have rejected a proposed rainbow crosswalk, but that’s not stopping local businesses from showing their true colours.

Michelle Loughery — the artist behind the murals depicting country stars in town — expressed her disappointment in city council’s decision to deny the painting of a crosswalk by local students.

“I feel sad that there wasn’t a longer conversation with the youth. They went to their leaders and showed leadership — they should have been rewarded for that,” she said.

Loughery noted that her mural project of country stars in Merritt, which focused

colourful around town. on providing at-risk Allison and his wife indigenous youth with trades skills while creat- Marla Reed offered their parking lot next to ing public art for the the Coldwater Hotel as community, was a suca place to paint a pridecess because people inspired rainbow. He welcomed it with open said the students were arms.

“It’s unfortunate that “all for it.”

“We got the paint [the openness] didn’t and everything for stick. And the rainbow them and they came crosswalk says that.” down on Sunday — the John Allison, cokids and the teachers owner of Coldwater and the pride club — Hotel, acknowledged it was a good mix of the desire of the youth to have a symbol of tol- people that came out,” erance and acceptance. he said.

“For the most part, “There were people the response has been that were feeling left very positive. We’ve had out or bullied and we some people say that just felt ‘you know, they’re never going to there’s a voice here do business here again, that’s not being heard and it’s the voice of our but you’re going to have that. At the same youth,’” he said. time there’s been a lot Several businesses of people that have have shown their supbeen really supportive,” port for the youth who proposed the crosswalk, Allison said. and things are starting to look a little more See ‘SUPPORT’ Page 12

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58 (NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN) BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS – 2018/2019 ANNUAL BUDGET April 4, 2018: A public budget presentation will be made to interested stakeholders in the Princeton Board office. Representatives from school Parent Advisory Council’s (PAC), District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC), teacher and support staff Unions, Principals, and members of the public are invited to attend this meeting to review provincial funding, District projections for enrollment and funding, as well as provide more specific information regarding the District’s annual budget. Stakeholder groups and members of the public are welcome to outline their priorities to the Audit & Finance Committee. The meeting will commence at 5:30 p.m. The purpose will be to discuss priorities and listen to concerns in order to help set the frame work for the 2018/2019 annual budget.

April 5, 2018: A public budget presentation will be made to interested stakeholders in the Merritt Board office. Representatives from school PAC’s, DPAC, teacher and support staff Unions, Principals, and members of the public are invited to attend this meeting to review provincial funding, District projections for enrollment and funding, as well as provide more specific information regarding the District’s annual budget. Stakeholder groups and members of the public are welcome to outline their priorities to the Audit & Finance Committee. The meeting will commence at 5:30 p.m. The purpose will be to discuss priorities and listen to concerns in order to help set the frame work for the 2018/2019 annual budget.

May 9, 2018: Budget bylaw to be presented at the Regular Board Meeting. Subject to feedback, the budget for the 2018/2019 year will be adopted at either this meeting or the June 13, 2018 board meeting.

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Locals came out to paint a pride rainbow adjacent to the Coldwater Hotel on March 25. Photo courtesy of Frank LaFrance

IMPORTANT LETTER TO ALL LICENSED CHILD CARE PROVIDERS IN BC On behalf of our two organizations, the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC (CCCABC) and the Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC), we are writing to you at an important time in the evolution of quality, affordable, accessible and inclusive child care in BC. Like you, we celebrate the historic child care investment in BC Budget 2018, and government’s commitment to build a quality, universal child care system. We will also hold government accountable for achieving their rst steps - reducing parent fees, through the new Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative, investing in the ECE workforce, and adding licensed spaces. These actions are essential to turning the corner on the current child care chaos across BC. And we must turn the corner, because today’s child care chaos is risky for everyone – children, parents, educators and child care providers. Despite your hard work, it’s not possible to provide high quality child care that’s also affordable for families. Your main source of revenue is parent fees, yet quality programming requires that well-educated, fairly-paid ECEs are your main expenditure.

Clearly, the status quo is not acceptable – children need quality environments, parents need affordable fees, educators need fair wages, and providers need to move away from a model that relies on high parent fees and/or low ECE wages to survive.

The new child care funding is essential to lling the gap between quality and affordability. Among wealthy countries, Canada has the lowest public investment in child care. Before Budget 2018, BC spent far less per licensed space than the weak Canadian average. Only New Brunswick spent less than BC. To improve quality and affordability, new funding must also be accountable for raising ECE wages and lowering parent fees. The most effective way to achieve these public goals is to increase operating funding provided directly to providers, with accountability. This approach – direct funding to providers, tied to ECE wages and parent fees – is already underway in many Canadian provinces.

We’re pleased to see that government is inviting all licensed providers to participate in this new system rather than undermining their hard work by directing new public funding towards the introduction of junior kindergarten, as some suggest. Government’s approach is consistent with our recommendation to build on the valued child care services that have been created and nurtured in communities.

Specically, to start improving child care quality and affordability promptly in BC, we urge: (1) the BC government to increase ECE wages in 2018 - while government is creating a workforce development strategy that addresses compensation, a top priority for our organizations is to advance a wage increase for ECEs in 2018.

This wage lift should be delivered through an increase in funding provided directly to providers, with accountability.

(2) licensed child care providers to opt-in to the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative – as government continues to provide additional information and resolve questions, providers are seeing the benets for families and for their programs.

When child care is affordable, everyone benets.

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Kerstin Auer created rainbow stickers to distribute around town. Photo contributed

Loughery said she’s eager to help the students in any way she can. She has offered to assist with painting, fundraising, reaching out to celebrities, or anything else they might need.

“I don’t care how I help, I’ll do whatever I can,” she said.

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business centre — is responsible for the rainbow stickers scattered around town.

Sarah Molnar, one of the owners of Brambles Cafe and Bakery, noted that the stickers have been a big success at the bakery.

“They’ve been flying out of here. We’ve had people come just to get stickers because they knew they were here,” she said.

Allison explained their

intention with raising a pride flag and painting rainbow parking stalls was simply to infuse positivity into the conversation.

“We didn’t want to do this to battle the city.

There’s just so much negativity around their decision,” he said.

He reported that some feel they have defaced the Canadian flag, but he insisted that he means no disrespect.

“We’ve had the Canadian national flag up on top of the roof for years and we’re going to continue to do so, but for right now we’ve just felt we’re going to show support for the part of the community that feels their voices aren’t being heard,” he said.

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Snack time is also a key time for language learning. Cole Wagner/Herald

From Page 10 The funding will support local programs through the First Peoples’ Cultural Council, a First Nationsrun Crown corporation with a mandate to support indigenous heritage programs. In addition to the language nests, the FPCC will aim to expand other community immersion programs such as the oneon-one mentor-apprentice program and the Silent Speakers program, which is geared towards those who understand but do not speak their language.

LNIB’s language nest received $21,652 through the FPCC in 2016, funding which helped the program get off the ground. The infusion of $50 million from the provincial government means the group can afford to support more language revitalization projects in communities across B.C. “We’re really focusing on providing funding to support immersion type programs because we want to create new speakers,” said Tracey Herbert, CEO of FPCC. “That’s really important for language revitalization.”

The provincial funding will allow the FPCC to explore multiple language revitalization programs simultaneously across the province, and better coordinate programming across multiple communities, she said.

“The thing we’re really going to emphasize is coming together and collaborating between those communities that share a language, and really co-ordinating our work and being strategic about investments in the language,” said Herbert.

Which means that while the language nest in Lower Nicola is a first among nłeʔkepmxcinspeaking First Nations communities, it might not be the last.

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Wedding to do lists Specializing in custom party and wedding cakes.

By appointment only.

Open Tuesday to Saturday 8-4:30 1643 Canford Ave. 250.280.3285 Capitalcakecompany@gmail.com

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A first class venue for your first class event.

• Accommodate up to 500 guests • Staging/projector/screen for that special slide show • Round or rectangular tables & tablecloths • Fully stocked commercial kitchen Ph: 250.315.1050 • Fax: 250.378.4205 • Monday - Friday: 9 am - 5 pm 1950 Mamette Avenue • PO Box 189 Merritt BC V1K 1B8

The perfect wedding is determined by the two individuals that have chosen to build a life together as a couple. Depending on their personalities, lifestyle and budget, a couple’s dream wedding could be lavish with all the bells and whistles, or it could be a small intimate gathering of friends and family — or maybe even a destination getaway.

Whatever your preference, we have compiled a wedding to do list that breaks down all the components of a beautiful wedding.

Don’t forget the rings! These days, you see many couples choosing to forego the rings and do tattoos, piercings and even belt buckles instead! Traditionally, it is the best man who is in charge of making sure the rings arrive safely at the wedding.

The bride and groom need to set a date and talk about a budget that they can work with to build their perfect day.

A list of family and friends should be written down so that invitations can be sent at least two to three months ahead of time, giving your out of town guests a chance to make travel arrangements.

Check into local accommodations to see if you can arrange a deal if you book a block of rooms and then offer it to your guests as an option.

Brad Den Boer Cell: 604-703-4741 Dorothy Cell: 604-819-3593 flowersinmotion@shaw.ca

Gifts. This does not happen all the time, but it is tradition to give your wedding party gifts for being a special part of your day. This could be something handmade, jewellery, wine or a small keepsake.

Flowers. Your local florist can put together all the pretty flowers to grace your bouquets and table arrangements.

Beautiful, reasonably priced Accessories for brides and bridesmaids, starting at $6 Tiara’s, combs, jewellery & more!

Wedding day hairstyles starting at $45 Spray tan & tanning beds Mani’s and pedi’s

Let us help make your special day a thing of beauty!

250-378-5558

2040 Granite Avenue | Merritt, BC

Clothing. Aside from the beautiful wedding dress and tux, you will need to plan a colour scheme for the bridesmaids and groomsmen.

Phone: 250-378-5047 mshaw12@telus.net

Something old, something new, something beautiful just for you!

Adorn your wedding day with beautiful jewellery, hair accessories, bridesmaids gifts and wedding gifts.

Music. A wedding wouldn’t be a wedding without great music and dancing! The music usually reflects the taste of the bride and groom. Be mindful that there may be a few generations that would get up and dance if you switched up the music a bit to accommodate everyones taste. Research local bands and DJs. Give them a list of music that you would like to hear.

www.flowersinmotion.com

Reception Venue. This could be anywhere — in a hotel, conference centre, hall, or even a barn! Make sure there is enough room for your guests. In an indoor wedding, it’s important to consider the lighting in the venue, and whether or not the facility is equipped with tables and chairs, a kitchen, bar and room for a dance floor.

Please shop local and check out these local businesses who are here to help make your wedding day one to remember!

Photos. Be sure to ask your photographer for samples of their work. Consider doing an engagement photo shoot with a prospective photographer to make sure they will be the right one to capture all the special moments of your wedding day!

Next comes the fun part: all the arranging of the wedding and reception.

Fresh Flower Wedding Bouquets, Arrangements, Corsages & Boutonnieres

Banquet, bartending and decorating services. Chair covers, table cloths, napkins and much more!

Congratulations!

If someone chooses to change their name, they can do so at any Service BC location.

Alternatively, search online for Vital Statistics Agency, where you can register and pay online.

Wedding Venue. Many couples nowadays are choosing to have their ceremony outdoors.

Keep in mind the weather forecast for the season. If it is rainy, make arrangements for your guests to be under a tent or have umbrellas on hand. If you choose an indoor wedding, make sure there is enough seating for all of your guests.

Party Rentals

Last but not least, getting ready for the big day. Time to get your hair done. Many beauty salons offer group rates for hair and spa packages. A quick tip: wear a button up shirt when having your hair done, so you won’t ruin the beautiful hair style by pulling a shirt over your head!

It seems like a lot to take in and remember, but someday when you are looking back at the pictures and remembering all the happy memories from your wedding day, you will know that it was your choices as a couple that made it extra special!

Time to choose a wedding official. This could be a church official or a judge, court clerk or justices of the peace.

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Cake. It is tradition for the couple to have a delicious cake to share with their guests. This can be obtained from your local cake company, bakery, or grocery store. Normally they will have samples and pictures that will give you an idea of what suits you both.

Michèle Shaw

Food! Many couples decide the menu according to their favourite foods or lifestyle.

Whether you’re having steak and lobster, burgers, chicken and grits or a vegetarian dish, give your guests at least two to three options.

The easy standby is chicken, beef or pork with a vegetable and side dish, salads and squares or cupcakes for dessert. Don’t forget coffee and tea!

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SLEDGE HOCKEY

Pierce returns with Paralympic silver medal Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

It might not have been the storybook ending that Luke Pierce had envisioned for the Canadian men’s sledge hockey team when he accepted the role as assistant coach eight months ago.

But a few days after returning home with a silver medal from the 2018 Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, Pierce said the experience is something he will never take for granted.

The former head coach of the Merritt Centennials now makes his home in Cranbrook, after moving over to the WHL to take a role as head coach of the Kootenay Ice in 2015.

In 2017, an ownership change prompted his dismissal from the team after his second full season in the league. Pierce had spent six seasons behind the bench in Merritt before moving to the WHL. But when some doors close, others seem to open. After parting ways with the organization in June of 2017, Pierce was approached to be part of the coaching staff for Canada’s national sledge hockey program only a few weeks later.

“Right from the beginning, the possibility of being able to go to South Korea and the Paralympics was the main draw from an experience standpoint,” said Pierce. “Once I got involved, learning the game and the athletes — being around that group was really what I’ll remember.”

Canada — along with their rivals south of the border — stands head and shoulders above most other nations when it comes

(Above) Head coach Ken Babey, of Saskatoon, and assistant coach Luke Pierce of Cranbrook, B.C., as Canada’s sledge hockey team practices ahead of the start of competition at the Gangneung practice venue during the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, Korea. (Left, above) Pierce. (Left) Pierce drills Canada’s sledge hockey team ahead of the start of competition at the Gangneung practice venue during the Paralympic Games. Photos courtesy of Dave Holland/Hockey Canada and Canadian Paralympic Committee

to sledge hockey. From the outset of joining the staff, Pierce said the possibility of playing the Americans for a Paralympic gold medal was a “likely scenario.”

After running the table in the preliminary rounds in Pyeongchang by a combined score of 35-0 over three games, Canada breezed through the semi-final match with South Korea 7-0, setting up a date with the Americans for gold.

“I thought [head coach] Ken [Babey] did a great job of managing the schedule and setting ourselves up for everything to fall into place in the gold medal game,” said Pierce.

“We were 37 seconds away from putting a gold medal around our neck.”

Despite scoring the first goal of the game

in the first period and clinging desperately to the lead until the late stages of the game, the U.S. managed to find an equalizer with their net empty — shortly after the Canadians hit the post looking for an insurance tally.

The game would come to a close early in the overtime period when Declan Farmer scored his second goal of the game for the Americans.

“Life isn’t always fair and nobody know that better than these athletes,” said Pierce.

“I think over time that the hurt will go away a little bit but I felt for them in that moment because I think they did everything they could have to walk away from there with gold medals.”

Transitioning from traditional ice hockey

to coaching sledge hockey came with a few challenges for Pierce, who was forced to relearn basic fundamentals of the game.

“The big one — you don’t stop and start.

You spend your whole life as a coach, especially in junior hockey, just harping on players about starting and stopping. And then you get to sledge and the game is just built

on continuous motion and speed, and trying to keep that going,” he explained.

And while hockey coaches are accustomed to hard hits, Pierce said he was initially taken aback by how brutal the sport of sledge hockey can be — even at practice.

“You watch in practice you’d think they are trying to kill each other. And yet they are

the tightest group of athletes I’ve ever been around,” he said.

Back at home in Cranbrook with his three young sons, Pierce has a few days to recover before he starts to contemplate his next move. While he’s not sure if he’ll continue in the para-sport stream or return to coaching hockey, the break leaves Pierce with at least a few more days to

savour his Paralympic experience.

“Being surrounded by the other countries and being able to wear the Canada jackets and clothes, whether it’s at the ceremonies or day to day around the village, it’s an immense amount of pride,” he said. “Putting on that jacket is something I definitely won’t forget and won’t take for granted.”

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Native hockey tournament continues to grow Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

The 31st annual Jr. Native Hockey Tournament in Merritt was another roaring success, both in terms of attendance and the performance of local athletes.

Tournament organizer Bill Bose said the event continues to grow in popularity as the years go on, and the caliber of play is rising higher and higher every year.

“The caliber of the top end players was amazing, right from the little guys up to the big guys there are some very talented native players coming up the system,” he said.

In the peewee division, the Upper Nicola Colts team took home top honours.

The Colts were third in the atom division, while the Nicola Valley Warriors finished second in bantam.

Another local team, the Nlakapamux Chiefs, were third in the tournament’s midget category.

A number of local athletes were also named to tournament all-star teams: Evan Kashuba (atom), Brayden McRae and Tayton Stewart (peewee), Robert Sterling (bantam) and Marco Camaestro (midget).

Games were run out of the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena and the Shulus Arena from March 23 to 25. Both arenas were packed all weekend long with spectators, said Bose.

“I believe if we can mesh our dates with other areas

— there’s twice as big of one as ours this weekend in Prince George, and there is a real big one in Alberta almost the same time as we were on — some of those teams wanted to come over here,” said Bose.

Meanwhile, the local teams performances is encouraging to Bose, who said that there is still room for Nicola Valley players to improve.

“It was good. We can be better, but we’re trying and that’s the main thing,” he said.

Bose credited the organizing commitee for the success of the tournament, noting that he was doing his best to stay out of the spotlight over the three day event.

LOCAL SQUADS Nicola Valley athletes were well represented in all five divisions at the Jr. Native Hockey Tournament.

(Top) The Nlakapamux Chiefs and (above) the Nicola Valley Warriors (midget). (Left, top to bottom): The Nicola Valley Warriors (initiation), Upper Nicola Colts (atom), the Upper Nicola Colts (peewee), and the Nicola Valley Warriors (bantam). Photos courtesy of Bill Bose

BIRKS TURNS PRO Former Merritt Centennial Dane Birks inked his first pro contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins, after his Michigan Tech team was knocked out of the NCAA playoffs. Birks played for the Cents from 2012 to 2014.

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ARMY CADETS

Merritt Army Cadets would like to invite everyone to our 100th Annual Vimy Memorial Service on April 8 at the Merritt Cenotaph. Please be seated by no later than 9:30 am, service from 10:00 am - 11:30 am. Luncheon to follow at the Merritt Cadet Hall, 1755 Coldwater Ave. Please RSVP to Tracy Brooks @ 950sponsoringcommittee@gmail.com by March 31, or call 250-378-4722.

CRIB TOURNAMENT

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 BAND

Nicola Valley Community Band practices 7 p.m. Tuesdays at MSS music room. For more information call James 250-315-7724.

Merritt Senior Centre will be hosting a crib tournament on April 9 from 6

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MERRITT BAPTIST CHURCH

GOSPEL MEETINGS

is holding a Good Friday Concert and Communion Service on March 30 at 1.30 pm. MBC is located at 2499 Coutlee Avenue. Phone 250-378-2464 for information.

LAWN BOWLING

Lawn bowling starts early May, every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at 7 pm. For more information call 250378-2095.

HISTORIC MURRAY CHURCH

Easter Service at Historic Murray Church (Hwy 5A north at Nicola) Sunday, April 1 at 2 pm. Wear your Easter Bonnet!

Masons meet every fourth Monday of the month. will be held at the Civic Centre at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, Feb. 7. Everyone is welcome to attend. if you require further information call 250-378-4315.

First Thursday of month, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at Trinity United Church. For parents or guardians and children to share fun activities, crafts, games, songs, celebration and sit-down dinner with your family. For more information or to register 250-378-5735 or email tucc@telus.net

NICOLA VALLEY QUILTERS GUILD

Meet the first and third Thursday every month starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Civic Centre. Join us for our next quilting weekend in the Civic Centre on March 23, 24 and 25. Please join us by contacting the city or just drop in to see what we do. For information please call Sharon at 250 315-2340.

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

Do you like to sing? Yes? -- then come check out the Merritt Community Choir. We meet Mondays, 7 p.m. at Diamondvale Elementary School . . . potential members are encouraged to drop by -- no auditions or experience required. If you enjoy singing in a group then please join us. For further information please call the Merritt Community Choir Conductor, Ellen Nast at 250-3789899.

The Conayt Friendship Society located at 1964 Quilchena Ave. has a drop-in center for Elders every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Snacks and light lunches are provided. Elders are welcome to assist in preparing menu and lunch. A sign-in sheet is at the front office. Elders can provide suggested menus and lunch to reception at the attention of the Executive Director.

SHRINERS

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

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THE CHURCHES OF MERRITT WELCOME YOU Crossroads Community Church

2990 Voght St. • 250-378-2911• Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

Merritt Baptist Church

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.

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 times: Sundays at 10am (no service on the 5th Sunday)

Trinity United Church

Corner of Quilchena & Chapman • 250-378-5735 Service Time/ Sunday School (K - Gr. 4) - 10 am 2451 Spring Bank Ave • 250-378-5603 Worship Service Sunday -10 am • Sunday School -11:10 am Bible Study - 6:45 to 7:45 pm Wednesdays

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Every Thursday 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Conayt Friendship Society, 1964 Quilchena Ave. All Elders (age 55+) welcome.

We are inviting Merritt to a luncheon, open house and cake on April 12 at noon in honour of BR 096 Merritt Legion’s 90th anniversary. Legion membership no required to attend event. For more information call the Legion at 250-378-5631.

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Playing M/W/F 8:30-11:00am at old CMS Gym (2975 Clapperton Ave); T/TH 6:30-8:30pm at Merritt Civic Centre (1950 Mamette Ave). It’s an easy sport to play, great fun and exercise. Demo paddles and instruction available. For more information call Gary 250-2800105.

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 develop.m.ent and

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(1) Full-time Family Wellness Navigator Objective: Navigators deliver self-management support to participants via coaching and wellness planning. Participant-centered support is facilitated by an Integrated Wellness Plan.

Navigators work with participants to set goals in all domains in their life and relationships, identify wellness team members (including peer supports, therapists, traditional healers/ helpers/teachers or family) to help meet the goals, set a realistic time frame, and support individual in achieving or adapting their goals.

Requirements: • Diploma in Social Services, Human Services, Social Work or Relevant Experience • Must be familiar with the development, and cognitive, emotional, social, and cultural needs of the program participants as well as the family system • Interviewing and needs assessment skills • Strong problem solving and planning skills • Must have excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both written and oral • Knowledge of local First Nations customs and culture an asset • Must have a valid BC driver’s license and reliable transportation • Must be able to pass a Criminal Record Check • Preference will be given to, but not limited to, First Nation Applicants Start date: ASAP As Needed Pay: Negotiable 3RVWLQJ XQWLO SRVLWLRQ LV À OOHG For Full Job Description contact SCFSS

Apply by submitting your cover letter and resume Attention: Yvonne Hare, Executive Director Scw’exmx Child & Family Services Society 2975 Clapperton Avenue, Merritt, BC, V1K 1G2 Telephone (250)378-2771, Fax (250)378-2799 Email: reception@scwexmx.com Scw’exmx Child & Family Services Society thanks all those ZKR DSSO\ KRZHYHU RQO\ TXDOLÀ HG FDQGLGDWHV ZLOO EH considered for an interview.

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Basic Responsibilities: To take a lead role in all aspects of technical forestry work including: • Timber Cruising • Block boundary and Road Layout • Site Plan data collection and write ups • Riparian Assessments • GPS Traversing The successful candidate will: • have extensive experience in forest development work & timber cruising • have a thorough knowledge of Provincial Cruising procedures • have a diploma or degree in forestry or natural resource • be registered or eligible to register with ABCFP as a RPF or RFT • be willing to work out of town (hotel or camps) • have a valid driver’s licence • KDYH D ÀUP FRPPLWPHQW WR VDIHW\ • have excellent written and oral communication skills • be familiar with Microsoft Word and Excel Please forward all cover letters, resumes and supporting documents to SFE Manager Don Gossoo via email: don.gossoo@lnibdc.com no later then 4:30 pm Friday, April 6, 2018.

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Position Title: Maintenance Technician Department: Infrastructure Hours: 35 hours per week Start Date: ASAP Reports to: Maintenance Supervisor Summary of responsibilities Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, the Maintenance Technician’s responsibilities are to provide regular maintenance IRU DOO /1,% RIÀFHV DQG EXLOGLQJV LQFOXGLQJ ODZQ FDUH DQG PRZLQJ weed management, pruning of trees and shrubs and maintaining schedules for irrigation, weeding, general clean up. Maintenance and service to all domestic water systems and wastewater systems.

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Objective: The Social Work Case Aide is responsible for providing paraprofessional and support services to the social work team and clients accessing services. The Social Work Case Aide plays a key role in supporting the social work team in meeting service delivery standards through the provision of administrative service delivery support. The Social Work Case Aide develops positive working relationships with the extended family, foster families and a meaningful relationship with the children in care.

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Position Title: Emergency Management Coordinator Department: Infrastructure Hours: Permanent Full-time Start Date: May 1, 2018 Reports to: Director of Infrastructure

Position Title: Cultural Heritage Resource/Environmental Field Workers Department: Lands and Economic Development Hours: 8:30am-4:30pm, Mon-Fri Start Date: Immediately Wage: Negotiable Reports to: Traditional Land Use Coordinator

Summary of responsibilities The Emergency Management Coordinator plays a major role in leading the social recovery support to individuals and the community in a disaster. As a Local Government representative and/or community leader the position guides community support services through the establishment and operations of Resilience Centre(s) and oversees the implementation of the municipal/First Nations Community Recovery Plan. The position works closely with community organizations/agencies, businesses (including small/ PHGLXP VL]H DQG RWKHU ORFDO JRYHUQPHQW RIÀFLDOV WR HVWDEOLVK effective, coordinated and collaborative relationships to deliver services to affected communities and individuals throughout the recovery process Required knowledge, skills and abilities: • Knowledge of emergency management, collection and analysis of disaster recovery information, community engagement and restoration and protection of community services; • (2& DQG (PHUJHQF\ ,QFLGHQW &HUWLÀFDWLRQ DQG RSHUDWLRQDO knowledge; • ([SHULHQFH LQ SHUVRQQHO VFKHGXOLQJ VXSHUYLVLRQ DQG VWDIÀQJ requirements; • Knowledge of and practical experience in Emergency Social Services; • Experience in building, developing and maintaining successful relationships with public/private organizations and partnerships; • Works together with existing EPPT team; • Knowledge of local government operations, geography and community services; • Experience in building relationships with multi-faceted, multistakeholder groups; • Must be available 24/7 during response to emergencies and disasters and willing to perform a variety of duties within the scope of the position’s responsibilities; • Ability to travel to disaster areas of the province on short notice and visit remote locations by vehicle, boat, air or on foot for overnight or extended hours in all-weather considerations due to emergencies; • Ability to speak formally and informally to various audiences including town hall meetings, local and regional elected UHSUHVHQWDWLYHV )LUVW 1DWLRQV /RFDO *RYHUQPHQW RIÀFLDOV businesses and industry experts (e.g. insurance, construction, etc.).

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Position Title: Full Time Male Counsellor Department: Human Services Hours: 35 hours per week Start Date: April 30, 2018 Reports to: Director of Human Services

Position Title: Recreation Assistant Department: Human Services Hours: 20-35 hours per week Term: permanent Wage: Negotiable Reports Position to: Title:Recreation RecreationCoordinator Assistant

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Summary of responsibilities Department: Human Services Under the direction of the Recreation Coordinator, the successful Hours: 20-35 hours per week candidate will be responsible for developing and participating in Term: permanent recreational programs and events for Lower Nicola Indian Band members.

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Required and abilities: Reports to:knowledge, Recreationskills Coordinator • Excellent communication and high energy while working with youth Summary of responsibilities • Must be willing to take courses related to recreation ie. Skipper Under the direction of the Recreation Coordinator, the successful WUDLQLQJ ÀUVW DLG DQG $(' FRXUVHV • Must be will willing to participate overnight trips recreation candidate be responsible for indeveloping and with participating in programs recreational eventsforfortheLower Nicola Indian Band • Organize programs fundraisingand events recreation department special events members. • Overtime and weekend work may be required • $ VWURQJ WHDP ZRUNHU JUHDW ZRUN HWKLF VHOI VWDUWHU DQG Required knowledge, skillsZLWK andD abilities: able to work independently Excellent communication and high while working with •• Computer competency in energy Microsoft products including Word, Excel, Outlook and Publisher software youth

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work experience, or an appropriate combination of education and he Lower Nicola Indian Band thanks all those who apply, however, experience, preferable with First Nation’s community services RQO\ TXDOLÀHG FDQGLGDWHV ZLOO EH FRQVLGHUHG IRU DQ LQWHUYLHZ • 0XVW KDYH OHYHO ÀUVW DLG • 0XVW KDYH YDOLG XQUHVWULFWHG &ODVV 'ULYHU¡V OLFHQVH RU DW OHDVW class 5 • $ELOLW\ WR VSHDN RU ZLOOLQJQHVV WR OHDUQ WKH 1ODND¡SDPX[ ODQJXDJH • Must be willing to produce a criminal record check and a vulnerable sector check Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter complete with references, specifying the position you are applying IRU &RPSOHWH -RE 'HVFULSWLRQ FDQ EH REWDLQHG E\ FRQWDFWLQJ WKH Lower Nicola Indian Band.

Position Title: Full Time Male Counsellor Summary of responsibilities Reporting to the Director of Human Services, the Counsellor is Department: Human Services responsible for the development and delivery of programs for the Hours: 35 hours per week Lower Nicola Band community members aimed at education, Start Date: April 30, 2018intervention and follow-up. As an active prevention, counselling member of the Community Services team, the Counsellor will be a Reports to: Director of Human Services professional role model supporting the Lower Nicola Band’s Vision of personal and spiritual growth.

Summary of responsibilities DUTIES AND TASKS Reporting to the Director of Human Services, the Counsellor is • Design and deliver education and prevention strategies. responsible theordevelopment and delivery programs for the • Counsel for drug alcohol dependent clients of (when required) to seek treatment through detox and/or residential treatment.

Lower Nicola Band community members aimed at education, • To maintain statistical records of client contact plus complete a prevention, counselling intervention andclient. follow-up. As an active clinical intake package for each new member of the Community Services team, the Counsellor will be a EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS • %DFKHORU role RI 6RFLDO GHJUHH RU SURJUDP VSHFLÀF WR professional model:RUN supporting theDQG Lower Nicola Band’s Vision counselling of• personal and spiritual growth.

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• Preference of a minimum of three years counselling experience.

DUTIES AND TASKS Preference given to those who have worked with First Nations • Design and deliver education and prevention strategies.

SKILL REQUIREMENTS Counselability drug to or lead alcohol dependent clients (when required)in to •• Proven and work well with other individuals a team environment to ensure high quality program delivery. seek treatment through detox and/or residential treatment. • Solid analytical skills required to design and evaluate programs.

To maintain statistical records of client contact plus complete a •• The capability to act as a liaison and effectively associate with other and organizations. clinicalinstitutions intake package for each new client.

• High level of communication and human relation skills required to diffuse confrontational EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONSsituations and maintain motivation. • High ethical standards required to ensure a high level of • professionalism %DFKHORU RI 6RFLDO :RUN GHJUHH DQG RU SURJUDP VSHFLÀF WR is maintained • Ability to speak or willingness to learn the Nlaka’pamux language counselling a pre-requisite.

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Deadline: April 17, 2018 • Preference of a minimum of three years counselling experience.

Apply to: Lower Nicola Indian Band - 181 Nawishaskin Lane, Preference given to those who have worked with First Nations Merritt, BC V1K OA7, Fax: 250-378-6188 or E-mail: hr@lnib.net

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April 11 - 24, 2018 Conayt Friendship Society in partnership with Nicola Valley Institute of Technology are fortunate to host a

HISTORIC EXHIBIT ON RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS ACROSS CANADA

“WHERE ARE ALL THE CHILDREN”

and

“FORGOTTEN: THE METIS EXPERIENCE”

Nicola Valley Institute of Technology is providing space for this exhibit. Their partnership in bringing this experience of life is appreciated. For NVIT and the School Districts that share this experience with students it is part of the reconciliation taking place in Canadian society.

While this is a sad chapter in the lives of many Nlaka’pamux people, there needs to be a recognition of their experience for the benefit their children and grandchildren.

The display is open for viewing, please contact Chloe at NVIT for viewing times.

Dr. Sharon McIvor

President, CFS Board of Directors

The Legacy of Hope Foundation can be found on the Internet.